May. 30th, 2025

eve_prime: (poppy)
J took a plane to Oakland this morning so he can attend a cool weekend event, the LessOnline conference in Berkeley. It’s organized by the people who do the LessWrong blogs, which are largely concerned about “rationality” and also about what happens if AI goes wrong. He arrived at the venue in the early afternoon (having taken BART from the airport, so handy), attended lots of talks, had some curry for dinner, and eventually had a fun conversation in the evening with the person who’s in charge of “alignment” for the AI that J likes to use, Claude. I hope he’ll sleep well but also wake up early, because tomorrow there will be so much for him to do there.

Meanwhile, my friend Z came over for nearly three hours of conversation! I’d been so excited about the idea of J visiting Berkeley, of which I have such great memories, that it had been messing up my sleep and complicating my dreams, so I was too tired to drive to campus in the evening for a university symphony concert. I just stayed home and read; I also did a walk around the block but the sciatica is causing issues again, so I mostly walked with my shoes off, which helps (even though my shoes are very well designed for foot support).

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