Blake EliasRun Towards Fully-General Tech CompaniesThey Just Might Save Us4 min read·Sep 30, 2022----
Blake EliasHow to Have Cascading ImpactIf we want to solve the “big” problems (climate, poverty, pandemics, etc.), we need to solve some “smaller” problems first. By getting a…3 min read·May 11, 2022----
Blake EliasChameleon vs. ContrarianSome people blend in to whatever culture they land in. do the opposite.2 min read·May 10, 2022----
Blake EliasIntrinsic Reward, Biological Utility, and Saving the PlanetI have long believed that the best things to do are the things that drive you internally, rather than solely by external rewards (e.g…2 min read·Mar 1, 2021----
Blake EliasPandemics: Preparation for International Climate CooperationWe need ways of making collective decisions as a society and building consensus, if we’re going to solve our large challenges. We need it…3 min read·Jan 11, 2021----
Blake EliasCOVID-19 is Exploiting Our Divided-nessIf COVID-19 were 10 times as deadly, we would have eliminated it by now. It would have been so clearly dangerous, that we would be…2 min read·Nov 1, 2020----
Blake EliasOpen-Endedness, Multi-Agent Learning and Existential RiskIf we want to understand general intelligence, with life-long open-ended learning, we have to address the ability of an agent to adapt to…6 min read·Oct 10, 2020----