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2025-09-04

Trust me

Disclaimer

• Quick note, Incomplete
• Intended audience - anyone trying to figure out whether they should long-term collaborate with me or not.

Values and proof of trust

• Integrity
  • I generally mean what I say, and do what I say I will do.
  • Historical track record of high integrity, see for example internet forum posts since childhood, or my previous educational and work experience.
  • I use disclaimers when I'm exploring ideas I'm not yet certain about.
• Openness
  • I have lots of opinions that society considers unpopular and am fairly open about it.
  • I am generally not willing to lie about this even if offered significant reward for doing so. (I think some people who are willing to hide their opinions for money are directly leading to the end of the world.)
  • This is a calculated decision on my part. I am aware there are pros and cons.
  • If I do acquire significant attention, I might choose to only signal boost some ideas and not others. But even so, I'm generally not actively hiding the other ideas, though I might not signal boost them as much.
• Moral values
  • No criminal record
  • Have significant social circle who can attest to my personality traits
  • I don't fully support liberalism but I'm more-or-less liberal in my day-to-day social interactions. The main exception I can think of right now is if you wield significant amount of power in society.
  • I am openly willing to harm the lives of many people in order to pursue political objectives. I generally lean towards "greater good justifies some harm".
  • I am okay with public shaming and leaking of private info of people working at labs building superintelligent AI.
  • (Weak opinion) I support cyberattacks on Big Tech companies, followed by leaking secrets of everyone on Earth to the public.

Collaboration

• If you agree with most of my beliefs and plans
  • We can hopefully collaborate a lot
• If you disagree with me on beliefs or moral values, but think I have integrity
  • Limited collaboration may be possible. I also accept anonymous email.
• If you aren't convinced I have integrity
  • Let me know what datapoints (about my past or future) could change your mind

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