Damon Binder
I'm a researcher at Coefficient Giving, working on risks from AI and biology, with a background in theoretical physics.
Latest posts
Once we have the minds, building bodies capable enough to automate physical labor is not that hard.
Wars happen because states cannot credibly commit to the agreements they would both prefer. AIs could supply the missing enforcer, ending competition for control of the future.
Power is already centralised in the US President and Chinese General Secretary. Whoever seeks control during an AI transition, the easiest route runs through the executive.
Projects
An interactive, time-calibrated tree of the Indo-European languages.
Build a sound from its harmonics and play it across a keyboard.
Biographical stories of randomly sampled people from across all of human history.
Other stuff
Reconstructing dishes from the ancient and medieval world.
Non-fiction books that I like, organized by topic.
My PhD dissertation and earlier physics work.