Peer Infinity
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I helped create this wiki in 2008/2009. I am 26 years old.
I still have not overcome my irrational paranoia of revealing my real name online.
Like Michael Anissimov, my main goal in life for the time being is to raise money for Friendly AI and other projects to mitigate the risks of AI, nanotechnology, and synthetic biology. I have been a supporter of Friendly AI since 2001.
I'm concerned about runaway seed AI being created between today and 2030. It might not happen that soon, but still, I think there's a significant probability that it could, and I'm concerned.
Unlike Michael, I haven't actually managed to do much to achieve these goals, other than donating a few thousand dollard to SIAI, and working on this wiki, and the SL4 Wiki, which is now entirely inactive.
I have at least made a token effort to network with other SIAI supporters, Singularity activists, and transhumanists, mostly in IRC and Second Life, but am still not able to contribute much of value.
I have a joint-honours degree in computer science and mathematics, and am currently employed full-time as a computer programmer. I work on this wiki in my spare time.
I live and work in Manitoba, Canada. I still have not met any SIAI supporters, Singularity activists, or transhumanists in person. Until I went to university, I had not even met any atheists in person.
For the past several months, I have been spending most of my free time in Second Life.
Here is a picture of some of my avatars in Second Life:
The following text is copied from my Second Life profile:
I am Peer Infinity, from Second Life.
I am a continuing series of incarnations of the character Peer from the novel Permutation City, by Greg Egan.
In the novel, Peer was a character who really knew how to have fun while living inside a virtual reality.
For more information about me, and the character Peer, see Peer Infinity/Quotes from Permutation City.
I spend most of my time in Second Life hanging out in Extropia.
[edit] My Blog
I now have a blog! ...sort of... Here it is:
[edit] My Pages On This Wiki
[edit] Personal
- Peer Infinity/Second Life Profile - My profile picture and text, from Second Life
- Peer Infinity/Quotes from Permutation City - A selection of quotes from the novel Permutation City, by Greg Egan, intended to give a clear picture of the personality and philosophy of the character Peer, and to show why I identify so strongly with this character.
- Peer Infinity/Priorities - Another attempt at writing a priority list
[edit] Fiction
- Peer Infinity/Short Story 1 - A short story I wrote based on a rather fascinating dream I had, about the continuing adventures of the character Peer, from Permutation City...
[edit] Articles
- Peer Infinity/Doing The Math - A page where I finally do the math to show why I am so sincerely dedicated to SIAI's misison.
- Peer Infinity/Oversimplified Explanation of Singularitarianism - Another attempt to explain the case for Singularitarianism. (i.e. why donating to SIAI is a good idea)
[edit] Chat Logs
- Peer Infinity/Chat About Utilitarianism - A chat with Michael Anissimov about Utilitarianism, from June 8, 2009
- Peer Infinity/Chat About Transhumanism - A chat with Marino about Transhumanism, from June 12, 2009
- Peer Infinity/Chat With Fael About AI - A chat with Fael about AI, from Feb. 6, 2010
See my user page for information about the projects I'm working on, on this Wiki and in general. The following is transcluded directly from my user page:
My projects on this wiki:
- Links - A collection of links that may be of interest to readers of this Wiki
- Priorities - a partial list of my current priorities, for projects on this Wiki and various other things
- Activity Log - a log of what I have done on this Wiki so far
- Ideas - a collection of ideas for future projects on this Wiki
- Pages In Progress - a list of pages currently in progress
- Deleted Pages - a list of pages that were recently deleted, that I might need to restore
- Clipboard - a collection of wiki template code that I am constantly copy-and-pasting to pages on this wiki
- Scripts - a collection of some of the scripts I have written to automate various tasks related to this wiki
You can use the discussion link at the top of my user page to leave me a message.
[edit] More Info
Peer Infinity is a resident of the virtual world of Second Life.
You can view Peer Infinity's Second Life profile at the following address: http://svc.sl.net.marvulous.co.uk/resident/{{ #htmlspace: Peer Infinity }}/
For a list of all pages on this Wiki where Peer Infinity is quoted or mentioned, see Special:WhatLinksHere/Peer Infinity
Peer Infinity is a resident of the OpenSource Grid of the virtual world of Second Life.
Peer Infinity's IRC username is IRC: PeerInfinity
This person or group is currently active - working on at least one Project or Action.
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