Contemporary life is defined by excess, we always want more and there never seems to be enough. | Join trailblazing philosopher, Slavoj Zizek, as he argues the joys of excess are futile and asks if we can ever find a way out.

Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama, whose renowned work at one point made her the most expensive female artist, has died. She was 97 years old. Read more: 🔗

A contemporary home in Laguna Beach, Calif., that cantilevers over the ocean and has a retractable wooden roof is coming on the market for $112 million, a potentially record-setting sum for Orange County. 🔗:

Interesting thing about contemporary agents is their "progressive misalignment". When they start a long running task they really try to be aligned and obey all the users intentions. They just have a tiny chance of misbehavior each step. Tiny chance of behaving out of distribution. Once they do it quickly becomes a new normal. Any tiniest bad behavior is quickly followed by more of it and it gets progressively worse the longer it takes. Reminds me of some things, but the state space of aligned behaviors seems to be unstable right now

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