# Research interests I don't currently have time to develop alone

EDIT: added the "rights of parents" and "simulation hypothesis" research interests.

I've started a lot of research projects and have a lot of research interests that I don't currently have time to develop on my own. So I'm putting the research interests together on this page, and anyone can let me know if they're interested in doing any joint projects on these topics. This can range from coauthoring, to simply having a conversation about these and seeing where that goes.

The possible research topics are:

*   [Reduced](/lw/gmx/domesticating_reduced_impact_ais/) [impact](/lw/854/satisficers_want_to_become_maximisers/) [AI](http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/utility-indifference.pdf) (this is one I'm certainly going to be returning to, once I have the time).
*   The [Fermi](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQTfuI-9jIo) [paradox](https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CC8QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencedirect.com%2Fscience%2Farticle%2Fpii%2FS0094576513001148&ei=4V9eUoXtAeaW0AXP4oGgCw&usg=AFQjCNFkB9AlHMplmz5pGZYxoJtRhryRlw&sig2=L5hMumhV0_bzRGdzJ_Mr6A&bvm=bv.54176721,d.d2k) and universal colonisation.
*   [Anthropic](/lw/891/anthropic_decision_theory_i_sleeping_beauty_and/) decision [theory](/) (extending it to include quantum mechanics).
*   [How](/lw/i20/even_with_default_points_systems_remain/) to [divide](/lw/hv6/gains_from_trade_slug_versus_galaxy_how_much/) the gains from trade/to negotiate/to achieve "fairness"/to avoid blackmail.
*   [Oracle AI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAHIa651Wa0) and the (non-)differences between [tool AIs and agents](/lw/cfd/tools_versus_agents/)
*   [General](/lw/hvo/against_easy_superintelligence_the_unforeseen/) [assessments](/intelligence.org/files/PredictingAI.pdf) [of](/lw/gue/ai_prediction_case_study_1_the_original_dartmouth/) [predictions](http://fora.tv/2012/10/14/Stuart_Armstrong_How_Were_Predicting_AI) and [experts](/lw/e46/competence_in_experts_summary/) (including [counterfactual resiliency](/lw/ea8/counterfactual_resiliency_test_for_noncausal/)).
*   The [future](http://www.aeonmagazine.com/world-views/the-strange-benefits-of-a-total-surveillance-state/) [of](http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2013/01/enlightened-surveillance/) [surveillance](http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2013/09/how-to-get-positive-surveillance-a-few-ideas/).
*   The risks of [singleton world governments](/lw/hdw/singleton_the_risks_and_benefits_of_one_world/) and [mass-em worlds](/lw/hna/ideas_wanted_democracy_in_an_em_world/).
*   [Anthropic shadows for multiple risks](/lw/hw8/caught_in_the_glare_of_two_anthropic_shadows/).
*   The potential [limitations](/lw/hgl/the_flawed_turing_test_language_understanding_and/) of the Turing test as an accurate general intelligence test.
*   [Extending](/lw/i1h/the_idiot_savant_ai_isnt_an_idiot/) [the](/lw/c49/nonorthogonality_implies_uncontrollable/) [orthogonality thesis](/lw/h0k/arguing_orthogonality_published_form/) to realistic AI designs.
*   [Infinite](/lw/gng/higher_than_the_most_high/) [ethics](/lw/giu/naturalism_versus_unbounded_or_unmaximisable/).
*   The [cake or death](/lw/f3v/cake_or_death/) problem for value loading: whether it's fully solved or whether similar problems remain.
*   The [problems](/lw/d80/malthusian_copying_mass_death_of_unhappy/) [with](/lw/4rn/nonpersonal_preferences_of_neverexisted_people/) [total utilitarianism](/lw/d8z/a_small_critique_of_total_utilitarianism/).
*   The [problems](/lw/hmh/mahatma_armstrong_ceved_to_death/) with CEV (and potential [solutions](/r/discussion/lw/8qb/cevinspired_models/)).
*   Whether AIXI would end [protecting itself](/lw/8rl/would_aixi_protect_itself/) or not.
*   The [rights of parents versus others](http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2013/07/rights-of-the-parents-principles-or-practicalities/) [in determining the genetic modifications of their children](http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2013/07/in-the-genetic-supermarket-should-parents-be-allowed-to-buy/) (and the [efficiency of the markets](http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2013/05/why-are-we-not-much-much-much-better-at-parenting/) in these kinds of modifications).
*   Exploring the consequences of the [simulation hypothesis](http://www.simulation-argument.com/), as Joshua Fox [did](/lw/f40/if_we_live_in_a_simulation_what_does_that_imply/).