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How To Get Into In­de­pen­dent Re­search On Align­ment/​Agency

johnswentworthNov 19, 2021, 12:00 AM
356 points
38 comments13 min readLW link2 reviews

Frame Control

AellaNov 27, 2021, 10:59 PM
329 points
283 comments23 min readLW link2 reviews

Dis­cus­sion with Eliezer Yud­kowsky on AGI interventions

Rob Bensinger and Eliezer Yudkowsky
Nov 11, 2021, 3:01 AM
328 points
253 comments34 min readLW link1 review

Fea­ture Selection

Zack_M_DavisNov 1, 2021, 12:22 AM
322 points
24 comments16 min readLW link1 review

Study Guide

johnswentworthNov 6, 2021, 1:23 AM
302 points
50 comments16 min readLW link

Effi­cien­tZero: How It Works

1a3ornNov 26, 2021, 3:17 PM
299 points
50 comments29 min readLW link1 review

A Brief In­tro­duc­tion to Con­tainer Logistics

VitorNov 11, 2021, 3:58 PM
267 points
22 comments11 min readLW link1 review

larger lan­guage mod­els may dis­ap­point you [or, an eter­nally un­finished draft]

nostalgebraistNov 26, 2021, 11:08 PM
260 points
31 comments31 min readLW link2 reviews

Omicron Var­i­ant Post #1: We’re F***ed, It’s Never Over

ZviNov 26, 2021, 7:00 PM
260 points
95 comments18 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Ngo and Yud­kowsky on al­ign­ment difficulty

Eliezer Yudkowsky and Richard_Ngo
Nov 15, 2021, 8:31 PM
259 points
151 comments99 min readLW link1 review

Con­cen­tra­tion of Force

Duncan Sabien (Inactive)Nov 6, 2021, 8:20 AM
245 points
23 comments12 min readLW link1 review

Yud­kowsky and Chris­ti­ano dis­cuss “Take­off Speeds”

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 22, 2021, 7:35 PM
210 points
176 comments60 min readLW link1 review

Al­most ev­ery­one should be less afraid of lawsuits

alyssavanceNov 27, 2021, 2:06 AM
198 points
18 comments5 min readLW link2 reviews

At­tempted Gears Anal­y­sis of AGI In­ter­ven­tion Dis­cus­sion With Eliezer

ZviNov 15, 2021, 3:50 AM
197 points
49 comments16 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Speak­ing of Stag Hunts

Duncan Sabien (Inactive)Nov 6, 2021, 8:20 AM
191 points
373 comments18 min readLW link

Split and Commit

Duncan Sabien (Inactive)Nov 21, 2021, 6:27 AM
188 points
34 comments7 min readLW link1 review

The Ra­tion­al­ists of the 1950s (and be­fore) also called them­selves “Ra­tion­al­ists”

Owain_EvansNov 28, 2021, 8:17 PM
186 points
32 comments3 min readLW link1 review

Preprint is out! 100,000 lu­mens to treat sea­sonal af­fec­tive disorder

FabienneNov 12, 2021, 5:59 PM
170 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

You are prob­a­bly un­der­es­ti­mat­ing how good self-love can be

Charlie Rogers-SmithNov 14, 2021, 12:41 AM
168 points
19 comments12 min readLW link1 review

The bonds of fam­ily and com­mu­nity: Poverty and cru­elty among Rus­sian peas­ants in the late 19th century

jasoncrawfordNov 28, 2021, 5:22 PM
151 points
36 comments15 min readLW link1 review
(rootsofprogress.org)

App and book recom­men­da­tions for peo­ple who want to be hap­pier and more productive

KatWoodsNov 6, 2021, 5:40 PM
142 points
43 comments8 min readLW link

Com­ments on Car­l­smith’s “Is power-seek­ing AI an ex­is­ten­tial risk?”

So8resNov 13, 2021, 4:29 AM
139 points
15 comments40 min readLW link1 review

Effi­cien­tZero: hu­man ALE sam­ple-effi­ciency w/​MuZero+self-supervised

gwernNov 2, 2021, 2:32 AM
137 points
52 comments1 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

How do we be­come con­fi­dent in the safety of a ma­chine learn­ing sys­tem?

evhubNov 8, 2021, 10:49 PM
134 points
5 comments31 min readLW link

Ngo and Yud­kowsky on AI ca­pa­bil­ity gains

Eliezer Yudkowsky and Richard_Ngo
Nov 18, 2021, 10:19 PM
131 points
61 comments39 min readLW link1 review

Sci-Hub sued in India

Connor_FlexmanNov 13, 2021, 11:12 PM
131 points
19 comments7 min readLW link

Tran­script: “You Should Read HPMOR”

TurnTroutNov 2, 2021, 6:20 PM
124 points
12 comments5 min readLW link1 review

Soares, Tal­linn, and Yud­kowsky dis­cuss AGI cognition

So8res, Eliezer Yudkowsky and jaan
Nov 29, 2021, 7:26 PM
121 points
39 comments40 min readLW link1 review

Omicron Var­i­ant Post #2

ZviNov 29, 2021, 4:30 PM
120 points
34 comments14 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Chris­ti­ano, Co­tra, and Yud­kowsky on AI progress

Eliezer Yudkowsky and Ajeya Cotra
Nov 25, 2021, 4:45 PM
119 points
95 comments66 min readLW link

Why I’m ex­cited about Red­wood Re­search’s cur­rent project

paulfchristianoNov 12, 2021, 7:26 PM
114 points
6 comments7 min readLW link

The Maker of MIND

Tomás B.Nov 20, 2021, 4:28 PM
112 points
19 comments11 min readLW link

Effec­tive Evil

lsusrNov 2, 2021, 12:26 AM
111 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

Where did the 5 micron num­ber come from? Nowhere good. [Wired.com]

ElizabethNov 9, 2021, 7:14 AM
108 points
8 comments1 min readLW link1 review
(www.wired.com)

Im­prov­ing on the Karma System

RaelifinNov 14, 2021, 6:01 PM
106 points
36 comments19 min readLW link

Money Stuff

Jacob FalkovichNov 1, 2021, 4:08 PM
103 points
18 comments7 min readLW link

Rapid In­crease of Highly Mu­tated B.1.1.529 Strain in South Africa

dawangyNov 26, 2021, 1:05 AM
103 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Co­or­di­na­tion Skills I Wish I Had For the Pandemic

RaemonNov 13, 2021, 11:32 PM
96 points
9 comments6 min readLW link1 review

Ap­ply to the ML for Align­ment Boot­camp (MLAB) in Berkeley [Jan 3 - Jan 22]

habryka and Buck
Nov 3, 2021, 6:22 PM
95 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[Book Re­view] “The Bell Curve” by Charles Murray

lsusrNov 2, 2021, 5:49 AM
94 points
134 comments23 min readLW link

[Book Re­view] “Sorceror’s Ap­pren­tice” by Tahir Shah

lsusrNov 20, 2021, 11:29 AM
92 points
11 comments7 min readLW link

Com­ments on OpenPhil’s In­ter­pretabil­ity RFP

paulfchristianoNov 5, 2021, 10:36 PM
91 points
5 comments7 min readLW link

AI Safety Needs Great Engineers

Andy JonesNov 23, 2021, 3:40 PM
90 points
43 comments4 min readLW link

A Bayesian Ag­gre­ga­tion Paradox

JsevillamolNov 22, 2021, 10:39 AM
87 points
23 comments7 min readLW link

Satis­ficers Tend To Seek Power: In­stru­men­tal Con­ver­gence Via Retargetability

TurnTroutNov 18, 2021, 1:54 AM
85 points
8 comments17 min readLW link
(www.overleaf.com)

Tran­script for Ge­off An­ders and Anna Sala­mon’s Oct. 23 conversation

Rob BensingerNov 8, 2021, 2:19 AM
83 points
97 comments58 min readLW link

A pos­i­tive case for how we might suc­ceed at pro­saic AI alignment

evhubNov 16, 2021, 1:49 AM
81 points
46 comments6 min readLW link

What would we do if al­ign­ment were fu­tile?

Grant DemareeNov 14, 2021, 8:09 AM
75 points
39 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Worst Com­mon­sense Con­cepts?

abramdemskiNov 15, 2021, 6:22 PM
75 points
34 comments3 min readLW link

Covid 11/​25: Another Thanksgiving

ZviNov 25, 2021, 1:40 PM
73 points
9 comments21 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)