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Building a transformer from scratch—AI safety up-skilling challenge
Marius Hobbhahn
Oct 12, 2022, 3:40 PM
42
points
1
comment
5
min read
LW
link
Instrumental convergence in single-agent systems
Edouard Harris
and
simonsdsuo
Oct 12, 2022, 12:24 PM
33
points
4
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(www.gladstone.ai)
Singapore—Small casual dinner in Chinatown #5
Joe Rocca
Oct 12, 2022, 8:59 AM
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
A game of mattering
KatjaGrace
Oct 12, 2022, 8:50 AM
28
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
Calibration of a thousand predictions
KatjaGrace
Oct 12, 2022, 8:50 AM
59
points
7
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
My argument against AGI
cveres
Oct 12, 2022, 6:33 AM
7
points
5
comments
LW
link
Actually, All Nuclear Famine Papers are Bunk
Lao Mein
Oct 12, 2022, 5:58 AM
113
points
37
comments
2
min read
LW
link
1
review
Contingency is not arbitrary
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Oct 12, 2022, 4:35 AM
13
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
That one apocalyptic nuclear famine paper is bunk
Lao Mein
Oct 12, 2022, 3:33 AM
110
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AstralCodexTen and Rationality Meetup Organisers’ Retreat Asia Pacific region
Elo
and
Harold
Oct 12, 2022, 3:20 AM
14
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Abbots Bromley Horn Dance History
jefftk
Oct 12, 2022, 2:10 AM
11
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Power-Seeking AI and Existential Risk
Antonio Franca
Oct 11, 2022, 10:50 PM
6
points
0
comments
9
min read
LW
link
From technocracy to the counterculture
jasoncrawford
Oct 11, 2022, 7:37 PM
28
points
1
comment
26
min read
LW
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Prettified AI Safety Game Cards
abramdemski
Oct 11, 2022, 7:35 PM
47
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
On the proper piloting of flesh shoots
Mordecai Weynberg
Oct 11, 2022, 6:52 PM
−4
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why I think nuclear war triggered by Russian tactical nukes in Ukraine is unlikely
Dave Orr
Oct 11, 2022, 6:30 PM
50
points
7
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Anonymous advice: If you want to reduce AI risk, should you take roles that advance AI capabilities?
Benjamin Hilton
Oct 11, 2022, 2:16 PM
54
points
9
comments
LW
link
Misalignment Harms Can Be Caused by Low Intelligence Systems
DialecticEel
Oct 11, 2022, 1:39 PM
11
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Sketch] Validity Criterion for Logical Counterfactuals
DragonGod
Oct 11, 2022, 1:31 PM
6
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How much does the risk of dying from nuclear war differ within and between countries?
amarai
Oct 11, 2022, 11:55 AM
4
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Did you enjoy Ramez Naam’s “Nexus” trilogy? Check out this interview on neurotech and the law.
fowlertm
Oct 11, 2022, 11:10 AM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What “The Message” Was For Me
Alex Beyman
Oct 11, 2022, 8:08 AM
−3
points
14
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Updates and Clarifications
SD Marlow
Oct 11, 2022, 5:34 AM
−5
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
What if human reasoning is anti-inductive?
Q Home
Oct 11, 2022, 5:15 AM
4
points
2
comments
13
min read
LW
link
Fullness to Indicate Cleanliness
jefftk
Oct 11, 2022, 12:40 AM
9
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
[Question]
What happened to the annual LW demographic surveys?
ROM
Oct 11, 2022, 12:19 AM
5
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
EA & LW Forums Weekly Summary (26 Sep − 9 Oct 22′)
Zoe Williams
Oct 10, 2022, 11:58 PM
13
points
2
comments
LW
link
Don’t expect AGI anytime soon
cveres
Oct 10, 2022, 10:38 PM
−14
points
6
comments
LW
link
QAPR 4: Inductive biases
Quintin Pope
Oct 10, 2022, 10:08 PM
67
points
2
comments
18
min read
LW
link
Apollo
Jarred Filmer
Oct 10, 2022, 9:30 PM
46
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Does biology reliably find the global maximum, or at least get close?
Noosphere89
Oct 10, 2022, 8:55 PM
24
points
71
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Disentangling inner alignment failures
Erik Jenner
Oct 10, 2022, 6:50 PM
23
points
5
comments
4
min read
LW
link
ACX meetup [October]
sallatik
Oct 10, 2022, 5:23 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Natural Categories Update
Logan Zoellner
Oct 10, 2022, 3:19 PM
33
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
When reporting AI timelines, be clear who you’re deferring to
Sam Clarke
Oct 10, 2022, 2:24 PM
38
points
6
comments
LW
link
Why Balsa Research is Worthwhile
Zvi
Oct 10, 2022, 1:50 PM
87
points
12
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Lessons learned from talking to >100 academics about AI safety
Marius Hobbhahn
Oct 10, 2022, 1:16 PM
216
points
18
comments
12
min read
LW
link
1
review
We can do better than argmax
Jan_Kulveit
Oct 10, 2022, 10:32 AM
49
points
4
comments
LW
link
Vegetarianism and depression
Maggy
Oct 10, 2022, 9:11 AM
2
points
2
comments
LW
link
Results from the language model hackathon
Esben Kran
Oct 10, 2022, 8:29 AM
22
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
AMC’s animated series “Pantheon” is relevant to our interests
Ben Smith
Oct 10, 2022, 5:59 AM
20
points
3
comments
LW
link
Joey Savoie from Charity Entrepreneurship and His Principles—OpenPrinciples Speaker Session
ti_guo
Oct 10, 2022, 2:28 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why So Many Cookie Banners?
jefftk
Oct 10, 2022, 2:20 AM
35
points
28
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Wanna bet?
ThomasJ
Oct 9, 2022, 9:26 PM
4
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Embedding AI into AR goggles
aixar
Oct 9, 2022, 8:08 PM
−12
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
AI Risk Microdynamics Survey
Froolow
Oct 9, 2022, 8:04 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Crosspost] AlphaTensor, Taste, and the Scalability of AI
jamierumbelow
Oct 9, 2022, 7:42 PM
16
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(jamieonsoftware.com)
Bengaluru LW/ACX Social Meetup—October′22
faiz
Oct 9, 2022, 6:50 PM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Balto/Togo theory of scientific development
Elizabeth
9 Oct 2022 18:30 UTC
69
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(acesounderglass.com)
Possible miracles
Orpheus16
and
Thomas Larsen
9 Oct 2022 18:17 UTC
64
points
34
comments
8
min read
LW
link
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