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Clarifying the Agent-Like Structure Problem
johnswentworth
Sep 29, 2022, 9:28 PM
63
points
17
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Where I currently disagree with Ryan Greenblatt’s version of the ELK approach
So8res
Sep 29, 2022, 9:18 PM
65
points
7
comments
5
min read
LW
link
It matters when the first sharp left turn happens
Adam Jermyn
Sep 29, 2022, 8:12 PM
45
points
9
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Covid 9/29/22: The Jones Act Waver
Zvi
Sep 29, 2022, 6:20 PM
47
points
10
comments
24
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
High-Impact Psychology (HIPsy): Piloting a Global Network
Inga G.
Sep 29, 2022, 6:16 PM
8
points
0
comments
LW
link
Unit Test Everything
DirectedEvolution
Sep 29, 2022, 6:12 PM
30
points
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Builder/Breaker for Deconfusion
abramdemski
Sep 29, 2022, 5:36 PM
72
points
9
comments
9
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Resources to find/register the rationalists that specialize in a given topic?
tailcalled
Sep 29, 2022, 5:20 PM
25
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Make-A-Video by Meta AI
P.
Sep 29, 2022, 5:07 PM
9
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(makeavideo.studio)
FDT is not directly comparable to CDT and EDT
SMK
Sep 29, 2022, 2:42 PM
42
points
8
comments
11
min read
LW
link
[Link] “Improper Nouns” by siderea
Kenny
Sep 29, 2022, 1:28 PM
17
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(siderea.dreamwidth.org)
Open application to become an AI safety project mentor
Charbel-Raphaël
Sep 29, 2022, 11:27 AM
10
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(docs.google.com)
[Question]
Should reasonably healthy people still take Paxlovid?
Sameerishere
Sep 29, 2022, 3:41 AM
15
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Reflection on a Consulting Workshop
myutin
Sep 29, 2022, 3:04 AM
12
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
Better Construction Cost Estimates?
jefftk
Sep 29, 2022, 2:30 AM
12
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Petrov Day Retrospective: 2022
Ruby
Sep 28, 2022, 10:16 PM
107
points
41
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Estimating the Current and Future Number of AI Safety Researchers
Stephen McAleese
Sep 28, 2022, 9:11 PM
47
points
14
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)
Progress links and tweets, 2022-09-28
jasoncrawford
Sep 28, 2022, 8:26 PM
13
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
EA & LW Forums Weekly Summary (19 − 25 Sep 22′)
Zoe Williams
Sep 28, 2022, 8:18 PM
16
points
2
comments
19
min read
LW
link
LOVE in a simbox is all you need
jacob_cannell
Sep 28, 2022, 6:25 PM
66
points
73
comments
44
min read
LW
link
1
review
A Library and Tutorial for Factored Cognition with Language Models
stuhlmueller
,
justin_dan
and
goodgravy
Sep 28, 2022, 6:15 PM
47
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Reward IS the Optimization Target
Carn
Sep 28, 2022, 5:59 PM
−2
points
3
comments
5
min read
LW
link
AI Safety Endgame Stories
Ivan Vendrov
Sep 28, 2022, 4:58 PM
31
points
11
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Will Values and Competition Decouple?
interstice
Sep 28, 2022, 4:27 PM
15
points
11
comments
17
min read
LW
link
Georgism in Space
harsimony
Sep 28, 2022, 4:05 PM
42
points
12
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(harsimony.wordpress.com)
QAPR 3: interpretability-guided training of neural nets
Quintin Pope
Sep 28, 2022, 4:02 PM
58
points
2
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Strange Loops—Self-Reference from Number Theory to AI
ojorgensen
Sep 28, 2022, 2:10 PM
19
points
6
comments
18
min read
LW
link
Why I think strong general AI is coming soon
porby
Sep 28, 2022, 5:40 AM
337
points
141
comments
34
min read
LW
link
1
review
About Q Home
Q Home
Sep 28, 2022, 4:56 AM
11
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Linkpost] “Intensity and frequency of extreme novel epidemics” by Mariani et al. (2021)
T431
Sep 28, 2022, 3:31 AM
10
points
0
comments
LW
link
Threat-Resistant Bargaining Megapost: Introducing the ROSE Value
Diffractor
Sep 28, 2022, 1:20 AM
162
points
19
comments
53
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
7 traps that (we think) new alignment researchers often fall into
Orpheus16
and
Thomas Larsen
Sep 27, 2022, 11:13 PM
176
points
10
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Failure modes in a shard theory alignment plan
Thomas Kwa
Sep 27, 2022, 10:34 PM
26
points
2
comments
7
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is a PhD necessary to contribute meaningfully to a field?
TrudosKudos
Sep 27, 2022, 9:27 PM
4
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why we’re not founding a human-data-for-alignment org
L Rudolf L
and
Matt Putz
Sep 27, 2022, 8:14 PM
88
points
6
comments
29
min read
LW
link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)
A Poorly Planned Loft Bed
jefftk
Sep 27, 2022, 5:50 PM
9
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Wise Crowd & Democratic Spirit
Hristo Zaykov
Sep 27, 2022, 5:45 PM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.hristo.blog)
Soft skills for meetups
mingyuan
Sep 27, 2022, 5:26 PM
49
points
3
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Enriching Youtube content recommendations
Martín Soto
Sep 27, 2022, 4:54 PM
8
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Onion Test for Personal and Institutional Honesty
chanamessinger
and
Andrew_Critch
Sep 27, 2022, 3:26 PM
163
points
31
comments
3
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
Book review: “The Heart of the Brain: The Hypothalamus and Its Hormones”
Steven Byrnes
Sep 27, 2022, 1:20 PM
65
points
3
comments
18
min read
LW
link
My Thoughts on the ML Safety Course
zeshen
Sep 27, 2022, 1:15 PM
50
points
3
comments
17
min read
LW
link
Summary of ML Safety Course
zeshen
Sep 27, 2022, 1:05 PM
7
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Probabilistic reasoning for description and experience
Q Home
Sep 27, 2022, 10:57 AM
0
points
0
comments
26
min read
LW
link
A Prince, a Pauper, Power, Panama
Alok Singh
Sep 27, 2022, 7:10 AM
10
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(alok.github.io)
Double Asteroid Redirection Test succeeds
sanxiyn
Sep 27, 2022, 6:37 AM
19
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(twitter.com)
[Question]
How would I know if a PhD is the right career path?
Bob Guran
Sep 27, 2022, 5:49 AM
4
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Review of Examine.com’s vitamin write-ups
Elizabeth
and
Martin Bernstorff
Sep 26, 2022, 11:40 PM
60
points
1
comment
5
min read
LW
link
(acesounderglass.com)
D&D.Sci September 2022 Evaluation and Ruleset
abstractapplic
Sep 26, 2022, 10:19 PM
30
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[MLSN #5]: Prize Compilation
Dan H
Sep 26, 2022, 9:55 PM
15
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
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