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Should we “go against nature”?

jasoncrawfordNov 4, 2022, 10:14 PM

10 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

How much should we care about non-human animals?

bokovNov 4, 2022, 9:36 PM

16 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

(www.lesswrong.com)

For ELK truth is mostly a distraction

c.troutNov 4, 2022, 9:14 PM

44 points

0 comments21 min readLW link

Toy Models and Tegum Products

Adam JermynNov 4, 2022, 6:51 PM

28 points

7 comments5 min readLW link

Ethan Caballero on Broken Neural Scaling Laws, Deception, and Recursive Self Improvement

Michaël Trazzi and Ethan Caballero

Nov 4, 2022, 6:09 PM

16 points

11 comments10 min readLW link

(theinsideview.ai)

Follow up to medical miracle

ElizabethNov 4, 2022, 6:00 PM

76 points

5 comments6 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

Cross-Void Optimization

pneumynymNov 4, 2022, 5:47 PM

1 point

1 comment8 min readLW link

Monthly Shorts 10/22

CelerNov 4, 2022, 4:30 PM

12 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

(keller.substack.com)

Weekly Roundup #4

ZviNov 4, 2022, 3:00 PM

42 points

1 comment6 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

A new place to discuss cognitive science, ethics and human alignment

Daniel_FriedrichNov 4, 2022, 2:34 PM

3 points

4 comments LW link

A newcomer’s guide to the technical AI safety field

zeshenNov 4, 2022, 2:29 PM

42 points

3 comments10 min readLW link

[Question] Are alignment researchers devoting enough time to improving their research capacity?

Carson JonesNov 4, 2022, 12:58 AM

13 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Don’t you think RLHF solves outer alignment?

Charbel-RaphaëlNov 4, 2022, 12:36 AM

9 points

23 comments1 min readLW link

Mechanistic Interpretability as Reverse Engineering (follow-up to “cars and elephants”)

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Nov 3, 2022, 11:19 PM

28 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Could a Supreme Court suit work to solve NEPA problems?

ChristianKlNov 3, 2022, 9:10 PM

15 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Video] How having Fast Fourier Transforms sooner could have helped with Nuclear Disarmament—Veritaserum

mako yassNov 3, 2022, 9:04 PM

17 points

1 comment LW link

Further considerations on the Evidentialist’s Wager

Martín SotoNov 3, 2022, 8:06 PM

3 points

9 comments8 min readLW link

AI as a Civilizational Risk Part 6/6: What can be done

PashaKamyshevNov 3, 2022, 7:48 PM

2 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

A Mystery About High Dimensional Concept Encoding

Fabien RogerNov 3, 2022, 5:05 PM

46 points

13 comments7 min readLW link

Why do we post our AI safety plans on the Internet?

Peter S. ParkNov 3, 2022, 4:02 PM

4 points

4 comments11 min readLW link

Multiple Deploy-Key Repos

jefftkNov 3, 2022, 3:10 PM

15 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Covid 11/3/22: Asking Forgiveness

ZviNov 3, 2022, 1:50 PM

23 points

3 comments6 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Adversarial Policies Beat Professional-Level Go AIs

sanxiynNov 3, 2022, 1:27 PM

31 points

35 comments1 min readLW link

(goattack.alignmentfund.org)

K-types vs T-types — what priors do you have?

Cleo NardoNov 3, 2022, 11:29 AM

74 points

25 comments7 min readLW link

Information Markets 2: Optimally Shaped Reward Bets

eva_Nov 3, 2022, 11:08 AM

9 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

The Rational Utilitarian Love Movement (A Historical Retrospective)

Caleb BiddulphNov 3, 2022, 7:11 AM

3 points

0 comments LW link

The Mirror Chamber: A short story exploring the anthropic measure function and why it can matter

mako yassNov 3, 2022, 6:47 AM

30 points

13 comments10 min readLW link

Open Letter Against Reckless Nuclear Escalation and Use

Max TegmarkNov 3, 2022, 5:34 AM

27 points

25 comments1 min readLW link

Lazy Python Argument Parsing

jefftkNov 3, 2022, 2:20 AM

20 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

AI as a Civilizational Risk Part 5/6: Relationship between C-risk and X-risk

PashaKamyshevNov 3, 2022, 2:19 AM

2 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] Is there a good way to award a fixed prize in a prediction contest?

jchanNov 2, 2022, 9:37 PM

18 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

“Are Experiments Possible?” Seeds of Science call for reviewers

rogersbaconNov 2, 2022, 8:05 PM

8 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Humans do acausal coordination all the time

Adam JermynNov 2, 2022, 2:40 PM

57 points

35 comments3 min readLW link

Far-UVC Light Update: No, LEDs are not around the corner (tweetstorm)

DavidmanheimNov 2, 2022, 12:57 PM

73 points

27 comments4 min readLW link

(twitter.com)

Housing and Transit Thoughts #1

ZviNov 2, 2022, 12:10 PM

35 points

5 comments16 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Mind is uncountable

Filip SondejNov 2, 2022, 11:51 AM

18 points

22 comments LW link

AI Safety Needs Great Product Builders

goodgravyNov 2, 2022, 11:33 AM

14 points

2 comments LW link

Why is fiber good for you?

bracesNov 2, 2022, 2:04 AM

18 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

Information Markets

eva_Nov 2, 2022, 1:24 AM

46 points

6 comments12 min readLW link

Sequence Reread: Fake Beliefs [plus sequence spotlight meta]

RaemonNov 2, 2022, 12:09 AM

27 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Real-Time Research Recording: Can a Transformer Re-Derive Positional Info?

Neel NandaNov 1, 2022, 11:56 PM

69 points

16 comments1 min readLW link

(youtu.be)

All AGI Safety questions welcome (especially basic ones) [~monthly thread]

Robert MilesNov 1, 2022, 11:23 PM

68 points

105 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Which Issues in Conceptual Alignment have been Formalised or Observed (or not)?

ojorgensenNov 1, 2022, 10:32 PM

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

AI as a Civilizational Risk Part 4/6: Bioweapons and Philosophy of Modification

PashaKamyshevNov 1, 2022, 8:50 PM

7 points

1 comment8 min readLW link

Open & Welcome Thread—November 2022

MondSemmelNov 1, 2022, 6:47 PM

14 points

46 comments1 min readLW link

Mildly Against Donor Lotteries

jefftkNov 1, 2022, 6:10 PM

10 points

9 comments3 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Progress links and tweets, 2022-11-01

jasoncrawfordNov 1, 2022, 5:48 PM

16 points

4 comments3 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

On the correspondence between AI-misalignment and cognitive dissonance using a behavioral economics model

Stijn BruersNov 1, 2022, 5:39 PM

4 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

Threat Model Literature Review

zac_kenton, Rohin Shah, David Lindner, Vikrant Varma, Vika, Mary Phuong, Ramana Kumar and Elliot Catt

Nov 1, 2022, 11:03 AM

78 points

4 comments25 min readLW link

Clarifying AI X-risk

zac_kenton, Rohin Shah, David Lindner, Vikrant Varma, Vika, Mary Phuong, Ramana Kumar and Elliot Catt

Nov 1, 2022, 11:03 AM

127 points

24 comments4 min readLW link 1 review