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RLHF
Ansh Radhakrishnan
May 12, 2022, 9:18 PM
18
points
5
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What to do when starting a business in an imminent-AGI world?
ryan_b
May 12, 2022, 9:07 PM
25
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Interpretability’s Alignment-Solving Potential: Analysis of 7 Scenarios
Evan R. Murphy
May 12, 2022, 8:01 PM
58
points
0
comments
59
min read
LW
link
Introduction to the sequence: Interpretability Research for the Most Important Century
Evan R. Murphy
May 12, 2022, 7:59 PM
16
points
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
A tentative dialogue with a Friendly-boxed-super-AGI on brain uploads
Ramiro P.
May 12, 2022, 7:40 PM
1
point
12
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The Last Paperclip
Logan Zoellner
May 12, 2022, 7:25 PM
63
points
15
comments
18
min read
LW
link
Deepmind’s Gato: Generalist Agent
Daniel Kokotajlo
May 12, 2022, 4:01 PM
165
points
62
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“A Generalist Agent”: New DeepMind Publication
1a3orn
May 12, 2022, 3:30 PM
79
points
43
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Covid 5/12/22: Other Priorities
Zvi
May 12, 2022, 1:30 PM
31
points
4
comments
15
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
[Question]
How would public media outlets need to be governed to cover all political views?
ChristianKl
May 12, 2022, 12:55 PM
13
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What’s keeping concerned capabilities gain researchers from leaving the field?
sovran
May 12, 2022, 12:16 PM
19
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Positive outcomes under an unaligned AGI takeover
Yitz
May 12, 2022, 7:45 AM
19
points
10
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are your recommendations for technical AI alignment podcasts?
Evan_Gaensbauer
May 11, 2022, 9:52 PM
5
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Gracefully correcting uncalibrated shame
AF2022
May 11, 2022, 7:51 PM
−31
points
34
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Intro to brain-like-AGI safety] 14. Controlled AGI
Steven Byrnes
May 11, 2022, 1:17 PM
45
points
25
comments
20
min read
LW
link
ProjectLawful.com: Eliezer’s latest story, past 1M words
Eliezer Yudkowsky
May 11, 2022, 6:18 AM
235
points
112
comments
1
min read
LW
link
4
reviews
An Inside View of AI Alignment
Ansh Radhakrishnan
May 11, 2022, 2:16 AM
32
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Fighting in various places for a really long time
KatjaGrace
May 11, 2022, 1:50 AM
36
points
12
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
Stuff I might do if I had covid
KatjaGrace
May 11, 2022, 12:00 AM
39
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
Crises Don’t Need Your Software
GabrielExists
May 10, 2022, 9:06 PM
59
points
18
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Ceiling Fan Air Filter
jefftk
May 10, 2022, 2:20 PM
18
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
The limits of AI safety via debate
Marius Hobbhahn
May 10, 2022, 1:33 PM
35
points
8
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Examining Armstrong’s category of generalized models
Morgan_Rogers
May 10, 2022, 9:07 AM
14
points
0
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Dath Ilani Rule of Law
David Udell
May 10, 2022, 6:17 AM
24
points
25
comments
4
min read
LW
link
AI safety should be made more accessible using non text-based media
Massimog
May 10, 2022, 3:14 AM
2
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
LessWrong Now Has Dark Mode
jimrandomh
May 10, 2022, 1:21 AM
135
points
31
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Conditions for mathematical equivalence of Stochastic Gradient Descent and Natural Selection
Oliver Sourbut
May 9, 2022, 9:38 PM
70
points
19
comments
8
min read
LW
link
1
review
(www.oliversourbut.net)
AI Alignment YouTube Playlists
jacquesthibs
and
remember
May 9, 2022, 9:33 PM
30
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
When is AI safety research harmful?
NathanBarnard
May 9, 2022, 6:19 PM
2
points
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
A Bird’s Eye View of the ML Field [Pragmatic AI Safety #2]
Dan H
and
TW123
May 9, 2022, 5:18 PM
163
points
8
comments
35
min read
LW
link
Introduction to Pragmatic AI Safety [Pragmatic AI Safety #1]
Dan H
and
TW123
May 9, 2022, 5:06 PM
80
points
3
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Jobs: Help scale up LM alignment research at NYU
Sam Bowman
May 9, 2022, 2:12 PM
60
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Microphone on Electric Mandolin
jefftk
May 9, 2022, 2:00 PM
16
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
[Question]
Thought experiment: Imagine you were assigned to help a random person in your community become as peaceful and joyful as the most peaceful and joyful person you’d ever met. What would you try?
nonzerosum
May 9, 2022, 1:53 PM
5
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Willing to be your music mentor in exchange for video editing mentorship
monkymind
May 9, 2022, 11:57 AM
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Updating Utility Functions
JustinShovelain
and
Joar Skalse
May 9, 2022, 9:44 AM
41
points
6
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Transcripts of interviews with AI researchers
Vael Gates
May 9, 2022, 5:57 AM
170
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Scribble] Bad Reasons Behind Different Systems and a Story with No Good Moral
Rana Dexsin
May 9, 2022, 5:21 AM
9
points
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What is the best day to celebrate Smallpox Eradication Day?
Orborde
May 9, 2022, 4:02 AM
7
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A reason behind bad systems, and moral implications of seeing this reason
Edward Pascal
May 9, 2022, 3:16 AM
4
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
An Alternative Interpretation of Physics
dadadarren
May 9, 2022, 12:52 AM
18
points
10
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(www.sleepingbeautyproblem.com)
Ion Implantation: Theory, Equipment, Process, Alternatives
nomagicpill
May 8, 2022, 10:30 PM
5
points
0
comments
16
min read
LW
link
(210ethan.github.io)
[Question]
Long COVID risk: How to maintain an up to date risk assessment so we can go back to normal life?
Sameerishere
May 8, 2022, 7:56 PM
19
points
34
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Demonstrating MWI by interfering human simulations
Yair Halberstadt
May 8, 2022, 5:28 PM
12
points
25
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Notes from a conversation with Ing. Agr. Adriana Balzarini
Pablo Repetto
May 8, 2022, 3:56 PM
5
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(pabloernesto.github.io)
Elementary Infra-Bayesianism
Jan
May 8, 2022, 12:23 PM
41
points
3
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(universalprior.substack.com)
Cambridge LW Meetup: Books That Change
Darmani
and
Tony Wang
8 May 2022 5:23 UTC
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Video and Transcript of Presentation on Existential Risk from Power-Seeking AI
Joe Carlsmith
8 May 2022 3:50 UTC
20
points
1
comment
29
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Algorithmic formalization of FDT?
Shmi
8 May 2022 1:36 UTC
12
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Experience on Meloxicam
jefftk
8 May 2022 0:30 UTC
9
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
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