Pivotal out­comes and pivotal processes

Andrew_CritchJun 17, 2022, 11:43 PM
97 points
31 comments4 min readLW link

Quan­tify­ing Gen­eral Intelligence

JasonBrownJun 17, 2022, 9:57 PM
9 points
6 comments13 min readLW link

Ap­ply for Pro­duc­tivity Coach­ing and AI Align­ment Mentorship

NickJun 17, 2022, 9:36 PM
12 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Things That Make Me En­joy Giv­ing Ca­reer Advice

Neel NandaJun 17, 2022, 8:49 PM
16 points
0 comments9 min readLW link
(www.neelnanda.io)

The Unified The­ory of Nor­ma­tive Ethics

Thane RuthenisJun 17, 2022, 7:55 PM
8 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

1689: Un­cov­er­ing the World New In­sti­tu­tion­al­ism Created

Davis KedroskyJun 17, 2022, 7:32 PM
7 points
0 comments9 min readLW link
(daviskedrosky.substack.com)

[Question] Is there an unified way to make sense of ai failure modes?

walking_mushroomJun 17, 2022, 6:00 PM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

In defense of flailing, with fore­word by Bill Burr

lcJun 17, 2022, 4:40 PM
88 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

An Ap­proach to Land Value Taxation

harsimonyJun 17, 2022, 3:53 PM
4 points
12 comments4 min readLW link
(harsimony.wordpress.com)

Value ex­trap­o­la­tion vs Wireheading

Stuart_ArmstrongJun 17, 2022, 3:02 PM
16 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

#SAT with Ten­sor Networks

Adam JermynJun 17, 2022, 1:20 PM
4 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing the Clearer Think­ing Re­grants program

spencergJun 17, 2022, 1:14 PM
36 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Sin­ga­pore—Small ca­sual din­ner in Chi­na­town #3: DALL-E 2 edition

Joe RoccaJun 17, 2022, 8:32 AM
2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is civ­i­liza­tional al­ign­ment on the table?

Aleksi LiimatainenJun 17, 2022, 8:27 AM
5 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Ap­ply to the Ma­chine Learn­ing For Good boot­camp in France

Alexandre VariengienJun 17, 2022, 7:32 AM
10 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

What’s it like to have sex with Dun­can?

Duncan Sabien (Inactive)Jun 17, 2022, 2:32 AM
52 points
19 comments17 min readLW link

wrap­per-minds are the enemy

nostalgebraistJun 17, 2022, 1:58 AM
104 points
43 comments8 min readLW link

A Li­tany Miss­ing from the Canon

benwrJun 17, 2022, 1:39 AM
39 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.benwr.net)

[Question] Why did Rus­sia in­vade Ukraine?

bohaskaJun 17, 2022, 1:36 AM
0 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

A trans­parency and in­ter­pretabil­ity tech tree

evhubJun 16, 2022, 11:44 PM
163 points
11 comments18 min readLW link1 review

BBC Fu­ture cov­ers progress studies

jasoncrawfordJun 16, 2022, 10:44 PM
21 points
6 comments3 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Hu­mans are very re­li­able agents

alyssavanceJun 16, 2022, 10:02 PM
269 points
35 comments3 min readLW link

Towards Gears-Level Un­der­stand­ing of Agency

Thane RuthenisJun 16, 2022, 10:00 PM
25 points
4 comments18 min readLW link

A pos­si­ble AI-in­oc­u­la­tion due to early “robot up­ris­ing”

ShmiJun 16, 2022, 9:21 PM
16 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

AI Risk, as Seen on Snapchat

dkirmaniJun 16, 2022, 7:31 PM
23 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] “The mad­ness of re­duced med­i­cal di­ag­nos­tics” by Dynomight

KennyJun 16, 2022, 7:20 PM
16 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Break­ing Down Goal-Directed Behaviour

Oliver SourbutJun 16, 2022, 6:45 PM
11 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Per­ils of op­ti­miz­ing in so­cial contexts

owencbJun 16, 2022, 5:40 PM
50 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Don’t Over-Op­ti­mize Things

owencbJun 16, 2022, 4:33 PM
27 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Se­cu­rity anal­y­sis of ‘cloud chem­istry labs’?

KennyJun 16, 2022, 4:06 PM
6 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 6/​16/​22: Do Not Hand it to Them

ZviJun 16, 2022, 2:40 PM
29 points
5 comments7 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Is there a worked ex­am­ple of Ge­or­gian taxes?

DagonJun 16, 2022, 2:07 PM
8 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Against Ac­tive Shooter Drills

ZviJun 16, 2022, 1:40 PM
91 points
30 comments7 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Ten ex­per­i­ments in mod­u­lar­ity, which we’d like you to run!

Jun 16, 2022, 9:17 AM
62 points
3 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] What if LaMDA is in­deed sen­tient /​ self-aware /​ worth hav­ing rights?

RomanSJun 16, 2022, 9:10 AM
22 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Lifeguards

Orpheus16Jun 15, 2022, 11:03 PM
12 points
3 comments2 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Ra­tion­al­ity Vienna Hike

Laszlo_TreszkaiJun 15, 2022, 10:11 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Con­tra Hofs­tadter on GPT-3 Nonsense

ricticJun 15, 2022, 9:53 PM
237 points
24 comments2 min readLW link

Progress links and tweets, 2022-06-13

jasoncrawfordJun 15, 2022, 7:47 PM
12 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

I ap­plied for a MIRI job in 2020. Here’s what hap­pened next.

ViktoriaMalyasovaJun 15, 2022, 7:37 PM
86 points
17 comments7 min readLW link

Con­tex­tual Evil

ACrackedPotJun 15, 2022, 7:32 PM
1 point
12 comments2 min readLW link

Multi­gate Priors

Adam JermynJun 15, 2022, 7:30 PM
4 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

FYI: I’m work­ing on a book about the threat of AGI/​ASI for a gen­eral au­di­ence. I hope it will be of value to the cause and the community

Darren McKeeJun 15, 2022, 6:08 PM
43 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What are all the AI Align­ment and AI Safety Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Hubs?

Gunnar_ZarnckeJun 15, 2022, 4:16 PM
27 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Ge­or­gism, in theory

Stuart_ArmstrongJun 15, 2022, 3:20 PM
40 points
22 comments4 min readLW link

Ber­lin AI Safety Open Meetup June 2022

pranomostroJun 15, 2022, 2:33 PM
12 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

A cen­tral AI al­ign­ment prob­lem: ca­pa­bil­ities gen­er­al­iza­tion, and the sharp left turn

So8resJun 15, 2022, 1:10 PM
272 points
55 comments10 min readLW link1 review

Our men­tal build­ing blocks are more differ­ent than I thought

Marius HobbhahnJun 15, 2022, 11:07 AM
50 points
11 comments14 min readLW link

[Question] Has there been any work on at­tempt­ing to use Pas­cal’s Mug­ging to make an AGI be­have?

Chris_LeongJun 15, 2022, 8:33 AM
7 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Align­ment Risk Doesn’t Re­quire Superintelligence

JustisMillsJun 15, 2022, 3:12 AM
35 points
4 comments2 min readLW link