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[Question] Longtermist Consequences of a New Dark Age?

David UdellJun 3, 2022, 11:00 PM

7 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Just Say No to Utilitarianism

Arjun PanicksseryJun 3, 2022, 10:59 PM

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(arjunpanickssery.substack.com)

The STEM Attractor

David UdellJun 3, 2022, 10:21 PM

12 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Book Review: Talent

ZviJun 3, 2022, 8:10 PM

70 points

19 comments79 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

On The Spectrum, On The Guest List: (iii) Etiquette

party girlJun 3, 2022, 6:44 PM

7 points

1 comment8 min readLW link

(onthespectrumontheguestlist.substack.com)

Give the AI safe tools

Adam JermynJun 3, 2022, 5:04 PM

3 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Rationality camps in Oxford for 16-20 yo: Apply by June 12th

Anna GajdovaJun 3, 2022, 3:22 PM

25 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

I’m trying out “asteroid mindset”

Alex_AltairJun 3, 2022, 1:35 PM

90 points

5 comments4 min readLW link

Monthly Shorts 5/22

CelerJun 3, 2022, 1:10 PM

4 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

(keller.substack.com)

On effective altruism, utilitarianism and localness

David Hugh-JonesJun 3, 2022, 10:34 AM

14 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

(wyclif.substack.com)

[Linkpost] A Chinese AI optimized for killing

RomanSJun 3, 2022, 9:17 AM

−2 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Intergenerational trauma impeding cooperative existential safety efforts

Andrew_CritchJun 3, 2022, 8:13 AM

129 points

29 comments3 min readLW link

Silliness

lsusrJun 3, 2022, 4:59 AM

20 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Another Calming Example

jefftkJun 3, 2022, 2:20 AM

39 points

13 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[MLSN #4]: Many New Interpretability Papers, Virtual Logit Matching, Rationalization Helps Robustness

Dan HJun 3, 2022, 1:20 AM

18 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

A short conceptual explainer of Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason

jessicataJun 3, 2022, 1:06 AM

57 points

12 comments16 min readLW link

(unstableontology.com)

Adversarial training, importance sampling, and anti-adversarial training for AI whistleblowing

BuckJun 2, 2022, 11:48 PM

42 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

The prototypical catastrophic AI action is getting root access to its datacenter

BuckJun 2, 2022, 11:46 PM

180 points

13 comments2 min readLW link 1 review

Confused why a “capabilities research is good for alignment progress” position isn’t discussed more

Kaj_SotalaJun 2, 2022, 9:41 PM

130 points

27 comments4 min readLW link

Announcing a contest: EA Criticism and Red Teaming

finJun 2, 2022, 8:27 PM

17 points

1 comment14 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Fact post: project-based learning

dominicqJun 2, 2022, 8:18 PM

12 points

4 comments3 min readLW link

The case for using the term ‘steelmanning’ instead of ‘principle of charity’

ChristianKlJun 2, 2022, 7:24 PM

26 points

7 comments3 min readLW link

Covid 6/2/22: Declining to Respond

ZviJun 2, 2022, 1:50 PM

55 points

10 comments7 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The horror of what must, yet cannot, be true

Kaj_SotalaJun 2, 2022, 10:20 AM

52 points

18 comments2 min readLW link

(kajsotala.fi)

Paradigms of AI alignment: components and enablers

VikaJun 2, 2022, 6:19 AM

53 points

4 comments8 min readLW link

The Bio Anchors Forecast

Ansh RadhakrishnanJun 2, 2022, 1:32 AM

13 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

Venue Changed ACX Montreal Meetup Jun 18 2022

EJun 2, 2022, 12:43 AM

10 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Public beliefs vs. Private beliefs

Eli TyreJun 1, 2022, 9:33 PM

146 points

30 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Probability that the President would win election against a random adult citizen?

Daniel KokotajloJun 1, 2022, 8:38 PM

15 points

26 comments1 min readLW link

Revisiting “Why Global Poverty”

jefftkJun 1, 2022, 8:20 PM

20 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] What will happen when an all-reaching AGI starts attempting to fix human character flaws?

Michael BrightJun 1, 2022, 6:45 PM

1 point

6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Any prior work on mutiagent dynamics for continuous distributions over agents?

Quintin PopeJun 1, 2022, 6:12 PM

15 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Formation via nucleation of boltzmann brains

Zeruel017Jun 1, 2022, 6:05 PM

0 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

Halifax Rationality / EA Coworking Day

Ideopunk and interstice

Jun 1, 2022, 5:47 PM

9 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Machines vs Memes Part 3: Imitation and Memes

ceru23Jun 1, 2022, 1:36 PM

7 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

Rationalism in an Age of Egregores

David UdellJun 1, 2022, 7:29 AM

14 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

Wielding civilization

dominicqJun 1, 2022, 7:11 AM

29 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

Machines vs. Memes 2: Memetically-Motivated Model Extensions

naterushMay 31, 2022, 10:03 PM

6 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Machines vs Memes Part 1: AI Alignment and Memetics

Harriet FarlowMay 31, 2022, 10:03 PM

19 points

1 comment6 min readLW link

The Hard Intelligence Hypothesis and Its Bearing on Succession Induced Foom

DragonGodMay 31, 2022, 7:04 PM

10 points

7 comments4 min readLW link

Paper: Teaching GPT3 to express uncertainty in words

Owain_EvansMay 31, 2022, 1:27 PM

97 points

7 comments4 min readLW link

Effective Altruism Virtual Programs Jul-Aug 2022

Yve Nichols-EvansMay 31, 2022, 12:56 PM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What is the state of Chinese AI research?

RatiosMay 31, 2022, 10:05 AM

34 points

16 comments1 min readLW link

The Brain That Builds Itself

Jan31 May 2022 9:42 UTC

57 points

6 comments8 min readLW link

(universalprior.substack.com)

[Question] Is there any formal argument that climate change needs to more extreme weather events?

ChristianKl31 May 2022 9:01 UTC

8 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Progress links and tweets, 2022-05-30

jasoncrawford30 May 2022 23:20 UTC

18 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

The Reverse Basilisk

Dunning K.30 May 2022 23:10 UTC

17 points

23 comments2 min readLW link

Deliberate Grieving

Raemon30 May 2022 20:49 UTC

188 points

16 comments9 min readLW link 2 reviews

Perform Tractable Research While Avoiding Capabilities Externalities [Pragmatic AI Safety #4]

Dan H and TW123

30 May 2022 20:25 UTC

51 points

3 comments25 min readLW link

[Question] A terrifying variant of Boltzmann’s brains problem

Zeruel01730 May 2022 20:08 UTC

5 points

12 comments4 min readLW link