Brain­storm of things that could force an AI team to burn their lead

So8resJul 24, 2022, 11:58 PM
134 points
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Find­ing Skele­tons on Rashomon Ridge

Jul 24, 2022, 10:31 PM
30 points
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Gather­ing In­for­ma­tion you won’t use di­rectly is of­ten useful

Johannes C. MayerJul 24, 2022, 9:21 PM
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[Question] Im­pact of ” ‘Let’s think step by step’ is all you need”?

yrimonJul 24, 2022, 8:59 PM
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The Most Im­por­tant Cen­tury: The Animation

Jul 24, 2022, 8:58 PM
46 points
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(youtu.be)

Hiring Pro­gram­mers in Academia

jefftkJul 24, 2022, 8:20 PM
36 points
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(www.jefftk.com)

Less Wrong Bu­dapest July 30th Meetup

Richard HorvathJul 24, 2022, 7:07 PM
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Re­la­tion­ship be­tween sub­jec­tive ex­pe­rience and in­tel­li­gence?

Q HomeJul 24, 2022, 9:10 AM
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Dou­ble Crux

CFAR!DuncanJul 24, 2022, 6:34 AM
58 points
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Ex­am­ple Meetup Description

JuliusJul 24, 2022, 5:38 AM
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Eaves­drop­ping on Aliens: A Data De­cod­ing Challenge

anonymousaisafetyJul 24, 2022, 4:35 AM
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In­for­ma­tion the­o­retic model anal­y­sis may not lend much in­sight, but we may have been do­ing them wrong!

Garrett BakerJul 24, 2022, 12:42 AM
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What’s next for in­stru­men­tal ra­tio­nal­ity?

Andrew_CritchJul 23, 2022, 10:55 PM
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Easy guide for run­ning a lo­cal Ra­tion­al­ity meetup

Nikita SokolskyJul 23, 2022, 10:52 PM
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Cu­rat­ing “The Epistemic Se­quences” (list v.0.1)

Andrew_CritchJul 23, 2022, 10:17 PM
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Room Opening

jefftkJul 23, 2022, 9:00 PM
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(www.jefftk.com)

A Bias Against Altruism

Lone PineJul 23, 2022, 8:44 PM
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What En­vi­ron­ment Prop­er­ties Select Agents For World-Model­ing?

Thane RuthenisJul 23, 2022, 7:27 PM
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Which sin­gu­lar­ity schools plus the no sin­gu­lar­ity school was right?

Noosphere89Jul 23, 2022, 3:16 PM
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Ba­sic Post Scarcity Q&A

lorepieriJul 23, 2022, 1:43 PM
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(lorenzopieri.com)

Ro­bust­ness to Scal­ing Down: More Im­por­tant Than I Thought

adamShimiJul 23, 2022, 11:40 AM
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Eat­ing Boogers

George3d6Jul 23, 2022, 11:20 AM
17 points
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(www.epistem.ink)

On Akra­sia, Habits and Re­ward Maximization

AiyenJul 23, 2022, 8:34 AM
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Which val­ues are sta­ble un­der on­tol­ogy shifts?

Richard_NgoJul 23, 2022, 2:40 AM
74 points
48 comments3 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

Try­ing out Prompt Eng­ineer­ing on TruthfulQA

Megan KinnimentJul 23, 2022, 2:04 AM
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Con­nor Leahy on Dy­ing with Dig­nity, EleutherAI and Conjecture

Michaël TrazziJul 22, 2022, 6:44 PM
195 points
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(theinsideview.ai)

Wy­clif’s Dust: the miss­ing chapter

David Hugh-JonesJul 22, 2022, 6:27 PM
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(wyclif.substack.com)

Mak­ing DALL-E Count

DirectedEvolutionJul 22, 2022, 9:11 AM
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One-day ap­plied ra­tio­nal­ity work­shop in Ber­lin Aug 29 (af­ter LWCW)

Duncan Sabien (Deactivated)Jul 22, 2022, 7:58 AM
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In­ter­nal Dou­ble Crux

CFAR!DuncanJul 22, 2022, 4:34 AM
93 points
15 comments12 min readLW link

Con­di­tion­ing Gen­er­a­tive Models with Restrictions

Adam JermynJul 21, 2022, 8:33 PM
18 points
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Our Ex­ist­ing Solu­tions to AGI Align­ment (semi-safe)

Michael SoareverixJul 21, 2022, 7:00 PM
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Chang­ing the world through slack & hobbies

Steven ByrnesJul 21, 2022, 6:11 PM
261 points
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Which per­son­al­ities do we find in­tol­er­able?

weathersystemsJul 21, 2022, 3:56 PM
10 points
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YouTubeTV and Spoilers

ZviJul 21, 2022, 1:50 PM
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(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 7/​21/​22: Fea­tur­ing ASPR

ZviJul 21, 2022, 1:50 PM
27 points
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(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] How much to op­ti­mize for the short-timelines sce­nario?

SoerenMindJul 21, 2022, 10:47 AM
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Is Gas Green?

ChristianKlJul 21, 2022, 10:30 AM
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Why are poli­ti­ci­ans po­larized?

ErnestScribblerJul 21, 2022, 8:17 AM
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[AN #173] Re­cent lan­guage model re­sults from DeepMind

Rohin ShahJul 21, 2022, 2:30 AM
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(mailchi.mp)

Don’t take the or­ga­ni­za­tional chart literally

lcJul 21, 2022, 12:56 AM
54 points
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Per­sonal fore­cast­ing ret­ro­spec­tive: 2020-2022

eliflandJul 21, 2022, 12:07 AM
35 points
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(www.foxy-scout.com)

Defin­ing Op­ti­miza­tion in a Deeper Way Part 3

J BostockJul 20, 2022, 10:06 PM
8 points
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Cog­ni­tive Risks of Ado­les­cent Binge Drinking

Jul 20, 2022, 9:10 PM
70 points
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(acesounderglass.com)

Why AGI Timeline Re­search/​Dis­course Might Be Overrated

Noosphere89Jul 20, 2022, 8:26 PM
5 points
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(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

En­light­en­ment Values in a Vuln­er­a­ble World

Maxwell TabarrokJul 20, 2022, 7:52 PM
15 points
6 comments31 min readLW link
(maximumprogress.substack.com)

Coun­ter­ing ar­gu­ments against work­ing on AI safety

Rauno ArikeJul 20, 2022, 6:23 PM
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A Short In­tro to Humans

Ben AmitayJul 20, 2022, 3:28 PM
1 point
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How to Diver­sify Con­cep­tual Align­ment: the Model Be­hind Refine

adamShimiJul 20, 2022, 10:44 AM
87 points
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[Question] What are the sim­plest ques­tions in ap­plied ra­tio­nal­ity where you don’t know the an­swer to?

ChristianKlJul 20, 2022, 9:53 AM
26 points
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