Tech­noc­racy and the Space Age

jasoncrawfordJul 26, 2022, 11:14 PM
25 points
5 comments2 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

«Boundaries», Part 1: a key miss­ing con­cept from util­ity theory

Andrew_CritchJul 26, 2022, 11:03 PM
158 points
33 comments7 min readLW link

In­co­her­ence of un­bounded selfishness

emmabJul 26, 2022, 10:27 PM
−6 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

«Boundaries» Se­quence (In­dex Post)

Andrew_CritchJul 26, 2022, 7:12 PM
25 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Ac­tive In­fer­ence as a for­mal­i­sa­tion of in­stru­men­tal convergence

Roman LeventovJul 26, 2022, 5:55 PM
12 points
2 comments3 min readLW link
(direct.mit.edu)

NeurIPS ML Safety Work­shop 2022

Dan HJul 26, 2022, 3:28 PM
72 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(neurips2022.mlsafety.org)

AI ethics vs AI alignment

Wei DaiJul 26, 2022, 1:08 PM
5 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Utility func­tions and prob­a­bil­ities are entangled

Thomas KwaJul 26, 2022, 5:36 AM
15 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

How Promis­ing is The­o­ret­i­cal Re­search on Ra­tion­al­ity? Seek­ing Ca­reer Advice

Aspirant223Jul 26, 2022, 1:08 AM
3 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Pre­dic­tion mar­kets meetup/​cowork­ing (hosted by Man­i­fold Mar­kets)

Jul 26, 2022, 12:14 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Align­ment be­ing im­pos­si­ble might be bet­ter than it be­ing re­ally difficult

Martín SotoJul 25, 2022, 11:57 PM
13 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] How op­ti­mistic should we be about AI figur­ing out how to in­ter­pret it­self?

oh54321Jul 25, 2022, 10:09 PM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Pro­tec­tion­ism in One Coun­try: How In­dus­trial Policy Worked in Canada

Davis KedroskyJul 25, 2022, 10:08 PM
5 points
0 comments16 min readLW link
(daviskedrosky.substack.com)

Mis­takes as agency

pchvykovJul 25, 2022, 4:17 PM
12 points
8 comments4 min readLW link

My Bit­coin Th­e­sis @2022 - Part 1

aysajanJul 25, 2022, 3:49 PM
6 points
6 comments13 min readLW link

The Reader’s Guide to Op­ti­mal Mone­tary Policy

Ege ErdilJul 25, 2022, 3:10 PM
57 points
10 comments14 min readLW link

AGI Safety Needs Peo­ple With All Skil­lsets!

Severin T. SeehrichJul 25, 2022, 1:32 PM
28 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Is there any ev­i­dence that hand­wash­ing does any­thing to pre­vent COVID?

mukashiJul 25, 2022, 7:34 AM
4 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Open­ing Ses­sion Tips & Advice

CFAR!DuncanJul 25, 2022, 3:57 AM
95 points
3 comments14 min readLW link1 review

How much should we worry about mesa-op­ti­miza­tion challenges?

sudoJul 25, 2022, 3:56 AM
4 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Does agent foun­da­tions cover all fu­ture ML sys­tems?

Jonas HallgrenJul 25, 2022, 1:17 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Unify­ing Bar­gain­ing No­tions (1/​2)

DiffractorJul 25, 2022, 12:28 AM
210 points
41 comments16 min readLW link

Re­ward is not the op­ti­miza­tion target

TurnTroutJul 25, 2022, 12:03 AM
375 points
123 comments10 min readLW link3 reviews

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

So8resJul 24, 2022, 11:58 PM
134 points
8 comments13 min readLW link

Find­ing Skele­tons on Rashomon Ridge

Jul 24, 2022, 10:31 PM
30 points
2 comments7 min readLW link

Gather­ing In­for­ma­tion you won’t use di­rectly is of­ten useful

Johannes C. MayerJul 24, 2022, 9:21 PM
6 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Im­pact of ” ‘Let’s think step by step’ is all you need”?

yrimonJul 24, 2022, 8:59 PM
20 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

The Most Im­por­tant Cen­tury: The Animation

Jul 24, 2022, 8:58 PM
46 points
2 comments20 min readLW link
(youtu.be)

Hiring Pro­gram­mers in Academia

jefftkJul 24, 2022, 8:20 PM
36 points
19 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Less Wrong Bu­dapest July 30th Meetup

Richard HorvathJul 24, 2022, 7:07 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Re­la­tion­ship be­tween sub­jec­tive ex­pe­rience and in­tel­li­gence?

Q HomeJul 24, 2022, 9:10 AM
5 points
4 comments9 min readLW link

Dou­ble Crux

CFAR!DuncanJul 24, 2022, 6:34 AM
58 points
9 comments11 min readLW link

Ex­am­ple Meetup Description

JuliusJul 24, 2022, 5:38 AM
6 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Eaves­drop­ping on Aliens: A Data De­cod­ing Challenge

anonymousaisafetyJul 24, 2022, 4:35 AM
44 points
9 comments4 min readLW link

In­for­ma­tion the­o­retic model anal­y­sis may not lend much in­sight, but we may have been do­ing them wrong!

Garrett BakerJul 24, 2022, 12:42 AM
7 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

What’s next for in­stru­men­tal ra­tio­nal­ity?

Andrew_CritchJul 23, 2022, 10:55 PM
63 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Easy guide for run­ning a lo­cal Ra­tion­al­ity meetup

Nikita SokolskyJul 23, 2022, 10:52 PM
13 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

Cu­rat­ing “The Epistemic Se­quences” (list v.0.1)

Andrew_CritchJul 23, 2022, 10:17 PM
65 points
12 comments7 min readLW link

Room Opening

jefftkJul 23, 2022, 9:00 PM
8 points
3 comments4 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

A Bias Against Altruism

Lone PineJul 23, 2022, 8:44 PM
58 points
30 comments2 min readLW link

What En­vi­ron­ment Prop­er­ties Select Agents For World-Model­ing?

Thane RuthenisJul 23, 2022, 7:27 PM
25 points
1 comment12 min readLW link

Which sin­gu­lar­ity schools plus the no sin­gu­lar­ity school was right?

Noosphere89Jul 23, 2022, 3:16 PM
9 points
26 comments9 min readLW link

Ba­sic Post Scarcity Q&A

lorepieriJul 23, 2022, 1:43 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(lorenzopieri.com)

Ro­bust­ness to Scal­ing Down: More Im­por­tant Than I Thought

adamShimiJul 23, 2022, 11:40 AM
38 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

Eat­ing Boogers

George3d6Jul 23, 2022, 11:20 AM
17 points
5 comments6 min readLW link
(www.epistem.ink)

On Akra­sia, Habits and Re­ward Maximization

AiyenJul 23, 2022, 8:34 AM
14 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

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
10 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

Con­nor Leahy on Dy­ing with Dig­nity, EleutherAI and Conjecture

Michaël TrazziJul 22, 2022, 6:44 PM
195 points
29 comments14 min readLW link
(theinsideview.ai)

Wy­clif’s Dust: the miss­ing chapter

David Hugh-JonesJul 22, 2022, 6:27 PM
9 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(wyclif.substack.com)