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Announcing AISIC 2022 - the AI Safety Israel Conference, October 19-20
Davidmanheim
Sep 21, 2022, 7:32 PM
13
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Nearcast-based “deployment problem” analysis
HoldenKarnofsky
Sep 21, 2022, 6:52 PM
85
points
2
comments
26
min read
LW
link
Scraping training data for your mind
Henrik Karlsson
Sep 21, 2022, 4:27 PM
47
points
4
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(escapingflatland.substack.com)
Trends in Training Dataset Sizes
Pablo Villalobos
Sep 21, 2022, 3:47 PM
25
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(epochai.org)
[Question]
Can you define “utility” in utilitarianism without using words for specific human emotions?
SurvivalBias
Sep 21, 2022, 3:29 AM
13
points
46
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“Infohazards” The ML Field’s Greatest Excuse.
Puffy Bird
Sep 21, 2022, 3:19 AM
−3
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
Case Rates to Sequencing Reads
jefftk
Sep 21, 2022, 2:00 AM
15
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Towards deconfusing wireheading and reward maximization
leogao
Sep 21, 2022, 12:36 AM
81
points
7
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What key nutrients are required for daily energy?
trevor
Sep 20, 2022, 11:30 PM
7
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Quantified Intuitions: An epistemics training website including a new EA-themed calibration app
Sage Future
and
elifland
Sep 20, 2022, 10:25 PM
28
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Redaction Machine
Ben
Sep 20, 2022, 10:03 PM
505
points
48
comments
27
min read
LW
link
1
review
You Are Not Measuring What You Think You Are Measuring
johnswentworth
Sep 20, 2022, 8:04 PM
411
points
45
comments
8
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
What happened to the idea of progress?
jasoncrawford
Sep 20, 2022, 7:56 PM
8
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(bigthink.com)
Features and Antifeatures
Davis_Kingsley
Sep 20, 2022, 5:54 PM
23
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cryptocurrency Exploits Show the Importance of Proactive Policies for AI X-Risk
eSpencer
Sep 20, 2022, 5:53 PM
1
point
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Alignment Org Cheat Sheet
Orpheus16
and
Thomas Larsen
Sep 20, 2022, 5:36 PM
70
points
8
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Doing oversight from the very start of training seems hard
peterbarnett
Sep 20, 2022, 5:21 PM
14
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
$13,000 of prizes for changing our mind about who to fund (Clearer Thinking Regrants Forecasting Tournament)
spencerg
Sep 20, 2022, 4:06 PM
14
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(manifold.markets)
Progress links and tweets, 2022-09-20
jasoncrawford
Sep 20, 2022, 2:07 PM
7
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
[Question]
If we have Human-level chatbots, won’t we end up being ruled by possible people?
Erlja Jkdf.
Sep 20, 2022, 1:59 PM
5
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Twitter Polls: Evidence is Evidence
Zvi
Sep 20, 2022, 12:30 PM
34
points
8
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Some of the most important entrepreneurship skills are tacit knowledge
Ruhul
Sep 20, 2022, 12:06 PM
20
points
0
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Character alignment
p.b.
Sep 20, 2022, 8:27 AM
22
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Losing the root for the tree
Adam Zerner
Sep 20, 2022, 4:53 AM
482
points
31
comments
9
min read
LW
link
1
review
Failed Adventures in Delay
jefftk
Sep 20, 2022, 2:20 AM
8
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Gene drives: why the wait?
Metacelsus
Sep 19, 2022, 11:37 PM
125
points
50
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(denovo.substack.com)
Prize idea: Transmit MIRI and Eliezer’s worldviews
elifland
Sep 19, 2022, 9:21 PM
47
points
18
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Rationality Dojo Berlin Handout
UnplannedCauliflower
Sep 19, 2022, 8:11 PM
19
points
0
comments
7
min read
LW
link
A noob goes to the SERI MATS presentations
Lowell Dennings
Sep 19, 2022, 5:35 PM
27
points
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Do bamboos set themselves on fire?
Malmesbury
Sep 19, 2022, 3:34 PM
170
points
14
comments
6
min read
LW
link
1
review
Cambridge LW Meetup: Authentic Relating Games
Tony Wang
Sep 19, 2022, 2:51 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
PIBBSS (AI alignment) is hiring for a Project Manager
Nora_Ammann
Sep 19, 2022, 1:54 PM
9
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Quintin’s alignment papers roundup—week 2
Quintin Pope
Sep 19, 2022, 1:41 PM
67
points
2
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Some notes on solving hard problems
Joe Rocca
Sep 19, 2022, 12:58 PM
50
points
8
comments
29
min read
LW
link
Safety timelines: How long will it take to solve alignment?
Esben Kran
,
JonathanRystroem
and
Steinthal
Sep 19, 2022, 12:53 PM
37
points
7
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)
Belgrade, Serbia—LW Meetup
игорь тимофеев
Sep 19, 2022, 12:47 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The ELK Framing I’ve Used
sudo
Sep 19, 2022, 10:28 AM
5
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Quick Book Review: Crucial Conversations
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Sep 19, 2022, 6:25 AM
28
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
How my team at Lightcone sometimes gets stuff done
Bird Concept
Sep 19, 2022, 5:47 AM
193
points
43
comments
7
min read
LW
link
1
review
EA & LW Forums Weekly Summary (12 − 18 Sep ’22)
Zoe Williams
Sep 19, 2022, 5:08 AM
11
points
0
comments
13
min read
LW
link
Book Swap
Screwtape
Sep 19, 2022, 2:33 AM
11
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Pretending not to Notice
jefftk
Sep 19, 2022, 2:30 AM
46
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
[To Be Revised]Perhaps the Meaning of Life, An Adventure in Pluralistic Morality
NoBadCake
Sep 18, 2022, 10:37 PM
−5
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Leveraging Legal Informatics to Align AI
John Nay
Sep 18, 2022, 8:39 PM
11
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)
The Inter-Agent Facet of AI Alignment
Michael Oesterle
Sep 18, 2022, 8:39 PM
12
points
1
comment
5
min read
LW
link
Biden should be applauded for appointing Renee Wegrzyn for ARPA-H
ChristianKl
Sep 18, 2022, 7:57 PM
34
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Summaries: Alignment Fundamentals Curriculum
Leon Lang
Sep 18, 2022, 1:08 PM
44
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(docs.google.com)
Inner alignment: what are we pointing at?
lemonhope
Sep 18, 2022, 11:09 AM
14
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Podcasts on surveys, slower AI, AI arguments, etc
KatjaGrace
Sep 18, 2022, 7:30 AM
13
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
There is no royal road to alignment
Eleni Angelou
Sep 18, 2022, 3:33 AM
4
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
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