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Two reasons we might be closer to solving alignment than it seems
KatWoods
and
AmberDawn
Sep 24, 2022, 8:00 PM
57
points
9
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Orexin and the quest for more waking hours
ChristianKl
Sep 24, 2022, 7:54 PM
131
points
39
comments
5
min read
LW
link
AI Safety Discord community (requesting help!)
Casey
Sep 24, 2022, 5:35 PM
8
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
I’m planning to start creating more write-ups summarizing my thoughts on various issues, mostly related to AI existential safety. What do you want to hear my nuanced takes on?
David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)
Sep 24, 2022, 12:38 PM
9
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Attempts at Forwarding Speed Priors
james.lucassen
and
evhub
Sep 24, 2022, 5:49 AM
30
points
2
comments
18
min read
LW
link
Announcing $5,000 bounty for (responsibly) ending malaria
lc
Sep 24, 2022, 4:28 AM
116
points
40
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Why Do AI researchers Rate the Probability of Doom So Low?
Aorou
Sep 24, 2022, 2:33 AM
7
points
6
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Set List Approaches
jefftk
Sep 24, 2022, 2:30 AM
9
points
0
comments
12
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
A ranked link of LessWrong tags/concepts
peterslattery
Sep 24, 2022, 12:11 AM
16
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Posts with clickable sections of images?
NoBadCake
Sep 23, 2022, 11:19 PM
1
point
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Under what circumstances have governments cancelled AI-type systems?
David Gross
Sep 23, 2022, 9:11 PM
7
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(www.carnegieuktrust.org.uk)
There are no rules
unoptimal
Sep 23, 2022, 8:47 PM
38
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Interpreting Neural Networks through the Polytope Lens
Sid Black
,
Lee Sharkey
,
Connor Leahy
,
beren
,
CRG
,
merizian
,
Eric Winsor
and
Dan Braun
Sep 23, 2022, 5:58 PM
144
points
29
comments
33
min read
LW
link
The heterogeneity of human value types: Implications for AI alignment
geoffreymiller
Sep 23, 2022, 5:03 PM
10
points
2
comments
10
min read
LW
link
How to use DMT without going insane: On navigating epistemic uncertainty in the DMT memeplex
cube_flipper
Sep 23, 2022, 4:32 PM
7
points
4
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(smoothbrains.net)
Shahar Avin On How To Regulate Advanced AI Systems
Michaël Trazzi
Sep 23, 2022, 3:46 PM
31
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(theinsideview.ai)
Interlude: But Who Optimizes The Optimizer?
Paul Bricman
Sep 23, 2022, 3:30 PM
15
points
0
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Why do so many things break in a 2 element set?
Alok Singh
Sep 23, 2022, 6:30 AM
6
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(alok.github.io)
Intelligence as a Platform
Robert Kennedy
Sep 23, 2022, 5:51 AM
10
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Public-facing Censorship Is Safety Theater, Causing Reputational Damage
Yitz
Sep 23, 2022, 5:08 AM
149
points
42
comments
6
min read
LW
link
A game of mattering
KatjaGrace
Sep 23, 2022, 2:30 AM
64
points
7
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
Making Prunes
jefftk
Sep 23, 2022, 2:13 AM
10
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Funding is All You Need: Getting into Grad School by Hacking the NSF GRFP Fellowship
hapanin
Sep 22, 2022, 9:39 PM
106
points
9
comments
12
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What Do AI Safety Pitches Not Get About Your Field?
Aris
Sep 22, 2022, 9:27 PM
28
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“Free Will” in a Computational Universe
DragonGod
Sep 22, 2022, 9:25 PM
5
points
6
comments
14
min read
LW
link
Initial Thoughts on Dissolving “Couldness”
DragonGod
Sep 22, 2022, 9:23 PM
6
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
Let’s Compare Notes
Shoshannah Tekofsky
Sep 22, 2022, 8:47 PM
17
points
3
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Methodological Therapy: An Agenda For Tackling Research Bottlenecks
adamShimi
,
Lucas Teixeira
and
remember
Sep 22, 2022, 6:41 PM
54
points
6
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Berkeley group house, spots open
Jack R
Sep 22, 2022, 5:13 PM
4
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Fake qualities of mind
Kaj_Sotala
Sep 22, 2022, 4:40 PM
59
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(kajsotala.fi)
Dath Ilan’s Views on Stopgap Corrigibility
David Udell
Sep 22, 2022, 4:16 PM
78
points
19
comments
13
min read
LW
link
(www.glowfic.com)
Ukraine Post #12
Zvi
Sep 22, 2022, 2:40 PM
104
points
3
comments
16
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Covid 9/22/22: The Joe Biden Sings
Zvi
Sep 22, 2022, 2:40 PM
15
points
17
comments
24
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
AI Risk Intro 2: Solving The Problem
CallumMcDougall
and
L Rudolf L
Sep 22, 2022, 1:55 PM
22
points
0
comments
27
min read
LW
link
Understanding Infra-Bayesianism: A Beginner-Friendly Video Series
Jack Parker
and
Connall Garrod
Sep 22, 2022, 1:25 PM
140
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is the game design/art maxim more generalizable to criticism/praise itself?
Noosphere89
Sep 22, 2022, 1:19 PM
4
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
AI career
ondragon
Sep 22, 2022, 3:48 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Mathematical Circuits in Neural Networks
Sean Osier
Sep 22, 2022, 3:48 AM
34
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.youtube.com)
LW Petrov Day 2022 (Monday, 9/26)
Ruby
Sep 22, 2022, 2:56 AM
120
points
111
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Tuesday Family Dinner
jefftk
Sep 22, 2022, 2:40 AM
18
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Toy Models of Superposition
evhub
Sep 21, 2022, 11:48 PM
69
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
1
review
(transformer-circuits.pub)
How to Train Your AGI Dragon
Eris Discordia
Sep 21, 2022, 10:28 PM
−1
points
3
comments
5
min read
LW
link
An issue with MacAskill’s Evidentialist’s Wager
Martín Soto
21 Sep 2022 22:02 UTC
1
point
9
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Announcing AISIC 2022 - the AI Safety Israel Conference, October 19-20
Davidmanheim
21 Sep 2022 19:32 UTC
13
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Nearcast-based “deployment problem” analysis
HoldenKarnofsky
21 Sep 2022 18:52 UTC
85
points
2
comments
26
min read
LW
link
Scraping training data for your mind
Henrik Karlsson
21 Sep 2022 16:27 UTC
47
points
4
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(escapingflatland.substack.com)
Trends in Training Dataset Sizes
Pablo Villalobos
21 Sep 2022 15:47 UTC
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
21 Sep 2022 3:29 UTC
13
points
46
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“Infohazards” The ML Field’s Greatest Excuse.
Puffy Bird
21 Sep 2022 3:19 UTC
−3
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
Case Rates to Sequencing Reads
jefftk
21 Sep 2022 2:00 UTC
15
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
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