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Without a trajectory change, the development of AGI is likely to go badly

Max H29 May 2023 23:42 UTC

16 points

2 comments13 min readLW link

Winners-take-how-much?

YonatanK29 May 2023 21:56 UTC

3 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

Reply to a fertility doctor concerning polygenic embryo screening

GeneSmith29 May 2023 21:50 UTC

59 points

6 comments8 min readLW link

Sentience matters

So8res29 May 2023 21:25 UTC

143 points

96 comments2 min readLW link

Wikipedia as an introduction to the alignment problem

SoerenMind29 May 2023 18:43 UTC

83 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

(en.wikipedia.org)

[Question] What are some of the best introductions/breakdowns of AI existential risk for those unfamiliar?

Isaac King29 May 2023 17:04 UTC

17 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Creating Flashcards with LLMs

Diogo Cruz29 May 2023 16:55 UTC

15 points

3 comments9 min readLW link

On the Impossibility of Intelligent Paperclip Maximizers

Michael Simkin29 May 2023 16:55 UTC

−21 points

5 comments4 min readLW link

Minimum Viable Exterminator

Richard Horvath29 May 2023 16:32 UTC

14 points

5 comments5 min readLW link

An LLM-based “exemplary actor”

Roman Leventov29 May 2023 11:12 UTC

16 points

0 comments12 min readLW link

Aligning an H-JEPA agent via training on the outputs of an LLM-based “exemplary actor”

Roman Leventov29 May 2023 11:08 UTC

12 points

10 comments30 min readLW link

Gemini will bring the next big timeline update

p.b.29 May 2023 6:05 UTC

50 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Proposed Alignment Technique: OSNR (Output Sanitization via Noising and Reconstruction) for Safer Usage of Potentially Misaligned AGI

sudo29 May 2023 1:35 UTC

14 points

9 comments6 min readLW link

Morality is Accidental & Self-Congratulatory

ymeskhout29 May 2023 0:40 UTC

26 points

40 comments5 min readLW link

TinyStories: Small Language Models That Still Speak Coherent English

Ulisse Mini28 May 2023 22:23 UTC

66 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

“Membranes” is better terminology than “boundaries” alone

Chipmonk and the gears to ascension

28 May 2023 22:16 UTC

30 points

12 comments3 min readLW link

The king token

p.b.28 May 2023 19:18 UTC

17 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Language Agents Reduce the Risk of Existential Catastrophe

cdkg and Simon Goldstein

28 May 2023 19:10 UTC

39 points

14 comments26 min readLW link

Devil’s Advocate: Adverse Selection Against Conscientiousness

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)28 May 2023 17:53 UTC

10 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Reacts now enabled on 100% of posts, though still just experimenting

Ruby28 May 2023 5:36 UTC

88 points

73 comments2 min readLW link

My AI Alignment Research Agenda and Threat Model, right now (May 2023)

Nicholas / Heather Kross28 May 2023 3:23 UTC

25 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

(www.thinkingmuchbetter.com)

Kelly betting vs expectation maximization

MorgneticField28 May 2023 1:54 UTC

35 points

33 comments5 min readLW link

Why and When Interpretability Work is Dangerous

Nicholas / Heather Kross28 May 2023 0:27 UTC

20 points

9 comments8 min readLW link

(www.thinkingmuchbetter.com)

Twin Cities ACX Meetup—June 2023

Timothy M.27 May 2023 20:11 UTC

1 point

1 comment1 min readLW link

Project Idea: Challenge Groups for Alignment Researchers

Adam Zerner27 May 2023 20:10 UTC

13 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Introspective Bayes

False Name27 May 2023 19:35 UTC

−3 points

2 comments16 min readLW link

Should Rational Animations invite viewers to read content on LessWrong?

Writer27 May 2023 19:26 UTC

40 points

9 comments3 min readLW link

Who are the Experts on Cryonics?

Mati_Roy27 May 2023 19:24 UTC

30 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

(biostasis.substack.com)

AI and Planet Earth are incompatible.

archeon27 May 2023 18:59 UTC

−4 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

South Bay ACX/LW Meetup

IS27 May 2023 17:25 UTC

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Hands-On Experience Is Not Magic

Thane Ruthenis27 May 2023 16:57 UTC

21 points

14 comments5 min readLW link

Is Deontological AI Safe? [Feedback Draft]

Dan H and William D'Alessandro

27 May 2023 16:39 UTC

19 points

15 comments20 min readLW link

San Francisco ACX Meetup “First Saturday” June 3, 1 pm

guenael27 May 2023 13:58 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Papers on protein design

alexlyzhov27 May 2023 1:18 UTC

9 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

D&D.Sci 5E: Return of the League of Defenders

aphyer26 May 2023 20:39 UTC

42 points

11 comments3 min readLW link

Seeking (Paid) Case Studies on Standards

HoldenKarnofsky26 May 2023 17:58 UTC

69 points

9 comments11 min readLW link

Conditional Prediction with Zero-Sum Training Solves Self-Fulfilling Prophecies

Rubi J. Hudson and Johannes Treutlein

26 May 2023 17:44 UTC

88 points

13 comments24 min readLW link

Request: stop advancing AI capabilities

So8res26 May 2023 17:42 UTC

154 points

24 comments1 min readLW link

Bandgaps, Brains, and Bioweapons: The limitations of computational science and what it means for AGI

titotal26 May 2023 15:57 UTC

36 points

20 comments1 min readLW link

The American Information Revolution in Global Perspective

jasoncrawford26 May 2023 12:39 UTC

16 points

1 comment5 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Helio-Selenic Laser Telescope (in SPACE!?)

Alexander Gietelink Oldenziel26 May 2023 11:24 UTC

8 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Why is violence against AI labs a taboo?

ArisC26 May 2023 8:00 UTC

−21 points

63 comments1 min readLW link

Where do you lie on two axes of world manipulability?

Max H26 May 2023 3:04 UTC

30 points

15 comments3 min readLW link

Some thoughts on automating alignment research

Lukas Finnveden26 May 2023 1:50 UTC

30 points

4 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] What’s your viewpoint on the likelihood of GPT-5 being able to autonomously create, train, and implement an AI superior to GPT-5?

Super AGI26 May 2023 1:43 UTC

7 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

Before smart AI, there will be many mediocre or specialized AIs

Lukas Finnveden26 May 2023 1:38 UTC

58 points

14 comments9 min readLW link 1 review

how humans are aligned

bhauth26 May 2023 0:09 UTC

14 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What vegan food resources have you found useful?

Elizabeth25 May 2023 22:46 UTC

29 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Mob and Bailey

Screwtape25 May 2023 22:14 UTC

82 points

17 comments7 min readLW link 1 review

Look At What’s In Front Of You (Conclusion to The Nuts and Bolts of Naturalism)

LoganStrohl25 May 2023 19:00 UTC

50 points

1 comment2 min readLW link