Sunday June 28 – talks by johnswentworth, Daniel kokotajlo, Charlie Steiner, TurnTrout
This Sunday at noon (PDT), we’re running another session of “lightning talks” by curated LessWrong authors (see here for last weeks announcement and some transcripts).
Each talk will be 3-5 minutes followed by discussion. Afterwards, we’ll have a hangout in breakout rooms. The talks will be short and focus on presenting one core idea well, rather than rushing through a lot of content.
We want to give top LessWrong writers an interesting space to discuss their ideas, and have more fruitful collaboration between users. Think of it like a cross between an academic colloquium and some friends chatting by a whiteboard.
Speakers
johnswentworth — “Mazes and Duality”
Daniel Kokotajlo — “Lessons on AI takeover from the conquistadors”
Curated posts: Cortés, Pizarro, and Afonso as Precedents for Takeover, …
Charlie Steiner
Curated post: Book Review: Consciousness Explained
TurnTrout — “Power as easily exploitable opportunities”
Curated posts: Insights from Euclid’s ‘Elements’, Problem relaxation as a tactic, …
Details
When? Sunday June 28, at noon, Pacific Daylight Time
Where? On this zoom link.
- Mazes and Duality by (Jul 14, 2020, 7:54 PM; 62 points)
- Lessons on AI Takeover from the conquistadors by (Jul 17, 2020, 10:35 PM; 61 points)
- Power as Easily Exploitable Opportunities by (Aug 1, 2020, 2:14 AM; 32 points)
- The Future of Science by (Jul 28, 2020, 2:43 AM; 21 points)
- Sunday July 12 — talks by Scott Garrabrant, Alexflint, alexei, Stuart_Armstrong by (Jul 8, 2020, 12:27 AM; 19 points)
- Meta-preferences are weird by (Jul 16, 2020, 11:03 PM; 13 points)
If for some reason you really need a speaker, I’m happy to volunteer.