Definitions

TagLast edit: Jul 31, 2020, 6:48 AM by Yoav Ravid

Posts that attempt to Define or clarify the meaning of a concept, a word, phrase, or something else.

Logical Foundations of Government Policy

FCCCOct 10, 2020, 5:05 PM

2 points

0 comments17 min readLW link

Compact vs. Wide Models

VaniverJul 16, 2018, 4:09 AM

31 points

5 comments3 min readLW link

Superposition is not “just” neuron polysemanticity

LawrenceCApr 26, 2024, 11:22 PM

66 points

4 comments13 min readLW link

Broadly human level, cognitively complete AGI

p.b.Aug 6, 2024, 9:26 AM

7 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

What Do We Mean By “Rationality”?

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 16, 2009, 10:33 PM

389 points

19 comments6 min readLW link

What’s So Bad About Ad-Hoc Mathematical Definitions?

johnswentworthMar 15, 2021, 9:51 PM

201 points

58 comments7 min readLW link

“AI Alignment” is a Dangerously Overloaded Term

RokoDec 15, 2023, 2:34 PM

108 points

100 comments3 min readLW link

What Does “Signalling” Mean?

abramdemskiSep 16, 2020, 9:19 PM

38 points

18 comments3 min readLW link

When to use “meta” vs “self-reference”, “recursive”, etc.

Alex_AltairApr 6, 2022, 4:57 AM

21 points

5 comments5 min readLW link

The Problem With The Current State of AGI Definitions

YitzMay 29, 2022, 1:58 PM

40 points

22 comments8 min readLW link

What is autonomy, and how does it lead to greater risk from AI?

DavidmanheimAug 1, 2023, 7:58 AM

30 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

Behavioral and mechanistic definitions (often confuse AI alignment discussions)

LawrenceCFeb 20, 2023, 9:33 PM

33 points

5 comments6 min readLW link

Essential Behaviorism Terms

RivkaMar 17, 2023, 5:41 PM

15 points

1 comment10 min readLW link

What are polysemantic neurons?

Vishakha and Algon

Jan 8, 2025, 7:35 AM

8 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

(aisafety.info)

What is instrumental convergence?

Vishakha and Algon

Mar 12, 2025, 8:28 PM

2 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(aisafety.info)

What are the differences between AGI, transformative AI, and superintelligence?

Vishakha and Algon

Jan 23, 2025, 10:03 AM

10 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

(aisafety.info)

What is an alignment tax?

Vishakha and Algon

Mar 20, 2025, 1:06 PM

5 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(aisafety.info)

What are the “no free lunch” theorems?

Vishakha and Algon

Feb 4, 2025, 2:02 AM

19 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(aisafety.info)

Why There Is No Answer to Your Philosophical Question

Bryan FrancesMar 24, 2023, 11:22 PM

−12 points

10 comments12 min readLW link

The Useful Idea of Truth

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 2, 2012, 6:16 PM

194 points

545 comments14 min readLW link

What Boston Can Teach Us About What a Woman Is

ymeskhoutMay 1, 2023, 3:34 PM

18 points

45 comments12 min readLW link

A point of clarification on infohazard terminology

eukaryoteFeb 2, 2020, 5:43 PM

52 points

21 comments2 min readLW link

(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

Personhood is a Religious Belief

jan SijanMay 3, 2023, 4:16 PM

−41 points

28 comments6 min readLW link

Disambiguating “alignment” and related notions

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Jun 5, 2018, 3:35 PM

22 points

21 comments2 min readLW link

Four kinds of problems

Bird ConceptAug 21, 2018, 11:01 PM

35 points

11 comments3 min readLW link

Note on Terminology: “Rationality”, not “Rationalism”

Vladimir_NesovJan 14, 2011, 9:21 PM

40 points

51 comments1 min readLW link

An Agent is a Worldline in Tegmark V

komponistoJul 12, 2018, 5:12 AM

24 points

12 comments2 min readLW link

Flowsheet Logic and Notecard Logic

moridinamaelSep 9, 2015, 4:42 PM

46 points

28 comments3 min readLW link

In favor of tabooing the word “values” and using only “priorities” instead

chaosmageOct 25, 2018, 10:28 PM

21 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

Definitions are about efficiency and consistency with common language.

Nacruno96Jul 10, 2023, 11:46 PM

1 point

0 comments4 min readLW link

Spaghetti Towers

eukaryoteDec 22, 2018, 5:29 AM

212 points

38 comments3 min readLW link 1 review

(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

Technical model refinement formalism

Stuart_ArmstrongAug 27, 2020, 11:54 AM

19 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

Define Rationality

MarshallMar 5, 2009, 6:25 PM

1 point

14 comments1 min readLW link

Seeking better name for “Effective Egoism”

DataPacRatNov 25, 2016, 10:31 PM

14 points

31 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What Belongs in my Glossary?

ZviNov 2, 2020, 7:52 PM

14 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Beginning at the Beginning

AnnoyanceMar 11, 2009, 7:23 PM

5 points

60 comments4 min readLW link

What’s in a name? That which we call a rationalist…

badgerApr 24, 2009, 11:53 PM

8 points

92 comments1 min readLW link

Rationality is winning—or is it?

tawMay 7, 2009, 2:51 PM

−8 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

My concerns about the term ‘rationalist’

JamesColeJun 4, 2009, 3:31 PM

12 points

34 comments2 min readLW link

The two meanings of mathematical terms

JamesColeJun 15, 2009, 2:30 PM

0 points

80 comments3 min readLW link

ESR’s comments on some EY:OB/LW posts

Eliezer YudkowskyJun 20, 2009, 12:16 AM

7 points

16 comments1 min readLW link

Rationalists, Post-Rationalists, And Rationalist-Adjacents

orthonormalMar 13, 2020, 8:25 PM

80 points

43 comments3 min readLW link

Genocide isn’t Decolonization

robotelvisOct 20, 2023, 4:14 AM

33 points

19 comments5 min readLW link

(messyprogress.substack.com)

Rationality Is Expertise With Reality

Horatio Von BeckerSep 2, 2021, 8:45 PM

−14 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

Sentience, Sapience, Consciousness & Self-Awareness: Defining Complex Terms

LukeOnlineOct 20, 2021, 1:48 PM

10 points

8 comments4 min readLW link

Disentangling inner alignment failures

Erik JennerOct 10, 2022, 6:50 PM

23 points

5 comments4 min readLW link

Glossary of Futurology

mind_bomberAug 21, 2015, 5:51 AM

3 points

7 comments13 min readLW link

What are the differences between a singularity, an intelligence explosion, and a hard takeoff?

Vishakha and Algon

Apr 3, 2025, 10:37 AM

5 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(aisafety.info)

[Question] Formal “left” and “right” definitions

Roman NastenkoMar 30, 2024, 11:42 PM

1 point

1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] What are some posthumanist/more-than-human approaches to definitions of intelligence and agency? Particularly in application to AI research.

Eli HitonApr 9, 2024, 9:52 PM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

ChatGPT defines 10 concrete terms: generically, for 5- and 11-year-olds, and for a scientist

Bill BenzonApr 11, 2024, 8:27 PM

3 points

9 comments6 min readLW link

“Open Source AI” is a lie, but it doesn’t have to be

jacobhaimesApr 30, 2024, 11:10 PM

18 points

5 comments6 min readLW link

(jacob-haimes.github.io)

Let’s Talk About Emergence

jacobhaimesJun 7, 2024, 7:18 PM

4 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

(www.odysseaninstitute.org)

Relationships among words, metalingual definition, and interpretability

Bill BenzonJun 7, 2024, 7:18 PM

2 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

What is space? What is time?

TahpJun 7, 2024, 10:15 PM

8 points

3 comments7 min readLW link

Common Uses of “Acceptance”

Yi-YangJul 26, 2024, 11:18 AM

14 points

5 comments24 min readLW link

What is compute governance?

Vishakha and Algon

Dec 23, 2024, 6:32 AM

6 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(aisafety.info)

Clarifying Alignment Fundamentals Through the Lens of Ontology

Ben IhrigOct 7, 2024, 8:57 PM

12 points

4 comments24 min readLW link

Active Recall and Spaced Repetition are Different Things

Saul MunnNov 8, 2024, 8:14 PM

48 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

(www.brasstacks.blog)

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