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TagLast edit: Jan 19, 2024, 1:55 PM by habryka

For posts documenting and/​or responding to drama or scandals within the rationalist community and beyond.

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Reli­able Sources: The Story of David Gerard

TracingWoodgrainsJul 10, 2024, 7:50 PM
381 points
53 comments43 min readLW link

Non­lin­ear’s Ev­i­dence: De­bunk­ing False and Mislead­ing Claims

KatWoodsDec 12, 2023, 1:16 PM
104 points
171 comments1 min readLW link

Shar­ing In­for­ma­tion About Nonlinear

Ben PaceSep 7, 2023, 6:51 AM
322 points
323 comments34 min readLW link

My ex­pe­rience at and around MIRI and CFAR (in­spired by Zoe Curzi’s writeup of ex­pe­riences at Lev­er­age)

jessicataOct 16, 2021, 9:28 PM
84 points
949 comments22 min readLW link

OpenAI: The Bat­tle of the Board

ZviNov 22, 2023, 5:30 PM
281 points
83 comments11 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Link] A com­mu­nity alert about Ziz

DanielFilanFeb 24, 2023, 12:06 AM
169 points
131 comments2 min readLW link3 reviews
(medium.com)

Sadly, FTX

ZviNov 17, 2022, 2:30 PM
133 points
18 comments47 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

A quick up­date from Nonlinear

KatWoodsSep 7, 2023, 9:28 PM
72 points
23 comments2 min readLW link

OpenAI: Facts from a Weekend

ZviNov 20, 2023, 3:30 PM
271 points
165 comments9 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

EA Ve­gan Ad­vo­cacy is not truth­seek­ing, and it’s ev­ery­one’s problem

ElizabethSep 28, 2023, 11:30 PM
320 points
248 comments22 min readLW link1 review
(acesounderglass.com)

The FTX Saga—Simplified

AnnapurnaNov 16, 2022, 2:42 AM
44 points
10 comments7 min readLW link
(jorgevelez.substack.com)

Clos­ing Notes on Non­lin­ear Investigation

Ben PaceSep 15, 2023, 10:44 PM
97 points
47 comments11 min readLW link

Against Non­lin­ear (Thing Of Things)

tailcalledJan 18, 2024, 9:40 PM
58 points
18 comments1 min readLW link
(thingofthings.substack.com)

Zoe Curzi’s Ex­pe­rience with Lev­er­age Research

Ilverin the Stupid and OffensiveOct 13, 2021, 4:44 AM
229 points
261 comments1 min readLW link
(medium.com)

Based Beff Je­zos and the Accelerationists

ZviDec 6, 2023, 4:00 PM
89 points
29 comments12 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Sam Alt­man’s sister, An­nie Alt­man, claims Sam has severely abused her

pythagoras5015Oct 7, 2023, 9:06 PM
98 points
107 comments192 min readLW link

Sam Alt­man fired from OpenAI

LawrenceCNov 17, 2023, 8:42 PM
192 points
75 comments1 min readLW link
(openai.com)

Com­mon knowl­edge about Lev­er­age Re­search 1.0

BayAreaHumanSep 24, 2021, 6:56 AM
206 points
212 comments5 min readLW link

Prac­ti­cally A Book Re­view: Ap­pendix to “Non­lin­ear’s Ev­i­dence: De­bunk­ing False and Mislead­ing Claims” (ThingOfThings)

tailcalledJan 3, 2024, 5:07 PM
111 points
25 comments2 min readLW link
(thingofthings.substack.com)

Effec­tive Asper­sions: How the Non­lin­ear In­ves­ti­ga­tion Went Wrong

TracingWoodgrainsDec 19, 2023, 12:00 PM
175 points
170 comments1 min readLW link

OpenAI Staff (in­clud­ing Sutskever) Threaten to Quit Un­less Board Resigns

Seth HerdNov 20, 2023, 2:20 PM
52 points
28 comments1 min readLW link
(www.wired.com)

Ra­tion­al­ist Town Hall: FTX Fal­lout Edi­tion (RSVP Re­quired)

Ben PaceNov 23, 2022, 1:38 AM
43 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

A Girar­dian in­ter­pre­ta­tion of the Alt­man af­fair, it’s on my to-do list

Bill BenzonNov 20, 2023, 12:21 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

FTX will prob­a­bly be sold at a steep dis­count. What we know and some fore­casts on what will hap­pen next

Nathan YoungNov 9, 2022, 2:14 AM
60 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Re­lated Dis­cus­sion from Thomas Kwa’s MIRI Re­search Experience

RaemonOct 7, 2023, 6:25 AM
71 points
140 comments1 min readLW link

Sense-mak­ing around the FTX catas­tro­phe: a deep dive pod­cast epi­sode we just released

spencergNov 30, 2022, 1:54 AM
12 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Oc­cu­pa­tional Infohazards

jessicataDec 18, 2021, 8:56 PM
37 points
134 comments47 min readLW link

Not­ing an un­sub­stan­ti­ated com­mu­nal be­lief about the FTX disaster

YitzNov 13, 2022, 5:37 AM
50 points
52 comments1 min readLW link

Austin LW meetup notes: The FTX Affair

jchanNov 22, 2022, 2:01 PM
20 points
3 comments16 min readLW link