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Nar­ra­tives (sto­ries)

TagLast edit: Jul 15, 2020, 7:33 PM by Bird Concept

See also: Public discourse, Fiction, Writing, Social reality

Se­ri­ous Stories

Eliezer YudkowskyJan 8, 2009, 11:49 PM
128 points
105 comments9 min readLW link

Op­ti­miz­ing for Sto­ries (vs Op­ti­miz­ing Real­ity)

RubyJan 7, 2019, 8:03 AM
43 points
11 comments7 min readLW link

[Tran­script] Tyler Cowen on Stories

GrognorDec 17, 2011, 5:42 AM
96 points
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Peter Thiel/​Eric We­in­stein Tran­script on Growth, Violence, and Stories

Ben PaceAug 31, 2019, 2:44 AM
70 points
20 comments15 min readLW link

Ten Minutes with Sam Altman

lsusrDec 28, 2021, 7:32 AM
91 points
11 comments3 min readLW link

Train­ing My Friend to Cook

lsusrAug 29, 2021, 5:54 AM
71 points
33 comments3 min readLW link

The Ma­chine that Broke My Heart

lsusrDec 30, 2021, 11:59 AM
46 points
34 comments2 min readLW link

Treat Ex­am­ples as World-Building

adamShimiMar 10, 2022, 3:09 PM
19 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

You get one story detail

Gordon Seidoh WorleyApr 5, 2022, 4:38 AM
37 points
8 comments4 min readLW link

Fore­cast­ing Through Fiction

YitzJul 6, 2022, 5:03 AM
5 points
2 comments8 min readLW link

Short story spec­u­lat­ing on pos­si­ble ram­ifi­ca­tions of AI on the art world

YitzSep 1, 2022, 9:15 PM
30 points
8 comments3 min readLW link
(archiveofourown.org)

Nar­ra­tive, self-image, and self-communication

AcademianDec 19, 2012, 9:42 AM
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The In­tel­li­gent So­cial Web

ValentineFeb 22, 2018, 6:55 PM
230 points
112 comments12 min readLW link2 reviews

Tel­ling more ra­tio­nal stories

DirectedEvolutionJul 17, 2020, 5:47 PM
26 points
21 comments3 min readLW link

Awakening

lsusrMay 30, 2024, 7:03 AM
122 points
79 comments9 min readLW link

Liv­ing with Rats in College

lsusrDec 25, 2024, 10:44 AM
27 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

LifeKeeper Diaries: Ex­plor­ing Misal­igned AI Through In­ter­ac­tive Fiction

Nov 9, 2024, 8:58 PM
15 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Nar­ra­tive truth

Chris_LeongAug 26, 2021, 5:49 PM
21 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

[Book Re­view] “Sorceror’s Ap­pren­tice” by Tahir Shah

lsusrNov 20, 2021, 11:29 AM
92 points
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Where’s my magic sword?

lsusrSep 27, 2021, 7:26 AM
48 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

The dan­ger of liv­ing a story—Sin­gu­lar­ity Tropes

patrissimoNov 14, 2010, 10:39 PM
28 points
62 comments3 min readLW link

My 1st month at a “neu­ro­di­ver­gent gifted school” called Min­erva University

exanovaOct 10, 2023, 3:34 AM
4 points
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(inawe.substack.com)

Don’t Think About the Thing Be­hind the Cur­tain.

keltanSep 19, 2023, 2:07 AM
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0 comments5 min readLW link

ChatGPT tells 20 ver­sions of its pro­to­typ­i­cal story, with a short note on method

Bill BenzonOct 14, 2023, 3:27 PM
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Avoid News, Part 2: What the Stock Mar­ket Taught Me about News

PeterMcCluskeyJun 14, 2021, 8:54 PM
42 points
2 comments5 min readLW link
(www.bayesianinvestor.com)

ChatGPT in­ti­mates a tan­ta­l­iz­ing fu­ture; its core LLM is or­ga­nized on mul­ti­ple lev­els; and it has bro­ken the idea of think­ing.

Bill BenzonJan 24, 2023, 7:05 PM
5 points
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ChatGPT: Tan­tal­iz­ing af­terthoughts in search of story tra­jec­to­ries [in­duc­tion heads]

Bill BenzonFeb 3, 2023, 10:35 AM
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0 comments20 min readLW link

Ex­plor­ing Lily’s world with ChatGPT [things an AI won’t do]

Bill BenzonFeb 19, 2023, 4:39 PM
5 points
0 comments20 min readLW link

ChatGPT tells sto­ries, and a note about re­verse en­g­ineer­ing: A Work­ing Paper

Bill BenzonMar 3, 2023, 3:12 PM
3 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Nyarlathotep Stirs: A Meta-Nar­ra­tive ChatGPT Story

Charlie SandersMar 20, 2023, 8:00 AM
4 points
2 comments12 min readLW link
(dailymicrofiction.substack.com)

Scale Was All We Needed, At First

Gabe MFeb 14, 2024, 1:49 AM
292 points
33 comments8 min readLW link
(aiacumen.substack.com)

The Jolly Green Gi­ant Chron­i­cles [ChatGPT]

Bill BenzonFeb 18, 2024, 5:28 PM
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notes, 1-6

marwoodJun 3, 2024, 9:02 PM
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Funny Anec­dote of Eliezer From His Sister

Noah BirnbaumApr 22, 2024, 10:05 PM
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6 comments2 min readLW link

Emer­gent Author­ship: Creativity à la Communing

gswonkSep 14, 2024, 7:02 PM
1 point
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So you want to be a witch

lucid_levi_ackermanDec 31, 2024, 4:31 AM
−27 points
3 comments28 min readLW link

The Good­ness of Morning

YanLyutnevJan 27, 2025, 11:25 PM
−10 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

The Heal­ing Code of Joan

jdcampolargoMar 30, 2023, 9:09 PM
6 points
0 comments12 min readLW link

Reread­ing At­las Shrugged

VaniverJul 28, 2020, 6:54 PM
161 points
36 comments13 min readLW link1 review

Guardians of Ayn Rand

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 18, 2007, 6:24 AM
118 points
122 comments5 min readLW link

Sa­vanna Poets

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 18, 2008, 6:42 PM
69 points
40 comments5 min readLW link

Lit­tle­wood’s Law and the Global Media

gwernJan 12, 2019, 5:46 PM
37 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.gwern.net)

PlayS­ta­tion Odysseys

Jacob FalkovichJul 1, 2019, 5:41 PM
22 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

Why safety is not safe

rwallaceJun 14, 2009, 5:20 AM
60 points
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Are You a So­lar De­ity?

Scott AlexanderMar 15, 2009, 7:30 PM
53 points
24 comments4 min readLW link

Why Sup­port the Un­der­dog?

Scott AlexanderApr 5, 2009, 12:01 AM
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Why You’re Stuck in a Narrative

[deleted]Aug 4, 2009, 12:31 AM
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Defeat­ing the Villain

ZubonMar 26, 2015, 9:43 PM
48 points
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Imag­i­nary Positions

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 23, 2008, 5:35 PM
30 points
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Thoughts about Dr Stone and Mythology

mako yassFeb 25, 2020, 1:51 AM
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