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Risk Management

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How to deal with uncertainty, risk aversion, and decision-making involving the possibility of bad outcomes, personal or not.

Notes on Caution

David GrossDec 1, 2022, 3:05 AM
14 points
0 comments19 min readLW link

Al­most ev­ery­one should be less afraid of lawsuits

alyssavanceNov 27, 2021, 2:06 AM
198 points
18 comments5 min readLW link2 reviews

Moder­ately Skep­ti­cal of “Risks of Mir­ror Biol­ogy”

DavidmanheimDec 20, 2024, 12:57 PM
32 points
3 comments9 min readLW link
(substack.com)

Risk and un­cer­tainty: A false di­chotomy?

MichaelAJan 18, 2020, 3:09 AM
6 points
9 comments20 min readLW link

Risk Man­age­ment from a Clim­bers Perspective

AnnapurnaJul 16, 2022, 9:14 PM
5 points
0 comments6 min readLW link
(jorgevelez.substack.com)

Assess­ment of AI safety agen­das: think about the down­side risk

Roman LeventovDec 19, 2023, 9:00 AM
13 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

How Risky Is Trick-or-Treat­ing?

jefftkOct 27, 2022, 2:10 PM
58 points
18 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

All About Con­cave and Con­vex Agents

mako yassMar 24, 2024, 9:37 PM
64 points
23 comments8 min readLW link

Map:Ter­ri­tory::Uncer­tainty::Ran­dom­ness – but that doesn’t mat­ter, value of in­for­ma­tion does.

DavidmanheimJan 22, 2016, 7:12 PM
8 points
21 comments3 min readLW link

Notes on Phronesis

David GrossNov 19, 2020, 4:14 PM
15 points
2 comments7 min readLW link

Miti­gat­ing Geo­mag­netic Storm and EMP Risks to the Elec­tri­cal Grid (Shal­low Dive)

DavidmanheimNov 26, 2024, 8:00 AM
16 points
4 comments6 min readLW link

Risk is not em­piri­cally cor­re­lated with return

jsalvatierNov 22, 2010, 5:31 AM
11 points
28 comments2 min readLW link

Risk-Free Bonds Aren’t

Eliezer YudkowskyJun 22, 2007, 10:30 PM
23 points
40 comments2 min readLW link

Cor­po­rate Gover­nance for Fron­tier AI Labs: A Re­search Agenda

Matthew WeardenFeb 28, 2024, 11:29 AM
4 points
0 comments16 min readLW link
(matthewwearden.co.uk)

“Risk” means surprise

PhilGoetzMay 22, 2015, 4:47 AM
12 points
29 comments2 min readLW link

Risk aver­sion vs. con­cave util­ity function

dvasyaJan 31, 2012, 6:25 AM
3 points
35 comments3 min readLW link

Is risk aver­sion re­ally ir­ra­tional ?

kilobugJan 31, 2012, 8:34 PM
54 points
65 comments9 min readLW link

Meetup Notes: Ole Peters on ergodicity

OrbordeNov 3, 2019, 11:31 PM
32 points
13 comments4 min readLW link

milo’s Shortform

miloJan 24, 2022, 3:36 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Quest for Holy Grail of Hedg­ing in Re­tail Port­fo­lios!

miloJan 25, 2022, 4:09 AM
0 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

When is it ap­pro­pri­ate to use statis­ti­cal mod­els and prob­a­bil­ities for de­ci­sion mak­ing ?

Younes KamelJul 5, 2022, 12:34 PM
10 points
7 comments4 min readLW link
(youneskamel.substack.com)

Recklessness

So8resFeb 2, 2016, 2:00 AM
12 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

De­ci­sion mak­ing un­der model am­bi­guity, moral un­cer­tainty, and other agents with free will?

Jobst HeitzigNov 13, 2022, 12:50 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Risk-aver­sion and in­vest­ment (for al­tru­ists)

paulfchristianoFeb 28, 2013, 3:44 AM
27 points
14 comments7 min readLW link

The vir­tu­ous cir­cle: twelve con­jec­tures about fe­male re­pro­duc­tive agency and cul­tural self-determination

Miles SaltielDec 27, 2023, 6:25 PM
0 points
2 comments14 min readLW link

Carlo: un­cer­tainty anal­y­sis in Google Sheets

ProbabilityEnjoyerMar 19, 2024, 5:59 PM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(carlo.app)

Can Large Lan­guage Models effec­tively iden­tify cy­ber­se­cu­rity risks?

emile delcourtAug 30, 2024, 8:20 PM
18 points
0 comments11 min readLW link

The GameS­top Si­tu­a­tion: Sim­plified

AnnapurnaJan 29, 2021, 5:55 PM
55 points
13 comments4 min readLW link

Tether­ware #2: What ev­ery hu­man should know about our most likely AI future

Jáchym FibírFeb 28, 2025, 11:12 AM
3 points
0 comments11 min readLW link
(tetherware.substack.com)

Re­spon­si­ble Scal­ing Poli­cies Are Risk Man­age­ment Done Wrong

simeon_cOct 25, 2023, 11:46 PM
123 points
35 comments22 min readLW link1 review
(www.navigatingrisks.ai)

[Per­sonal Ex­per­i­ment] Coun­ter­bal­anc­ing Risk-Aversion

lsusrNov 15, 2019, 8:34 AM
31 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Risk aver­sion does not ex­plain peo­ple’s bet­ting behaviours

Stuart_ArmstrongAug 20, 2012, 12:38 PM
29 points
36 comments2 min readLW link
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