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Why Subagents?
johnswentworth
Aug 1, 2019, 10:17 PM
175
points
48
comments
7
min read
LW
link
1
review
Multi-agent predictive minds and AI alignment
Jan_Kulveit
Dec 12, 2018, 11:48 PM
63
points
18
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Building up to an Internal Family Systems model
Kaj_Sotala
Jan 26, 2019, 12:25 PM
289
points
86
comments
28
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
A non-mystical explanation of insight meditation and the three characteristics of existence: introduction and preamble
Kaj_Sotala
May 5, 2020, 7:09 PM
134
points
40
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Mental Mountains
Scott Alexander
Nov 27, 2019, 5:30 AM
156
points
14
comments
15
min read
LW
link
1
review
(slatestarcodex.com)
Book Summary: Consciousness and the Brain
Kaj_Sotala
Jan 16, 2019, 2:43 PM
179
points
20
comments
26
min read
LW
link
1
review
Forcing yourself to keep your identity small is self-harm
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Apr 3, 2021, 2:03 PM
40
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Resolving internal conflicts requires listening to what parts want
Richard_Ngo
May 19, 2023, 12:04 AM
71
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
My current take on Internal Family Systems “parts”
Kaj_Sotala
Jun 26, 2022, 5:40 PM
96
points
11
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(kajsotala.fi)
The hostile telepaths problem
Valentine
Oct 27, 2024, 3:26 PM
383
points
89
comments
15
min read
LW
link
Quick thoughts on the implications of multi-agent views of mind on AI takeover
Kaj_Sotala
Dec 11, 2023, 6:34 AM
47
points
14
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Simulate and Defer To More Rational Selves
LoganStrohl
Sep 17, 2014, 6:11 PM
216
points
114
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How effective are tulpas?
Evenflair
Mar 9, 2020, 5:35 PM
40
points
60
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Subagents, trauma and rationality
Kaj_Sotala
Aug 14, 2019, 1:14 PM
113
points
4
comments
19
min read
LW
link
Subagents, akrasia, and coherence in humans
Kaj_Sotala
Mar 25, 2019, 2:24 PM
141
points
31
comments
16
min read
LW
link
Subagents, neural Turing machines, thought selection, and blindspots
Kaj_Sotala
Aug 6, 2019, 9:15 PM
87
points
3
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Integrating disagreeing subagents
Kaj_Sotala
May 14, 2019, 2:06 PM
147
points
15
comments
21
min read
LW
link
Subagents, introspective awareness, and blending
Kaj_Sotala
Mar 2, 2019, 12:53 PM
110
points
19
comments
9
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How to select a long-term goal and align my mind towards it?
Alexander
Dec 24, 2021, 11:40 AM
19
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Book summary: Unlocking the Emotional Brain
Kaj_Sotala
Oct 8, 2019, 7:11 PM
332
points
48
comments
21
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
Complex Behavior from Simple (Sub)Agents
moridinamael
May 10, 2019, 9:44 PM
113
points
14
comments
9
min read
LW
link
1
review
Shoulder Advisors 101
Duncan Sabien (Deactivated)
Oct 9, 2021, 5:30 AM
202
points
124
comments
14
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
Consistently Inconsistent
Kaj_Sotala
Aug 4, 2011, 10:33 PM
81
points
25
comments
5
min read
LW
link
City of Lights
Alicorn
Mar 31, 2010, 11:30 PM
55
points
43
comments
4
min read
LW
link
On the construction of the self
Kaj_Sotala
May 29, 2020, 1:04 PM
77
points
18
comments
17
min read
LW
link
Two Explorations
alkjash
Dec 16, 2020, 9:27 PM
63
points
8
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
Remarks 1–18 on GPT (compressed)
Cleo Nardo
Mar 20, 2023, 10:27 PM
145
points
35
comments
31
min read
LW
link
Internalizing Internal Double Crux
TurnTrout
Apr 30, 2018, 6:23 PM
36
points
12
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Announcing the Alignment of Complex Systems Research Group
Jan_Kulveit
and
technicalities
Jun 4, 2022, 4:10 AM
91
points
20
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Neural Basis for Global Workspace Theory
Hazard
Jun 22, 2020, 4:19 AM
31
points
9
comments
8
min read
LW
link
A mechanistic model of meditation
Kaj_Sotala
Nov 6, 2019, 9:37 PM
136
points
12
comments
21
min read
LW
link
Intrapersonal negotiation
datadataeverywhere
Jan 23, 2011, 11:02 PM
34
points
42
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Reward Is Not Enough
Steven Byrnes
Jun 16, 2021, 1:52 PM
124
points
19
comments
10
min read
LW
link
1
review
Wildfire of strategicness
TsviBT
Jun 5, 2023, 1:59 PM
38
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Embedded Agency via Abstraction
johnswentworth
Aug 26, 2019, 11:03 PM
42
points
20
comments
11
min read
LW
link
The Game of Masks
Slimepriestess
Apr 27, 2022, 6:03 PM
50
points
18
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(hivewired.wordpress.com)
What Value Subagents?
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Jul 20, 2017, 7:19 PM
7
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
(mapandterritory.org)
Mental subagent implications for AI Safety
moridinamael
Jan 3, 2021, 6:59 PM
11
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
A Master-Slave Model of Human Preferences
Wei Dai
Dec 29, 2009, 1:02 AM
100
points
94
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Sequence introduction: non-agent and multiagent models of mind
Kaj_Sotala
Jan 7, 2019, 2:12 PM
125
points
16
comments
7
min read
LW
link
1
review
Game Theory without Argmax [Part 2]
Cleo Nardo
Nov 11, 2023, 4:02 PM
31
points
14
comments
13
min read
LW
link
Goodhart’s Law inside the human mind
Kaj_Sotala
Apr 17, 2023, 1:48 PM
125
points
13
comments
16
min read
LW
link
Indecision and internalized authority figures
Kaj_Sotala
Jul 6, 2024, 10:10 AM
69
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
(kajsotala.fi)
Game Theory without Argmax [Part 1]
Cleo Nardo
Nov 11, 2023, 3:59 PM
70
points
18
comments
19
min read
LW
link
Self-empathy as a source of “willpower”
Academian
Oct 26, 2010, 2:20 PM
83
points
32
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Many therapy schools work with inner multiplicity (not just IFS)
David Althaus
and
Ewelina Tur
Sep 17, 2022, 10:27 AM
52
points
16
comments
18
min read
LW
link
The horror of what must, yet cannot, be true
Kaj_Sotala
Jun 2, 2022, 10:20 AM
52
points
18
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(kajsotala.fi)
A non-mystical explanation of “no-self” (three characteristics series)
Kaj_Sotala
May 8, 2020, 10:37 AM
120
points
65
comments
20
min read
LW
link
1
review
Conditions under which misaligned subagents can (not) arise in classifiers
anon1
Jul 11, 2018, 1:52 AM
12
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
System 2 as working-memory augmented System 1 reasoning
Kaj_Sotala
Sep 25, 2019, 8:39 AM
110
points
23
comments
16
min read
LW
link
Seven Shiny Stories
Alicorn
Jun 1, 2010, 12:43 AM
145
points
34
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Eight Definitions of Observability
Scott Garrabrant
Nov 10, 2020, 11:37 PM
34
points
26
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Tentatively considering emotional stories (IFS and “getting into Self”)
Kaj_Sotala
Nov 30, 2018, 7:40 AM
40
points
31
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(kajsotala.fi)
Slack matters more than any outcome
Valentine
Dec 31, 2022, 8:11 PM
164
points
56
comments
19
min read
LW
link
1
review
One: a story
Richard_Ngo
Oct 10, 2023, 12:18 AM
30
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(www.narrativeark.xyz)
Robust Agency for People and Organizations
Raemon
Jul 19, 2019, 1:18 AM
65
points
10
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Conflicts Between Mental Subagents: Expanding Wei Dai’s Master-Slave Model
Scott Alexander
Aug 4, 2010, 9:16 AM
71
points
81
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Hierarchical Agency: A Missing Piece in AI Alignment
Jan_Kulveit
Nov 27, 2024, 5:49 AM
112
points
21
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Why Productivity Systems Don’t Stick
Matt Goldenberg
Jan 16, 2021, 5:45 PM
62
points
22
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Embedded Agency (full-text version)
Scott Garrabrant
and
abramdemski
Nov 15, 2018, 7:49 PM
208
points
17
comments
54
min read
LW
link
Shard Theory: An Overview
David Udell
Aug 11, 2022, 5:44 AM
166
points
34
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Three characteristics: impermanence
Kaj_Sotala
Jun 5, 2020, 7:48 AM
73
points
4
comments
18
min read
LW
link
Craving, suffering, and predictive processing (three characteristics series)
Kaj_Sotala
May 15, 2020, 1:21 PM
96
points
56
comments
19
min read
LW
link
Internal communication framework
rosehadshar
and
Nora_Ammann
Nov 15, 2022, 12:41 PM
38
points
13
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Resolving von Neumann-Morgenstern Inconsistent Preferences
niplav
Oct 22, 2024, 11:45 AM
38
points
5
comments
58
min read
LW
link
Strategic ignorance and plausible deniability
Kaj_Sotala
Aug 10, 2011, 9:30 AM
62
points
59
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Ayn Rand’s model of “living money”; and an upside of burnout
AnnaSalamon
Nov 16, 2024, 2:59 AM
227
points
58
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Anyone been through IFS or coherence therapy?
warrenjordan
Mar 15, 2021, 6:35 PM
5
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Non-Coercive Perfectionism
Matt Goldenberg
Jan 26, 2021, 4:53 PM
25
points
25
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Synthesis of subagents: exercise
Julija Kobrinovich
Sep 20, 2019, 5:24 PM
10
points
2
comments
14
min read
LW
link
On Internal Family Systems and multi-agent minds: a reply to PJ Eby
Kaj_Sotala
Oct 29, 2019, 2:56 PM
41
points
31
comments
25
min read
LW
link
Actually updating
SaraHax
Aug 23, 2019, 5:46 PM
56
points
10
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The self-unalignment problem
Jan_Kulveit
and
rosehadshar
Apr 14, 2023, 12:10 PM
155
points
24
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Two Coordination Styles
abramdemski
Feb 7, 2018, 9:00 AM
41
points
14
comments
7
min read
LW
link
From self to craving (three characteristics series)
Kaj_Sotala
May 22, 2020, 12:16 PM
63
points
21
comments
11
min read
LW
link
A Framework for Internal Debugging
Matt Goldenberg
Jan 16, 2019, 4:04 PM
44
points
3
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Should rationalists be spiritual / Spirituality as overcoming delusion
Kaj_Sotala
and
romeostevensit
Mar 25, 2024, 4:48 PM
49
points
57
comments
29
min read
LW
link
Committing, Assuming, Externalizing, and Internalizing
Scott Garrabrant
Nov 9, 2020, 4:59 PM
31
points
25
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Subagents of Cartesian Frames
Scott Garrabrant
Nov 2, 2020, 10:02 PM
53
points
6
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Additive and Multiplicative Subagents
Scott Garrabrant
Nov 6, 2020, 2:26 PM
20
points
7
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Silence
alkjash
Mar 18, 2018, 4:10 AM
61
points
17
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
A Clearer Thinking tool that teaches you to use Internal Family Systems concepts
spencerg
Apr 28, 2023, 1:42 PM
31
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(programs.clearerthinking.org)
Integrating Three Models of (Human) Cognition
jbkjr
Nov 23, 2021, 1:06 AM
40
points
4
comments
32
min read
LW
link
The Solitaire Principle: Game Theory for One
alkjash
Jan 17, 2018, 12:14 AM
25
points
8
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
Beware Social Coping Strategies
Lulie
Feb 5, 2018, 4:48 AM
57
points
24
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Make an appointment with your saner self
MalcolmOcean
Feb 8, 2019, 5:05 AM
28
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Which Parts Are “Me”?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Oct 22, 2008, 6:15 PM
69
points
117
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Prosaic misalignment from the Solomonoff Predictor
Cleo Nardo
Dec 9, 2022, 5:53 PM
42
points
3
comments
5
min read
LW
link
TDT for Humans
alkjash
Feb 28, 2018, 5:40 AM
26
points
7
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
Reflection of Hierarchical Relationship via Nuanced Conditioning of Game Theory Approach for AI Development and Utilization
Kyoung-cheol Kim
Jun 4, 2021, 7:20 AM
2
points
2
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Selection processes for subagents
Ryan Kidd
Jun 30, 2022, 11:57 PM
36
points
2
comments
9
min read
LW
link
A Cautionary Note on Unlocking the Emotional Brain
eapache
Feb 8, 2020, 5:21 PM
55
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Restricted Antinatalism on Subagents
Josephine
May 13, 2021, 1:48 AM
3
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Alien parasite technical guy
PhilGoetz
Jul 27, 2010, 4:51 PM
69
points
55
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Self and No-Self
Vaniver
Dec 29, 2019, 6:15 AM
48
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Prune
alkjash
Jan 12, 2018, 10:50 PM
76
points
11
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
Species as Canonical Referents of Super-Organisms
Yudhister Kumar
Oct 18, 2024, 7:49 AM
15
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.yudhister.me)
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