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Russia has Invaded Ukraine

lsusr24 Feb 2022 7:52 UTC

173 points

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What is it good for? But actually?

KatjaGrace16 Dec 2020 9:20 UTC

44 points

17 comments2 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

What a 20-year-lead in military tech might look like

Daniel Kokotajlo29 Jul 2020 20:10 UTC

74 points

47 comments16 min readLW link

Notes on War: Grand Strategy

johnswentworth18 Jun 2021 22:55 UTC

55 points

16 comments8 min readLW link

Ukraine Situation Report 2022/03/04

lsusr5 Mar 2022 6:44 UTC

71 points

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The risk of an American Civil War is remote

Samo Burja23 Jul 2018 18:00 UTC

38 points

0 comments8 min readLW link

(medium.com)

Death in Groups II

ryan_b13 Apr 2018 18:12 UTC

14 points

4 comments6 min readLW link

The One Who Says, “Enough”

Sable17 Mar 2022 6:17 UTC

5 points

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Sunzi’s《Methods of War》- Introduction

lsusr18 Nov 2020 8:23 UTC

48 points

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Nuclear war is unlikely to cause human extinction

Jeffrey Ladish7 Nov 2020 5:42 UTC

132 points

48 comments11 min readLW link 3 reviews

[Question] Are aircraft carriers super vulnerable in a modern war?

Liron20 Sep 2020 18:52 UTC

18 points

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If Ukraine fails, the world will reap fatal consequences

Danylo Zhyrko5 Mar 2024 19:42 UTC

−17 points

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Great Power Conflict

Zach Stein-Perlman17 Sep 2021 15:00 UTC

11 points

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Book Review: Righteous Victims—A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict

Yair Halberstadt24 Jun 2024 11:02 UTC

51 points

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Stone Age Herbalist’s notes on ant warfare and slavery

trevor9 Nov 2024 2:40 UTC

31 points

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(x.com)

Centrally planned war

KatjaGrace6 Jan 2021 10:40 UTC

15 points

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(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

[Question] What Are Your Preferences Regarding The FLI Letter?

JenniferRM1 Apr 2023 4:52 UTC

−4 points

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AI Safety is Dropping the Ball on Clown Attacks

trevor22 Oct 2023 20:09 UTC

65 points

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Helpful examples to get a sense of modern automated manipulation

trevor12 Nov 2023 20:49 UTC

33 points

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Helio-Selenic Laser Telescope (in SPACE!?)

Alexander Gietelink Oldenziel26 May 2023 11:24 UTC

8 points

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Bring back the Colosseums

lc8 Sep 2023 0:09 UTC

18 points

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Sunzi’s《Methods of War》- War

lsusr19 Nov 2020 3:06 UTC

43 points

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I’m a Former Israeli Officer. AMA

Yovel Rom10 Oct 2023 8:33 UTC

78 points

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Sunzi’s《Methods of War》- Planning Attacks

lsusr23 Dec 2020 21:52 UTC

36 points

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Sunzi’s《Methods of War》- The Army’s Form

lsusr23 Jan 2021 6:47 UTC

27 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

[Prediction] What war between the USA and China would look like in 2050

lsusr26 May 2021 6:24 UTC

76 points

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Sunzi’s《Methods of War》- Potential

lsusr5 Aug 2021 5:29 UTC

28 points

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We Live in an Era of Unprecedented World Peace

lsusr30 Aug 2021 22:25 UTC

27 points

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World War Zero

lsusr31 Aug 2021 7:22 UTC

44 points

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US Military Global Information Dominance Experiments

NunoSempere1 Sep 2021 13:34 UTC

25 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

(www.defense.gov)

This War of Mine

lsusr25 Sep 2021 1:43 UTC

64 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

Is nuking women and children cheaper than firebombing them?

lsusr14 Oct 2021 8:25 UTC

28 points

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Postmodern Warfare

lsusr25 Oct 2021 9:02 UTC

64 points

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First Strike and Second Strike

lsusr25 Nov 2021 9:23 UTC

28 points

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Ukraine Situation Report 2022/03/01

lsusr2 Mar 2022 5:07 UTC

121 points

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The Agent

Ideopunk2 Mar 2022 22:43 UTC

17 points

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It’s not WWIII if 5/6 of humanity remains neutral

lsusr8 Mar 2022 9:20 UTC

9 points

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[Question] World superpowers, particularly the United States, still maintain large conventional militaries despite nuclear deterrence. Why?

niederman28 Dec 2022 5:38 UTC

9 points

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(maxniederman.com)

Near-Term Risk: Killer Robots a Threat to Freedom and Democracy

Epiphany14 Jun 2013 6:28 UTC

15 points

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The Future of Nuclear Arms Control?

Gentzel15 Feb 2021 1:50 UTC

28 points

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(theconsequentialist.wordpress.com)

The Sinews of Sudan’s Latest War

Tim Liptrot4 Aug 2023 18:17 UTC

43 points

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[Question] Are veterans more self-disciplined than non-veterans?

Matthew Barnett23 Mar 2020 5:16 UTC

19 points

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Sleepwalking Toward Armageddon

Slimepriestess9 Mar 2020 7:28 UTC

14 points

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(hivewired.wordpress.com)

Land war in Asia

Apprentice7 Dec 2016 19:31 UTC

26 points

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Why officers vs. enlisted?

JoshuaFox30 Oct 2013 20:14 UTC

23 points

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Military Rationalities and Irrationalities

pscheyer9 Sep 2013 23:48 UTC

35 points

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WMDs in Iraq and Syria

ChristianKl10 May 2017 21:03 UTC

15 points

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How David Beats Goliath

JulianMorrison5 May 2009 1:25 UTC

25 points

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[Question] How large is the fallout area of the biggest cobalt bomb we can build?

habryka17 Mar 2019 5:50 UTC

20 points

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Some recommendations for aligning the decision to go to war with the public interest, from The Spoils of War

Eli Tyre27 Dec 2020 1:04 UTC

21 points

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Nuclear Deterrence 101 (and why the US can’t even hint at intervening in Ukraine)

Darmani18 Mar 2022 7:25 UTC

36 points

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Why those who care about catastrophic and existential risk should care about autonomous weapons

aaguirre11 Nov 2020 15:22 UTC

60 points

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Anthropic teams up with Palantir and AWS to sell AI to defense customers

Matrice Jacobine9 Nov 2024 11:50 UTC

9 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(techcrunch.com)

My mistake about the war in Ukraine

Ege Erdil25 Mar 2022 23:04 UTC

40 points

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Non-Book Review: Patterns of Conflict

johnswentworth30 Nov 2020 21:05 UTC

38 points

2 comments7 min readLW link

Will AI and Humanity Go to War?

Simon Goldstein1 Oct 2024 6:35 UTC

9 points

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[Question] How can the world handle the HAMAS situation?

Annapurna13 Oct 2023 9:15 UTC

6 points

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Genocide isn’t Decolonization

robotelvis20 Oct 2023 4:14 UTC

33 points

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(messyprogress.substack.com)

[Question] Hedging the Possibility of Russia invading Ukraine

Annapurna23 Dec 2021 1:13 UTC

27 points

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Target for Tonight: A Drama In One Act

vernamcipher16 Jan 2022 4:29 UTC

4 points

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Notes on Schelling’s “Strategy of Conflict” (1960)

MichaelA10 Feb 2021 2:48 UTC

25 points

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Modernization and arms control don’t have to be enemies.

Gentzel12 Jan 2019 18:50 UTC

10 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

(theconsequentialist.wordpress.com)

[Question] Why would GDP X GDP Per Capita be used as a measurement of power? What’s the purpose of squaring GDP?

dqups125 Feb 2022 2:56 UTC

1 point

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Overview of Rethink Priorities’ work on risks from nuclear weapons

MichaelA11 Jun 2021 20:05 UTC

12 points

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Announcing the Nuclear Risk Forecasting Tournament

MichaelA16 Jun 2021 16:16 UTC

16 points

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Paying Russians to not invade Ukraine

djColliderBias24 Jun 2024 17:46 UTC

9 points

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Ambiguity causes conflict

Ege Erdil26 Feb 2022 16:53 UTC

24 points

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Innovation, Stagnation, and Paratrooper Operations

Davis_Kingsley6 May 2022 20:59 UTC

52 points

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(Rational) Decision-Making In Wartime

Danylo Zhyrko10 Apr 2024 18:08 UTC

15 points

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AI takeoff and nuclear war

owencb11 Jun 2024 19:36 UTC

76 points

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(strangecities.substack.com)

Wargaming AGI Development

ryan_b19 Mar 2022 17:59 UTC

37 points

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Why a No-Fly-Zone would be the biggest gift to Putin, and why Zelenskyy keeps asking for it [Linkpost and commentary]

Dojan17 Mar 2022 3:13 UTC

48 points

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9/11 as mindkiller

NancyLebovitz12 Sep 2011 17:44 UTC

23 points

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When None Dare Urge Restraint

Eliezer Yudkowsky8 Dec 2007 23:09 UTC

116 points

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Does the US nuclear policy still target cities?

Jeffrey Ladish2 Oct 2019 0:18 UTC

61 points

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Bayesians vs. Barbarians

Eliezer Yudkowsky14 Apr 2009 23:45 UTC

103 points

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USA v Progressive 1979 excerpt

RyanCarey27 Nov 2017 17:32 UTC

22 points

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Death in Groups

ryan_b5 Apr 2018 0:45 UTC

31 points

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6. The Mutable Values Problem in Value Learning and CEV

RogerDearnaley4 Dec 2023 18:31 UTC

12 points

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In Defense of the Arms Races… that End Arms Races

Gentzel15 Jan 2020 21:30 UTC

38 points

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(theconsequentialist.wordpress.com)

What To Do If Nuclear War Seems Imminent

Ben_LandauTaylor13 Sep 2018 19:35 UTC

74 points

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(benlandautaylor.com)

Summary and Lessons from “On Combat”

Gunnar_Zarncke22 Mar 2015 1:48 UTC

28 points

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The Cybersecurity Dilemma in a Nutshell

Gentzel12 Dec 2019 3:20 UTC

35 points

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(theconsequentialist.wordpress.com)

Hiroshima Day

Eliezer Yudkowsky6 Aug 2008 23:15 UTC

4 points

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Terrorism is not about Terror

gwern24 Mar 2009 17:08 UTC

49 points

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[Question] How does the ever-increasing use of AI in the military for the direct purpose of murdering people affect your p(doom)?

Justausername6 Apr 2024 6:31 UTC

19 points

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Don’t Build Fallout Shelters

katydee7 Jan 2013 14:38 UTC

46 points

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Fight Zero-Sum Bias

multifoliaterose18 Jul 2010 5:57 UTC

28 points

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Optimising Society to Constrain Risk of War from an Artificial Superintelligence

JohnCDraper30 Apr 2020 10:47 UTC

4 points

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Divergence on Evidence Due to Differing Priors—A Political Case Study

Davidmanheim16 Sep 2019 11:01 UTC

27 points

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[LINK] Terrorists target AI researchers

RobertLumley15 Sep 2011 14:22 UTC

32 points

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A Parable of Elites and Takeoffs

gwern30 Jun 2014 23:04 UTC

39 points

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The Case against Killer Robots (link)

D_Alex20 Nov 2012 7:47 UTC

12 points

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