We recently released an interview with independent scholar John Wentworth:
It mostly centers around two themes: “abstraction” (forming concepts) and “agency” (dealing with goal-directed systems).
Check it out!
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[Interview w/ Quintin Pope] Evolution, values, and AI Safety
I’m not much of a LWer these days, but I do co-host a podcast on philosophy and emerging technologies which has a growing library of interviews with LWers:
[Interview w/ Rob Miles] The case for taking AI Safety seriously
I suppose I’m interested in both, but that reference is very helpful. I’m also vaguely aware of some literature on what is called “private governance” that would be germane to this discussion.
[Interview w/ Zvi Mowshowitz] Should we halt progress in AI?
[Interview w/ Jeffrey Ladish] Applying the ‘security mindset’ to AI and x-risk
Did you enjoy Ramez Naam’s “Nexus” trilogy? Check out this interview on neurotech and the law.
Interesting claim. We specifically asked him that and he didn’t think that was the case, but you could be right!
Transhumanism, genetic engineering, and the biological basis of intelligence.
An interview with Danica Remy on protecting the Earth from asteroids.
Economist Irene Ng on Market design, entrepreneurship, and innovation.
My admin pointed out the RSS feed (which I assume is what you found) and he’s going to see if there’s a way to make subscribing easier.
Thanks for bringing this to my attention!
Huh, let me ask about that!
Thanks for your interest.
Cognitive scientist Joel Chan on metascience, scaling and automating innovation, collective intelligence, and tools for thought.
Where did the idea of x-risk come from?
GPT-3 and the future of knowledge work
Some recent interviews with AI/math luminaries.
I’m looking for a really short introduction to light therapy and a rig I can put in my basement-office. Over the years I’ve noticed my productivity just falls off a goddamn cliff after sundown during the winter months, and I’d like to try to do something about it.
After the requisite searching I see a dozen or so references across lesswrong, and was wondering if someone could just tell me how the story ends and where I can shop for bulbs.
For the most part I was thinking about just making things brighter, but I’m open to trying red-light therapy too if people have had success with that.
YouTube can generate those automatically, or you can rip the .mp4 with an online service (just Google around, there are tons), then pass it to something like Otter.ai