AGI Ruin: A List of Lethalities

Eliezer Yudkowsky5 Jun 2022 22:05 UTC

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Where I agree and disagree with Eliezer

paulfchristiano19 Jun 2022 19:15 UTC

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Eight Short Studies On Excuses

Scott Alexander20 Apr 2010 23:01 UTC

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Preface

Eliezer Yudkowsky11 Mar 2015 19:00 UTC

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The Best Textbooks on Every Subject

lukeprog16 Jan 2011 8:30 UTC

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What an actually pessimistic containment strategy looks like

lc5 Apr 2022 0:19 UTC

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SolidGoldMagikarp (plus, prompt generation)

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5 Feb 2023 22:02 UTC

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The Waluigi Effect (mega-post)

Cleo Nardo3 Mar 2023 3:22 UTC

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Simulators

janus2 Sep 2022 12:45 UTC

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(generative.ink)

Rationalism before the Sequences

Eric Raymond30 Mar 2021 14:04 UTC

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Making Vaccine

johnswentworth3 Feb 2021 20:24 UTC

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Schelling fences on slippery slopes

Scott Alexander16 Mar 2012 23:44 UTC

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Let’s think about slowing down AI

KatjaGrace22 Dec 2022 17:40 UTC

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(aiimpacts.org)

Pain is not the unit of Effort

alkjash24 Nov 2020 20:00 UTC

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(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Diseased thinking: dissolving questions about disease

Scott Alexander30 May 2010 21:16 UTC

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LessWrong’s (first) album: I Have Been A Good Bing

habryka and kave

1 Apr 2024 7:33 UTC

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Humans are not automatically strategic

AnnaSalamon8 Sep 2010 7:02 UTC

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The Redaction Machine

Ben20 Sep 2022 22:03 UTC

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The Talk: a brief explanation of sexual dimorphism

Malmesbury18 Sep 2023 16:23 UTC

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Reason as memetic immune disorder

PhilGoetz19 Sep 2009 21:05 UTC

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