Clar­ify­ing Power-Seek­ing and In­stru­men­tal Convergence

TurnTroutDec 20, 2019, 7:59 PM
42 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

12020: a fine fu­ture for these holidays

Stuart_ArmstrongDec 25, 2019, 3:01 PM
41 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

LW Team Up­dates—De­cem­ber 2019

RubyDec 5, 2019, 8:40 PM
40 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

[Re­view] On the Chatham House Rule (Ben Pace, Dec 2019)

Ben PaceDec 10, 2019, 12:24 AM
40 points
10 comments3 min readLW link

How’s that Epistemic Spot Check Pro­ject Com­ing?

ElizabethDec 16, 2019, 10:50 PM
39 points
16 comments4 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Quadratic vot­ing for the 2018 Review

Ben PaceDec 20, 2019, 10:59 PM
39 points
42 comments5 min readLW link

Is the term mesa op­ti­mizer too nar­row?

Matthew BarnettDec 14, 2019, 11:20 PM
39 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Stu­pidity and Dishon­esty Ex­plain Each Other Away

Zack_M_DavisDec 28, 2019, 7:21 PM
38 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Ap­pli­ca­tions of Eco­nomic Models to Phys­iol­ogy?

johnswentworthDec 10, 2019, 6:09 PM
38 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

The Les­son To Unlearn

Ben PaceDec 8, 2019, 12:50 AM
38 points
11 comments1 min readLW link
(paulgraham.com)

What is Ab­strac­tion?

johnswentworthDec 6, 2019, 8:30 PM
37 points
8 comments5 min readLW link

Cri­tiquing “What failure looks like”

Grue_SlinkyDec 27, 2019, 11:59 PM
35 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

The Cy­ber­se­cu­rity Dilemma in a Nutshell

GentzelDec 12, 2019, 3:20 AM
35 points
5 comments3 min readLW link
(theconsequentialist.wordpress.com)

Sec­tions 1 & 2: In­tro­duc­tion, Strat­egy and Governance

JesseCliftonDec 17, 2019, 9:27 PM
35 points
8 comments14 min readLW link

How time track­ing can help you prioritize

lynettebyeDec 16, 2019, 5:07 PM
35 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

Causal Ab­strac­tion Toy Model: Med­i­cal Sensor

johnswentworthDec 11, 2019, 9:12 PM
34 points
6 comments6 min readLW link

A let­ter on op­ti­mism about hu­man progress

jasoncrawfordDec 4, 2019, 4:21 AM
34 points
3 comments3 min readLW link
(letter.wiki)

[Question] Why aren’t as­surance con­tracts widely used?

Daniel KokotajloDec 1, 2019, 12:20 AM
34 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Bos­ton Sols­tice 2019 Retrospective

jefftkDec 15, 2019, 9:20 PM
32 points
8 comments4 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

New pa­per: (When) is Truth-tel­ling Fa­vored in AI de­bate?

VojtaKovarikDec 26, 2019, 7:59 PM
32 points
7 comments5 min readLW link
(medium.com)

CFAR’s 2019 Fundraiser

Timothy Telleen-LawtonDec 30, 2019, 12:03 AM
32 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Has there been a “memetic col­lapse”?

Eli TyreDec 28, 2019, 5:36 AM
32 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Bay Area Win­ter Sols­tice 2019

Chelsea VossDec 1, 2019, 3:17 AM
32 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

2019 Win­ter Sols­tice Collection

dspeyerDec 4, 2019, 5:25 PM
31 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Books on the zeit­geist of sci­ence dur­ing Lord Kelvin’s time.

HazardDec 9, 2019, 12:17 AM
30 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

iald­abaoth is banned

VaniverDec 13, 2019, 6:34 AM
30 points
68 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Why is the mail so much bet­ter than the DMV?

Logan ZoellnerDec 29, 2019, 6:55 PM
30 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

Com­ment on Co­her­ence ar­gu­ments do not im­ply goal di­rected behavior

Ronny FernandezDec 6, 2019, 9:30 AM
30 points
8 comments5 min readLW link

[Re­view] Meta-Hon­esty (Ben Pace, Dec 2019)

Ben PaceDec 10, 2019, 12:37 AM
29 points
4 comments10 min readLW link

Sym­biotic Conflicts

lsusrDec 4, 2019, 12:06 AM
29 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

The Towel Cen­sus: A Method­ol­ogy for Iden­ti­fy­ing Or­phaned Ob­jects in Your Home

mingyuanDec 22, 2019, 6:04 AM
29 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

What I talk about when I talk about AI x-risk: 3 core claims I want ma­chine learn­ing re­searchers to ad­dress.

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Dec 2, 2019, 6:20 PM
29 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

Sec­tions 5 & 6: Con­tem­po­rary Ar­chi­tec­tures, Hu­mans in the Loop

JesseCliftonDec 20, 2019, 3:52 AM
27 points
4 comments10 min readLW link

[Question] How was your decade?

namespaceDec 28, 2019, 5:14 PM
26 points
8 comments1 min readLW link
(www.youtube.com)

Ab­strac­tion, Causal­ity, and Embed­ded Maps: Here Be Monsters

johnswentworthDec 18, 2019, 8:25 PM
26 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

[AN #78] For­mal­iz­ing power and in­stru­men­tal con­ver­gence, and the end-of-year AI safety char­ity comparison

Rohin ShahDec 26, 2019, 1:10 AM
26 points
10 comments9 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Causal Ab­strac­tion Intro

johnswentworthDec 19, 2019, 10:01 PM
24 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

CHAI In­tern­ship ap­pli­ca­tions are due by 12/​15

martinfukuiDec 13, 2019, 9:19 AM
24 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Long Bets by Con­fi­dence Level

jefftkDec 9, 2019, 2:20 PM
24 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Should I floss?

willbradshawDec 24, 2019, 4:06 PM
24 points
11 comments3 min readLW link

Judg­ment Day: In­sights from ‘Judg­ment in Man­age­rial De­ci­sion Mak­ing’

TurnTroutDec 29, 2019, 6:03 PM
24 points
6 comments7 min readLW link

When Good­hart­ing is op­ti­mal: lin­ear vs diminish­ing re­turns, un­likely vs likely, and other factors

Stuart_ArmstrongDec 19, 2019, 1:55 PM
24 points
18 comments7 min readLW link

Un­der­stand­ing Ma­chine Learn­ing (II)

Rafael HarthDec 22, 2019, 6:28 PM
24 points
4 comments10 min readLW link

Ex­am­ples of Causal Abstraction

johnswentworthDec 12, 2019, 10:54 PM
24 points
7 comments4 min readLW link

Is Causal­ity in the Map or the Ter­ri­tory?

johnswentworthDec 17, 2019, 11:19 PM
23 points
36 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What spiritual ex­pe­riences have you had?

Gordon Seidoh WorleyDec 27, 2019, 3:41 AM
22 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Rus­sian x-risks newslet­ter #2, fall 2019

avturchinDec 3, 2019, 4:54 PM
22 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Phage ther­apy in a post-an­tibiotics world

ChristianKlDec 29, 2019, 5:03 PM
22 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

Coun­ter­fac­tual Induction

DiffractorDec 17, 2019, 5:03 AM
22 points
7 comments6 min readLW link

The New Age of So­cial Engineering

VivaLaPandaDec 7, 2019, 12:23 AM
22 points
7 comments11 min readLW link