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More power to you

jasoncrawfordDec 15, 2021, 11:50 PM

16 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

My Overview of the AI Alignment Landscape: A Bird’s Eye View

Neel NandaDec 15, 2021, 11:44 PM

127 points

9 comments15 min readLW link

SmartPoop 1.0: An AI Safety Science-Fiction

Lê Nguyên HoangDec 15, 2021, 10:28 PM

7 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Bay Area Rationalist Field Day

Raj ThimmiahDec 15, 2021, 7:57 PM

7 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Framing approaches to alignment and the hard problem of AI cognition

ryan_greenblattDec 15, 2021, 7:06 PM

16 points

15 comments27 min readLW link

South Bay ACX/LW Pre-Holiday Get-Together

ISDec 15, 2021, 4:58 PM

5 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Leverage

lsusrDec 15, 2021, 5:20 AM

23 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

We’ll Always Have Crazy

Duncan Sabien (Inactive)Dec 15, 2021, 2:55 AM

36 points

22 comments13 min readLW link

2020 Review: The Discussion Phase

VaniverDec 15, 2021, 1:12 AM

55 points

14 comments2 min readLW link

The Natural Abstraction Hypothesis: Implications and Evidence

CallumMcDougallDec 14, 2021, 11:14 PM

39 points

9 comments19 min readLW link

Robin Hanson’s “Humans are Early”

RaemonDec 14, 2021, 10:07 PM

11 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(www.overcomingbias.com)

Ngo’s view on alignment difficulty

Richard_Ngo and Eliezer Yudkowsky

Dec 14, 2021, 9:34 PM

63 points

7 comments17 min readLW link

A proposed system for ideas jumpstart

Valentin2026Dec 14, 2021, 9:01 PM

4 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

Should we rely on the speed prior for safety?

Marc CarauleanuDec 14, 2021, 8:45 PM

14 points

5 comments5 min readLW link

ARC’s first technical report: Eliciting Latent Knowledge

paulfchristiano, Mark Xu and Ajeya Cotra

Dec 14, 2021, 8:09 PM

228 points

90 comments1 min readLW link 3 reviews

(docs.google.com)

ARC is hiring!

paulfchristiano and Mark Xu

Dec 14, 2021, 8:09 PM

64 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Interlude: Agents as Automobiles

Daniel KokotajloDec 14, 2021, 6:49 PM

26 points

6 comments5 min readLW link

Zvi’s Thoughts on the Survival and Flourishing Fund (SFF)

ZviDec 14, 2021, 2:30 PM

193 points

65 comments64 min readLW link 1 review

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Consequentialism & corrigibility

Steven ByrnesDec 14, 2021, 1:23 PM

70 points

35 comments7 min readLW link

Mystery Hunt 2022

Scott GarrabrantDec 13, 2021, 9:57 PM

30 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Enabling More Feedback for AI Safety Researchers

frances_lorenzDec 13, 2021, 8:10 PM

17 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

Language Model Alignment Research Internships

Ethan PerezDec 13, 2021, 7:53 PM

74 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Omicron Post #6

ZviDec 13, 2021, 6:00 PM

89 points

30 comments8 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Analysis of Bird Box (2018)

TekhneMakreDec 13, 2021, 5:30 PM

11 points

3 comments5 min readLW link

Solving Interpretability Week

Logan RiggsDec 13, 2021, 5:09 PM

11 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Understanding and controlling auto-induced distributional shift

L Rudolf LDec 13, 2021, 2:59 PM

33 points

4 comments16 min readLW link

A fate worse than death?

RomanSDec 13, 2021, 11:05 AM

−25 points

26 comments2 min readLW link

What’s the backward-forward FLOP ratio for Neural Networks?

Marius Hobbhahn and Jsevillamol

Dec 13, 2021, 8:54 AM

20 points

12 comments10 min readLW link

Summary of the Acausal Attack Issue for AIXI

DiffractorDec 13, 2021, 8:16 AM

12 points

6 comments4 min readLW link

Hard-Coding Neural Computation

MadHatterDec 13, 2021, 4:35 AM

34 points

8 comments27 min readLW link

[Question] Is “gears-level” just a synonym for “mechanistic”?

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Dec 13, 2021, 4:11 AM

48 points

29 comments1 min readLW link

Baby Nicknames

jefftkDec 13, 2021, 2:20 AM

11 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Why do governments refer to existential risks primarily in terms of national security?

Evan_GaensbauerDec 13, 2021, 1:05 AM

3 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] [Resolved] Who else prefers “AI alignment” to “AI safety?”

Evan_GaensbauerDec 13, 2021, 12:35 AM

5 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Working through D&D.Sci, problem 1

Pablo RepettoDec 12, 2021, 11:10 PM

8 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(pabloernesto.github.io)

Teaser: Hard-coding Transformer Models

MadHatterDec 12, 2021, 10:04 PM

74 points

19 comments1 min readLW link

The Three Mutations of Dark Rationality

DarkRationalistDec 12, 2021, 10:01 PM

−15 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Redwood’s Technique-Focused Epistemic Strategy

adamShimiDec 12, 2021, 4:36 PM

48 points

1 comment7 min readLW link

For and Against Lotteries in Elite University Admissions

Sam EnrightDec 12, 2021, 1:41 PM

10 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Nuclear war anthropics

smountjoyDec 12, 2021, 4:54 AM

11 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Some abstract, non-technical reasons to be non-maximally-pessimistic about AI alignment

Rob BensingerDec 12, 2021, 2:08 AM

70 points

35 comments7 min readLW link

Magna Alta Doctrina

jacob_cannellDec 11, 2021, 9:54 PM

60 points

7 comments28 min readLW link

EA Dinner Covid Logistics

jefftkDec 11, 2021, 9:50 PM

17 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Transforming myopic optimization to ordinary optimization—Do we want to seek convergence for myopic optimization problems?

tailcalledDec 11, 2021, 8:38 PM

12 points

1 comment5 min readLW link

What on Earth is a Series I savings bond?

rossryDec 11, 2021, 12:18 PM

11 points

7 comments7 min readLW link

D&D.Sci GURPS Dec 2021: Hunters of Monsters

J BostockDec 11, 2021, 12:13 PM

20 points

21 comments2 min readLW link

Anxiety and computer architecture

Adam ZernerDec 11, 2021, 10:37 AM

13 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Reasons to act according to the free will paradigm?

Maciej JałochaDec 11, 2021, 8:44 AM

−3 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Extrinsic and Intrinsic Moral Frameworks

lsusrDec 11, 2021, 5:28 AM

14 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

Moore’s Law, AI, and the pace of progress

VeedracDec 11, 2021, 3:02 AM

128 points

38 comments24 min readLW link