Draft re­port on ex­is­ten­tial risk from power-seek­ing AI

Joe Carlsmith28 Apr 2021 21:41 UTC
85 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Notes on Robert McIn­tyre’s Brain Preser­va­tion Talk at the Long Now Foundation

JohnGreer28 Apr 2021 20:47 UTC
8 points
2 comments13 min readLW link

AMA: Paul Chris­ti­ano, al­ign­ment researcher

paulfchristiano28 Apr 2021 18:55 UTC
117 points
197 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is sit­ting in the sun much bet­ter than sit­ting in the shade?

just_browsing28 Apr 2021 18:48 UTC
16 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

[AN #148]: An­a­lyz­ing gen­er­al­iza­tion across more axes than just ac­cu­racy or loss

Rohin Shah28 Apr 2021 18:30 UTC
24 points
5 comments11 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Face­book is Si­mu­lacra Level 3, An­dreessen is Level 4

Ben Pace28 Apr 2021 17:38 UTC
50 points
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When Should the Fire Alarm Go Off: A model for op­ti­mal thresholds

peterbarnett28 Apr 2021 12:27 UTC
40 points
4 comments5 min readLW link
(peterbarnett.org)

Bet­ter air is the eas­iest way not to die

digital_carver28 Apr 2021 10:24 UTC
23 points
9 comments1 min readLW link
(dynomight.net)

Nam­ing and poin­ter thickness

Adam Zerner28 Apr 2021 6:35 UTC
22 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Talk­ers and doers

Amir Bolous28 Apr 2021 4:26 UTC
−1 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

A ca­sual in­tro to Geo­met­ric Algebra

Orfeas28 Apr 2021 0:00 UTC
24 points
2 comments6 min readLW link

Faerie Ring meet #2: At Gather.Town

hamnox27 Apr 2021 23:17 UTC
15 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Cardinality

jimrandomh27 Apr 2021 22:27 UTC
56 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Pit­falls of the agent model

Alex Flint27 Apr 2021 22:19 UTC
24 points
4 comments20 min readLW link

[Question] Covid-19 in In­dia: Why didn’t it hap­pen ear­lier?

Sherrinford27 Apr 2021 19:13 UTC
14 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Jaan Tal­linn’s 2020 Philan­thropy Overview

jaan27 Apr 2021 16:22 UTC
113 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(jaan.online)

Scott Alexan­der 2021 Pre­dic­tions: Mar­ket Prices

SimonM27 Apr 2021 14:03 UTC
51 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Modern Mone­tary The­ory for Dummies

theflowerpot27 Apr 2021 13:11 UTC
7 points
5 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Can you im­prove IQ by prac­tic­ing IQ tests?

ForensicOceanography27 Apr 2021 11:28 UTC
8 points
43 comments1 min readLW link

Agents Over Carte­sian World Models

27 Apr 2021 2:06 UTC
66 points
4 comments27 min readLW link

[Question] What top­ics are on Dath Ilan’s civics exam?

jimrandomh27 Apr 2021 0:59 UTC
47 points
38 comments1 min readLW link

Scott Alexan­der 2021 Pre­dic­tions: Buy/​Sell/​Hold

Zvi27 Apr 2021 0:40 UTC
42 points
39 comments12 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

An­nounc­ing the Align­ment Re­search Center

paulfchristiano26 Apr 2021 23:30 UTC
178 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(ai-alignment.com)

[Linkpost] Treach­er­ous turns in the wild

Mark Xu26 Apr 2021 22:51 UTC
31 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(lukemuehlhauser.com)

FAQ: Ad­vice for AI Align­ment Researchers

Rohin Shah26 Apr 2021 18:59 UTC
67 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(rohinshah.com)

Spoiler-Free Re­views: Mon­ster Slay­ers, Dream Quest and Loop Hero

Zvi26 Apr 2021 15:00 UTC
15 points
2 comments3 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Bayesian and Fre­quen­tists Ap­proaches to Statis­ti­cal Analysis

Christopher Clark26 Apr 2021 0:18 UTC
4 points
2 comments8 min readLW link

Be­ware over-use of the agent model

Alex Flint25 Apr 2021 22:19 UTC
28 points
10 comments5 min readLW link1 review

“Who I am” is an ax­iom.

dadadarren25 Apr 2021 21:59 UTC
7 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Would robots care about Mean­ing and Re­lat­ing?

Raemon25 Apr 2021 21:17 UTC
29 points
24 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] For mRNA vac­cines, is (short-term) effi­cacy re­ally higher af­ter the sec­ond dose?

Sam Marks25 Apr 2021 20:21 UTC
27 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Is there a good soft­ware solu­tion for math­e­mat­i­cal ques­tions?

ChristianKl25 Apr 2021 18:03 UTC
9 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

[May – weekly] Fo­cus­mate: iden­tity preservation

Mati_Roy25 Apr 2021 17:58 UTC
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Fall of Rome, III: Progress Did Not Exist

LukeOnline25 Apr 2021 5:54 UTC
29 points
18 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Best em­piri­cal ev­i­dence on bet­ter than SP500 in­vest­ment re­turns?

bluefalcon25 Apr 2021 5:13 UTC
12 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Mal­i­cious non-state ac­tors and AI safety

keti25 Apr 2021 3:21 UTC
2 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Es­ti­mat­ing COVID cases & deaths in In­dia over the com­ing months

GeneSmith24 Apr 2021 21:35 UTC
33 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Iden­tity in What You Are Not

Gordon Seidoh Worley24 Apr 2021 20:11 UTC
11 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

Nat­u­ral­ism and AI alignment

Michele Campolo24 Apr 2021 16:16 UTC
5 points
12 comments8 min readLW link

Paper re­view: A Cryp­to­graphic Solu­tion to a Game The­o­retic Problem

victorsintnicolaas24 Apr 2021 11:54 UTC
23 points
4 comments6 min readLW link

Elec­tion re­sults in Cen­tral Europe match some pre-WW1 borders

ForensicOceanography24 Apr 2021 6:24 UTC
19 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] How to test tiny skills?

NicholasKross24 Apr 2021 5:02 UTC
5 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Apps /​ tools for com­bat­ting sleep pro­cras­ti­na­tion?

emily.fan24 Apr 2021 1:40 UTC
3 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Vac­ci­na­tion and House Rules

jefftk24 Apr 2021 1:00 UTC
33 points
8 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Let’s Re­name Our­selves The “Me­tacog­ni­tive Move­ment”

DirectedEvolution23 Apr 2021 21:06 UTC
52 points
47 comments7 min readLW link

How to Play a Sup­port Role in Re­search Conversations

johnswentworth23 Apr 2021 20:57 UTC
105 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

The Fall of Rome, II: En­ergy Prob­lems?

LukeOnline23 Apr 2021 17:58 UTC
29 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

The Fall of Rome: Why It’s Rele­vant, And Why We’re Mistaken

LukeOnline23 Apr 2021 12:15 UTC
39 points
33 comments3 min readLW link

Prob­a­bil­ity the­ory and log­i­cal in­duc­tion as lenses

Alex Flint23 Apr 2021 2:41 UTC
43 points
7 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Is there any­thing that can stop AGI de­vel­op­ment in the near term?

Wulky Wilkinsen22 Apr 2021 20:37 UTC
5 points
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