[Video] How hav­ing Fast Fourier Trans­forms sooner could have helped with Nu­clear Disar­ma­ment—Veritaserum

mako yassNov 3, 2022, 9:04 PM
17 points
1 commentLW link

On Kelly and altruism

philhNov 24, 2022, 11:40 PM
17 points
6 comments12 min readLW link
(reasonableapproximation.net)

How to Make Easy De­ci­sions

lynettebyeNov 7, 2022, 1:17 PM
17 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Vanessa Kosoy’s PreDCA, distilled

Martín SotoNov 12, 2022, 11:38 AM
17 points
19 comments5 min readLW link

Align­ing my web server with de­vops prac­tices: part 1 (back­ups)

VipulNaikNov 27, 2022, 6:38 PM
17 points
0 comments18 min readLW link

In­ter­nal­iz­ing the dam­age of bad-act­ing part­ners cre­ates in­cen­tives for due diligence

tailcalledNov 11, 2022, 8:57 PM
17 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Progress links and tweets, 2022-11-22

jasoncrawfordNov 22, 2022, 5:39 PM
17 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

The Slip­pery Slope from DALLE-2 to Deep­fake Anarchy

scasperNov 5, 2022, 2:53 PM
17 points
9 comments11 min readLW link

Microstartup Sto­ries: Ini­tial Thoughts

Adam ZernerNov 27, 2022, 1:22 AM
17 points
2 comments9 min readLW link

SBF x LoL

Nicholas / Heather KrossNov 15, 2022, 8:24 PM
17 points
6 commentsLW link

[Question] Bi­nance is buy­ing FTX.com: How did it hap­pen and what are the im­pli­ca­tions?

CaeruleanNov 8, 2022, 5:14 PM
16 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Progress links and tweets, 2022-11-01

jasoncrawfordNov 1, 2022, 5:48 PM
16 points
4 comments3 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

How much should we care about non-hu­man an­i­mals?

bokovNov 4, 2022, 9:36 PM
16 points
8 comments2 min readLW link
(www.lesswrong.com)

Why Bet Kelly?

Joe ZimmermanNov 29, 2022, 6:47 PM
16 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

Im­prov­ing Emer­gency Ve­hi­cle Utilization

jefftkNov 14, 2022, 2:00 PM
15 points
10 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Is there any policy for a fair treat­ment of AIs whose friendli­ness is in doubt?

nahojNov 18, 2022, 7:01 PM
15 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Mul­ti­ple De­ploy-Key Repos

jefftkNov 3, 2022, 3:10 PM
15 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Why are prof­itable com­pa­nies lay­ing off staff?

Yair HalberstadtNov 17, 2022, 6:19 AM
15 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Up­dates on scal­ing laws for foun­da­tion mod­els from ′ Tran­scend­ing Scal­ing Laws with 0.1% Ex­tra Com­pute’

Nick_GreigNov 18, 2022, 12:46 PM
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2 comments1 min readLW link

Guardian AI (Misal­igned sys­tems are all around us.)

Jessica RumbelowNov 25, 2022, 3:55 PM
15 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

In­ter­view with Matt Freeman

EvenflairNov 21, 2022, 6:17 PM
15 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(overcast.fm)

[Question] Could a Supreme Court suit work to solve NEPA prob­lems?

ChristianKlNov 3, 2022, 9:10 PM
15 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Mo­ral con­ta­gion heuristic

MvolzNov 14, 2022, 9:17 PM
14 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Open & Wel­come Thread—Novem­ber 2022

MondSemmelNov 1, 2022, 6:47 PM
14 points
46 comments1 min readLW link

Prevent­ing, re­vers­ing, and ad­dress­ing data leak­age: some thoughts

VipulNaikNov 15, 2022, 2:09 AM
14 points
4 comments25 min readLW link

AI Safety Needs Great Product Builders

goodgravyNov 2, 2022, 11:33 AM
14 points
2 commentsLW link

[Question] Will chat logs and other records of our lives be main­tained in­definitely by the ad­ver­tis­ing in­dus­try?

mako yassNov 29, 2022, 12:30 AM
14 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Play­ground Game: Monster

jefftkNov 6, 2022, 4:00 PM
14 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Bet­ter Mastodon Aliases

jefftkNov 15, 2022, 12:10 PM
14 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

The Disas­trously Con­fi­dent And Inac­cu­rate AI

Sharat Jacob JacobNov 18, 2022, 7:06 PM
13 points
0 comments13 min readLW link

[Question] Is the speed of train­ing large mod­els go­ing to in­crease sig­nifi­cantly in the near fu­ture due to Cere­bras An­dromeda?

Amal Nov 15, 2022, 10:50 PM
13 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

EA & LW Fo­rums Weekly Sum­mary (24 − 30th Oct 22′)

Zoe WilliamsNov 1, 2022, 2:58 AM
13 points
1 commentLW link

Ques­tions about Value Lock-in, Pa­ter­nal­ism, and Empowerment

Sam F. BrownNov 16, 2022, 3:33 PM
13 points
2 comments12 min readLW link
(sambrown.eu)

Desider­ata for an Ad­ver­sar­ial Prior

ShmiNov 9, 2022, 11:45 PM
13 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[pa­per link] In­ter­pret­ing sys­tems as solv­ing POMDPs: a step to­wards a for­mal un­der­stand­ing of agency

the gears to ascensionNov 5, 2022, 1:06 AM
13 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.semanticscholar.org)

The limited up­side of interpretability

Peter S. ParkNov 15, 2022, 6:46 PM
13 points
11 commentsLW link

Un­pri­ca­ble In­for­ma­tion and Cer­tifi­cate Hell

eva_Nov 5, 2022, 10:56 PM
13 points
2 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Are al­ign­ment re­searchers de­vot­ing enough time to im­prov­ing their re­search ca­pac­ity?

Carson JonesNov 4, 2022, 12:58 AM
13 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Sets of ob­jec­tives for a multi-ob­jec­tive RL agent to optimize

Nov 23, 2022, 6:49 AM
13 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

Monthly Shorts 10/​22

CelerNov 4, 2022, 4:30 PM
12 points
0 comments6 min readLW link
(keller.substack.com)

Con­tra Chords

jefftkNov 18, 2022, 4:20 PM
12 points
1 comment7 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Mis­cel­la­neous First-Pass Align­ment Thoughts

NickGabsNov 21, 2022, 9:23 PM
12 points
4 comments10 min readLW link

EA & LW Fo­rums Weekly Sum­mary (31st Oct − 6th Nov 22′)

Zoe WilliamsNov 8, 2022, 3:58 AM
12 points
1 commentLW link

LessWrong Poll on AGI

Niclas KupperNov 10, 2022, 1:13 PM
12 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What is our cur­rent best in­fo­haz­ard policy for AGI (safety) re­search?

Roman LeventovNov 15, 2022, 10:33 PM
12 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

In­ject­ing some num­bers into the AGI de­bate—by Boaz Barak

JsevillamolNov 23, 2022, 4:10 PM
12 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(windowsontheory.org)

Char­ac­ter­iz­ing In­trin­sic Com­po­si­tion­al­ity in Trans­form­ers with Tree Projections

Ulisse MiniNov 13, 2022, 9:46 AM
12 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

Try­ing Mastodon

jefftkNov 8, 2022, 7:10 PM
12 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Chord Notation

jefftkNov 9, 2022, 9:30 PM
12 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Is Con­struc­tor The­ory a use­ful tool for AI al­ign­ment?

A.H.Nov 29, 2022, 12:35 PM
11 points
8 comments26 min readLW link