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Far-UVC Light Update: No, LEDs are not around the corner (tweetstorm)

DavidmanheimNov 2, 2022, 12:57 PM

73 points

27 comments4 min readLW link

(twitter.com)

Distinguishing test from training

So8resNov 29, 2022, 9:41 PM

72 points

11 comments6 min readLW link

Don’t design agents which exploit adversarial inputs

TurnTrout and Garrett Baker

Nov 18, 2022, 1:48 AM

72 points

64 comments12 min readLW link

My take on Jacob Cannell’s take on AGI safety

Steven ByrnesNov 28, 2022, 2:01 PM

72 points

15 comments30 min readLW link 1 review

Update to Mysteries of mode collapse: text-davinci-002 not RLHF

janusNov 19, 2022, 11:51 PM

71 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

Real-Time Research Recording: Can a Transformer Re-Derive Positional Info?

Neel NandaNov 1, 2022, 11:56 PM

69 points

16 comments1 min readLW link

(youtu.be)

Career Scouting: Dentistry

koratkarNov 20, 2022, 3:55 PM

69 points

5 comments5 min readLW link

(careerscouting.substack.com)

Why Would AI “Aim” To Defeat Humanity?

HoldenKarnofskyNov 29, 2022, 7:30 PM

69 points

10 comments33 min readLW link

(www.cold-takes.com)

Deontology and virtue ethics as “effective theories” of consequentialist ethics

Jan_KulveitNov 17, 2022, 2:11 PM

68 points

9 comments LW link 1 review

All AGI Safety questions welcome (especially basic ones) [~monthly thread]

Robert MilesNov 1, 2022, 11:23 PM

68 points

105 comments2 min readLW link

The First Filter

adamShimi and Gabriel Alfour

Nov 26, 2022, 7:37 PM

67 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

2022 LessWrong Census?

SurfingOrcaNov 7, 2022, 5:16 AM

67 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

Against “Classic Style”

Cleo NardoNov 23, 2022, 10:10 PM

67 points

30 comments4 min readLW link

Clarifying wireheading terminology

leogaoNov 24, 2022, 4:53 AM

66 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Alignment allows “nonrobust” decision-influences and doesn’t require robust grading

TurnTroutNov 29, 2022, 6:23 AM

62 points

41 comments15 min readLW link

Announcing AI safety Mentors and Mentees

Marius HobbhahnNov 23, 2022, 3:21 PM

62 points

7 comments10 min readLW link

Could a single alien message destroy us?

Writer and Matthew Barnett

Nov 25, 2022, 7:32 AM

61 points

23 comments6 min readLW link

(youtu.be)

Against a General Factor of Doom

Jeffrey HeningerNov 23, 2022, 4:50 PM

61 points

19 comments4 min readLW link 1 review

(aiimpacts.org)

New Frontiers in Mojibake

Adam ScherlisNov 26, 2022, 2:37 AM

60 points

7 comments6 min readLW link 1 review

(adam.scherlis.com)

FTX will probably be sold at a steep discount. What we know and some forecasts on what will happen next

Nathan YoungNov 9, 2022, 2:14 AM

60 points

21 comments LW link

The Least Controversial Application of Geometric Rationality

Scott GarrabrantNov 25, 2022, 4:50 PM

60 points

22 comments4 min readLW link

What’s the Deal with Elon Musk and Twitter?

ZviNov 7, 2022, 1:50 PM

60 points

13 comments31 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Open technical problem: A Quinean proof of Löb’s theorem, for an easier cartoon guide

Andrew_CritchNov 24, 2022, 9:16 PM

58 points

35 comments3 min readLW link 1 review

Humans do acausal coordination all the time

Adam JermynNov 2, 2022, 2:40 PM

57 points

35 comments3 min readLW link

Some advice on independent research

Marius HobbhahnNov 8, 2022, 2:46 PM

56 points

5 comments10 min readLW link

A philosopher’s critique of RLHF

TW123Nov 7, 2022, 2:42 AM

55 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

Announcing Nonlinear Emergency Funding

KatWoodsNov 13, 2022, 7:02 PM

54 points

0 comments LW link

Human-level Diplomacy was my fire alarm

Lao MeinNov 23, 2022, 10:05 AM

54 points

15 comments3 min readLW link

Kelsey Piper’s recent interview of SBF

agucovaNov 16, 2022, 8:30 PM

51 points

29 comments LW link

What’s the Alternative to Independence?

jefftkNov 13, 2022, 3:30 PM

50 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Human-level Full-Press Diplomacy (some bare facts).

Cleo NardoNov 22, 2022, 8:59 PM

50 points

7 comments3 min readLW link

Noting an unsubstantiated communal belief about the FTX disaster

YitzNov 13, 2022, 5:37 AM

50 points

52 comments LW link

Developer experience for the motivation

Adam ZernerNov 16, 2022, 7:12 AM

49 points

7 comments4 min readLW link

“Rudeness”, a useful coordination mechanic

RaemonNov 11, 2022, 10:27 PM

49 points

20 comments2 min readLW link

Don’t align agents to evaluations of plans

TurnTroutNov 26, 2022, 9:16 PM

48 points

49 comments18 min readLW link

A Mystery About High Dimensional Concept Encoding

Fabien RogerNov 3, 2022, 5:05 PM

46 points

13 comments7 min readLW link

Information Markets

eva_Nov 2, 2022, 1:24 AM

46 points

6 comments12 min readLW link

A Short Dialogue on the Meaning of Reward Functions

Leon Lang, Quintin Pope and peligrietzer

Nov 19, 2022, 9:04 PM

45 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

For ELK truth is mostly a distraction

c.troutNov 4, 2022, 9:14 PM

44 points

0 comments21 min readLW link

The FTX Saga—Simplified

AnnapurnaNov 16, 2022, 2:42 AM

44 points

10 comments7 min readLW link

(jorgevelez.substack.com)

Spectrum of Independence

jefftkNov 5, 2022, 2:40 AM

43 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Rationalist Town Hall: FTX Fallout Edition (RSVP Required)

Ben PaceNov 23, 2022, 1:38 AM

43 points

13 comments2 min readLW link

The biological function of love for non-kin is to gain the trust of people we cannot deceive

chaosmageNov 7, 2022, 8:26 PM

43 points

3 comments8 min readLW link

Weekly Roundup #4

Zvi4 Nov 2022 15:00 UTC

42 points

1 comment6 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The optimal angle for a solar boiler is different than for a solar panel

Yair Halberstadt10 Nov 2022 10:32 UTC

42 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

We must be very clear: fraud in the service of effective altruism is unacceptable

evhub10 Nov 2022 23:31 UTC

42 points

56 comments LW link

A newcomer’s guide to the technical AI safety field

zeshen4 Nov 2022 14:29 UTC

42 points

3 comments10 min readLW link

Why square errors?

Aprillion26 Nov 2022 13:40 UTC

41 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

Counterfactability

Scott Garrabrant7 Nov 2022 5:39 UTC

40 points

5 comments11 min readLW link

Scott Aaronson on “Reform AI Alignment”

Shmi20 Nov 2022 22:20 UTC

39 points

17 comments1 min readLW link

(scottaaronson.blog)