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[Question] Convince me that humanity is as doomed by AGI as Yudkowsky et al., seems to believe

YitzApr 10, 2022, 9:02 PM

92 points

141 comments2 min readLW link

Emotionally Confronting a Probably-Doomed World: Against Motivation Via Dignity Points

TurnTroutApr 10, 2022, 6:45 PM

154 points

7 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] Does non-access to outputs prevent recursive self-improvement?

Gunnar_ZarnckeApr 10, 2022, 6:37 PM

15 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

A Brief Excursion Into Molecular Neuroscience

JanApr 10, 2022, 5:55 PM

48 points

8 comments19 min readLW link

(universalprior.substack.com)

Finally Entering Alignment

Ulisse MiniApr 10, 2022, 5:01 PM

80 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

Schelling Meetup Toronto

Sean AubinApr 10, 2022, 1:58 PM

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Is Fisherian Runaway Gradient Hacking?

Ryan KiddApr 10, 2022, 1:47 PM

15 points

6 comments4 min readLW link

Worse than an unaligned AGI

ShmiApr 10, 2022, 3:35 AM

−1 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Time-Time Tradeoffs

Orpheus16Apr 10, 2022, 2:33 AM

18 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Boston Contra: Fully Gender-Free

jefftkApr 10, 2022, 12:40 AM

3 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Hidden comments settings not working?

TLWApr 9, 2022, 11:15 PM

4 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Godshatter Versus Legibility: A Fundamentally Different Approach To AI Alignment

LukeOnlineApr 9, 2022, 9:43 PM

15 points

14 comments7 min readLW link

A concrete bet offer to those with short AGI timelines

Matthew Barnett and Tamay

Apr 9, 2022, 9:41 PM

199 points

120 comments5 min readLW link

New: use The Nonlinear Library to listen to the top LessWrong posts of all time

KatWoodsApr 9, 2022, 8:50 PM

39 points

9 comments8 min readLW link

140 Cognitive Biases You Should Know

André FerrettiApr 9, 2022, 5:15 PM

8 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Strategies for keeping AIs narrow in the short term

RossinApr 9, 2022, 4:42 PM

9 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

Hyperbolic takeoff

Ege ErdilApr 9, 2022, 3:57 PM

18 points

7 comments10 min readLW link

(www.metaculus.com)

Elicit: Language Models as Research Assistants

stuhlmueller and jungofthewon

Apr 9, 2022, 2:56 PM

71 points

6 comments13 min readLW link

Emergent Ventures/Schmidt (new grantor for individual researchers)

gwernApr 9, 2022, 2:41 PM

21 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

(marginalrevolution.com)

AI safety: the ultimate trolley problem

chaosmageApr 9, 2022, 12:05 PM

−21 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

AMA Conjecture, A New Alignment Startup

adamShimiApr 9, 2022, 9:43 AM

47 points

42 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What advice do you have for someone struggling to detach their grim-o-meter?

Zorger74Apr 9, 2022, 7:35 AM

6 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Can AI systems have extremely impressive outputs and also not need to be aligned because they aren’t general enough or something?

WilliamKielyApr 9, 2022, 6:03 AM

6 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Buy-in Before Randomization

jefftkApr 9, 2022, 1:30 AM

26 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Why Instrumental Goals are not a big AI Safety Problem

Jonathan PaulsonApr 9, 2022, 12:10 AM

0 points

7 comments3 min readLW link

A method of writing content easily with little anxiety

jessicataApr 8, 2022, 10:11 PM

64 points

19 comments3 min readLW link

(unstableontology.com)

Good Heart Donation Lottery Winner

Gordon Seidoh WorleyApr 8, 2022, 8:34 PM

21 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Roam Research Mobile is Out!

Logan RiggsApr 8, 2022, 7:05 PM

12 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Progress Report 4: logit lens redux

Nathan Helm-BurgerApr 8, 2022, 6:35 PM

4 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What would the creation of aligned AGI look like for us?

PerhapsApr 8, 2022, 6:05 PM

3 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Convincing All Capability Researchers

Logan RiggsApr 8, 2022, 5:40 PM

120 points

70 comments3 min readLW link

Language Model Tools for Alignment Research

Logan RiggsApr 8, 2022, 5:32 PM

28 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Takeaways From 3 Years Working In Machine Learning

George3d6Apr 8, 2022, 5:14 PM

35 points

10 comments11 min readLW link

(www.epistem.ink)

[RETRACTED] It’s time for EA leadership to pull the short-timelines fire alarm.

Not RelevantApr 8, 2022, 4:07 PM

115 points

166 comments4 min readLW link

Boulder ACX Meetup, Sun Apr 24

Josh SacksApr 8, 2022, 3:43 PM

5 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

AIs should learn human preferences, not biases

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 8, 2022, 1:45 PM

10 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

We Are Conjecture, A New Alignment Research Startup

Connor LeahyApr 8, 2022, 11:40 AM

197 points

25 comments4 min readLW link

Different perspectives on concept extrapolation

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 8, 2022, 10:42 AM

48 points

8 comments5 min readLW link 1 review

[Question] Is there a possibility that the upcoming scaling of data in language models causes A.G.I.?

ArtMiApr 8, 2022, 6:56 AM

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Good Heart Week Is Over!

Ben PaceApr 8, 2022, 6:43 AM

55 points

35 comments1 min readLW link

The Rationalist-Etcetera Diaspora: A SPREADSHEET!!

Amelia BedeliaApr 8, 2022, 5:43 AM

25 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

AI Alignment and Recognition

Chris_LeongApr 8, 2022, 5:39 AM

7 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Nature’s answer to the explore/exploit problem

lizard_brainApr 8, 2022, 5:13 AM

5 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Edge cases don’t invalidate the rule

Adam SelkerApr 8, 2022, 4:17 AM

6 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

Reverse (intent) alignment may allow for safer Oracles

azsantoskApr 8, 2022, 2:48 AM

4 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Summary: “Internet Search tips” by Gwern Branwen

Pablo RepettoApr 8, 2022, 2:02 AM

12 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

(pabloernesto.github.io)

Maxwell Peterson’s Highlighted Posts

Maxwell PetersonApr 8, 2022, 1:34 AM

5 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Foot-Chording Chords

jefftk8 Apr 2022 1:10 UTC

8 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

DeepMind: The Podcast—Excerpts on AGI

WilliamKiely7 Apr 2022 22:09 UTC

99 points

12 comments5 min readLW link

Convincing Your Brain That Humanity is Evil is Easy

Johannes C. Mayer7 Apr 2022 21:39 UTC

14 points

4 comments2 min readLW link