Tech­noc­racy and the Space Age

jasoncrawford26 Jul 2022 23:14 UTC
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(rootsofprogress.org)

«Boundaries», Part 1: a key miss­ing con­cept from util­ity theory

Andrew_Critch26 Jul 2022 23:03 UTC
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In­co­her­ence of un­bounded selfishness

emmab26 Jul 2022 22:27 UTC
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«Boundaries» Se­quence (In­dex Post)

Andrew_Critch26 Jul 2022 19:12 UTC
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Ac­tive In­fer­ence as a for­mal­i­sa­tion of in­stru­men­tal convergence

Roman Leventov26 Jul 2022 17:55 UTC
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(direct.mit.edu)

NeurIPS ML Safety Work­shop 2022

Dan H26 Jul 2022 15:28 UTC
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(neurips2022.mlsafety.org)

AI ethics vs AI alignment

Wei Dai26 Jul 2022 13:08 UTC
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Utility func­tions and prob­a­bil­ities are entangled

Thomas Kwa26 Jul 2022 5:36 UTC
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How Promis­ing is The­o­ret­i­cal Re­search on Ra­tion­al­ity? Seek­ing Ca­reer Advice

Aspirant22326 Jul 2022 1:08 UTC
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Pre­dic­tion mar­kets meetup/​cowork­ing (hosted by Man­i­fold Mar­kets)

26 Jul 2022 0:14 UTC
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Align­ment be­ing im­pos­si­ble might be bet­ter than it be­ing re­ally difficult

Martín Soto25 Jul 2022 23:57 UTC
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[Question] How op­ti­mistic should we be about AI figur­ing out how to in­ter­pret it­self?

oh5432125 Jul 2022 22:09 UTC
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Pro­tec­tion­ism in One Coun­try: How In­dus­trial Policy Worked in Canada

Davis Kedrosky25 Jul 2022 22:08 UTC
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(daviskedrosky.substack.com)

Mis­takes as agency

pchvykov25 Jul 2022 16:17 UTC
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My Bit­coin Th­e­sis @2022 - Part 1

aysajan25 Jul 2022 15:49 UTC
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The Reader’s Guide to Op­ti­mal Mone­tary Policy

Ege Erdil25 Jul 2022 15:10 UTC
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AGI Safety Needs Peo­ple With All Skil­lsets!

Severin T. Seehrich25 Jul 2022 13:32 UTC
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[Question] Is there any ev­i­dence that hand­wash­ing does any­thing to pre­vent COVID?

mukashi25 Jul 2022 7:34 UTC
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Open­ing Ses­sion Tips & Advice

CFAR!Duncan25 Jul 2022 3:57 UTC
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How much should we worry about mesa-op­ti­miza­tion challenges?

sudo25 Jul 2022 3:56 UTC
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[Question] Does agent foun­da­tions cover all fu­ture ML sys­tems?

Jonas Hallgren25 Jul 2022 1:17 UTC
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Unify­ing Bar­gain­ing No­tions (1/​2)

Diffractor25 Jul 2022 0:28 UTC
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Re­ward is not the op­ti­miza­tion target

TurnTrout25 Jul 2022 0:03 UTC
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Brain­storm of things that could force an AI team to burn their lead

So8res24 Jul 2022 23:58 UTC
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Find­ing Skele­tons on Rashomon Ridge

24 Jul 2022 22:31 UTC
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Gather­ing In­for­ma­tion you won’t use di­rectly is of­ten useful

Johannes C. Mayer24 Jul 2022 21:21 UTC
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[Question] Im­pact of ” ‘Let’s think step by step’ is all you need”?

yrimon24 Jul 2022 20:59 UTC
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The Most Im­por­tant Cen­tury: The Animation

24 Jul 2022 20:58 UTC
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(youtu.be)

Hiring Pro­gram­mers in Academia

jefftk24 Jul 2022 20:20 UTC
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(www.jefftk.com)

Less Wrong Bu­dapest July 30th Meetup

Richard Horvath24 Jul 2022 19:07 UTC
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Re­la­tion­ship be­tween sub­jec­tive ex­pe­rience and in­tel­li­gence?

Q Home24 Jul 2022 9:10 UTC
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Dou­ble Crux

CFAR!Duncan24 Jul 2022 6:34 UTC
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Ex­am­ple Meetup Description

Julius24 Jul 2022 5:38 UTC
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Eaves­drop­ping on Aliens: A Data De­cod­ing Challenge

anonymousaisafety24 Jul 2022 4:35 UTC
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In­for­ma­tion the­o­retic model anal­y­sis may not lend much in­sight, but we may have been do­ing them wrong!

Garrett Baker24 Jul 2022 0:42 UTC
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What’s next for in­stru­men­tal ra­tio­nal­ity?

Andrew_Critch23 Jul 2022 22:55 UTC
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Easy guide for run­ning a lo­cal Ra­tion­al­ity meetup

Nikita Sokolsky23 Jul 2022 22:52 UTC
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Cu­rat­ing “The Epistemic Se­quences” (list v.0.1)

Andrew_Critch23 Jul 2022 22:17 UTC
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Room Opening

jefftk23 Jul 2022 21:00 UTC
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A Bias Against Altruism

Lone Pine23 Jul 2022 20:44 UTC
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What En­vi­ron­ment Prop­er­ties Select Agents For World-Model­ing?

Thane Ruthenis23 Jul 2022 19:27 UTC
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Which sin­gu­lar­ity schools plus the no sin­gu­lar­ity school was right?

Noosphere8923 Jul 2022 15:16 UTC
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Ba­sic Post Scarcity Q&A

lorepieri23 Jul 2022 13:43 UTC
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(lorenzopieri.com)

Ro­bust­ness to Scal­ing Down: More Im­por­tant Than I Thought

adamShimi23 Jul 2022 11:40 UTC
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Eat­ing Boogers

George3d623 Jul 2022 11:20 UTC
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(www.epistem.ink)

On Akra­sia, Habits and Re­ward Maximization

Aiyen23 Jul 2022 8:34 UTC
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Which val­ues are sta­ble un­der on­tol­ogy shifts?

Richard_Ngo23 Jul 2022 2:40 UTC
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(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

Try­ing out Prompt Eng­ineer­ing on TruthfulQA

Megan Kinniment23 Jul 2022 2:04 UTC
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Con­nor Leahy on Dy­ing with Dig­nity, EleutherAI and Conjecture

Michaël Trazzi22 Jul 2022 18:44 UTC
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(theinsideview.ai)

Wy­clif’s Dust: the miss­ing chapter

David Hugh-Jones22 Jul 2022 18:27 UTC
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(wyclif.substack.com)