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Imperial Russia was doing fine without the Soviets

Davis KedroskyJul 5, 2022, 10:24 PM

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3 comments14 min readLW link

(daviskedrosky.substack.com)

A Pattern Language For Rationality

VaniverJul 5, 2022, 7:08 PM

75 points

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14 comments15 min readLW link

How to destroy the universe with a hypercomputer

Trevor CappalloJul 5, 2022, 7:05 PM

2 points

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3 comments1 min readLW link

The curious case of Pretty Good human inner/outer alignment

PavleMihaJul 5, 2022, 7:04 PM

41 points

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45 comments4 min readLW link

When is it appropriate to use statistical models and probabilities for decision making ?

Younes KamelJul 5, 2022, 12:34 PM

10 points

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7 comments4 min readLW link

(youneskamel.substack.com)

Goal Factoring

CFAR!DuncanJul 5, 2022, 7:10 AM

97 points

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2 comments8 min readLW link

Assorted thoughts about abstraction

Adam ZernerJul 5, 2022, 6:40 AM

16 points

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9 comments7 min readLW link

[AN #172] Sorry for the long hiatus!

Rohin ShahJul 5, 2022, 6:20 AM

54 points

21 votes

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0 comments3 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Outline: The Rectifying of Maps

hamnoxJul 5, 2022, 5:14 AM

7 points

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0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Seeking opinions on the current and forward state of cryptocurrencies.

jmhJul 5, 2022, 5:01 AM

6 points

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ITT-passing and civility are good; “charity” is bad; steelmanning is niche

Rob BensingerJul 5, 2022, 12:15 AM

163 points

79 votes

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36 comments6 min readLW link 1 review

Please help us communicate AI xrisk. It could save the world.

otto.bartenJul 4, 2022, 9:47 PM

4 points

14 votes

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7 comments2 min readLW link

Benchmark for successful concept extrapolation/avoiding goal misgeneralization

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 4, 2022, 8:48 PM

83 points

39 votes

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12 comments4 min readLW link

Procedural Executive Function, Part 1

DaystarEldJul 4, 2022, 6:51 PM

56 points

33 votes

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10 comments14 min readLW link

(daystareld.com)

Anthropic’s SoLU (Softmax Linear Unit)

Joel BurgetJul 4, 2022, 6:38 PM

21 points

12 votes

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(transformer-circuits.pub)

Book Review: The Righteous Mind

ErnestScribblerJul 4, 2022, 5:45 PM

34 points

21 votes

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8 comments35 min readLW link

My Most Likely Reason to Die Young is AI X-Risk

AISafetyIsNotLongtermistJul 4, 2022, 5:08 PM

61 points

34 votes

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24 comments4 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Is General Intelligence “Compact”?

DragonGodJul 4, 2022, 1:27 PM

27 points

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6 comments22 min readLW link

Remaking EfficientZero (as best I can)

HoagyJul 4, 2022, 11:03 AM

36 points

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9 comments22 min readLW link

We Need a Consolidated List of Bad AI Alignment Solutions

DoubleJul 4, 2022, 6:54 AM

9 points

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14 comments1 min readLW link

AI Forecasting: One Year In

jsteinhardtJul 4, 2022, 5:10 AM

132 points

67 votes

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12 comments6 min readLW link

(bounded-regret.ghost.io)

A compressed take on recent disagreements

kmanJul 4, 2022, 4:39 AM

33 points

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9 comments1 min readLW link

New US Senate Bill on X-Risk Mitigation [Linkpost]

Evan R. MurphyJul 4, 2022, 1:25 AM

35 points

23 votes

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12 comments1 min readLW link

(www.hsgac.senate.gov)

Monthly Shorts 6/22

CelerJul 3, 2022, 11:40 PM

5 points

3 votes

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2 comments5 min readLW link

(keller.substack.com)

Decision theory and dynamic inconsistency

paulfchristianoJul 3, 2022, 10:20 PM

82 points

35 votes

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33 comments10 min readLW link

(sideways-view.com)

Five routes of access to scientific literature

DirectedEvolutionJul 3, 2022, 8:53 PM

13 points

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4 comments6 min readLW link

Toni Kurz and the Insanity of Climbing Mountains

GeneSmithJul 3, 2022, 8:51 PM

276 points

183 votes

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73 comments11 min readLW link 2 reviews

Wonder and The Golden AI Rule

JeffreyKJul 3, 2022, 6:21 PM

0 points

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4 comments6 min readLW link

Nature abhors an immutable replicator… usually

MSRayneJul 3, 2022, 3:08 PM

28 points

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10 comments3 min readLW link

Post hoc justifications as Compression Algorithm

Johannes C. MayerJul 3, 2022, 5:02 AM

8 points

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SOMA—A story about Consciousness

Johannes C. MayerJul 3, 2022, 4:46 AM

10 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.youtube.com)

Sexual self-acceptance

Johannes C. MayerJul 3, 2022, 4:26 AM

11 points

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6 comments1 min readLW link

Donohue, Levitt, Roe, and Wade: T-minus 20 years to a massive crime wave?

Paul LoganJul 3, 2022, 3:03 AM

−24 points

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6 comments3 min readLW link

(laulpogan.substack.com)

Can we achieve AGI Alignment by balancing multiple human objectives?

Ben SmithJul 3, 2022, 2:51 AM

11 points

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Trigger-Action Planning

CFAR!DuncanJul 3, 2022, 1:42 AM

91 points

41 votes

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14 comments13 min readLW link 2 reviews

[Question] Which one of these two academic routes should I take to end up in AI Safety?

Martín SotoJul 3, 2022, 1:05 AM

5 points

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Naive Hypotheses on AI Alignment

Shoshannah TekofskyJul 2, 2022, 7:03 PM

98 points

55 votes

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29 comments5 min readLW link

The Tree of Life: Stanford AI Alignment Theory of Change

Gabe MJul 2, 2022, 6:36 PM

25 points

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Follow along with Columbia EA’s Advanced AI Safety Fellowship!

RohanSJul 2, 2022, 5:45 PM

3 points

3 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Welcome to Analogia! (Chapter 7)

Justin BullockJul 2, 2022, 5:04 PM

5 points

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0 comments11 min readLW link

[Question] What about transhumans and beyond?

AlignmentMirrorJul 2, 2022, 1:58 PM

7 points

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6 comments1 min readLW link

Goal-directedness: tackling complexity

Morgan_RogersJul 2, 2022, 1:51 PM

8 points

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0 comments38 min readLW link

Literature recommendations July 2022

ChristianKlJul 2, 2022, 9:14 AM

17 points

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9 comments1 min readLW link

Deontological Evil

lsusrJul 2, 2022, 6:57 AM

46 points

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4 comments2 min readLW link

Could an AI Alignment Sandbox be useful?

Michael SoareverixJul 2, 2022, 5:06 AM

2 points

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Five views of Bayes’ Theorem

Adam ScherlisJul 2, 2022, 2:25 AM

38 points

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4 comments1 min readLW link

[Linkpost] Existential Risk Analysis in Empirical Research Papers

Dan HJul 2, 2022, 12:09 AM

40 points

17 votes

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(arxiv.org)

Agenty AGI – How Tempting?

PeterMcCluskeyJul 1, 2022, 11:40 PM

22 points

14 votes

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(www.bayesianinvestor.com)

AXRP Episode 16 - Preparing for Debate AI with Geoffrey Irving

DanielFilanJul 1, 2022, 10:20 PM

20 points

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[Question] Examples of practical implications of Judea Pearl’s Causality work

ChristianKlJul 1, 2022, 8:58 PM

23 points

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6 comments1 min readLW link

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