On the na­ture of help—a frame­work for helping

Faustify29 Aug 2022 20:42 UTC
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Fun­da­men­tal Uncer­tainty: Chap­ter 4 - Why don’t we do what we think we should?

Gordon Seidoh Worley29 Aug 2022 19:25 UTC
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[Question] How can I rec­on­cile the two most likely re­quire­ments for hu­man­i­ties near-term sur­vival.

Erlja Jkdf.29 Aug 2022 18:46 UTC
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*New* Canada AI Safety & Gover­nance community

Wyatt Tessari L'Allié29 Aug 2022 18:45 UTC
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Are Gen­er­a­tive World Models a Mesa-Op­ti­miza­tion Risk?

Thane Ruthenis29 Aug 2022 18:37 UTC
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Se­quenc­ing Intro

jefftk29 Aug 2022 17:50 UTC
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How Do AI Timelines Affect Ex­is­ten­tial Risk?

Stephen McAleese29 Aug 2022 16:57 UTC
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How might we al­ign trans­for­ma­tive AI if it’s de­vel­oped very soon?

HoldenKarnofsky29 Aug 2022 15:42 UTC
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An Au­dio In­tro­duc­tion to Nick Bostrom

PeterH29 Aug 2022 8:50 UTC
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(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Please Do Fight the Hypothetical

Lone Pine29 Aug 2022 8:35 UTC
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Have you con­sid­ered get­ting rid of death?

Willa29 Aug 2022 1:31 UTC
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(immortalityisgreat.substack.com)

(My un­der­stand­ing of) What Every­one in Tech­ni­cal Align­ment is Do­ing and Why

29 Aug 2022 1:23 UTC
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Break­ing down the train­ing/​de­ploy­ment dichotomy

Erik Jenner28 Aug 2022 21:45 UTC
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More Clothes Over Time?

jefftk28 Aug 2022 20:30 UTC
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The Ex­pand­ing Mo­ral Cine­matic Universe

Raemon28 Aug 2022 18:42 UTC
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An In­tro­duc­tion to Cur­rent The­o­ries of Consciousness

hohenheim28 Aug 2022 17:55 UTC
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[Linkpost] Can lab-grown brains be­come con­scious?

Jack R28 Aug 2022 17:45 UTC
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Robert Long On Why Ar­tifi­cial Sen­tience Might Matter

Michaël Trazzi28 Aug 2022 17:30 UTC
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(theinsideview.ai)

Ar­tifi­cial Mo­ral Ad­vi­sors: A New Per­spec­tive from Mo­ral Psychology

David Gross28 Aug 2022 16:37 UTC
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(dl.acm.org)

Pronunciations

Solenoid_Entity28 Aug 2022 11:43 UTC
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First thing AI will do when it takes over is get fis­sion going

visiax28 Aug 2022 5:56 UTC
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Who or­dered al­ign­ment’s ap­ple?

Eleni Angelou28 Aug 2022 4:05 UTC
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Suffi­ciently many Godzillas as an al­ign­ment strategy

14285728 Aug 2022 0:08 UTC
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[Question] What would you ex­pect a mas­sive mul­ti­modal on­line fed­er­ated learner to be ca­pa­ble of?

Aryeh Englander27 Aug 2022 17:31 UTC
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Basin broad­ness de­pends on the size and num­ber of or­thog­o­nal features

27 Aug 2022 17:29 UTC
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In­for­mal se­man­tics and Orders

Q Home27 Aug 2022 4:17 UTC
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Help Un­der­stand­ing Prefer­ences And Evil

Netcentrica27 Aug 2022 3:42 UTC
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Con­tra Dance Con­tact Tracing

jefftk27 Aug 2022 1:50 UTC
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(www.jefftk.com)

An­nual AGI Bench­mark­ing Event

Lawrence Phillips27 Aug 2022 0:06 UTC
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(www.metaculus.com)

Is there a benefit in low ca­pa­bil­ity AI Align­ment re­search?

Letti26 Aug 2022 23:51 UTC
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AI Risk in Terms of Un­sta­ble Nu­clear Software

Thane Ruthenis26 Aug 2022 18:49 UTC
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Tak­ing the pa­ram­e­ters which seem to mat­ter and ro­tat­ing them un­til they don’t

Garrett Baker26 Aug 2022 18:26 UTC
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ACX Mee­tups Every­where List

Scott Alexander26 Aug 2022 18:12 UTC
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What’s the Most Im­pres­sive Thing That GPT-4 Could Plau­si­bly Do?

bayesed26 Aug 2022 15:34 UTC
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[Question] Is pop­u­la­tion col­lapse due to low birth rates a prob­lem?

mukashi26 Aug 2022 15:28 UTC
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[Question] Could you please share a tool to help with rea­son­ing or make bet­ter de­ci­sions?

hodovani26 Aug 2022 10:36 UTC
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Dou­ble Crux In A Box

Screwtape26 Aug 2022 3:24 UTC
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Seek­ing Stu­dent Sub­mis­sions: Edit Your Source Code Contest

Aris26 Aug 2022 2:08 UTC
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Oslo, Nor­way – ACX Mee­tups Every­where 2022

Hans Andreas25 Aug 2022 23:17 UTC
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Is­tan­bul, Turkey – ACX Mee­tups Every­where 2022

Jin Ai25 Aug 2022 23:09 UTC
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Some con­cep­tual al­ign­ment re­search projects

Richard_Ngo25 Aug 2022 22:51 UTC
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Event in SF: Fore­sight In­sti­tute meetup, Sep 8

jasoncrawford25 Aug 2022 20:53 UTC
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(rootsofprogress.org)

Vari­a­tional Bayesian methods

Ege Erdil25 Aug 2022 20:49 UTC
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A Test for Lan­guage Model Consciousness

Ethan Perez25 Aug 2022 19:41 UTC
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Am­man, Jor­dan – ACX Mee­tups Every­where 2022

DED25 Aug 2022 19:40 UTC
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Brighton, UK – ACX Mee­tups Every­where 2022

outsidecontextproblems25 Aug 2022 19:40 UTC
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Seat­tle Robot Cult

lsusr25 Aug 2022 19:29 UTC
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Dubai, UAE – ACX Mee­tups Every­where 2022

RS25 Aug 2022 18:01 UTC
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Tel Aviv, Is­rael – ACX Mee­tups Every­where 2022

Adam & inbar M25 Aug 2022 18:01 UTC
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Re­hovot, Is­rael – ACX Mee­tups Every­where 2022

Davidmanheim25 Aug 2022 18:01 UTC
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