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“Just hiring people” is sometimes still actually possible

lc5 Aug 2022 21:44 UTC

38 points

11 comments5 min readLW link

The need for certainty

Thomas McMurtry5 Aug 2022 20:18 UTC

2 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Rant on Problem Factorization for Alignment

johnswentworth5 Aug 2022 19:23 UTC

90 points

51 comments6 min readLW link

Counterfactuals are Confusing because of an Ontological Shift

Chris_Leong5 Aug 2022 19:03 UTC

17 points

35 comments2 min readLW link

Orange county ACX/Less-Wrong discussion group and hang-out. (orange county)

Michael Michalchik5 Aug 2022 18:25 UTC

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Gears-Level Understanding, Deliberate Performance, The Strategic Level

CFAR!Duncan5 Aug 2022 17:11 UTC

28 points

3 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] COVID-19 Group Testing Post-mortem?

gwern5 Aug 2022 16:32 UTC

72 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

Where are the red lines for AI?

Karl von Wendt5 Aug 2022 9:34 UTC

25 points

10 comments6 min readLW link

Bridging Expected Utility Maximization and Optimization

Whispermute5 Aug 2022 8:18 UTC

25 points

5 comments14 min readLW link

Deontology and Tool AI

Nathan11235 Aug 2022 5:20 UTC

4 points

5 comments6 min readLW link

An attempt to understand the Complexity of Values

Dalton Mabery5 Aug 2022 4:43 UTC

3 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

$20K In Bounties for AI Safety Public Materials

Dan H, ThomasW and ozhang

5 Aug 2022 2:52 UTC

71 points

9 comments6 min readLW link

Two Kids Crosswise

jefftk5 Aug 2022 2:40 UTC

16 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

The Falling Drill

Screwtape5 Aug 2022 0:08 UTC

46 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

Convergence Towards World-Models: A Gears-Level Model

Thane Ruthenis4 Aug 2022 23:31 UTC

38 points

1 comment13 min readLW link

Cambist Booking

Screwtape4 Aug 2022 22:40 UTC

20 points

3 comments4 min readLW link

Calibration Trivia

Screwtape4 Aug 2022 22:31 UTC

11 points

9 comments3 min readLW link

Monthly Shorts 7/22

Celer4 Aug 2022 22:30 UTC

5 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

(keller.substack.com)

The Pragmascope Idea

johnswentworth4 Aug 2022 21:52 UTC

58 points

19 comments3 min readLW link

Running a Basic Meetup

Screwtape4 Aug 2022 21:49 UTC

20 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Fiber arts, mysterious dodecahedrons, and waiting on “Eureka!”

eukaryote4 Aug 2022 20:37 UTC

124 points

15 comments9 min readLW link 1 review

(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

[Question] Would “Manhattan Project” style be beneficial or deleterious for AI Alignment?

Just Learning4 Aug 2022 19:12 UTC

5 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] AI alignment: Would a lazy self-preservation instinct be sufficient?

BrainFrog4 Aug 2022 17:53 UTC

−1 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Socratic Ducking, OODA Loops, Frame-by-Frame Debugging

CFAR!Duncan4 Aug 2022 17:44 UTC

25 points

1 comment5 min readLW link

What do ML researchers think about AI in 2022?

KatjaGrace4 Aug 2022 15:40 UTC

219 points

33 comments3 min readLW link

(aiimpacts.org)

Interpretability isn’t Free

Joel Burget4 Aug 2022 15:02 UTC

10 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Covid 8/4/22: Rebound

Zvi4 Aug 2022 11:20 UTC

36 points

0 comments11 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

High Reliability Orgs, and AI Companies

Raemon4 Aug 2022 5:45 UTC

86 points

7 comments12 min readLW link 1 review

Surprised by ELK report’s counterexample to Debate, IDA

Evan R. Murphy4 Aug 2022 2:12 UTC

18 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

Clapping Lower

jefftk4 Aug 2022 2:10 UTC

38 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] How do I know if my first post should be a post, or a question?

Nathan11234 Aug 2022 1:46 UTC

3 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Three pillars for avoiding AGI catastrophe: Technical alignment, deployment decisions, and coordination

Alex Lintz3 Aug 2022 23:15 UTC

22 points

0 comments12 min readLW link

Precursor checking for deceptive alignment

evhub3 Aug 2022 22:56 UTC

24 points

0 comments14 min readLW link

Transformer language models are doing something more general

Numendil3 Aug 2022 21:13 UTC

53 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Some doubts about Non Superintelligent AIs

aditya malik3 Aug 2022 19:55 UTC

0 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Announcing Squiggle: Early Access

ozziegooen3 Aug 2022 19:48 UTC

51 points

7 comments7 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Survey: What (de)motivates you about AI risk?

Daniel_Friedrich3 Aug 2022 19:17 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

(forms.gle)

Externalized reasoning oversight: a research direction for language model alignment

tamera3 Aug 2022 12:03 UTC

130 points

23 comments6 min readLW link

Open & Welcome Thread—Aug/Sep 2022

Thomas3 Aug 2022 10:22 UTC

9 points

32 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How does one recognize information and differentiate it from noise?

M. Y. Zuo3 Aug 2022 3:57 UTC

4 points

29 comments1 min readLW link

Law-Following AI 4: Don’t Rely on Vicarious Liability

Cullen2 Aug 2022 23:26 UTC

5 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

Two-year update on my personal AI timelines

Ajeya Cotra2 Aug 2022 23:07 UTC

288 points

60 comments16 min readLW link

What are the Red Flags for Neural Network Suffering? - Seeds of Science call for reviewers

rogersbacon2 Aug 2022 22:37 UTC

24 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Againstness

CFAR!Duncan2 Aug 2022 19:29 UTC

47 points

7 comments9 min readLW link

(Summary) Sequence Highlights—Thinking Better on Purpose

qazzquimby2 Aug 2022 17:45 UTC

33 points

3 comments11 min readLW link

Progress links and tweets, 2022-08-02

jasoncrawford2 Aug 2022 17:03 UTC

9 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

[Question] I want to donate some money (not much, just what I can afford) to AGI Alignment research, to whatever organization has the best chance of making sure that AGI goes well and doesn’t kill us all. What are my best options, where can I make the most difference per dollar?

lumenwrites2 Aug 2022 12:08 UTC

15 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

Thinking without priors?

Q Home2 Aug 2022 9:17 UTC

7 points

0 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] Would quantum immortality mean subjective immortality?

n0ah2 Aug 2022 4:54 UTC

2 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Turbocharging

CFAR!Duncan2 Aug 2022 0:01 UTC

50 points

3 comments9 min readLW link