My Mid-Ca­reer Tran­si­tion into Biosecurity

jefftkOct 2, 2023, 9:20 PM
26 points
4 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Dall-E 3

p.b.Oct 2, 2023, 8:33 PM
37 points
9 comments1 min readLW link
(openai.com)

Thomas Kwa’s MIRI re­search experience

Oct 2, 2023, 4:42 PM
173 points
53 comments1 min readLW link

Pop­u­la­tion After a Catastrophe

Stan PinsentOct 2, 2023, 4:06 PM
3 points
5 comments14 min readLW link

Ex­pec­ta­tions for Gem­ini: hope­fully not a big deal

Maxime RichéOct 2, 2023, 3:38 PM
15 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

A coun­terex­am­ple for mea­surable fac­tor spaces

Matthias G. MayerOct 2, 2023, 3:16 PM
14 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Will early trans­for­ma­tive AIs pri­mar­ily use text? [Man­i­fold ques­tion]

Fabien RogerOct 2, 2023, 3:05 PM
16 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

en­ergy land­scapes of experts

bhauthOct 2, 2023, 2:08 PM
45 points
2 comments3 min readLW link
(www.bhauth.com)

Direc­tion of Fit

NicholasKeesOct 2, 2023, 12:34 PM
34 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

The 99% prin­ci­ple for per­sonal problems

Kaj_SotalaOct 2, 2023, 8:20 AM
141 points
20 comments2 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

Linkpost: They Stud­ied Dishon­esty. Was Their Work a Lie?

LinchOct 2, 2023, 8:10 AM
91 points
12 comments2 min readLW link
(www.newyorker.com)

Why I got the smal­l­pox vac­cine in 2023

joecOct 2, 2023, 5:11 AM
25 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

In­stru­men­tal Con­ver­gence and hu­man ex­tinc­tion.

Spiritus DeiOct 2, 2023, 12:41 AM
−10 points
3 comments7 min readLW link

Re­vis­it­ing the Man­i­fold Hypothesis

Aidan RockeOct 1, 2023, 11:55 PM
13 points
19 comments4 min readLW link

AI Align­ment Break­throughs this Week [new sub­stack]

Logan ZoellnerOct 1, 2023, 10:13 PM
0 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Look­ing for study

Robert FeinsteinOct 1, 2023, 7:52 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Join AISafety.info’s Distil­la­tion Hackathon (Oct 6-9th)

smallsiloOct 1, 2023, 6:43 PM
21 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Fifty Flips

abstractapplicOct 1, 2023, 3:30 PM
33 points
15 comments1 min readLW link1 review
(h-b-p.github.io)

AI Safety Im­pact Mar­kets: Your Char­ity Eval­u­a­tor for AI Safety

Dawn DrescherOct 1, 2023, 10:47 AM
16 points
5 commentsLW link
(impactmarkets.substack.com)

“Ab­sence of Ev­i­dence is Not Ev­i­dence of Ab­sence” As a Limit

transhumanist_atom_understanderOct 1, 2023, 8:15 AM
16 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

New Tool: the Resi­d­ual Stream Viewer

AdamYedidiaOct 1, 2023, 12:49 AM
32 points
7 comments4 min readLW link
(tinyurl.com)

My Effortless Weight­loss Story: A Quick Runthrough

CuoreDiVetroSep 30, 2023, 11:02 PM
123 points
78 comments9 min readLW link

Ar­gu­ments for moral indefinability

Richard_NgoSep 30, 2023, 10:40 PM
47 points
16 comments7 min readLW link
(www.thinkingcomplete.com)

Con­di­tion­als All The Way Down

lunatic_at_largeSep 30, 2023, 9:06 PM
33 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Fo­cus­ing your im­pact on short vs long TAI timelines

kuhanjSep 30, 2023, 7:34 PM
4 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

How model edit­ing could help with the al­ign­ment prob­lem

Michael RipaSep 30, 2023, 5:47 PM
12 points
1 comment15 min readLW link

My sub­mis­sion to the ALTER Prize

LorxusSep 30, 2023, 4:07 PM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.docdroid.net)

Anki deck for learn­ing the main AI safety orgs, pro­jects, and programs

Bryce RobertsonSep 30, 2023, 4:06 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Lighthaven Cam­pus is open for bookings

habrykaSep 30, 2023, 1:08 AM
209 points
18 comments4 min readLW link
(www.lighthaven.space)

Head­phones hook

philhSep 29, 2023, 10:50 PM
21 points
1 comment3 min readLW link
(reasonableapproximation.net)

Paul Chris­ti­ano’s views on “doom” (video ex­plainer)

Michaël TrazziSep 29, 2023, 9:56 PM
15 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(youtu.be)

The Retroac­tive Fund­ing Land­scape: In­no­va­tions for Donors and Grantmakers

Dawn DrescherSep 29, 2023, 5:39 PM
13 points
0 commentsLW link
(impactmarkets.substack.com)

Bids To Defer On Value Judgements

johnswentworthSep 29, 2023, 5:07 PM
58 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing FAR Labs, an AI safety cowork­ing space

Ben GoldhaberSep 29, 2023, 4:52 PM
95 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

A tool for search­ing ra­tio­nal­ist & EA webs

Daniel_FriedrichSep 29, 2023, 3:23 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(ratsearch.blogspot.com)

Ba­sic Math­e­mat­ics of Pre­dic­tive Coding

Adam ShaiSep 29, 2023, 2:38 PM
49 points
6 comments9 min readLW link

“Di­a­mon­doid bac­te­ria” nanobots: deadly threat or dead-end? A nan­otech in­ves­ti­ga­tion

titotalSep 29, 2023, 2:01 PM
160 points
79 commentsLW link
(titotal.substack.com)

Steer­ing sub­sys­tems: ca­pa­bil­ities, agency, and alignment

Seth HerdSep 29, 2023, 1:45 PM
31 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

Ap­ply to Us­able Se­cu­rity Prize by Septem­ber 30

Allison DuettmannSep 29, 2023, 1:39 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

List of how peo­ple have be­come more hard-working

Chi NguyenSep 29, 2023, 11:30 AM
69 points
7 commentsLW link

Re­solv­ing moral un­cer­tainty with randomization

Sep 29, 2023, 11:23 AM
7 points
1 comment11 min readLW link

EA Ve­gan Ad­vo­cacy is not truth­seek­ing, and it’s ev­ery­one’s problem

ElizabethSep 28, 2023, 11:30 PM
323 points
250 comments22 min readLW link2 reviews
(acesounderglass.com)

Com­pet­i­tive, Co­op­er­a­tive, and Cohabitive

ScrewtapeSep 28, 2023, 11:25 PM
49 points
13 comments5 min readLW link1 review

The Com­ing Wave

PeterMcCluskeySep 28, 2023, 10:59 PM
27 points
1 comment6 min readLW link
(bayesianinvestor.com)

High-level in­ter­pretabil­ity: de­tect­ing an AI’s objectives

Sep 28, 2023, 7:30 PM
72 points
4 comments21 min readLW link

How to Catch an AI Liar: Lie De­tec­tion in Black-Box LLMs by Ask­ing Un­re­lated Questions

Sep 28, 2023, 6:53 PM
187 points
39 comments3 min readLW link1 review

Re­spon­si­ble scal­ing policy TLDR

lemonhopeSep 28, 2023, 6:51 PM
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Align­ment Work­shop talks

Richard_NgoSep 28, 2023, 6:26 PM
37 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.alignment-workshop.com)

My Cur­rent Thoughts on the AI Strate­gic Landscape

Jeffrey HeningerSep 28, 2023, 5:59 PM
11 points
28 comments14 min readLW link

My Ar­ro­gant Plan for Alignment

MrArrogantSep 28, 2023, 5:51 PM
2 points
6 comments6 min readLW link