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My techno-optimism [By Vitalik Buterin]

habryka27 Nov 2023 23:53 UTC

102 points

16 comments2 min readLW link

(www.lesswrong.com)

[Question] Could Germany have won World War I with high probability given the benefit of hindsight?

Roko27 Nov 2023 22:52 UTC

10 points

18 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Could World War I have been prevented given the benefit of hindsight?

Roko27 Nov 2023 22:39 UTC

16 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

AISC 2024 - Project Summaries

NickyP27 Nov 2023 22:32 UTC

48 points

3 comments18 min readLW link

“Epistemic range of motion” and LessWrong moderation

habryka and Gabriel Alfour

27 Nov 2023 21:58 UTC

60 points

3 comments12 min readLW link

Apply to the Conceptual Boundaries Workshop for AI Safety

Chipmonk27 Nov 2023 21:04 UTC

48 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

There is no IQ for AI

Gabriel Alfour27 Nov 2023 18:21 UTC

30 points

10 comments9 min readLW link

(cognition.cafe)

Two concepts of an “episode” (Section 2.2.1 of “Scheming AIs”)

Joe Carlsmith27 Nov 2023 18:01 UTC

19 points

1 comment13 min readLW link

[Linkpost] George Mack’s Razors

trevor27 Nov 2023 17:53 UTC

38 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

(twitter.com)

On possible cross-fertilization between AI and neuroscience [Creativity]

Bill Benzon27 Nov 2023 16:50 UTC

15 points

22 comments7 min readLW link

Ethicophysics I

MadHatter27 Nov 2023 15:44 UTC

−1 points

16 comments1 min readLW link

(open.substack.com)

Sentience Institute 2023 End of Year Summary

michael_dello27 Nov 2023 12:11 UTC

11 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

(www.sentienceinstitute.org)

[Question] A Question about Corrigibility (2015)

A.H.27 Nov 2023 12:05 UTC

4 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Appendices to the live agendas

technicalities and Stag

27 Nov 2023 11:10 UTC

16 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Shallow review of live agendas in alignment & safety

technicalities and Stag

27 Nov 2023 11:10 UTC

310 points

69 comments29 min readLW link

Napoleon stole the Roman Inquisition archives and investigated the Galileo case

Meow P27 Nov 2023 9:41 UTC

−3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.cricetuscricetus.co.uk)

Paper: “FDT in an evolutionary environment”

the gears to ascension27 Nov 2023 5:27 UTC

27 points

46 comments1 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

[Question] why did OpenAI employees sign

bhauth27 Nov 2023 5:21 UTC

49 points

23 comments1 min readLW link

Unknown Probabilities

transhumanist_atom_understander27 Nov 2023 2:30 UTC

13 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Justification for Induction

Krantz27 Nov 2023 2:05 UTC

2 points

25 comments5 min readLW link

Situational awareness (Section 2.1 of “Scheming AIs”)

Joe Carlsmith26 Nov 2023 23:00 UTC

10 points

5 comments8 min readLW link

AXRP Episode 26 - AI Governance with Elizabeth Seger

DanielFilan26 Nov 2023 23:00 UTC

13 points

0 comments66 min readLW link

Solving Two-Sided Adverse Selection with Prediction Market Matchmaking

Saul Munn26 Nov 2023 20:10 UTC

16 points

7 comments4 min readLW link

(www.brasstacks.blog)

Wikipedia is not so great, and what can be done about it.

euserx26 Nov 2023 19:13 UTC

0 points

27 comments16 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

[Question] Help me solve this problem: The basilisk isn’t real, but people are

canary_itm26 Nov 2023 17:44 UTC

−19 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Twin Cities ACX Meetup—December 2023

Timothy M.26 Nov 2023 17:32 UTC

1 point

1 comment1 min readLW link

Spaced repetition for teaching two-year olds how to read (Interview)

Chipmonk26 Nov 2023 16:52 UTC

46 points

9 comments5 min readLW link

(chipmonk.substack.com)

Paper out now on creatine and cognitive performance

Fabienne26 Nov 2023 10:58 UTC

57 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Why Q*, if real, might be a game changer

shminux26 Nov 2023 6:12 UTC

5 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Moral Reality Check (a short story)

jessicata26 Nov 2023 5:03 UTC

138 points

44 comments21 min readLW link

(unstableontology.com)

Accounting for Foregone Pay

jefftk26 Nov 2023 3:30 UTC

11 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

A thought experiment to help persuade skeptics that power-seeking AI is plausible

jacobcd5225 Nov 2023 23:26 UTC

1 point

4 comments5 min readLW link

Corrigibility or DWIM is an attractive primary goal for AGI

Seth Herd25 Nov 2023 19:37 UTC

16 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

On “slack” in training (Section 1.5 of “Scheming AIs”)

Joe Carlsmith25 Nov 2023 17:51 UTC

1 point

0 comments5 min readLW link

Announcing New Beginner-friendly Book on AI Safety and Risk

Darren McKee25 Nov 2023 15:57 UTC

64 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Fertility as Metascience

Maxwell Tabarrok25 Nov 2023 15:42 UTC

20 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

(maximumprogress.substack.com)

Reaction to “Empowerment is (almost) All We Need” : an open-ended alternative

Ryo 25 Nov 2023 15:35 UTC

9 points

3 comments5 min readLW link

How Microsoft’s ruthless employee evaluation system annihilated team collaboration.

positivesum25 Nov 2023 13:25 UTC

3 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(tryingtruly.substack.com)

What are the results of more parental supervision and less outdoor play?

juliawise25 Nov 2023 12:52 UTC

215 points

30 comments5 min readLW link

A simple treacherous turn demonstration

nikola25 Nov 2023 4:51 UTC

22 points

5 comments3 min readLW link

The two paragraph argument for AI risk

CronoDAS25 Nov 2023 2:01 UTC

18 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Goodhart’s Law Example: Training Verifiers to Solve Math Word Problems

Chris_Leong25 Nov 2023 0:53 UTC

27 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

Some thoughts on CBDC

PixelatedPenguin25 Nov 2023 0:32 UTC

−1 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Testing for consequence-blindness in LLMs using the HI-ADS unit test.

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)24 Nov 2023 23:35 UTC

25 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

Epoch is hiring an ML Distributed Systems Senior Researcher

merilalama and Jaime Sevilla Molina

24 Nov 2023 22:33 UTC

2 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

(careers.rethinkpriorities.org)

Article Discussion And Free Pizza—St Paul

25Hour24 Nov 2023 21:02 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Why focus on schemers in particular (Sections 1.3 and 1.4 of “Scheming AIs”)

Joe Carlsmith24 Nov 2023 19:18 UTC

8 points

0 comments22 min readLW link

Surviving and Shaping Long-Term Competitions: Lessons from Net Assessment

Gentzel and ihavenoahidea

24 Nov 2023 18:18 UTC

4 points

0 comments13 min readLW link

Ability to solve long-horizon tasks correlates with wanting things in the behaviorist sense

So8res24 Nov 2023 17:37 UTC

203 points

83 comments5 min readLW link

The Limitations of GPT-4

p.b.24 Nov 2023 15:30 UTC

26 points

12 comments4 min readLW link