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Inos­i­tol Non-Results

ElizabethNov 29, 2023, 9:40 PM
20 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Los­ing Me­taphors: Zip and Paste

jefftkNov 29, 2023, 8:31 PM
26 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Pre­serv­ing our her­i­tage: Build­ing a move­ment and a knowl­edge ark for cur­rent and fu­ture generations

rnk8Nov 29, 2023, 7:20 PM
0 points
5 comments12 min readLW link

AGI Align­ment is Absurd

Youssef MohamedNov 29, 2023, 7:11 PM
−9 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

The ori­gins of the steam en­g­ine: An es­say with in­ter­ac­tive an­i­mated diagrams

jasoncrawfordNov 29, 2023, 6:30 PM
30 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

ChatGPT 4 solved all the gotcha prob­lems I posed that tripped ChatGPT 3.5

VipulNaikNov 29, 2023, 6:11 PM
33 points
16 comments14 min readLW link

“Clean” vs. “messy” goal-di­rect­ed­ness (Sec­tion 2.2.3 of “Schem­ing AIs”)

Joe CarlsmithNov 29, 2023, 4:32 PM
29 points
1 comment11 min readLW link

Ly­ing Align­ment Chart

Zack_M_DavisNov 29, 2023, 4:15 PM
77 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Re­think Pri­ori­ties: Seek­ing Ex­pres­sions of In­ter­est for Spe­cial Pro­jects Next Year

kierangreigNov 29, 2023, 1:59 PM
4 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Thoughts on tele­trans­porta­tion with copies?

titotalNov 29, 2023, 12:56 PM
15 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

In­ter­pretabil­ity with Sparse Au­toen­coders (Co­lab ex­er­cises)

CallumMcDougallNov 29, 2023, 12:56 PM
76 points
9 comments4 min readLW link

The 101 Space You Will Always Have With You

ScrewtapeNov 29, 2023, 4:56 AM
275 points
23 comments6 min readLW link1 review

Trust your in­tu­ition—Kah­ne­man’s book misses the for­est for the trees

mnvrNov 29, 2023, 4:37 AM
−2 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Pro­cess Sub­sti­tu­tion Without Shell?

jefftkNov 29, 2023, 3:20 AM
19 points
18 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

De­cep­tion Chess: Game #2

ZaneNov 29, 2023, 2:43 AM
29 points
17 comments2 min readLW link

Black Box Biology

GeneSmithNov 29, 2023, 2:27 AM
65 points
30 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What would be the shelf life of nu­clear weapon-se­crecy if nu­clear weapons had not im­me­di­ately been used in com­bat?

Gram StoneNov 29, 2023, 12:53 AM
7 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Scal­ing laws for dom­i­nant as­surance contracts

jessicataNov 28, 2023, 11:11 PM
36 points
5 comments7 min readLW link
(unstableontology.com)

I’m con­fused about in­nate smell neuroanatomy

Steven ByrnesNov 28, 2023, 8:49 PM
40 points
2 comments9 min readLW link

How to Con­trol an LLM’s Be­hav­ior (why my P(DOOM) went down)

RogerDearnaleyNov 28, 2023, 7:56 PM
65 points
30 comments11 min readLW link

[Question] Is there a word for dis­crim­i­na­tion against A.I.?

Aaron BohannonNov 28, 2023, 7:03 PM
1 point
4 comments1 min readLW link

Up­date #2 to “Dom­i­nant As­surance Con­tract Plat­form”: EnsureDone

moyamoNov 28, 2023, 6:02 PM
33 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Ethico­physics II: Poli­tics is the Mind-Savior

MadHatterNov 28, 2023, 4:27 PM
−9 points
9 comments4 min readLW link
(bittertruths.substack.com)

Nei­ther EA nor e/​acc is what we need to build the future

jasoncrawfordNov 28, 2023, 4:04 PM
7 points
22 comments3 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Agen­tic Growth

Logan KiellerNov 28, 2023, 3:45 PM
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link
(logankieller.substack.com)

AISC pro­ject: How promis­ing is au­tomat­ing al­ign­ment re­search? (liter­a­ture re­view)

Bogdan Ionut CirsteaNov 28, 2023, 2:47 PM
4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(docs.google.com)

A day in the life of a mechanis­tic in­ter­pretabil­ity researcher

Bill BenzonNov 28, 2023, 2:45 PM
3 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Two sources of be­yond-epi­sode goals (Sec­tion 2.2.2 of “Schem­ing AIs”)

Joe CarlsmithNov 28, 2023, 1:49 PM
11 points
1 comment15 min readLW link

Self-Refer­en­tial Prob­a­bil­is­tic Logic Ad­mits the Payor’s Lemma

Yudhister KumarNov 28, 2023, 10:27 AM
80 points
14 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] How can I use AI with­out in­creas­ing AI-risk?

Yoav RavidNov 28, 2023, 10:05 AM
18 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

A Read­ing From The Book Of Sequences

ScrewtapeNov 28, 2023, 6:45 AM
8 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

An­thropic Fall 2023 De­bate Progress Update

Ansh RadhakrishnanNov 28, 2023, 5:37 AM
76 points
9 comments12 min readLW link

Apoca­lypse in­surance, and the hardline liber­tar­ian take on AI risk

So8resNov 28, 2023, 2:09 AM
134 points
40 comments7 min readLW link1 review

My techno-op­ti­mism [By Vi­talik Bu­terin]

habrykaNov 27, 2023, 11:53 PM
107 points
17 comments2 min readLW link
(www.lesswrong.com)

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

RokoNov 27, 2023, 10:52 PM
10 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

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

RokoNov 27, 2023, 10:39 PM
16 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

AISC 2024 - Pro­ject Summaries

NickyPNov 27, 2023, 10:32 PM
48 points
3 comments18 min readLW link

“Epistemic range of mo­tion” and LessWrong moderation

habryka and Gabriel Alfour
Nov 27, 2023, 9:58 PM
65 points
3 comments12 min readLW link

Ap­ply to the Con­cep­tual Boundaries Work­shop for AI Safety

ChipmonkNov 27, 2023, 9:04 PM
50 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

There is no IQ for AI

Gabriel AlfourNov 27, 2023, 6:21 PM
30 points
10 comments9 min readLW link
(cognition.cafe)

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

Joe CarlsmithNov 27, 2023, 6:01 PM
19 points
1 comment13 min readLW link

[Linkpost] Ge­orge Mack’s Razors

trevorNov 27, 2023, 5:53 PM
38 points
8 comments3 min readLW link
(twitter.com)

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

Bill BenzonNov 27, 2023, 4:50 PM
15 points
22 comments7 min readLW link

Ethico­physics I

MadHatterNov 27, 2023, 3:44 PM
−1 points
16 comments1 min readLW link
(open.substack.com)

Sen­tience In­sti­tute 2023 End of Year Summary

michael_delloNov 27, 2023, 12:11 PM
11 points
0 comments5 min readLW link
(www.sentienceinstitute.org)

[Question] A Ques­tion about Cor­rigi­bil­ity (2015)

A.H.Nov 27, 2023, 12:05 PM
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Ap­pen­dices to the live agendas

technicalities and Stag
Nov 27, 2023, 11:10 AM
16 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Shal­low re­view of live agen­das in al­ign­ment & safety

technicalities and Stag
Nov 27, 2023, 11:10 AM
348 points
73 comments29 min readLW link1 review

Napoleon stole the Ro­man In­qui­si­tion archives and in­ves­ti­gated the Gal­ileo case

Meow PNov 27, 2023, 9:41 AM
−3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.cricetuscricetus.co.uk)

Found Paper: “FDT in an evolu­tion­ary en­vi­ron­ment”

the gears to ascensionNov 27, 2023, 5:27 AM
30 points
47 comments1 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)