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What 2025 looks like
Ruby
May 1, 2023, 10:53 PM
75
points
17
comments
15
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Natural Selection vs Gradient Descent
CuriousApe11
May 1, 2023, 10:16 PM
4
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A[I] Zombie Apocalypse Is Already Upon Us
NickHarris
May 1, 2023, 10:02 PM
−6
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Geoff Hinton Quits Google
Adam Shai
May 1, 2023, 9:03 PM
98
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Apprentice Thread 2
hath
May 1, 2023, 8:09 PM
50
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Budapest, Hungary – ACX Meetups Everywhere Spring 2023
Richard Horvath
,
Timothy Underwood
and
marta_k
May 1, 2023, 5:36 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
In favor of steelmanning
jp
May 1, 2023, 5:12 PM
36
points
6
comments
LW
link
Shah (DeepMind) and Leahy (Conjecture) Discuss Alignment Cruxes
OliviaJ
,
Rohin Shah
,
Connor Leahy
and
Andrea_Miotti
May 1, 2023, 4:47 PM
96
points
10
comments
30
min read
LW
link
Distinguishing misuse is difficult and uncomfortable
lemonhope
May 1, 2023, 4:23 PM
17
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Does agency necessarily imply self-preservation instinct?
Mislav Jurić
May 1, 2023, 4:06 PM
5
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What Boston Can Teach Us About What a Woman Is
ymeskhout
May 1, 2023, 3:34 PM
18
points
45
comments
12
min read
LW
link
The Rocket Alignment Problem, Part 2
Zvi
May 1, 2023, 2:30 PM
40
points
20
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Socialist Democratic-Republic GAME: 12 Amendments to the Constitutions of the Free World
monkymind
May 1, 2023, 1:13 PM
−34
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Where is all this evidence of UFOs?
Logan Zoellner
May 1, 2023, 12:13 PM
29
points
42
comments
1
min read
LW
link
LessWrong Community Weekend 2023 [Applications now closed]
Henry Prowbell
May 1, 2023, 9:31 AM
43
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
LessWrong Community Weekend 2023 [Applications now closed]
Henry Prowbell
May 1, 2023, 9:08 AM
89
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[Question]
In AI Risk what is the base model of the AI?
jmh
May 1, 2023, 3:25 AM
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Hell is Game Theory Folk Theorems
jessicata
May 1, 2023, 3:16 AM
81
points
102
comments
5
min read
LW
link
1
review
(unstableontology.com)
Safety standards: a framework for AI regulation
joshc
May 1, 2023, 12:56 AM
19
points
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
neuron spike computational capacity
bhauth
May 1, 2023, 12:28 AM
17
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Cult of Error
bayesyatina
Apr 30, 2023, 11:33 PM
5
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
How can one rationally have very high or very low probabilities of extinction in a pre-paradigmatic field?
Shmi
Apr 30, 2023, 9:53 PM
42
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A small update to the Sparse Coding interim research report
Lee Sharkey
,
Dan Braun
and
beren
Apr 30, 2023, 7:54 PM
61
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Discussion about AI Safety funding (FB transcript)
Orpheus16
Apr 30, 2023, 7:05 PM
75
points
8
comments
LW
link
Support me in a Week-Long Picketing Campaign Near OpenAI’s HQ: Seeking Support and Ideas from the LessWrong Community
Percy
Apr 30, 2023, 5:48 PM
−21
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
money ≠ value
stonefly
Apr 30, 2023, 5:47 PM
2
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Vaccine Policies Need Updating
jefftk
Apr 30, 2023, 5:20 PM
11
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Fundamental Uncertainty: Chapter 7 - Why is truth useful?
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Apr 30, 2023, 4:48 PM
10
points
3
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Simulators Increase the Likelihood of Alignment by Default
Wuschel Schulz
Apr 30, 2023, 4:32 PM
13
points
1
comment
5
min read
LW
link
Connectomics seems great from an AI x-risk perspective
Steven Byrnes
Apr 30, 2023, 2:38 PM
101
points
7
comments
10
min read
LW
link
1
review
The voyage of novelty
TsviBT
Apr 30, 2023, 12:52 PM
11
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Rationality Meetup Munich
Erich
Apr 30, 2023, 8:28 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Call for submissions: Choice of Futures survey questions
c.trout
Apr 30, 2023, 6:59 AM
4
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(airtable.com)
The Unification of Physics and Metaphysics: 22 Axioms for All Existences
monkymind
and
GPT-4
Apr 30, 2023, 4:16 AM
−42
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Forum Proposal: Karma Transfers
DirectedEvolution
Apr 30, 2023, 12:34 AM
20
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Accuracy of arguments that are seen as ridiculous and intuitively false but don’t have good counter-arguments
Christopher King
Apr 29, 2023, 11:58 PM
30
points
39
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Guide to Forecasting AI Science Capabilities
Eleni Angelou
Apr 29, 2023, 11:24 PM
6
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
(A Failed Approach) From Precedent to Utility Function
Akira Pyinya
Apr 29, 2023, 9:55 PM
0
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Biological DOOM: a brief overview of biological computation
Metacelsus
Apr 29, 2023, 8:02 PM
53
points
2
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(denovo.substack.com)
Horizontal vs vertical generality
tailcalled
Apr 29, 2023, 7:14 PM
10
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Which technologies are stuck on initial adoption?
Vanessa Kosoy
Apr 29, 2023, 5:37 PM
59
points
39
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Will GPT-5 be able to self-improve?
Nathan Helm-Burger
Apr 29, 2023, 5:34 PM
18
points
22
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Research agenda: Supervising AIs improving AIs
Quintin Pope
,
Owen D
,
Roman Engeler
and
jacquesthibs
Apr 29, 2023, 5:09 PM
76
points
5
comments
19
min read
LW
link
The Many Stories of Science
amayhew
Apr 29, 2023, 4:49 PM
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(naiveskepticblog.wordpress.com)
One bit of observation can unlock many of optimization—but at what cost?
dr_s
Apr 29, 2023, 10:53 AM
42
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[SEE NEW EDITS] No, *You* Need to Write Clearer
Nicholas / Heather Kross
Apr 29, 2023, 5:04 AM
263
points
65
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(www.thinkingmuchbetter.com)
Programming an IFS for alternate uses
SilverFlame
Apr 29, 2023, 12:25 AM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Utopia for artificial minds
Ocracoke
Apr 28, 2023, 10:52 PM
6
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
Locating Fulcrum Experiences
LoganStrohl
Apr 28, 2023, 8:14 PM
78
points
31
comments
17
min read
LW
link
“notkilleveryoneism” sounds dumb
bhauth
Apr 28, 2023, 7:46 PM
13
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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