Without a tra­jec­tory change, the de­vel­op­ment of AGI is likely to go badly

Max H29 May 2023 23:42 UTC
16 points
2 comments13 min readLW link

Win­ners-take-how-much?

YonatanK29 May 2023 21:56 UTC
1 point
2 comments3 min readLW link

Re­ply to a fer­til­ity doc­tor con­cern­ing poly­genic em­bryo screening

GeneSmith29 May 2023 21:50 UTC
58 points
6 comments8 min readLW link

Sen­tience matters

So8res29 May 2023 21:25 UTC
141 points
96 comments2 min readLW link

Wikipe­dia as an in­tro­duc­tion to the al­ign­ment problem

SoerenMind29 May 2023 18:43 UTC
83 points
10 comments1 min readLW link
(en.wikipedia.org)

[Question] What are some of the best in­tro­duc­tions/​break­downs of AI ex­is­ten­tial risk for those un­fa­mil­iar?

Isaac King29 May 2023 17:04 UTC
17 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Creat­ing Flash­cards with LLMs

Diogo Cruz29 May 2023 16:55 UTC
14 points
3 comments9 min readLW link

On the Im­pos­si­bil­ity of In­tel­li­gent Paper­clip Maximizers

Michael Simkin29 May 2023 16:55 UTC
−21 points
5 comments4 min readLW link

Min­i­mum Vi­able Exterminator

Richard Horvath29 May 2023 16:32 UTC
14 points
5 comments5 min readLW link

An LLM-based “ex­em­plary ac­tor”

Roman Leventov29 May 2023 11:12 UTC
16 points
0 comments12 min readLW link

Align­ing an H-JEPA agent via train­ing on the out­puts of an LLM-based “ex­em­plary ac­tor”

Roman Leventov29 May 2023 11:08 UTC
12 points
10 comments30 min readLW link

Gem­ini will bring the next big timeline update

p.b.29 May 2023 6:05 UTC
50 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Pro­posed Align­ment Tech­nique: OSNR (Out­put San­i­ti­za­tion via Nois­ing and Re­con­struc­tion) for Safer Usage of Po­ten­tially Misal­igned AGI

sudo29 May 2023 1:35 UTC
14 points
9 comments6 min readLW link

Mo­ral­ity is Ac­ci­den­tal & Self-Congratulatory

ymeskhout29 May 2023 0:40 UTC
25 points
40 comments5 min readLW link

TinyS­to­ries: Small Lan­guage Models That Still Speak Co­her­ent English

Ulisse Mini28 May 2023 22:23 UTC
60 points
8 comments2 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

“Mem­branes” is bet­ter ter­minol­ogy than “bound­aries” alone

28 May 2023 22:16 UTC
29 points
12 comments3 min readLW link

The king token

p.b.28 May 2023 19:18 UTC
17 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Lan­guage Agents Re­duce the Risk of Ex­is­ten­tial Catastrophe

28 May 2023 19:10 UTC
37 points
14 comments26 min readLW link

Devil’s Ad­vo­cate: Ad­verse Selec­tion Against Con­scien­tious­ness

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)28 May 2023 17:53 UTC
10 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Re­acts now en­abled on 100% of posts, though still just ex­per­i­ment­ing

Ruby28 May 2023 5:36 UTC
88 points
73 comments2 min readLW link

My AI Align­ment Re­search Agenda and Threat Model, right now (May 2023)

NicholasKross28 May 2023 3:23 UTC
25 points
0 comments6 min readLW link
(www.thinkingmuchbetter.com)

Kelly bet­ting vs ex­pec­ta­tion max­i­miza­tion

MorgneticField28 May 2023 1:54 UTC
35 points
33 comments5 min readLW link

Why and When In­ter­pretabil­ity Work is Dangerous

NicholasKross28 May 2023 0:27 UTC
20 points
7 comments8 min readLW link
(www.thinkingmuchbetter.com)

Twin Cities ACX Meetup—June 2023

Timothy M.27 May 2023 20:11 UTC
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

Pro­ject Idea: Challenge Groups for Align­ment Researchers

Adam Zerner27 May 2023 20:10 UTC
13 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

In­tro­spec­tive Bayes

False Name27 May 2023 19:35 UTC
−3 points
2 comments16 min readLW link

Should Ra­tional An­i­ma­tions in­vite view­ers to read con­tent on LessWrong?

Writer27 May 2023 19:26 UTC
40 points
9 comments3 min readLW link

Who are the Ex­perts on Cry­on­ics?

Mati_Roy27 May 2023 19:24 UTC
30 points
9 comments1 min readLW link
(biostasis.substack.com)

AI and Planet Earth are in­com­pat­i­ble.

archeon27 May 2023 18:59 UTC
−4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

South Bay ACX/​LW Meetup

IS27 May 2023 17:25 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Hands-On Ex­pe­rience Is Not Magic

Thane Ruthenis27 May 2023 16:57 UTC
21 points
14 comments5 min readLW link

Is Deon­tolog­i­cal AI Safe? [Feed­back Draft]

27 May 2023 16:39 UTC
21 points
15 comments20 min readLW link

San Fran­cisco ACX Meetup “First Satur­day” June 3, 1 pm

guenael27 May 2023 13:58 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Papers on pro­tein design

alexlyzhov27 May 2023 1:18 UTC
9 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

D&D.Sci 5E: Re­turn of the League of Defenders

aphyer26 May 2023 20:39 UTC
41 points
11 comments3 min readLW link

Seek­ing (Paid) Case Stud­ies on Standards

HoldenKarnofsky26 May 2023 17:58 UTC
69 points
9 comments11 min readLW link

Con­di­tional Pre­dic­tion with Zero-Sum Train­ing Solves Self-Fulfilling Prophecies

26 May 2023 17:44 UTC
88 points
13 comments24 min readLW link

Re­quest: stop ad­vanc­ing AI capabilities

So8res26 May 2023 17:42 UTC
155 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Bandgaps, Brains, and Bioweapons: The limi­ta­tions of com­pu­ta­tional sci­ence and what it means for AGI

titotal26 May 2023 15:57 UTC
36 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

The Amer­i­can In­for­ma­tion Revolu­tion in Global Perspective

jasoncrawford26 May 2023 12:39 UTC
16 points
1 comment5 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

He­lio-Se­lenic Laser Te­lescope (in SPACE!?)

Alexander Gietelink Oldenziel26 May 2023 11:24 UTC
8 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Why is vi­o­lence against AI labs a taboo?

ArisC26 May 2023 8:00 UTC
−21 points
63 comments1 min readLW link

Where do you lie on two axes of world ma­nipu­la­bil­ity?

Max H26 May 2023 3:04 UTC
30 points
15 comments3 min readLW link

Some thoughts on au­tomat­ing al­ign­ment research

Lukas Finnveden26 May 2023 1:50 UTC
30 points
4 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] What’s your view­point on the like­li­hood of GPT-5 be­ing able to au­tonomously cre­ate, train, and im­ple­ment an AI su­pe­rior to GPT-5?

Super AGI26 May 2023 1:43 UTC
7 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Be­fore smart AI, there will be many mediocre or spe­cial­ized AIs

Lukas Finnveden26 May 2023 1:38 UTC
51 points
4 comments9 min readLW link

how hu­mans are aligned

bhauth26 May 2023 0:09 UTC
14 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What ve­gan food re­sources have you found use­ful?

Elizabeth25 May 2023 22:46 UTC
29 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Mob and Bailey

Screwtape25 May 2023 22:14 UTC
75 points
15 comments7 min readLW link

Look At What’s In Front Of You (Con­clu­sion to The Nuts and Bolts of Nat­u­ral­ism)

LoganStrohl25 May 2023 19:00 UTC
50 points
1 comment2 min readLW link