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Panel with Israeli Prime Minister on existential risk from AI
Michaël Trazzi
Sep 18, 2023, 11:16 PM
22
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(x.com)
Some reasons why I frequently prefer communicating via text
Adam Zerner
Sep 18, 2023, 9:50 PM
53
points
18
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Why I Don’t Believe The Law of the Excluded Middle
Thoth Hermes
Sep 18, 2023, 6:53 PM
−11
points
46
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(thothhermes.substack.com)
Forecasting for Policy (FORPOL) - Main takeaways, practical learnings & report
janklenha
Sep 18, 2023, 5:44 PM
2
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The Talk: a brief explanation of sexual dimorphism
Malmesbury
Sep 18, 2023, 4:23 PM
529
points
77
comments
16
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
[Question]
Where might I direct promising-to-me researchers to apply for alignment jobs/grants?
abramdemski
Sep 18, 2023, 4:20 PM
45
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Review] Move First, Think Later: Sense and Nonsense in Improving Your Chess
Arjun Panickssery
Sep 18, 2023, 3:10 PM
33
points
2
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(arjunpanickssery.substack.com)
Technical AI Safety Research Landscape [Slides]
Magdalena Wache
Sep 18, 2023, 1:56 PM
42
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The omnizoid—Heighn FDT Debate #5
Heighn
Sep 18, 2023, 11:54 AM
4
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Ask for Feelings not Tunes
jefftk
Sep 18, 2023, 2:10 AM
11
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Three ways interpretability could be impactful
Arthur Conmy
Sep 18, 2023, 1:02 AM
47
points
8
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Show LW: Get a phone call if prediction markets predict nuclear war
Lorenzo
Sep 17, 2023, 10:25 PM
35
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(recursing.github.io)
Microdooms averted by working on AI Safety
Nikola Jurkovic
Sep 17, 2023, 9:46 PM
34
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)
Eugenics Performed By A Blind, Idiot God
Bentham's Bulldog
Sep 17, 2023, 8:37 PM
63
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Actually, “personal attacks after object-level arguments” is a pretty good rule of epistemic conduct
Max H
Sep 17, 2023, 8:25 PM
37
points
15
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Joseph Bloom on choosing AI Alignment over bio, what many aspiring researchers get wrong, and more (interview)
Ruby
and
Joseph Bloom
Sep 17, 2023, 6:45 PM
27
points
2
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Catalyst books
Catnee
Sep 17, 2023, 5:05 PM
7
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Telopheme, telophore, and telotect
TsviBT
Sep 17, 2023, 4:24 PM
46
points
7
comments
8
min read
LW
link
How to think about slowing AI
Zach Stein-Perlman
Sep 17, 2023, 4:00 PM
14
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)
Book Review: Consciousness Explained (as the Great Catalyst)
Rafael Harth
Sep 17, 2023, 3:30 PM
23
points
14
comments
22
min read
LW
link
1
review
Reflexive decision theory is an unsolved problem
Richard_Kennaway
Sep 17, 2023, 2:15 PM
40
points
27
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Memory bandwidth constraints imply economies of scale in AI inference
Ege Erdil
Sep 17, 2023, 2:01 PM
79
points
34
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How to talk about reasons why AGI might not be near?
Kaj_Sotala
Sep 17, 2023, 8:18 AM
73
points
19
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Contra Heighn Contra Me Contra Heighn Contra Me Contra Functional Decision Theory
Bentham's Bulldog
Sep 17, 2023, 2:15 AM
0
points
23
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Keeping Dresser Drawers In
jefftk
Sep 17, 2023, 2:10 AM
15
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
[Question]
Lesswrong’s opinion on infinite epistemic regress and Bayesianism
lunatic_at_large
Sep 17, 2023, 2:03 AM
4
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
On being downvoted
Adam Zerner
Sep 17, 2023, 1:59 AM
27
points
15
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(Confusion Phrases) AKA: Things You Might Say or Think When You’re Confused to Use as Triggers for Internal TAPs
keltan
Sep 17, 2023, 1:06 AM
5
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Asking for help as an O(1) lookup
Adam Zerner
Sep 17, 2023, 12:25 AM
19
points
2
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Near San Francisco—Hike to watch the Blue Angels
PeterMcCluskey
Sep 16, 2023, 10:00 PM
9
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Austin Petrov Day revision, 2023
Austin LW ritual working group
Sep 16, 2023, 9:55 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Exploring Natural Disaster Forecasting
GeoVane
Sep 16, 2023, 5:01 PM
1
point
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
The commenting restrictions on LessWrong seem bad
Bentham's Bulldog
Sep 16, 2023, 4:38 PM
20
points
37
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Polarization is Not (Standard) Bayesian
Kevin Dorst
Sep 16, 2023, 4:31 PM
11
points
6
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(kevindorst.substack.com)
[Question]
Do you know of any reliable DIY compendium of home physical therapy exercises?
David Gross
Sep 16, 2023, 2:37 PM
9
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
In the Short-Term, Why Couldn’t You Just RLHF-out Instrumental Convergence?
simeon_c
Sep 16, 2023, 10:44 AM
21
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
<|endoftext|> is a vanishing text?
MiguelDev
Sep 16, 2023, 2:34 AM
10
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What’s up with psychonetics?
metachirality
Sep 16, 2023, 1:12 AM
19
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
An attempt at a “good enough” solution for human two-party negotiations
Isaac King
Sep 16, 2023, 12:38 AM
11
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Navigating an ecosystem that might or might not be bad for the world
habryka
and
kave
Sep 15, 2023, 11:58 PM
79
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A conversation with Pi, a conversational AI.
Spiritus Dei
Sep 15, 2023, 11:13 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Closing Notes on Nonlinear Investigation
Ben Pace
Sep 15, 2023, 10:44 PM
97
points
47
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA – ACX Meetups Everywhere Fall 2023
J03MAN
Sep 15, 2023, 9:13 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Influence functions—why, what and how
Nina Panickssery
Sep 15, 2023, 8:42 PM
73
points
6
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Ethics Needs A Marginal Revolution
Bentham's Bulldog
Sep 15, 2023, 7:08 PM
23
points
3
comments
9
min read
LW
link
I compiled a ebook of `Project Lawful` for eBook readers
OrwellGoesShopping
Sep 15, 2023, 6:09 PM
90
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.mikescher.com)
Thoughts on the Waluigi Effect
fibonaccho
Sep 15, 2023, 5:40 PM
10
points
0
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Deconfusing Regret
Alex Hollow
Sep 15, 2023, 11:52 AM
41
points
32
comments
2
min read
LW
link
From game theory to players theory
Victor Porton
Sep 15, 2023, 6:23 AM
−4
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
SPAR seeks advisors and students for AI safety projects (Second Wave)
mic
Sep 14, 2023, 11:09 PM
21
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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