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[Question]
Does the hardness of AI alignment undermine FOOM?
TruePath
Dec 31, 2023, 11:05 AM
8
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Speed of Failing
nano_brasca
Dec 31, 2023, 10:39 AM
8
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Estimating Returns to Intelligence vs Numbers, Strength and Looks
TruePath
Dec 31, 2023, 10:03 AM
3
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Planning to build a cryptographic box with perfect secrecy
Lysandre Terrisse
Dec 31, 2023, 9:31 AM
40
points
6
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Does ChatGPT know what a tragedy is?
Bill Benzon
Dec 31, 2023, 7:10 AM
2
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Taking responsibility and partial derivatives
Ruby
Dec 31, 2023, 4:33 AM
42
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
The proper response to mistakes that have harmed others?
Ruby
Dec 31, 2023, 4:06 AM
59
points
12
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Conversation Visualizer
nomagicpill
and
niplav
Dec 31, 2023, 1:18 AM
28
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(210ethan.github.io)
Paper Summary: The Koha Code—A Biological Theory of Memory
jakej
Dec 30, 2023, 10:37 PM
24
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
shoes with springs
bhauth
Dec 30, 2023, 9:46 PM
72
points
9
comments
4
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
(www.bhauth.com)
[Question]
Techniques to fix incorrect memorization?
Brendan Long
Dec 30, 2023, 9:32 PM
19
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How to develop a photographic memory 2/3
PhilosophicalSoul
Dec 30, 2023, 8:18 PM
27
points
7
comments
12
min read
LW
link
If Clarity Seems Like Death to Them
Zack_M_Davis
Dec 30, 2023, 5:40 PM
47
points
192
comments
87
min read
LW
link
1
review
(unremediatedgender.space)
When Can Optimization Be Done Safely?
StrivingForLegibility
Dec 30, 2023, 1:24 AM
12
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Optimization Markets
StrivingForLegibility
Dec 30, 2023, 1:24 AM
13
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Plan − 2023 Version
johnswentworth
Dec 29, 2023, 11:34 PM
152
points
40
comments
31
min read
LW
link
1
review
[Question]
SOLAR model paper questions
Bartlomiej Lewandowski
Dec 29, 2023, 8:34 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why I Should Work on AI Safety—Part 2: Will AI Actually Surpass Human Intelligence?
Aditya Aswani
Dec 29, 2023, 8:27 PM
1
point
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Dark Skies Book Review
PeterMcCluskey
Dec 29, 2023, 6:28 PM
37
points
3
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(bayesianinvestor.com)
Progress links digest, 2023-12-29: Rayleigh’s oil drop experiment and more
jasoncrawford
Dec 29, 2023, 4:22 PM
15
points
2
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Boltzmann brain’s conditional probability
Marco Discendenti
Dec 29, 2023, 2:44 PM
6
points
16
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Old man’s story
RomanS
Dec 29, 2023, 2:37 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Will 2024 be very hot? Should we be worried?
A.H.
Dec 29, 2023, 11:22 AM
51
points
12
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Social Choice Theory and Logical Handshakes
StrivingForLegibility
Dec 29, 2023, 3:49 AM
17
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Distributed Strategic Epistemology
StrivingForLegibility
Dec 28, 2023, 10:12 PM
11
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Building Trust in Strategic Settings
StrivingForLegibility
Dec 28, 2023, 10:12 PM
24
points
0
comments
7
min read
LW
link
An Ontology for Strategic Epistemology
StrivingForLegibility
Dec 28, 2023, 10:11 PM
9
points
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
AI Institution Design Hackathon (EAG Bay Area Satellite Event)
beatrice@foresight.org
and
Allison Duettmann
Dec 28, 2023, 7:46 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Psychology of AI doomers and AI optimists
Igor Ivanov
Dec 28, 2023, 5:55 PM
3
points
0
comments
22
min read
LW
link
Evening meal or drinks followed by techno rave
yakimoff
Dec 28, 2023, 3:08 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AI #44: Copyright Confrontation
Zvi
Dec 28, 2023, 2:30 PM
54
points
13
comments
43
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
How to develop a photographic memory 1/3
PhilosophicalSoul
Dec 28, 2023, 1:26 PM
34
points
6
comments
14
min read
LW
link
Gunpowder as metaphor for AI
Nathan Helm-Burger
Dec 28, 2023, 4:31 AM
14
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
E.T. Jaynes Probability Theory: The logic of Science I
Jan Christian Refsgaard
and
dentalperson
Dec 27, 2023, 11:47 PM
63
points
20
comments
21
min read
LW
link
Free agents
Michele Campolo
Dec 27, 2023, 8:20 PM
6
points
19
comments
13
min read
LW
link
Merry Christmas Everyone!
johnlawrenceaspden
Dec 27, 2023, 7:49 PM
14
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Natural Latents: The Math
johnswentworth
and
David Lorell
Dec 27, 2023, 7:03 PM
129
points
41
comments
12
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
NYT is suing OpenAI&Microsoft for alleged copyright infringement; some quick thoughts
Mikhail Samin
Dec 27, 2023, 6:44 PM
42
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Extropy magazine review
Peter lawless
Dec 27, 2023, 6:37 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Progress Paradox
Ben Turtel
Dec 27, 2023, 6:26 PM
3
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(bturtel.substack.com)
The virtuous circle: twelve conjectures about female reproductive agency and cultural self-determination
Miles Saltiel
Dec 27, 2023, 6:25 PM
0
points
2
comments
14
min read
LW
link
MSP Article Discussion Meetup: The EMH, Long-Term Investing, and Leveraged ETFs
25Hour
Dec 27, 2023, 4:50 PM
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
In Defense of Epistemic Empathy
Kevin Dorst
Dec 27, 2023, 4:27 PM
60
points
19
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(kevindorst.substack.com)
Critical review of Christiano’s disagreements with Yudkowsky
Vanessa Kosoy
Dec 27, 2023, 4:02 PM
176
points
40
comments
15
min read
LW
link
AGI will be made of heterogeneous components, Transformer and Selective SSM blocks will be among them
Roman Leventov
27 Dec 2023 14:51 UTC
33
points
9
comments
4
min read
LW
link
5. Moral Value for Sentient Animals? Alas, Not Yet
RogerDearnaley
27 Dec 2023 6:42 UTC
33
points
41
comments
23
min read
LW
link
Differential Optimization Reframes and Generalizes Utility-Maximization
J Bostock
27 Dec 2023 1:54 UTC
30
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
More Thoughts on the Human-AGI War
Seth Ahrenbach
27 Dec 2023 1:03 UTC
−3
points
4
comments
7
min read
LW
link
METR is hiring!
Beth Barnes
26 Dec 2023 21:00 UTC
65
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Environmental allergies are curable? (Sublingual immunotherapy)
Chris Lakin
26 Dec 2023 19:05 UTC
47
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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