30 Dec 2024 22:50 UTC

24 points

3 comments15 min readLW link

Genetically edited mosquitoes haven’t scaled yet. Why?

alexey30 Dec 2024 21:37 UTC

30 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(eryney.substack.com)

Linkpost: Look at the Water

J Bostock30 Dec 2024 19:49 UTC

4 points

3 comments4 min readLW link

The low Information Density of Eliezer Yudkowsky & LessWrong

Felix Olszewski30 Dec 2024 19:43 UTC

14 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

o3, Oh My

Zvi30 Dec 2024 14:10 UTC

63 points

17 comments36 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

World models I’m currently building

samuelshadrach30 Dec 2024 8:26 UTC

1 point

0 comments17 min readLW link

(samuelshadrach.com)

Is “VNM-agent” one of several options, for what minds can grow up into?

AnnaSalamon30 Dec 2024 6:36 UTC

97 points

55 comments2 min readLW link

Why I’m Moving from Mechanistic to Prosaic Interpretability

Daniel Tan30 Dec 2024 6:35 UTC

115 points

34 comments5 min readLW link

When do experts think human-level AI will be created?

Vishakha and Algon

30 Dec 2024 6:20 UTC

10 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(aisafety.info)

2025 Prediction Thread

habryka30 Dec 2024 1:50 UTC

78 points

21 comments1 min readLW link

The Great OpenAI Debate: Should It Stay ‘Open’ or Go Private?

Satya30 Dec 2024 1:14 UTC

−1 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

Learn to write well BEFORE you have something worth saying

eukaryote29 Dec 2024 23:42 UTC

69 points

19 comments3 min readLW link

(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

Teaching Claude to Meditate

Gordon Seidoh Worley29 Dec 2024 22:27 UTC

−5 points

4 comments23 min readLW link

Action: how do you REALLY go about doing?

DDthinker29 Dec 2024 22:00 UTC

−7 points

1 comment4 min readLW link

Corrigibility should be an AI’s Only Goal

PeterMcCluskey29 Dec 2024 20:25 UTC

22 points

3 comments8 min readLW link

(bayesianinvestor.com)

[Question] Could my work, “Beyond HaHa” benefit the LessWrong community?

P. João29 Dec 2024 16:14 UTC

9 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Book Summary: Zero to One

bilalchughtai29 Dec 2024 16:13 UTC

28 points

2 comments8 min readLW link

Boston Solstice 2024 Retrospective

jefftk29 Dec 2024 15:40 UTC

15 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Some arguments against a land value tax

Matthew Barnett29 Dec 2024 15:17 UTC

83 points

45 comments15 min readLW link

Predictions of Near-Term Societal Changes Due to Artificial Intelligence

Annapurna29 Dec 2024 14:53 UTC

10 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

(jorgevelez.substack.com)

Considerations on orca intelligence

Towards_Keeperhood29 Dec 2024 14:35 UTC

53 points

14 comments9 min readLW link

AI Alignment, and where we stand.

afeller0829 Dec 2024 14:08 UTC

−17 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

The Legacy of Computer Science

Johannes C. Mayer29 Dec 2024 13:15 UTC

18 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(groups.csail.mit.edu)

Shallow review of technical AI safety, 2024

technicalities, Stag, Stephen McAleese, jordine and Dr. David Mathers

29 Dec 2024 12:01 UTC

202 points

35 comments41 min readLW link

Dishbrain and implications.

RussellThor29 Dec 2024 10:42 UTC

4 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Notes on Altruism

David Gross29 Dec 2024 3:13 UTC

17 points

2 comments35 min readLW link

Rejecting Anthropomorphic Bias: Addressing Fears of AGI and Transformation

Gedankensprünge29 Dec 2024 1:48 UTC

−17 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

What happens next?

Logan Zoellner29 Dec 2024 1:41 UTC

42 points

19 comments2 min readLW link

The Misconception of AGI as an Existential Threat: A Reassessment

Gedankensprünge29 Dec 2024 1:39 UTC

−27 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Does Claude Prioritize Some Prompt Input Channels Over Others?

keltan29 Dec 2024 1:21 UTC

9 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

Morality Is Still Demanding

utilistrutil29 Dec 2024 0:33 UTC

−8 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Emergence and Amplification of Survival

jgraves0128 Dec 2024 23:52 UTC

−1 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Has Someone Checked The Cold-Water-In-Left-Ear Thing?

Maloew28 Dec 2024 20:15 UTC

11 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

By default, capital will matter more than ever after AGI

L Rudolf L28 Dec 2024 17:52 UTC

309 points

108 comments16 min readLW link 2 reviews

(nosetgauge.substack.com)

AI Assistants Should Have a Direct Line to Their Developers

Jan_Kulveit28 Dec 2024 17:01 UTC

59 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

No, the Polymarket price does not mean we can immediately conclude what the probability of a bird flu pandemic is. We also need to know the interest rate!

Christopher King28 Dec 2024 16:05 UTC

9 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Why OpenAI’s Structure Must Evolve To Advance Our Mission

stuhlmueller28 Dec 2024 4:24 UTC

19 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(openai.com)

The Engineering Argument Fallacy: Why Technological Success Doesn’t Validate Physics

Wenitte Apiou28 Dec 2024 0:49 UTC

−16 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

The Robot, the Puppet-master, and the Psychohistorian

WillPetillo28 Dec 2024 0:12 UTC

8 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

Progress links and short notes, 2024-12-27: Clinical trial abundance, grid-scale fusion, permitting vs. compliance, crossword mania, and more

jasoncrawford27 Dec 2024 23:34 UTC

11 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(newsletter.rootsofprogress.org)

Greedy-Advantage-Aware RLHF

sej202027 Dec 2024 19:47 UTC

49 points

16 comments13 min readLW link

Deconstructing arguments against AI art

DMMF27 Dec 2024 19:40 UTC

7 points

5 comments5 min readLW link

(danfrank.ca)

From the Archives: a story

Richard_Ngo27 Dec 2024 16:36 UTC

24 points

1 comment16 min readLW link

(www.narrativeark.xyz)

[Question] What’s the best metric for measuring quality of life?

ChristianKl27 Dec 2024 14:29 UTC

10 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Review: Planecrash

L Rudolf L27 Dec 2024 14:18 UTC

374 points

58 comments22 min readLW link 2 reviews

(nosetgauge.substack.com)

Good Fortune and Many Worlds

Jonah Wilberg27 Dec 2024 13:21 UTC

4 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

Letter from an Alien Mind

Shoshannah Tekofsky27 Dec 2024 13:20 UTC

23 points

7 comments3 min readLW link

(open.substack.com)

Coin Flip

XelaP27 Dec 2024 11:53 UTC

17 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

If all trade is voluntary, then what is “exploitation?”

Darmani27 Dec 2024 11:21 UTC

38 points

61 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] What are the most interesting / challenging evals (for humans) available?

Raemon27 Dec 2024 3:05 UTC

40 points

13 comments2 min readLW link