Should you have chil­dren? A de­ci­sion frame­work for a cru­cial life choice that af­fects your­self, your child and the world

SherrinfordDec 4, 2024, 11:14 PM
0 points
1 comment20 min readLW link

CCing Mailing Lists on Ex­ter­nal Communication

jefftkDec 4, 2024, 10:00 PM
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Pick­ing favourites is hard

dkl9Dec 4, 2024, 8:46 PM
11 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(dkl9.net)

[Question] How can I con­vince my cryp­to­bro friend that S&P500 is effi­cient?

AhmedNeedsATherapistDec 4, 2024, 8:04 PM
−7 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

The 2023 LessWrong Re­view: The Ba­sic Ask

RaemonDec 4, 2024, 7:52 PM
77 points
25 comments9 min readLW link

Is the AI Dooms­day Nar­ra­tive the Product of a Big Tech Con­spir­acy?

garrisonDec 4, 2024, 7:20 PM
35 points
1 comment11 min readLW link
(garrisonlovely.substack.com)

[Question] AI box question

KvmanThinkingDec 4, 2024, 7:03 PM
2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

The Po­lite Coup

Charlie SandersDec 4, 2024, 2:03 PM
3 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(www.dailymicrofiction.com)

Anal­y­sis of Global AI Gover­nance Strategies

Dec 4, 2024, 10:45 AM
49 points
10 comments36 min readLW link

[Question] Cry­on­ics con­sid­er­a­tions: how big of a prob­lem is is­chemia?

kmanDec 4, 2024, 4:45 AM
8 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

AI #93: Happy Tuesday

ZviDec 4, 2024, 12:30 AM
26 points
2 comments23 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

A Qual­i­ta­tive Case for LTFF: Filling Crit­i­cal Ecosys­tem Gaps

LinchDec 3, 2024, 9:57 PM
64 points
2 comments9 min readLW link

Deep Causal Transcod­ing: A Frame­work for Mechanis­ti­cally Elic­it­ing La­tent Be­hav­iors in Lan­guage Models

Dec 3, 2024, 9:19 PM
106 points
8 comments41 min readLW link

“Align­ment at Large”: Bend­ing the Arc of His­tory Towards Life-Affirm­ing Futures

welfvhDec 3, 2024, 9:17 PM
5 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Roots of Progress is hiring an event manager

jasoncrawfordDec 3, 2024, 8:46 PM
10 points
0 comments7 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.notion.site)

Do simu­lacra dream of digi­tal sheep?

EuanMcLeanDec 3, 2024, 8:25 PM
16 points
36 comments10 min readLW link

Orca com­mu­ni­ca­tion pro­ject—seek­ing feed­back (and col­lab­o­ra­tors)

Towards_KeeperhoodDec 3, 2024, 5:29 PM
38 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

Book a Time to Chat about In­terp Research

Logan RiggsDec 3, 2024, 5:27 PM
47 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Balsa Re­search 2024 Update

ZviDec 3, 2024, 12:30 PM
21 points
0 comments5 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

First Solo Bus Ride

jefftkDec 3, 2024, 12:20 PM
28 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

How to make evals for the AISI evals bounty

TheManxLoinerDec 3, 2024, 10:44 AM
9 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Should there be just one west­ern AGI pro­ject?

Dec 3, 2024, 10:11 AM
78 points
75 comments15 min readLW link
(www.forethought.org)

Cog­ni­tive Bi­ases Con­tribut­ing to AI X-risk — a deleted ex­cerpt from my 2018 ARCHES draft

Andrew_CritchDec 3, 2024, 9:29 AM
48 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] What is your opinion of Dr. An­gelo Dilullo(med­i­ta­tion)?

Suh_Prance_AlotDec 3, 2024, 5:54 AM
0 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Chem­i­cal Tur­ing Machines

Yudhister KumarDec 3, 2024, 5:26 AM
10 points
2 comments4 min readLW link
(www.yudhister.me)

MIRI’s 2024 End-of-Year Update

Rob BensingerDec 3, 2024, 4:33 AM
98 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

Linkpost: Rat Traps by Sheon Han in As­ter­isk Mag

Chris_LeongDec 3, 2024, 3:22 AM
12 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(asteriskmag.com)

[Question] Who are the worth­while non-Euro­pean pre-In­dus­trial thinkers?

LorecDec 3, 2024, 1:45 AM
12 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

A Para­dox of Si­mu­lated Suffering

arusardaDec 2, 2024, 11:44 PM
−3 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Levels of Thought: from Points to Fields

HNXDec 2, 2024, 8:25 PM
4 points
2 comments23 min readLW link

From Code to Manag­ing: Why Be­ing a ‘Force Mul­ti­plier’ Mat­ters to Me More Than Be­ing a Cod­ing Wizard

cloakDec 2, 2024, 8:10 PM
−3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.reddit.com)

A case for donat­ing to AI risk re­duc­tion (in­clud­ing if you work in AI)

tlevinDec 2, 2024, 7:05 PM
61 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Fer­til­ity Roundup #4

ZviDec 2, 2024, 2:30 PM
35 points
16 comments49 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Con­jec­ture: A Roadmap for Cog­ni­tive Soft­ware and A Hu­man­ist Fu­ture of AI

Dec 2, 2024, 1:28 PM
44 points
10 comments29 min readLW link
(www.conjecture.dev)

2024 Unoffi­cial LessWrong Cen­sus/​Survey

ScrewtapeDec 2, 2024, 5:30 AM
102 points
49 comments1 min readLW link

Drexler’s Nan­otech Software

PeterMcCluskeyDec 2, 2024, 4:55 AM
67 points
9 comments4 min readLW link
(bayesianinvestor.com)

Sorry for the down­time, looks like we got DDosd

habrykaDec 2, 2024, 4:14 AM
112 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is mal­ice a real emo­tion?

landscape_kiwiDec 1, 2024, 11:47 PM
6 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Teach­ing My Younger Self to Pro­gram: A case study of how I’d pass on my skill at self-learning

Shoshannah TekofskyDec 1, 2024, 9:05 PM
25 points
1 comment7 min readLW link
(thinkfeelplay.substack.com)

[Question] Which Bi­ases are most im­por­tant to Over­come?

abstractapplicDec 1, 2024, 3:40 PM
35 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

Com­ment­ing Pat­terns by Platform

jefftkDec 1, 2024, 11:50 AM
12 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Let­ter] Chi­nese Quickstart

lsusrDec 1, 2024, 6:38 AM
33 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

AXRP Epi­sode 39 - Evan Hub­inger on Model Or­ganisms of Misalignment

DanielFilanDec 1, 2024, 6:00 AM
41 points
0 comments67 min readLW link

Mag­ni­tudes: Let’s Com­pre­hend the In­com­pre­hen­si­ble!

joecDec 1, 2024, 3:08 AM
23 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Why does ChatGPT throw an er­ror when out­putting “David Mayer”?

ArchimedesDec 1, 2024, 12:11 AM
6 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

In­tro­duc­ing the An­thropic Fel­lows Program

Nov 30, 2024, 11:47 PM
26 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(alignment.anthropic.com)

The Shape of Heaven

ejk64Nov 30, 2024, 11:38 PM
16 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

AI Train­ing Opt-Outs Re­in­force Global Power Asymmetries

kushagraNov 30, 2024, 10:08 PM
3 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

Vi­sual demon­stra­tion of Op­ti­mizer’s curse

Roman MalovNov 30, 2024, 7:34 PM
25 points
3 comments7 min readLW link

CAIDP State­ment on Lethal Au­tonomous Weapons Systems

HerambNov 30, 2024, 6:16 PM
−1 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)