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Hardshipification
Jonathan Moregård
May 28, 2024, 8:02 PM
88
points
17
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(honestliving.substack.com)
When Are Circular Definitions A Problem?
johnswentworth
May 28, 2024, 8:00 PM
68
points
15
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Notes on Gracefulness
David Gross
May 28, 2024, 6:40 PM
20
points
2
comments
25
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What’s a better term now that “AGI” is too vague?
Seth Herd
May 28, 2024, 6:02 PM
15
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Reward hacking behavior can generalize across tasks
Kei
,
Isaac Dunn
,
Henry Sleight
,
Miles Turpin
,
evhub
,
Carson Denison
and
Ethan Perez
May 28, 2024, 4:33 PM
81
points
5
comments
21
min read
LW
link
Quick Advice on Writing Essays
Niko_McCarty
May 28, 2024, 3:02 PM
11
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(www.nikomccarty.com)
[Linkpost] The Expressive Capacity of State Space Models: A Formal Language Perspective
Bogdan Ionut Cirstea
May 28, 2024, 1:49 PM
4
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(arxiv.org)
OpenAI: Fallout
Zvi
May 28, 2024, 1:20 PM
204
points
25
comments
36
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
2024 State of the AI Regulatory Landscape
Deric Cheng
and
Elliot Mckernon
May 28, 2024, 11:59 AM
30
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.convergenceanalysis.org)
Finding Backward Chaining Circuits in Transformers Trained on Tree Search
abhayesian
,
Jannik Brinkmann
and
Victor Levoso
May 28, 2024, 5:29 AM
50
points
1
comment
9
min read
LW
link
(arxiv.org)
[Question]
How to get nerds fascinated about mysterious chronic illness research?
riceissa
May 27, 2024, 10:58 PM
95
points
50
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Understanding Gödel’s completeness theorem
jessicata
May 27, 2024, 6:55 PM
39
points
0
comments
15
min read
LW
link
(unstableontology.com)
Publicly disclosing compute expenditure daily as a safety regulation
teraflipflop
May 27, 2024, 6:28 PM
−4
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Intransitive Trust
Screwtape
May 27, 2024, 4:55 PM
41
points
15
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Overview of introductory resources in AI Governance
Lucie Philippon
May 27, 2024, 4:21 PM
19
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
I am the Golden Gate Bridge
Zvi
May 27, 2024, 2:40 PM
95
points
6
comments
27
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Maybe Anthropic’s Long-Term Benefit Trust is powerless
Zach Stein-Perlman
May 27, 2024, 1:00 PM
202
points
21
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Real Life Sort by Controversial
Elo
May 27, 2024, 12:22 PM
5
points
19
comments
20
min read
LW
link
Julia Tasks 101
SatvikBeri
May 27, 2024, 11:32 AM
1
point
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Debates how to defeat aging: Aubrey de Grey vs. Peter Fedichev.
avturchin
May 27, 2024, 10:25 AM
17
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Being against involuntary death and being open to change are compatible
Andy_McKenzie
May 27, 2024, 6:37 AM
32
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
If you’re an AI Safety movement builder consider asking your members these questions in an interview
yanni kyriacos
May 27, 2024, 5:46 AM
4
points
0
comments
LW
link
Book review: Everything Is Predictable
PeterMcCluskey
May 27, 2024, 3:33 AM
46
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
(bayesianinvestor.com)
Truthseeking is the ground in which other principles grow
Elizabeth
May 27, 2024, 1:09 AM
248
points
16
comments
16
min read
LW
link
If trying to communicate about AI risks, make it vivid
MNoetel
May 27, 2024, 1:00 AM
11
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Луна Лавгуд и Комната Тайн, Часть 1
Kongo Landwalker
and
lsusr
May 26, 2024, 10:17 PM
24
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
If you are also the worst at politics
lemonhope
May 26, 2024, 8:07 PM
32
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Review: Conor Moreton’s “Civilization & Cooperation”
Duncan Sabien (Inactive)
May 26, 2024, 7:32 PM
80
points
8
comments
38
min read
LW
link
The necessity of “Guardian AI” and two conditions for its achievement
Proica
May 26, 2024, 5:39 PM
−2
points
0
comments
15
min read
LW
link
Notifications Received in 30 Minutes of Class
tanagrabeast
May 26, 2024, 5:02 PM
358
points
16
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Show LW: HackerNews but for research papers
sleno
May 26, 2024, 3:14 PM
6
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Disproving and partially fixing a fully homomorphic encryption scheme with perfect secrecy
Lysandre Terrisse
May 26, 2024, 2:56 PM
16
points
1
comment
18
min read
LW
link
The AI Revolution in Biology
Roman Leventov
May 26, 2024, 9:30 AM
13
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.cognitiverevolution.ai)
[Question]
Who does the artwork for LessWrong?
Edwin Evans
May 26, 2024, 5:55 AM
10
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is there an idiom for bonding over shared trials/trauma?
CstineSublime
May 26, 2024, 1:18 AM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Moloch—An Illustrated Primer
James Stephen Brown
May 26, 2024, 1:04 AM
5
points
0
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(nonzerosum.games)
[Question]
Is CDT with precommitment enough?
martinkunev
May 25, 2024, 9:40 PM
10
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Complex systems theory in human performance. New model for conceptualizing training, adaptation and long-term development
Matěj Nekoranec
May 25, 2024, 8:17 PM
1
point
0
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Blindspot in Sport’s Data-Driven Age
Matěj Nekoranec
May 25, 2024, 8:17 PM
2
points
0
comments
7
min read
LW
link
LMSR subsidy parameter is the price of information
Abhimanyu Pallavi Sudhir
May 25, 2024, 6:05 PM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Low Fertility is a Degrowth Paradise
Maxwell Tabarrok
May 25, 2024, 5:35 PM
7
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(www.maximum-progress.com)
Episode: Austin vs Linch on OpenAI
Austin Chen
May 25, 2024, 4:15 PM
20
points
25
comments
LW
link
(manifund.substack.com)
Training-time domain authorization could be helpful for safety
domenicrosati
,
Jan Wehner
and
David Atanasov
May 25, 2024, 3:10 PM
15
points
4
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Level up your spreadsheeting
angelinahli
May 25, 2024, 2:57 PM
44
points
11
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(docs.google.com)
“Successful language model evals” by Jason Wei
Arjun Panickssery
May 25, 2024, 9:34 AM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jasonwei.net)
Beta Tester Request: Rallypoint Bounties
lukemarks
May 25, 2024, 9:11 AM
25
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What should the norms around AI voices be?
ChristianKl
May 25, 2024, 6:29 AM
17
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Secret US natsec project with intel revealed
Nathan Helm-Burger
May 25, 2024, 4:22 AM
27
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(www.politico.com)
Launch & Grow Your University Group: Apply now to OSP & FSP!
agucova
May 25, 2024, 1:03 AM
3
points
0
comments
LW
link
Computational Mechanics Hackathon (June 1 & 2)
Adam Shai
May 24, 2024, 10:18 PM
34
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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