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[Question]
What is the point of 2v2 debates?
Axel Ahlqvist
Aug 20, 2024, 9:59 PM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Where should I look for information on gut health?
FinalFormal2
Aug 20, 2024, 7:44 PM
10
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Would you benefit from, or object to, a page with LW users’ reacts?
Raemon
Aug 20, 2024, 4:35 PM
23
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Freedom of Speech
Zero Contradictions
Aug 20, 2024, 4:34 PM
−13
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(thewaywardaxolotl.blogspot.com)
AGI Safety and Alignment at Google DeepMind: A Summary of Recent Work
Rohin Shah
,
Seb Farquhar
and
Anca Dragan
Aug 20, 2024, 4:22 PM
222
points
33
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Trying to be rational for the wrong reasons
Viliam
Aug 20, 2024, 4:18 PM
26
points
9
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How great is the utility of “saving” endangered languages?
SpectrumDT
Aug 20, 2024, 1:14 PM
18
points
29
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Guide to SB 1047
Zvi
Aug 20, 2024, 1:10 PM
71
points
18
comments
53
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Finding Deception in Language Models
Esben Kran
and
Archana Vaidheeswaran
Aug 20, 2024, 9:42 AM
20
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Next automated reasoning grand challenge: CompCert
sanxiyn
Aug 20, 2024, 5:27 AM
−5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Thiel on AI & Racing with China
Ben Pace
Aug 20, 2024, 3:19 AM
55
points
10
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Reflecting on the transhumanist rebuttal to AI existential risk and critique of our debate methodologies and misuse of statistics
catgirlsruletheworld
Aug 20, 2024, 1:59 AM
−5
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Artificial Intelligence and Eternal Torture and Suffering
Tuan Tu Nguyen
Aug 20, 2024, 1:53 AM
−1
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
AI #77: A Few Upgrades
Zvi
Aug 20, 2024, 12:20 AM
23
points
3
comments
52
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Monthly Roundup #21: August 2024
Zvi
Aug 20, 2024, 12:20 AM
22
points
6
comments
40
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
[Linkpost] Automated Design of Agentic Systems
Bogdan Ionut Cirstea
Aug 19, 2024, 11:06 PM
8
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(arxiv.org)
Limitations on Formal Verification for AI Safety
Andrew Dickson
Aug 19, 2024, 11:03 PM
134
points
60
comments
23
min read
LW
link
The Conscious River: Conscious Turing machines negate materialism
blallo
Aug 19, 2024, 9:54 PM
0
points
4
comments
7
min read
LW
link
LLM Applications I Want To See
sarahconstantin
Aug 19, 2024, 9:10 PM
102
points
6
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(sarahconstantin.substack.com)
Defining alignment research
Richard_Ngo
Aug 19, 2024, 8:42 PM
92
points
23
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Vilnius – ACX Meetups Everywhere Fall 2024
NoUsernameSelected
and
Mnephisto
Aug 19, 2024, 5:38 PM
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Can Current LLMs be Trusted To Produce Paperclips Safely?
Rohit Chatterjee
Aug 19, 2024, 5:17 PM
4
points
0
comments
9
min read
LW
link
A primer on why computational predictive toxicology is hard
Abhishaike Mahajan
Aug 19, 2024, 5:16 PM
63
points
2
comments
12
min read
LW
link
(www.owlposting.com)
Introduction and Exploration of AI Ethics Through a Global Lens
ThePathYouWillChoose
Aug 19, 2024, 5:11 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Trustworthy and untrustworthy models
Olli Järviniemi
Aug 19, 2024, 4:27 PM
47
points
3
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Apartment Price Map Discontinuity
jefftk
Aug 19, 2024, 3:30 PM
12
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Will we ever run out of new jobs?
Kevin Kohler
Aug 19, 2024, 3:04 PM
17
points
7
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(machinocene.substack.com)
[Question]
What are the best resources for building gears-level models of how governments actually work?
adamShimi
Aug 19, 2024, 2:05 PM
19
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Cross-post] Book Review: Bureaucracy, by James Q Wilson
davekasten
Aug 19, 2024, 1:57 PM
12
points
0
comments
7
min read
LW
link
[Question]
If AI is in a bubble and the bubble bursts, what would you do?
Remmelt
Aug 19, 2024, 10:56 AM
12
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Thinking About Propensity Evaluations
Maxime Riché
,
Harrison G
,
JaimeRV
and
Edoardo Pona
Aug 19, 2024, 9:23 AM
10
points
0
comments
27
min read
LW
link
A Taxonomy Of AI System Evaluations
Maxime Riché
,
JaimeRV
,
Harrison G
and
Edoardo Pona
Aug 19, 2024, 9:07 AM
13
points
0
comments
14
min read
LW
link
Beware the science fiction bias in predictions of the future
nsokolsky
Aug 19, 2024, 5:32 AM
25
points
20
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(nsokolsky.substack.com)
Interdictor Ship
lsusr
Aug 19, 2024, 4:59 AM
63
points
9
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Why you should be using a retinoid
GeneSmith
Aug 19, 2024, 3:07 AM
98
points
60
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Liability regimes for AI
Ege Erdil
Aug 19, 2024, 1:25 AM
153
points
34
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Something Is Lost When AI Makes Art
utilistrutil
Aug 18, 2024, 10:53 PM
17
points
1
comment
10
min read
LW
link
Scaling Laws and Likely Limits to AI
Davidmanheim
Aug 18, 2024, 5:19 PM
19
points
0
comments
LW
link
What is “True Love”?
johnswentworth
Aug 18, 2024, 4:05 PM
72
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Quick look: applications of chaos theory
Elizabeth
and
Alex_Altair
Aug 18, 2024, 3:00 PM
79
points
51
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(acesounderglass.com)
Restructuring Pop Songs for Contra
jefftk
Aug 18, 2024, 2:10 PM
11
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Decision Theory in Space
lsusr
Aug 18, 2024, 7:02 AM
50
points
18
comments
2
min read
LW
link
You’re a Space Wizard, Luke
lsusr
Aug 18, 2024, 5:35 AM
57
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Extended Interview with Zhukeepa on Religion
Ben Pace
and
zhukeepa
Aug 18, 2024, 3:19 AM
53
points
61
comments
119
min read
LW
link
Green and golden: a meditation
Richard_Ngo
Aug 18, 2024, 1:36 AM
21
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(www.narrativeark.xyz)
Lifelogging for Alignment & Immortality
Dev.Errata
Aug 17, 2024, 11:42 PM
13
points
3
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Playing Minecraft with a Superintelligence
Johannes C. Mayer
Aug 17, 2024, 10:47 PM
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Does “Ultimate Neartermism” via Eternal Inflation dominate Longtermism in expectation?
Jordan Arel
Aug 17, 2024, 10:28 PM
6
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
The causal backbone conjecture
tailcalled
Aug 17, 2024, 6:50 PM
26
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
I didn’t have to avoid you; I was just insecure
Chipmonk
Aug 17, 2024, 4:41 PM
37
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(chrislakin.blog)
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