8 Oct 2025 22:02 UTC

156 points

37 comments2 min readLW link

NEPA, Permitting and Energy Roundup #2

Zvi8 Oct 2025 20:20 UTC

27 points

1 comment28 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

What shapes does reasoning take but circular?

Algon8 Oct 2025 20:18 UTC

9 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

The Oracle’s Gift

Karthik Tadepalli8 Oct 2025 20:13 UTC

5 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

Thinking Mathematically—Convergent Sequences

Yair Halberstadt8 Oct 2025 19:44 UTC

18 points

5 comments4 min readLW link

The Relationship Between Social Punishment and Shared Maps

Zack_M_Davis8 Oct 2025 19:38 UTC

64 points

14 comments4 min readLW link

(zackmdavis.net)

IABIED: Paradigm Confusion and Overconfidence

PeterMcCluskey8 Oct 2025 19:19 UTC

12 points

14 comments11 min readLW link

(bayesianinvestor.com)

The Wise Baboon of Loyalty

Zander_Drax8 Oct 2025 18:48 UTC

13 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Spooky Collusion at a Distance with Superrational AI

bira8 Oct 2025 18:13 UTC

75 points

9 comments6 min readLW link

The Architecture of the Narcissistic False Self

Dawn Drescher8 Oct 2025 17:39 UTC

4 points

0 comments12 min readLW link

(impartial-priorities.org)

Reflections on The Curve 2025

Gordon Seidoh Worley8 Oct 2025 17:20 UTC

18 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(www.uncertainupdates.com)

Plans A, B, C, and D for misalignment risk

ryan_greenblatt8 Oct 2025 17:18 UTC

131 points

75 comments6 min readLW link

Halfhaven Digest #1

Taylor G. Lunt8 Oct 2025 14:24 UTC

15 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

Three Paths Through Manifold

Aleph Head, Ashe Vazquez and Yulia

8 Oct 2025 13:48 UTC

8 points

1 comment17 min readLW link

(open.substack.com)

The “cool idea” bias

James Diacoumis8 Oct 2025 12:29 UTC

17 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

(jamesdiacoumis.substack.com)

Irresponsible Companies Can Be Made of Responsible Employees

VojtaKovarik8 Oct 2025 11:47 UTC

80 points

16 comments5 min readLW link

Heaven, Hell, and Mechanics

Chris Scammell8 Oct 2025 11:05 UTC

39 points

5 comments3 min readLW link

10 Ways to Waste a Decade

Taylor G. Lunt8 Oct 2025 2:51 UTC

13 points

4 comments5 min readLW link

You Should Get a Reusable Mask

jefftk8 Oct 2025 2:40 UTC

96 points

28 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Replacing RL w/ Parameter-based Evolutionary Strategies

Logan Riggs8 Oct 2025 1:02 UTC

63 points

5 comments3 min readLW link

Intent alignment seems incoherent

Joe Rogero7 Oct 2025 23:01 UTC

22 points

2 comments6 min readLW link

Petri: An open-source auditing tool to accelerate AI safety research

Sam Marks7 Oct 2025 20:39 UTC

77 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(alignment.anthropic.com)

Bending The Curve

Zvi7 Oct 2025 20:00 UTC

91 points

12 comments21 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Kairos is hiring: Founding Generalist & SPAR Contractor

agucova7 Oct 2025 18:43 UTC

8 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Messy on Purpose: Part 2 of A Conservative Vision for the Future

Davidmanheim and Ram Rachum

7 Oct 2025 17:00 UTC

16 points

3 comments12 min readLW link

Going Phoneless

robotelvis7 Oct 2025 16:40 UTC

18 points

5 comments5 min readLW link

(messyprogress.substack.com)

The Tower of Babel in Reverse

Nostradamus_27 Oct 2025 16:27 UTC

18 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

(terminalvel0city.substack.com)

The Alignment Paradox: Why Transparency Can Breed Deception

Joseph Banks7 Oct 2025 13:28 UTC

4 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

Notes on “Homology, Genes and Evolutionary Innovation”

Morpheus7 Oct 2025 12:45 UTC

9 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Research Robots: When AIs Experiment on Us

Shoshannah Tekofsky7 Oct 2025 12:10 UTC

18 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

(theaidigest.org)

Top Warning Signs Your Friends are Being Oneshotted By AI

Charlie Edwards7 Oct 2025 11:56 UTC

−19 points

4 comments6 min readLW link

LLMs as a limiter of social intercourse

Adam Zerner7 Oct 2025 6:38 UTC

17 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Generalization and the Multiple Stage Fallacy?

Zack_M_Davis7 Oct 2025 6:20 UTC

41 points

9 comments3 min readLW link

Telling the Difference Between Memories & Logical Guesses

Logan Riggs7 Oct 2025 5:46 UTC

29 points

3 comments4 min readLW link

Notes from European Progress Conference

Martin Sustrik7 Oct 2025 3:50 UTC

11 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

(www.250bpm.com)

“Intelligence” → “Relentless, Creative Resourcefulness”

Raemon7 Oct 2025 0:28 UTC

78 points

28 comments17 min readLW link

Chaos Alone is No Bar to Superintelligence

Algon6 Oct 2025 22:45 UTC

12 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(aisafety.info)

We won’t get AIs smart enough to solve alignment but too dumb to rebel

Joe Rogero6 Oct 2025 21:49 UTC

28 points

16 comments5 min readLW link

Notes on the need to lose

Algon6 Oct 2025 21:27 UTC

2 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

Excerpts from my neuroscience to-do list

Steven Byrnes6 Oct 2025 21:05 UTC

28 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

Experience Report—ML4Good Bootcamp Singapore, Sep′25

NurAlam6 Oct 2025 18:49 UTC

5 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Which differences between sandbagging evaluations and sandbagging safety research are important for control?

lennie6 Oct 2025 18:20 UTC

6 points

0 comments11 min readLW link

Gradual Disempowerment Monthly Roundup

Raymond Douglas6 Oct 2025 15:36 UTC

119 points

9 comments6 min readLW link

Subliminal Learning, the Lottery-Ticket Hypothesis, and Mode Connectivity

David Africa6 Oct 2025 15:26 UTC

23 points

6 comments7 min readLW link

The Origami Men

Tomás B.6 Oct 2025 15:25 UTC

189 points

14 comments16 min readLW link

Medical Roundup #5

Zvi6 Oct 2025 15:10 UTC

39 points

3 comments26 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Sandbagging: distinguishing detection of underperformance from incrimination, and the implications for downstream interventions.

lennie6 Oct 2025 14:00 UTC

8 points

0 comments8 min readLW link

Why I think ECL shouldn’t make you update your cause prio

Jim Buhler6 Oct 2025 13:01 UTC

1 point

0 comments11 min readLW link

[Question] Did Tyler Robinson carry his rifle as claimed by the government?

ChristianKl6 Oct 2025 12:46 UTC

2 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

AI Science Companies: Evidence AGI Is Near

Josh Snider6 Oct 2025 10:13 UTC

6 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(www.joshuasnider.com)