Podcast Episodes
Back to Search“The Pando Problem: Rethinking AI Individuality” by Jan_Kulveit
Epistemic status: This post aims at an ambitious target: improving intuitive understanding directly. The model for why this is worth trying is that …
10 months, 3 weeks ago
“OpenAI #12: Battle of the Board Redux” by Zvi
Back when the OpenAI board attempted and failed to fire Sam Altman, we faced a highly hostile information environment. The battle was fought largely …
11 months ago
“You will crash your car in front of my house within the next week” by Richard Korzekwa
I'm not writing this to alarm anyone, but it would be irresponsible not to report on something this important. On current trends, every car will be …
11 months ago
“My ‘infohazards small working group’ Signal Chat may have encountered minor leaks” by Linch
Remember: There is no such thing as a pink elephant.
Recently, I was made aware that my “infohazards small working group” Signal chat, an informal c…
11 months ago
“Leverage, Exit Costs, and Anger: Re-examining Why We Explode at Home, Not at Work” by at_the_zoo
Let's cut through the comforting narratives and examine a common behavioral pattern with a sharper lens: the stark difference between how anger is m…
11 months ago
“PauseAI and E/Acc Should Switch Sides” by WillPetillo
In the debate over AI development, two movements stand as opposites: PauseAI calls for slowing down AI progress, and e/acc (effective accelerationis…
11 months ago
“VDT: a solution to decision theory” by L Rudolf L
Introduction
Decision theory is about how to behave rationally under conditions of uncertainty, especially if this uncertainty involves being acausa…
11 months ago
“LessWrong has been acquired by EA” by habryka
Dear LessWrong community,
It is with a sense of... considerable cognitive dissonance that I announce a significant development regarding the future …
11 months ago
“We’re not prepared for an AI market crash” by Remmelt
Our community is not prepared for an AI crash. We're good at tracking new capability developments, but not as much the company financials. Currently…
11 months ago
“Conceptual Rounding Errors” by Jan_Kulveit
Epistemic status: Reasonably confident in the basic mechanism.
Have you noticed that you keep encountering the same ideas over and over? You read an…
11 months ago