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Back to Search"The paper that killed deep learning theory" by LawrenceC
Around 10 years ago, a paper came out that arguably killed classical deep learning theory: Zhang et al. 's aptly titled Understanding deep learning …
1 month ago
"Forecasting is Way Overrated, and We Should Stop Funding It" by mabramov
Summary
EA and rationalists got enamoured with forecasting and prediction markets and made them part of the culture, but this hasn’t proven very us…
1 month ago
"Your Supplies Probably Won’t Be Stolen in a Disaster" by jefftk
When I write about things like storing food or medication in case of disaster, one common response I get is that it doesn't matter: society will b…
1 month, 1 week ago
"10 posts I don’t have time to write" by habryka
I am a busy man and will die knowing I have not said all I wanted to say. But maybe I can at least leave some IOUs behind.
1) Blatant conflicts ar…
1 month, 1 week ago
"$50 million a year for a 10% chance to ban ASI" by Andrea_Miotti, Alex Amadori, Gabriel Alfour
ControlAI's mission is to avert the extinction risks posed by superintelligent AI. We believe that in order to do this, we must secure an internatio…
1 month, 1 week ago
"Evil is bad, actually (Vassar and Olivia Schaefer callout post)" by plex
Micheal Vassar's strategy for saving the world is horrifyingly counterproductive. Olivia's is worse.
A note before we start: A lot of the sources ci…
1 month, 1 week ago
"10 non-boring ways I’ve used AI in the last month" by habryka
I use AI assistance for basically all of my work, for many hours, every day. My colleagues do the same. Recent surveys suggest >50% of Americans hav…
1 month, 1 week ago
"Feel like a room has bad vibes? The lighting is probably too “spiky” or too blue" by habryka
I have now had a few years of experience doing architectural and interior design for many spaces that people seem to really love (most widely known …
1 month, 1 week ago
"Quality Matters Most When Stakes are Highest" by LawrenceC
Or, the end of the world is no excuse for sloppy work
One morning when I was nine, my dad called me over to his computer. He wanted to show me this …
1 month, 1 week ago
"Reevaluating AGI Ruin in 2026" by lc
It's been about four years since Eliezer Yudkowsky published AGI Ruin: A List of Lethalities, a 43-point list of reasons the default outcome from bu…
1 month, 1 week ago