Podcast Episodes
Back to Search“Proposal for making credible commitments to AIs.” by Cleo Nardo
Acknowledgments: The core scheme here was suggested by Prof. Gabriel Weil.
There has been growing interest in the deal-making agenda: humans make de…
1 year, 3 months ago
“X explains Z% of the variance in Y” by Leon Lang
Audio note: this article contains 218 uses of latex notation, so the narration may be difficult to follow. There's a link to the original text in t…
1 year, 3 months ago
“A case for courage, when speaking of AI danger” by So8res
I think more people should say what they actually believe about AI dangers, loudly and often. Even if you work in AI policy.
I’ve been beating this …
1 year, 3 months ago
“My pitch for the AI Village” by Daniel Kokotajlo
I think the AI Village should be funded much more than it currently is; I’d wildly guess that the AI safety ecosystem should be funding it to the tun…
1 year, 3 months ago
“Foom & Doom 1: ‘Brain in a box in a basement’” by Steven Byrnes
1.1 Series summary and Table of Contents
This is a two-post series on AI “foom” (this post) and “doom” (next post).A decade or two ago, it was prett…
1 year, 3 months ago
“Futarchy’s fundamental flaw” by dynomight
Say you’re Robyn Denholm, chair of Tesla's board. And say you’re thinking about firing Elon Musk. One way to make up your mind would be to have peop…
1 year, 3 months ago
“Do Not Tile the Lightcone with Your Confused Ontology” by Jan_Kulveit
Or: How anthropomorphic assumptions about AI identity might create confusion and suffering at scale
If you are reading this and you are a human, you…
1 year, 3 months ago
“Endometriosis is an incredibly interesting disease” by Abhishaike Mahajan
Introduction
There are several diseases that are canonically recognized as ‘interesting’, even by laymen. Whether that is in their mechanism of act…
1 year, 3 months ago
“Estrogen: A trip report” by cube_flipper
I'd like to say thanks to Anna Magpie – who offers literature review as a service – for her help reviewing the section on neuroendocrinology.
The fo…
1 year, 3 months ago
“New Endorsements for ‘If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies’” by Malo
Nate and Eliezer's forthcoming book has been getting a remarkably strong reception.
I was under the impression that there are many people who find t…
1 year, 3 months ago