Podcast Episodes
Back to Search“Why I don’t believe in the placebo effect” by transhumanist_atom_understander
Have you heard this before? In clinical trials, medicines have to be compared to a placebo to separate the effect of the medicine from the psychologi…
1 year, 10 months ago
“Safety isn’t safety without a social model (or: dispelling the myth of per se technical safety)” by Andrew_Critch
Crossposted from the AI Alignment Forum. May contain more technical jargon than usual.As an AI researcher who wants to do technical work that helps h…
1 year, 10 months ago
“My AI Model Delta Compared To Christiano” by johnswentworth
Preamble: Delta vs Crux
This section is redundant if you already read My AI Model Delta Compared To Yudkowsky.
I don’t natively think in terms of crux…
1 year, 10 months ago
“My AI Model Delta Compared To Yudkowsky” by johnswentworth
Preamble: Delta vs Crux
I don’t natively think in terms of cruxes. But there's a similar concept which is more natural for me, which I’ll call a delt…
1 year, 10 months ago
“Response to Aschenbrenner’s ‘Situational Awareness’” by Rob Bensinger
(Cross-posted from Twitter.)
My take on Leopold Aschenbrenner's new report: I think Leopold gets it right on a bunch of important counts.
Three that I…
1 year, 10 months ago
“Humming is not a free $100 bill” by Elizabeth
Last month I posted about humming as a cheap and convenient way to flood your nose with nitric oxide (NO), a known antiviral. Alas, the economists we…
1 year, 10 months ago
“Announcing ILIAD — Theoretical AI Alignment Conference ” by Nora_Ammann, Alexander Gietelink Oldenziel
Crossposted from the AI Alignment Forum. May contain more technical jargon than usual.We are pleased to announce ILIAD — a 5-day conference bringing …
1 year, 10 months ago
“Non-Disparagement Canaries for OpenAI” by aysja, Adam Scholl
Since at least 2017, OpenAI has asked departing employees to sign offboarding agreements which legally bind them to permanently—that is, for the rest…
1 year, 10 months ago
“MIRI 2024 Communications Strategy” by Gretta Duleba
As we explained in our MIRI 2024 Mission and Strategy update, MIRI has pivoted to prioritize policy, communications, and technical governance researc…
1 year, 10 months ago
“OpenAI: Fallout” by Zvi
Previously: OpenAI: Exodus (contains links at top to earlier episodes), Do Not Mess With Scarlett Johansson
We have learned more since last week. It's…
1 year, 10 months ago