Podcast Episodes

Discussion: Challenges with Unsupervised LLM Knowledge Discovery

TL;DR: Contrast-consistent search (CCS) seemed exciting to us and we were keen to apply it. At this point, we think it is unlikely to be directly hel…

2 years, 8 months ago

Succession

This is a linkpost for https://www.narrativeark.xyz/p/succession“A table beside the evening sea
where you sit shelling pistachios,
flicking the next …

2 years, 9 months ago

Nonlinear’s Evidence: Debunking False and Misleading Claims

Recently, Ben Pace wrote a well-intentioned blog post mostly based on complaints from 2 (of 21) Nonlinear employees who 1) wanted more money, 2) fel…

2 years, 9 months ago

Effective Aspersions: How the Nonlinear Investigation Went Wrong

The New York Times

Picture a scene: the New York Times is releasing an article on Effective Altruism (EA) with an express goal to dig up every piece…

2 years, 9 months ago

Constellations are Younger than Continents

At the Bay Area Solstice, I heard the song Bold Orion for the first time. I like it a lot. It does, however, have one problem:

He has seen the rise an…

2 years, 9 months ago

The ‘Neglected Approaches’ Approach: AE Studio’s Alignment Agenda

Many thanks to Samuel Hammond, Cate Hall, Beren Millidge, Steve Byrnes, Lucius Bushnaq, Joar Skalse, Kyle Gracey, Gunnar Zarncke, Ross Nordby, David …

2 years, 9 months ago

“Humanity vs. AGI” Will Never Look Like “Humanity vs. AGI” to Humanity

When discussing AGI Risk, people often talk about it in terms of a war between humanity and an AGI. Comparisons between the amounts of resources at b…

2 years, 9 months ago

Is being sexy for your homies?

Epistemic status: Speculation. An unholy union of evo psych, introspection, random stuff I happen to observe & hear about, and thinking. Done on a hi…

2 years, 9 months ago

[HUMAN VOICE] "Significantly Enhancing Adult Intelligence With Gene Editing May Be Possible" by Gene Smith and Kman

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TL;DR version

In the course of my life, there have been a handf…

2 years, 9 months ago

[HUMAN VOICE] "Moral Reality Check (a short story)" by jessicata

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This is a linkpost for https://unstableontology.com/2023/11/26…

2 years, 9 months ago