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Value Learning
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Agency
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Inverse Reinforcement Learning
Risks of Astronomical Suffering (S-risks)
Wireheading
Robust Agents
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Decision Theory
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Newcomb's Problem
VNM Theorem
Updateless Decision Theory
Timeless Decision Theory
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Functional Decision Theory
Counterfactual Mugging
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Note on algorithms with multiple trained components
Steven Byrnes
6h
1
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My AGI safety research—2022 review, ’23 plans
Steven Byrnes
6d
6
81
When AI solves a game, focus on the game's mechanics, not its theme.
Cleo Nardo
27d
7
74
Will we run out of ML data? Evidence from projecting dataset size trends
Pablo Villalobos
1mo
12
16
Riffing on the agent type
Quinn
12d
0
252
Reward is not the optimization target
TurnTrout
4mo
97
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A Short Dialogue on the Meaning of Reward Functions
Leon Lang
1mo
0
258
On how various plans miss the hard bits of the alignment challenge
So8res
5mo
81
168
Some conceptual alignment research projects
Richard_Ngo
3mo
14
60
New book on s-risks
Tobias_Baumann
1mo
1
248
Humans are very reliable agents
alyssavance
6mo
35
276
Is AI Progress Impossible To Predict?
alyssavance
7mo
38
21
generalized wireheading
carado
1mo
7
21
LLMs may capture key components of human agency
catubc
1mo
0
37
K-complexity is silly; use cross-entropy instead
So8res
1h
4
47
Take 7: You should talk about "the human's utility function" less.
Charlie Steiner
12d
22
23
How can one literally buy time (from x-risk) with money?
Alex_Altair
7d
3
19
Using Obsidian if you're used to using Roam
Solenoid_Entity
9d
4
27
"Attention Passengers": not for Signs
jefftk
13d
10
142
Decision theory does not imply that we get to have nice things
So8res
2mo
53
10
Join the AI Testing Hackathon this Friday
Esben Kran
8d
0
30
What videos should Rational Animations make?
Writer
24d
23
51
Humans do acausal coordination all the time
Adam Jermyn
1mo
36
55
Notes on "Can you control the past"
So8res
2mo
40
10
EA & LW Forums Weekly Summary (28th Nov - 4th Dec 22')
Zoe Williams
14d
1
26
Two New Newcomb Variants
eva_
1mo
22
17
Decision Theory but also Ghosts
eva_
1mo
21
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Ponzi schemes can be highly profitable if your timing is good
GeneSmith
8d
18