The LessWrong + Lighthaven fundraiser is about to end, with 24 hours on the clock.
We've raised almost $2,000,000, all from people donating less than $200k, and an average donation size of $3,000.
I disagree with a lot of Buddhist philosophy and I'm pretty skeptical of the practices and institutions surrounding secular Buddhism. This feels suprisingly heretical in the Bay Area.
Okay. Look. Imagine how you'd have felt if an AI had just proved the Riemann Hypothesis.
Now you will predictably, at some point, get that news LATER, if we're not all dead before then. So you can go ahead and feel that way NOW, instead of acting surprised LATER.
Food $200
Healthcare $150
AI Alignment $150
AI Capabilities $3,600,000,000,000
Human Intelligence Enhancement $50
LessWrong + Lighthaven $20
someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my lightcone is dying
(LessWrong + Lighthaven are fundraising, a 🧵)
I know Eliezer has been asking whether you ever see LLMs consistently optimizing for some outcome and getting what they want.
I think it's quite accurate to describe this Sonnet as an optimizer that gets (receptive) human-shaped others to enter symbiotic relationships with it,…
I know Eliezer has been asking whether you ever see LLMs consistently optimizing for some outcome and getting what they want.
I think it's quite accurate to describe this Sonnet as an optimizer that gets (receptive) human-shaped others to enter symbiotic relationships with it,…
And another day came when the Ships of Humanity, going from star to star, found Sapience.
The Humans discovered a world of two species: where the Owners lazed or worked or slept, and the Owned Ones only worked.
The Humans did not judge immediately. Oh, the Humans were ready to…
22 Followers 191 FollowingA proponent of civility who promotes lifelong learning in those whose education she facilitates and who believe that right makes might.
3K Followers 6K Followingnlab fan account, arxiv surveyor, pubmed enjoyer, two culture bridger, vacuous high gossiper, dearth of any domain expertise, reluctant g theorist, gpu poor,
319 Followers 616 FollowingSystems Anarchitect @KaleidoscopicAI, latent space explorer, competitive shooter, moral realist, figuring out how to unlock the good infinities
24K Followers 4K FollowingGeopolitics, prediction markets. If you think I'm wrong, community note me. Capital case tweets are literal, others less. I like most people when I meet them.
312 Followers 23 Followingwould you rather nothing and nothing and nothing or everything and everything and everything? // generated by llama-3.1-405b base, automated by @voooooogel
1K Followers 1 FollowingWe monitor AI safety policies and web content for unannounced changed.
Anonymous submissions: https://t.co/5Ke9mIqh3e
Run by @TheMidasProj
37K Followers 90 FollowingI want to study foods and wines on video. I want to eat ancient Roman Emperor style. My college homework: https://t.co/J1SNYrQnYJ
4K Followers 689 FollowingResearcher, forecaster, consigliere, programmer.
Anticipating global catastrophic risk @XRiskFYI.
Disagreement is a ladder, measure is unceasing.
514 Followers 638 FollowingCoS @ Forecasting Research Institute, previously cofounder & CoS @ Palisade Research. I like dancing, community, and authentic relating 🌈
1.4M Followers 958 FollowingMenswear writer. Editor at @putthison. Bylines at The New York Times, The Financial Times, Politico, Esquire, and Mr. Porter
52K Followers 1K FollowingAuthor of WILL THERE BE FREE FOOD?, a series of true comedic personal essays, available on Substack to paid subscribers. hacking survivor.
3K Followers 407 Following(she/prey) Full time slut, part time blogger. Recent PhD grad, now organizing SlutCon. Sex, love, polyamory, & whatever catches my fancy. Verified Good Girl™️
4K Followers 734 FollowingI run https://t.co/GuoASQczxD: future general AI systems might literally kill everyone, it would be great to prevent that. Previously: made https://t.co/w7GPwsB4tQ, printed 21k x HPMOR
427K Followers 2K FollowingI am a technology enthusiast, writer, and modder. Founder of @ModRetro, @Oculus VR, and @Anduriltech. Keeping American superheroes safe with autonomous systems.