Bird Concept

So, it seems AI discourse on X / Twitter is getting polarised. This is bad. Especially bad is how some engage in deliberate weaponization of discourse, for political ends. At the same time, I observe: AI Twitter is still a small space. There are often important posts that have only...

I'm currently thinking through the tech tree of developments in human coordination that would increase the probability that the development of systems that are superintelligent (in some to all domains), goes well. Just to start off the brainstorming, here are some: * AI in negotiation opens many interesting avenues, such...

Hello! This is jacobjacob from the LessWrong / Lightcone team. This is a meta thread for you to share any thoughts, feelings, feedback or other stuff about LessWrong, that's been on your mind. Examples of things you might share: * "I really like agree/disagree voting!" * "What's up with all...

The LessWrong team is shipping a new experimental feature today: dialogue matching! I've been leading work on this (together with Ben Pace, kave, Ricki Heicklen, habryka and RobertM), so wanted to take some time to introduce what we built and share some thoughts on why I wanted to build it....

davidad has a 10-min talk out on a proposal about which he says: “the first time I’ve seen a concrete plan that might work to get human uploads before 2040, maybe even faster, given unlimited funding”. I think the talk is a good watch, but the dialogue below is pretty...

Holly is an independent AI Pause organizer, which includes organizing protests (like this upcoming one). Rob is an AI Safety YouTuber. I (jacobjacob) brought them together for this dialogue, because I've been trying to figure out what I should think of AI safety protests, which seems like a possibly quite...

jacobjacob One of my favorite pastimes is to study historical examples of teams who accomplished ambitious projects effectively. Recently on this topic I wrote the post "A Golden Age of Building? Excerpts and lessons from Empire State, Pentagon, Skunk Works and SpaceX". In this dialogue, I'd like to discuss a...