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Unprecedented dangers inevitably follow from exponentially scaling powerful technology that we do not understand. n.b. I'm a masters student in international policy (this program). In my experience, policy oriented folks do not understand that lines four and five can be simultaneously true. I think there are some simple ways that...

I'd like AI researchers to establish a consensus (>=70%) opinion on this question: What properties would a hypothetical AI system need to demonstrate for you to agree that we should completely halt AI development? There are at least two ways that an agreement among researchers on this seems useful: 1....

Prior to ChatGPT, I was slightly against talking to governments about AGI. I worried that attracting their interest would cause them to invest in the technology and shorten timelines. However, given the reception of ChatGPT and the race it has kicked off, my position has completely changed. Talking to governments...

This is basically a crosspost for https://githubcopilotinvestigation.com/. I noticed that some folks in California are considering a lawsuit against Microsoft/OpenAI. tl;dr: * Copilot is trained on open source software. * Copilot doesn't respect the licensing agreements of that software. * Copilot doesn't have a clear fair use argument for doing...

I was raised Catholic, became agnostic around 13, stopped thinking an afterlife made sense at 15, and noticed I was no longer religious at 16. But I still spent the next ~12 years in pretty close proximity to Christianity. I did religious studies at school, I studied philosophy and theology...

I know there are a few folks signed up for cryonics on LessWrong. At time of writing, I have decided not to do so. This covers part of the research I did while deciding: how expensive is cryonics? Life Insurance I am in Canada where only one insurance company offers...

If students decided to indefinitely strike (Mon-Fri) over climate inaction, what might it look like, and how might it play out? Here is my preliminary brainstorm: Who would participate? The most likely participants are aged 12-17. Below that age you are less independent-minded, and above that age you are likely...