Audio narrations of LessWrong posts.
At this point, we can confidently say that no, capabilities are not hitting a wall. Capacity density
This is a link post.“Just expose yourself to more social situations!” — Ah yes, you felt anxious the
The creation of a “mirrored” organism could “trigger severe ecological disruptions,” according to a
We're thinking about changing our narrator's voice.There are three new voices on the shortlist. They
A new article in Science Policy Forum voices concern about a particular line of biological research
Ultimately, I don’t want to solve complex problems via laborious, complex thinking, if we can help i
Given any particular concrete demonstration of an AI algorithm doing seemingly-bad-thing X, a knowle
This is a link post.Adam Karvonen*, Can Rager*, Johnny Lin*, Curt Tigges*, Joseph Bloom*, David Chan
So, how about OpenAI's o1 and o1 Pro? Sam Altman: o1 is powerful but it's not so powerful that the u
The following is an incorrect and incomplete post about the recent bird flu, H5N1. I am offering rew
I. BEGINNINGIn the beginning was the Sand.And in the sand there lies the bones of a fab. And within
Since it's been so long, I’m splitting this roundup into several parts. This first one focuses away
Work done with James Faina, Evan Hubinger and Ethan Perez.This is ongoing research on speculative th
TL;DR: In September 2024, OpenAI released o1, its first "reasoning model". This model exhibits remar
TL:DR: Recently, Lucius held a presentation on the nature of deep learning and why it generalises to
A fool learns from their own mistakes The wise learn from the mistakes of others.– Otto von Bismark
One of the first things they teach you in algebra is that the letters you use to signify variables a
I’ve previously written about Luck Based Medicine: the idea that, having exhausted all the reasonabl
A short story, best enjoyed in-context... try exploring possible meanings of some of the unusual ter
Introduces the idea of cognitive work as a parallel to physical work, and explains why concentrated
