Audio narrations of LessWrong posts.
We've just launched a new experimental feature: "Automated Jargon Glossaries." If it goes well, it m
Following up on the Biden Executive Order on AI, the White House has now issued an extensive memo ou
Developers of frontier AI systems will face increasingly challenging decisions about whether their A
This is a link post.We (Connor Leahy, Gabriel Alfour, Chris Scammell, Andrea Miotti, Adam Shimi) hav
There are two nuclear options for treating depression: Ketamine and TMS; This post is about the latt
In episode 158 of Cortext podcast, CGP Grey gives their high-level reason why they are worried about
I hope it has some educational, memetic or at least humorous potential.Newcomb's problemSmoking lesi
We’re coming out firmly against it. Our attitude: The customer is always right. Yes, you sho
We begin with three stories about three people.First, Zhu Di, emperor of China from 1402 to 1424. In
7.1 Post summary / Table of contentsThis is the 7th of a series of 8 blog posts, which I’m serializ
Recent discussions about artificial intelligence safety have focused heavily on ensuring AI systems
This is a follow-up to last week's D&D.Sci scenario: if you intend to play that, and haven't don
The big news of the week was the release of a new version of Claude Sonnet 3.5, complete with its ab
What do I mean by “homegrown”? These projects are: Local: Creators have a good track record in the
This is a link post.Matt Levine is the most well-known newslettrist (“Money Stuff”) in the financial
Introduction/summaryIn my last post, I laid out my picture of what it would even be to solve the al
(Some people have messaged me asking me to crosspost my Manifund proposal to Lesswrong for reach. Be
We’re delighted to announce the winners of the Essay competition on the Automation of Wisdom and Phi
Many people helped us a great deal in developing the questions and ideas in this post, including pe
Seven Samotsvety forecasters give their probabilities for different possible catastrophes to lead to
