Omelas Is Perfectly Misread
Published on October 2, 2025 11:11 PM GMTThe Standard ReadingIf you've heard of Le Guin's…
Category: Opinion
Journalism about game theory could advance AI safety quickly
Published on October 2, 2025 11:05 PM GMTSuppose you had new evidence that AI would…
In which the author is struck by an electric couplet
Published on October 2, 2025 9:46 PM GMTA year ago I stumbled across a couplet…
Nice-ish, smooth takeoff (with imperfect safeguards) probably kills most “classic humans” in a few decades.
Published on October 2, 2025 9:03 PM GMTIf I were very optimistic about how smooth…
Eliciting secret knowledge from language models
Published on October 2, 2025 8:57 PM GMTTL;DR: We study secret elicitation: discovering knowledge that…
Eliciting secret knowledge from language models
Published on October 2, 2025 8:57 PM GMTTL;DR: We study secret elicitation: discovering knowledge that…
How likely are “s-risks” (large-scale suffering outcomes) from unaligned AI compared to extinction risks?
Published on October 2, 2025 10:02 AM GMTI’ve been reading about existential risks from advanced…
Why’s equality in logic less flexible than in category theory?
Published on October 1, 2025 10:03 PM GMTWhilst cycling today, I remembered that when reading…
[Linkpost] A Field Guide to Writing Styles
Published on October 1, 2025 9:49 PM GMTWindows, Mirrors, and Lenses: On Intentional ProseWhat is…
Published on October 1, 2025 9:20 PM GMTThere's a bit of an implicit norm that…