LessWrong posts by zvi
Episodes
“AI #86: Just Think of the Potential” by Zvi
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dario Amodei is thinking about the potential. The result is a mostly good essay called Machines of Loving Grace, outlining what can be done with ‘po...
“Monthly Roundup #23: October 2024” by Zvi
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's monthly roundup time again, and it's happily election-free. Thinking About the Roman Empire's Approval Rating Propaganda works, ancien...
“Economics Roundup #4” by Zvi
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Previous Economics Roundups: #1, #2, #3 Fun With Campaign Proposals (1) Since this section discusses various campaign proposals, I’ll reitera...
“AI #85: AI Wins the Nobel Prize” by Zvi
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Both Geoffrey Hinton and Demis Hassabis were given the Nobel Prize this week, in Physics and Chemistry respectively. Congratulations to both of them a...
“Joshua Achiam Public Statement Analysis” by Zvi
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Joshua Achiam is the OpenAI Head of Mission Alignment I start off this post with an apology for two related mistakes from last week. The first ...
“AI #84: Better Than a Podcast” by Zvi
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Introduction: Better than a Podcast Andrej Karpathy continues to be a big fan of NotebookLM, especially its podcast creation feature. There is som...
“Newsom Vetoes SB 1047” by Zvi
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's over, until such a future time as either we are so back, or it is over for humanity. Gavin Newsom has vetoed SB 1047. Newsom's Message...
“Book Review: On the Edge: The Future” by Zvi
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Previously: The Fundamentals, The Gamblers, The Business We have now arrived at the topics most central to this book, aka ‘The Future.’ ...