Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Changes in College Admissions, published by Zvi on April 24, 2024 on LessWrong.This post brings together various questions about the college application process, as …

Cross-posted from my website. Podcast version here, or search for "Joe Carlsmith Audio" on your podcast app. This essay is part of a series that I'm calling "Otherness and control in the age of AGI." I'm hoping that the individual essays can be read fairly well on their own, but see here for brief summaries of the essays that have been released thu…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Is there software to practice reading expressions?, published by lsusr on April 24, 2024 on LessWrong.I took the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test test today. I got …

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: On what research policymakers actually need, published by MondSemmel on April 24, 2024 on LessWrong.I saw this guest post on the Slow Boring substack, by a former se…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Let's Design A School, Part 1, published by Sable on April 24, 2024 on LessWrong.The American school system, grades K-12, leaves much to be desired.While its flaws a…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Examples of Highly Counterfactual Discoveries?, published by johnswentworth on April 23, 2024 on LessWrong.The history of science has tons of examples of the same th…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Rejecting Television, published by Declan Molony on April 23, 2024 on LessWrong.I didn't use to be, but now I'm part of the2% ofU.S. households without a television.…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Forget Everything (Statistical Mechanics Part 1), published by J Bostock on April 23, 2024 on LessWrong.EDIT: I somehow missed that John Wentworth and David Lorell a…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Take the wheel, Shoggoth! (Lesswrong is trying out changes to the frontpage algorithm), published by Ruby on April 23, 2024 on LessWrong.For the last month, @RobertM…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Funny Anecdote of Eliezer From His Sister, published by Daniel Birnbaum on April 22, 2024 on LessWrong.This comes from a podcast called 18Forty, of which the main de…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: AI Regulation is Unsafe, published by Maxwell Tabarrok on April 22, 2024 on LessWrong.Concerns over AI safety and calls for government control over the technology ar…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: On Llama-3 and Dwarkesh Patel's Podcast with Zuckerberg, published by Zvi on April 22, 2024 on LessWrong.It was all quiet. Then it wasn't.Note the timestamps on both…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Transfer Learning in Humans, published by niplav on April 22, 2024 on LessWrong.I examine the literature on transfer learning in humans. Far transfer is difficult to…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: A couple productivity tips for overthinkers, published by Steven Byrnes on April 20, 2024 on LessWrong.1. If you find that you're reluctant to permanently give up on…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: What's up with all the non-Mormons? Weirdly specific universalities across LLMs, published by mwatkins on April 20, 2024 on LessWrong.tl;dr: Recently reported GPT-J …

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Thoughts on seed oil, published by dynomight on April 20, 2024 on LessWrong.A friend has spent the last three years hounding me about seed oils. Every time I thought…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: [Full Post] Progress Update #1 from the GDM Mech Interp Team, published by Neel Nanda on April 19, 2024 on LessWrong.This is a series of snippets about the Google De…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Daniel Dennett has died (1924-2024), published by kave on April 19, 2024 on LessWrong.Daniel Dennett, professor emeritus of philosophy at Tufts University, well-know…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Experiment on repeating choices, published by KatjaGrace on April 19, 2024 on LessWrong.People behave differently from one another on all manner of axes, and each pe…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: [Fiction] A Confession, published by Arjun Panickssery on April 19, 2024 on LessWrong.This morning while taking the LIRR to the city I performed first aid on a man w…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: LessOnline Festival Updates Thread, published by Ben Pace on April 19, 2024 on LessWrong.This is a thread for updates about the upcoming LessOnline festival. I (Ben)…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: I'm open for projects (sort of), published by cousin it on April 18, 2024 on LessWrong.I left Google a month ago, and right now don't work. Writing this post in case…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: AI #60: Oh the Humanity, published by Zvi on April 18, 2024 on LessWrong.Many things this week did not go as planned.Humane AI premiered its AI pin. Reviewers notice…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: The Mom Test: Summary and Thoughts, published by Adam Zerner on April 18, 2024 on LessWrong.I just finished reading The Mom Test for the second time. I took "raw" no…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Childhood and Education Roundup #5, published by Zvi on April 18, 2024 on LessWrong.For this iteration I will exclude discussions involving college or college admiss…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Claude 3 Opus can operate as a Turing machine, published by Gunnar Zarncke on April 18, 2024 on LessWrong.Posted on Twitter:Opus can operate as a Turing machine.give…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Express interest in an "FHI of the West", published by habryka on April 18, 2024 on LessWrong.TLDR: I am investigating whether to found a spiritual successor to FHI,…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Why Would Belief-States Have A Fractal Structure, And Why Would That Matter For Interpretability? An Explainer, published by johnswentworth on April 18, 2024 on Less…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Effectively Handling Disagreements - Introducing a New Workshop, published by Camille Berger on April 17, 2024 on LessWrong.On May 25th, 2023, someone posted a revie…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Moving on from community living, published by Vika on April 17, 2024 on LessWrong.After 7 years at Deep End (and 4 more years in other group houses before that), Jan…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: FHI (Future of Humanity Institute) has shut down (2005-2024), published by gwern on April 17, 2024 on LessWrong.Over time FHI faced increasing administrative headwin…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Creating unrestricted AI Agents with Command R+, published by Simon Lermen on April 17, 2024 on LessWrong.TL;DR There currently are capable open-weight models which …

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: When is a mind me?, published by Rob Bensinger on April 17, 2024 on LessWrong.xlr8harder writes:In general I don't think an uploaded mind is you, but rather a copy. …

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Mid-conditional love, published by KatjaGrace on April 17, 2024 on LessWrong.People talk about unconditional love and conditional love. Maybe I'm out of the loop reg…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Transformers Represent Belief State Geometry in their Residual Stream, published by Adam Shai on April 16, 2024 on LessWrong.Produced while being an affiliate at PIB…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Paul Christiano named as US AI Safety Institute Head of AI Safety, published by Joel Burget on April 16, 2024 on LessWrong.U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo a…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: My experience using financial commitments to overcome akrasia, published by William Howard on April 16, 2024 on LessWrong.About a year ago I decided to try using one…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Monthly Roundup #17: April 2024, published by Zvi on April 16, 2024 on LessWrong.As always, a lot to get to. This is everything that wasn't in any of the other categ…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Anthropic AI made the right call, published by bhauth on April 16, 2024 on LessWrong.I've seen a number of people criticize Anthropic for releasing Claude 3 Opus, wi…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: A High Decoupling Failure, published by Maxwell Tabarrok on April 15, 2024 on LessWrong.High-decoupling vs low-decoupling or decoupling vs contextualizing refers to …

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Reconsider the anti-cavity bacteria if you are Asian, published by Lao Mein on April 15, 2024 on LessWrong.Many people in the rational sphere have been promoting Lum…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Text Posts from the Kids Group: 2020, published by jefftk on April 14, 2024 on LessWrong.Another round of liberating kid posts from Facebook. For reference, in 2020 …

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Prompts for Big-Picture Planning, published by Raemon on April 14, 2024 on LessWrong.During my metastrategy workshop, Day Two was focused on taking a step back and a…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: What convincing warning shot could help prevent extinction from AI?, published by Charbel-Raphaël on April 13, 2024 on LessWrong.Tell me father, when is the linewher…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Things Solenoid Narrates, published by Solenoid Entity on April 13, 2024 on LessWrong.I spend a lot of time narrating various bits of EA/longtermist writing.The resu…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Carl Sagan, nuking the moon, and not nuking the moon, published by eukaryote on April 13, 2024 on LessWrong.In 1957, Nobel laureate microbiologist Joshua Lederberg a…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: MIRI's April 2024 Newsletter, published by Harlan on April 13, 2024 on LessWrong.The MIRI Newsletter is back in action after a hiatus since July 2022. To recap some …

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: UDT1.01: Plannable and Unplanned Observations (3/10), published by Diffractor on April 12, 2024 on LessWrong.The Omnipresence of Unplanned ObservationsTime to introd…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Generalized Stat Mech: The Boltzmann Approach, published by David Lorell on April 12, 2024 on LessWrong.ContextThere's a common intuition that the tools and frames o…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: A D&D.Sci Dodecalogue, published by abstractapplic on April 12, 2024 on LessWrong.Below is some advice on making D&D.Sci scenarios. I'm mostly yelling it in my own e…