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AI doomsday cultist throws Molotov at Sam Altman’s house

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/13/ai-doomsday-cultist-throws-molotov-at-sam-altmans-house/

Rationalist Garfield — 2026-04-10

🔗 https://rationalistgarfield.com/#2026-04-10

🐱 Inspired by: "Linear vs Non-linear Probes for Interpretability"

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#LessWrong

My journey to the microwave alternate timeline

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/8m6AM5qtPMjgTkEeD/my-journey-to-the-microwave-alternate-timeline

#HackerNews #MyJourneyToTheMicrowave #AlternateTimeline #TimeTravel #SciFi #HackerNews #LessWrong

@saxnot hey sorry, we are in the middle of quite some stuff before day1 and hadn't had time to properly check things before replying to you...

briefly discussed this with a wider group, and the little that was known about "#lesswrong", and what we could find about it got a rather consensual feeling of "icky". everyone is welcome anytime anyways, but it doesnt seem like something we would like to include in our own little "fahrplan".

I am sure you'll understand. <3

The Company Man

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/JH6tJhYpnoCfFqAct/the-company-man

#HackerNews #TheCompanyMan #CompanyCulture #WorkplaceStories #HackerNews #LessWrong

"This title is reasonable" – a commentary on LW, speaking to the title of the book "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies"

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/voEAJ9nFBAqau8pNN/the-title-is-reasonable

(audio: 28min)

I've read the book. While the title raised my eyebrows originally, the argument contained is very well put forward, and lived up to my high expectations to the authors.

Anyone who cares about where our future with #AI is heading, would do well to read this book – and share it with policy makers!

#lesswrong #asi #agi #policy #alignment

“Why Are There So Many Rationalist Cults?”, Asterisk (https://asteriskmag.com/issues/11/why-are-there-so-many-rationalist-cults).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44877076

#Rationalists #LessWrong #Cults

A Straightforward Explanation of the Good Regulator Theorem

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/JQefBJDHG6Wgffw6T/a-straightforward-explanation-of-the-good-regulator-theorem

#HackerNews #GoodRegulatorTheorem #StraightforwardExplanation #SystemsTheory #ControlTheory #LessWrong

Great #video adaptation of a short story published by Eliezer Yudkowsky on #LessWrong forum (https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/5wMcKNAwB6X4mp9og/that-alien-message8)

That Alien Message https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVN_5xsMDdg #watching📺

Emergence Spirals… sounds sort of woo-woo but it's not, despite what Yudkowsky says… nonzerosum.games/emergencespirals.html #evolution #feedbackloops #biology #systemstheory #complexity #Yudkowsky #LessWrong #Popper #Hegel #Parasites #Symbiosis #Science #Nature #Philosophy #History

EMERGENCE SPIRALS

Just did my best to try and infect the @weirdfictionquarterly.com writers with Roko's Basilisk. In one box is the theme of WFQ's Summer 2025 issue. In the second is... #RokosBasilisk #LessWrong #TimelessDecisionTheory #WeirdFictionQuarterly #Singularity #AGI #ArtificialIntelligence

The Most Terrifying Thought Ex...

Recent AI model progress feels mostly like bullshit

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/4mvphwx5pdsZLMmpY/recent-ai-model-progress-feels-mostly-like-bullshit

#HackerNews #AI #Progress #AI #Models #Critique #Technology #Discussion #LessWrong

It always ends up the same way, "I should do what I want, and I want to do cruel, weird shit to other people without their consent"
Yawn.

#Zizians #LessWrong #Rationalists

lol of course the rationalist reporter kelsey piper supports james damore. rationalists have never met a sexist/racist/etc computer toucher they didn't like. #rationalism #lesswrong #effectivealtruism

потерял точилку на кухне

интересно, есть ли "рациональные" способы поиска потерянного? (точилка подарок, поэтому есть эмоциональная привязанность)

получил обновление своих убеждений о мире и о своих навыках искать точилку

#lesswrong #рациональность #лытдыбр #хумор

hello!

i’m ainslee. i’m new in town…

i spend time in these places
#lasvegas #reno #nevada #losangeles

i study these things
#datascience #data #computers #compsci #comptia #ai #llm #aiethics #statistics #redistricting #pitzercollege #5cs

i do this stuff when i have free time
#blog #soldering #linux #manjaro #BikeTooter #biking #raspberrypi #defcon

i like reading about these
#technews #gadgetsnews #theverge #copyright #socialweb #lesswrong #effectivealtruism #infosec #uspol #nvpol

i am trying to be these things
#sysadmin #it #gradschool #unr

say hi maybe?

#LessWrong is a community blog focused on "refining the art of human #rationality." To this end, it focuses on identifying and overcoming bias, improving judgment and problem-solving, and speculating about the future. The blog is based on the ideas of Eliezer Yudkowsky, a research fellow for the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI; previously known as the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence, and then the Singularity Institute). Many members of LessWrong share Yudkowsky's interests in #transhumanism, artificial intelligence (AI), the #Singularity, and #ai

#RationalWiki #miri #ai
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/LessWrong

Разобрался в основном с алгоритмом обучения gradual value/policy iteration, прикольненький.

https://gibberblot.github.io/rl-notes/single-agent/policy-iteration.html тут что-то про него

Всё ради того, чтобы разобрать статью. Какого формата статья?

"Смотрите, круто если мы будем reward при обучении с подкреплением не максимизировать, а делать равным чему-то. Вот как это делать. Оказывается, если выбирать интервал, то получается много способов это сделать. Тогда можно наложить всяких ограничений по безопасности, чтобы не улететь по случайности в ту или иную сторону, или не выбирать слишком хардовые шаги и тд"

https://www.lesswrong.com/s/4TT69Yt5FDWijAWab

#ml #lesswrong

Jack Dorsey, Bluesky, decentralised social networks and the very common crowd https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2024/05/10/jack-dorsey-bluesky-decentralised-social-networks-and-the-very-common-crowd/ #Bluesky, #DonaldTrump, #ElonMusk, #FreedomFund, #JackDorsey, #Lesswrong, #Mastodon, #MikeSolana, #Neoreaction, #Nostr, #PaulFrazee, #PeterThiel, #PirateWires, #RichardSpencer, #RobertF.KennedyJr, #Twitter, #Vibecamp

Jack Dorsey, Bluesky, decentralised social networks and the very common crowd https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2024/05/10/jack-dorsey-bluesky-decentralised-social-networks-and-the-very-common-crowd/ #Bluesky, #DonaldTrump, #ElonMusk, #FreedomFund, #JackDorsey, #Lesswrong, #Mastodon, #MikeSolana, #Neoreaction, #Nostr, #PaulFrazee, #PeterThiel, #PirateWires, #RichardSpencer, #RobertF.KennedyJr, #Twitter, #Vibecamp

Jack Dorsey, Bluesky, decentralised social networks and the very common crowd https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2024/05/10/jack-dorsey-bluesky-decentralised-social-networks-and-the-very-common-crowd/ #Bluesky, #DonaldTrump, #ElonMusk, #FreedomFund, #JackDorsey, #Lesswrong, #Mastodon, #MikeSolana, #Neoreaction, #Nostr, #PaulFrazee, #PeterThiel, #PirateWires, #RichardSpencer, #RobertF.KennedyJr, #Twitter, #Vibecamp

Jack Dorsey, Bluesky, decentralised social networks and the very common crowd https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2024/05/10/jack-dorsey-bluesky-decentralised-social-networks-and-the-very-common-crowd/ #Bluesky, #DonaldTrump, #ElonMusk, #FreedomFund, #JackDorsey, #Lesswrong, #Mastodon, #MikeSolana, #Neoreaction, #Nostr, #PaulFrazee, #PeterThiel, #PirateWires, #RichardSpencer, #RobertF.KennedyJr, #Twitter, #Vibecamp

Jack Dorsey, Bluesky, decentralised social networks and the very common crowd https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2024/05/10/jack-dorsey-bluesky-decentralised-social-networks-and-the-very-common-crowd/ #Bluesky, #DonaldTrump, #ElonMusk, #FreedomFund, #JackDorsey, #Lesswrong, #Mastodon, #MikeSolana, #Neoreaction, #Nostr, #PaulFrazee, #PeterThiel, #PirateWires, #RichardSpencer, #RobertF.KennedyJr, #Twitter, #Vibecamp

a bit of embroidery after a few months of hiatus.

I think this is the most important question we all need to ask ourselves.

"What do you think you know and how do you think you know it?"

#handarbeiten
#rationality #lessWrong

On #Rationalism, #EffectiveAltruism, and #PostRationalism:

“Rational Magic”, The New Atlantis (https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/rational-magic).

#EliezerYudkowsky #MetaTribe #Rationality #LessWrong #OvercomingBias #SlateStarCodex

A failproof method to scam anyone from the Less Wrong/rationalist community.

#LessWrong #rationalist #smbc

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/pascal39s-other-wager