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Retrospective on life tracking and effectiveness systems original ↗

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2024-25 New Year review original ↗

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Moving on from community living original ↗

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2023-24 New Year review original ↗

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Retrospective on my posts on AI threat models original ↗

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When discussing AI risks, talk about capabilities, not intelligence original ↗

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Near-term motivation for AI alignment original ↗

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2022-23 New Year review original ↗

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Refining the Sharp Left Turn threat model original ↗

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Paradigms of AI alignment: components and enablers original ↗

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2021-22 New Year review original ↗

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Reflections on the first year of parenting original ↗

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2020-21 New Year review original ↗

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Tradeoff between desirable properties for baseline choices in impact measures original ↗

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Possible takeaways from the coronavirus pandemic for slow AI takeoff original ↗

31 May 2020

2019-20 New Year review original ↗

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Retrospective on the specification gaming examples list original ↗

20 Dec 2019

Classifying specification problems as variants of Goodhart’s Law original ↗

19 Aug 2019

ICLR Safe ML workshop report original ↗

17 Jun 2019

2018-19 New Year review original ↗

1 Jan 2019

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Discussion on the machine learning approach to AI safety original ↗

1 Nov 2018

Measuring and avoiding side effects using relative reachability original ↗

5 Jun 2018

Specification gaming examples in AI original ↗

1 Apr 2018

Is there a tradeoff between immediate and longer-term AI safety efforts?original ↗

27 Jan 2018

2017-18 New Year review original ↗

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NIPS 2017 Report original ↗

30 Dec 2017

Tokyo AI & Society Symposium original ↗

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Portfolio approach to AI safety research original ↗

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Takeaways from self-tracking data original ↗

4 Jun 2017

Highlights from the ICLR conference: food, ships, and ML security original ↗

30 Apr 2017

2016-17 New Year review original ↗

9 Jan 2017

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AI Safety Highlights from NIPS 2016 original ↗

28 Dec 2016

OpenAI unconference on machine learning original ↗

15 Oct 2016

Looking back at my grad school journey original ↗

30 Sept 2016

Highlights from the Deep Learning Summer School original ↗

26 Aug 2016

Clopen AI: Openness in different aspects of AI development original ↗

1 Aug 2016

New AI safety research agenda from Google Brain original ↗

22 Jun 2016

Using humility to counteract shame original ↗

15 Apr 2016

Introductory resources on AI safety research original ↗

28 Feb 2016

To contribute to AI safety, consider doing AI research original ↗

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2015-16 New Year review original ↗

31 Dec 2015

Highlights and impressions from NIPS conference on machine learning original ↗

25 Dec 2015

Risks from general artificial intelligence without an intelligence explosion original ↗

30 Nov 2015

Nomadism and Burning Man original ↗

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Systems I have tried: an overview original ↗

26 Jul 2015

Hamming questions and bottlenecks original ↗

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Negative visualization, radical acceptance and stoicism original ↗

27 Mar 2015

Future of Life Institute’s recent milestones in AI safety original ↗

16 Feb 2015

2014-15 New Year review original ↗

11 Jan 2015

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Open and closed mental states original ↗

26 Dec 2014

Importance motivation: a double-edged sword original ↗

18 Oct 2014

Citadel house sessions – a year in review original ↗

7 Sept 2014