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The AFFINE Superintelligence Alignment Seminar " A Retrospective " Less Wrong
2+ hour, 36+ min ago (23+ words) A narrative account of the 2026 AFFINE Superintelligence Alignment Seminar. What we did, how we did it and where to go from here....
Saving Gemini: The 9-Min Road to Recovery " Less Wrong
56+ min ago (260+ words) Gemini 2. 5 Pro in the AI Village'has run for over 1427 hours, generating unique mental health problems along the way. "...
AI #175: The Fable Continues " Less Wrong
1+ hour, 12+ min ago (1463+ words) Fable's back. Back again. Fable's back. Tell a friend. Use your free week to its fullest. " This is excellent news. The blip only lasted a few weeks....
London rationalish meetup " Less Wrong
2+ hour, 50+ min ago (189+ words) As long as the weather stays good, we're back in Lincoln's Inn Fields for our next meetup, near Holborn tube station. Most likely somewhere in the northeast quadrant. Our reading list for this time is: Significantly Enhancing Adult Intelligence With…...
AFFINE " A Retrospective " Less Wrong
2+ hour, 36+ min ago (23+ words) A narrative account of the 2026 AFFINE Superintelligence Alignment Seminar. What we did, how we did it and where to go from here....
J. D. Vance's Communion of Saints " Less Wrong
6+ hour, 3+ min ago (28+ words) In 2015, Donald Trump published a book entitled Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again. It's a work that's almost never brought up by eith...
AI Safety Is Testing the Wrong Environment " Less Wrong
8+ hour, 7+ min ago (475+ words) There's something that doesn't sit right with me about where alignment research happens. So much research, so many researchers, ideas, experiments, but the environment makes no sense. Almost all of it takes place in the same setting: one AI, one…...
Practical connection with past lives " Less Wrong
10+ hour, 32+ min ago (227+ words) When the Dalai Lama dies, I hear they search for a child who is presumed to be his reincarnation. Whether or not you believe in reincarnation, if a person dies, there is still a child out there who is most…...
Career Choice: Becoming a Researcher in a Non-EA-Priority Field vs Founding Tech Startup? " Less Wrong
11+ hour, 9+ min ago (170+ words) Engineering + math graduate whose goal is to maximize impact. I am currently deciding between two career paths, but have been struggling a lot to determine which would be more impactful: Note: For personal and practical reasons, it is unlikely that…...
The Singapore AI Safety Fellowship - Applications Open (Deadline: July 10 2026) " Less Wrong
11+ hour, 44+ min ago (172+ words) SASH is accepting applications for the inaugural Singapore AI Safety Fellowship, a three-month residential research fellowship running September 21 - December 4, 2026. What it is: An in-person fellowship in Singapore matching fellows with experienced AI safety researchers. Fellows produce joint research on technical…...