2025-04-18
Consequentialists should have a comprehensive set of deontological beliefs they adhere to
Published on April 18, 2025 8:50 PM GMTOne thing I believe happens a lot to effective altruists, who are generally (all?) consequentialists of some sort, is that their rational calculus...
The U.S. Military’s Attacks on the Houthis Could Create a Munitions Shortage
Against the backdrop of the Trump Administration’s second term, the United States is taking a firmer stance in the Middle East—particularly against the Houthis and their armed wing. Conducting a...
LLM-based Fact Checking for Popular Posts?
Published on April 18, 2025 9:26 PM GMTHello, I think having some LLM-based fact checking on LessWrong posts would be a valuable addition. To some extent comments already serve this...
The Case for White Box Control
Published on April 18, 2025 4:10 PM GMTIn this article, I explore the emerging field of white box control; a set of methods that could detect deception even when it...
AI Control Methods Literature Review
Published on April 18, 2025 9:15 PM GMTAI Control is a subfield of AI Safety research focused on ensuring the safety of powerful AI systems, particularly under the assumption that...
Marvel Rivals players annoyed and confused by 'misleading' $25 Doctor Strange skin that's missing the coolest part when worn in-game
Maybe don't buy this expensive Doctor Strange skin.
The Goalkeeper Who Got Lost in the Fog
This is a fun story about Sam Bartram, a goalkeeper who was accidentally left on the field when a 1937 game was called off during the second half due to...
What Makes an AI Startup "Net Positive" for Safety?
Published on April 18, 2025 8:33 PM GMTIn light of the recent news from Mechanize/Epoch and the community discussion it sparked, I'd like to open a conversation about a question...
The new trailer for The Fantastic Four: First Steps finally shows us stretchy Pedro Pascal (but only for about two seconds)
C'mon, Marvel, we know Mr. Fantastic's rubbery noodle body looks goofy as hell. You can't hide it forever.
Meta Made a Wild Screwup in the Documents It Showed in Court
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta just made a huge mistake. Or more accurately, a bunch of huge mistakes, which have drawn the wrath of lawyers for Apple, Google, and Snapchat. During the...
Stephen King used to “grant permission to students and aspiring filmmakers to...
Stephen King used to “grant permission to students and aspiring filmmakers to adapt one of his short stories for $1”. He called them his Dollar Babies. Frank Darabont made one...
Evaluating Collaborative AI Performance Subject to Sabotage
Published on April 18, 2025 7:33 PM GMTGulsimo Osimi, Matthew KhoriatyExecutive SummaryThis research investigates the potential of collaborative AI systems to solve complex tasks through the orchestration of multiple specialized...
Tech CEOs Realizing They Made a Terrible Mistake by Supporting Trump
Tech CEOs rallied behind Donald Trump in hopes that he would lower regulations and increase profits — and although he's already done the former, the latter now seems like a...
BYDFi Officially Launches On-Chain Trading Tool MoonX, Ushering In The Era Of CEX + DEX Dual Engines
MoonX is an on-chain smart trading tool designed specifically for MemeCoin investors. Features such as hot trend discovery, risk screening, smart money following, and trade optimization. Launch of MoonX marks...
Don’t Let the Days Go By…
This is a lovely cover of Bush’s Glycerine by Allison Lorenzen and Midwife, set to a poignant series of very short videos of everyday life. Give this 20 seconds of...
Capcom says it has 'already taken and will continue to take action' to ban Monster Hunter Wilds cheaters as it begins a '1-to-2 week review' of the challenge quest leaderboard
It's dark times when Monster Hunter starts its own inquisition.
Inside OpenAI's Controversial Plan to Abandon its Nonprofit Roots
Published on April 18, 2025 6:46 PM GMTDiscuss
Novo Nordisk Is Getting Absolutely Destroyed
Shares of Novo Nordisk, the Danish pharmaceutical company behind the groundbreaking GLP-1 weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, plummeted this week. The company's stock price slid over eight percent on Thursday,...
300 people in a small Michigan town formed a book brigade to...
300 people in a small Michigan town formed a book brigade to move books to a local bookstore’s new location from its old one. The move took ~2 hours and...
Forget F-35 Fighters: Queen Elizabeth-class Aircraft Carriers Have ‘Reliability Concerns’
Summary and Key Points: The British Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, have encountered significant operational issues despite their advanced capabilities. -Problems...
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