Sunday June 28 – talks by johnswentworth, Daniel kokotajlo, Charlie Steiner, TurnTrout

post by jacobjacob, Ben Pace (Benito) · 2020-06-26T19:13:23.754Z · LW · GW · 1 comments

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This Sunday at noon (PDT), we're running another session of "lightning talks" by curated LessWrong authors (see here [LW · GW] for last weeks announcement and some transcripts).

• Each talk will be 3-5 minutes followed by discussion. Afterwards, we'll have a hangout in breakout rooms. The talks will be short and focus on presenting one core idea well, rather than rushing through a lot of content.
• We want to give top LessWrong writers an interesting space to discuss their ideas, and have more fruitful collaboration between users. Think of it like a cross between an academic colloquium and some friends chatting by a whiteboard.

Speakers

• johnswentworth — "Mazes and Duality"
  • Curated posts: Gears-Level Models are Capital Investments [LW · GW], Everyday Lessons from High-Dimensional Optimization [LW · GW], Interfaces as a Scarce Resource [LW · GW], ...
• Daniel Kokotajlo — "Lessons on AI takeover from the conquistadors"
  • Curated posts: Cortés, Pizarro, and Afonso as Precedents for Takeover [LW · GW], ...
• Charlie Steiner
  • Curated post: Book Review: Consciousness Explained [LW · GW]
• TurnTrout — “Power as easily exploitable opportunities”
  • Curated posts: Insights from Euclid's 'Elements' [LW · GW], Problem relaxation as a tactic [LW · GW], ...

Details

When? Sunday June 28, at noon, Pacific Daylight Time

Where? On this zoom link.

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