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LessWrong posts by zvi

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Anthropic
Openai
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Claude Opus 4.6
Claude
AI Safety
Department Of War
Mythos
Productivity
Claude Code
Job Market
Gendered Expectations
Claude's Constitution
Dating
Emotional Expression
Virtue Ethics
Gpt-5.3 Codex
Claude Cowork
Google
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Dario Amodei's essay We Must Pace the Frontier committed Anthropic to embedded evaluators, who would be placed inside Anthropic and given employee-level access, so they could provide outside perspective and also reports on what was happening.

Ther... more

When it comes to making things, or doing most things in general, Fable 5.1 and especially GPT-6 Astra raised my ambition level. They should have raised yours, too.

Claude Opus 5.5 should raise your ambition levels again. It just works, and it pers... more

Jensen Huang accidentally called for shutting down OpenAI and intentionally called for spending vastly more on safety.

This is why we say that some podcasts are self-recommending. Here we go.

As usual for podcast posts, the baseline bullet poin... more

Opus 5.5 was released on Tuesday. I covered the system card yesterday, and will cover its capabilities soon. By all reports it is an excellent model. There are lots of fun videos going around that Opus has generated, which I will include as part of t... more

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David Deutsch
Renowned physicist known for contributions to quantum computation
Episode: “OpenAI’s Unreleased Model Astra Solves Ten Major Open Mathematics Problems” by Zvi
Chris Ola
Anthropic co-founder
Anthropic
Episode: “RTMH: Pope Leo’s Magnifica Humanitas on AI” by Zvi
Jensen Huang
CEO of Nvidia, discussed as the guest with industry insight
Nvidia
Episode: “On Dwarkesh Patel’s Podcast With Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang” by Zvi
Andrej Karpathy
Former Director of AI at Tesla
Tesla
Episode: “On Dwarkesh Patel’s Podcast With Andrej Karpathy” by Zvi
Ted Knutson
A friend of the host, involved in discussions about dating strategies and improvements
Podcaster of Man Down
Episode: “Dating Roundup #7: Back to Basics” by Zvi
Ege Erdil
Co-founder of Mechanize, focuses on AI capabilities research
Mechanize
Episode: “You Better Mechanize” by Zvi
Tamay Besiroglu
Co-founder of Mechanize, involved in advancing AI labor automation
Mechanize
Episode: “You Better Mechanize” by Zvi
Tyler Ultiman
Contributed personal experiences regarding AI interactions and cognitive security.
Episode: “Going Nova” by Zvi
Tyler Cowen
Economist, author, and commentator
George Mason University, Mercatus Center
Episode: “On Dwarkesh Patel’s 4th Podcast With Tyler Cowen” by Zvi

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Zvi
Host of the LessWrong posts by zvi, narrator and synthesizer of content related to LessWrong and AI safety discussions.

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“Asking (Some Of) The Right Questions” by Zvi
Q: What would get this risk down to acceptable levels?
An alignment plan that looks like it would work on the first try, confidence in the execution and a plan to address gradual disempowerment issues is needed.
“Asking (Some Of) The Right Questions” by Zvi
Q: What would shift your timelines to ASI or to sufficiently advanced AI?
The current median time to crazy is roughly 2031, but wider uncertainty exists based on empirical evidence and emerging data.
“OpenAI #12: Battle of the Board Redux” by Zvi
Q: Based on what's stated in the news article, how would you characterize the board's decision to fire Altman? Was it justified?
The decision to fire Altman appears both justified and necessary from the board's perspective, though poorly executed in terms of communication.
“On Dwarkesh Patel’s 4th Podcast With Tyler Cowen” by Zvi
Q: Why are founders staying in charge important?
Tyler highlights the necessity of courageous leadership and making substantial changes to adapt to new challenges, such as those posed by AI.
“On Dwarkesh Patel’s 4th Podcast With Tyler Cowen” by Zvi
Q: What would happen if the world population would double?
Tyler suggests that while energy use would go up, population growth alone does not guarantee economic growth, emphasizing the importance of quality over quantity in improving productivity.

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