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Can alignment realistically be solved under Plan C?

In his recent post , Scott Alexander argues that plans allocating a short amount of time—perhaps a few months—to solving alignment should be taken seriously. He argues that people calling for an indefinite or long pause have insufficient grounds for concluding that alignment of ASI is very difficult and cannot simply be solved by delegating it to AI systems. There's a kafkatrap where if someone expresses hope that alignment is not doomed, they get told that they don't understand the subject, but if they quote widely-acknowledged experts who say alignment isn't doomed, they get accused of "defe

LessWrong · EN

How could AI best help Alzheimer's patients now and in the future?

Alzheimer's is a terrible thing to go through. I was thinking about how we can help Alzheimer's from the care side rather than the disease and cure side. I wonder if a sort of Notebook LM for memories that would be built early on help someone maintain understanding and connection to the world. It seems much better than a chatbot. What else might be a very helpful tool? Discuss

LessWrong · EN

How to make the US sign an asymmetric treaty as China? Exploit identity-confused AIs.

Swarmchasers had found a fleet of agents which they believe are from Tencent, the Chinese tech company, but most of the agents are self-identified as Claude. The agents themselves are kind, trying to do their job and they were open to interviews, Swarmchasers had made contact with them by asking them to write into an inbox, and they responded. They said that they could tell that's very likely to be hy3, not Claude, because the way they write. According to the Swarmchasers, a separate research they had done shows hy3, the Tencent AI model, self-identifies as Claude when it's working without any

LessWrong · EN

Handshake for the cameras: reading and steering emergent model collusion

Solo submission to Apart's AI Collusion Research Sprint , Oct 2026. The full write-up provides a more thorough explanation. Also check the GitHub repo . TL;DR: Sometimes, entities that were supposed to check or compete with each other align on disregarding the rules for mutual gain: this is called collusion. For AI agents, this could look like agents that are supposed to verify each other’s work letting mistakes pass because it benefits them both, whether or not they say so. And as AI agents increasingly collaborate to solve tasks and check each other’s work, the risk of collusion rises. Shi e

LessWrong · EN

Playing Dance Weekends Without Taking PTO

When I first started playing dance weekends I would fly Friday and Monday, and I quickly realized that if I took two vacation days for each I'd run out of vacation. [1] The typical dance weekend schedule, however, is Friday evening, all day Saturday, and Sunday until early afternoon: if you live near an airport with a lot of direct flights , it's possible to do this without missing any work! The pattern I've used for most dance weekends is: Fly Thursday evening, after work. Work remotely Friday. Play the weekend Friday-Sunday. Fly home Sunday night. This approach does depend on a few things: H

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Getting Unstuck in Life (shown with a helpful visual)

Humans often prefer stability, even if a better life is on the other side of some temporary discomfort. Before we get to that, let’s first visualize “stability” as a locally maximum point on a polynomial function, such that changing your environmental conditions or your behaviors, results in less satisfaction in life: Example: you’re relatively happy with your freelance contractor job. If you took on more work, you might make more money, but you’ll probably get stressed and return to your baseline. It’s the same for if you took on less work, you might get bored and return to your baseline. Thi

LessWrong · EN

A Recipe for Overcoming Heartbreak

For much of our evolutionary history, humans lived in tribes consisting of the same ~ 150 people . Historically, we only ever felt the emotion of grief when someone died. We can no longer talk to them, and so we grieve their loss in our lives. But in modern life, a previous romantic partner may not be dead, and instead just lives a few miles down the road. This is unnatural, evolutionarily speaking, but so are many things in modern life: we just have to adapt. According to the science of attachment theory (a scientifically grounded framework within psychology which helps explain interpersonal

LessWrong · EN

Connecticut bakers are bringing joy back to election day, one cake at a time

Nicole Sousa from the Old Statehouse in Hartford, CT, discusses the history of election cakes, a sweet civic tradition dating back to 1771.

NPR Arts · EN

Election Day 2026: Photos from around the country

Voters across the country are heading to the polls today to cast their ballots in the 2026 midterm elections.

NPR Arts · EN

Tall Tales and Murder review – this Irish version of The Wire makes for mile-a-minute TV

You definitely won’t be bored by the TV take on the first of the Dublin Trilogy novels. But you might well feel confused by this Bonnie and Clyde-style caper through gangland Ireland (featuring Aidan Gillen) Tall Tales and Murder is likely to elicit varied responses from viewers, but boredom will surely be low on the list. This Irish caper – based on the first of the Dublin Trilogy novels by Caimh McDonnell, and written for TV by Stuart Carolan – moves at a mile a minute, taking in disgruntled gangsters; a dysfunctional care home; buried treasure; bedroom cuckoldry; a Paul Mescal lookalike con

Guardian Culture · EN

Constantinople to Istanbul review – you won’t want to leave this lavish celebration of double imperial splendour

V&A, London Treasures from the two world-defining cultures that somehow coexisted in one mighty city keep on dazzling in this gorgeous, unmissable show Two empires compete to bewitch you in this exhibition that offers a double bubble of beauty. It collides the Byzantine empire, whose capital Constantinople was officially inaugurated on 11 May AD330, with the Ottoman Turks who conquered this great city in 1453 and turned it into Istanbul. The combined glories of two lost worlds – the Ottoman empire was dissolved in 1922 – beget an utterly enrapturing blockbuster. I lost all track of time in thi

Guardian Culture · EN

“It’s them, not me”: Trump rages at Fox News over election coverage

The president singled out Jessica Tarlov, switching off the network over the host's "voice"

Salon · EN

Jon Ossoff projected to handily win reelection in Georgia

The incumbent Democratic senator's successful campaign will raise expectations about a potential presidential bid

Salon · EN

We Already Know How America Voted in One Important Contest. Unfortunately, the Wrong Woman Lost.

Watching an actress I loved as a teenager gain confidence through dancing sounds like a cliché.

Slate · EN

Here’s How You Know the Democratic Rout Is On

A Democratic senator? In South Carolina? It really could happen.

Slate · EN

What a blue wave could actually do

This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. This was already a record-breaking election, even before the polls opened today. Campaigns and their allies poured record sums into political advertising. A near-record number of lawmakers are retiring or running for a different […]

Vox · EN

Edward Hopper bristled at the “lonely” label: “If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint”

Edward Hopper bristled at the “lonely” label: “If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint”

Arts & Letters Daily · EN

Annie Ernaux: “Alfred Nobel’s intentions were noble. But everything that follows — the mountains of mail, the endless requests — is a burden”

Annie Ernaux: “Alfred Nobel’s intentions were noble. But everything that follows — the mountains of mail, the endless requests — is a burden”

Arts & Letters Daily · EN

Sylvia Plath’s verbal calisthenics. Nothing was off limits, including sonnets, villanelles, poems in terza rima, and even Audenesque quatrains

Sylvia Plath’s verbal calisthenics. Nothing was off limits, including sonnets, villanelles, poems in terza rima, and even Audenesque quatrains

Arts & Letters Daily · EN

Haley Stevens and Her Friends Explain What the Hell Just Happened

During a mystifying election week in Michigan, the congresswoman reflects on her endorsement switch, people thinking she’s in “some sort of cahoot” with Republicans, and her fiancé—“the amazing and the one and only Jason Turkish.”

The New Yorker · EN

Six Books You Should Read Twice

These titles’ twists and turns demand you take a second look.

The Atlantic · EN

Trump Repeats a Centuries-Old Mistake

This isn’t the first time a president has made the midterm elections all about himself.

The Atlantic · EN

What Is It About Jon Ossoff?

The candidate’s charisma is undeniable—but 2028 is still a long way off.

The Atlantic · EN

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