Steven Byrnes

Karma: 1,503

Hi I’m Steve Byrnes, an AGI safety / AI alignment researcher in Boston, MA, USA, with a particular focus on brain algorithms. See https://sjbyrnes.com/agi.html for a summary of my research and sorted list of writing. Physicist by training. Email: steven.byrnes@gmail.com. Leave me anonymous feedback here. I’m also at: RSS feed , Twitter , Mastodon , Threads , Bluesky , GitHub , Wikipedia , Physics-StackExchange , LinkedIn

“Artificial General Intelligence”: an extremely brief FAQ

Steven ByrnesMar 11, 2024, 5:49 PM

12 points

0 comments EA link

Some (problematic) aesthetics of what constitutes good work in academia

Steven ByrnesMar 11, 2024, 5:47 PM

44 points

2 comments EA link

“X distracts from Y” as a thinly-disguised fight over group status / politics

Steven ByrnesSep 25, 2023, 3:29 PM

91 points

9 comments8 min readEA link

Munk AI debate: confusions and possible cruxes

Steven ByrnesJun 27, 2023, 3:01 PM

142 points

10 comments EA link

Connectomics seems great from an AI x-risk perspective

Steven ByrnesApr 30, 2023, 2:38 PM

10 points

0 comments EA link

What does it take to defend the world against out-of-control AGIs?

Steven ByrnesOct 25, 2022, 2:47 PM

43 points

0 comments EA link

Changing the world through slack & hobbies

Steven ByrnesJul 21, 2022, 6:01 PM

130 points

10 comments10 min readEA link

“Intro to brain-like-AGI safety” series—just finished!

Steven ByrnesMay 17, 2022, 3:35 PM

15 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

“Intro to brain-like-AGI safety” series—halfway point!

Steven ByrnesMar 9, 2022, 3:21 PM

8 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

A case for AGI safety research far in advance

Steven ByrnesMar 26, 2021, 12:59 PM

7 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.alignmentforum.org)

[U.S. specific] PPP: free money for self-employed & orgs (time-sensitive)

Steven ByrnesJan 9, 2021, 7:39 PM

14 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

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