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My Overview of the AI Alignment Landscape: Threat Models

Neel NandaDec 25, 2021, 11:07 PM

53 points

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3 comments28 min readLW link

[Question] What is a probabilistic physical theory?

Ege ErdilDec 25, 2021, 4:30 PM

15 points

10 votes

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36 comments2 min readLW link

Belief-conditional things—things that only exist when you believe in them

JanDec 25, 2021, 10:49 AM

7 points

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3 comments5 min readLW link

(universalprior.substack.com)

Tough Choices and Disappointment

maralornDec 24, 2021, 9:59 PM

2 points

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6 comments1 min readLW link

Converging toward a Million Worlds

Joe KwonDec 24, 2021, 9:33 PM

11 points

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1 comment3 min readLW link

Understanding the tensor product formulation in Transformer Circuits

Tom LieberumDec 24, 2021, 6:05 PM

16 points

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2 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] How to select a long-term goal and align my mind towards it?

AlexanderDec 24, 2021, 11:40 AM

19 points

11 votes

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8 comments2 min readLW link

Prerequisite Skills

lsusrDec 24, 2021, 10:11 AM

17 points

17 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

Mechanistic Interpretability for the MLP Layers (rough early thoughts)

MadHatterDec 24, 2021, 7:24 AM

12 points

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3 comments1 min readLW link

(www.youtube.com)

Risks from AI persuasion

Beth BarnesDec 24, 2021, 1:48 AM

76 points

37 votes

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15 comments31 min readLW link

Prioritizing Information

jsteinhardtDec 24, 2021, 12:00 AM

18 points

5 votes

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0 comments7 min readLW link

(bounded-regret.ghost.io)

Omicron Post #9

ZviDec 23, 2021, 9:50 PM

89 points

42 votes

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11 comments19 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Reply to Eliezer on Biological Anchors

HoldenKarnofskyDec 23, 2021, 4:15 PM

149 points

71 votes

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46 comments15 min readLW link

Get Set, Also Go

ZviDec 23, 2021, 3:00 PM

62 points

25 votes

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21 comments16 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

2021 AI Alignment Literature Review and Charity Comparison

LarksDec 23, 2021, 2:06 PM

168 points

63 votes

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28 comments73 min readLW link

Testing, Testing, Hopefully

ZviDec 23, 2021, 12:30 PM

41 points

22 votes

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8 comments4 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Physics Erotica

lsusrDec 23, 2021, 11:01 AM

7 points

32 votes

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12 comments1 min readLW link

[Book Review] “The Most Powerful Idea in the World” by William Rosen

lsusrDec 23, 2021, 8:27 AM

41 points

17 votes

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4 comments8 min readLW link

Specialization

DirectedEvolutionDec 23, 2021, 3:23 AM

15 points

8 votes

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1 comment5 min readLW link

Worst-case thinking in AI alignment

BuckDec 23, 2021, 1:29 AM

167 points

76 votes

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18 comments6 min readLW link 2 reviews

[Question] Hedging the Possibility of Russia invading Ukraine

AnnapurnaDec 23, 2021, 1:13 AM

27 points

9 votes

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8 comments1 min readLW link

Gifts

George3d6Dec 22, 2021, 11:50 PM

13 points

8 votes

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1 comment9 min readLW link

(www.epistem.ink)

A spreadsheet/template for doing an annual review

peterslatteryDec 22, 2021, 11:29 PM

12 points

5 votes

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1 comment2 min readLW link

[Question] What time in your life were you the most productive at learning and/or thinking and why?

Jack RDec 22, 2021, 10:56 PM

11 points

6 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

Transformer Circuits

evhubDec 22, 2021, 9:09 PM

145 points

61 votes

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4 comments3 min readLW link

(transformer-circuits.pub)

[Question] Help figuring out my sexuality?

CenthartDec 22, 2021, 8:28 PM

13 points

9 votes

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13 comments2 min readLW link

DnD.Sci GURPS Evaluation and Ruleset

J BostockDec 22, 2021, 7:05 PM

17 points

8 votes

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2 comments6 min readLW link

Potential gears level explanations of smooth progress

ryan_greenblattDec 22, 2021, 6:05 PM

4 points

2 votes

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2 comments2 min readLW link

Random facts can come back to bite you

tailcalledDec 22, 2021, 5:33 PM

70 points

45 votes

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7 comments2 min readLW link 1 review

What’s Up With the CDC Nowcast?

ZviDec 22, 2021, 1:00 PM

61 points

25 votes

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4 comments5 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Morality and constrained maximization, part 1

Joe CarlsmithDec 22, 2021, 8:47 AM

20 points

6 votes

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5 comments11 min readLW link

Six Specializations Makes You World-Class

lsusrDec 22, 2021, 8:03 AM

53 points

44 votes

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23 comments1 min readLW link

Worldbuilding exercise: The Highwayverse.

Yair HalberstadtDec 22, 2021, 6:47 AM

13 points

7 votes

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13 comments11 min readLW link

Two (very different) kinds of donors

Duncan Sabien (Inactive)Dec 22, 2021, 1:43 AM

102 points

62 votes

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19 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Confusion about Sequences and Review Sequences

Alex_AltairDec 21, 2021, 6:13 PM

14 points

3 votes

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3 comments1 min readLW link

Working through D&D.Sci, problem 1 (solution)

Pablo RepettoDec 21, 2021, 5:42 PM

9 points

4 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

(pabloernesto.github.io)

Demanding and Designing Aligned Cognitive Architectures

Koen.HoltmanDec 21, 2021, 5:32 PM

8 points

3 votes

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5 comments5 min readLW link

Experiences raising children in shared housing

juliawiseDec 21, 2021, 5:09 PM

118 points

53 votes

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5 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] What questions do you have about doing work on AI safety?

peterbarnettDec 21, 2021, 4:36 PM

13 points

7 votes

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8 comments1 min readLW link

Perpetual Dickensian Poverty?

jefftkDec 21, 2021, 1:30 PM

121 points

73 votes

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18 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

On (Not) Reading Papers

JanDec 21, 2021, 9:57 AM

53 points

32 votes

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10 comments7 min readLW link

(universalprior.substack.com)

Quick Poll: Booster Reactions

ElizabethDec 21, 2021, 7:40 AM

40 points

14 votes

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2 comments2 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

Book Launch: The Engines of Cognition

Ben PaceDec 21, 2021, 7:24 AM

174 points

89 votes

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56 comments5 min readLW link

Researcher incentives cause smoother progress on benchmarks

ryan_greenblattDec 21, 2021, 4:13 AM

20 points

9 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

Omicron Post #8

ZviDec 20, 2021, 11:10 PM

96 points

45 votes

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33 comments16 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Good complete views on motivation

ValdesDec 20, 2021, 10:10 PM

6 points

5 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

Prizes for last year’s 2019 Review

RaemonDec 20, 2021, 9:58 PM

40 points

15 votes

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0 comments3 min readLW link

Omicron Paths

jefftkDec 20, 2021, 6:30 PM

14 points

11 votes

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8 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Is there a term / better way of phrasing the general case where an intervention helps certain individuals do better at zero-sum games but doesn’t provide any external value?

freedomandutilityDec 20, 2021, 5:35 PM

4 points

3 votes

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8 comments1 min readLW link

Bayesian Dharani, Great Dharani for Conserving Evidence

Gordon Seidoh WorleyDec 20, 2021, 4:32 PM

9 points

4 votes

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5 comments1 min readLW link

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