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A first success story for Outer Alignment: InstructGPT

Noosphere898 Nov 2022 22:52 UTC

6 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(openai.com)

Trying Mastodon

jefftk8 Nov 2022 19:10 UTC

12 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Inverse scaling can become U-shaped

Edouard Harris8 Nov 2022 19:04 UTC

27 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

People care about each other even though they have imperfect motivational pointers?

TurnTrout8 Nov 2022 18:15 UTC

33 points

25 comments7 min readLW link

Applying superintelligence without collusion

Eric Drexler8 Nov 2022 18:08 UTC

107 points

63 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Binance is buying FTX.com: How did it happen and what are the implications?

Caerulean8 Nov 2022 17:14 UTC

16 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Some advice on independent research

Marius Hobbhahn8 Nov 2022 14:46 UTC

53 points

5 comments10 min readLW link

Mysteries of mode collapse

janus8 Nov 2022 10:37 UTC

282 points

57 comments14 min readLW link 1 review

[ASoT] Thoughts on GPT-N

Ulisse Mini8 Nov 2022 7:14 UTC

8 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Michael Simm—Introducing Myself

Michael Simm8 Nov 2022 5:45 UTC

4 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

EA & LW Forums Weekly Summary (31st Oct − 6th Nov 22′)

Zoe Williams8 Nov 2022 3:58 UTC

12 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Value of Querying 100+ People About Humanity’s Future

Fer32dwt34r3dfsz8 Nov 2022 0:41 UTC

9 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

How could we know that an AGI system will have good consequences?

So8res7 Nov 2022 22:42 UTC

110 points

25 comments5 min readLW link

A Walkthrough of Interpretability in the Wild (w/ authors Kevin Wang, Arthur Conmy & Alexandre Variengien)

Neel Nanda7 Nov 2022 22:39 UTC

30 points

15 comments3 min readLW link

(youtu.be)

Intercept article about lab accidents

ChristianKl7 Nov 2022 21:10 UTC

23 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

(theintercept.com)

The biological function of love for non-kin is to gain the trust of people we cannot deceive

chaosmage7 Nov 2022 20:26 UTC

43 points

3 comments8 min readLW link

Distillation Experiment: Chunk-Knitting

DirectedEvolution7 Nov 2022 19:56 UTC

9 points

1 comment6 min readLW link

Thinking About Mastodon

jefftk7 Nov 2022 19:40 UTC

33 points

17 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Ideas for tiny research projects related to rationality?

Frej7 Nov 2022 18:45 UTC

3 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Loss of control of AI is not a likely source of AI x-risk

squek7 Nov 2022 18:44 UTC

−6 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

AI Safety Unconference NeurIPS 2022

Orpheus7 Nov 2022 15:39 UTC

25 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(aisafetyevents.org)

Hacker-AI – Does it already exist?

Erland Wittkotter7 Nov 2022 14:01 UTC

3 points

13 comments11 min readLW link

What’s the Deal with Elon Musk and Twitter?

Zvi7 Nov 2022 13:50 UTC

60 points

11 comments31 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

How to Make Easy Decisions

lynettebye7 Nov 2022 13:17 UTC

17 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

Opportunities that surprised us during our Clearer Thinking Regrants program

spencerg7 Nov 2022 13:09 UTC

20 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

4 Key Assumptions in AI Safety

Prometheus7 Nov 2022 10:50 UTC

20 points

5 comments7 min readLW link

Google Search as a Washed Up Service Dog: “I HALP!”

shminux7 Nov 2022 7:02 UTC

20 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

[Book Review] “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel

lsusr7 Nov 2022 5:56 UTC

17 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Counterfactability

Scott Garrabrant7 Nov 2022 5:39 UTC

40 points

4 comments11 min readLW link

2022 LessWrong Census?

SurfingOrca7 Nov 2022 5:16 UTC

67 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

A philosopher’s critique of RLHF

ThomasW7 Nov 2022 2:42 UTC

55 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Is there any discussion on avoiding being Dutch-booked or otherwise taken advantage of one’s bounded rationality by refusing to engage?

shminux7 Nov 2022 2:36 UTC

38 points

29 comments1 min readLW link

Exams-Only Universities

Mati_Roy6 Nov 2022 22:05 UTC

80 points

40 comments2 min readLW link

Democracy Is in Danger, but Not for the Reasons You Think

ExCeph6 Nov 2022 21:15 UTC

−7 points

4 comments12 min readLW link

(ginnungagapfoundation.wordpress.com)

Playground Game: Monster

jefftk6 Nov 2022 16:00 UTC

14 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Has Pascal’s Mugging problem been completely solved yet?

EniScien6 Nov 2022 12:52 UTC

3 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Should I Pursue a PhD?

DragonGod6 Nov 2022 10:58 UTC

8 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

You won’t solve alignment without agent foundations

Mikhail Samin6 Nov 2022 8:07 UTC

24 points

3 comments8 min readLW link

Word-Distance vs Idea-Distance: The Case for Lanoitaring

Sable6 Nov 2022 5:25 UTC

7 points

7 comments7 min readLW link

(affablyevil.substack.com)

Apple Cider Syrup

jefftk6 Nov 2022 2:10 UTC

11 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

What is epigenetics?

Metacelsus6 Nov 2022 1:24 UTC

74 points

4 comments6 min readLW link

(denovo.substack.com)

Response

Jarred Filmer6 Nov 2022 1:03 UTC

26 points

2 comments12 min readLW link

[Question] Has anyone increased their AGI timelines?

Darren McKee6 Nov 2022 0:03 UTC

38 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

Takeaways from a survey on AI alignment resources

DanielFilan5 Nov 2022 23:40 UTC

73 points

10 comments6 min readLW link 1 review

(danielfilan.com)

Unpricable Information and Certificate Hell

eva_5 Nov 2022 22:56 UTC

13 points

2 comments6 min readLW link

Recommend HAIST resources for assessing the value of RLHF-related alignment research

Sam Marks and Xander Davies

5 Nov 2022 20:58 UTC

26 points

9 comments3 min readLW link

Instead of technical research, more people should focus on buying time

Akash, OliviaJ and Thomas Larsen

5 Nov 2022 20:43 UTC

100 points

45 comments14 min readLW link

Provably Honest—A First Step

Srijanak De5 Nov 2022 19:18 UTC

10 points

2 comments8 min readLW link

Should AI focus on problem-solving or strategic planning? Why not both?

Oliver Siegel5 Nov 2022 19:17 UTC

−12 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

How to store human values on a computer

Oliver Siegel5 Nov 2022 19:17 UTC

−12 points

17 comments1 min readLW link