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K-complexity is silly; use cross-entropy instead

So8resDec 20, 2022, 11:06 PM

148 points

71 votes

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56 comments14 min readLW link 2 reviews

Podcast: Tamera Lanham on AI risk, threat models, alignment proposals, externalized reasoning oversight, and working at Anthropic

Orpheus16Dec 20, 2022, 9:39 PM

18 points

6 votes

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2 comments11 min readLW link

Discovering Language Model Behaviors with Model-Written Evaluations

evhub and Ethan Perez

Dec 20, 2022, 8:08 PM

100 points

45 votes

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34 comments1 min readLW link

(www.anthropic.com)

Reflections: Bureaucratic Hell

Haris RashidDec 20, 2022, 7:22 PM

−5 points

4 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.harisrab.com)

Proliferating Education

Haris RashidDec 20, 2022, 7:22 PM

−1 points

6 votes

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2 comments5 min readLW link

(www.harisrab.com)

AGI is here, but nobody wants it. Why should we even care?

MGowDec 20, 2022, 7:14 PM

−22 points

7 votes

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0 comments17 min readLW link

Properties of current AIs and some predictions of the evolution of AI from the perspective of scale-free theories of agency and regulative development

Roman LeventovDec 20, 2022, 5:13 PM

33 points

24 votes

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3 comments36 min readLW link

I believe some AI doomers are overconfident

FTPickleDec 20, 2022, 5:09 PM

8 points

15 votes

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15 comments2 min readLW link

Note on algorithms with multiple trained components

Steven ByrnesDec 20, 2022, 5:08 PM

23 points

8 votes

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4 comments2 min readLW link

Marvel Snap: Phase 2

ZviDec 20, 2022, 2:50 PM

11 points

7 votes

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1 comment13 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

(Extremely) Naive Gradient Hacking Doesn’t Work

ojorgensenDec 20, 2022, 2:35 PM

17 points

8 votes

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0 comments6 min readLW link

An Open Agency Architecture for Safe Transformative AI

davidadDec 20, 2022, 1:04 PM

80 points

52 votes

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22 comments4 min readLW link

Under-Appreciated Ways to Use Flashcards—Part I

Florence HinderDec 20, 2022, 12:43 PM

22 points

17 votes

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5 comments5 min readLW link

(thoughtsaver.ghost.io)

EA & LW Forums Weekly Summary (12th Dec − 18th Dec 22′)

Zoe WilliamsDec 20, 2022, 9:49 AM

10 points

3 votes

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0 comments17 min readLW link

[link, 2019] AI paradigm: interactive learning from unlabeled instructions

the gears to ascensionDec 20, 2022, 6:45 AM

2 points

1 vote

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0 comments2 min readLW link

(jgrizou.github.io)

[Fiction] Unspoken Stone

Gordon Seidoh WorleyDec 20, 2022, 5:11 AM

19 points

8 votes

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0 comments5 min readLW link

Notice when you stop reading right before you understand

just_browsingDec 20, 2022, 5:09 AM

61 points

33 votes

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6 comments1 min readLW link

Take 12: RLHF’s use is evidence that orgs will jam RL at real-world problems.

Charlie SteinerDec 20, 2022, 5:01 AM

25 points

7 votes

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1 comment3 min readLW link

More notes from raising a late-talking kid

Steven ByrnesDec 20, 2022, 2:13 AM

40 points

22 votes

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2 comments6 min readLW link

The “Minimal Latents” Approach to Natural Abstractions

johnswentworthDec 20, 2022, 1:22 AM

53 points

28 votes

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24 comments12 min readLW link

Shard Theory in Nine Theses: a Distillation and Critical Appraisal

LawrenceCDec 19, 2022, 10:52 PM

150 points

60 votes

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30 comments18 min readLW link

[Question] Will research in AI risk jinx it? Consequences of training AI on AI risk arguments

Yann DuboisDec 19, 2022, 10:42 PM

5 points

3 votes

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6 comments1 min readLW link

AGI Timelines in Governance: Different Strategies for Different Timeframes

simeon_c and AmberDawn

Dec 19, 2022, 9:31 PM

65 points

36 votes

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28 comments10 min readLW link

Towards Hodge-podge Alignment

Cleo NardoDec 19, 2022, 8:12 PM

95 points

55 votes

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30 comments9 min readLW link

Computational signatures of psychopathy

Cameron BergDec 19, 2022, 5:01 PM

30 points

17 votes

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3 comments20 min readLW link

Results from a survey on tool use and workflows in alignment research

jacquesthibs, Jan, janus and Logan Riggs

Dec 19, 2022, 3:19 PM

79 points

44 votes

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2 comments19 min readLW link

Does ChatGPT’s performance warrant working on a tutor for children? [It’s time to take it to the lab.]

Bill BenzonDec 19, 2022, 3:12 PM

13 points

6 votes

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5 comments4 min readLW link

(new-savanna.blogspot.com)

Conditions for Superrationality-motivated Cooperation in a one-shot Prisoner’s Dilemma

Jim BuhlerDec 19, 2022, 3:00 PM

24 points

20 votes

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4 comments5 min readLW link

Next Level Seinfeld

ZviDec 19, 2022, 1:30 PM

50 points

27 votes

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8 comments1 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

CEA Disambiguation

jefftkDec 19, 2022, 1:20 PM

25 points

10 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Why mechanistic interpretability does not and cannot contribute to long-term AGI safety (from messages with a friend)

RemmeltDec 19, 2022, 12:02 PM

−3 points

16 votes

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9 comments31 min readLW link

Hacker-AI and Cyberwar 2.0+

Erland WittkotterDec 19, 2022, 11:46 AM

2 points

4 votes

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0 comments15 min readLW link

Non-Technical Preparation for Hacker-AI and Cyberwar 2.0+

Erland WittkotterDec 19, 2022, 11:42 AM

2 points

4 votes

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0 comments25 min readLW link

An Effective Grab Bag

stavrosDec 19, 2022, 10:29 AM

30 points

16 votes

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2 comments7 min readLW link

Slick hyperfinite Ramsey theory proof

Alok SinghDec 19, 2022, 8:40 AM

8 points

4 votes

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3 comments1 min readLW link

(alok.github.io)

The True Spirit of Solstice?

RaemonDec 19, 2022, 8:00 AM

69 points

34 votes

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31 comments9 min readLW link

The Risk of Orbital Debris and One (Cheap) Way to Mitigate It

clansDec 19, 2022, 3:16 AM

13 points

6 votes

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1 comment4 min readLW link

(locationtbd.home.blog)

Why I think that teaching philosophy is high impact

Eleni AngelouDec 19, 2022, 3:11 AM

5 points

5 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

A template for doing annual reviews

peterslatteryDec 19, 2022, 3:09 AM

2 points

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Event [Berkeley]: Alignment Collaborator Speed-Meeting

AlexMennen and Carson Jones

Dec 19, 2022, 2:24 AM

18 points

5 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

An easier(?) end to the electoral college

ejacobDec 19, 2022, 2:09 AM

2 points

4 votes

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2 comments2 min readLW link

How Death Feels

sisyphusDec 18, 2022, 11:47 PM

−7 points

9 votes

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9 comments1 min readLW link

Why Are Women Hot?

Jacob FalkovichDec 18, 2022, 11:20 PM

17 points

97 votes

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19 comments11 min readLW link

[Question] Can we, in principle, know the measure of counterfactual quantum branches?

sisyphusDec 18, 2022, 10:07 PM

1 point

1 vote

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15 comments1 min readLW link

Boston Solstice 2022 Retrospective

jefftkDec 18, 2022, 7:00 PM

19 points

9 votes

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3 comments5 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Take 11: “Aligning language models” should be weirder.

Charlie SteinerDec 18, 2022, 2:14 PM

34 points

18 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

Bad at Arithmetic, Promising at Math

cohenmacaulayDec 18, 2022, 5:40 AM

102 points

54 votes

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19 comments20 min readLW link 1 review

Overconfidence bubbles

kaputmiDec 18, 2022, 2:07 AM

3 points

3 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

Positive values seem more robust and lasting than prohibitions

TurnTroutDec 17, 2022, 9:43 PM

52 points

23 votes

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13 comments2 min readLW link

What we owe the microbiome

weverkaDec 17, 2022, 7:40 PM

2 points

6 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

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