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Accurate Models of AI Risk Are Hyperexistential Exfohazards
Thane Ruthenis
Dec 25, 2022, 4:50 PM
33
points
38
comments
9
min read
LW
link
ChatGPT is our Wright Brothers moment
Ron J
Dec 25, 2022, 4:26 PM
10
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Meditation on Winter
Raemon
Dec 25, 2022, 4:12 PM
59
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
I’ve updated towards AI boxing being surprisingly easy
Noosphere89
Dec 25, 2022, 3:40 PM
8
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Take 14: Corrigibility isn’t that great.
Charlie Steiner
Dec 25, 2022, 1:04 PM
15
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Simplified Level Up
jefftk
Dec 25, 2022, 1:00 PM
12
points
16
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Hyperfinite graphs ~ manifolds
Alok Singh
Dec 25, 2022, 12:24 PM
11
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Inconsistent math is great
Alok Singh
Dec 25, 2022, 3:20 AM
1
point
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A hundredth of a bit of extra entropy
Adam Scherlis
Dec 24, 2022, 9:12 PM
83
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Shared reality: a key driver of human behavior
kdbscott
Dec 24, 2022, 7:35 PM
126
points
25
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Contra Steiner on Too Many Natural Abstractions
DragonGod
Dec 24, 2022, 5:42 PM
10
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Three reasons to cooperate
paulfchristiano
Dec 24, 2022, 5:40 PM
86
points
14
comments
10
min read
LW
link
(sideways-view.com)
Practical AI risk I: Watching large compute
Gustavo Ramires
Dec 24, 2022, 1:25 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Non-Elevated Air Purifiers
jefftk
Dec 24, 2022, 12:40 PM
10
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
The Case for Chip-Backed Dollars
AnthonyRepetto
Dec 24, 2022, 10:28 AM
0
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
List #3: Why not to assume on prior that AGI-alignment workarounds are available
Remmelt
Dec 24, 2022, 9:54 AM
4
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
List #2: Why coordinating to align as humans to not develop AGI is a lot easier than, well… coordinating as humans with AGI coordinating to be aligned with humans
Remmelt
Dec 24, 2022, 9:53 AM
1
point
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
List #1: Why stopping the development of AGI is hard but doable
Remmelt
Dec 24, 2022, 9:52 AM
6
points
11
comments
5
min read
LW
link
The case against AI alignment
andrew sauer
Dec 24, 2022, 6:57 AM
128
points
110
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Content and Takeaways from SERI MATS Training Program with John Wentworth
RohanS
Dec 24, 2022, 4:17 AM
28
points
3
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Löb’s Lemma: an easier approach to Löb’s Theorem
Andrew_Critch
Dec 24, 2022, 2:02 AM
30
points
16
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Durkon, an open-source tool for Inherently Interpretable Modelling
abstractapplic
Dec 24, 2022, 1:49 AM
37
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Issues with uneven AI resource distribution
User_Luke
Dec 24, 2022, 1:18 AM
3
points
9
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(temporal.substack.com)
Loose Threads on Intelligence
Shoshannah Tekofsky
Dec 24, 2022, 12:38 AM
11
points
3
comments
8
min read
LW
link
[Question]
If you factor out next token prediction, what are the remaining salient features of human cognition?
Shmi
Dec 24, 2022, 12:38 AM
9
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Why is “Argument Mapping” Not More Common in EA/Rationality (And What Objections Should I Address in a Post on the Topic?)
HarrisonDurland
Dec 23, 2022, 9:58 PM
10
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Fear [Fiction]
Yitz
Dec 23, 2022, 9:21 PM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
To err is neural: select logs with ChatGPT
VipulNaik
Dec 23, 2022, 8:26 PM
22
points
2
comments
38
min read
LW
link
AISER—AIS Europe Retreat
Carolin
Dec 23, 2022, 7:03 PM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Two Truths and a Prediction Market
Screwtape
Dec 23, 2022, 6:52 PM
22
points
2
comments
6
min read
LW
link
ChatGPT understands, but largely does not generate Spanglish (and other code-mixed) text
Milan W
Dec 23, 2022, 5:40 PM
15
points
5
comments
4
min read
LW
link
On sincerity
Joe Carlsmith
Dec 23, 2022, 5:13 PM
76
points
6
comments
42
min read
LW
link
Epigenetics of the mammalian germline
Metacelsus
Dec 23, 2022, 3:21 PM
37
points
0
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(denovo.substack.com)
Boston Solstice Songs
jefftk
Dec 23, 2022, 1:00 PM
9
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Are there any reliable CAPTCHAs? Competition for CAPTCHA ideas that AIs can’t solve.
MrThink
Dec 23, 2022, 12:52 PM
7
points
37
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“Search” is dead. What is the new paradigm?
Shmi
Dec 23, 2022, 10:33 AM
15
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Article Review: Discovering Latent Knowledge (Burns, Ye, et al)
Robert_AIZI
Dec 22, 2022, 6:16 PM
13
points
4
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(aizi.substack.com)
Let’s think about slowing down AI
KatjaGrace
Dec 22, 2022, 5:40 PM
551
points
182
comments
38
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
(aiimpacts.org)
Some Notes on the mathematics of Toy Autoencoding Problems
carboniferous_umbraculum
Dec 22, 2022, 5:21 PM
18
points
1
comment
12
min read
LW
link
December 2022 updates and fundraising
AI Impacts
Dec 22, 2022, 5:20 PM
39
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
(aiimpacts.org)
Covid 12/22/22: Reevaluating Past Options
Zvi
Dec 22, 2022, 4:50 PM
30
points
2
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
China Covid #4
Zvi
Dec 22, 2022, 4:30 PM
50
points
2
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Racing through a minefield: the AI deployment problem
HoldenKarnofsky
Dec 22, 2022, 4:10 PM
38
points
2
comments
13
min read
LW
link
(www.cold-takes.com)
Lead in Chocolate?
jefftk
Dec 22, 2022, 4:10 PM
41
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Response to Holden’s alignment plan
Alex Flint
Dec 22, 2022, 4:08 PM
36
points
4
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Staring into the abyss as a core life skill
benkuhn
Dec 22, 2022, 3:30 PM
357
points
22
comments
12
min read
LW
link
1
review
(www.benkuhn.net)
Secular Solstice for children
juliawise
and
denkenberger
Dec 22, 2022, 2:33 PM
31
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
Mental acceptance and reflection
remember
and
Gabriel Alfour
Dec 22, 2022, 2:32 PM
34
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Against Diversification
Jack Malde
Dec 22, 2022, 1:29 PM
4
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(ethicaleconomist.substack.com)
Notes on Meta’s Diplomacy-Playing AI
Erich_Grunewald
Dec 22, 2022, 11:34 AM
15
points
2
comments
14
min read
LW
link
(www.erichgrunewald.com)
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