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DeepMind’s generalist AI, Gato: A non-technical explainer
frances_lorenz
,
Nora Belrose
and
jonmenaster
May 16, 2022, 9:21 PM
63
points
6
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[link] The Lion and the Worm
TsviBT
May 16, 2022, 8:40 PM
11
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] New Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article, “Normative Theories of Rational Choice: Rivals to Expected Utility”
Aryeh Englander
May 16, 2022, 7:33 PM
10
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Proxy misspecification and the capabilities vs. value learning race
Sam Marks
May 16, 2022, 6:58 PM
23
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Optimization at a Distance
johnswentworth
May 16, 2022, 5:58 PM
88
points
16
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
To what extent is your AGI timeline bimodal or otherwise “bumpy”?
jchan
May 16, 2022, 5:42 PM
13
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
China Covid #3
Zvi
May 16, 2022, 5:40 PM
54
points
6
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
BIDA Air Quality Measurements
jefftk
May 16, 2022, 2:00 PM
19
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
The Cuban missile crisis: the strategic context
NathanBarnard
May 16, 2022, 12:12 PM
18
points
2
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Why I’m Optimistic About Near-Term AI Risk
harsimony
May 15, 2022, 11:05 PM
57
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Definition Practice: Applied Rationality
ChristianKl
May 15, 2022, 8:44 PM
13
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Surviving Automation In The 21st Century—Part 1
George3d6
May 15, 2022, 7:16 PM
28
points
16
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(www.epistem.ink)
[Question]
Should we buy Google stock?
Random Trader
May 15, 2022, 6:38 PM
0
points
26
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The AI Countdown Clock
River Lewis
May 15, 2022, 6:37 PM
43
points
30
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(heytraveler.substack.com)
Is AI Progress Impossible To Predict?
alyssavance
May 15, 2022, 6:30 PM
277
points
39
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is it possible to implement switching between sequences from its pages?
EniScien
May 15, 2022, 9:19 AM
5
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Gato as the Dawn of Early AGI
David Udell
May 15, 2022, 6:52 AM
85
points
29
comments
12
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What’s up with the font size in the Markdown text editor?
Ege Erdil
May 14, 2022, 9:12 PM
7
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[Link post] Promising Paths to Alignment—Connor Leahy | Talk
frances_lorenz
May 14, 2022, 4:01 PM
34
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Inequality is inseparable from markets
NathanBarnard
May 14, 2022, 1:39 PM
22
points
7
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Predicting the Elections with Deep Learning—Part 1 - Results
Quentin Chenevier
May 14, 2022, 12:54 PM
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Clarifying the confusion around inner alignment
Rauno Arike
May 13, 2022, 11:05 PM
31
points
0
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Costs and benefits of amniocentesis for normal pregnancies
braces
May 13, 2022, 10:47 PM
13
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Frame for Take-Off Speeds to inform compute governance & scaling alignment
Logan Riggs
May 13, 2022, 10:23 PM
15
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Alignment as Constraints
Logan Riggs
May 13, 2022, 10:07 PM
10
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
How close to nuclear war did we get over Cuba?
NathanBarnard
May 13, 2022, 7:58 PM
13
points
0
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Against Time in Agent Models
johnswentworth
May 13, 2022, 7:55 PM
62
points
13
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Agency As a Natural Abstraction
Thane Ruthenis
May 13, 2022, 6:02 PM
55
points
9
comments
13
min read
LW
link
Fermi estimation of the impact you might have working on AI safety
Fabien Roger
May 13, 2022, 5:49 PM
10
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“Tech company singularities”, and steering them to reduce x-risk
Andrew_Critch
May 13, 2022, 5:24 PM
75
points
11
comments
4
min read
LW
link
An observation about Hubinger et al.’s framework for learned optimization
carboniferous_umbraculum
May 13, 2022, 4:20 PM
34
points
9
comments
8
min read
LW
link
[Question]
The Economics of a New Energy Source
casualphysicsenjoyer
May 13, 2022, 2:08 PM
2
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Still possible to change username?
gabrielrecc
May 13, 2022, 1:41 PM
7
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Rough notes, BAIS] Human values and cyclical preferences
pranomostro
,
Jayjay
and
Lucie Philippon
May 13, 2022, 1:28 PM
5
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Can moderators fix old sequences posts?
EniScien
May 13, 2022, 12:30 PM
10
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
DeepMind is hiring for the Scalable Alignment and Alignment Teams
Rohin Shah
and
Geoffrey Irving
May 13, 2022, 12:17 PM
150
points
34
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Thoughts on AI Safety Camp
Charlie Steiner
May 13, 2022, 7:16 AM
33
points
8
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Deferring
owencb
May 12, 2022, 11:56 PM
18
points
2
comments
11
min read
LW
link
RLHF
Ansh Radhakrishnan
May 12, 2022, 9:18 PM
18
points
5
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What to do when starting a business in an imminent-AGI world?
ryan_b
May 12, 2022, 9:07 PM
25
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Interpretability’s Alignment-Solving Potential: Analysis of 7 Scenarios
Evan R. Murphy
May 12, 2022, 8:01 PM
58
points
0
comments
59
min read
LW
link
Introduction to the sequence: Interpretability Research for the Most Important Century
Evan R. Murphy
May 12, 2022, 7:59 PM
16
points
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
A tentative dialogue with a Friendly-boxed-super-AGI on brain uploads
Ramiro P.
May 12, 2022, 7:40 PM
1
point
12
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The Last Paperclip
Logan Zoellner
May 12, 2022, 7:25 PM
63
points
15
comments
18
min read
LW
link
Deepmind’s Gato: Generalist Agent
Daniel Kokotajlo
May 12, 2022, 4:01 PM
165
points
62
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“A Generalist Agent”: New DeepMind Publication
1a3orn
May 12, 2022, 3:30 PM
79
points
43
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Covid 5/12/22: Other Priorities
Zvi
May 12, 2022, 1:30 PM
31
points
4
comments
15
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
[Question]
How would public media outlets need to be governed to cover all political views?
ChristianKl
May 12, 2022, 12:55 PM
13
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What’s keeping concerned capabilities gain researchers from leaving the field?
sovran
May 12, 2022, 12:16 PM
19
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Positive outcomes under an unaligned AGI takeover
Yitz
May 12, 2022, 7:45 AM
19
points
10
comments
3
min read
LW
link
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