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What DALL-E 2 can and cannot do

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) May 1, 2022, 11:51 PM

353 points

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303 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] Is it desirable for the first AGI to be conscious?

Charbel-RaphaëlMay 1, 2022, 9:29 PM

5 points

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12 comments1 min readLW link

ELK shaving

Miss Aligned AIMay 1, 2022, 9:05 PM

6 points

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[Linkpost] Value extraction via language model abduction

Paul BricmanMay 1, 2022, 7:11 PM

5 points

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(paulbricman.com)

Less Wrong Community Weekend 2022, open for application!

UnplannedCauliflowerMay 1, 2022, 6:52 PM

32 points

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Six Months of ROSE

EvenflairMay 1, 2022, 2:42 PM

18 points

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(guildoftherose.org)

Shared Car: One Year In

jefftkMay 1, 2022, 1:00 PM

14 points

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(www.jefftk.com)

Less Wrong Community Weekend 2022

UnplannedCauliflowerMay 1, 2022, 11:59 AM

34 points

19 votes

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11 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] How confident are we that there are no Extremely Obvious Aliens?

Logan ZoellnerMay 1, 2022, 10:59 AM

60 points

33 votes

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25 comments1 min readLW link

How to be skeptical about meditation/Buddhism

ViliamMay 1, 2022, 10:30 AM

79 points

48 votes

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47 comments2 min readLW link

My Approach to Non-Literal Communication

Isaac KingMay 1, 2022, 2:47 AM

29 points

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8 comments14 min readLW link

Narrative Syncing

AnnaSalamonMay 1, 2022, 1:48 AM

119 points

58 votes

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48 comments7 min readLW link 1 review

What is the solution to the Alignment problem?

AlgonApr 30, 2022, 11:19 PM

24 points

18 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why hasn’t deep learning generated significant economic value yet?

Alex_AltairApr 30, 2022, 8:27 PM

115 points

66 votes

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89 comments2 min readLW link

Nuclear Energy—Good but not the silver bullet we were hoping for

Marius HobbhahnApr 30, 2022, 3:41 PM

64 points

39 votes

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33 comments15 min readLW link 1 review

Quick Thoughts on A.I. Governance

Nicholas KrossApr 30, 2022, 2:49 PM

70 points

33 votes

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8 comments2 min readLW link

(www.thinkingmuchbetter.com)

Discussion on Thomas Philippon’s paper on TFP growth being linear

Arjun YadavApr 30, 2022, 2:25 PM

2 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

[untitled post]

superads91Apr 30, 2022, 1:01 PM

0 points

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49 comments1 min readLW link

Note-Taking without Hidden Messages

HoagyApr 30, 2022, 11:15 AM

17 points

6 votes

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2 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] How good is spending?

tryactionsApr 30, 2022, 7:27 AM

5 points

8 votes

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11 comments1 min readLW link

[Linkpost] New multi-modal Deepmind model fusing Chinchilla with images and videos

p.b.Apr 30, 2022, 3:47 AM

53 points

29 votes

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18 comments1 min readLW link

Salvage Epistemology

jimrandomhApr 30, 2022, 2:10 AM

102 points

69 votes

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119 comments1 min readLW link

Learning the smooth prior

Geoffrey Irving, Rohin Shah and evhub

Apr 29, 2022, 9:10 PM

35 points

12 votes

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0 comments12 min readLW link

[Question] Do FDT (or similar) recommend reparations?

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Apr 29, 2022, 5:34 PM

13 points

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Saying no to the Appleman

Johannes C. MayerApr 29, 2022, 10:39 AM

47 points

29 votes

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12 comments3 min readLW link

Prize for Alignment Research Tasks

stuhlmueller and William_S

Apr 29, 2022, 8:57 AM

64 points

31 votes

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38 comments10 min readLW link

Increasing Demandingness in EA

jefftkApr 29, 2022, 1:20 AM

61 points

33 votes

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22 comments3 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] What is a training “step” vs. “episode” in machine learning?

Evan R. MurphyApr 28, 2022, 9:53 PM

10 points

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Facts Matter

mrdlmApr 28, 2022, 9:19 PM

20 points

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2 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Is alignment possible?

ShayApr 28, 2022, 9:18 PM

0 points

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5 comments1 min readLW link

Two Prosocial Rejection Norms

EmrikApr 28, 2022, 8:53 PM

54 points

36 votes

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21 comments3 min readLW link

Dath Ilan vs. Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri: Pareto Improvements

David UdellApr 28, 2022, 7:26 PM

35 points

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16 comments2 min readLW link

A Parable Of Explainability

George3d6Apr 28, 2022, 4:46 PM

10 points

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(www.epistem.ink)

Keep your protos in one repo

RobertMApr 28, 2022, 3:53 PM

5 points

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4 comments5 min readLW link

(docs.protocall.dev)

Covid 4/28/22: Take My Paxlovid, Please

ZviApr 28, 2022, 3:20 PM

35 points

21 votes

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14 comments8 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

3-bit filters

iivonenApr 28, 2022, 11:55 AM

8 points

5 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

Jaan Tallinn’s 2021 Philanthropy Overview

jaanApr 28, 2022, 9:55 AM

71 points

30 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

(jaan.online)

Doom sooner

FlaglandbaseApr 28, 2022, 7:24 AM

1 point

3 votes

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How Might an Alignment Attractor Look like?

ShmiApr 28, 2022, 6:46 AM

47 points

18 votes

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15 comments2 min readLW link

Virtue signaling is sometimes the best or the only metric we have

Holly_ElmoreApr 28, 2022, 4:52 AM

41 points

27 votes

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43 comments5 min readLW link

The Gospel of Martin Luther

lsusrApr 28, 2022, 4:29 AM

9 points

12 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

Letter to my Squire

lsusrApr 28, 2022, 4:16 AM

9 points

11 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Slides: Potential Risks From Advanced AI

Aryeh EnglanderApr 28, 2022, 2:15 AM

7 points

3 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Naive comments on AGIlignment

EricfApr 28, 2022, 1:08 AM

−8 points

3 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

AI Alternative Futures: Scenario Mapping Artificial Intelligence Risk—Request for Participation (Closed)

KakiliApr 27, 2022, 10:07 PM

10 points

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2 comments8 min readLW link

The Speed + Simplicity Prior is probably anti-deceptive

Yonadav ShavitApr 27, 2022, 7:30 PM

30 points

13 votes

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28 comments12 min readLW link

If you’re very optimistic about ELK then you should be optimistic about outer alignment

Sam MarksApr 27, 2022, 7:30 PM

17 points

12 votes

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8 comments3 min readLW link

The Game of Masks

SlimepriestessApr 27, 2022, 6:03 PM

50 points

53 votes

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18 comments11 min readLW link

(hivewired.wordpress.com)

Law-Following AI 3: Lawless AI Agents Undermine Stabilizing Agreements

CullenApr 27, 2022, 5:30 PM

2 points

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Law-Following AI 2: Intent Alignment + Superintelligence → Lawless AI (By Default)

CullenApr 27, 2022, 5:27 PM

5 points

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2 comments6 min readLW link

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