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SIA Is Just Being a Bayesian About the Fact That One Exists

Bentham's BulldogNov 14, 2023, 10:55 PM

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AI Alignment [progress] this Week (11/12/2023)

Logan ZoellnerNov 14, 2023, 10:21 PM

6 points

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(midwitalignment.substack.com)

[Question] When did Eliezer Yudkowsky change his mind about neural networks?

[deactivated]Nov 14, 2023, 9:24 PM

31 points

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15 comments1 min readLW link

Betting on what is un-falsifiable and un-verifiable

Abhimanyu Pallavi SudhirNov 14, 2023, 9:11 PM

13 points

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0 comments15 min readLW link

Facebook is Paying Me to Post

jefftkNov 14, 2023, 7:10 PM

26 points

10 votes

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5 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Feelings, Nothing More than Feelings, About AI

PaulBeconNov 14, 2023, 6:50 PM

7 points

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Kids or No kids

Kids or no kidsNov 14, 2023, 6:37 PM

98 points

49 votes

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10 comments13 min readLW link

Raemon’s Deliberate (“Purposeful?”) Practice Club

Raemon, Elizabeth, lynettebye and Alex_Altair

Nov 14, 2023, 6:24 PM

61 points

22 votes

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More metal less ore

Logan KiellerNov 14, 2023, 4:59 PM

10 points

7 votes

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(logankieller.substack.com)

Monthly Roundup #12: November 2023

ZviNov 14, 2023, 3:20 PM

34 points

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Do you want a first-principled preparedness guide to prepare yourself and loved ones for potential catastrophes?

Ulrik HornNov 14, 2023, 12:13 PM

16 points

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5 comments15 min readLW link

[Question] Is there Work on Embedded Agency in Cellular Automata Toy Models?

Johannes C. MayerNov 14, 2023, 9:08 AM

10 points

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[Question] Would this be Progress in Solving Embedded Agency?

Johannes C. MayerNov 14, 2023, 9:08 AM

9 points

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Is Interpretability All We Need?

RogerDearnaleyNov 14, 2023, 5:31 AM

1 point

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What is wisdom?

TsviBTNov 14, 2023, 2:13 AM

39 points

15 votes

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3 comments13 min readLW link

Festival Stats 2023

jefftkNov 14, 2023, 1:20 AM

9 points

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Out of the Box

jesseduffieldNov 13, 2023, 11:43 PM

5 points

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Loudly Give Up, Don’t Quietly Fade

ScrewtapeNov 13, 2023, 11:30 PM

180 points

103 votes

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Great Empathy and Great Response Ability

positivesumNov 13, 2023, 11:04 PM

16 points

8 votes

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0 comments3 min readLW link

(tryingtruly.substack.com)

Theories of Change for AI Auditing

Lee Sharkey, beren and Marius Hobbhahn

Nov 13, 2023, 7:33 PM

54 points

27 votes

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0 comments18 min readLW link

(www.apolloresearch.ai)

They are made of repeating patterns

quetzal_rainbowNov 13, 2023, 6:17 PM

61 points

37 votes

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4 comments2 min readLW link

How to Upload a Mind (In Three Not-So-Easy Steps)

aggliu and Writer

Nov 13, 2023, 6:13 PM

26 points

12 votes

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0 comments7 min readLW link

(youtu.be)

Non-myopia stories

lberglundNov 13, 2023, 5:52 PM

29 points

15 votes

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10 comments7 min readLW link

It’s OK to eat shrimp: EAs Make Invalid Inferences About Fish Qualia and Moral Patienthood

Mikhail SaminNov 13, 2023, 4:51 PM

0 points

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17 comments7 min readLW link

Suggestions for chess puzzles

ZaneNov 13, 2023, 3:39 PM

13 points

4 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

Why small phenomenons are relevant to morality

Ryo Nov 13, 2023, 3:25 PM

1 point

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0 comments3 min readLW link

Optionality approach to ethics

Ryo Nov 13, 2023, 3:23 PM

7 points

3 votes

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2 comments3 min readLW link

Redirecting one’s own taxes as an effective altruism method

David GrossNov 13, 2023, 3:17 PM

−11 points

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34 comments16 min readLW link

AISC Project: Benchmarks for Stable Reflectivity

jacquesthibsNov 13, 2023, 2:51 PM

17 points

5 votes

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0 comments8 min readLW link

Research Adenda: Modelling Trajectories of Language Models

NickyPNov 13, 2023, 2:33 PM

28 points

13 votes

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0 comments12 min readLW link

Bostrom Goes Unheard

ZviNov 13, 2023, 2:11 PM

81 points

38 votes

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9 comments18 min readLW link

November hangout in Warsaw

ntoxegNov 13, 2023, 1:20 PM

1 point

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The Science Algorithm AISC Project

Johannes C. MayerNov 13, 2023, 12:52 PM

12 points

7 votes

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(docs.google.com)

You can just spontaneously call people you haven’t met in years

lcNov 13, 2023, 5:21 AM

169 points

105 votes

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Zvi’s Manifold Markets House Rules

ZviNov 13, 2023, 12:28 AM

53 points

23 votes

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6 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What’s your best utilitarian model for risking your best kidneys?

IlioNov 12, 2023, 11:01 PM

−3 points

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Helpful examples to get a sense of modern automated manipulation

trevorNov 12, 2023, 8:49 PM

33 points

18 votes

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4 comments9 min readLW link

The Snuggle/Date/Slap Protocol

MadHatterNov 12, 2023, 8:44 PM

−21 points

17 votes

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4 comments2 min readLW link

Two children’s stories

Optimization ProcessNov 12, 2023, 8:29 PM

10 points

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The Fundamental Theorem for measurable factor spaces

Matthias G. MayerNov 12, 2023, 7:25 PM

41 points

12 votes

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How accurate are standard Dark Triad personality scales?

jamesbillNov 12, 2023, 8:21 AM

0 points

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[Question] What ML gears do you like?

Ulisse MiniNov 11, 2023, 7:10 PM

25 points

13 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

Smart Sessions—Finally a (kinda) window-centric session manager

Eli TyreNov 11, 2023, 6:54 PM

14 points

5 votes

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AISC project: SatisfIA – AI that satisfies without overdoing it

Jobst HeitzigNov 11, 2023, 6:22 PM

12 points

7 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(docs.google.com)

Control Symmetry: why we might want to start investigating asymmetric alignment interventions

domenicrosatiNov 11, 2023, 5:27 PM

25 points

13 votes

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Game Theory without Argmax [Part 2]

Cleo NardoNov 11, 2023, 4:02 PM

31 points

12 votes

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Game Theory without Argmax [Part 1]

Cleo NardoNov 11, 2023, 3:59 PM

70 points

28 votes

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18 comments19 min readLW link

It’s OK to be biased towards humans

dr_sNov 11, 2023, 11:59 AM

54 points

30 votes

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69 comments6 min readLW link

The Top AI Safety Bets for 2023: GiveWiki’s Latest Recommendations

Dawn DrescherNov 11, 2023, 9:04 AM

3 points

6 votes

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Artificial General Horsiness

robotelvisNov 11, 2023, 5:15 AM

4 points

9 votes

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0 comments5 min readLW link

(messyprogress.substack.com)

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