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Sacramento LW/ACX Meetup

mcintNov 22, 2023, 11:52 PM

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Sam Altman’s ouster at OpenAI was precipitated by letter to board about AI breakthrough—Reuters

Jonathan YanNov 22, 2023, 11:17 PM

18 points

16 votes

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11 comments1 min readLW link

(www.reuters.com)

Foresight Institute: 2023 Progress & 2024 Plans for funding beneficial technology development

Allison DuettmannNov 22, 2023, 10:09 PM

24 points

9 votes

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1 comment6 min readLW link

AISC project: TinyEvals

Jett JaniakNov 22, 2023, 8:47 PM

22 points

11 votes

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0 comments4 min readLW link

The proposal to add a ``Last Judge″ to an AI, does not remove the urgency, of making progress on the ``what alignment target should be aimed at?″ question.

ThomasCederborgNov 22, 2023, 6:59 PM

1 point

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0 comments18 min readLW link

Neither Copernicus, Galileo, nor Kepler had proof

Meow PNov 22, 2023, 6:41 PM

4 points

2 votes

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10 comments1 min readLW link

(www.cricetuscricetus.co.uk)

OpenAI: The Battle of the Board

ZviNov 22, 2023, 5:30 PM

281 points

150 votes

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83 comments11 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Altman returns as OpenAI CEO with new board

Seth HerdNov 22, 2023, 4:04 PM

6 points

9 votes

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3 comments1 min readLW link

A taxonomy of non-schemer models (Section 1.2 of “Scheming AIs”)

Joe CarlsmithNov 22, 2023, 3:24 PM

13 points

2 votes

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0 comments13 min readLW link

AI debate: test yourself against chess ‘AIs’

Richard WillisNov 22, 2023, 2:58 PM

26 points

10 votes

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35 comments4 min readLW link

Public Call for Interest in Mathematical Alignment

DavidmanheimNov 22, 2023, 1:22 PM

90 points

41 votes

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9 comments1 min readLW link

How “Pinky Promise” diplomacy once stopped a war in the Middle East

positivesumNov 22, 2023, 12:03 PM

15 points

8 votes

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9 comments1 min readLW link

(tryingtruly.substack.com)

Alignment, conflict, powerseeking

Oliver SourbutNov 22, 2023, 9:47 AM

6 points

4 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

[Bias] Restricting freedom is more harmful than it seems

lsusrNov 22, 2023, 9:44 AM

17 points

43 votes

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15 comments1 min readLW link

Portable Chargers are Great

jefftkNov 22, 2023, 2:50 AM

21 points

11 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Atlantis: Berkeley event venue available for rent

Jonas VNov 22, 2023, 1:47 AM

45 points

18 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] How much should e-signatures have to cost a country?

FlorianHNov 21, 2023, 10:45 PM

5 points

3 votes

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5 comments1 min readLW link

My first conversation with Annie Altman

RemmeltNov 21, 2023, 9:58 PM

8 points

9 votes

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3 comments1 min readLW link

(open.spotify.com)

Userscript to always show LW comments in context vs at the top

Vlad SitaloNov 21, 2023, 5:53 PM

44 points

17 votes

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8 comments1 min readLW link

Dialogue on the Claim: “OpenAI’s Firing of Sam Altman (And Shortly-Subsequent Events) On Net Reduced Existential Risk From AGI”

johnswentworth and Ruby

Nov 21, 2023, 5:39 PM

73 points

58 votes

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84 comments11 min readLW link

AI Alignment [progress] this Week (11/19/2023)

Logan ZoellnerNov 21, 2023, 4:09 PM

18 points

13 votes

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3 comments5 min readLW link

(midwitalignment.substack.com)

Varieties of fake alignment (Section 1.1 of “Scheming AIs”)

Joe CarlsmithNov 21, 2023, 3:00 PM

15 points

3 votes

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0 comments12 min readLW link

Alignment can improve generalisation through more robustly doing what a human wants—CoinRun example

Stuart_ArmstrongNov 21, 2023, 11:41 AM

67 points

25 votes

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9 comments3 min readLW link

Scott Alexander is wrong about slurs

[deactivated]Nov 21, 2023, 8:43 AM

−27 points

30 votes

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29 comments2 min readLW link

Steelmanning The Devil

ScrewtapeNov 21, 2023, 7:28 AM

10 points

5 votes

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0 comments5 min readLW link

How to type Aleksander Mądry’s last name in LaTeX

DanielFilanNov 21, 2023, 12:50 AM

9 points

8 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

(danielfilan.com)

Why not electric trains and excavators?

bhauthNov 21, 2023, 12:07 AM

68 points

28 votes

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39 comments5 min readLW link

(www.bhauth.com)

Vote on worthwhile OpenAI topics to discuss

Ben PaceNov 21, 2023, 12:03 AM

61 points

23 votes

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55 comments1 min readLW link

The national security dimension of OpenAI’s leadership struggle

Mitchell_PorterNov 20, 2023, 11:57 PM

3 points

11 votes

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3 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What will you think about the Current Thing in a year?

mike_hawkeNov 20, 2023, 10:39 PM

21 points

11 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

Metaculus Introduces New Forecast Scores, New Leaderboard & Medals

ChristianWilliamsNov 20, 2023, 8:33 PM

15 points

4 votes

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2 comments3 min readLW link

(www.metaculus.com)

[Question] “Useless Box” AGI

CagoNov 20, 2023, 7:07 PM

1 point

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2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Advice on choosing an alcohol rehab center?

Slingshot9271Nov 20, 2023, 6:46 PM

2 points

2 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

Agent Boundaries Aren’t Markov Blankets. [Unless they’re non-causal; see comments.]

abramdemskiNov 20, 2023, 6:23 PM

82 points

39 votes

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11 comments2 min readLW link

Navigating emotions in an uncertain & confusing world

Orpheus16Nov 20, 2023, 6:16 PM

42 points

26 votes

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1 comment4 min readLW link

OpenAI: Facts from a Weekend

ZviNov 20, 2023, 3:30 PM

272 points

118 votes

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166 comments9 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

OpenAI Staff (including Sutskever) Threaten to Quit Unless Board Resigns

Seth HerdNov 20, 2023, 2:20 PM

52 points

15 votes

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28 comments1 min readLW link

(www.wired.com)

Ilya: The AI scientist shaping the world

David VargaNov 20, 2023, 1:09 PM

11 points

7 votes

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0 comments4 min readLW link

[Linkpost] OpenAI’s Interim CEO’s views on AI x-risk

Bogdan Ionut CirsteaNov 20, 2023, 1:00 PM

9 points

4 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

A Girardian interpretation of the Altman affair, it’s on my to-do list

Bill BenzonNov 20, 2023, 12:21 PM

3 points

3 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How did you integrate voice-to-text AI into your workflow?

ChristianKlNov 20, 2023, 12:01 PM

28 points

6 votes

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12 comments1 min readLW link

Short film adaptation of the essay “The Simple Truth” [eng sub]

bayesyatinaNov 20, 2023, 11:42 AM

18 points

10 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

For Civilization and Against Niceness

Gabriel AlfourNov 20, 2023, 10:56 AM

49 points

38 votes

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14 comments8 min readLW link

(cognition.cafe)

“Optimists always win!” is the biggest survivorship bias

Yunfan YeNov 20, 2023, 8:53 AM

8 points

8 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others from OpenAI join Microsoft

OzyrusNov 20, 2023, 8:23 AM

58 points

25 votes

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15 comments1 min readLW link

(twitter.com)

Emmett Shear to be interim CEO of OpenAI

Max HNov 20, 2023, 5:40 AM

21 points

13 votes

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5 comments1 min readLW link

(www.theverge.com)

[Question] Where can I learn about algorithmic transformation of AI prompts?

denyeverywhereNov 20, 2023, 4:35 AM

0 points

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Extreme website and app blocking

tbenthompsonNov 20, 2023, 3:53 AM

8 points

6 votes

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0 comments4 min readLW link

(tbenthompson.com)

Am I going insane or is the quality of education at top universities shockingly low?

ChrisRumanovNov 20, 2023, 3:53 AM

26 points

16 votes

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30 comments2 min readLW link

Residential Demolition Tooling

jefftkNov 20, 2023, 3:20 AM

16 points

4 votes

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1 comment3 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

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