Sacra­mento LW/​ACX Meetup

mcintNov 22, 2023, 11:52 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

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
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
1 comment6 min readLW link

AISC pro­ject: TinyEvals

Jett JaniakNov 22, 2023, 8:47 PM
22 points
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
0 comments18 min readLW link

Nei­ther Coper­ni­cus, Gal­ileo, nor Ke­pler had proof

Meow PNov 22, 2023, 6:41 PM
4 points
10 comments1 min readLW link
(www.cricetuscricetus.co.uk)

OpenAI: The Bat­tle of the Board

ZviNov 22, 2023, 5:30 PM
281 points
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
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
0 comments13 min readLW link

AI de­bate: test your­self against chess ‘AIs’

Richard WillisNov 22, 2023, 2:58 PM
26 points
35 comments4 min readLW link

Public Call for In­ter­est in Math­e­mat­i­cal Alignment

DavidmanheimNov 22, 2023, 1:22 PM
90 points
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
9 comments1 min readLW link
(tryingtruly.substack.com)

Align­ment, con­flict, powerseeking

Oliver SourbutNov 22, 2023, 9:47 AM
6 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Bias] Restrict­ing free­dom is more harm­ful than it seems

lsusrNov 22, 2023, 9:44 AM
17 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Portable Charg­ers are Great

jefftkNov 22, 2023, 2:50 AM
21 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

At­lantis: Berkeley event venue available for rent

Jonas VNov 22, 2023, 1:47 AM
45 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

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

FlorianHNov 21, 2023, 10:45 PM
5 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

My first con­ver­sa­tion with An­nie Altman

RemmeltNov 21, 2023, 9:58 PM
8 points
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
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”

Nov 21, 2023, 5:39 PM
73 points
84 comments11 min readLW link

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

Logan ZoellnerNov 21, 2023, 4:09 PM
18 points
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
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
9 comments3 min readLW link

Scott Alexan­der is wrong about slurs

[deactivated]Nov 21, 2023, 8:43 AM
−27 points
29 comments2 min readLW link

Steel­man­ning The Devil

ScrewtapeNov 21, 2023, 7:28 AM
10 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

How to type Alek­sander Mądry’s last name in LaTeX

DanielFilanNov 21, 2023, 12:50 AM
9 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(danielfilan.com)

Why not elec­tric trains and ex­ca­va­tors?

bhauthNov 21, 2023, 12:07 AM
68 points
39 comments5 min readLW link
(www.bhauth.com)

Vote on worth­while OpenAI top­ics to discuss

Nov 21, 2023, 12:03 AM
61 points
55 comments1 min readLW link

The na­tional se­cu­rity di­men­sion of OpenAI’s lead­er­ship struggle

Mitchell_PorterNov 20, 2023, 11:57 PM
3 points
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
0 comments2 min readLW link

Me­tac­u­lus In­tro­duces New Fore­cast Scores, New Leader­board & Medals

ChristianWilliamsNov 20, 2023, 8:33 PM
15 points
2 commentsLW link
(www.metaculus.com)

[Question] “Use­less Box” AGI

CagoNov 20, 2023, 7:07 PM
1 point
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Ad­vice on choos­ing an al­co­hol re­hab cen­ter?

Slingshot9271Nov 20, 2023, 6:46 PM
2 points
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
11 comments2 min readLW link

Nav­i­gat­ing emo­tions in an un­cer­tain & con­fus­ing world

Orpheus16Nov 20, 2023, 6:16 PM
42 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

OpenAI: Facts from a Weekend

ZviNov 20, 2023, 3:30 PM
271 points
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
28 comments1 min readLW link
(www.wired.com)

Ilya: The AI sci­en­tist shap­ing the world

David VargaNov 20, 2023, 1:09 PM
11 points
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
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
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
12 comments1 min readLW link

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

bayesyatinaNov 20, 2023, 11:42 AM
17 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

For Civ­i­liza­tion and Against Niceness

Gabriel AlfourNov 20, 2023, 10:56 AM
46 points
14 comments8 min readLW link
(cognition.cafe)

“Op­ti­mists always win!” is the biggest sur­vivor­ship bias

Yunfan YeNov 20, 2023, 8:53 AM
8 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Sam Alt­man, Greg Brock­man and oth­ers from OpenAI join Microsoft

OzyrusNov 20, 2023, 8:23 AM
58 points
15 comments1 min readLW link
(twitter.com)

Em­mett Shear to be in­terim CEO of OpenAI

Max HNov 20, 2023, 5:40 AM
21 points
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
1 comment1 min readLW link

Ex­treme web­site and app blocking

tbenthompsonNov 20, 2023, 3:53 AM
8 points
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
30 comments2 min readLW link

Res­i­den­tial De­mo­li­tion Tooling

jefftkNov 20, 2023, 3:20 AM
16 points
1 comment3 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)