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As Many Ideas

ScrewtapeNov 3, 2023, 10:47 PM

12 points

6 votes

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0 comments4 min readLW link

Paul Christiano on Dwarkesh Podcast

ESRogsNov 3, 2023, 10:13 PM

19 points

11 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.dwarkeshpatel.com)

Deception Chess: Game #1

Zane, aphyer, Alex A and AdamYedidia

Nov 3, 2023, 9:13 PM

113 points

49 votes

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22 comments8 min readLW link 1 review

8 examples informing my pessimism on uploading without reverse engineering

Steven ByrnesNov 3, 2023, 8:03 PM

118 points

43 votes

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12 comments12 min readLW link

Integrity in AI Governance and Advocacy

habryka and Olive Branch

Nov 3, 2023, 7:52 PM

135 points

55 votes

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57 comments23 min readLW link

Averaging samples from a population with log-normal distribution

CrimsonChinNov 3, 2023, 7:42 PM

8 points

6 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

Securing Civilization Against Catastrophic Pandemics

jefftkNov 3, 2023, 7:33 PM

13 points

4 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(dam.gcsp.ch)

The Unavoidable Experience of Free Will in a Deterministic World

gmaxNov 3, 2023, 5:55 PM

−12 points

3 votes

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0 comments3 min readLW link

Thoughts on open source AI

Sam MarksNov 3, 2023, 3:35 PM

62 points

25 votes

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17 comments10 min readLW link

Knowledge Base 6: Consensus theory of truth

iwisNov 3, 2023, 1:56 PM

−8 points

3 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

The other side of the tidal wave

KatjaGraceNov 3, 2023, 5:40 AM

189 points

103 votes

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86 comments1 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Does davidad’s uploading moonshot work?

Bird Concept, lisathiergart, Anders_Sandberg, davidad and Arenamontanus

Nov 3, 2023, 2:21 AM

146 points

50 votes

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35 comments25 min readLW link

Twin Cities ACX Meetup—November 2023

Timothy M.Nov 3, 2023, 12:47 AM

1 point

1 vote

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1 comment1 min readLW link

San Francisco ACX Meetup “First Saturday”

guenaelNov 3, 2023, 12:10 AM

4 points

3 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are your favorite posts, podcast episodes, and recorded talks, on AI timelines, or factors that would influence AI timelines?

nonzerosumNov 2, 2023, 10:42 PM

2 points

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

One Day Sooner

ScrewtapeNov 2, 2023, 7:00 PM

132 points

74 votes

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8 comments8 min readLW link 1 review

Propaganda or Science: A Look at Open Source AI and Bioterrorism Risk

1a3ornNov 2, 2023, 6:20 PM

193 points

95 votes

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79 comments23 min readLW link

AI #36: In the Background

ZviNov 2, 2023, 6:00 PM

45 points

22 votes

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5 comments37 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Doubt Certainty

RationalDinoNov 2, 2023, 5:43 PM

4 points

4 votes

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13 comments3 min readLW link

Saying the quiet part out loud: trading off x-risk for personal immortality

disturbanceNov 2, 2023, 5:43 PM

84 points

70 votes

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89 comments5 min readLW link

Mech Interp Challenge: November—Deciphering the Cumulative Sum Model

CallumMcDougallNov 2, 2023, 5:10 PM

18 points

4 votes

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2 comments2 min readLW link

Estimating effective dimensionality of MNIST models

Arjun PanicksseryNov 2, 2023, 2:13 PM

41 points

15 votes

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3 comments1 min readLW link

Averages and sample sizes

mruwnikNov 2, 2023, 9:52 AM

15 points

7 votes

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2 comments8 min readLW link

ACX/LW/EA crossover meetup

RasmusHBNov 2, 2023, 5:57 AM

2 points

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Upcoming Feedback Opportunity on Dual-Use Foundation Models

Chris_LeongNov 2, 2023, 4:28 AM

3 points

3 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Public Weights?

jefftkNov 2, 2023, 2:50 AM

49 points

15 votes

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19 comments3 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Should people build productizations of open source AI models?

lcNov 2, 2023, 1:26 AM

23 points

7 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Singular learning theory and bridging from ML to brain emulations

kave and Garrett Baker

Nov 1, 2023, 9:31 PM

26 points

8 votes

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16 comments29 min readLW link

My thoughts on the social response to AI risk

Matthew BarnettNov 1, 2023, 9:17 PM

157 points

72 votes

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37 comments10 min readLW link

Reactions to the Executive Order

ZviNov 1, 2023, 8:40 PM

77 points

30 votes

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4 comments29 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Dario Amodei’s prepared remarks from the UK AI Safety Summit, on Anthropic’s Responsible Scaling Policy

Zac Hatfield-DoddsNov 1, 2023, 6:10 PM

83 points

35 votes

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1 comment4 min readLW link

(www.anthropic.com)

Book Review: Determined by Sapolsky

Kailuo WangNov 1, 2023, 5:37 PM

1 point

4 votes

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0 comments7 min readLW link

AI Alignment: A Comprehensive Survey

Stephen McAleerNov 1, 2023, 5:35 PM

22 points

13 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

A list of all the deadlines in Biden’s Executive Order on AI

Valentin BaltadzhievNov 1, 2023, 5:14 PM

26 points

15 votes

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2 comments11 min readLW link

2023 LessWrong Community Census, Request for Comments

ScrewtapeNov 1, 2023, 4:32 PM

43 points

14 votes

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37 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Snapshot of narratives and frames against regulating AI

Jan_KulveitNov 1, 2023, 4:30 PM

36 points

16 votes

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19 comments3 min readLW link

Commensal Institutions

SableNov 1, 2023, 4:01 PM

8 points

5 votes

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12 comments4 min readLW link

(affablyevil.substack.com)

ChatGPT’s Ontological Landscape

Bill BenzonNov 1, 2023, 3:12 PM

7 points

3 votes

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0 comments4 min readLW link

On the Executive Order

ZviNov 1, 2023, 2:20 PM

100 points

37 votes

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4 comments30 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Chinese scientists acknowledge xrisk & call for international regulatory body [Linkpost]

Orpheus16Nov 1, 2023, 1:28 PM

44 points

19 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

(www.ft.com)

[Question] Forecasting Questions: What do you want to predict on AI?

Nathan YoungNov 1, 2023, 1:17 PM

7 points

4 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1 AI Takeaways

ZviNov 1, 2023, 12:52 PM

47 points

23 votes

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13 comments6 min readLW link

Robustness of Contrast-Consistent Search to Adversarial Prompting

Nandi, i, Jamie Wright, Seamus_F and hugofry

Nov 1, 2023, 12:46 PM

18 points

11 votes

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1 comment7 min readLW link

The Bletchley Declaration on AI Safety

Hauke HillebrandtNov 1, 2023, 11:44 AM

17 points

10 votes

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0 comments4 min readLW link

(www.gov.uk)

Bay Winter Solstice 2023: Song & speech auditions

tcheasdfjklNov 1, 2023, 4:17 AM

17 points

3 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

On Having No Clue

Chris_LeongNov 1, 2023, 1:36 AM

20 points

14 votes

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11 comments1 min readLW link

Balancing Security Mindset with Collaborative Research: A Proposal

MadHatterNov 1, 2023, 12:46 AM

9 points

4 votes

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3 comments4 min readLW link

Computational Approaches to Pathogen Detection

jefftkNov 1, 2023, 12:30 AM

32 points

10 votes

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5 comments5 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Thoughts on the AI Safety Summit company policy requests and responses

So8resOct 31, 2023, 11:54 PM

169 points

56 votes

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14 comments10 min readLW link

AISN #25: White House Executive Order on AI, UK AI Safety Summit, and Progress on Voluntary Evaluations of AI Risks

Dan HOct 31, 2023, 7:34 PM

35 points

10 votes

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1 comment6 min readLW link

(newsletter.safe.ai)

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