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FixDT

abramdemskiNov 30, 2023, 9:57 PM

65 points

28 votes

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15 comments14 min readLW link 1 review

Generalization, from thermodynamics to statistical physics

Jesse HooglandNov 30, 2023, 9:28 PM

64 points

24 votes

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9 comments28 min readLW link

What’s next for the field of Agent Foundations?

Nora_Ammann, Alexander Gietelink Oldenziel and mattmacdermott

Nov 30, 2023, 5:55 PM

59 points

26 votes

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23 comments10 min readLW link

A Proposed Cure for Alzheimer’s Disease???

MadHatterNov 30, 2023, 5:37 PM

4 points

16 votes

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30 comments2 min readLW link

AI #40: A Vision from Vitalik

ZviNov 30, 2023, 5:30 PM

53 points

21 votes

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12 comments42 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Is scheming more likely in models trained to have long-term goals? (Sections 2.2.4.1-2.2.4.2 of “Scheming AIs”)

Joe CarlsmithNov 30, 2023, 4:43 PM

8 points

2 votes

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0 comments6 min readLW link

A Formula for Violence (and Its Antidote)

MadHatterNov 30, 2023, 4:04 PM

−22 points

8 votes

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6 comments1 min readLW link

(blog.simpleheart.org)

Enkrateia: a safe model-based reinforcement learning algorithm

MadHatterNov 30, 2023, 3:51 PM

−15 points

6 votes

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4 comments2 min readLW link

(github.com)

Normative Ethics vs Utilitarianism

Logan ZoellnerNov 30, 2023, 3:36 PM

6 points

1 vote

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0 comments2 min readLW link

(midwitalignment.substack.com)

Information-Theoretic Boxing of Superintelligences

JustinShovelain and Elliot Mckernon

Nov 30, 2023, 2:31 PM

31 points

23 votes

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0 comments7 min readLW link

OpenAI: Altman Returns

ZviNov 30, 2023, 2:10 PM

66 points

30 votes

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12 comments11 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Linkpost] Remarks on the Convergence in Distribution of Random Neural Networks to Gaussian Processes in the Infinite Width Limit

carboniferous_umbraculum Nov 30, 2023, 2:01 PM

9 points

5 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(drive.google.com)

[Question] Buy Nothing Day is a great idea with a terrible app— why has nobody built a killer app for crowdsourced ‘effective communism’ yet?

lillybaeumNov 30, 2023, 1:47 PM

8 points

9 votes

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17 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Comprehensible Input is the only way people learn languages—is it the only way people learn?

lillybaeumNov 30, 2023, 1:31 PM

8 points

6 votes

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2 comments3 min readLW link

Some Intuitions for the Ethicophysics

MadHatter and mishka

Nov 30, 2023, 6:47 AM

2 points

8 votes

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4 comments8 min readLW link

The Alignment Agenda THEY Don’t Want You to Know About

MadHatterNov 30, 2023, 4:29 AM

−19 points

17 votes

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16 comments1 min readLW link

Homework Answer: Glicko Ratings for War

MadHatterNov 30, 2023, 4:08 AM

−45 points

23 votes

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1 comment77 min readLW link

(gist.github.com)

[Question] Feature Request for LessWrong

MadHatterNov 30, 2023, 3:19 AM

11 points

11 votes

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8 comments1 min readLW link

My Alignment Research Agenda (“the Ethicophysics”)

MadHatterNov 30, 2023, 2:57 AM

−13 points

12 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Stupid Question: Why am I getting consistently downvoted?

MadHatterNov 30, 2023, 12:21 AM

31 points

32 votes

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138 comments1 min readLW link

Inositol Non-Results

ElizabethNov 29, 2023, 9:40 PM

20 points

7 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

Losing Metaphors: Zip and Paste

jefftkNov 29, 2023, 8:31 PM

26 points

10 votes

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6 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Preserving our heritage: Building a movement and a knowledge ark for current and future generations

rnk8Nov 29, 2023, 7:20 PM

0 points

4 votes

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5 comments12 min readLW link

AGI Alignment is Absurd

Youssef MohamedNov 29, 2023, 7:11 PM

−9 points

8 votes

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4 comments3 min readLW link

The origins of the steam engine: An essay with interactive animated diagrams

jasoncrawfordNov 29, 2023, 6:30 PM

30 points

13 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

ChatGPT 4 solved all the gotcha problems I posed that tripped ChatGPT 3.5

VipulNaikNov 29, 2023, 6:11 PM

33 points

18 votes

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16 comments14 min readLW link

“Clean” vs. “messy” goal-directedness (Section 2.2.3 of “Scheming AIs”)

Joe CarlsmithNov 29, 2023, 4:32 PM

29 points

9 votes

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1 comment11 min readLW link

Lying Alignment Chart

Zack_M_DavisNov 29, 2023, 4:15 PM

78 points

41 votes

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17 comments1 min readLW link

Rethink Priorities: Seeking Expressions of Interest for Special Projects Next Year

kierangreigNov 29, 2023, 1:59 PM

4 points

3 votes

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0 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Thoughts on teletransportation with copies?

titotalNov 29, 2023, 12:56 PM

15 points

10 votes

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13 comments1 min readLW link

Interpretability with Sparse Autoencoders (Colab exercises)

CallumMcDougallNov 29, 2023, 12:56 PM

77 points

39 votes

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9 comments4 min readLW link

The 101 Space You Will Always Have With You

ScrewtapeNov 29, 2023, 4:56 AM

281 points

133 votes

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23 comments6 min readLW link 1 review

Trust your intuition—Kahneman’s book misses the forest for the trees

mnvrNov 29, 2023, 4:37 AM

−2 points

7 votes

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2 comments2 min readLW link

Process Substitution Without Shell?

jefftkNov 29, 2023, 3:20 AM

19 points

7 votes

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18 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Deception Chess: Game #2

ZaneNov 29, 2023, 2:43 AM

29 points

17 votes

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17 comments2 min readLW link

Black Box Biology

GeneSmithNov 29, 2023, 2:27 AM

65 points

30 votes

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30 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What would be the shelf life of nuclear weapon-secrecy if nuclear weapons had not immediately been used in combat?

Gram StoneNov 29, 2023, 12:53 AM

7 points

5 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

Scaling laws for dominant assurance contracts

jessicataNov 28, 2023, 11:11 PM

36 points

11 votes

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5 comments7 min readLW link

(unstableontology.com)

I’m confused about innate smell neuroanatomy

Steven ByrnesNov 28, 2023, 8:49 PM

40 points

15 votes

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2 comments9 min readLW link

How to Control an LLM’s Behavior (why my P(DOOM) went down)

RogerDearnaleyNov 28, 2023, 7:56 PM

65 points

37 votes

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30 comments11 min readLW link

[Question] Is there a word for discrimination against A.I.?

Aaron BohannonNov 28, 2023, 7:03 PM

1 point

1 vote

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4 comments1 min readLW link

Update #2 to “Dominant Assurance Contract Platform”: EnsureDone

moyamoNov 28, 2023, 6:02 PM

33 points

14 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

Ethicophysics II: Politics is the Mind-Savior

MadHatterNov 28, 2023, 4:27 PM

−9 points

12 votes

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9 comments4 min readLW link

(bittertruths.substack.com)

Neither EA nor e/acc is what we need to build the future

jasoncrawfordNov 28, 2023, 4:04 PM

7 points

21 votes

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22 comments3 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

AISC project: How promising is automating alignment research? (literature review)

Bogdan Ionut CirsteaNov 28, 2023, 2:47 PM

4 points

1 vote

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1 comment1 min readLW link

(docs.google.com)

A day in the life of a mechanistic interpretability researcher

Bill BenzonNov 28, 2023, 2:45 PM

3 points

4 votes

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3 comments1 min readLW link

Two sources of beyond-episode goals (Section 2.2.2 of “Scheming AIs”)

Joe CarlsmithNov 28, 2023, 1:49 PM

11 points

4 votes

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1 comment15 min readLW link

Self-Referential Probabilistic Logic Admits the Payor’s Lemma

Yudhister KumarNov 28, 2023, 10:27 AM

80 points

29 votes

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14 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] How can I use AI without increasing AI-risk?

Yoav RavidNov 28, 2023, 10:05 AM

18 points

6 votes

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6 comments1 min readLW link

A Reading From The Book Of Sequences

ScrewtapeNov 28, 2023, 6:45 AM

8 points

3 votes

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0 comments4 min readLW link

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