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Some miscellaneous thoughts on ChatGPT, stories, and mechanical interpretability

Bill BenzonFeb 4, 2023, 7:35 PM

2 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

O(“AGI Safety”)>O(“Stop Tyrants”)

AnthonyRepettoFeb 4, 2023, 6:38 PM

−4 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Monthly Doom Argument Threads? Doom Argument Wiki?

LVSNFeb 4, 2023, 4:59 PM

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

The Future of Structured Self Improvement

EvenflairFeb 4, 2023, 4:02 PM

27 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(guildoftherose.org)

Empathy as a natural consequence of learnt reward models

berenFeb 4, 2023, 3:35 PM

48 points

27 comments13 min readLW link

Mech Interp Project Advising Call: Memorisation in GPT-2 Small

Neel NandaFeb 4, 2023, 2:17 PM

7 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Do IQ tests measure intelligence? - A prediction market on my future beliefs about the topic

tailcalledFeb 4, 2023, 11:19 AM

1 point

10 comments1 min readLW link

(manifold.markets)

AXRP Episode 19 - Mechanistic Interpretability with Neel Nanda

DanielFilanFeb 4, 2023, 3:00 AM

45 points

0 comments117 min readLW link

The 2/3 rule for multi-factor authentication

RomanHaukssonFeb 4, 2023, 2:57 AM

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(roman.computer)

Path-Dependence in ChatGPT’s Political Outputs

lsusrFeb 4, 2023, 2:02 AM

28 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

Fucking Goddamn Basics of Rationalist Discourse

LoganStrohlFeb 4, 2023, 1:47 AM

351 points

103 comments1 min readLW link 3 reviews

Small Talk is Good, Actually

Gordon Seidoh WorleyFeb 4, 2023, 12:38 AM

52 points

9 comments3 min readLW link

Update on Book Review Dominant Assurance Contract

Arjun PanicksseryFeb 3, 2023, 11:16 PM

9 points

0 comments LW link

[Question] 2+2=π√2+n

Logan ZoellnerFeb 3, 2023, 10:27 PM

16 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] If I encounter a capabilities paper that kinda spooks me, what should I do with it?

the gears to ascensionFeb 3, 2023, 9:37 PM

28 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What Are The Preconditions/Prerequisites for Asymptotic Analysis?

DragonGodFeb 3, 2023, 9:26 PM

8 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

[Linkpost] Google invested $300M in Anthropic in late 2022

Orpheus16Feb 3, 2023, 7:13 PM

73 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

(www.ft.com)

Many AI governance proposals have a tradeoff between usefulness and feasibility

Orpheus16 and Carson Ezell

Feb 3, 2023, 6:49 PM

22 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

Reply to Duncan Sabien on Strawmanning

Zack_M_DavisFeb 3, 2023, 5:57 PM

42 points

11 comments4 min readLW link

Semi-rare plain language words that are great to remember

LVSNFeb 3, 2023, 4:33 PM

4 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What qualities does an AGI need to have to realize the risk of false vacuum, without hardcoding physics theories into it?

RationalSieveFeb 3, 2023, 4:00 PM

1 point

4 comments1 min readLW link

Housing and Transit Roundup #3

ZviFeb 3, 2023, 3:10 PM

21 points

6 comments16 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Taboo P(doom)

NathanBarnardFeb 3, 2023, 10:37 AM

14 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

ChatGPT: Tantalizing afterthoughts in search of story trajectories [induction heads]

Bill BenzonFeb 3, 2023, 10:35 AM

4 points

0 comments20 min readLW link

Jordan Peterson: Guru/Villain

Bryan FrancesFeb 3, 2023, 9:02 AM

−14 points

6 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] What is the risk of asking a counterfactual oracle a question that already had its answer erased?

Chris_LeongFeb 3, 2023, 3:13 AM

7 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

I don’t think MIRI “gave up”

RaemonFeb 3, 2023, 12:26 AM

106 points

64 comments4 min readLW link

What fact that you know is true but most people aren’t ready to accept it?

lorepieriFeb 3, 2023, 12:06 AM

47 points

211 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Monotonous Work

Gideon BauerFeb 2, 2023, 9:35 PM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Is AI risk assessment too anthropocentric?

Craig MattsonFeb 2, 2023, 9:34 PM

3 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Halifax Monthly Meetup: Introduction to Effective Altruism

IdeopunkFeb 2, 2023, 9:10 PM

10 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Conditioning Predictive Models: Outer alignment via careful conditioning

evhub, Adam Jermyn, Johannes Treutlein, Rubi J. Hudson and kcwoolverton

Feb 2, 2023, 8:28 PM

72 points

15 comments57 min readLW link

Conditioning Predictive Models: Large language models as predictors

evhub, Adam Jermyn, Johannes Treutlein, Rubi J. Hudson and kcwoolverton

Feb 2, 2023, 8:28 PM

88 points

4 comments13 min readLW link

Normative vs Descriptive Models of Agency

mattmacdermottFeb 2, 2023, 8:28 PM

26 points

5 comments4 min readLW link

Andrew Huberman on How to Optimize Sleep

Leon LangFeb 2, 2023, 8:17 PM

37 points

6 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] How can I help inflammation-based nerve damage be temporary?

Optimization ProcessFeb 2, 2023, 7:20 PM

17 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

More findings on maximal data dimension

Marius HobbhahnFeb 2, 2023, 6:33 PM

27 points

1 comment11 min readLW link

Heritability, Behaviorism, and Within-Lifetime RL

Steven ByrnesFeb 2, 2023, 4:34 PM

39 points

3 comments4 min readLW link

Covid 2/2/23: The Emergency Ends on 5/11

ZviFeb 2, 2023, 2:00 PM

22 points

6 comments7 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

You are probably not a good alignment researcher, and other blatant lies

junk heap homotopyFeb 2, 2023, 1:55 PM

83 points

16 comments2 min readLW link

Don’t Judge a Tool by its Average Output

silentbobFeb 2, 2023, 1:42 PM

12 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

Epoch Impact Report 2022

JsevillamolFeb 2, 2023, 1:09 PM

16 points

0 comments LW link

You Don’t Exist, Duncan

Duncan Sabien (Inactive)2 Feb 2023 8:37 UTC

252 points

107 comments9 min readLW link

Temporally Layered Architecture for Adaptive, Distributed and Continuous Control

Roman Leventov2 Feb 2023 6:29 UTC

6 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

Research agenda: Formalizing abstractions of computations

Erik Jenner2 Feb 2023 4:29 UTC

93 points

10 comments31 min readLW link

Progress links and tweets, 2023-02-01

jasoncrawford2 Feb 2023 2:25 UTC

10 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Retrospective on the AI Safety Field Building Hub

Vael Gates2 Feb 2023 2:06 UTC

30 points

0 comments LW link

How to export Android Chrome tabs to an HTML file in Linux (as of February 2023)

Adam Scherlis2 Feb 2023 2:03 UTC

7 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

(adam.scherlis.com)

Hacked Account Spam

jefftk2 Feb 2023 1:50 UTC

13 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

A simple technique to reduce negative rumination

cranberry_bear2 Feb 2023 1:33 UTC

9 points

0 comments1 min readLW link