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Job Board (28 March 2033)

dr_sMar 28, 2023, 10:44 PM

20 points

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1 comment3 min readLW link

Four lenses on AI risks

jasoncrawfordMar 28, 2023, 9:52 PM

23 points

8 votes

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5 comments3 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Some common confusion about induction heads

Alexandre VariengienMar 28, 2023, 9:51 PM

64 points

36 votes

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4 comments5 min readLW link

Draft: The optimization toolbox

Alex_AltairMar 28, 2023, 8:40 PM

20 points

6 votes

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1 comment7 min readLW link

Inching “Kubla Khan” and GPT into the same intellectual framework @ 3 Quarks Daily

Bill BenzonMar 28, 2023, 7:50 PM

5 points

2 votes

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0 comments3 min readLW link

A rough and incomplete review of some of John Wentworth’s research

So8resMar 28, 2023, 6:52 PM

175 points

79 votes

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18 comments18 min readLW link

[Question] How do you manage your inputs?

Mateusz BagińskiMar 28, 2023, 6:26 PM

15 points

7 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

Chatbot convinces Belgian to commit suicide

Jeroen De RyckMar 28, 2023, 6:14 PM

60 points

30 votes

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18 comments3 min readLW link

(www.standaard.be)

A Primer On Chaos

johnswentworthMar 28, 2023, 6:01 PM

53 points

25 votes

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9 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] How likely are scenarios where AGI ends up overtly or de facto torturing us? How likely are scenarios where AGI prevents us from committing suicide or dying?

JohnGreerMar 28, 2023, 6:00 PM

11 points

9 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

How do we align humans and what does it mean for the new Conjecture’s strategy

Igor IvanovMar 28, 2023, 5:54 PM

7 points

4 votes

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4 comments7 min readLW link

Governing High-Impact AI Systems: Understanding Canada’s Proposed AI Bill. April 15, Carleton University, Ottawa

Liav KorenMar 28, 2023, 5:48 PM

11 points

2 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

I had a chat with GPT-4 on the future of AI and AI safety

Kristian FreedMar 28, 2023, 5:47 PM

1 point

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0 comments8 min readLW link

LessWrong Hangout

Raymond KoopmanschapMar 28, 2023, 5:47 PM

0 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Half-baked alignment idea

ozbMar 28, 2023, 5:47 PM

6 points

4 votes

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27 comments1 min readLW link

Some of My Current Impressions Entering AI Safety

worseMar 28, 2023, 5:46 PM

2 points

2 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Why do the Sequences say that “Löb’s Theorem shows that a mathematical system cannot assert its own soundness without becoming inconsistent.”?

Thoth HermesMar 28, 2023, 5:19 PM

12 points

6 votes

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Corrigibility, Self-Deletion, and Identical Strawberries

Robert_AIZIMar 28, 2023, 4:54 PM

9 points

6 votes

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2 comments6 min readLW link

(aizi.substack.com)

[Question] Why no major LLMs with memory?

Kaj_SotalaMar 28, 2023, 4:34 PM

42 points

28 votes

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15 comments1 min readLW link

Response to Tyler Cowen’s Existential risk, AI, and the inevitable turn in human history

ZviMar 28, 2023, 4:00 PM

72 points

33 votes

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27 comments20 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Adapting to Change: Overcoming Chronostasis in AI Language Models

RationalMindsetMar 28, 2023, 2:32 PM

−1 points

4 votes

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0 comments6 min readLW link

Feeling Progress as Motivation

SableMar 28, 2023, 9:11 AM

4 points

1 vote

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0 comments3 min readLW link

(affablyevil.substack.com)

Creating a family with GPT-4

Kaj_SotalaMar 28, 2023, 6:40 AM

23 points

11 votes

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3 comments10 min readLW link

(kajsotala.fi)

Some 2-4-6 problems

abstractapplicMar 28, 2023, 6:32 AM

28 points

12 votes

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9 comments1 min readLW link

(h-b-p.github.io)

[Question] Deep folding docs site?

mcintMar 28, 2023, 6:01 AM

−1 points

2 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why does advanced AI want not to be shut down?

RedFishBlueFishMar 28, 2023, 4:26 AM

2 points

7 votes

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19 comments1 min readLW link

100 Dinners And A Workshop: Information Preservation And Goals

Stephen FowlerMar 28, 2023, 3:13 AM

8 points

4 votes

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0 comments7 min readLW link

Demons from the 5&10verse!

SlimepriestessMar 28, 2023, 2:41 AM

4 points

23 votes

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15 comments4 min readLW link

(voidgoddess.org)

[Question] Can GPT-4 play 20 questions against another instance of itself?

Nathan Helm-BurgerMar 28, 2023, 1:11 AM

15 points

9 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

(evanthebouncy.medium.com)

Geoffrey Hinton—Full “not inconceivable” quote

WilliamKielyMar 28, 2023, 12:22 AM

21 points

12 votes

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2 comments2 min readLW link

An A.I. Safety Presentation at RIT

Nicholas KrossMar 27, 2023, 11:49 PM

8 points

3 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.youtube.com)

Which AI outputs should humans check for shenanigans, to avoid AI takeover? A simple model

Tom DavidsonMar 27, 2023, 11:36 PM

16 points

9 votes

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3 comments8 min readLW link

The Prospect of an AI Winter

Erich_GrunewaldMar 27, 2023, 8:55 PM

62 points

26 votes

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24 comments15 min readLW link

(www.erichgrunewald.com)

[Question] Best arguments against the outside view that AGI won’t be a huge deal, thus we survive.

Noosphere89Mar 27, 2023, 8:49 PM

4 points

7 votes

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7 comments1 min readLW link

EA & LW Forum Weekly Summary (20th − 26th March 2023)

Zoe WilliamsMar 27, 2023, 8:46 PM

4 points

1 vote

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0 comments6 min readLW link

Three of my beliefs about upcoming AGI

Robert_AIZIMar 27, 2023, 8:27 PM

6 points

3 votes

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0 comments3 min readLW link

(aizi.substack.com)

Nobody knows how to reliably test for AI safety

marcusarvanMar 27, 2023, 7:48 PM

1 point

1 vote

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0 comments5 min readLW link

New blog: Planned Obsolescence

Ajeya CotraMar 27, 2023, 7:46 PM

96 points

45 votes

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7 comments1 min readLW link

(www.planned-obsolescence.org)

South Bay ACX/SSC Spring Meetups Everywhere

allisonaMar 27, 2023, 7:39 PM

2 points

2 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Resources to see how people think/approach mathematics and problem-solving

zefMar 27, 2023, 7:12 PM

7 points

3 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

Staggering Hunters

ScrewtapeMar 27, 2023, 7:11 PM

12 points

6 votes

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2 comments5 min readLW link

Neurotechnology is Critical for AI Alignment

Milan CvitkovicMar 27, 2023, 6:27 PM

10 points

7 votes

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3 comments1 min readLW link

(milan.cvitkovic.net)

[Question] Best resources to learn philosophy of mind and AI?

Sky MooMar 27, 2023, 6:22 PM

1 point

1 vote

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the tensor is a lonely place

jml6Mar 27, 2023, 6:22 PM

−11 points

4 votes

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0 comments4 min readLW link

(ekjsgrjelrbno.substack.com)

[Question] Bermudez Interface Problem

Motor VehicleMar 27, 2023, 6:11 PM

1 point

1 vote

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2 comments1 min readLW link

Would you be a better RLHF labeler than GPT-4?

kacheMar 27, 2023, 6:10 PM

1 point

3 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

LLM Powered LW Search

odraode17Mar 27, 2023, 6:09 PM

−1 points

2 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Announcing the Swiss Existential Risk Initiative (CHERI) 2023 Research Fellowship

Tobias HMar 27, 2023, 4:36 PM

3 points

1 vote

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Industrialization/Computerization Analogies

Gordon Seidoh WorleyMar 27, 2023, 4:34 PM

16 points

9 votes

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2 comments2 min readLW link

Lessons from Convergent Evolution for AI Alignment

Jan_Kulveit and rosehadshar

Mar 27, 2023, 4:25 PM

54 points

27 votes

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9 comments8 min readLW link

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