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Pausing AI Developments Isn’t Enough. We Need to Shut it All Down by Eliezer Yudkowsky

jacquesthibsMar 29, 2023, 11:16 PM

292 points

297 comments3 min readLW link

(time.com)

Othello-GPT: Reflections on the Research Process

Neel NandaMar 29, 2023, 10:13 PM

38 points

0 comments15 min readLW link

(neelnanda.io)

Othello-GPT: Future Work I Am Excited About

Neel NandaMar 29, 2023, 10:13 PM

48 points

2 comments33 min readLW link

(neelnanda.io)

Actually, Othello-GPT Has A Linear Emergent World Representation

Neel NandaMar 29, 2023, 10:13 PM

211 points

26 comments19 min readLW link

(neelnanda.io)

Draft: Detecting optimization

Alex_AltairMar 29, 2023, 8:17 PM

23 points

2 comments6 min readLW link

“Sorcerer’s Apprentice” from Fantasia as an analogy for alignment

awgMar 29, 2023, 6:21 PM

9 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(video.disney.com)

The Changing Face of Twitter

ZviMar 29, 2023, 5:50 PM

23 points

8 comments26 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Nobody’s on the ball on AGI alignment

leopoldMar 29, 2023, 5:40 PM

94 points

38 comments9 min readLW link

(www.forourposterity.com)

Want to win the AGI race? Solve alignment.

leopoldMar 29, 2023, 5:40 PM

21 points

3 comments5 min readLW link

(www.forourposterity.com)

ChatGPT and Bing Chat can’t play Botticelli

Asha SaavossMar 29, 2023, 5:39 PM

11 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

The Rationalist Guide to Hinduism

Harsha G.Mar 29, 2023, 5:03 PM

25 points

12 comments9 min readLW link

(somestrangeloops.substack.com)

“Unintentional AI safety research”: Why not systematically mine AI technical research for safety purposes?

Jemal YoungMar 29, 2023, 3:56 PM

27 points

3 comments6 min readLW link

The open letter

kornaiMar 29, 2023, 3:09 PM

−21 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

I made AI Risk Propaganda

monkymindMar 29, 2023, 2:26 PM

−3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Strong Cheap Signals

trevorMar 29, 2023, 2:18 PM

29 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

(betonit.substack.com)

Missing forecasting tools: from catalogs to a new kind of prediction market

MichaelLatowickiMar 29, 2023, 9:55 AM

14 points

3 comments5 min readLW link

Spreadsheet for 200 Concrete Problems In Interpretability

Jay BaileyMar 29, 2023, 6:51 AM

13 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Which parts of the existing internet are already likely to be in (GPT-5/other soon-to-be-trained LLMs)’s training corpus?

AnnaSalamonMar 29, 2023, 5:17 AM

49 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Are there specific books that it might slightly help alignment to have on the internet?

AnnaSalamonMar 29, 2023, 5:08 AM

77 points

25 comments1 min readLW link

FLI open letter: Pause giant AI experiments

Zach Stein-PerlmanMar 29, 2023, 4:04 AM

126 points

123 comments2 min readLW link

(futureoflife.org)

Run Posts By Orgs

jefftkMar 29, 2023, 2:40 AM

16 points

74 comments3 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Desensitizing Deepfakes

worseMar 29, 2023, 1:20 AM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Large language models aren’t trained enough

sanxiynMar 29, 2023, 12:56 AM

5 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(finbarr.ca)

Job Board (28 March 2033)

dr_sMar 28, 2023, 10:44 PM

20 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

Four lenses on AI risks

jasoncrawfordMar 28, 2023, 9:52 PM

23 points

5 comments3 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Some common confusion about induction heads

Alexandre VariengienMar 28, 2023, 9:51 PM

64 points

4 comments5 min readLW link

Draft: The optimization toolbox

Alex_AltairMar 28, 2023, 8:40 PM

20 points

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

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

18 comments18 min readLW link

[Question] How do you manage your inputs?

Mateusz BagińskiMar 28, 2023, 6:26 PM

15 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Chatbot convinces Belgian to commit suicide

Jeroen De RyckMar 28, 2023, 6:14 PM

60 points

18 comments3 min readLW link

(www.standaard.be)

A Primer On Chaos

johnswentworthMar 28, 2023, 6:01 PM

53 points

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

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 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

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

0 comments8 min readLW link

LessWrong Hangout

Raymond KoopmanschapMar 28, 2023, 5:47 PM

0 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Half-baked alignment idea

ozbMar 28, 2023, 5:47 PM

6 points

27 comments1 min readLW link

Some of My Current Impressions Entering AI Safety

worseMar 28, 2023, 5:46 PM

2 points

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

30 comments1 min readLW link

Corrigibility, Self-Deletion, and Identical Strawberries

Robert_AIZIMar 28, 2023, 4:54 PM

9 points

2 comments6 min readLW link

(aizi.substack.com)

[Question] Why no major LLMs with memory?

Kaj_SotalaMar 28, 2023, 4:34 PM

42 points

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

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

0 comments6 min readLW link

Feeling Progress as Motivation

SableMar 28, 2023, 9:11 AM

4 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

(affablyevil.substack.com)

Creating a family with GPT-4

Kaj_SotalaMar 28, 2023, 6:40 AM

23 points

3 comments10 min readLW link

(kajsotala.fi)

Some 2-4-6 problems

abstractapplicMar 28, 2023, 6:32 AM

28 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

(h-b-p.github.io)

[Question] Deep folding docs site?

mcintMar 28, 2023, 6:01 AM

−1 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

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

RedFishBlueFishMar 28, 2023, 4:26 AM

2 points

19 comments1 min readLW link

100 Dinners And A Workshop: Information Preservation And Goals

Stephen FowlerMar 28, 2023, 3:13 AM

8 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

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