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Against AI Understanding and Sentience: Large Language Models, Meaning, and the Patterns of Human Language Use

Jonathan YanApr 13, 2023, 11:29 PM

−1 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(philsci-archive.pitt.edu)

R0 Is Not Counterfactual

jefftkApr 13, 2023, 7:50 PM

33 points

14 votes

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9 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Subscripts for Probabilities

niplavApr 13, 2023, 6:32 PM

67 points

39 votes

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9 comments5 min readLW link

The Virus—Short Story

Michael SoareverixApr 13, 2023, 6:18 PM

4 points

5 votes

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0 comments4 min readLW link

First ACX Brno Meetup

adekczApr 13, 2023, 5:42 PM

2 points

2 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Polluting the agentic commons

hamandcheeseApr 13, 2023, 5:42 PM

7 points

6 votes

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4 comments2 min readLW link

(www.secondbest.ca)

Cambridge LW Meetup: When Science Isn’t Enough

Tony Wang and Darmani

Apr 13, 2023, 5:36 PM

2 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Even if human & AI alignment are just as easy, we are screwed

Matthew_OpitzApr 13, 2023, 5:32 PM

35 points

18 votes

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5 comments5 min readLW link

Intro to Ontogenetic Curriculum

ErisApr 13, 2023, 5:15 PM

20 points

10 votes

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1 comment2 min readLW link

Was Homer a stochastic parrot? Meaning in literary texts and LLMs

Bill BenzonApr 13, 2023, 4:44 PM

7 points

5 votes

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4 comments3 min readLW link

AI #7: Free Agency

ZviApr 13, 2023, 4:20 PM

33 points

16 votes

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12 comments47 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Navigating the Open-Source AI Landscape: Data, Funding, and Safety

André Ferretti and mic

Apr 13, 2023, 3:29 PM

32 points

16 votes

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7 comments11 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

On AutoGPT

ZviApr 13, 2023, 12:30 PM

248 points

137 votes

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47 comments20 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Identifying semantic neurons, mechanistic circuits & interpretability web apps

Esben Kran and Neel Nanda

Apr 13, 2023, 11:59 AM

18 points

8 votes

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0 comments8 min readLW link

Trying AgentGPT, an AutoGPT variant

Gunnar_ZarnckeApr 13, 2023, 10:13 AM

10 points

6 votes

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9 comments1 min readLW link

Announcing Epoch’s dashboard of key trends and figures in Machine Learning

JsevillamolApr 13, 2023, 7:33 AM

35 points

18 votes

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7 comments1 min readLW link

(epochai.org)

[Question] What is the best source to explain short AI timelines to a skeptical person?

trevorApr 13, 2023, 4:29 AM

12 points

5 votes

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12 comments1 min readLW link

“Aligned” foundation models don’t imply aligned systems

Max HApr 13, 2023, 4:13 AM

39 points

15 votes

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11 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Using ChatGPT for memory reconsolidation?

warrenjordanApr 13, 2023, 1:27 AM

3 points

2 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

Independence Dividends

jefftkApr 13, 2023, 1:20 AM

35 points

13 votes

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11 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

AI x-risk, approximately ordered by embarrassment

Alex Lawsen Apr 12, 2023, 11:01 PM

151 points

80 votes

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7 comments19 min readLW link

AXRP Episode 20 - ‘Reform’ AI Alignment with Scott Aaronson

DanielFilanApr 12, 2023, 9:30 PM

22 points

11 votes

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2 comments68 min readLW link

Apply to >30 AI safety funders in one application with the Nonlinear Network

KatWoods, Emerson Spartz and Drew Spartz

Apr 12, 2023, 9:23 PM

65 points

41 votes

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12 comments2 min readLW link

AGI goal space is big, but narrowing might not be as hard as it seems.

Jacy Reese AnthisApr 12, 2023, 7:03 PM

15 points

7 votes

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0 comments3 min readLW link

Natural language alignment

Jacy Reese AnthisApr 12, 2023, 7:02 PM

31 points

20 votes

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2 comments2 min readLW link

Repugnant levels of violins

Solenoid_EntityApr 12, 2023, 5:11 PM

74 points

42 votes

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10 comments12 min readLW link

Progress links and tweets, 2023-04-12

jasoncrawfordApr 12, 2023, 4:52 PM

8 points

3 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

A basic mathematical structure of intelligence

GololApr 12, 2023, 4:49 PM

4 points

6 votes

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6 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Should AutoGPT update us towards researching IDA?

Michaël TrazziApr 12, 2023, 4:41 PM

15 points

6 votes

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5 comments1 min readLW link

Boxing lessons

yakimoffApr 12, 2023, 4:19 PM

1 point

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Dazed and confused: Good olde’ walk around the Marin Headlands

yakimoffApr 12, 2023, 4:09 PM

1 point

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Towards a solution to the alignment problem via objective detection and evaluation

Paul CologneseApr 12, 2023, 3:39 PM

9 points

6 votes

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7 comments12 min readLW link

Artificial Intelligence as exit strategy from the age of acute existential risk

Arturo MaciasApr 12, 2023, 2:48 PM

−7 points

9 votes

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15 comments7 min readLW link

The UBI dystopia: a glimpse into the future via present-day abuses

Solenoid_EntityApr 12, 2023, 2:44 PM

51 points

46 votes

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73 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Goals of model vs. goals of simulacra?

dr_sApr 12, 2023, 1:02 PM

5 points

4 votes

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7 comments1 min readLW link

Alignment of AutoGPT agents

OzyrusApr 12, 2023, 12:54 PM

14 points

9 votes

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1 comment4 min readLW link

Boundaries-based security and AI safety approaches

Allison DuettmannApr 12, 2023, 12:36 PM

43 points

19 votes

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2 comments6 min readLW link

Scaffolded LLMs as natural language computers

berenApr 12, 2023, 10:47 AM

97 points

54 votes

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10 comments11 min readLW link

LW is probably not the place for “I asked this LLM (x) and here’s what it said!”, but where is?

lillybaeumApr 12, 2023, 10:12 AM

21 points

13 votes

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3 comments1 min readLW link

No convincing evidence for gradient descent in activation space

BlaineApr 12, 2023, 4:48 AM

85 points

36 votes

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9 comments20 min readLW link

A Brief Introduction to ACI, 2: An Event-Centric View

Akira PyinyaApr 12, 2023, 3:23 AM

3 points

4 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

Boston Social Dance Covid Requirements

jefftkApr 12, 2023, 2:30 AM

7 points

2 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Link] Sarah Constantin: “Why I am Not An AI Doomer”

lbThingrbApr 12, 2023, 1:52 AM

61 points

19 votes

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13 comments1 min readLW link

(sarahconstantin.substack.com)

[Question] Rationalist position towards lying?

WilliamTerryApr 12, 2023, 1:21 AM

−2 points

4 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: AI Accountability Policy Request for Comment

sanxiynApr 11, 2023, 10:59 PM

9 points

4 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(ntia.gov)

Binaristic Bifurcation: How Reality Splits Into Two Separate Binaries

Thoth HermesApr 11, 2023, 9:19 PM

−25 points

8 votes

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0 comments3 min readLW link

(thothhermes.substack.com)

Bryan Bishop AMA on the Progress Forum

jasoncrawfordApr 11, 2023, 9:05 PM

8 points

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

AI Risk US Presidential Candidate

Simon BerensApr 11, 2023, 7:31 PM

5 points

4 votes

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3 comments1 min readLW link

Evolution provides no evidence for the sharp left turn

Quintin PopeApr 11, 2023, 6:43 PM

206 points

152 votes

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65 comments15 min readLW link 1 review

On “aiming for convergence on truth”

gjmApr 11, 2023, 6:19 PM

68 points

20 votes

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55 comments13 min readLW link

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