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
0 comments1 min readLW link
(philsci-archive.pitt.edu)

Fi­nan­cial Times: We must slow down the race to God-like AI

trevorApr 13, 2023, 7:55 PM
113 points
17 comments16 min readLW link
(www.ft.com)

R0 Is Not Counterfactual

jefftkApr 13, 2023, 7:50 PM
33 points
9 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Sub­scripts for Probabilities

niplavApr 13, 2023, 6:32 PM
67 points
9 comments5 min readLW link

The Virus—Short Story

Michael SoareverixApr 13, 2023, 6:18 PM
4 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

First ACX Brno Meetup

adekczApr 13, 2023, 5:42 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Pol­lut­ing the agen­tic commons

hamandcheeseApr 13, 2023, 5:42 PM
7 points
4 comments2 min readLW link
(www.secondbest.ca)

Cam­bridge LW Meetup: When Science Isn’t Enough

Apr 13, 2023, 5:36 PM
2 points
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
5 comments5 min readLW link

In­tro to On­to­ge­netic Curriculum

ErisApr 13, 2023, 5:15 PM
20 points
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
4 comments3 min readLW link

AI #7: Free Agency

ZviApr 13, 2023, 4:20 PM
33 points
12 comments47 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

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

Apr 13, 2023, 3:29 PM
32 points
7 comments11 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

On AutoGPT

ZviApr 13, 2023, 12:30 PM
248 points
47 comments20 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Iden­ti­fy­ing se­man­tic neu­rons, mechanis­tic cir­cuits & in­ter­pretabil­ity web apps

Apr 13, 2023, 11:59 AM
18 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

Try­ing Agen­tGPT, an Au­toGPT variant

Gunnar_ZarnckeApr 13, 2023, 10:13 AM
10 points
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
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
12 comments1 min readLW link

“Aligned” foun­da­tion mod­els don’t im­ply al­igned systems

Max HApr 13, 2023, 4:13 AM
39 points
11 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Us­ing ChatGPT for mem­ory re­con­soli­da­tion?

warrenjordanApr 13, 2023, 1:27 AM
3 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

In­de­pen­dence Dividends

jefftkApr 13, 2023, 1:20 AM
35 points
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
7 comments19 min readLW link

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

DanielFilanApr 12, 2023, 9:30 PM
22 points
2 comments68 min readLW link

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

Apr 12, 2023, 9:23 PM
65 points
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
0 comments3 min readLW link

Nat­u­ral lan­guage alignment

Jacy Reese AnthisApr 12, 2023, 7:02 PM
31 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Repug­nant lev­els of violins

Solenoid_EntityApr 12, 2023, 5:11 PM
73 points
10 comments12 min readLW link

Progress links and tweets, 2023-04-12

jasoncrawfordApr 12, 2023, 4:52 PM
8 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

A ba­sic math­e­mat­i­cal struc­ture of intelligence

GololApr 12, 2023, 4:49 PM
4 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Should Au­toGPT up­date us to­wards re­search­ing IDA?

Michaël TrazziApr 12, 2023, 4:41 PM
15 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Box­ing lessons

yakimoffApr 12, 2023, 4:19 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

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

yakimoffApr 12, 2023, 4:09 PM
1 point
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
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
15 comments7 min readLW link

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

Solenoid_EntityApr 12, 2023, 2:44 PM
50 points
73 comments4 min readLW link

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

dr_sApr 12, 2023, 1:02 PM
5 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Align­ment of Au­toGPT agents

OzyrusApr 12, 2023, 12:54 PM
14 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

Boundaries-based se­cu­rity and AI safety approaches

Allison DuettmannApr 12, 2023, 12:36 PM
43 points
2 comments6 min readLW link

Scaf­folded LLMs as nat­u­ral lan­guage computers

berenApr 12, 2023, 10:47 AM
95 points
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
3 comments1 min readLW link

No con­vinc­ing ev­i­dence for gra­di­ent de­scent in ac­ti­va­tion space

BlaineApr 12, 2023, 4:48 AM
85 points
9 comments20 min readLW link

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

Akira PyinyaApr 12, 2023, 3:23 AM
3 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Bos­ton So­cial Dance Covid Requirements

jefftkApr 12, 2023, 2:30 AM
7 points
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
13 comments1 min readLW link
(sarahconstantin.substack.com)

[Question] Ra­tion­al­ist po­si­tion to­wards ly­ing?

WilliamTerryApr 12, 2023, 1:21 AM
−2 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

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

sanxiynApr 11, 2023, 10:59 PM
9 points
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
0 comments3 min readLW link
(thothhermes.substack.com)

Bryan Bishop AMA on the Progress Forum

jasoncrawfordApr 11, 2023, 9:05 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

AI Risk US Pres­i­den­tial Candidate

Simon BerensApr 11, 2023, 7:31 PM
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Evolu­tion pro­vides no ev­i­dence for the sharp left turn

Quintin PopeApr 11, 2023, 6:43 PM
206 points
65 comments15 min readLW link1 review