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[Question] Accuracy of arguments that are seen as ridiculous and intuitively false but don’t have good counter-arguments

Christopher KingApr 29, 2023, 11:58 PM

30 points

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39 comments1 min readLW link

A Guide to Forecasting AI Science Capabilities

Eleni AngelouApr 29, 2023, 11:24 PM

6 points

6 votes

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1 comment4 min readLW link

(A Failed Approach) From Precedent to Utility Function

Akira PyinyaApr 29, 2023, 9:55 PM

0 points

4 votes

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2 comments4 min readLW link

Biological DOOM: a brief overview of biological computation

MetacelsusApr 29, 2023, 8:02 PM

53 points

28 votes

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2 comments6 min readLW link

(denovo.substack.com)

Horizontal vs vertical generality

tailcalledApr 29, 2023, 7:14 PM

10 points

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9 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Which technologies are stuck on initial adoption?

Vanessa KosoyApr 29, 2023, 5:37 PM

59 points

24 votes

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39 comments1 min readLW link

Will GPT-5 be able to self-improve?

Nathan Helm-BurgerApr 29, 2023, 5:34 PM

18 points

10 votes

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22 comments3 min readLW link

Research agenda: Supervising AIs improving AIs

Quintin Pope, Owen D, Roman Engeler and jacquesthibs

Apr 29, 2023, 5:09 PM

76 points

35 votes

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5 comments19 min readLW link

The Many Stories of Science

amayhewApr 29, 2023, 4:49 PM

3 points

2 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

(naiveskepticblog.wordpress.com)

One bit of observation can unlock many of optimization—but at what cost?

dr_sApr 29, 2023, 10:53 AM

42 points

21 votes

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4 comments5 min readLW link

[SEE NEW EDITS] No, You Need to Write Clearer

Nicholas KrossApr 29, 2023, 5:04 AM

264 points

159 votes

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65 comments5 min readLW link

(www.thinkingmuchbetter.com)

Programming an IFS for alternate uses

SilverFlameApr 29, 2023, 12:25 AM

5 points

4 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Utopia for artificial minds

OcracokeApr 28, 2023, 10:52 PM

6 points

3 votes

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1 comment3 min readLW link

Locating Fulcrum Experiences

LoganStrohlApr 28, 2023, 8:14 PM

77 points

26 votes

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31 comments17 min readLW link

“notkilleveryoneism” sounds dumb

bhauthApr 28, 2023, 7:46 PM

13 points

33 votes

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27 comments1 min readLW link

Conflict Resolution: the Game

CrimsonChinApr 28, 2023, 7:32 PM

5 points

6 votes

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11 comments9 min readLW link

LLMs and computation complexity

Jonathan MarcusApr 28, 2023, 5:48 PM

57 points

44 votes

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29 comments5 min readLW link

Student competition for drafting a treaty on moratorium of large-scale AI capabilities R&D

NayanikaApr 28, 2023, 5:45 PM

1 point

3 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

The Networked Memory Hierarchy Overhang

austinsilveriaApr 28, 2023, 5:44 PM

1 point

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0 comments13 min readLW link

Hiring for the role of AI Fellow

NidhiApr 28, 2023, 5:42 PM

2 points

2 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.linkedin.com)

[Linkpost] Sam Altman’s 2015 Blog Posts Machine Intelligence Parts 1 & 2

Olive BranchApr 28, 2023, 4:02 PM

70 points

31 votes

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4 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] Realistic near-future scenarios of AI doom understandable for non-techy people?

RomanSApr 28, 2023, 2:45 PM

4 points

3 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

The Social Alignment Problem

irvingApr 28, 2023, 2:16 PM

99 points

51 votes

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13 comments8 min readLW link

PhD Position: AI Interpretability in Berlin, Germany

TiberiusApr 28, 2023, 1:44 PM

3 points

3 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(stephanw.net)

A Clearer Thinking tool that teaches you to use Internal Family Systems concepts

spencergApr 28, 2023, 1:42 PM

31 points

13 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

(programs.clearerthinking.org)

cyberpunk raccoons

bhauthApr 28, 2023, 2:52 AM

20 points

15 votes

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7 comments5 min readLW link

(bhauth.com)

AI safety logo design contest, due mid-May

Adrian CiprianiApr 28, 2023, 2:00 AM

10 points

6 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Dropout can create a privileged basis in the ReLU output model.

lewis smithApr 28, 2023, 1:59 AM

24 points

11 votes

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3 comments5 min readLW link

Podcast with Divia Eden and Ronny Fernandez on the strong orthogonality thesis

DanielFilanApr 28, 2023, 1:30 AM

18 points

4 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

(youtu.be)

Simultaneous Footbass and Footdrums

jefftkApr 28, 2023, 12:50 AM

10 points

2 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Tuning your Cognitive Strategies

Raemon and SquirrelInHell

Apr 27, 2023, 8:32 PM

179 points

98 votes

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59 comments9 min readLW link 1 review

(bewelltuned.com)

The LW crossroads of purpose

Caerulea-LawrenceApr 27, 2023, 7:53 PM

11 points

7 votes

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2 comments2 min readLW link

Metaculus Event: Forecast Friday, April 28th at 12pm ET — Speed Forecasting Session!

ChristianWilliamsApr 27, 2023, 7:50 PM

0 points

2 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Infrafunctions Proofs

DiffractorApr 27, 2023, 7:25 PM

12 points

3 votes

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1 comment10 min readLW link

Infrafunctions and Robust Optimization

DiffractorApr 27, 2023, 7:25 PM

61 points

19 votes

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11 comments15 min readLW link

What are the limits of superintelligence?

rainyApr 27, 2023, 6:29 PM

4 points

5 votes

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3 comments5 min readLW link

A Proposal for AI Alignment: Using Directly Opposing Models

Arne BApr 27, 2023, 6:05 PM

0 points

5 votes

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5 comments3 min readLW link

My views on “doom”

paulfchristianoApr 27, 2023, 5:50 PM

249 points

161 votes

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38 comments2 min readLW link 1 review

(ai-alignment.com)

[untitled post]

NeuralSystem_e5e1Apr 27, 2023, 5:37 PM

3 points

2 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

An International Manhattan Project for Artificial Intelligence

Glenn ClaytonApr 27, 2023, 5:34 PM

−9 points

9 votes

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2 comments5 min readLW link

Quote quiz: “drifting into dependence”

jasoncrawfordApr 27, 2023, 3:13 PM

7 points

3 votes

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6 comments1 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Second-Level Empiricism: Reframing the Two-Child Puzzle

Richard HenageApr 27, 2023, 3:04 PM

16 points

9 votes

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5 comments3 min readLW link

Interview with Paul Christiano: How We Prevent the AI’s from Killing us

DalmertApr 27, 2023, 2:39 PM

12 points

5 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.youtube.com)

AI #9: The Merge and the Million Tokens

ZviApr 27, 2023, 2:20 PM

36 points

22 votes

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8 comments53 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

AI doom from an LLM-plateau-ist perspective

Steven ByrnesApr 27, 2023, 1:58 PM

161 points

72 votes

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24 comments6 min readLW link

Romance, misunderstanding, social stances, and the human LLM

Kaj_SotalaApr 27, 2023, 12:59 PM

77 points

36 votes

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32 comments16 min readLW link

“A Note on the Compatibility of Different Robust Program Equilibria of the Prisoner’s Dilemma” (not author)

the gears to ascensionApr 27, 2023, 7:34 AM

18 points

6 votes

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5 comments1 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

AI chatbots don’t know why they did it

skybrianApr 27, 2023, 6:57 AM

18 points

10 votes

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11 comments2 min readLW link

(skybrian.substack.com)

The Great Ideological Conflict: Intuitionists vs. Establishmentarians

Thoth HermesApr 27, 2023, 1:49 AM

3 points

8 votes

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0 comments11 min readLW link

(thothhermes.substack.com)

Automating the Breath Pulse

jefftkApr 27, 2023, 12:10 AM

11 points

3 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

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