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[Question] Is there a fundamental distinction between simulating a mind and simulating being a mind? Is this a useful and important distinction?

Thoth Hermes8 Apr 2023 23:44 UTC

−17 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

“warning about ai doom” is also “announcing capabilities progress to noobs”

the gears to ascension8 Apr 2023 23:42 UTC

23 points

5 comments3 min readLW link

Feature Request: Right Click to Copy LaTeX

DragonGod8 Apr 2023 23:27 UTC

18 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

ELCK might require nontrivial scalable alignment progress, and seems tractable enough to try

Alex Lawsen 8 Apr 2023 21:49 UTC

17 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

GPTs are Predictors, not Imitators

Eliezer Yudkowsky8 Apr 2023 19:59 UTC

376 points

90 comments3 min readLW link

4 generations of alignment

qbolec8 Apr 2023 19:59 UTC

1 point

0 comments3 min readLW link

The surprising parameter efficiency of vision models

beren8 Apr 2023 19:44 UTC

77 points

28 comments4 min readLW link

Random Observation on AI goals

FTPickle8 Apr 2023 19:28 UTC

−11 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Can we evaluate the “tool versus agent” AGI prediction?

Xodarap8 Apr 2023 18:40 UTC

16 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Relative Abstracted Agency

Audere8 Apr 2023 16:57 UTC

14 points

6 comments5 min readLW link

The benevolence of the butcher

dr_s8 Apr 2023 16:29 UTC

53 points

30 comments6 min readLW link

SERI MATS—Summer 2023 Cohort

Aris, Ryan Kidd and Christian Smith

8 Apr 2023 15:32 UTC

71 points

25 comments4 min readLW link

AI Proposals at ‘Two Sessions’: AGI as ‘Two Bombs, One Satellite’?

Derek M. Jones8 Apr 2023 11:31 UTC

5 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.chinatalk.media)

All images from the WaitButWhy sequence on AI

trevor8 Apr 2023 7:36 UTC

72 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

Guidelines for productive discussions

ambigram8 Apr 2023 6:00 UTC

37 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

All AGI Safety questions welcome (especially basic ones) [April 2023]

steven04618 Apr 2023 4:21 UTC

57 points

88 comments2 min readLW link

Bringing Agency Into AGI Extinction Is Superfluous

George3d68 Apr 2023 4:02 UTC

28 points

18 comments5 min readLW link

Lagos, Nigeria—ACX Meetups Everywhere 2023

damola8 Apr 2023 3:55 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Upcoming Changes in Large Language Models

Andrew Keenan Richardson8 Apr 2023 3:41 UTC

43 points

8 comments4 min readLW link

(mechanisticmind.com)

Consider The Hand Axe

ymeskhout8 Apr 2023 1:31 UTC

142 points

16 comments6 min readLW link

AGI as a new data point

Will Rodgers8 Apr 2023 1:01 UTC

−1 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Parametrize Priority Evaluations

SilverFlame8 Apr 2023 0:39 UTC

2 points

2 comments6 min readLW link

Pausing AI Developments Isn’t Enough. We Need to Shut it All Down

Eliezer Yudkowsky8 Apr 2023 0:36 UTC

246 points

39 comments12 min readLW link

Humanitarian Phase Transition needed before Technological Singularity

Dr_What7 Apr 2023 23:17 UTC

−9 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Thoughts about Hugging Face?

Ariel Kwiatkowski7 Apr 2023 23:17 UTC

7 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is it correct to frame alignment as “programming a good philosophy of meaning”?

Util7 Apr 2023 23:16 UTC

2 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Select Agent Specifications as Natural Abstractions

lukemarks7 Apr 2023 23:16 UTC

19 points

3 comments5 min readLW link

n=3 AI Risk Quick Math and Reasoning

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)7 Apr 2023 20:27 UTC

6 points

3 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] What are good alternatives to Predictionbook for personal prediction tracking? Edited: I originally thought it was down but it was just 500 until I though of clearing cookies.

sortega7 Apr 2023 19:18 UTC

4 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Environments for Measuring Deception, Resource Acquisition, and Ethical Violations

Dan H7 Apr 2023 18:40 UTC

51 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

Superintelligence Is Not Omniscience

Jeffrey Heninger7 Apr 2023 16:30 UTC

15 points

20 comments8 min readLW link

(aiimpacts.org)

An ‘AGI Emergency Eject Criteria’ consensus could be really useful.

tcelferact7 Apr 2023 16:21 UTC

5 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Reliability, Security, and AI risk: Notes from infosec textbook chapter 1

Akash7 Apr 2023 15:47 UTC

34 points

1 comment4 min readLW link

Pre-registering a study

Robert_AIZI7 Apr 2023 15:46 UTC

10 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

(aizi.substack.com)

Live discussion at Eastercon

Douglas_Reay7 Apr 2023 15:25 UTC

5 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] ChatGTP “Writing ” News Stories for The Guardian?

jmh7 Apr 2023 12:16 UTC

1 point

4 comments1 min readLW link

Storyteller’s convention, 2223 A.D.

plex7 Apr 2023 11:54 UTC

8 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Stampy’s AI Safety Info—New Distillations #1 [March 2023]

markov7 Apr 2023 11:06 UTC

42 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(aisafety.info)

Beren’s “Deconfusing Direct vs Amortised Optimisation”

DragonGod7 Apr 2023 8:57 UTC

51 points

10 comments3 min readLW link

Goal alignment without alignment on epistemology, ethics, and science is futile

Roman Leventov7 Apr 2023 8:22 UTC

20 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

Polio Lab Leak Caught with Wastewater Sampling

Cullen7 Apr 2023 1:06 UTC

82 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Catching the Eye of Sauron

Casey B.7 Apr 2023 0:40 UTC

221 points

68 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] How to parallelize “inherently” serial theory work?

NicholasKross7 Apr 2023 0:08 UTC

16 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

If Alignment is Hard, then so is Self-Improvement

PavleMiha7 Apr 2023 0:08 UTC

21 points

20 comments1 min readLW link

Risks from GPT-4 Byproduct of Recursively Optimizing AIs

ben hayum7 Apr 2023 0:02 UTC

73 points

9 comments10 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Anthropic is further accelerating the Arms Race?

sapphire6 Apr 2023 23:29 UTC

82 points

22 comments1 min readLW link

(techcrunch.com)

Suggestion for safe AI structure (Curated Transparent Decisions)

Kane Gregory6 Apr 2023 22:00 UTC

5 points

6 comments3 min readLW link

10 reasons why lists of 10 reasons might be a winning strategy

trevor6 Apr 2023 21:24 UTC

101 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

A Defense of Utilitarianism

Pareto Optimal6 Apr 2023 21:09 UTC

−3 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

(paretooptimal.substack.com)

One Does Not Simply Replace the Humans

JerkyTreats6 Apr 2023 20:56 UTC

9 points

3 comments4 min readLW link

(www.lesswrong.com)