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Humans, chimpanzees and other animals

gjm30 May 2023 23:53 UTC

21 points

18 comments1 min readLW link

The case for removing alignment and ML research from the training dataset

beren30 May 2023 20:54 UTC

48 points

8 comments5 min readLW link

Why Job Displacement Predictions are Wrong: Explanations of Cognitive Automation

Moritz Wallawitsch30 May 2023 20:43 UTC

−4 points

0 comments8 min readLW link

PaLM-2 & GPT-4 in “Extrapolating GPT-N performance”

Lukas Finnveden30 May 2023 18:33 UTC

55 points

6 comments6 min readLW link

RoboNet—A new internet protocol for AI

antoniomax30 May 2023 17:55 UTC

−13 points

1 comment18 min readLW link

Why I don’t think that the probability that AGI kills everyone is roughly 1 (but rather around 0.995).

Bastumannen30 May 2023 17:54 UTC

−6 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

AI X-risk is a possible solution to the Fermi Paradox

magic9mushroom30 May 2023 17:42 UTC

11 points

20 comments2 min readLW link

LIMA: Less Is More for Alignment

Ulisse Mini30 May 2023 17:10 UTC

16 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

Boomerang—protocol to dissolve some commitment races

Filip Sondej30 May 2023 16:21 UTC

37 points

10 comments8 min readLW link

Announcing Apollo Research

Marius Hobbhahn, beren, Lee Sharkey, Lucius Bushnaq, Dan Braun, Mikita Balesni and Jérémy Scheurer

30 May 2023 16:17 UTC

215 points

11 comments8 min readLW link

Advice for new alignment people: Info Max

Jonas Hallgren30 May 2023 15:42 UTC

27 points

4 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Who is liable for AI?

jmh30 May 2023 13:54 UTC

14 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

AI Safety Newsletter #8: Rogue AIs, how to screen for AI risks, and grants for research on democratic governance of AI

Dan H, Akash and aogara

30 May 2023 11:52 UTC

20 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

(newsletter.safe.ai)

The bullseye framework: My case against AI doom

titotal30 May 2023 11:52 UTC

89 points

35 comments1 min readLW link

Statement on AI Extinction—Signed by AGI Labs, Top Academics, and Many Other Notable Figures

Dan H30 May 2023 9:05 UTC

372 points

77 comments1 min readLW link

(www.safe.ai)

Theoretical Limitations of Autoregressive Models

Gabriel Wu30 May 2023 2:37 UTC

20 points

1 comment10 min readLW link

(gabrieldwu.github.io)

A book review for “Animal Weapons” and cross-applying the lessons to x-risk

Habeeb Abdulfatah30 May 2023 0:58 UTC

−6 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.super-linear.org)

Without a trajectory change, the development of AGI is likely to go badly

Max H29 May 2023 23:42 UTC

16 points

2 comments13 min readLW link

Winners-take-how-much?

YonatanK29 May 2023 21:56 UTC

1 point

2 comments3 min readLW link

Reply to a fertility doctor concerning polygenic embryo screening

GeneSmith29 May 2023 21:50 UTC

58 points

6 comments8 min readLW link

Sentience matters

So8res29 May 2023 21:25 UTC

141 points

96 comments2 min readLW link

Wikipedia as an introduction to the alignment problem

SoerenMind29 May 2023 18:43 UTC

83 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

(en.wikipedia.org)

[Question] What are some of the best introductions/breakdowns of AI existential risk for those unfamiliar?

Isaac King29 May 2023 17:04 UTC

17 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Creating Flashcards with LLMs

Diogo Cruz29 May 2023 16:55 UTC

14 points

3 comments9 min readLW link

On the Impossibility of Intelligent Paperclip Maximizers

Michael Simkin29 May 2023 16:55 UTC

−21 points

5 comments4 min readLW link

Minimum Viable Exterminator

Richard Horvath29 May 2023 16:32 UTC

14 points

5 comments5 min readLW link

An LLM-based “exemplary actor”

Roman Leventov29 May 2023 11:12 UTC

16 points

0 comments12 min readLW link

Aligning an H-JEPA agent via training on the outputs of an LLM-based “exemplary actor”

Roman Leventov29 May 2023 11:08 UTC

12 points

10 comments30 min readLW link

Gemini will bring the next big timeline update

p.b.29 May 2023 6:05 UTC

50 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Proposed Alignment Technique: OSNR (Output Sanitization via Noising and Reconstruction) for Safer Usage of Potentially Misaligned AGI

sudo29 May 2023 1:35 UTC

14 points

9 comments6 min readLW link

Morality is Accidental & Self-Congratulatory

ymeskhout29 May 2023 0:40 UTC

25 points

40 comments5 min readLW link

TinyStories: Small Language Models That Still Speak Coherent English

Ulisse Mini28 May 2023 22:23 UTC

60 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

“Membranes” is better terminology than “boundaries” alone

Chipmonk and the gears to ascension

28 May 2023 22:16 UTC

29 points

12 comments3 min readLW link

The king token

p.b.28 May 2023 19:18 UTC

17 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Language Agents Reduce the Risk of Existential Catastrophe

cdkg and Simon Goldstein

28 May 2023 19:10 UTC

37 points

14 comments26 min readLW link

Devil’s Advocate: Adverse Selection Against Conscientiousness

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)28 May 2023 17:53 UTC

10 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Reacts now enabled on 100% of posts, though still just experimenting

Ruby28 May 2023 5:36 UTC

88 points

73 comments2 min readLW link

My AI Alignment Research Agenda and Threat Model, right now (May 2023)

NicholasKross28 May 2023 3:23 UTC

25 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

(www.thinkingmuchbetter.com)

Kelly betting vs expectation maximization

MorgneticField28 May 2023 1:54 UTC

35 points

33 comments5 min readLW link

Why and When Interpretability Work is Dangerous

NicholasKross28 May 2023 0:27 UTC

20 points

7 comments8 min readLW link

(www.thinkingmuchbetter.com)

Twin Cities ACX Meetup—June 2023

Timothy M.27 May 2023 20:11 UTC

1 point

1 comment1 min readLW link

Project Idea: Challenge Groups for Alignment Researchers

Adam Zerner27 May 2023 20:10 UTC

13 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Introspective Bayes

False Name27 May 2023 19:35 UTC

−3 points

2 comments16 min readLW link

Should Rational Animations invite viewers to read content on LessWrong?

Writer27 May 2023 19:26 UTC

40 points

9 comments3 min readLW link

Who are the Experts on Cryonics?

Mati_Roy27 May 2023 19:24 UTC

30 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

(biostasis.substack.com)

AI and Planet Earth are incompatible.

archeon27 May 2023 18:59 UTC

−4 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

South Bay ACX/LW Meetup

IS27 May 2023 17:25 UTC

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Hands-On Experience Is Not Magic

Thane Ruthenis27 May 2023 16:57 UTC

21 points

14 comments5 min readLW link

Is Deontological AI Safe? [Feedback Draft]

Dan H and William D'Alessandro

27 May 2023 16:39 UTC

21 points

15 comments20 min readLW link

San Francisco ACX Meetup “First Saturday” June 3, 1 pm

guenael27 May 2023 13:58 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link