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Prizes for matrix completion problems

paulfchristianoMay 3, 2023, 11:30 PM

164 points

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52 comments1 min readLW link

(www.alignment.org)

Alignment Research @ EleutherAI

Curtis HuebnerMay 3, 2023, 10:45 PM

40 points

22 votes

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1 comment3 min readLW link

(blog.eleuther.ai)

«Boundaries/Membranes» and AI safety compilation

Chris LakinMay 3, 2023, 9:41 PM

56 points

20 votes

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17 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] What constraints does deep learning place on alignment plans?

Garrett BakerMay 3, 2023, 8:40 PM

9 points

4 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

AGI rising: why we are in a new era of acute risk and increasing public awareness, and what to do now

Greg CMay 3, 2023, 8:26 PM

25 points

45 votes

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12 comments13 min readLW link

Formalizing the “AI x-risk is unlikely because it is ridiculous” argument

Christopher KingMay 3, 2023, 6:56 PM

48 points

25 votes

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17 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] List of notable people who believe in AI X-risk?

vlad.proexMay 3, 2023, 6:46 PM

14 points

6 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] LessWrong exporting?

axiomAdministratorMay 3, 2023, 6:34 PM

0 points

2 votes

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3 comments1 min readLW link

Progress links and tweets, 2023-05-03

jasoncrawfordMay 3, 2023, 4:23 PM

13 points

4 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Personhood is a Religious Belief

jan SijanMay 3, 2023, 4:16 PM

−41 points

19 votes

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28 comments6 min readLW link

Slowing AI: Crunch time

Zach Stein-PerlmanMay 3, 2023, 3:00 PM

11 points

6 votes

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1 comment2 min readLW link

Finding Neurons in a Haystack: Case Studies with Sparse Probing

wesg and Neel Nanda

May 3, 2023, 1:30 PM

33 points

16 votes

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6 comments2 min readLW link 1 review

(arxiv.org)

Monthly Roundup #6: May 2023

ZviMay 3, 2023, 12:50 PM

31 points

20 votes

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12 comments24 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] How much do personal biases in risk assessment affect assessment of AI risks?

Gordon Seidoh WorleyMay 3, 2023, 6:12 AM

10 points

2 votes

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8 comments1 min readLW link

Communication strategies for autism, with examples

stoneflyMay 3, 2023, 5:25 AM

16 points

12 votes

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2 comments7 min readLW link

Understand how other people think: a theory of worldviews.

spencergMay 3, 2023, 3:57 AM

2 points

10 votes

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8 comments5 min readLW link

“Copilot” type AI integration could lead to training data needed for AGI

anithiteMay 3, 2023, 12:57 AM

8 points

4 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

Averting Catastrophe: Decision Theory for COVID-19, Climate Change, and Potential Disasters of All Kinds

JakubKMay 2, 2023, 10:50 PM

10 points

4 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(nyupress.org)

A Case for the Least Forgiving Take On Alignment

Thane RuthenisMay 2, 2023, 9:34 PM

100 points

54 votes

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85 comments22 min readLW link

Are Emergent Abilities of Large Language Models a Mirage? [linkpost]

Matthew BarnettMay 2, 2023, 9:01 PM

53 points

22 votes

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21 comments1 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

Does descaling a kettle help? Theory and practice

philhMay 2, 2023, 8:20 PM

35 points

16 votes

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25 comments8 min readLW link

(reasonableapproximation.net)

Avoiding xrisk from AI doesn’t mean focusing on AI xrisk

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 2, 2023, 7:27 PM

67 points

33 votes

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7 comments3 min readLW link

AI Safety Newsletter #4: AI and Cybersecurity, Persuasive AIs, Weaponization, and Geoffrey Hinton talks AI risks

ozhang, Dan H and Orpheus16

May 2, 2023, 6:41 PM

32 points

12 votes

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0 comments5 min readLW link

(newsletter.safe.ai)

My best system yet: text-based project management

jtMay 2, 2023, 5:44 PM

6 points

5 votes

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8 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] What’s the state of AI safety in Japan?

ChristianKlMay 2, 2023, 5:06 PM

5 points

3 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

Five Worlds of AI (by Scott Aaronson and Boaz Barak)

mishkaMay 2, 2023, 1:23 PM

22 points

11 votes

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6 comments1 min readLW link 1 review

(scottaaronson.blog)

Systems that cannot be unsafe cannot be safe

DavidmanheimMay 2, 2023, 8:53 AM

62 points

30 votes

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27 comments2 min readLW link

AGI safety career advice

Richard_NgoMay 2, 2023, 7:36 AM

132 points

77 votes

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24 comments13 min readLW link

An Impossibility Proof Relevant to the Shutdown Problem and Corrigibility

AudereMay 2, 2023, 6:52 AM

66 points

29 votes

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13 comments9 min readLW link

Some Thoughts on Virtue Ethics for AIs

peligrietzerMay 2, 2023, 5:46 AM

83 points

37 votes

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8 comments4 min readLW link

Technological unemployment as another test for rationalist winning

RomanHaukssonMay 2, 2023, 4:16 AM

14 points

8 votes

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5 comments1 min readLW link

The Moral Copernican Principle

LegionnaireMay 2, 2023, 3:25 AM

5 points

10 votes

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7 comments2 min readLW link

Open & Welcome Thread—May 2023

RubyMay 2, 2023, 2:58 AM

22 points

9 votes

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41 comments1 min readLW link

Summaries of top forum posts (24th − 30th April 2023)

Zoe WilliamsMay 2, 2023, 2:30 AM

12 points

5 votes

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1 comment10 min readLW link

AXRP Episode 21 - Interpretability for Engineers with Stephen Casper

DanielFilanMay 2, 2023, 12:50 AM

12 points

4 votes

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1 comment66 min readLW link

Getting Your Eyes On

LoganStrohlMay 2, 2023, 12:33 AM

65 points

23 votes

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11 comments14 min readLW link

What 2025 looks like

RubyMay 1, 2023, 10:53 PM

75 points

43 votes

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17 comments15 min readLW link

[Question] Natural Selection vs Gradient Descent

CuriousApe11May 1, 2023, 10:16 PM

4 points

3 votes

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3 comments1 min readLW link

A[I] Zombie Apocalypse Is Already Upon Us

NickHarrisMay 1, 2023, 10:02 PM

−6 points

6 votes

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4 comments2 min readLW link

Geoff Hinton Quits Google

Adam ShaiMay 1, 2023, 9:03 PM

98 points

46 votes

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14 comments1 min readLW link

The Apprentice Thread 2

hathMay 1, 2023, 8:09 PM

50 points

21 votes

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19 comments1 min readLW link

Budapest, Hungary – ACX Meetups Everywhere Spring 2023

Richard Horvath, Timothy Underwood and marta_k

May 1, 2023, 5:36 PM

4 points

2 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

In favor of steelmanning

jpMay 1, 2023, 5:12 PM

36 points

24 votes

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6 comments3 min readLW link

Shah (DeepMind) and Leahy (Conjecture) Discuss Alignment Cruxes

Olive Branch, Rohin Shah, Connor Leahy and Andrea_Miotti

May 1, 2023, 4:47 PM

96 points

46 votes

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10 comments30 min readLW link

Distinguishing misuse is difficult and uncomfortable

lemonhopeMay 1, 2023, 4:23 PM

17 points

10 votes

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3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Does agency necessarily imply self-preservation instinct?

Mislav JurićMay 1, 2023, 4:06 PM

5 points

3 votes

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8 comments1 min readLW link

What Boston Can Teach Us About What a Woman Is

ymeskhoutMay 1, 2023, 3:34 PM

18 points

40 votes

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45 comments12 min readLW link

The Rocket Alignment Problem, Part 2

ZviMay 1, 2023, 2:30 PM

40 points

19 votes

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20 comments9 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Socialist Democratic-Republic GAME: 12 Amendments to the Constitutions of the Free World

monkymindMay 1, 2023, 1:13 PM

−34 points

6 votes

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[Question] Where is all this evidence of UFOs?

Logan ZoellnerMay 1, 2023, 12:13 PM

29 points

19 votes

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42 comments1 min readLW link

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