Prizes for ma­trix com­ple­tion problems

paulfchristianoMay 3, 2023, 11:30 PM
164 points
52 comments1 min readLW link
(www.alignment.org)

Align­ment Re­search @ EleutherAI

Curtis HuebnerMay 3, 2023, 10:45 PM
40 points
1 comment3 min readLW link
(blog.eleuther.ai)

«Boundaries/​Mem­branes» and AI safety compilation

ChipmonkMay 3, 2023, 9:41 PM
56 points
17 comments8 min readLW link

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

Garrett BakerMay 3, 2023, 8:40 PM
9 points
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
12 commentsLW link

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

Christopher KingMay 3, 2023, 6:56 PM
48 points
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
4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] LessWrong ex­port­ing?

axiomAdministratorMay 3, 2023, 6:34 PM
0 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Progress links and tweets, 2023-05-03

jasoncrawfordMay 3, 2023, 4:23 PM
13 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Per­son­hood is a Reli­gious Belief

jan SijanMay 3, 2023, 4:16 PM
−41 points
28 comments6 min readLW link

Slow­ing AI: Crunch time

Zach Stein-PerlmanMay 3, 2023, 3:00 PM
11 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Find­ing Neu­rons in a Haystack: Case Stud­ies with Sparse Probing

May 3, 2023, 1:30 PM
33 points
6 comments2 min readLW link1 review
(arxiv.org)

Monthly Roundup #6: May 2023

ZviMay 3, 2023, 12:50 PM
31 points
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
8 comments1 min readLW link

Com­mu­ni­ca­tion strate­gies for autism, with examples

stoneflyMay 3, 2023, 5:25 AM
16 points
2 comments7 min readLW link

Un­der­stand how other peo­ple think: a the­ory of wor­ld­views.

spencergMay 3, 2023, 3:57 AM
2 points
8 commentsLW link

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

anithiteMay 3, 2023, 12:57 AM
8 points
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
0 commentsLW link

A Case for the Least For­giv­ing Take On Alignment

Thane RuthenisMay 2, 2023, 9:34 PM
100 points
85 comments22 min readLW link

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

Matthew BarnettMay 2, 2023, 9:01 PM
53 points
19 comments1 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

Does descal­ing a ket­tle help? The­ory and practice

philhMay 2, 2023, 8:20 PM
35 points
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
7 comments3 min readLW link

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

May 2, 2023, 6:41 PM
32 points
0 comments5 min readLW link
(newsletter.safe.ai)

My best sys­tem yet: text-based pro­ject management

jtMay 2, 2023, 5:44 PM
6 points
8 comments5 min readLW link

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

ChristianKlMay 2, 2023, 5:06 PM
5 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

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

mishkaMay 2, 2023, 1:23 PM
22 points
6 comments1 min readLW link1 review
(scottaaronson.blog)

Sys­tems that can­not be un­safe can­not be safe

DavidmanheimMay 2, 2023, 8:53 AM
62 points
27 comments2 min readLW link

AGI safety ca­reer advice

Richard_NgoMay 2, 2023, 7:36 AM
132 points
24 comments13 min readLW link

An Im­pos­si­bil­ity Proof Rele­vant to the Shut­down Prob­lem and Corrigibility

AudereMay 2, 2023, 6:52 AM
66 points
13 comments9 min readLW link

Some Thoughts on Virtue Ethics for AIs

peligrietzerMay 2, 2023, 5:46 AM
83 points
8 comments4 min readLW link

Tech­nolog­i­cal un­em­ploy­ment as an­other test for ra­tio­nal­ist winning

RomanHaukssonMay 2, 2023, 4:16 AM
14 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

The Mo­ral Coper­ni­can Principle

LegionnaireMay 2, 2023, 3:25 AM
5 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

Open & Wel­come Thread—May 2023

RubyMay 2, 2023, 2:58 AM
22 points
41 comments1 min readLW link

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

Zoe WilliamsMay 2, 2023, 2:30 AM
12 points
1 commentLW link

AXRP Epi­sode 21 - In­ter­pretabil­ity for Eng­ineers with Stephen Casper

DanielFilanMay 2, 2023, 12:50 AM
12 points
1 comment66 min readLW link

Get­ting Your Eyes On

LoganStrohlMay 2, 2023, 12:33 AM
65 points
11 comments14 min readLW link

What 2025 looks like

RubyMay 1, 2023, 10:53 PM
75 points
17 comments15 min readLW link

[Question] Nat­u­ral Selec­tion vs Gra­di­ent Descent

CuriousApe11May 1, 2023, 10:16 PM
4 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

A[I] Zom­bie Apoca­lypse Is Already Upon Us

NickHarrisMay 1, 2023, 10:02 PM
−6 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Ge­off Hin­ton Quits Google

Adam ShaiMay 1, 2023, 9:03 PM
98 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

The Ap­pren­tice Thread 2

hathMay 1, 2023, 8:09 PM
50 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

Bu­dapest, Hun­gary – ACX Mee­tups Every­where Spring 2023

May 1, 2023, 5:36 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

In fa­vor of steelmanning

jpMay 1, 2023, 5:12 PM
36 points
6 commentsLW link

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

May 1, 2023, 4:47 PM
96 points
10 comments30 min readLW link

Dist­in­guish­ing mi­suse is difficult and uncomfortable

lemonhopeMay 1, 2023, 4:23 PM
17 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

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

Mislav JurićMay 1, 2023, 4:06 PM
5 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

What Bos­ton Can Teach Us About What a Wo­man Is

ymeskhoutMay 1, 2023, 3:34 PM
18 points
45 comments12 min readLW link

The Rocket Align­ment Prob­lem, Part 2

ZviMay 1, 2023, 2:30 PM
40 points
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
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Where is all this ev­i­dence of UFOs?

Logan ZoellnerMay 1, 2023, 12:13 PM
29 points
42 comments1 min readLW link