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I just watched don’t look up.

ATheCoderJun 23, 2023, 9:22 PM

0 points

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5 comments2 min readLW link

Automatic Rate Limiting on LessWrong

RaemonJun 23, 2023, 8:19 PM

79 points

46 votes

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34 comments8 min readLW link

Catastrophic Risks from AI #3: AI Race

Dan H, Mantas Mazeika and TW123

Jun 23, 2023, 7:21 PM

18 points

5 votes

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9 comments29 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

Write the Worst Post on LessWrong!

Johannes C. MayerJun 23, 2023, 7:17 PM

−9 points

25 votes

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5 comments4 min readLW link

Slaying the Hydra: toward a new game board for AI

PrometheusJun 23, 2023, 5:04 PM

0 points

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5 comments6 min readLW link

When is correlation transitive?

Ege ErdilJun 23, 2023, 4:09 PM

83 points

28 votes

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7 comments6 min readLW link

Park Toys

jefftkJun 23, 2023, 4:00 PM

31 points

15 votes

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5 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

ACX Meetup at the Isar (EA Community will join us)

ErichJun 23, 2023, 8:26 AM

1 point

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0 comments1 min readLW link

How tall is the Shard, really?

philhJun 23, 2023, 8:10 AM

44 points

19 votes

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10 comments9 min readLW link

(reasonableapproximation.net)

[Question] Are vaccine safe enough, that we can give their producers liability?

ChristianKlJun 23, 2023, 2:47 AM

3 points

12 votes

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10 comments1 min readLW link

Why Not Subagents?

johnswentworth and David Lorell

Jun 22, 2023, 10:16 PM

130 points

53 votes

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53 comments14 min readLW link 1 review

Catastrophic Risks from AI #2: Malicious Use

Dan H, Mantas Mazeika and TW123

Jun 22, 2023, 5:10 PM

38 points

15 votes

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1 comment17 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

Catastrophic Risks from AI #1: Introduction

Dan H, Mantas Mazeika and TW123

Jun 22, 2023, 5:09 PM

40 points

15 votes

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1 comment5 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

AI #17: The Litany

ZviJun 22, 2023, 2:30 PM

95 points

42 votes

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34 comments56 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Research Update] Sparse Autoencoder features are bimodal

Robert_AIZIJun 22, 2023, 1:15 PM

24 points

7 votes

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1 comment5 min readLW link

(aizi.substack.com)

The Hubinger lectures on AGI safety: an introductory lecture series

evhubJun 22, 2023, 12:59 AM

126 points

60 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.youtube.com)

How to Search Multiple Websites Quickly

Nicholas KrossJun 22, 2023, 12:42 AM

16 points

8 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Newbie questions about information theory and transformers

Misaligned-Semi-intelligenceJun 21, 2023, 10:45 PM

10 points

5 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

Progress links and tweets, 2023-06-21: Stewart Brand wants your comments

jasoncrawfordJun 21, 2023, 8:52 PM

11 points

3 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

What—ideally—should young and intelligent people do?

veterxiphJun 21, 2023, 8:21 PM

1 point

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4 comments3 min readLW link

Using Claude to convert dialog transcripts into great posts?

mako yassJun 21, 2023, 8:19 PM

6 points

5 votes

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4 comments4 min readLW link

Which personality traits are real? Stress-testing the lexical hypothesis

tailcalledJun 21, 2023, 7:46 PM

65 points

26 votes

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5 comments9 min readLW link 1 review

EU AI Act passed Plenary vote, and X-risk was a main topic

Ariel_Jun 21, 2023, 6:33 PM

18 points

10 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

“textbooks are all you need”

bhauthJun 21, 2023, 5:06 PM

66 points

38 votes

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18 comments2 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

Philosophical Cyborg (Part 2)...or, The Good Successor

ukc10014Jun 21, 2023, 3:43 PM

21 points

7 votes

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1 comment31 min readLW link

Relational Speaking

jefftkJun 21, 2023, 2:40 PM

11 points

3 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

My side of an argument with Jacob Cannell about chip interconnect losses

Steven ByrnesJun 21, 2023, 1:33 PM

144 points

48 votes

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11 comments11 min readLW link

Short timelines and slow, continuous takeoff as the safest path to AGI

rosehadshar and LintzA

Jun 21, 2023, 8:56 AM

65 points

33 votes

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15 comments7 min readLW link

A way to make solving alignment 10.000 times easier. The shorter case for a massive open source simbox project.

AlexFromSafeTransitionJun 21, 2023, 8:08 AM

2 points

14 votes

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16 comments14 min readLW link

My tentative best guess on how EAs and Rationalists sometimes turn crazy

habrykaJun 21, 2023, 4:11 AM

204 points

111 votes

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112 comments8 min readLW link

The Importance of Judging: A Reflection on Rational Thought

CrimsonChinJun 20, 2023, 10:49 PM

2 points

3 votes

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0 comments4 min readLW link

“Natural is better” is a valuable heuristic

Neil Jun 20, 2023, 10:25 PM

35 points

24 votes

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16 comments4 min readLW link

№.6 For Those About To Dress...

party girlJun 20, 2023, 9:14 PM

5 points

13 votes

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0 comments4 min readLW link

(affale.substack.com)

Frame Bridging v0.8 - an inquiry and a technique

UnrealJun 20, 2023, 7:46 PM

11 points

6 votes

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9 comments6 min readLW link

Public Transit is not Infinitely Safe

jefftkJun 20, 2023, 6:40 PM

101 points

75 votes

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34 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

why I’m here now

bhauthJun 20, 2023, 5:13 PM

8 points

8 votes

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3 comments1 min readLW link

Causality: A Brief Introduction

tom4everitt, Lewis Hammond, Jonathan Richens, Francis Rhys Ward, RyanCarey, sbenthall and James Fox

Jun 20, 2023, 3:01 PM

49 points

17 votes

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18 comments6 min readLW link

Lightning Post: Things people in AI Safety should stop talking about

PrometheusJun 20, 2023, 3:00 PM

23 points

18 votes

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6 comments2 min readLW link

Having a headache and not having a headache

Jim PivarskiJun 20, 2023, 2:59 PM

7 points

4 votes

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9 comments3 min readLW link

Never Fight The Last War

ChristianKlJun 20, 2023, 12:35 PM

32 points

12 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why didn’t virologists run the studies necessary to determine which viruses are airborne?

ChristianKlJun 20, 2023, 11:58 AM

28 points

12 votes

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19 comments1 min readLW link

A Friendly Face (Another Failure Story)

Karl von Wendt, Sofia Bharadia, PeterDrotos, Artem Korotkov, mespa and mruwnik

Jun 20, 2023, 10:31 AM

65 points

32 votes

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21 comments16 min readLW link

[Question] Are the majority of your ancestors farmers or non-farmers?

LinchJun 20, 2023, 8:55 AM

20 points

17 votes

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47 comments1 min readLW link

DSLT 3. Neural Networks are Singular

Liam CarrollJun 20, 2023, 8:20 AM

36 points

15 votes

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5 comments19 min readLW link

10 quick takes about AGI

Max HJun 20, 2023, 2:22 AM

36 points

22 votes

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17 comments7 min readLW link

OpenAI introduces function calling for GPT-4

mic and André Ferretti

Jun 20, 2023, 1:58 AM

24 points

14 votes

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3 comments4 min readLW link

(openai.com)

Approaches to Thump

jefftkJun 20, 2023, 1:50 AM

8 points

2 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Ban development of unpredictable powerful models?

TurnTroutJun 20, 2023, 1:43 AM

46 points

30 votes

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25 comments4 min readLW link

Capture today’s market, capture tomorrow’s game board

SimonBiggsJun 20, 2023, 12:45 AM

9 points

3 votes

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0 comments5 min readLW link

Lessons On How To Get Things Right On The First Try

johnswentworth and David Lorell

Jun 19, 2023, 11:58 PM

253 points

146 votes

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59 comments10 min readLW link 1 review

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