Rishi to out­line his vi­sion for Bri­tain to take the world lead in polic­ing AI threats when he meets Joe Biden

Mati_RoyJun 6, 2023, 4:47 AM
25 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.dailymail.co.uk)

In­tel­li­gence Offi­cials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Hu­man Origin

lcJun 6, 2023, 3:54 AM
33 points
151 comments1 min readLW link
(thedebrief.org)

Al­gorith­mic Im­prove­ment Is Prob­a­bly Faster Than Scal­ing Now

johnswentworthJun 6, 2023, 2:57 AM
146 points
25 comments2 min readLW link

Con­tra Mask Status

jefftkJun 6, 2023, 2:10 AM
10 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

An­drew Ng wants to have a con­ver­sa­tion about ex­tinc­tion risk from AI

Leon LangJun 5, 2023, 10:29 PM
32 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(twitter.com)

True Re­jec­tion Challenges

ScrewtapeJun 5, 2023, 10:17 PM
20 points
11 comments5 min readLW link

AISafety.info “How can I help?” FAQ

Jun 5, 2023, 10:09 PM
59 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

An­swer to a ques­tion: what do I think about God’s com­mu­ni­ca­tion pat­terns?

Jim PivarskiJun 5, 2023, 9:40 PM
2 points
16 comments8 min readLW link

The In­trin­sic In­ter­play of Hu­man Values and Ar­tifi­cial In­tel­li­gence: Nav­i­gat­ing the Op­ti­miza­tion Challenge

Joe KwonJun 5, 2023, 8:41 PM
2 points
1 comment18 min readLW link

The (lo­cal) unit of in­tel­li­gence is FLOPs

boazbarakJun 5, 2023, 6:23 PM
42 points
7 comments5 min readLW link

Tu­tor-GPT & Ped­a­gog­i­cal Reasoning

courtlandleerJun 5, 2023, 5:53 PM
26 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

Not an­other bias!

LionelJun 5, 2023, 5:50 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(lionelpage.substack.com)

What I’ve been read­ing, June 2023

jasoncrawfordJun 5, 2023, 5:08 PM
16 points
0 comments7 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Hu­mans don’t un­der­stand how we do most things

Nathan1123Jun 5, 2023, 2:35 PM
2 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Wild­fire of strategicness

TsviBTJun 5, 2023, 1:59 PM
38 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

Speak­ing off-meta

EpiritoJun 5, 2023, 1:56 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Some Thoughts on Con­di­tional Fore­casts – Les­sons from the 2020 Election

JavierJun 5, 2023, 11:58 AM
14 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

5/​23

CelerJun 5, 2023, 5:50 AM
10 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(keller.substack.com)

We Are Less Wrong than E. T. Jaynes on Loss Func­tions in Hu­man Society

Zack_M_DavisJun 5, 2023, 5:34 AM
46 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

Monthly Shorts 8/​21

CelerJun 5, 2023, 5:30 AM
13 points
2 comments3 min readLW link
(keller.substack.com)

Ages Sur­vey: Results

jefftkJun 5, 2023, 2:10 AM
57 points
10 comments5 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Meta-con­ver­sa­tion shouldn’t be taboo

Adam ZernerJun 5, 2023, 12:19 AM
34 points
36 comments4 min readLW link

The ants and the grasshopper

Richard_NgoJun 4, 2023, 10:00 PM
465 points
44 comments5 min readLW link4 reviews
(www.narrativeark.xyz)

[Question] im­pli­ca­tions of NN de­sign for education

bhauthJun 4, 2023, 8:50 PM
9 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Na­ture < Nur­ture for AIs

scottviteriJun 4, 2023, 8:38 PM
14 points
22 comments7 min readLW link

One im­ple­men­ta­tion of reg­u­la­tory GPU restrictions

porbyJun 4, 2023, 8:34 PM
42 points
6 comments5 min readLW link

How to em­bark on a jour­ney of self-dis­cov­ery (and po­ten­tially suc­ceed)

Ester DobiášováJun 4, 2023, 6:46 PM
6 points
0 comments14 min readLW link
(ladyesik.wordpress.com)

AI Safety Fun­da­men­tals: An In­for­mal Co­hort Start­ing Soon!

Tiago de VassalJun 4, 2023, 5:15 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

How to Think About Ac­ti­va­tion Patching

Neel NandaJun 4, 2023, 2:17 PM
50 points
5 comments20 min readLW link
(www.neelnanda.io)

A Dis­ney­land Without Children

L Rudolf LJun 4, 2023, 1:06 PM
124 points
11 commentsLW link4 reviews
(nosetgauge.substack.com)

I bet ev­ery­one 1000€ that I can make them dra­mat­i­cally hap­pier & cure their de­pres­sion in 3 months!

EternallyBlissfulJun 4, 2023, 12:30 PM
4 points
11 comments9 min readLW link

Do You Really Want Effec­tive Altru­ism?

williamsaeJun 4, 2023, 8:06 AM
−7 points
3 comments7 min readLW link

“What if ev­ery­one died ex­cept me and the su­per­in­tel­li­gent AI?”

sjeffhJun 4, 2023, 5:08 AM
−19 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Link Post] Bytes Are All You Need: Trans­form­ers Oper­at­ing Directly On File Bytes

CapybasiliskJun 3, 2023, 10:45 PM
18 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Hu­man­ity and sci­ence are in­com­pat­i­ble.

archeonJun 3, 2023, 10:15 PM
−18 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Op­ti­miza­tion hap­pens in­side the mind, not in the world

azsantoskJun 3, 2023, 9:36 PM
17 points
10 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] What would a post that ar­gues against the Orthog­o­nal­ity Th­e­sis that LessWrong users ap­prove of look like?

Thoth HermesJun 3, 2023, 9:21 PM
3 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

A Dou­ble-Fea­ture on The Extropians

Maxwell TabarrokJun 3, 2023, 6:27 PM
59 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

What ex­actly does ‘Slow Down’ look like?

Steve MJun 3, 2023, 6:11 PM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing AISafety.info’s Write-a-thon (June 16-18) and Se­cond Distil­la­tion Fel­low­ship (July 3-Oc­to­ber 2)

steven0461Jun 3, 2023, 2:03 AM
33 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Terry Tao is host­ing an “AI to As­sist Math­e­mat­i­cal Rea­son­ing” workshop

junk heap homotopyJun 3, 2023, 1:19 AM
12 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(terrytao.wordpress.com)

Up­com­ing AI reg­u­la­tions are likely to make for an un­safer world

ShmiJun 3, 2023, 1:07 AM
18 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

The AGI Race Between the US and China Doesn’t Ex­ist.

Eva_BJun 3, 2023, 12:22 AM
33 points
15 comments7 min readLW link
(evabehrens.substack.com)

Un­faith­ful Ex­pla­na­tions in Chain-of-Thought Prompting

Miles TurpinJun 3, 2023, 12:22 AM
42 points
8 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] How could AIs ‘see’ each other’s source code?

KennyJun 2, 2023, 10:41 PM
29 points
45 comments1 min readLW link

Pro­posal: labs should pre­com­mit to paus­ing if an AI ar­gues for it­self to be improved

NickGabsJun 2, 2023, 10:31 PM
3 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

In­fer­ence from a Math­e­mat­i­cal De­scrip­tion of an Ex­ist­ing Align­ment Re­search: a pro­posal for an outer al­ign­ment re­search program

Christopher KingJun 2, 2023, 9:54 PM
7 points
4 comments16 min readLW link

Thoughts on Danc­ing the Whole Dance: Po­si­tional Cal­ling for Contra

jefftkJun 2, 2023, 8:50 PM
10 points
0 comments5 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Ad­vice for En­ter­ing AI Safety Research

scasperJun 2, 2023, 8:46 PM
26 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

AI should be used to find bet­ter morality

JorterderJun 2, 2023, 8:38 PM
−21 points
1 comment1 min readLW link