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Some thoughts on George Hotz vs Eliezer Yudkowsky

TristanTrimAug 15, 2023, 11:33 PM

10 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

Understanding the Information Flow inside Large Language Models

Felix Hofstätter and cozyfractal

Aug 15, 2023, 9:13 PM

19 points

0 comments17 min readLW link

[Question] Any research in “probe-tuning” of LLMs?

Roman LeventovAug 15, 2023, 9:01 PM

20 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Can AI Transform the Electorate into a Citizen’s Assembly

RoscoHunterAug 15, 2023, 5:52 PM

−3 points

5 comments3 min readLW link

Ten Thousand Years of Solitude

agpAug 15, 2023, 5:45 PM

137 points

19 comments4 min readLW link

(www.discovermagazine.com)

AISN #19: US-China Competition on AI Chips, Measuring Language Agent Developments, Economic Analysis of Language Model Propaganda, and White House AI Cyber Challenge

Dan HAug 15, 2023, 4:10 PM

21 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

(newsletter.safe.ai)

[Question] What is the most effective anti-tyranny charity?

lcAug 15, 2023, 3:26 PM

20 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

My checklist for publishing a blog post

Steven ByrnesAug 15, 2023, 3:04 PM

87 points

6 comments3 min readLW link

The Dunbar Playbook: A CRM system for your friends

Severin T. SeehrichAug 15, 2023, 8:44 AM

32 points

16 comments5 min readLW link

(amoretlicentia.substack.com)

Optical Illusions are Out of Distribution Errors

vitaliyaAug 15, 2023, 2:23 AM

30 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

A short calculation about a Twitter poll

Ege ErdilAug 14, 2023, 7:48 PM

64 points

64 comments11 min readLW link

Decomposing independent generalizations in neural networks via Hessian analysis

Dmitry Vaintrob and Nina Panickssery

Aug 14, 2023, 5:04 PM

84 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Memetic Judo #2: Incorporal Switches and Levers Compendium

Max TKAug 14, 2023, 4:53 PM

19 points

6 comments17 min readLW link

Existentially relevant thought experiment: To kill or not to kill, a sniper, a man and a button.

AlexFromSafeTransitionAug 14, 2023, 10:53 AM

−18 points

6 comments4 min readLW link

Stepping down as moderator on LW

Kaj_SotalaAug 14, 2023, 10:46 AM

82 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Announcing Manifest 2023 (Sep 22-24 in Berkeley)

Saul Munn and Austin Chen

Aug 14, 2023, 5:13 AM

31 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Coherence Therapy with LLMs—quick demo

Chris LakinAug 14, 2023, 3:34 AM

19 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Listen For What You Don’t Hear: The Case for Contrarianism

Yashvardhan SharmaAug 14, 2023, 2:53 AM

1 point

1 comment5 min readLW link

Recipe: Hessian eigenvector computation for PyTorch models

Nina PanicksseryAug 14, 2023, 2:48 AM

32 points

5 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Assuming LK99 or similar: how to accelerate commercialization?

ryan_bAug 13, 2023, 9:34 PM

7 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Twin Cities ACX Meetup September 2023

Timothy M.Aug 13, 2023, 8:10 PM

1 point

4 comments1 min readLW link

Fundamental Uncertainty: Chapter 1 - How can we know what’s true?

Gordon Seidoh WorleyAug 13, 2023, 6:55 PM

17 points

4 comments12 min readLW link

We Should Prepare for a Larger Representation of Academia in AI Safety

Leon LangAug 13, 2023, 6:03 PM

90 points

14 comments5 min readLW link

AGI is easier than robotaxis

Daniel KokotajloAug 13, 2023, 5:00 PM

41 points

30 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] If we’re alive in 5 years, do you think the funding situation will be much better by then? (With large amounts of government funding, for example)

kuiraAug 13, 2023, 4:32 PM

−2 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Abstract Theories of Everything

PhilosophistryAug 13, 2023, 6:06 AM

−17 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Linkpost] Personal and Psychological Dimensions of AI Researchers Confronting AI Catastrophic Risks

Bogdan Ionut CirsteaAug 12, 2023, 10:02 PM

42 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

The Empathy Engine: A Deconstruction of the Societal Metamorphosis through Technological Empathy Augmentation

bigdickproblemsAug 12, 2023, 6:23 PM

−30 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

The Benevolent Ruler’s Handbook (Part 2): Morality Rules

FCCCAug 12, 2023, 2:25 PM

5 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Learning as you play: anthropic shadow in deadly games

dr_sAug 12, 2023, 7:34 AM

37 points

28 comments35 min readLW link

Biological Anchors: The Trick that Might or Might Not Work

Scott AlexanderAug 12, 2023, 12:53 AM

91 points

3 comments33 min readLW link

(astralcodexten.substack.com)

Simulate the CEO

robotelvisAug 12, 2023, 12:09 AM

23 points

5 comments5 min readLW link

(messyprogress.substack.com)

How to decide under low-stakes uncertainty

dkl9Aug 11, 2023, 6:07 PM

11 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(dkl9.net)

The Pandemic is Only Beginning: The Long COVID Disaster

salvatore matteraAug 11, 2023, 5:36 PM

−6 points

15 comments8 min readLW link

When discussing AI risks, talk about capabilities, not intelligence

VikaAug 11, 2023, 1:38 PM

124 points

7 comments3 min readLW link

(vkrakovna.wordpress.com)

What are the flaws in this AGI argument?

William the Kiwi Aug 11, 2023, 11:31 AM

5 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

Google DeepMind’s RT-2

SandXboxAug 11, 2023, 11:26 AM

9 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(robotics-transformer2.github.io)

Linkpost: We need another Expert Survey on Progress in AI, urgently

David MearsAug 11, 2023, 8:22 AM

25 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

(open.substack.com)

What Does a Marginal Grant at LTFF Look Like? Funding Priorities and Grantmaking Thresholds at the Long-Term Future Fund

Linch, calebp99 and Daniel_Eth

Aug 11, 2023, 3:59 AM

64 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

[Question] Will posting any thread on LW guarantee that a LLM will index all my content, and if questions people ask to the LLM after my name will surface up all my LW content?

Alex K. Chen (parrot)Aug 11, 2023, 1:40 AM

0 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

AI Safety Concepts Writeup: WebGPT

JustisMillsAug 11, 2023, 1:35 AM

9 points

1 comment7 min readLW link

[Question] What is science?

Adam ZernerAug 11, 2023, 12:00 AM

6 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Three configurable prettyprinters

philhAug 10, 2023, 11:10 PM

9 points

0 comments22 min readLW link

(reasonableapproximation.net)

Ilya Sutskever’s thoughts on AI safety (July 2023): a transcript with my comments

mishkaAug 10, 2023, 7:07 PM

21 points

3 comments5 min readLW link

Seeking Input to AI Safety Book for non-technical audience

Darren McKeeAug 10, 2023, 5:58 PM

10 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Evaluating GPT-4 Theory of Mind Capabilities

gcmac and Nathan

Aug 10, 2023, 5:57 PM

15 points

2 comments14 min readLW link

Some alignment ideas

SelonNeriasAug 10, 2023, 5:51 PM

1 point

0 comments11 min readLW link

Self Supervised Learning (SSL)

Varshul GuptaAug 10, 2023, 5:43 PM

5 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

(dubverseblack.substack.com)

Predicting Virus Relative Abundance in Wastewater

jefftkAug 10, 2023, 3:46 PM

33 points

2 comments LW link

(naobservatory.org)

AI #24: Week of the Podcast

ZviAug 10, 2023, 3:00 PM

49 points

5 comments44 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)