Why com­par­a­tive ad­van­tage does not help horses

SherrinfordSep 30, 2024, 10:27 PM
105 points
15 comments3 min readLW link

In­tel­li­gence ex­plo­sion: a ra­tio­nal as­sess­ment.

p4rziv4lSep 30, 2024, 9:17 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link
(docs.google.com)

Peak Hu­man Capital

PeterMcCluskeySep 30, 2024, 9:13 PM
70 points
3 comments5 min readLW link
(bayesianinvestor.com)

Sam Alt­man’s Busi­ness Negging

Julian BradshawSep 30, 2024, 9:06 PM
13 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.bloomberg.com)

In-Con­text Learn­ing: An Align­ment Survey

alamertonSep 30, 2024, 6:44 PM
8 points
0 comments20 min readLW link
(docs.google.com)

Not Just For Ther­apy Chat­bots: The Case For Com­pas­sion In AI Mo­ral Align­ment Research

kenneth_diaoSep 30, 2024, 6:37 PM
2 points
0 comments12 min readLW link

Ex­plor­ing De­com­pos­abil­ity of SAE Features

Vikram_NSep 30, 2024, 6:28 PM
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link

Knowl­edge Base 1: Could it in­crease in­tel­li­gence and make it safer?

iwisSep 30, 2024, 4:00 PM
−4 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Point of Failure: Semi­con­duc­tor-Grade Quartz

AnnapurnaSep 30, 2024, 3:57 PM
41 points
8 comments2 min readLW link
(jorgevelez.substack.com)

on bac­te­ria, on teeth

bhauthSep 30, 2024, 3:56 PM
62 points
9 comments6 min readLW link
(bhauth.com)

SB 1047 gets vetoed

ryan_bSep 30, 2024, 3:49 PM
25 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.reuters.com)

Of Birds and Bees

RussellThorSep 30, 2024, 10:52 AM
7 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

A new pro­cess for map­ping discussions

Nathan YoungSep 30, 2024, 8:57 AM
29 points
8 comments6 min readLW link
(open.substack.com)

MATS Alumni Im­pact Analysis

Sep 30, 2024, 2:35 AM
62 points
7 comments11 min readLW link

[Question] Most ca­pa­ble pub­li­cly available agents?

GabeSep 30, 2024, 12:04 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

the case for CoT un­faith­ful­ness is overstated

nostalgebraistSep 29, 2024, 10:07 PM
259 points
43 comments11 min readLW link

Po­modoro Method Ran­dom­ized Self Experiment

niplavSep 29, 2024, 9:55 PM
14 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Toy Models of Su­per­po­si­tion: Sim­plified by Hand

Axel SorensenSep 29, 2024, 9:19 PM
9 points
3 comments8 min readLW link

LLMs are likely not conscious

research_prime_spaceSep 29, 2024, 8:57 PM
6 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

A Policy Proposal

phdeadSep 29, 2024, 8:45 PM
10 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

Do Sparse Au­toen­coders (SAEs) trans­fer across base and fine­tuned lan­guage mod­els?

Sep 29, 2024, 7:37 PM
26 points
8 comments25 min readLW link

Models of life

Abhishaike MahajanSep 29, 2024, 7:24 PM
8 points
0 comments16 min readLW link
(www.asimov.press)

In­ter­pret­ing the effects of Jailbreak Prompts in LLMs

Harsh RajSep 29, 2024, 7:01 PM
8 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

New Ca­pa­bil­ities, New Risks? - Eval­u­at­ing Agen­tic Gen­eral As­sis­tants us­ing Ele­ments of GAIA & METR Frameworks

Tej LanderSep 29, 2024, 6:58 PM
5 points
0 comments29 min readLW link

Devel­op­men­tal Stages in Multi-Prob­lem Grokking

James SullivanSep 29, 2024, 6:58 PM
4 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

A Psy­cho­an­a­lytic Ex­pla­na­tion of Sam Alt­man’s Ir­ra­tional Actions

GabeSep 29, 2024, 6:58 PM
1 point
3 comments3 min readLW link

Build­ing Safer AI from the Ground Up: Steer­ing Model Be­hav­ior via Pre-Train­ing Data Curation

Antonio ClarkeSep 29, 2024, 6:48 PM
6 points
0 comments23 min readLW link

Cry­on­ics is free

Mati_RoySep 29, 2024, 5:58 PM
198 points
43 comments2 min readLW link

Run­ner’s High On De­mand: A Story of Luck & Persistence

Shoshannah TekofskySep 29, 2024, 5:15 PM
14 points
6 comments5 min readLW link
(shoshanigans.substack.com)

You can, in fact, bam­boo­zle an un­al­igned AI into spar­ing your life

David MatolcsiSep 29, 2024, 4:59 PM
112 points
173 comments27 min readLW link

Base LLMs re­fuse too

Sep 29, 2024, 4:04 PM
60 points
20 comments10 min readLW link

My Method­olog­i­cal Turn

adamShimiSep 29, 2024, 3:01 PM
29 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(formethods.substack.com)

Linkpost: Hypocrisy standoff

Chris_LeongSep 29, 2024, 2:27 PM
5 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(x.com)

[Question] Any real toe­holds for mak­ing prac­ti­cal de­ci­sions re­gard­ing AI safety?

lemonhopeSep 29, 2024, 12:03 PM
27 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Re­view: Dr Stone

ProgramCrafterSep 29, 2024, 10:35 AM
18 points
9 comments4 min readLW link

AXRP Epi­sode 36 - Adam Shai and Paul Riech­ers on Com­pu­ta­tional Mechanics

DanielFilanSep 29, 2024, 5:50 AM
25 points
0 comments55 min readLW link

DunCon @Lighthaven

Duncan Sabien (Inactive)Sep 29, 2024, 4:56 AM
45 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­plor­ing Shard-like Be­hav­ior: Em­piri­cal In­sights into Con­tex­tual De­ci­sion-Mak­ing in RL Agents

Alejandro AristizabalSep 29, 2024, 12:32 AM
6 points
0 comments15 min readLW link

Jailbreak­ing lan­guage mod­els with user roleplay

loopsSep 28, 2024, 11:43 PM
8 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(iter.ca)

“Slow” take­off is a ter­rible term for “maybe even faster take­off, ac­tu­ally”

RaemonSep 28, 2024, 11:38 PM
217 points
69 comments1 min readLW link

Con­tex­tual Con­sti­tu­tional AI

aksh-nSep 28, 2024, 11:24 PM
14 points
2 comments12 min readLW link

Ex­plore More: A Bag of Tricks to Keep Your Life on the Rails

Shoshannah TekofskySep 28, 2024, 9:38 PM
236 points
19 comments11 min readLW link
(shoshanigans.substack.com)

2024 Petrov Day Retrospective

Sep 28, 2024, 9:30 PM
93 points
25 comments10 min readLW link

[Question] Any Trump Sup­port­ers Want to Dialogue?

k64Sep 28, 2024, 7:41 PM
15 points
83 comments1 min readLW link

Eval­u­at­ing LLaMA 3 for poli­ti­cal syco­phancy

alma.liezengaSep 28, 2024, 7:02 PM
2 points
2 comments6 min readLW link

Two new datasets for eval­u­at­ing poli­ti­cal syco­phancy in LLMs

alma.liezengaSep 28, 2024, 6:29 PM
9 points
0 comments9 min readLW link

COT Scal­ing im­plies slower take­off speeds

Logan ZoellnerSep 28, 2024, 4:20 PM
36 points
56 comments1 min readLW link

Thoughts on Evo-Bio Math and Mesa-Op­ti­miza­tion: Maybe We Need To Think Harder About “Rel­a­tive” Fit­ness?

LorecSep 28, 2024, 2:07 PM
6 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Steer­ing LLMs’ Be­hav­ior with Con­cept Ac­ti­va­tion Vectors

Ruixuan HuangSep 28, 2024, 9:53 AM
8 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

An In­ter­ac­tive Shap­ley Value Explainer

James Stephen BrownSep 28, 2024, 5:01 AM
42 points
9 comments1 min readLW link
(nonzerosum.games)