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Sexual Selection as a Mesa-Optimizer

LorecNov 29, 2024, 11:34 PM

3 points

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0 comments37 min readLW link

INTELLECT-1 Release: The First Globally Trained 10B Parameter Model

Matrice JacobineNov 29, 2024, 11:05 PM

16 points

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(www.primeintellect.ai)

You should consider applying to PhDs (soon!)

bilalchughtaiNov 29, 2024, 8:33 PM

114 points

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19 comments6 min readLW link

Understanding Emergence in Large Language Models

egek92Nov 29, 2024, 7:42 PM

3 points

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I’m a rationalist but....

ninneyNov 29, 2024, 7:41 PM

−19 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

The ‘Road Not Taken’ in the Multiverse

Jonah WilbergNov 29, 2024, 7:01 PM

2 points

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0 comments7 min readLW link

(art) Optimism

KvmanThinkingNov 29, 2024, 4:21 PM

−7 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

The Big Nonprofits Post

ZviNov 29, 2024, 4:10 PM

120 points

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10 comments45 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The Neruda Factory

jennNov 29, 2024, 3:20 PM

16 points

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(jenn.site)

Two interviews with the founder of DeepSeek

Cosmia_NebulaNov 29, 2024, 3:18 AM

50 points

23 votes

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6 comments31 min readLW link

(rentry.co)

Gratitudes: Rational Thanks Giving

Seth HerdNov 29, 2024, 3:09 AM

29 points

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2 comments4 min readLW link

Depression and Creativity

Bill BenzonNov 29, 2024, 12:27 AM

−4 points

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0 comments6 min readLW link

Estimates of GPU or equivalent resources of large AI players for 2024/5

CharlesDNov 28, 2024, 11:01 PM

54 points

26 votes

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7 comments9 min readLW link

Automated monitoring systems

hiki_tNov 28, 2024, 6:54 PM

1 point

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0 comments2 min readLW link

AI #92: Behind the Curve

ZviNov 28, 2024, 2:40 PM

82 points

30 votes

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7 comments44 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Is the mind a program?

EuanMcLeanNov 28, 2024, 9:42 AM

14 points

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62 comments7 min readLW link

LLMs Do Not Think Step-by-step In Implicit Reasoning

Bogdan Ionut CirsteaNov 28, 2024, 9:16 AM

11 points

5 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

A Meritocracy of Taste

Daniele De NuntiisNov 28, 2024, 9:10 AM

2 points

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11 comments2 min readLW link

Importing Bluesky Comments

jefftkNov 28, 2024, 3:50 AM

14 points

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New o1-like model (QwQ) beats Claude 3.5 Sonnet with only 32B parameters

Jesse HooglandNov 27, 2024, 10:06 PM

68 points

29 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

(qwenlm.github.io)

“Map of AI Futures”—An interactive flowchart

swanteNov 27, 2024, 9:31 PM

78 points

39 votes

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5 comments2 min readLW link

(swantescholz.github.io)

How to solve the misuse problem assuming that in 10 years the default scenario is that AGI agents are capable of synthetizing pathogens

jeremttiNov 27, 2024, 9:17 PM

6 points

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0 comments9 min readLW link

ARENA 4.0 Impact Report

Chloe Li, JamesH and James Fox

Nov 27, 2024, 8:51 PM

45 points

23 votes

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3 comments13 min readLW link

On AI Detectors Regarding College Applications

Kaustubh KislayNov 27, 2024, 8:25 PM

4 points

3 votes

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2 comments2 min readLW link

When the Scientific Method Doesn’t Really Help...

casualphysicsenjoyerNov 27, 2024, 7:52 PM

3 points

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(chillphysicsenjoyer.substack.com)

Causal inference for the home gardener

bracesNov 27, 2024, 5:55 PM

42 points

13 votes

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1 comment5 min readLW link

Repeal the Jones Act of 1920

ZviNov 27, 2024, 3:00 PM

146 points

46 votes

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24 comments39 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Long Live the Usurper

pleiotrothNov 27, 2024, 12:10 PM

21 points

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0 comments5 min readLW link

Hope to live or fear to die?

Knight LeeNov 27, 2024, 10:42 AM

3 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

The Queen’s Dilemma: A Paradox of Control

Daniel MurfetNov 27, 2024, 10:40 AM

25 points

11 votes

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11 comments3 min readLW link

AXRP Episode 38.2 - Jesse Hoogland on Singular Learning Theory

DanielFilanNov 27, 2024, 6:30 AM

34 points

8 votes

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0 comments10 min readLW link

Hierarchical Agency: A Missing Piece in AI Alignment

Jan_KulveitNov 27, 2024, 5:49 AM

115 points

38 votes

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22 comments11 min readLW link

Facets and Social Networks

jefftkNov 27, 2024, 3:40 AM

15 points

6 votes

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Call for evaluators: Participate in the European AI Office workshop on general-purpose AI models and systemic risks

Tom DAVID and Miailhe Nicolas

Nov 27, 2024, 2:54 AM

30 points

6 votes

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Wagering on Will And Worth (Pascals Wager for Free Will and Value)

Robert CousineauNov 27, 2024, 12:43 AM

−1 points

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2 comments3 min readLW link

Should you have children? All LessWrong posts about the topic

SherrinfordNov 26, 2024, 11:52 PM

17 points

9 votes

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0 comments16 min readLW link

Dave Kasten’s AGI-by-2027 vignette

davekastenNov 26, 2024, 11:20 PM

49 points

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8 comments5 min readLW link

Fractals to Quasiparticles

James CamachoNov 26, 2024, 8:19 PM

5 points

6 votes

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[Question] What epsilon do you subtract from “certainty” in your own probability estimates?

DagonNov 26, 2024, 7:13 PM

14 points

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6 comments1 min readLW link

Implications—How Conscious Significance Could Inform Our lives

James Stephen BrownNov 26, 2024, 5:42 PM

7 points

3 votes

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0 comments13 min readLW link

Workshop Report: Why current benchmarks approaches are not sufficient for safety?

Tom DAVID and Pierre Peigné

Nov 26, 2024, 5:20 PM

3 points

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1 comment3 min readLW link

You are not too “irrational” to know your preferences.

DaystarEldNov 26, 2024, 3:01 PM

235 points

110 votes

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57 comments13 min readLW link

AI & Liability Ideathon

Kabir KumarNov 26, 2024, 1:54 PM

20 points

5 votes

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2 comments4 min readLW link

(lu.ma)

Do Large Language Models Perform Latent Multi-Hop Reasoning without Exploiting Shortcuts?

Bogdan Ionut CirsteaNov 26, 2024, 9:58 AM

9 points

3 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

Should you increase AI alignment funding, or increase AI regulation?

Knight LeeNov 26, 2024, 9:17 AM

7 points

4 votes

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1 comment4 min readLW link

Mitigating Geomagnetic Storm and EMP Risks to the Electrical Grid (Shallow Dive)

DavidmanheimNov 26, 2024, 8:00 AM

16 points

5 votes

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4 comments6 min readLW link

Filled Cupcakes

jefftkNov 26, 2024, 3:20 AM

21 points

8 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

notes on prioritizing tasks & cognition-threads

EmrikNov 26, 2024, 12:28 AM

3 points

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[Question] Why are there no interesting (1D, 2-state) quantum cellular automata?

Optimization ProcessNov 26, 2024, 12:11 AM

29 points

8 votes

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13 comments2 min readLW link

Counting AGIs

cash and Will Taylor

Nov 26, 2024, 12:06 AM

75 points

29 votes

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19 comments32 min readLW link

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