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GPT-8 may not be ASI

rvzlxax409Nov 4, 2024, 7:31 PM
−2 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

AI timelines don’t ac­count for base rate of tech progress

rvzlxax409Nov 4, 2024, 7:31 PM
−10 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Up­date on the Mys­te­ri­ous Trump Buy­ers on Polymarket

AnnapurnaNov 4, 2024, 7:22 PM
19 points
9 comments1 min readLW link
(jorgevelez.substack.com)

[In­tu­itive self-mod­els] 8. Root­ing Out Free Will Intuitions

Steven ByrnesNov 4, 2024, 6:16 PM
70 points
19 comments24 min readLW link

Op­tion control

Joe CarlsmithNov 4, 2024, 5:54 PM
28 points
0 comments54 min readLW link

[Question] Notic­ing the World

EvolutionByDesignNov 4, 2024, 4:41 PM
4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

The cur­rent state of RSPs

Zach Stein-PerlmanNov 4, 2024, 4:00 PM
23 points
2 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] Does the “an­cient wis­dom” ar­gu­ment have any val­idity? If a par­tic­u­lar teach­ing or tra­di­tion is old, to what ex­tent does this make it more trust­wor­thy?

SpectrumDTNov 4, 2024, 3:20 PM
18 points
49 comments1 min readLW link

A brief his­tory of the au­to­mated corporation

owencbNov 4, 2024, 2:35 PM
26 points
1 comment5 min readLW link
(strangecities.substack.com)

Ab­strac­tions are not Natural

Alfred HarwoodNov 4, 2024, 11:10 AM
25 points
21 comments11 min readLW link

[Linkpost] Build­ing Altru­is­tic and Mo­ral AI Agent with Brain-in­spired Affec­tive Em­pa­thy Mechanisms

Gunnar_ZarnckeNov 4, 2024, 10:15 AM
13 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

Con­text-de­pen­dent consequentialism

Jeremy Gillen and mattmacdermott
Nov 4, 2024, 9:29 AM
31 points
6 comments27 min readLW link

Sur­vival with­out dignity

L Rudolf LNov 4, 2024, 2:29 AM
369 points
29 comments15 min readLW link
(nosetgauge.substack.com)

Drug de­vel­op­ment costs can range over two or­ders of magnitude

rossryNov 3, 2024, 11:13 PM
38 points
0 comments11 min readLW link

Redefin­ing Tol­er­ance: Beyond Pop­per’s Paradox

mindprisonNov 3, 2024, 10:23 PM
−1 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Goal: Un­der­stand Intelligence

Johannes C. MayerNov 3, 2024, 9:20 PM
14 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

Cur­rent safety train­ing tech­niques do not fully trans­fer to the agent setting

Simon Lermen and Govind Pimpale
Nov 3, 2024, 7:24 PM
158 points
9 comments5 min readLW link

Why our poli­ti­ci­ans aren’t Median

Yair HalberstadtNov 3, 2024, 2:03 PM
62 points
15 comments3 min readLW link

Hu­man Bio­di­ver­sity (Part 4: As­tral Codex Ten)

Evan_GaensbauerNov 3, 2024, 4:20 AM
−13 points
6 commentsLW link
(reflectivealtruism.com)

Un­der­stand­ing in­com­pa­ra­bil­ity ver­sus in­com­men­su­ra­bil­ity in re­la­tion to RLHF

artemiocobbNov 2, 2024, 10:57 PM
1 point
1 comment2 min readLW link

elec­tric turbofans

bhauthNov 2, 2024, 10:50 PM
63 points
2 comments5 min readLW link
(bhauth.com)

Real­ity as Cat­e­gory-The­o­retic State Machines: A Math­e­mat­i­cal Framework

Wenitte ApiouNov 2, 2024, 9:04 PM
−8 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

The Me­dian Re­searcher Problem

johnswentworthNov 2, 2024, 8:16 PM
157 points
70 comments1 min readLW link

Test­ing “True” Lan­guage Un­der­stand­ing in LLMs: A Sim­ple Proposal

MtryaSamNov 2, 2024, 7:12 PM
9 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Test­ing “True” Lan­guage Un­der­stand­ing in LLMs: A Sim­ple Proposal

MtryaSamNov 2, 2024, 7:12 PM
−3 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Frag­ile, Ro­bust, and An­tifrag­ile Prefer­ence Satisfaction

adamShimiNov 2, 2024, 5:25 PM
19 points
0 comments5 min readLW link
(formethods.substack.com)

Higher Order Signs, Hal­lu­ci­na­tion and Schizophrenia

Nicolas VillarrealNov 2, 2024, 4:33 PM
3 points
0 comments13 min readLW link
(nicolasdvillarreal.substack.com)

[Question] Is OpenAI net nega­tive for AI Safety?

Lysandre TerrisseNov 2, 2024, 4:18 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Two ar­gu­ments against longter­mist thought experiments

momom2Nov 2, 2024, 10:22 AM
15 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

Both-Side­sism—When Fair & Balanced Goes Wrong

James Stephen BrownNov 2, 2024, 3:04 AM
3 points
15 comments6 min readLW link
(nonzerosum.games)

What can we learn from in­se­cure do­mains?

Logan ZoellnerNov 1, 2024, 11:53 PM
14 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Science ad­vances one funeral at a time

Cameron Berg, Judd Rosenblatt, Diogo de Lucena and AE Studio
Nov 1, 2024, 11:06 PM
100 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

The Carte­sian Crisis

mindprisonNov 1, 2024, 11:02 PM
−5 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Com­po­si­tion Cir­cuits in Vi­sion Trans­form­ers (Hy­poth­e­sis)

phenomanonNov 1, 2024, 10:16 PM
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link

SAE Prob­ing: What is it good for?

Subhash Kantamneni, Josh Engels, Senthooran Rajamanoharan and Neel Nanda
Nov 1, 2024, 7:23 PM
33 points
0 comments11 min readLW link

[Question] Set The­ory Mul­ti­verse vs Math­e­mat­i­cal Truth—Philo­soph­i­cal Discussion

Wenitte ApiouNov 1, 2024, 6:56 PM
8 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Ed­u­ca­tional CAI: Align­ing a Lan­guage Model with Ped­a­gog­i­cal Theories

Bharath PuranamNov 1, 2024, 6:55 PM
5 points
1 comment13 min readLW link

Pre­dic­tion mar­kets and Taxes

Edmund NelsonNov 1, 2024, 5:39 PM
11 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Den­tistry, Oral Sur­geons, and the Ineffi­ciency of Small Markets

GeneSmithNov 1, 2024, 5:26 PM
86 points
16 comments5 min readLW link

Live Machin­ery: An In­ter­face De­sign Philos­o­phy for Whole­some AI Futures

SahilNov 1, 2024, 5:24 PM
48 points
3 comments35 min readLW link

Seek­ing Collaborators

abramdemskiNov 1, 2024, 5:13 PM
62 points
15 comments7 min readLW link

Com­plete Feedback

abramdemskiNov 1, 2024, 4:58 PM
25 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Lev­ers for Biolog­i­cal Progress—A Re­sponse to “Machines of Lov­ing Grace”

Niko_McCartyNov 1, 2024, 4:35 PM
15 points
0 comments20 min readLW link
(www.asimov.press)

2024 Unoffi­cial LW Com­mu­nity Cen­sus, Re­quest for Comments

ScrewtapeNov 1, 2024, 4:34 PM
23 points
32 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] When en­gag­ing with a large amount of re­sources dur­ing a liter­a­ture re­view, how do you pre­vent your­self from be­com­ing over­whelmed?

corruptedCatapillarNov 1, 2024, 7:29 AM
25 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

(draft) Cy­borg soft­ware should be open (?)

AtillaYasarNov 1, 2024, 7:24 AM
4 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

Another UFO Bet

codyzNov 1, 2024, 1:55 AM
9 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Trad­ing Candy

jefftkNov 1, 2024, 1:10 AM
28 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Jar­gonBot Beta Test

RaemonNov 1, 2024, 1:05 AM
84 points
55 comments6 min readLW link

GPT-4o Guardrails Gone: Data Poi­son­ing & Jailbreak-Tuning

ChengCheng, Brendan Murphy, AdamGleave and Kellin Pelrine
Nov 1, 2024, 12:10 AM
18 points
0 comments6 min readLW link
(far.ai)