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The o1 System Card Is Not About o1

ZviDec 13, 2024, 8:30 PM

116 points

39 votes

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5 comments16 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Arch-anarchy and The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant

Peter lawless Dec 13, 2024, 8:15 PM

−10 points

6 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Communications in Hard Mode (My new job at MIRI)

tanagrabeastDec 13, 2024, 8:13 PM

208 points

97 votes

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25 comments5 min readLW link

First Thoughts on Detachmentism

Jacob PetersonDec 13, 2024, 1:19 AM

−11 points

5 votes

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5 comments9 min readLW link

How to Build Heaven: A Constrained Boltzmann Brain Generator

High TidesDec 13, 2024, 1:04 AM

−8 points

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3 comments5 min readLW link

Representing Irrationality in Game Theory

Larry LeeDec 13, 2024, 12:50 AM

−1 points

2 votes

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3 comments11 min readLW link

“Charity” as a conflationary alliance term

Jan_KulveitDec 12, 2024, 9:49 PM

35 points

12 votes

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2 comments5 min readLW link

Just one more exposure bro

Chris LakinDec 12, 2024, 9:37 PM

54 points

29 votes

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7 comments1 min readLW link

(chrislakin.blog)

The Dangers of Mirrored Life

Niko_McCarty and fin

Dec 12, 2024, 8:58 PM

121 points

45 votes

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9 comments29 min readLW link

(www.asimov.press)

Effective Networking as Sending Hard to Fake Signals

vaishnav92Dec 12, 2024, 8:32 PM

27 points

12 votes

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2 comments7 min readLW link

(www.optimaloutliers.com)

Mini PAPR Review

jefftkDec 12, 2024, 7:10 PM

10 points

2 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Biological risk from the mirror world

jasoncrawfordDec 12, 2024, 7:07 PM

334 points

165 votes

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38 comments7 min readLW link

(newsletter.rootsofprogress.org)

Naturalistic dualism

Arturo MaciasDec 12, 2024, 4:19 PM

−4 points

4 votes

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0 comments4 min readLW link

AI #94: Not Now, Google

ZviDec 12, 2024, 3:40 PM

49 points

22 votes

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3 comments64 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Consciousness, Intelligence, and AI – Some Quick Notes [call it a mini-ramble]

Bill BenzonDec 12, 2024, 3:04 PM

−3 points

3 votes

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0 comments4 min readLW link

The Dissolution of AI Safety

RokoDec 12, 2024, 10:34 AM

8 points

20 votes

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44 comments1 min readLW link

(www.transhumanaxiology.com)

Is Optimization Correct?

Yoshinori OkamotoDec 12, 2024, 10:27 AM

−9 points

9 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

AXRP Episode 38.3 - Erik Jenner on Learned Look-Ahead

DanielFilanDec 12, 2024, 5:40 AM

20 points

5 votes

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0 comments16 min readLW link

Public computers can make addictive tools safe

dkl9Dec 11, 2024, 7:55 PM

23 points

7 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(dkl9.net)

Solving Newcomb’s Paradox In Real Life

Alice WanderlandDec 11, 2024, 7:48 PM

3 points

5 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(open.substack.com)

The “Think It Faster” Exercise

RaemonDec 11, 2024, 7:14 PM

147 points

81 votes

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35 comments13 min readLW link

Forecast With GiveWell

ChristianWilliamsDec 11, 2024, 5:52 PM

11 points

4 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

(www.metaculus.com)

A shortcoming of concrete demonstrations as AGI risk advocacy

Steven ByrnesDec 11, 2024, 4:48 PM

106 points

40 votes

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27 comments2 min readLW link

Why Isn’t Tesla Level 3?

jefftkDec 11, 2024, 2:50 PM

22 points

12 votes

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7 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Investing in Robust Safety Mechanisms is critical for reducing Systemic Risks

Tom DAVID, Pierre Peigné, Quentin FEUILLADE--MONTIXI, Kay Kozaronek and Miailhe Nicolas

Dec 11, 2024, 1:37 PM

8 points

4 votes

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3 comments2 min readLW link

Post-Quantum Investing: Dump Crypto for Index Funds and Real Estate?

GDec 11, 2024, 11:59 AM

8 points

11 votes

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5 comments1 min readLW link

Low-effort review of “AI For Humanity”

Charlie SteinerDec 11, 2024, 9:54 AM

14 points

8 votes

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0 comments4 min readLW link

SAEBench: A Comprehensive Benchmark for Sparse Autoencoders

Can, Adam Karvonen, Johnny Lin, Curt Tigges, Joseph Bloom, chanind, Yeu-Tong Lau, Eoin Farrell, Arthur Conmy, CallumMcDougall, Kola Ayonrinde, Matthew Wearden, Sam Marks and Neel Nanda

Dec 11, 2024, 6:30 AM

82 points

34 votes

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6 comments2 min readLW link

(www.neuronpedia.org)

Zombies! Substance Dualist Zombies?

Ape in the coatDec 11, 2024, 6:10 AM

15 points

10 votes

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14 comments6 min readLW link

My thoughts on correlation and causation

Victor PortonDec 11, 2024, 5:08 AM

−13 points

5 votes

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3 comments1 min readLW link

Why empiricists should believe in AI risk

Knight LeeDec 11, 2024, 3:51 AM

5 points

3 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] fake alignment solutions????

KvmanThinkingDec 11, 2024, 3:31 AM

1 point

3 votes

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6 comments1 min readLW link

Second-Time Free

jefftkDec 11, 2024, 3:30 AM

24 points

9 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Frontier AI systems have surpassed the self-replicating red line

mannatvjainDec 11, 2024, 3:06 AM

9 points

11 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

(github.com)

The Technist Reformation: A Discussion with o1 About The Coming Economic Event Horizon

Yuli_BanDec 11, 2024, 2:34 AM

5 points

7 votes

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2 comments17 min readLW link

LessWrong audio: help us choose the new voice

peter_hartree and TYPE III AUDIO

Dec 11, 2024, 2:24 AM

23 points

8 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

Apply to attend a Global Challenges Project workshop in 2025!

LiamEDec 11, 2024, 12:41 AM

6 points

3 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

The MVO and The MVP

kwangDec 10, 2024, 11:17 PM

0 points

2 votes

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0 comments7 min readLW link

(kevw.substack.com)

What is Confidence—in Game Theory and Life?

James Stephen BrownDec 10, 2024, 11:06 PM

3 points

1 vote

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0 comments8 min readLW link

(nonzerosum.games)

Computational functionalism probably can’t explain phenomenal consciousness

EuanMcLeanDec 10, 2024, 5:11 PM

17 points

18 votes

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36 comments12 min readLW link

o1 Turns Pro

ZviDec 10, 2024, 5:00 PM

59 points

26 votes

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3 comments14 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Most Minds are Irrational

DavidmanheimDec 10, 2024, 9:36 AM

17 points

9 votes

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4 comments10 min readLW link

EC2 Scripts

jefftkDec 10, 2024, 3:00 AM

16 points

5 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

My Mental Model of AI Creativity – Creativity Kiki

Adam NewgasDec 9, 2024, 10:24 PM

12 points

5 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

(www.boristhebrave.com)

ACI#9: What is Intelligence

Akira PyinyaDec 9, 2024, 9:54 PM

3 points

2 votes

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0 comments8 min readLW link

The CARLIN Method: Teaching AI How to Be Genuinely Funny

Greg RobisonDec 9, 2024, 9:51 PM

3 points

4 votes

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0 comments9 min readLW link

o1: A Technical Primer

Jesse HooglandDec 9, 2024, 7:09 PM

172 points

91 votes

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19 comments9 min readLW link

(www.youtube.com)

Correct my H5N1 research

ElizabethDec 9, 2024, 7:07 PM

52 points

19 votes

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24 comments2 min readLW link

Re Hanson’s Grabby Aliens: Humanity is not a natural anthropic sample space

LorecDec 9, 2024, 6:07 PM

14 points

8 votes

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64 comments1 min readLW link

A toy evaluation of inference code tampering

Fabien RogerDec 9, 2024, 5:43 PM

52 points

13 votes

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0 comments9 min readLW link

(alignment.anthropic.com)

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