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[Question] are IQ tests a good measure of intelligence?

KvmanThinkingDec 15, 2024, 11:06 PM

0 points

8 votes

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5 comments1 min readLW link

Madison Secular Solstice

svfritzDec 15, 2024, 9:52 PM

1 point

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is AI alignment a purely functional property?

RokoDec 15, 2024, 9:42 PM

13 points

5 votes

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8 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How counterfactual are logical counterfactuals?

Donald HobsonDec 15, 2024, 9:16 PM

11 points

7 votes

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10 comments1 min readLW link

Debunking the myth of safe AI

henophiliaDec 15, 2024, 5:44 PM

−11 points

5 votes

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8 comments1 min readLW link

(henophilia.substack.com)

Introducing Avatarism: A Rational Framework for Building actual Heaven

ratiba roDec 15, 2024, 5:17 PM

2 points

4 votes

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2 comments2 min readLW link

A Public Choice Take on Effective Altruism

vaishnav92Dec 15, 2024, 4:58 PM

9 points

3 votes

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4 comments3 min readLW link

(www.optimaloutliers.com)

World Models I’m Currently Building

temporaryDec 15, 2024, 4:29 PM

5 points

4 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

(samuelshadrach.com)

Dress Up For Secular Solstice

Gordon H.S.Dec 15, 2024, 4:28 PM

33 points

21 votes

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13 comments7 min readLW link

Remap your caps lock key

bilalchughtaiDec 15, 2024, 2:03 PM

81 points

59 votes

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21 comments1 min readLW link

Effective Evil’s AI Misalignment Plan

lsusrDec 15, 2024, 7:39 AM

83 points

57 votes

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9 comments3 min readLW link

How to Edit an Essay into a Solstice Speech?

CzynskiDec 15, 2024, 4:30 AM

5 points

2 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

(thepdv.wordpress.com)

How Your Physiology Affects the Mind’s Projection Fallacy

YanLyutnevDec 14, 2024, 9:10 PM

−1 points

11 votes

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0 comments6 min readLW link

Introducing the Evidence Color Wheel

Larry LeeDec 14, 2024, 4:08 PM

6 points

4 votes

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0 comments3 min readLW link

An Illustrated Summary of “Robust Agents Learn Causal World Model”

DalcyDec 14, 2024, 3:02 PM

67 points

21 votes

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2 comments10 min readLW link

Best-of-N Jailbreaking

John Hughes, saraprice, Aengus Lynch, Rylan Schaeffer, Fazl, Henry Sleight, Ethan Perez and mrinank_sharma

Dec 14, 2024, 4:58 AM

78 points

30 votes

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5 comments2 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

D&D.Sci Dungeonbuilding: the Dungeon Tournament

aphyerDec 14, 2024, 4:30 AM

50 points

11 votes

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16 comments3 min readLW link

Creating Interpretable Latent Spaces with Gradient Routing

Jacob G-WDec 14, 2024, 4:00 AM

26 points

9 votes

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6 comments2 min readLW link

(jacobgw.com)

Probability of death by suicide by a 26 year old

John WisemanDec 14, 2024, 3:33 AM

−25 points

14 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

Matryoshka Sparse Autoencoders

Noa NabeshimaDec 14, 2024, 2:52 AM

98 points

36 votes

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15 comments11 min readLW link

[Question] What is MIRI currently doing?

RokoDec 14, 2024, 2:39 AM

33 points

18 votes

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14 comments1 min readLW link

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

8 votes

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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

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