A dataset of ques­tions on de­ci­sion-the­o­retic rea­son­ing in New­comb-like problems

Dec 16, 2024, 10:42 PM
49 points
1 comment2 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

A prac­ti­cal guide to tiling the uni­verse with hedonium

Vittu PerkeleDec 16, 2024, 9:25 PM
−8 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(perkeleperusing.substack.com)

AI Safety Seed Fund­ing Net­work—Join as a Donor or Investor

Alexandra BosDec 16, 2024, 7:30 PM
30 points
0 commentsLW link

Is this a bet­ter way to do match­mak­ing?

ChipmonkDec 16, 2024, 7:06 PM
9 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

I read ev­ery ma­jor AI lab’s safety plan so you don’t have to

sarahhwDec 16, 2024, 6:51 PM
20 points
0 comments12 min readLW link
(longerramblings.substack.com)

Grokking re­vis­ited: re­verse en­g­ineer­ing grokking mod­ulo ad­di­tion in LSTM

Dec 16, 2024, 6:48 PM
4 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

Progress links and short notes, 2024-12-16

jasoncrawfordDec 16, 2024, 5:24 PM
7 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(newsletter.rootsofprogress.org)

Effec­tive Altru­ism FAQ

omnizoidDec 16, 2024, 4:27 PM
0 points
7 comments12 min readLW link

Vari­ably com­press­ibly stud­ies are fun

dkl9Dec 16, 2024, 4:00 PM
0 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(dkl9.net)

AIs Will In­creas­ingly At­tempt Shenanigans

ZviDec 16, 2024, 3:20 PM
114 points
2 comments26 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Test­ing which LLM ar­chi­tec­tures can do hid­den se­rial reasoning

Filip SondejDec 16, 2024, 1:48 PM
81 points
9 comments4 min readLW link

Neu­roAI for AI safety: A Differ­en­tial Path

Dec 16, 2024, 1:17 PM
22 points
0 comments7 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

Cir­cling as prac­tice for “just be your­self”

Kaj_SotalaDec 16, 2024, 7:40 AM
86 points
5 comments4 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

Re­an­a­lyz­ing the 2023 Ex­pert Sur­vey on Progress in AI

AI ImpactsDec 16, 2024, 6:10 AM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(blog.aiimpacts.org)

Ideas for bench­mark­ing LLM creativity

gwernDec 16, 2024, 5:18 AM
60 points
11 comments1 min readLW link
(gwern.net)

Com­par­ing the AirFanta 3Pro to the Coway AP-1512

jefftkDec 16, 2024, 1:40 AM
13 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

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

KvmanThinkingDec 15, 2024, 11:06 PM
0 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Madi­son Sec­u­lar Solstice

svfritzDec 15, 2024, 9:52 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is AI al­ign­ment a purely func­tional prop­erty?

RokoDec 15, 2024, 9:42 PM
13 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How coun­ter­fac­tual are log­i­cal coun­ter­fac­tu­als?

Donald HobsonDec 15, 2024, 9:16 PM
11 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

De­bunk­ing the myth of safe AI

henophiliaDec 15, 2024, 5:44 PM
−11 points
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
2 comments2 min readLW link

A Public Choice Take on Effec­tive Altruism

vaishnav92Dec 15, 2024, 4:58 PM
9 points
4 comments3 min readLW link
(www.optimaloutliers.com)

World Models I’m Cur­rently Building

temporaryDec 15, 2024, 4:29 PM
5 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(samuelshadrach.com)

Dress Up For Sec­u­lar Solstice

Gordon H.S.Dec 15, 2024, 4:28 PM
33 points
13 comments7 min readLW link

Remap your caps lock key

bilalchughtaiDec 15, 2024, 2:03 PM
80 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Effec­tive Evil’s AI Misal­ign­ment Plan

lsusrDec 15, 2024, 7:39 AM
83 points
9 comments3 min readLW link

Write Good Enough Code, Quickly

Oliver DanielsDec 15, 2024, 4:45 AM
19 points
10 comments8 min readLW link

How to Edit an Es­say into a Sols­tice Speech?

CzynskiDec 15, 2024, 4:30 AM
5 points
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
0 comments6 min readLW link

In­tro­duc­ing the Ev­i­dence Color Wheel

Larry LeeDec 14, 2024, 4:08 PM
6 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

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

DalcyDec 14, 2024, 3:02 PM
67 points
2 comments10 min readLW link

Best-of-N Jailbreaking

Dec 14, 2024, 4:58 AM
78 points
5 comments2 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

D&D.Sci Dun­geon­build­ing: the Dun­geon Tournament

aphyerDec 14, 2024, 4:30 AM
49 points
16 comments3 min readLW link

Creat­ing In­ter­pretable La­tent Spaces with Gra­di­ent Routing

Jacob G-WDec 14, 2024, 4:00 AM
26 points
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
4 comments1 min readLW link

Ma­tryoshka Sparse Autoencoders

Noa NabeshimaDec 14, 2024, 2:52 AM
98 points
15 comments11 min readLW link

[Question] What is MIRI cur­rently do­ing?

RokoDec 14, 2024, 2:39 AM
32 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

The o1 Sys­tem Card Is Not About o1

ZviDec 13, 2024, 8:30 PM
116 points
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
0 comments1 min readLW link

Com­mu­ni­ca­tions in Hard Mode (My new job at MIRI)

tanagrabeastDec 13, 2024, 8:13 PM
206 points
25 comments5 min readLW link

First Thoughts on Detachmentism

Jacob PetersonDec 13, 2024, 1:19 AM
−11 points
5 comments9 min readLW link

How to Build Heaven: A Con­strained Boltz­mann Brain Generator

High TidesDec 13, 2024, 1:04 AM
−8 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

Rep­re­sent­ing Ir­ra­tional­ity in Game Theory

Larry LeeDec 13, 2024, 12:50 AM
−1 points
3 comments11 min readLW link

“Char­ity” as a con­fla­tion­ary al­li­ance term

Jan_KulveitDec 12, 2024, 9:49 PM
35 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

Just one more ex­po­sure bro

ChipmonkDec 12, 2024, 9:37 PM
52 points
6 comments2 min readLW link
(chrislakin.blog)

The Dangers of Mir­rored Life

Dec 12, 2024, 8:58 PM
119 points
9 comments29 min readLW link
(www.asimov.press)

Effec­tive Net­work­ing as Send­ing Hard to Fake Signals

vaishnav92Dec 12, 2024, 8:32 PM
26 points
2 comments7 min readLW link
(www.optimaloutliers.com)

Mini PAPR Review

jefftkDec 12, 2024, 7:10 PM
10 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Biolog­i­cal risk from the mir­ror world

jasoncrawfordDec 12, 2024, 7:07 PM
334 points
38 comments7 min readLW link
(newsletter.rootsofprogress.org)