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Ablations for “Frontier Models are Capable of In-context Scheming”

AlexMeinke, Bronson Schoen, Marius Hobbhahn, Mikita Balesni, Jérémy Scheurer and rusheb

Dec 17, 2024, 11:58 PM

115 points

35 votes

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1 comment2 min readLW link

Careless thinking: A theory of bad thinking

Nathan YoungDec 17, 2024, 6:23 PM

49 points

16 votes

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17 comments9 min readLW link

(nathanpmyoung.substack.com)

The Second Gemini

ZviDec 17, 2024, 3:50 PM

23 points

9 votes

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0 comments11 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

AIS Hungary is hiring a part-time Technical Lead! (Deadline: Dec 31st)

gergogasparDec 17, 2024, 2:12 PM

1 point

1 vote

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0 comments2 min readLW link

Everything you care about is in the map

TahpDec 17, 2024, 2:05 PM

17 points

12 votes

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27 comments3 min readLW link

Reality is Fractal-Shaped

silentbobDec 17, 2024, 1:52 PM

18 points

12 votes

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1 comment8 min readLW link

Trying to translate when people talk past each other

Kaj_SotalaDec 17, 2024, 9:40 AM

41 points

17 votes

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12 comments6 min readLW link

(kajsotala.fi)

What is “wireheading”?

Vishakha and Algon

Dec 17, 2024, 7:49 AM

10 points

3 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(aisafety.info)

1 What If We Rebuild Motivation with the Fermi ESTIMATion?

P. JoãoDec 17, 2024, 7:46 AM

6 points

6 votes

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0 comments3 min readLW link

Where do you put your ideas?

CstineSublimeDec 17, 2024, 7:26 AM

9 points

5 votes

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20 comments1 min readLW link

Elevating Air Purifiers

jefftkDec 17, 2024, 1:40 AM

25 points

5 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

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

Caspar Oesterheld, Ethan Perez and Chi Nguyen

Dec 16, 2024, 10:42 PM

50 points

27 votes

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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

4 votes

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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

9 votes

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0 comments2 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

5 votes

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0 comments12 min readLW link

(longerramblings.substack.com)

Grokking revisited: reverse engineering grokking modulo addition in LSTM

Nikita Khomich and Danik

Dec 16, 2024, 6:48 PM

4 points

4 votes

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0 comments6 min readLW link

Progress links and short notes, 2024-12-16

jasoncrawfordDec 16, 2024, 5:24 PM

7 points

2 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

(newsletter.rootsofprogress.org)

Effective Altruism FAQ

Bentham's BulldogDec 16, 2024, 4:27 PM

0 points

9 votes

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7 comments12 min readLW link

Variably compressibly studies are fun

dkl9Dec 16, 2024, 4:00 PM

0 points

5 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

(dkl9.net)

AIs Will Increasingly Attempt Shenanigans

ZviDec 16, 2024, 3:20 PM

118 points

59 votes

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2 comments26 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Testing which LLM architectures can do hidden serial reasoning

Filip SondejDec 16, 2024, 1:48 PM

84 points

29 votes

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9 comments4 min readLW link

NeuroAI for AI safety: A Differential Path

nz and Patrick Mineault

Dec 16, 2024, 1:17 PM

22 points

6 votes

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0 comments7 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

Circling as practice for “just be yourself”

Kaj_SotalaDec 16, 2024, 7:40 AM

87 points

40 votes

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6 comments4 min readLW link

(kajsotala.fi)

Reanalyzing the 2023 Expert Survey on Progress in AI

AI ImpactsDec 16, 2024, 6:10 AM

8 points

2 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(blog.aiimpacts.org)

Ideas for benchmarking LLM creativity

gwernDec 16, 2024, 5:18 AM

60 points

23 votes

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11 comments1 min readLW link

(gwern.net)

Comparing the AirFanta 3Pro to the Coway AP-1512

jefftkDec 16, 2024, 1:40 AM

13 points

3 votes

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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

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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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

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