A Solu­tion for AGI/​ASI Safety

Weibing WangDec 18, 2024, 7:44 PM
50 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

Takes on “Align­ment Fak­ing in Large Lan­guage Models”

Joe CarlsmithDec 18, 2024, 6:22 PM
105 points
7 comments62 min readLW link

A Mat­ter of Taste

ZviDec 18, 2024, 5:50 PM
36 points
4 comments11 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Are we a differ­ent per­son each time? A sim­ple ar­gu­ment for the im­per­ma­nence of our identity

l4mpDec 18, 2024, 5:21 PM
−4 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Align­ment Fak­ing in Large Lan­guage Models

Dec 18, 2024, 5:19 PM
483 points
75 comments10 min readLW link

Can o1-pre­view find ma­jor mis­takes amongst 59 NeurIPS ’24 MLSB pa­pers?

Abhishaike MahajanDec 18, 2024, 2:21 PM
19 points
0 comments6 min readLW link
(www.owlposting.com)

Walk­ing Sue

Matthew McRedmondDec 18, 2024, 1:19 PM
2 points
5 comments8 min readLW link

What con­clu­sions can be drawn from a sin­gle ob­ser­va­tion about wealth in ten­nis?

Trevor CappalloDec 18, 2024, 9:55 AM
8 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Don’t As­so­ci­ate AI Safety With Activism

EneaszDec 18, 2024, 8:01 AM
17 points
15 comments1 min readLW link
(deathisbad.substack.com)

[Question] How should I op­ti­mize my de­ci­sion mak­ing model for ‘ideas’?

CstineSublimeDec 18, 2024, 4:09 AM
3 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Prep­pers Are Too Nega­tive on Objects

jefftkDec 18, 2024, 2:30 AM
44 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Re­view: Break­ing Free with Dr. Stone

TurnTroutDec 18, 2024, 1:26 AM
47 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(turntrout.com)

Be­ing Pre­sent is Not a Skill

ChipmonkDec 18, 2024, 1:11 AM
23 points
8 comments1 min readLW link
(chrislakin.blog)

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

Dec 17, 2024, 11:58 PM
115 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Care­less think­ing: A the­ory of bad thinking

Nathan YoungDec 17, 2024, 6:23 PM
49 points
17 comments9 min readLW link
(nathanpmyoung.substack.com)

The Se­cond Gemini

ZviDec 17, 2024, 3:50 PM
23 points
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
0 comments2 min readLW link

Every­thing you care about is in the map

TahpDec 17, 2024, 2:05 PM
17 points
27 comments3 min readLW link

Real­ity is Frac­tal-Shaped

silentbobDec 17, 2024, 1:52 PM
18 points
1 comment8 min readLW link

Try­ing to trans­late when peo­ple talk past each other

Kaj_SotalaDec 17, 2024, 9:40 AM
41 points
12 comments6 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

What is “wire­head­ing”?

Dec 17, 2024, 7:49 AM
10 points
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
0 comments3 min readLW link

Where do you put your ideas?

CstineSublimeDec 17, 2024, 7:26 AM
9 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

Ele­vat­ing Air Purifiers

jefftkDec 17, 2024, 1:40 AM
25 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

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