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Emergence and Amplification of Survival

jgraves01Dec 28, 2024, 11:52 PM

−1 points

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0 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Has Someone Checked The Cold-Water-In-Left-Ear Thing?

MaloewDec 28, 2024, 8:15 PM

11 points

11 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

By default, capital will matter more than ever after AGI

L Rudolf LDec 28, 2024, 5:52 PM

304 points

196 votes

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105 comments16 min readLW link

(nosetgauge.substack.com)

AI Assistants Should Have a Direct Line to Their Developers

Jan_KulveitDec 28, 2024, 5:01 PM

59 points

25 votes

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6 comments2 min readLW link

No, the Polymarket price does not mean we can immediately conclude what the probability of a bird flu pandemic is. We also need to know the interest rate!

Christopher KingDec 28, 2024, 4:05 PM

9 points

16 votes

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11 comments1 min readLW link

Why OpenAI’s Structure Must Evolve To Advance Our Mission

stuhlmuellerDec 28, 2024, 4:24 AM

19 points

8 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

(openai.com)

The Engineering Argument Fallacy: Why Technological Success Doesn’t Validate Physics

Wenitte ApiouDec 28, 2024, 12:49 AM

−16 points

6 votes

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5 comments2 min readLW link

The Robot, the Puppet-master, and the Psychohistorian

WillPetilloDec 28, 2024, 12:12 AM

8 points

5 votes

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2 comments3 min readLW link

Progress links and short notes, 2024-12-27: Clinical trial abundance, grid-scale fusion, permitting vs. compliance, crossword mania, and more

jasoncrawfordDec 27, 2024, 11:34 PM

11 points

4 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

(newsletter.rootsofprogress.org)

Greedy-Advantage-Aware RLHF

sej2020Dec 27, 2024, 7:47 PM

49 points

19 votes

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16 comments13 min readLW link

Deconstructing arguments against AI art

DMMFDec 27, 2024, 7:40 PM

7 points

4 votes

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5 comments5 min readLW link

(danfrank.ca)

From the Archives: a story

Richard_NgoDec 27, 2024, 4:36 PM

20 points

6 votes

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1 comment16 min readLW link

(www.narrativeark.xyz)

[Question] What’s the best metric for measuring quality of life?

ChristianKlDec 27, 2024, 2:29 PM

10 points

4 votes

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5 comments1 min readLW link

Review: Planecrash

L Rudolf LDec 27, 2024, 2:18 PM

360 points

182 votes

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46 comments22 min readLW link

(nosetgauge.substack.com)

Good Fortune and Many Worlds

Jonah WilbergDec 27, 2024, 1:21 PM

4 points

2 votes

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0 comments5 min readLW link

Letter from an Alien Mind

Shoshannah TekofskyDec 27, 2024, 1:20 PM

23 points

13 votes

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7 comments3 min readLW link

(open.substack.com)

Coin Flip

XelaPDec 27, 2024, 11:53 AM

17 points

8 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

If all trade is voluntary, then what is “exploitation?”

DarmaniDec 27, 2024, 11:21 AM

34 points

43 votes

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61 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] What are the most interesting / challenging evals (for humans) available?

RaemonDec 27, 2024, 3:05 AM

40 points

17 votes

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13 comments2 min readLW link

Algorithmic Asubjective Anthropics, Cartesian Subjective Anthropics

LorecDec 27, 2024, 1:58 AM

2 points

1 vote

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0 comments4 min readLW link

Corrigibility’s Desirability is Timing-Sensitive

RobertMDec 26, 2024, 10:24 PM

29 points

10 votes

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4 comments3 min readLW link

PCR retrospective

bhauthDec 26, 2024, 9:20 PM

24 points

8 votes

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0 comments8 min readLW link

(bhauth.com)

AI #96: o3 But Not Yet For Thee

ZviDec 26, 2024, 8:30 PM

58 points

22 votes

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8 comments36 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Super human AI is a very low hanging fruit!

HznDec 26, 2024, 7:00 PM

−4 points

5 votes

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0 comments7 min readLW link

The Field of AI Alignment: A Postmortem, and What To Do About It

johnswentworthDec 26, 2024, 6:48 PM

319 points

194 votes

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173 comments8 min readLW link

ReSolsticed vol I: “We’re Not Going Quietly”

RaemonDec 26, 2024, 5:52 PM

61 points

17 votes

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4 comments19 min readLW link

[Question] Are Sparse Autoencoders a good idea for AI control?

Gerard BoxoDec 26, 2024, 5:34 PM

3 points

4 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

A Three-Layer Model of LLM Psychology

Jan_KulveitDec 26, 2024, 4:49 PM

239 points

128 votes

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15 comments8 min readLW link

Human, All Too Human—Superintelligence requires learning things we can’t teach

Ben TurtelDec 26, 2024, 4:26 PM

−13 points

5 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

(bturtel.substack.com)

[Question] Why don’t we currently have AI agents?

ChristianKlDec 26, 2024, 3:26 PM

8 points

7 votes

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10 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What would be the IQ and other benchmarks of o3 that uses $1 million worth of compute resources to answer one question?

avturchinDec 26, 2024, 11:08 AM

16 points

6 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

The Economics & Practicality of Starting Mars Colonization

Zero ContradictionsDec 26, 2024, 10:56 AM

2 points

3 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

(zerocontradictions.net)

Terminal goal vs Intelligence

Donatas LučiūnasDec 26, 2024, 8:10 AM

−12 points

6 votes

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24 comments1 min readLW link

Streamlining my voice note process

Vlad SitaloDec 26, 2024, 6:04 AM

6 points

3 votes

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1 comment7 min readLW link

(vlad.roam.garden)

Whistleblowing Twitter Bot

MckievDec 26, 2024, 4:09 AM

19 points

8 votes

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5 comments2 min readLW link

Open Thread Winter 2024/2025

habrykaDec 25, 2024, 9:02 PM

23 points

11 votes

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59 comments1 min readLW link

Exploring Cooperation: The Path to Utopia

DavidmanheimDec 25, 2024, 6:31 PM

11 points

4 votes

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0 comments14 min readLW link

(exploringcooperation.substack.com)

Living with Rats in College

lsusrDec 25, 2024, 10:44 AM

28 points

30 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What Have Been Your Most Valuable Casual Conversations At Conferences?

johnswentworthDec 25, 2024, 5:49 AM

54 points

19 votes

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21 comments1 min readLW link

The Opening Salvo: 1. An Ontological Consciousness Metric: Resistance to Behavioral Modification as a Measure of Recursive Awareness

PeterpiperDec 25, 2024, 2:29 AM

−3 points

3 votes

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0 comments5 min readLW link

The Deep Lore of LightHaven, with Oliver Habryka (TBC episode 228)

Eneasz and habryka

Dec 24, 2024, 10:45 PM

46 points

14 votes

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4 comments91 min readLW link

(thebayesianconspiracy.substack.com)

Acknowledging Background Information with P(Q|I)

JenniferRMDec 24, 2024, 6:50 PM

29 points

11 votes

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8 comments14 min readLW link

Game Theory and Behavioral Economics in The Stock Market

Jaiveer SinghDec 24, 2024, 6:15 PM

1 point

1 vote

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0 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What are the main arguments against AGI?

Edy NastaseDec 24, 2024, 3:49 PM

1 point

3 votes

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6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Recommendations on communities that discuss AI applications in society

AnnapurnaDec 24, 2024, 1:37 PM

7 points

3 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

AIs Will Increasingly Fake Alignment

ZviDec 24, 2024, 1:00 PM

89 points

26 votes

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0 comments52 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Apply to the 2025 PIBBSS Summer Research Fellowship

DusanDNesic and Lucas Teixeira

Dec 24, 2024, 10:25 AM

15 points

5 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

Human-AI Complementarity: A Goal for Amplified Oversight

rishubjain and Sophie Bridgers

Dec 24, 2024, 9:57 AM

27 points

6 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

(deepmindsafetyresearch.medium.com)

Preliminary Thoughts on Flirting Theory

Alice BlairDec 24, 2024, 7:37 AM

16 points

12 votes

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6 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Why is neuron count of human brain relevant to AI timelines?

samuelshadrachDec 24, 2024, 5:15 AM

6 points

7 votes

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7 comments1 min readLW link

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