Scien­tific Method

Andrij “Androniq” GhorbunovFeb 18, 2024, 9:06 PM
24 points
4 comments30 min readLW link

[Question] Weigh­ing rep­u­ta­tional and moral con­se­quences of leav­ing Rus­sia or staying

spzaFeb 18, 2024, 7:36 PM
29 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Things I’ve Grieved

RaemonFeb 18, 2024, 7:32 PM
125 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Senses of “know­ing” a person

dkl9Feb 18, 2024, 7:13 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(dkl9.net)

The Jolly Green Gi­ant Chron­i­cles [ChatGPT]

Bill BenzonFeb 18, 2024, 5:28 PM
4 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

In­tu­ition for 1 + 2 + 3 + … = −1/​12

Shankar SivarajanFeb 18, 2024, 4:46 PM
18 points
28 comments3 min readLW link

No Click­bait—Misal­ign­ment Database

Kabir KumarFeb 18, 2024, 5:35 AM
6 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Idea: NV⁻ Cen­ters for Brain Interpretability

James CamachoFeb 18, 2024, 5:28 AM
6 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

Celi­acs don’t need to live in fear

JarrahFeb 18, 2024, 2:30 AM
16 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

“What if we could re­design so­ciety from scratch? The promise of char­ter cities.” [Ra­tional An­i­ma­tions video]

Jackson WagnerFeb 18, 2024, 12:57 AM
40 points
7 commentsLW link
(www.youtube.com)

Eval­u­at­ing Solar

jefftkFeb 17, 2024, 9:50 PM
26 points
5 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Opinions sur­vey 2 (with ra­tio­nal­ism score at the end)

tailcalledFeb 17, 2024, 12:03 PM
2 points
11 comments1 min readLW link
(docs.google.com)

Achiev­ing AI Align­ment through De­liber­ate Uncer­tainty in Mul­ti­a­gent Systems

Florian_DietzFeb 17, 2024, 8:45 AM
4 points
0 comments13 min readLW link

Com­mu­ni­ca­tion, con­scious­ness, and be­lief strength measures

Jakub SmékalFeb 17, 2024, 5:45 AM
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link

San Fer­nando Valley Ra­tion­al­ity: Fe­bru­ary 22, 2024

Thomas BroadleyFeb 17, 2024, 1:58 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Self-Aware­ness: Tax­on­omy and eval suite proposal

Daniel KokotajloFeb 17, 2024, 1:47 AM
65 points
2 comments11 min readLW link

Opinions sur­vey (with ra­tio­nal­ism score at the end)

tailcalledFeb 17, 2024, 12:41 AM
8 points
14 comments1 min readLW link
(docs.google.com)

Phal­lo­cen­tric­ity in GPT-J’s bizarre strat­ified ontology

mwatkinsFeb 17, 2024, 12:16 AM
56 points
37 comments9 min readLW link

FUTARCHY NOW BABY

sapphireFeb 17, 2024, 12:03 AM
−1 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Mak­ing the “stance” explicit

NicholasKeesFeb 16, 2024, 11:57 PM
23 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

2023 Sur­vey Results

ScrewtapeFeb 16, 2024, 10:24 PM
150 points
26 comments44 min readLW link

Physics-based early warn­ing sig­nal shows that AMOC is on tip­ping course

AnnapurnaFeb 16, 2024, 10:07 PM
19 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.science.org)

Kingfisher Win­ter Tour 2024

jefftkFeb 16, 2024, 9:40 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

The Poin­ter Re­s­olu­tion Problem

JozdienFeb 16, 2024, 9:25 PM
41 points
20 comments3 min readLW link

Every “Every Bay Area House Party” Bay Area House Party

Richard_NgoFeb 16, 2024, 6:53 PM
181 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

“No-one in my org puts money in their pen­sion”

TobesFeb 16, 2024, 6:33 PM
272 points
16 comments9 min readLW link
(seekingtobejolly.substack.com)

Ad­dress­ing Fea­ture Sup­pres­sion in SAEs

Feb 16, 2024, 6:32 PM
86 points
4 comments10 min readLW link

Ret­ro­spec­tive: PIBBSS Fel­low­ship 2023

Feb 16, 2024, 5:48 PM
31 points
1 comment8 min readLW link

Fate­book for Chrome: Make and em­bed fore­casts any­where on the web

Feb 16, 2024, 4:08 PM
14 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

“Arc­tic In­stincts? The uni­ver­sal prin­ci­ples of Arc­tic psy­cholog­i­cal adap­ta­tion and the ori­gins of East Asian psy­chol­ogy”—Call for Re­view­ers (Seeds of Science)

rogersbaconFeb 16, 2024, 3:02 PM
0 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

The Alt­man Technocracy

PhilosophicalSoulFeb 16, 2024, 1:27 PM
5 points
31 comments2 min readLW link

Dis­cord space for peo­ple with FTX claw­backs/​claims request

kotrfaFeb 16, 2024, 9:04 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

OpenAI’s Sora is an agent

Caleb BiddulphFeb 16, 2024, 7:35 AM
97 points
25 comments4 min readLW link

Mas­s­ape­qua (Long Is­land), New York – ACX/​SSC Meetup

Gabriel WeilFeb 16, 2024, 1:24 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Offer­ing AI safety sup­port calls for ML professionals

Vael GatesFeb 15, 2024, 11:48 PM
61 points
1 commentLW link

7. Evolu­tion and Ethics

RogerDearnaleyFeb 15, 2024, 11:38 PM
3 points
7 comments6 min readLW link

Map­ping the se­man­tic void III: Ex­plor­ing neighbourhoods

mwatkinsFeb 15, 2024, 11:01 PM
13 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

Map­ping the se­man­tic void II: Above, be­low and be­tween to­ken em­bed­dings

mwatkinsFeb 15, 2024, 11:00 PM
31 points
4 comments10 min readLW link

Rais­ing chil­dren on the eve of AI

juliawiseFeb 15, 2024, 9:28 PM
275 points
47 comments5 min readLW link

What’s hap­pen­ing be­hind the scenes with my HowTruth­ful project

Bruce LewisFeb 15, 2024, 6:27 PM
7 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Gem­ini 1.5 released

Cole WyethFeb 15, 2024, 6:02 PM
19 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(blog.google)

AI play for the next 3 years: Le­mon­ade Insurance

Prin (Premek) PaskaFeb 15, 2024, 1:48 PM
2 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(docs.google.com)

Col­lec­tion of Scien­tific and Other Classifications

niplavFeb 15, 2024, 12:58 PM
16 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

“Open Source AI” isn’t Open Source

DavidmanheimFeb 15, 2024, 8:59 AM
18 points
16 comments1 min readLW link
(davidmanheim.substack.com)

Re­search Log, RLLMv3 (GPT2-XL, Phi-1.5 and Fal­con-RW-1B)

MiguelDevFeb 15, 2024, 3:39 AM
4 points
0 comments262 min readLW link

11 dice­ware words is enough

Feb 15, 2024, 12:13 AM
23 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(threadreaderapp.com)

Search­ing for Search­ing for Search

Rubi J. HudsonFeb 14, 2024, 11:51 PM
21 points
4 comments7 min readLW link

Some ques­tions for the peo­ple at 80,000 Hours

yanni kyriacosFeb 14, 2024, 11:15 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Dis­rupt­ing mal­i­cious uses of AI by state-af­fili­ated threat actors

agucovaFeb 14, 2024, 9:28 PM
11 points
2 commentsLW link
(openai.com)

Cri­tiques of the AI con­trol agenda

JozdienFeb 14, 2024, 7:25 PM
48 points
14 comments9 min readLW link