Cel­lu­lar res­pi­ra­tion as a steam engine

dkl9Feb 25, 2024, 8:17 PM
24 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(dkl9.net)

[Question] Ra­tion­al­ism and Depen­dent Origi­na­tion?

BaometrusFeb 25, 2024, 6:16 PM
2 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

China-AI forecasts

NathanBarnardFeb 25, 2024, 4:49 PM
40 points
29 comments6 min readLW link

Ide­olog­i­cal Bayesians

Kevin DorstFeb 25, 2024, 2:17 PM
96 points
4 comments10 min readLW link
(kevindorst.substack.com)

De­con­fus­ing In-Con­text Learning

Arjun PanicksseryFeb 25, 2024, 9:48 AM
37 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Everett branches, in­ter-light cone trade and other alien mat­ters: Ap­pendix to “An ECL ex­plainer”

Feb 24, 2024, 11:09 PM
17 points
0 commentsLW link

Co­op­er­at­ing with aliens and AGIs: An ECL explainer

Feb 24, 2024, 10:58 PM
55 points
8 commentsLW link

Choos­ing My Quest (Part 2 of “The Sense Of Phys­i­cal Ne­ces­sity”)

LoganStrohlFeb 24, 2024, 9:31 PM
40 points
7 comments12 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Re­search Re­port: Towards 10x OODA Loop­ing?

RaemonFeb 24, 2024, 9:06 PM
117 points
25 comments15 min readLW link

Let’s ask some of the largest LLMs for tips and ideas on how to take over the world

Super AGIFeb 24, 2024, 8:35 PM
1 point
0 comments7 min readLW link

Ex­er­cise: Plan­mak­ing, Sur­prise An­ti­ci­pa­tion, and “Baba is You”

RaemonFeb 24, 2024, 8:33 PM
67 points
31 comments6 min readLW link

In search of God.

Spiritus DeiFeb 24, 2024, 6:59 PM
−19 points
3 comments7 min readLW link

Im­pos­si­bil­ity of An­thro­pocen­tric-Alignment

False NameFeb 24, 2024, 6:31 PM
−8 points
2 comments39 min readLW link

The In­ner Align­ment Problem

Jakub HalmešFeb 24, 2024, 5:55 PM
1 point
1 comment3 min readLW link
(jakubhalmes.substack.com)

We Need Ma­jor, But Not Rad­i­cal, FDA Reform

Maxwell TabarrokFeb 24, 2024, 4:54 PM
42 points
12 comments7 min readLW link
(www.maximum-progress.com)

After Over­mor­row: Scat­tered Mus­ings on the Im­me­di­ate Post-AGI World

Yuli_BanFeb 24, 2024, 3:49 PM
−3 points
0 comments26 min readLW link

[Question] CDT vs. EDT on Deterrence

Terence CoelhoFeb 24, 2024, 3:41 PM
1 point
9 comments1 min readLW link

Balanc­ing Games

jefftkFeb 24, 2024, 2:40 PM
62 points
18 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

How well do truth probes gen­er­al­ise?

mishajwFeb 24, 2024, 2:12 PM
93 points
11 comments9 min readLW link

Rawls’s Veil of Ig­no­rance Doesn’t Make Any Sense

Arjun PanicksseryFeb 24, 2024, 1:18 PM
10 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Can some­one ex­plain to me what went wrong with ChatGPT?

Valentin BaltadzhievFeb 24, 2024, 11:50 AM
9 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

The Sense Of Phys­i­cal Ne­ces­sity: A Nat­u­ral­ism Demo (In­tro­duc­tion)

LoganStrohlFeb 24, 2024, 2:56 AM
59 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

In­stru­men­tal de­cep­tion and ma­nipu­la­tion in LLMs—a case study

Olli JärviniemiFeb 24, 2024, 2:07 AM
39 points
13 comments12 min readLW link

A start­ing point for mak­ing sense of task struc­ture (in ma­chine learn­ing)

Feb 24, 2024, 1:51 AM
45 points
2 comments12 min readLW link

Why you, per­son­ally, should want a larger hu­man population

jasoncrawfordFeb 23, 2024, 7:48 PM
32 points
32 comments5 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

De­liber­a­tive Cog­ni­tive Al­gorithms as Scaffolding

Cole WyethFeb 23, 2024, 5:15 PM
20 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

The Shut­down Prob­lem: In­com­plete Prefer­ences as a Solution

EJTFeb 23, 2024, 4:01 PM
53 points
33 comments42 min readLW link

In set the­ory, ev­ery­thing is a set

Jacob G-WFeb 23, 2024, 2:35 PM
11 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

The role of philo­soph­i­cal think­ing in un­der­stand­ing large lan­guage mod­els: Cal­ibrat­ing and clos­ing the gap be­tween first-per­son ex­pe­rience and un­der­ly­ing mechanisms

Bill BenzonFeb 23, 2024, 12:19 PM
4 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

Deep and ob­vi­ous points in the gap be­tween your thoughts and your pic­tures of thought

KatjaGraceFeb 23, 2024, 7:30 AM
42 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Paraso­cial re­la­tion­ship logic

KatjaGraceFeb 23, 2024, 7:30 AM
20 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Sham­ing with and with­out naming

KatjaGraceFeb 23, 2024, 7:30 AM
17 points
5 comments2 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Com­plex­ity of value but not dis­value im­plies more fo­cus on s-risk. Mo­ral un­cer­tainty and prefer­ence util­i­tar­i­anism also do.

Chi NguyenFeb 23, 2024, 6:10 AM
52 points
18 commentsLW link

[Question] Does in­creas­ing the power of a mul­ti­modal LLM get you an agen­tic AI?

yanni kyriacosFeb 23, 2024, 4:14 AM
3 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

The nat­u­ral bound­aries be­tween people

ChipmonkFeb 23, 2024, 1:09 AM
23 points
2 comments8 min readLW link
(chipmonk.substack.com)

Con­tra Ngo et al. “Every ‘Every Bay Area House Party’ Bay Area House Party”

Ricki HeicklenFeb 22, 2024, 11:56 PM
186 points
5 comments4 min readLW link
(bayesshammai.substack.com)

AI #52: Oops

ZviFeb 22, 2024, 9:50 PM
50 points
9 comments29 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Embed your sec­ond brain in your first brain

dkl9Feb 22, 2024, 9:46 PM
10 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(dkl9.net)

The Gem­ini Incident

ZviFeb 22, 2024, 9:00 PM
80 points
19 comments18 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Some Thoughts On Us­ing Auc­tions For Land Valuation

harsimonyFeb 22, 2024, 7:54 PM
0 points
9 comments9 min readLW link
(progressandpoverty.substack.com)

The Bind­ing of Isaac & Trans­par­ent New­comb’s Prob­lem

suvjectibityFeb 22, 2024, 6:56 PM
−11 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

Lan­guage Models Don’t Learn the Phys­i­cal Man­i­fes­ta­tion of Language

Feb 22, 2024, 6:52 PM
39 points
23 comments1 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

Sora What

ZviFeb 22, 2024, 6:10 PM
47 points
3 comments9 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Do sparse au­toen­coders find “true fea­tures”?

Demian TillFeb 22, 2024, 6:06 PM
74 points
33 comments11 min readLW link

Every­thing Wrong with Roko’s Claims about an Eng­ineered Pandemic

WitheringWeightsFeb 22, 2024, 3:59 PM
95 points
10 comments16 min readLW link

The One and a Half Gemini

ZviFeb 22, 2024, 1:10 PM
73 points
4 comments8 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] How do I make pre­dic­tions about the fu­ture to make sense of what to do with my life?

Raj ThimmiahFeb 22, 2024, 11:22 AM
8 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

How are vol­un­tary com­mit­ments on vuln­er­a­bil­ity re­port­ing go­ing?

Adam JonesFeb 22, 2024, 8:43 AM
23 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(adamjones.me)

Notes on In­ter­nal Ob­jec­tives in Toy Models of Agents

Paul CologneseFeb 22, 2024, 8:02 AM
16 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

The By­ronic Hero Always Loses

Cole WyethFeb 22, 2024, 1:31 AM
32 points
4 comments2 min readLW link