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[Question] Has anyone actually changed their mind regarding Sleeping Beauty problem?

Ape in the coatJan 30, 2024, 8:34 AM

15 points

5 votes

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50 comments1 min readLW link

San Fernando Valley Rationality: February 15, 2024

Thomas BroadleyJan 30, 2024, 4:40 AM

3 points

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

The case for more ambitious language model evals

JozdienJan 30, 2024, 12:01 AM

117 points

64 votes

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30 comments5 min readLW link

A short ‘derivation’ of Watanabe’s Free Energy Formula

Wuschel SchulzJan 29, 2024, 11:41 PM

13 points

8 votes

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6 comments7 min readLW link

How important is AI hacking as LLMs advance?

artkpvJan 29, 2024, 6:41 PM

1 point

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0 comments6 min readLW link

LLM Psychometrics: A Speculative Approach to AI Safety

psklJan 29, 2024, 6:38 PM

3 points

2 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

(pascal.cc)

[Question] How to write better?

TeaTieAndHatJan 29, 2024, 5:02 PM

8 points

9 votes

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24 comments1 min readLW link

Processor clock speeds are not how fast AIs think

Ege ErdilJan 29, 2024, 2:39 PM

140 points

73 votes

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55 comments2 min readLW link

Natural selection for ingame character build optimisation

Kongo LandwalkerJan 29, 2024, 11:34 AM

8 points

5 votes

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5 comments2 min readLW link

Analogy Bank for AI Safety

utilistrutilJan 29, 2024, 2:35 AM

23 points

8 votes

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0 comments8 min readLW link

Minneapolis-St Paul ACX Article Club: Meditation and LSD

25HourJan 29, 2024, 1:24 AM

3 points

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Simple distribution approximation: When sampled 100 times, can language models yield 80% A and 20% B?

Teun van der Weij, Felix Hofstätter and Francis Rhys Ward

Jan 29, 2024, 12:24 AM

39 points

20 votes

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5 comments4 min readLW link

Why I take short timelines seriously

NicholasKeesJan 28, 2024, 10:27 PM

122 points

70 votes

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29 comments4 min readLW link

Win Friends and Influence People Ch. 2: The Bombshell

gullJan 28, 2024, 9:40 PM

37 points

24 votes

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13 comments17 min readLW link

(www.google.com)

Riga ACX February 2024 Meetup: 2023 in Review

AnastasiaJan 28, 2024, 9:36 PM

4 points

3 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Things You’re Allowed to Do: At the Dentist

rbinnnJan 28, 2024, 6:39 PM

39 points

27 votes

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16 comments1 min readLW link

(metavee.github.io)

[Question] What exactly did that great AI future involve again?

lemonhopeJan 28, 2024, 10:10 AM

15 points

13 votes

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27 comments1 min readLW link

Palworld development blog post

bhauthJan 28, 2024, 5:56 AM

83 points

43 votes

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13 comments1 min readLW link

(note.com)

Virtually Rational—VRChat Meetup

Tomás B. and the gears to ascension

Jan 28, 2024, 5:52 AM

25 points

6 votes

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3 comments1 min readLW link

[Stanford Daily] Table Talk

sudoJan 28, 2024, 3:15 AM

6 points

3 votes

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1 comment9 min readLW link

(stanforddaily.com)

AI Law-a-Thon

IknownothingJan 28, 2024, 2:30 AM

5 points

2 votes

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3 comments1 min readLW link

Chapter 1 of How to Win Friends and Influence People

gullJan 28, 2024, 12:32 AM

53 points

25 votes

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5 comments17 min readLW link

(www.google.com)

Epistemic Hell

rogersbaconJan 27, 2024, 5:13 PM

82 points

43 votes

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20 comments14 min readLW link

David Burns Thinks Psychotherapy Is a Learnable Skill. Git Gud.

MorpheusJan 27, 2024, 1:21 PM

28 points

12 votes

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20 comments11 min readLW link

(podcast.clearerthinking.org)

Aligned AI is dual use technology

lcJan 27, 2024, 6:50 AM

58 points

26 votes

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31 comments2 min readLW link

Questions I’d Want to Ask an AGI+ to Test Its Understanding of Ethics

sweenesmJan 26, 2024, 11:40 PM

14 points

4 votes

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6 comments4 min readLW link

An Invitation to Refrain from Downvoting Posts into Net-Negative Karma

MikkWJan 26, 2024, 8:13 PM

3 points

18 votes

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12 comments1 min readLW link

The Good Balsamic Vinegar

jennJan 26, 2024, 7:30 PM

52 points

29 votes

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4 comments2 min readLW link

(jenn.site)

The Perspective-based Explanation to the Reflective Inconsistency Paradox

dadadarrenJan 26, 2024, 7:00 PM

10 points

5 votes

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16 comments8 min readLW link

To Boldly Code

StrivingForLegibilityJan 26, 2024, 6:25 PM

25 points

10 votes

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4 comments3 min readLW link

Incorporating Mechanism Design Into Decision Theory

StrivingForLegibilityJan 26, 2024, 6:25 PM

17 points

8 votes

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4 comments4 min readLW link

Making every researcher seek grants is a broken model

jasoncrawfordJan 26, 2024, 4:06 PM

160 points

92 votes

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41 comments4 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Notes on Innocence

David GrossJan 26, 2024, 2:45 PM

13 points

18 votes

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21 comments18 min readLW link

Stacked Laptop Monitor

jefftkJan 26, 2024, 2:10 PM

22 points

8 votes

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5 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Surgery Works Well Without The FDA

Maxwell TabarrokJan 26, 2024, 1:31 PM

43 points

24 votes

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28 comments4 min readLW link

(maximumprogress.substack.com)

[Question] Workshop (hackathon, residence program, etc.) about for-profit AI Safety projects?

Roman LeventovJan 26, 2024, 9:49 AM

21 points

13 votes

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5 comments1 min readLW link

Without fundamental advances, misalignment and catastrophe are the default outcomes of training powerful AI

Jeremy Gillen and peterbarnett

Jan 26, 2024, 7:22 AM

161 points

73 votes

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60 comments57 min readLW link

Approximately Bayesian Reasoning: Knightian Uncertainty, Goodhart, and the Look-Elsewhere Effect

RogerDearnaleyJan 26, 2024, 3:58 AM

16 points

8 votes

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2 comments11 min readLW link

Musings on Cargo Cult Consciousness

Gareth DavidsonJan 25, 2024, 11:00 PM

−13 points

12 votes

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11 comments17 min readLW link

RAND report finds no effect of current LLMs on viability of bioterrorism attacks

StellaAthenaJan 25, 2024, 7:17 PM

94 points

36 votes

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14 comments1 min readLW link

(www.rand.org)

[Question] Bayesian Reflection Principles and Ignorance of the Future

cricketsJan 25, 2024, 7:00 PM

5 points

2 votes

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3 comments1 min readLW link

“Does your paradigm beget new, good, paradigms?”

RaemonJan 25, 2024, 6:23 PM

40 points

18 votes

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6 comments2 min readLW link

AI #48: The Talk of Davos

ZviJan 25, 2024, 4:20 PM

38 points

22 votes

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9 comments36 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Importing a Python File by Name

jefftkJan 25, 2024, 4:00 PM

12 points

10 votes

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7 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Repost] The Copenhagen Interpretation of Ethics

mesaoptimizerJan 25, 2024, 3:20 PM

83 points

45 votes

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4 comments5 min readLW link

(web.archive.org)

Nash Bargaining between Subagents doesn’t solve the Shutdown Problem

A.H.Jan 25, 2024, 10:47 AM

22 points

8 votes

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1 comment9 min readLW link

Status-oriented spending

Adam ZernerJan 25, 2024, 6:46 AM

14 points

9 votes

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19 comments4 min readLW link

Protecting agent boundaries

Chris LakinJan 25, 2024, 4:13 AM

11 points

7 votes

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6 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Is a random box of gas predictable after 20 seconds?

Thomas Kwa and habryka

Jan 24, 2024, 11:00 PM

38 points

14 votes

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35 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Will quantum randomness affect the 2028 election?

Thomas Kwa and habryka

Jan 24, 2024, 10:54 PM

66 points

26 votes

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52 comments1 min readLW link

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