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[Question] What are some posthumanist/more-than-human approaches to definitions of intelligence and agency? Particularly in application to AI research.

Eli HitonApr 9, 2024, 9:52 PM

1 point

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Ophiology (or, how the Mamba architecture works)

Danielle Ensign, SrGonao and Adrià Garriga-alonso

Apr 9, 2024, 7:31 PM

67 points

36 votes

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8 comments10 min readLW link

Apply to LASR Labs: a London-based technical AI safety research programme

Erin Robertson, charlie_griffin and joehardie

Apr 9, 2024, 5:34 PM

45 points

27 votes

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1 comment3 min readLW link

“Decentralized Autonomous Education”—Call for Reviewers (Seeds of Science)

rogersbaconApr 9, 2024, 2:39 PM

6 points

3 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

D&D.Sci: The Mad Tyrant’s Pet Turtles [Evaluation and Ruleset]

abstractapplicApr 9, 2024, 2:01 PM

48 points

17 votes

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6 comments3 min readLW link

Medical Roundup #2

ZviApr 9, 2024, 1:40 PM

37 points

26 votes

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18 comments16 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Closed] PIBBSS is hiring in a variety of roles (alignment research and incubation program)

Nora_Ammann, Lucas Teixeira and DusanDNesic

Apr 9, 2024, 8:12 AM

54 points

24 votes

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0 comments3 min readLW link

Any evidence or reason to expect a multiverse / Everett branches?

lemonhopeApr 9, 2024, 5:26 AM

9 points

10 votes

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125 comments1 min readLW link

Fermenting Form

koratkarApr 9, 2024, 2:46 AM

19 points

7 votes

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2 comments4 min readLW link

(careerscouting.substack.com)

[Question] Non-ultimatum game problem

numpyNaNApr 8, 2024, 11:25 PM

9 points

3 votes

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4 comments2 min readLW link

Pandemic Identification Simulator

jefftkApr 8, 2024, 7:00 PM

22 points

6 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

How We Picture Bayesian Agents

johnswentworth and David Lorell

Apr 8, 2024, 6:12 PM

73 points

26 votes

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14 comments7 min readLW link

CEA seeks co-founder for AI safety group support spin-off

agucovaApr 8, 2024, 3:42 PM

18 points

12 votes

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0 comments4 min readLW link

Investigating the role of agency in AI x-risk

Corin KatzkeApr 8, 2024, 3:12 PM

10 points

6 votes

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0 comments40 min readLW link

(www.convergenceanalysis.org)

Measuring Learned Optimization in Small Transformer Models

J BostockApr 8, 2024, 2:41 PM

22 points

12 votes

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0 comments11 min readLW link

[Question] Can singularity emerge from transformers?

MPApr 8, 2024, 2:26 PM

−3 points

7 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

Gated Attention Blocks: Preliminary Progress toward Removing Attention Head Superposition

cmathw, Dennis Akar and Lee Sharkey

Apr 8, 2024, 11:14 AM

42 points

22 votes

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4 comments15 min readLW link

Math-to-English Cheat Sheet

nahojApr 8, 2024, 9:19 AM

54 points

32 votes

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5 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] What does it take to transfer the knowledge to action?

EL_File4138Apr 8, 2024, 6:23 AM

3 points

2 votes

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7 comments1 min readLW link

Normalizing Sparse Autoencoders

Fengyuan HuApr 8, 2024, 6:17 AM

22 points

15 votes

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18 comments13 min readLW link

A Dozen Ways to Get More Dakka

DavidmanheimApr 8, 2024, 4:45 AM

137 points

93 votes

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11 comments3 min readLW link

[Crosspost] Introducing the Hypermanifest: Redefining AI’s Role in Human Connection and Interaction

simulacra.exeApr 7, 2024, 5:21 PM

4 points

3 votes

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0 comments5 min readLW link

Applications Open: Elevate Your Mental Wellbeing with Rethink Wellbeing’s CBT Program

Inga G.Apr 7, 2024, 2:03 PM

13 points

7 votes

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2 comments4 min readLW link

The Poker Theory of Poker Night

omarkApr 7, 2024, 9:47 AM

29 points

15 votes

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13 comments9 min readLW link

(www.codeandbugs.com)

Centrists are (probably) less biased

Kevin DorstApr 7, 2024, 6:40 AM

1 point

6 votes

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2 comments5 min readLW link

(kevindorst.substack.com)

on the dollar-yen exchange rate

bhauthApr 7, 2024, 4:49 AM

50 points

31 votes

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21 comments10 min readLW link

(www.bhauth.com)

Conflict in Posthuman Literature

Martín SotoApr 6, 2024, 10:26 PM

40 points

19 votes

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1 comment2 min readLW link

(twitter.com)

“Fractal Strategy” workshop report

RaemonApr 6, 2024, 9:26 PM

68 points

30 votes

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23 comments10 min readLW link

The 2nd Demographic Transition

Maxwell TabarrokApr 6, 2024, 2:10 PM

68 points

38 votes

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17 comments4 min readLW link

(www.maximum-progress.com)

My intellectual journey to (dis)solve the hard problem of consciousness

Charbel-RaphaëlApr 6, 2024, 9:32 AM

48 points

38 votes

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44 comments30 min readLW link

Measuring Predictability of Persona Evaluations

Thee Ho and evhub

Apr 6, 2024, 8:46 AM

20 points

8 votes

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0 comments7 min readLW link

Privacy and writing

Neil Apr 6, 2024, 8:20 AM

20 points

5 votes

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1 comment5 min readLW link

[Question] How does the ever-increasing use of AI in the military for the direct purpose of murdering people affect your p(doom)?

JustausernameApr 6, 2024, 6:31 AM

19 points

15 votes

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16 comments1 min readLW link

Two tools for rethinking existential risk

ArepoApr 6, 2024, 2:55 AM

2 points

1 vote

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0 comments25 min readLW link

Exploring Whole Brain Emulation

PeterMcCluskeyApr 6, 2024, 2:38 AM

13 points

5 votes

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1 comment2 min readLW link

(bayesianinvestor.com)

Koan: divining alien datastructures from RAM activations

TsviBTApr 5, 2024, 6:04 PM

49 points

17 votes

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10 comments21 min readLW link

On the 2nd CWT with Jonathan Haidt

ZviApr 5, 2024, 5:30 PM

27 points

14 votes

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3 comments33 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

End-to-end hacking with language models

tchauvinApr 5, 2024, 3:06 PM

29 points

18 votes

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0 comments8 min readLW link

Partial value takeover without world takeover

KatjaGraceApr 5, 2024, 6:20 AM

89 points

43 votes

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23 comments3 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

On Complexity Science

Garrett BakerApr 5, 2024, 2:24 AM

53 points

22 votes

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21 comments4 min readLW link

Using game theory to elect a centrist in the 2024 US Presidential Election

Ebenezer DukakisApr 5, 2024, 12:46 AM

−1 points

4 votes

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0 comments8 min readLW link

New report: A review of the empirical evidence for existential risk from AI via misaligned power-seeking

Harlan and rosehadshar

Apr 4, 2024, 11:41 PM

31 points

8 votes

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5 comments1 min readLW link

(blog.aiimpacts.org)

Quick evidence review of bulking & cutting

jpApr 4, 2024, 9:43 PM

31 points

12 votes

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5 comments4 min readLW link

LLMs for Alignment Research: a safety priority?

abramdemskiApr 4, 2024, 8:03 PM

145 points

58 votes

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24 comments11 min readLW link

On Leif Wenar’s Absurdly Unconvincing Critique Of Effective Altruism

Bentham's BulldogApr 4, 2024, 7:01 PM

8 points

7 votes

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2 comments14 min readLW link

Run evals on base models too!

orthonormalApr 4, 2024, 6:43 PM

49 points

21 votes

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6 comments1 min readLW link

Let’s Fund: Impact of our $1M crowdfunded grant to the Center for Clean Energy Innovation

Hauke HillebrandtApr 4, 2024, 4:28 PM

5 points

2 votes

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0 comments5 min readLW link

(lets-fund.org)

The Buckling World Hypothesis—Visualising Vulnerable Worlds

Rosco-HunterApr 4, 2024, 3:51 PM

−5 points

7 votes

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2 comments4 min readLW link

Can AI Transform the Electorate into a Citizen’s Assembly?

Rosco-HunterApr 4, 2024, 3:45 PM

−6 points

4 votes

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0 comments4 min readLW link

AI Discrimination Requirements: A Regulatory Review

Deric Cheng and Elliot Mckernon

Apr 4, 2024, 3:43 PM

7 points

3 votes

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0 comments6 min readLW link

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