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Time complexity for deterministic string machines

alcatalApr 21, 2024, 10:35 PM

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Transfer Learning in Humans

niplavApr 21, 2024, 8:49 PM

66 points

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1 comment13 min readLW link

I created an Asi Alignment Tier List

TimeGoatApr 21, 2024, 6:44 PM

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The losing identity of Twitter

Itay DreyfusApr 21, 2024, 1:43 PM

20 points

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1 comment12 min readLW link

(productidentity.co)

Good Bings copy, great Bings steal

dr_sApr 21, 2024, 9:52 AM

31 points

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Paper: “The Ethics of Advanced AI Assistants” -Google DeepMind

Tristan WegnerApr 21, 2024, 6:45 AM

20 points

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Contra Chord Simplification

jefftkApr 21, 2024, 2:30 AM

9 points

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A couple productivity tips for overthinkers

Steven ByrnesApr 20, 2024, 4:05 PM

79 points

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13 comments4 min readLW link

“You’re the most beautiful girl in the world” and Wittgensteinian Language Games

Chris_LeongApr 20, 2024, 2:54 PM

5 points

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18 comments1 min readLW link

Past Tense Features

CanApr 20, 2024, 2:34 PM

12 points

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Thoughts on seed oil

dynomightApr 20, 2024, 12:29 PM

357 points

195 votes

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130 comments17 min readLW link

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How to know whether you are an idealist or a physicalist/materialist

JackOfAllTradesApr 20, 2024, 11:53 AM

−3 points

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How I Think, Part Four: Money is Weird

Richard HenageApr 20, 2024, 6:21 AM

0 points

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3 comments5 min readLW link

The power of finite and the weakness of infinite binary point numbers

AxiomWriterApr 20, 2024, 6:03 AM

−3 points

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6 comments2 min readLW link

WISDOMISM A Moral Theory for the Age of Information

Peter lawless Apr 19, 2024, 11:06 PM

3 points

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0 comments9 min readLW link

Inducing Unprompted Misalignment in LLMs

Sam Svenningsen, evhub and Henry Sleight

Apr 19, 2024, 8:00 PM

38 points

26 votes

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7 comments16 min readLW link

Introspection

A*Apr 19, 2024, 7:10 PM

7 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

[Full Post] Progress Update #1 from the GDM Mech Interp Team

Neel Nanda, Arthur Conmy, lewis smith, Senthooran Rajamanoharan, Tom Lieberum, János Kramár and Vikrant Varma

Apr 19, 2024, 7:06 PM

80 points

33 votes

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[Summary] Progress Update #1 from the GDM Mech Interp Team

Neel Nanda, Arthur Conmy, lewis smith, Senthooran Rajamanoharan, Tom Lieberum, János Kramár and Vikrant Varma

Apr 19, 2024, 7:06 PM

73 points

30 votes

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Daniel Dennett has died (1942-2024)

kaveApr 19, 2024, 4:17 PM

151 points

72 votes

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5 comments1 min readLW link

(dailynous.com)

Events Booking New Callers?

jefftkApr 19, 2024, 3:50 PM

9 points

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[Question] What is the best way to talk about probabilities you expect to change with evidence/experiments?

Will_PearsonApr 19, 2024, 3:35 PM

14 points

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CTMU insight: maybe consciousness can affect quantum outcomes?

zhukeepaApr 19, 2024, 3:23 PM

15 points

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Demonstrate and evaluate risks from AI to society at the AI x Democracy research hackathon

Esben KranApr 19, 2024, 2:46 PM

5 points

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[Question] How to Model the Future of Open-Source LLMs?

Joel BurgetApr 19, 2024, 2:28 PM

25 points

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What’s up with all the non-Mormons? Weirdly specific universalities across LLMs

mwatkinsApr 19, 2024, 1:43 PM

40 points

22 votes

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13 comments27 min readLW link

[Question] If digital goods in virtual worlds increase GDP, do we actually become richer?

No77eApr 19, 2024, 10:06 AM

14 points

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Experiment on repeating choices

KatjaGraceApr 19, 2024, 4:20 AM

57 points

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(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Effective Altruists and Rationalists Views & The case for using marketing to highlight AI risks.

gilchApr 19, 2024, 4:16 AM

6 points

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(youtu.be)

Cohesion and business problems

Adam ZernerApr 19, 2024, 12:45 AM

12 points

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8 comments4 min readLW link

The Thermodynamics of Death

Peter lawless Apr 19, 2024, 12:36 AM

6 points

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0 comments10 min readLW link

Backyard Office

jefftkApr 19, 2024, 12:31 AM

13 points

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hydrogen tube transport

bhauthApr 18, 2024, 10:47 PM

34 points

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(www.bhauth.com)

LessOnline Festival Updates Thread

Ben PaceApr 18, 2024, 9:55 PM

59 points

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A Review of In-Context Learning Hypotheses for Automated AI Alignment Research

alamertonApr 18, 2024, 6:29 PM

25 points

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I’m open for projects (sort of)

cousin_itApr 18, 2024, 6:05 PM

46 points

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Blessed information, garbage information, cursed information

tailcalledApr 18, 2024, 4:56 PM

23 points

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[Fiction] A Confession

Arjun PanicksseryApr 18, 2024, 4:28 PM

38 points

23 votes

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2 comments5 min readLW link

(arjunpanickssery.substack.com)

Discriminating Behaviorally Identical Classifiers: a model problem for applying interpretability to scalable oversight

Sam MarksApr 18, 2024, 4:17 PM

113 points

51 votes

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Cooperation is optimal, with weaker agents too - tldr

Ryo Apr 18, 2024, 3:03 PM

13 points

10 votes

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(medium.com)

How to coordinate despite our biases? - tldr

Ryo Apr 18, 2024, 3:03 PM

3 points

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2 comments3 min readLW link

(medium.com)

Knowledge Base 7: Long-tail knowledge and collective intelligence

iwisApr 18, 2024, 2:21 PM

−6 points

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AI #60: Oh the Humanity

ZviApr 18, 2024, 2:10 PM

44 points

33 votes

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7 comments62 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

UDT1.01: Logical Inductors and Implicit Beliefs (5/10)

DiffractorApr 18, 2024, 8:39 AM

34 points

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An examination of GPT-2′s boring yet effective glitch

MiguelDevApr 18, 2024, 5:26 AM

5 points

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3 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What if Ethics is Provably Self-Contradictory?

YitzApr 18, 2024, 5:12 AM

3 points

7 votes

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The Mom Test: Summary and Thoughts

Adam ZernerApr 18, 2024, 3:34 AM

50 points

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Express interest in an “FHI of the West”

habrykaApr 18, 2024, 3:32 AM

268 points

108 votes

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Why Would Belief-States Have A Fractal Structure, And Why Would That Matter For Interpretability? An Explainer

johnswentworth and David Lorell

Apr 18, 2024, 12:27 AM

185 points

88 votes

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AXRP Episode 28 - Suing Labs for AI Risk with Gabriel Weil

DanielFilanApr 17, 2024, 9:42 PM

12 points

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0 comments65 min readLW link

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