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ACX Covid Origins Post convinced readers

ErnestScribblerMay 1, 2024, 1:06 PM

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LessWrong Community Weekend 2024, open for applications

UnplannedCauliflower and jt

May 1, 2024, 10:18 AM

79 points

26 votes

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2 comments7 min readLW link

Take SCIFs, it’s dangerous to go alone

latterframe, Jeffrey Ladish and schroederdewitt

May 1, 2024, 8:02 AM

43 points

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1 comment3 min readLW link

AXRP Episode 30 - AI Security with Jeffrey Ladish

DanielFilanMay 1, 2024, 2:50 AM

25 points

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0 comments79 min readLW link

Neuro/BCI/WBE for Safe AI Workshop

Allison DuettmannMay 1, 2024, 12:46 AM

3 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

AGI: Cryptography, Security & Multipolar Scenarios Workshop

Allison DuettmannMay 1, 2024, 12:42 AM

8 points

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1 comment1 min readLW link

The formal goal is a pointer

MorphismMay 1, 2024, 12:27 AM

20 points

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10 comments1 min readLW link

Arch-anarchy:Theory and practice

Peter lawless Apr 30, 2024, 11:20 PM

−6 points

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“Open Source AI” is a lie, but it doesn’t have to be

jacobhaimesApr 30, 2024, 11:10 PM

19 points

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5 comments6 min readLW link

(jacob-haimes.github.io)

Questions for labs

Zach Stein-PerlmanApr 30, 2024, 10:15 PM

77 points

25 votes

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11 comments8 min readLW link

Reality comprehensibility: are there illogical things in reality?

DDthinkerApr 30, 2024, 9:30 PM

−3 points

4 votes

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0 comments10 min readLW link

Mechanistically Eliciting Latent Behaviors in Language Models

Andrew Mack and TurnTrout

Apr 30, 2024, 6:51 PM

217 points

94 votes

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43 comments45 min readLW link

[Question] What is the easiest/funnest way to build up a comprehensive understanding of AI and AI Safety?

Jordan ArelApr 30, 2024, 6:41 PM

4 points

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Transcoders enable fine-grained interpretable circuit analysis for language models

Jacob Dunefsky, Philippe Chlenski and Neel Nanda

Apr 30, 2024, 5:58 PM

75 points

31 votes

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Announcing the 2024 Roots of Progress Blog-Building Intensive

jasoncrawfordApr 30, 2024, 5:37 PM

14 points

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(rootsofprogress.org)

The Intentional Stance, LLMs Edition

Eleni AngelouApr 30, 2024, 5:12 PM

30 points

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3 comments8 min readLW link

Introducing AI Lab Watch

Zach Stein-PerlmanApr 30, 2024, 5:00 PM

225 points

108 votes

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30 comments1 min readLW link

(ailabwatch.org)

Why I’m doing PauseAI

Joseph MillerApr 30, 2024, 4:21 PM

104 points

77 votes

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16 comments4 min readLW link

LLMs could be as conscious as human emulations, potentially

CanalettoApr 30, 2024, 11:36 AM

15 points

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15 comments3 min readLW link

An interesting mathematical model of how LLMs work

Bill BenzonApr 30, 2024, 11:01 AM

5 points

7 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Towards Multimodal Interpretability: Learning Sparse Interpretable Features in Vision Transformers

hugofryApr 29, 2024, 8:57 PM

94 points

52 votes

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9 comments11 min readLW link

Towards a formalization of the agent structure problem

Alex_AltairApr 29, 2024, 8:28 PM

55 points

24 votes

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6 comments14 min readLW link

Ironing Out the Squiggles

Zack_M_DavisApr 29, 2024, 4:13 PM

159 points

70 votes

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36 comments11 min readLW link

Super additivity of consciousness

Arturo MaciasApr 29, 2024, 3:41 PM

−2 points

8 votes

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13 comments2 min readLW link

AISC9 has ended and there will be an AISC10

Linda LinseforsApr 29, 2024, 10:53 AM

75 points

34 votes

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4 comments2 min readLW link

Open-Source AI: A Regulatory Review

Elliot Mckernon and Deric Cheng

Apr 29, 2024, 10:10 AM

18 points

10 votes

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0 comments8 min readLW link

Big-endian is better than little-endian

MenotimApr 29, 2024, 2:30 AM

32 points

29 votes

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17 comments3 min readLW link

The Prop-room and Stage Cognitive Architecture

Robert KralischApr 29, 2024, 12:48 AM

14 points

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4 comments14 min readLW link

How are Simulators and Agents related?

Robert KralischApr 29, 2024, 12:22 AM

6 points

3 votes

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0 comments7 min readLW link

Extended Embodiment

Robert KralischApr 29, 2024, 12:18 AM

8 points

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1 comment3 min readLW link

Referential Containment

Robert KralischApr 29, 2024, 12:16 AM

2 points

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4 comments3 min readLW link

Disentangling Competence and Intelligence

Robert KralischApr 29, 2024, 12:12 AM

23 points

8 votes

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7 comments6 min readLW link

List your AI X-Risk cruxes!

Aryeh EnglanderApr 28, 2024, 6:26 PM

42 points

18 votes

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7 comments2 min readLW link

Things I tell myself to be more agentic

DMMFApr 28, 2024, 5:44 PM

10 points

8 votes

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0 comments3 min readLW link

(danfrank.ca)

Estimating the Number of Players from Game Result Percentages

Daniel LApr 28, 2024, 5:42 PM

1 point

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The Science Algorithm—AISC 2024 Final Presentation

Johannes C. MayerApr 28, 2024, 2:55 PM

4 points

8 votes

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(www.youtube.com)

[Aspiration-based designs] Outlook: dealing with complexity

Jobst Heitzig, jossoliver, thomasfinn and Simon Dima

Apr 28, 2024, 1:06 PM

13 points

9 votes

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[Aspiration-based designs] 3. Performance and safety criteria, and aspiration intervals

Jobst HeitzigApr 28, 2024, 1:04 PM

10 points

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0 comments12 min readLW link

[Aspiration-based designs] 2. Formal framework, basic algorithm

Jobst Heitzig, Simon Dima and Simon Fischer

Apr 28, 2024, 1:02 PM

18 points

14 votes

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2 comments16 min readLW link

[Aspiration-based designs] 1. Informal introduction

B Jacobs, Jobst Heitzig, Simon Fischer and Simon Dima

Apr 28, 2024, 1:00 PM

44 points

20 votes

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4 comments8 min readLW link

Playing Northboro with Lily and Rick

jefftkApr 28, 2024, 2:40 AM

10 points

7 votes

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(www.jefftk.com)

Release of UN’s draft related to the governance of AI (a summary of the Simon Institute’s response)

Sebastian SchmidtApr 27, 2024, 6:34 PM

7 points

2 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Mercy to the Machine: Thoughts & Rights

False NameApr 27, 2024, 4:36 PM

7 points

8 votes

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5 comments17 min readLW link

Constructability: Plainly-coded AGIs may be feasible in the near future

Épiphanie Gédéon and Charbel-Raphaël

Apr 27, 2024, 4:04 PM

91 points

54 votes

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15 comments13 min readLW link

So What’s Up With PUFAs Chemically?

J BostockApr 27, 2024, 1:32 PM

57 points

24 votes

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25 comments6 min readLW link

Link: Let’s Think Dot by Dot: Hidden Computation in Transformer Language Models by Jacob Pfau, William Merrill & Samuel R. Bowman

Chris_LeongApr 27, 2024, 1:22 PM

12 points

10 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(twitter.com)

Two Vernor Vinge Book Reviews

Maxwell TabarrokApr 27, 2024, 12:14 PM

17 points

10 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

(www.maximum-progress.com)

Refusal in LLMs is mediated by a single direction

Andy Arditi, Oscar Obeso, Aaquib111, wesg and Neel Nanda

Apr 27, 2024, 11:13 AM

252 points

154 votes

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[Question] Plausibility of Getting Early Warning Shots because AIs can’t coordinate?

hmysApr 27, 2024, 8:02 AM

12 points

4 votes

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AI Safety Sphere

Myles HApr 27, 2024, 1:49 AM

6 points

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2 comments2 min readLW link

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