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some thoughts on LessOnline

RaemonMay 8, 2024, 11:17 PM

58 points

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5 comments5 min readLW link

Zero-Sum Defeats Nash Equilibrium

Richard HenageMay 8, 2024, 7:49 PM

−6 points

5 votes

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4 comments3 min readLW link

Semantic Disagreement of Sleeping Beauty Problem

Ape in the coatMay 8, 2024, 7:09 PM

18 points

10 votes

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10 comments8 min readLW link

Is There a Power Play Overhang?

crispweedMay 8, 2024, 5:39 PM

3 points

5 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(upcoder.com)

Experience Switching to Right Shoulder Round

jefftkMay 8, 2024, 5:30 PM

13 points

4 votes

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1 comment4 min readLW link

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[Question] How do top AI labs vet architecture/algorithm changes?

Jemal YoungMay 8, 2024, 4:47 PM

3 points

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5 comments1 min readLW link

How to be an amateur polyglot

arisAlexisMay 8, 2024, 3:08 PM

66 points

29 votes

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16 comments7 min readLW link

Dating Roundup #3: Third Time’s the Charm

ZviMay 8, 2024, 1:30 PM

45 points

29 votes

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28 comments39 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Navigating LLM embedding spaces using archetype-based directions

mwatkinsMay 8, 2024, 5:54 AM

16 points

12 votes

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4 comments28 min readLW link

The Social Impact of Trolley Problems

atomanticMay 8, 2024, 3:09 AM

5 points

10 votes

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3 comments14 min readLW link

Can Kauffman’s NK Boolean networks make humans swarm?

Yori-92May 8, 2024, 2:09 AM

6 points

5 votes

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2 comments20 min readLW link

Deep Honesty

AletheophileMay 7, 2024, 8:31 PM

165 points

100 votes

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26 comments9 min readLW link

Let’s Design A School, Part 2.2 School as Education—The Curriculum (General)

SableMay 7, 2024, 7:22 PM

25 points

14 votes

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3 comments12 min readLW link

(affablyevil.substack.com)

Designing for a single purpose

Itay DreyfusMay 7, 2024, 2:11 PM

48 points

16 votes

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12 comments10 min readLW link

(productidentity.co)

Reviewing the Structure of Current AI Regulations

Deric Cheng and Elliot Mckernon

May 7, 2024, 12:34 PM

29 points

10 votes

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0 comments13 min readLW link

reflections on smileys and how to make society’s interpretive priors more charitable

EmrikMay 7, 2024, 11:20 AM

17 points

6 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Virtual Book Club on Nick Bostrom’s “Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World”

elteMay 7, 2024, 9:57 AM

5 points

3 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Virtual Book Club on Nick Bostrom’s “Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World”

elteMay 7, 2024, 9:55 AM

1 point

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0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What is a community that has changed their behaviour without strife?

Nathan YoungMay 7, 2024, 9:24 AM

12 points

5 votes

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6 comments1 min readLW link

Mental Masturbation and the Intellectual Comfort Zone

Declan MolonyMay 7, 2024, 5:47 AM

40 points

26 votes

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2 comments2 min readLW link

AXRP Episode 31 - Singular Learning Theory with Daniel Murfet

DanielFilanMay 7, 2024, 3:50 AM

72 points

26 votes

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4 comments71 min readLW link

How do open AI models affect incentive to race?

jessicataMay 7, 2024, 12:33 AM

60 points

19 votes

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13 comments3 min readLW link

(unstablerontology.substack.com)

Rapid capability gain around supergenius level seems probable even without intelligence needing to improve intelligence

Towards_Keeperhood and Davanchama

May 6, 2024, 5:09 PM

48 points

39 votes

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17 comments4 min readLW link

Observations on Teaching for Four Weeks

ClareChiaraVincentMay 6, 2024, 4:55 PM

51 points

27 votes

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14 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Orthogonality Thesis burden of proof

Donatas LučiūnasMay 6, 2024, 4:21 PM

−18 points

11 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

GDP per capita in 2050

Hauke HillebrandtMay 6, 2024, 3:14 PM

29 points

13 votes

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8 comments16 min readLW link

(hauke.substack.com)

an effective ai safety initiative

Logan ZoellnerMay 6, 2024, 7:53 AM

3 points

12 votes

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9 comments3 min readLW link

Uncovering Deceptive Tendencies in Language Models: A Simulated Company AI Assistant

Olli Järviniemi and evhub

May 6, 2024, 7:07 AM

95 points

42 votes

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13 comments1 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

Biorisk is an Unhelpful Analogy for AI Risk

DavidmanheimMay 6, 2024, 6:20 AM

4 points

8 votes

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17 comments3 min readLW link

Some Problems with Ordinal Optimization Frame

Mateusz BagińskiMay 6, 2024, 5:28 AM

9 points

4 votes

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0 comments7 min readLW link

Accidental Electronic Instrument

jefftkMay 6, 2024, 2:10 AM

15 points

5 votes

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6 comments2 min readLW link

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Explaining a Math Magic Trick

Robert_AIZIMay 5, 2024, 7:41 PM

99 points

52 votes

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10 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Does reducing the amount of RL for a given capability level make AI safer?

Chris_LeongMay 5, 2024, 5:04 PM

43 points

16 votes

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22 comments1 min readLW link

Haymarket at Closing Time

jefftkMay 5, 2024, 2:40 AM

15 points

7 votes

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2 comments2 min readLW link

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introduction to cancer vaccines

bhauthMay 5, 2024, 1:06 AM

113 points

65 votes

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19 comments5 min readLW link

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Some Experiments I’d Like Someone To Try With An Amnestic

johnswentworthMay 4, 2024, 10:04 PM

47 points

39 votes

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33 comments3 min readLW link

Introducing AI-Powered Audiobooks of Rational Fiction Classics

AskwhoMay 4, 2024, 5:32 PM

67 points

34 votes

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14 comments1 min readLW link

S-Risks: Fates Worse Than Extinction

aggliu and Writer

May 4, 2024, 3:30 PM

53 points

21 votes

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2 comments6 min readLW link

(youtu.be)

Shannon Vallor’s “technomoral virtues”

David GrossMay 4, 2024, 2:48 PM

15 points

9 votes

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1 comment5 min readLW link

Conserved Quantities (Stat Mech Part 2)

J BostockMay 4, 2024, 1:40 PM

13 points

3 votes

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0 comments5 min readLW link

If you are assuming Software works well you are dead

Johannes C. MayerMay 4, 2024, 12:54 PM

0 points

5 votes

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12 comments1 min readLW link

CCS on compound sentences

artkpvMay 4, 2024, 12:23 PM

6 points

8 votes

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0 comments9 min readLW link

Now THIS is forecasting: understanding Epoch’s Direct Approach

Elliot Mckernon and Zershaaneh Qureshi

May 4, 2024, 12:06 PM

63 points

29 votes

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4 comments19 min readLW link

OHGOOD: A coordination body for compute governance

Adam JonesMay 4, 2024, 12:03 PM

5 points

3 votes

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2 comments16 min readLW link

(adamjones.me)

My hour of memoryless lucidity

Eric NeymanMay 4, 2024, 1:40 AM

375 points

216 votes

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36 comments5 min readLW link

(ericneyman.wordpress.com)

Extra Tall Crib

jefftkMay 4, 2024, 12:00 AM

5 points

4 votes

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9 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Get your tickets to Manifest 2024 by May 13th!

Saul MunnMay 3, 2024, 11:57 PM

18 points

5 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Embodiment

A*May 3, 2024, 8:06 PM

4 points

3 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(Geometrically) Maximal Lottery-Lotteries Exist

LorxusMay 3, 2024, 7:29 PM

13 points

11 votes

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11 comments26 min readLW link

[Question] Were there any ancient rationalists?

OliverHaymanMay 3, 2024, 6:26 PM

12 points

5 votes

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3 comments1 min readLW link

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