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Freedom and Privacy of Thought Architectures

SebastianG Jul 20, 2024, 9:43 PM

5 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Introduction to Modern Dating: Strategic Dating Advice for beginners

Jesper LindholmJul 20, 2024, 3:45 PM

6 points

6 comments13 min readLW link

Why Georgism Lost Its Popularity

Zero ContradictionsJul 20, 2024, 3:08 PM

45 points

54 comments1 min readLW link

(zerocontradictions.net)

Only Fools Avoid Hindsight Bias

Kevin DorstJul 20, 2024, 1:42 PM

−11 points

5 comments6 min readLW link

(kevindorst.substack.com)

A more systematic case for inner misalignment

Richard_NgoJul 20, 2024, 5:03 AM

31 points

4 comments5 min readLW link

BatchTopK: A Simple Improvement for TopK-SAEs

Bart Bussmann, Patrick Leask and Neel Nanda

Jul 20, 2024, 2:20 AM

61 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Krona Compare

jefftkJul 20, 2024, 1:10 AM

10 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

(Approximately) Deterministic Natural Latents

johnswentworth and David Lorell

Jul 19, 2024, 11:02 PM

42 points

1 comment4 min readLW link

Feature Targeted LLC Estimation Distinguishes SAE Features from Random Directions

Lidor Banuel Dabbah and Aviel Boag

Jul 19, 2024, 8:32 PM

59 points

6 comments16 min readLW link

JumpReLU SAEs + Early Access to Gemma 2 SAEs

Senthooran Rajamanoharan, Tom Lieberum, nps29, Arthur Conmy, Vikrant Varma, János Kramár and Neel Nanda

Jul 19, 2024, 4:10 PM

49 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

(storage.googleapis.com)

Truth is Universal: Robust Detection of Lies in LLMs

Lennart BuergerJul 19, 2024, 2:07 PM

24 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

Sustainability of Digital Life Form Societies

Hiroshi YamakawaJul 19, 2024, 1:59 PM

19 points

1 comment20 min readLW link

Romae Industriae

Maxwell TabarrokJul 19, 2024, 1:03 PM

34 points

2 comments7 min readLW link

(www.maximum-progress.com)

[Question] Have people given up on iterated distillation and amplification?

Chris_LeongJul 19, 2024, 12:23 PM

20 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

How do we know that “good research” is good? (aka “direct evaluation” vs “eigen-evaluation”)

RubyJul 19, 2024, 12:31 AM

49 points

21 comments6 min readLW link

Linkpost: Surely you can be serious

kaveJul 18, 2024, 10:18 PM

62 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

(www.experimental-history.com)

My experience applying to MATS 6.0

micJul 18, 2024, 7:02 PM

17 points

3 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] What are the actual arguments in favor of computationalism as a theory of identity?

sunwillriseJul 18, 2024, 6:44 PM

12 points

26 comments5 min readLW link

Yet Another Critique of “Luxury Beliefs”

ymeskhoutJul 18, 2024, 6:37 PM

6 points

10 comments9 min readLW link

(www.ymeskhout.com)

[Interim research report] Evaluating the Goal-Directedness of Language Models

Rauno Arike, Elizabeth Donoway and Marius Hobbhahn

Jul 18, 2024, 6:19 PM

40 points

4 comments11 min readLW link

Interpretability in Action: Exploratory Analysis of VPT, a Minecraft Agent

Karolis Jucys, george_adams and Sonia Joseph

Jul 18, 2024, 5:02 PM

9 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

Activation Engineering Theories of Impact

kubaneticsJul 18, 2024, 4:44 PM

6 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

[Question] Me & My Clone

SimonBaarsJul 18, 2024, 4:25 PM

27 points

22 comments1 min readLW link

AI #73: Openly Evil AI

ZviJul 18, 2024, 2:40 PM

89 points

20 comments52 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

A List of 45+ Mech Interp Project Ideas from Apollo Research’s Interpretability Team

Lee Sharkey, Lucius Bushnaq, Dan Braun, StefanHex and Nicholas Goldowsky-Dill

Jul 18, 2024, 2:15 PM

122 points

18 comments18 min readLW link

SAEs (usually) Transfer Between Base and Chat Models

Connor Kissane, robertzk, Arthur Conmy and Neel Nanda

Jul 18, 2024, 10:29 AM

67 points

0 comments10 min readLW link

[Question] Should we exclude alignment research from LLM training datasets?

Ben MillwoodJul 18, 2024, 10:27 AM

3 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Keeping content out of LLM training datasets

Ben MillwoodJul 18, 2024, 10:27 AM

3 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

The Assassination of Trump’s Ear is Evidence for Time-Travel

elvJul 18, 2024, 7:01 AM

−9 points

5 comments5 min readLW link

Friendship is transactional, unconditional friendship is insurance

RubyJul 17, 2024, 10:52 PM

67 points

24 comments2 min readLW link

D&D.Sci: Whom Shall You Call? [Evaluation and Ruleset]

abstractapplicJul 17, 2024, 10:34 PM

17 points

5 comments5 min readLW link

Optimistic Assumptions, Longterm Planning, and “Cope”

RaemonJul 17, 2024, 10:14 PM

215 points

46 comments7 min readLW link

Baking vs Patissing vs Cooking, the HPS explanation

adamShimiJul 17, 2024, 8:29 PM

30 points

16 comments3 min readLW link

(epistemologicalfascinations.substack.com)

Launching the Respiratory Outlook 2024/25 Forecasting Series

ChristianWilliamsJul 17, 2024, 7:51 PM

5 points

0 comments LW link

(www.metaculus.com)

What are you getting paid in?

Austin ChenJul 17, 2024, 7:23 PM

92 points

14 comments4 min readLW link

(www.approachwithalacrity.com)

Individually incentivized safe Pareto improvements in open-source bargaining

Nicolas Macé, Anthony DiGiovanni and JesseClifton

Jul 17, 2024, 6:26 PM

41 points

2 comments17 min readLW link

Profit and Value

kwangJul 17, 2024, 6:06 PM

22 points

3 comments6 min readLW link

(open.substack.com)

So You’ve Learned To Teleport by Tom Scott

landscape_kiwiJul 17, 2024, 6:04 PM

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.youtube.com)

How does generalized accessibility compare to targeted accessibility?

ErioirEJul 17, 2024, 5:07 PM

3 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Housing Roundup #9: Restricting Supply

ZviJul 17, 2024, 12:50 PM

25 points

8 comments44 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

We ran an AI safety conference in Tokyo. It went really well. Come next year!

BlaineJul 17, 2024, 6:55 AM

45 points

1 comment6 min readLW link

Agency in Politics

Martin SustrikJul 17, 2024, 5:30 AM

35 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

(250bpm.substack.com)

Arrakis—A toolkit to conduct, track and visualize mechanistic interpretability experiments.

Yash SrivastavaJul 17, 2024, 2:02 AM

3 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

Announcing Open Philanthropy’s AI governance and policy RFP

Julian HazellJul 17, 2024, 2:02 AM

25 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.openphilanthropy.org)

Turning Your Back On Traffic

jefftkJul 17, 2024, 1:00 AM

37 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Opinions on Eureka Labs

jmhJul 17, 2024, 12:16 AM

6 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Simplifying Corrigibility – Subagent Corrigibility Is Not Anti-Natural

Rubi J. Hudson16 Jul 2024 22:44 UTC

44 points

27 comments5 min readLW link

Multiplex Gene Editing: Where Are We Now?

sarahconstantin16 Jul 2024 20:50 UTC

73 points

6 comments7 min readLW link

(sarahconstantin.substack.com)

Recursion in AI is scary. But let’s talk solutions.

Oleg Trott16 Jul 2024 20:34 UTC

3 points

10 comments2 min readLW link

How to wash your hands precisely and thoroughly

dkl916 Jul 2024 18:29 UTC

12 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(dkl9.net)