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[Question] What is the point of 2v2 debates?

Axel AhlqvistAug 20, 2024, 9:59 PM

2 points

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1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Where should I look for information on gut health?

FinalFormal2Aug 20, 2024, 7:44 PM

10 points

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10 comments1 min readLW link

Would you benefit from, or object to, a page with LW users’ reacts?

RaemonAug 20, 2024, 4:35 PM

23 points

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6 comments1 min readLW link

Freedom of Speech

Zero ContradictionsAug 20, 2024, 4:34 PM

−13 points

10 votes

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2 comments2 min readLW link

(thewaywardaxolotl.blogspot.com)

AGI Safety and Alignment at Google DeepMind: A Summary of Recent Work

Rohin Shah, Seb Farquhar and Anca Dragan

Aug 20, 2024, 4:22 PM

222 points

97 votes

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33 comments9 min readLW link

Trying to be rational for the wrong reasons

ViliamAug 20, 2024, 4:18 PM

26 points

19 votes

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9 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] How great is the utility of “saving” endangered languages?

SpectrumDTAug 20, 2024, 1:14 PM

18 points

17 votes

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29 comments1 min readLW link

Guide to SB 1047

ZviAug 20, 2024, 1:10 PM

71 points

25 votes

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18 comments53 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Finding Deception in Language Models

Esben Kran and Archana Vaidheeswaran

Aug 20, 2024, 9:42 AM

20 points

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4 comments4 min readLW link

Next automated reasoning grand challenge: CompCert

sanxiynAug 20, 2024, 5:27 AM

−5 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Thiel on AI & Racing with China

Ben PaceAug 20, 2024, 3:19 AM

55 points

35 votes

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10 comments12 min readLW link

Reflecting on the transhumanist rebuttal to AI existential risk and critique of our debate methodologies and misuse of statistics

catgirlsruletheworldAug 20, 2024, 1:59 AM

−5 points

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0 comments4 min readLW link

Artificial Intelligence and Eternal Torture and Suffering

Tuan Tu NguyenAug 20, 2024, 1:53 AM

0 points

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0 comments4 min readLW link

AI #77: A Few Upgrades

ZviAug 20, 2024, 12:20 AM

23 points

10 votes

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3 comments52 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Monthly Roundup #21: August 2024

ZviAug 20, 2024, 12:20 AM

22 points

12 votes

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6 comments40 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Linkpost] Automated Design of Agentic Systems

Bogdan Ionut CirsteaAug 19, 2024, 11:06 PM

8 points

5 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

Limitations on Formal Verification for AI Safety

Andrew DicksonAug 19, 2024, 11:03 PM

135 points

56 votes

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60 comments23 min readLW link

The Conscious River: Conscious Turing machines negate materialism

blalloAug 19, 2024, 9:54 PM

0 points

9 votes

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4 comments7 min readLW link

LLM Applications I Want To See

sarahconstantinAug 19, 2024, 9:10 PM

102 points

45 votes

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6 comments8 min readLW link

(sarahconstantin.substack.com)

Defining alignment research

Richard_NgoAug 19, 2024, 8:42 PM

104 points

49 votes

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23 comments7 min readLW link

Vilnius – ACX Meetups Everywhere Fall 2024

NoUsernameSelected and Mnephisto

Aug 19, 2024, 5:38 PM

3 points

2 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

Can Current LLMs be Trusted To Produce Paperclips Safely?

Rohit ChatterjeeAug 19, 2024, 5:17 PM

4 points

9 votes

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0 comments9 min readLW link

A primer on why computational predictive toxicology is hard

Abhishaike MahajanAug 19, 2024, 5:16 PM

63 points

20 votes

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2 comments12 min readLW link

(www.owlposting.com)

Introduction and Exploration of AI Ethics Through a Global Lens

ThePathYouWillChooseAug 19, 2024, 5:11 PM

1 point

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Trustworthy and untrustworthy models

Olli JärviniemiAug 19, 2024, 4:27 PM

47 points

14 votes

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3 comments8 min readLW link

Apartment Price Map Discontinuity

jefftkAug 19, 2024, 3:30 PM

12 points

3 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Will we ever run out of new jobs?

Kevin KohlerAug 19, 2024, 3:04 PM

17 points

7 votes

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7 comments7 min readLW link

(machinocene.substack.com)

[Question] What are the best resources for building gears-level models of how governments actually work?

adamShimiAug 19, 2024, 2:05 PM

19 points

8 votes

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6 comments1 min readLW link

[Cross-post] Book Review: Bureaucracy, by James Q Wilson

davekastenAug 19, 2024, 1:57 PM

12 points

3 votes

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0 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] If AI is in a bubble and the bubble bursts, what would you do?

RemmeltAug 19, 2024, 10:56 AM

12 points

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18 comments1 min readLW link

Thinking About Propensity Evaluations

Maxime Riché, Harrison G, JaimeRV and Edoardo Pona

Aug 19, 2024, 9:23 AM

10 points

5 votes

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0 comments27 min readLW link

A Taxonomy Of AI System Evaluations

Maxime Riché, JaimeRV, Harrison G and Edoardo Pona

Aug 19, 2024, 9:07 AM

13 points

5 votes

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0 comments14 min readLW link

Beware the science fiction bias in predictions of the future

nsokolskyAug 19, 2024, 5:32 AM

25 points

11 votes

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20 comments4 min readLW link

(nsokolsky.substack.com)

Interdictor Ship

lsusrAug 19, 2024, 4:59 AM

63 points

42 votes

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9 comments7 min readLW link

Why you should be using a retinoid

GeneSmithAug 19, 2024, 3:07 AM

101 points

73 votes

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60 comments5 min readLW link

Liability regimes for AI

Ege ErdilAug 19, 2024, 1:25 AM

153 points

76 votes

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34 comments5 min readLW link

Something Is Lost When AI Makes Art

utilistrutilAug 18, 2024, 10:53 PM

18 points

10 votes

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1 comment10 min readLW link

Scaling Laws and Likely Limits to AI

DavidmanheimAug 18, 2024, 5:19 PM

19 points

14 votes

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0 comments3 min readLW link

What is “True Love”?

johnswentworthAug 18, 2024, 4:05 PM

76 points

54 votes

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11 comments1 min readLW link

Quick look: applications of chaos theory

Elizabeth and Alex_Altair

Aug 18, 2024, 3:00 PM

80 points

32 votes

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51 comments8 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

Restructuring Pop Songs for Contra

jefftkAug 18, 2024, 2:10 PM

11 points

2 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Decision Theory in Space

lsusrAug 18, 2024, 7:02 AM

50 points

41 votes

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18 comments2 min readLW link

You’re a Space Wizard, Luke

lsusrAug 18, 2024, 5:35 AM

58 points

37 votes

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6 comments2 min readLW link

Extended Interview with Zhukeepa on Religion

Ben Pace and zhukeepa

Aug 18, 2024, 3:19 AM

53 points

25 votes

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61 comments119 min readLW link

Green and golden: a meditation

Richard_NgoAug 18, 2024, 1:36 AM

21 points

10 votes

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0 comments3 min readLW link

(www.narrativeark.xyz)

Lifelogging for Alignment & Immortality

Dev.ErrataAug 17, 2024, 11:42 PM

13 points

5 votes

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3 comments7 min readLW link

Playing Minecraft with a Superintelligence

Johannes C. MayerAug 17, 2024, 10:47 PM

3 points

10 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

Does “Momentism” via Eternal Inflation dominate Longtermism in expectation?

Jordan ArelAug 17, 2024, 10:28 PM

8 points

5 votes

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1 comment4 min readLW link

The causal backbone conjecture

tailcalledAug 17, 2024, 6:50 PM

26 points

10 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

I didn’t have to avoid you; I was just insecure

Chris LakinAug 17, 2024, 4:41 PM

37 points

21 votes

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7 comments1 min readLW link

(chrislakin.blog)

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