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Duped: AI and the Making of a Global Suicide Cult

izzynessSep 2, 2024, 6:51 PM

−8 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

A gentle introduction to sparse autoencoders

Nick JiangSep 2, 2024, 6:11 PM

21 points

13 votes

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2 comments6 min readLW link

What makes math problems hard for reinforcement learning: a case study

Anibal, Bartek, Sergei, Shehper and PiotrSep 2, 2024, 6:11 PM

1 point

3 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

Survey: How Do Elite Chinese Students Feel About the Risks of AI?

Nick CorvinoSep 2, 2024, 6:11 PM

141 points

60 votes

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13 comments10 min readLW link

Data-driven donations to help Democrats win federal elections: an update

Michael CohnSep 2, 2024, 4:32 PM

−1 points

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2 comments1 min readLW link

(perplexedguide.net)

[Question] What are the effective utilitarian pros and cons of having children (in rich countries)?

SpectrumDTSep 2, 2024, 10:01 AM

2 points

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4 comments1 min readLW link

My decomposition of the alignment problem

Daniel CSep 2, 2024, 12:21 AM

22 points

10 votes

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22 comments13 min readLW link

DC Forecasting & Prediction Markets Meetup

David GliddenSep 2, 2024, 12:00 AM

1 point

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0 comments1 min readLW link

A primer on the next generation of antibodies

Abhishaike MahajanSep 1, 2024, 10:37 PM

25 points

8 votes

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0 comments19 min readLW link

(www.owlposting.com)

[Question] Who looked into extreme nuclear meltdowns?

RemmeltSep 1, 2024, 9:38 PM

2 points

13 votes

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8 comments1 min readLW link

Redundant Attention Heads in Large Language Models For In Context Learning

skunnavakkamSep 1, 2024, 8:08 PM

7 points

7 votes

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2 comments4 min readLW link

(skunnavakkam.github.io)

The Role of Transparency and Explainability in Responsible NLP

RAMEBC78Sep 1, 2024, 8:08 PM

−3 points

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1 comment5 min readLW link

Book Review: What Even Is Gender?

Joey MarcellinoSep 1, 2024, 4:09 PM

33 points

15 votes

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14 comments12 min readLW link

Can a Bayesian Oracle Prevent Harm from an Agent? (Bengio et al. 2024)

mattmacdermottSep 1, 2024, 7:46 AM

28 points

11 votes

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0 comments5 min readLW link

(yoshuabengio.org)

Forecasting One-Shot Games

RaemonAug 31, 2024, 11:10 PM

48 points

19 votes

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0 comments7 min readLW link

On epistemic autonomy

sanyerAug 31, 2024, 6:50 PM

11 points

6 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

Epistemic states as a potential benign prior

Tamsin LeakeAug 31, 2024, 6:26 PM

31 points

10 votes

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2 comments8 min readLW link

(carado.moe)

My Model of Epistemology

adamShimiAug 31, 2024, 5:01 PM

37 points

15 votes

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1 comment8 min readLW link

(epistemologicalfascinations.substack.com)

Verification methods for international AI agreements

Orpheus16Aug 31, 2024, 2:58 PM

14 points

7 votes

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1 comment4 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

Fake Blog Posts as a Problem Solving Device

silentbobAug 31, 2024, 9:22 AM

9 points

4 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

Actually Rational & Kind Sequences Reading Group

segfault Aug 31, 2024, 4:21 AM

−66 points

20 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

Anthropic is being sued for copying books to train Claude

RemmeltAug 31, 2024, 2:57 AM

20 points

14 votes

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4 comments2 min readLW link

(fingfx.thomsonreuters.com)

Book review: On the Edge

PeterMcCluskeyAug 30, 2024, 10:18 PM

39 points

14 votes

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0 comments9 min readLW link

(bayesianinvestor.com)

Can Large Language Models effectively identify cybersecurity risks?

emile delcourtAug 30, 2024, 8:20 PM

18 points

4 votes

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0 comments11 min readLW link

Singular learning theory: exercises

Zach FurmanAug 30, 2024, 8:00 PM

92 points

30 votes

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6 comments14 min readLW link

AI for Bio: State Of The Field

sarahconstantinAug 30, 2024, 6:00 PM

74 points

31 votes

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2 comments15 min readLW link

(sarahconstantin.substack.com)

Multi-Tiered AI

Timothy BruneauAug 30, 2024, 5:46 PM

1 point

1 vote

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0 comments2 min readLW link

I universally trying to reject the Mind Projection Fallacy—consequences

YanLyutnevAug 30, 2024, 5:42 PM

−3 points

16 votes

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0 comments9 min readLW link

AIS terminology proposal: standardize terms for probability ranges

eggsyntaxAug 30, 2024, 3:43 PM

30 points

14 votes

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12 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Does a time-reversible physical law/Cellular Automaton always imply the First Law of Thermodynamics?

Noosphere89Aug 30, 2024, 3:12 PM

7 points

2 votes

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11 comments1 min readLW link

Principles for the AGI Race

William_SAug 30, 2024, 2:29 PM

248 points

95 votes

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17 comments18 min readLW link

Congressional Insider Trading

Maxwell TabarrokAug 30, 2024, 1:32 PM

57 points

27 votes

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6 comments7 min readLW link

(www.maximum-progress.com)

[Question] Thoughts on paper “How Organisms Come to Know the World: Fundamental Limits on Artificial General Intelligence”?

mikbpAug 30, 2024, 9:04 AM

2 points

3 votes

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3 comments1 min readLW link

Are LLMs on the Path to AGI?

DavidmanheimAug 30, 2024, 3:14 AM

14 points

12 votes

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2 comments5 min readLW link

Nursing doubts

dynomightAug 30, 2024, 2:25 AM

145 points

87 votes

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23 comments9 min readLW link

(dynomight.net)

Free Will and Dodging Anvils: AIXI Off-Policy

Cole WyethAug 29, 2024, 10:42 PM

39 points

12 votes

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12 comments9 min readLW link

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a7xAug 29, 2024, 9:42 PM

2 points

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Nelson James HorsleyAug 29, 2024, 7:18 PM

1 point

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Daniel GoldAug 29, 2024, 7:18 PM

1 point

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timelessAug 29, 2024, 6:44 PM

1 point

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Iñaki Aug 29, 2024, 6:44 PM

1 point

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AdielAug 29, 2024, 6:44 PM

1 point

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Bruno VieiraAug 29, 2024, 6:44 PM

1 point

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MattAug 29, 2024, 6:44 PM

1 point

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Alex FreemanAug 29, 2024, 6:44 PM

1 point

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EthanAug 29, 2024, 6:44 PM

1 point

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Tara Aug 29, 2024, 6:44 PM

1 point

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RolandAug 29, 2024, 6:44 PM

1 point

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a7xAug 29, 2024, 6:44 PM

1 point

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CedarAug 29, 2024, 6:43 PM

4 points

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