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Real-Time Research Recording: Can a Transformer Re-Derive Positional Info?

Neel NandaNov 1, 2022, 11:56 PM

69 points

16 comments1 min readLW link

(youtu.be)

All AGI Safety questions welcome (especially basic ones) [~monthly thread]

Robert MilesNov 1, 2022, 11:23 PM

68 points

105 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Which Issues in Conceptual Alignment have been Formalised or Observed (or not)?

ojorgensenNov 1, 2022, 10:32 PM

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

AI as a Civilizational Risk Part 4/6: Bioweapons and Philosophy of Modification

PashaKamyshevNov 1, 2022, 8:50 PM

7 points

1 comment8 min readLW link

Open & Welcome Thread—November 2022

MondSemmelNov 1, 2022, 6:47 PM

14 points

46 comments1 min readLW link

Mildly Against Donor Lotteries

jefftkNov 1, 2022, 6:10 PM

10 points

9 comments3 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Progress links and tweets, 2022-11-01

jasoncrawfordNov 1, 2022, 5:48 PM

16 points

4 comments3 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

On the correspondence between AI-misalignment and cognitive dissonance using a behavioral economics model

Stijn BruersNov 1, 2022, 5:39 PM

4 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

Threat Model Literature Review

zac_kenton, Rohin Shah, David Lindner, Vikrant Varma, Vika, Mary Phuong, Ramana Kumar and Elliot Catt

Nov 1, 2022, 11:03 AM

78 points

4 comments25 min readLW link

Clarifying AI X-risk

zac_kenton, Rohin Shah, David Lindner, Vikrant Varma, Vika, Mary Phuong, Ramana Kumar and Elliot Catt

Nov 1, 2022, 11:03 AM

127 points

24 comments4 min readLW link 1 review

Auditing games for high-level interpretability

Paul CologneseNov 1, 2022, 10:44 AM

33 points

1 comment7 min readLW link

Remember to translate your thoughts back again

brookNov 1, 2022, 8:49 AM

25 points

11 comments3 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Conversations on Alcohol Consumption

AnnapurnaNov 1, 2022, 5:09 AM

20 points

6 comments9 min readLW link

ML Safety Scholars Summer 2022 Retrospective

TW123Nov 1, 2022, 3:09 AM

29 points

0 comments LW link

EA & LW Forums Weekly Summary (24 − 30th Oct 22′)

Zoe WilliamsNov 1, 2022, 2:58 AM

13 points

1 comment LW link

Caution when interpreting Deepmind’s In-context RL paper

Sam MarksNov 1, 2022, 2:42 AM

105 points

8 comments4 min readLW link

What sorts of systems can be deceptive?

Andrei AlexandruOct 31, 2022, 10:00 PM

16 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

“Cars and Elephants”: a handwavy argument/analogy against mechanistic interpretability

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Oct 31, 2022, 9:26 PM

51 points

25 comments2 min readLW link

Superintelligent AI is necessary for an amazing future, but far from sufficient

So8resOct 31, 2022, 9:16 PM

132 points

48 comments34 min readLW link

Sanity-checking in an age of hyperbole

Ciprian Elliu IvanofOct 31, 2022, 8:04 PM

2 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

Why Aren’t There More Schelling Holidays?

johnswentworthOct 31, 2022, 7:31 PM

63 points

21 comments1 min readLW link

The circular problem of epistemic irresponsibility

Roman LeventovOct 31, 2022, 5:23 PM

5 points

2 comments8 min readLW link

AI as a Civilizational Risk Part 3/6: Anti-economy and Signal Pollution

PashaKamyshevOct 31, 2022, 5:03 PM

7 points

4 comments14 min readLW link

Average utilitarianism is non-local

Yair HalberstadtOct 31, 2022, 4:36 PM

29 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

Marvel Snap: Phase 1

ZviOct 31, 2022, 3:20 PM

23 points

1 comment14 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Boundaries vs Frames

Scott GarrabrantOct 31, 2022, 3:14 PM

58 points

10 comments7 min readLW link

Embedding safety in ML development

zeshenOct 31, 2022, 12:27 PM

24 points

1 comment18 min readLW link

[Book] Interpretable Machine Learning: A Guide for Making Black Box Models Explainable

Esben KranOct 31, 2022, 11:38 AM

20 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(christophm.github.io)

My (naive) take on Risks from Learned Optimization

Artyom KarpovOct 31, 2022, 10:59 AM

7 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

Tactical Nuclear Weapons Aren’t Cost-Effective Compared to Precision Artillery

Lao MeinOct 31, 2022, 4:33 AM

28 points

7 comments3 min readLW link

Gandalf or Saruman? A Soldier in Scout’s Clothing

DirectedEvolutionOct 31, 2022, 2:40 AM

41 points

1 comment4 min readLW link

Me (Steve Byrnes) on the “Brain Inspired” podcast

Steven ByrnesOct 30, 2022, 7:15 PM

26 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(braininspired.co)

“Normal” is the equilibrium state of past optimization processes

Alex_AltairOct 30, 2022, 7:03 PM

82 points

5 comments5 min readLW link

AI as a Civilizational Risk Part 2/6: Behavioral Modification

PashaKamyshevOct 30, 2022, 4:57 PM

9 points

0 comments10 min readLW link

Instrumental ignoring AI, Dumb but not useless.

Donald HobsonOct 30, 2022, 4:55 PM

7 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

Weekly Roundup #3

ZviOct 30, 2022, 12:20 PM

23 points

5 comments15 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Quickly refactoring the U.S. Constitution

lcOct 30, 2022, 7:17 AM

7 points

25 comments4 min readLW link

«Boundaries», Part 3a: Defining boundaries as directed Markov blankets

Andrew_CritchOct 30, 2022, 6:31 AM

90 points

20 comments15 min readLW link

Am I secretly excited for AI getting weird?

porbyOct 29, 2022, 10:16 PM

116 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

AI as a Civilizational Risk Part 1/6: Historical Priors

PashaKamyshevOct 29, 2022, 9:59 PM

2 points

2 comments7 min readLW link

Don’t expect your life partner to be better than your exes in more than one way: a mathematical model

mddOct 29, 2022, 6:47 PM

7 points

1 comment9 min readLW link

The Social Recession: By the Numbers

antonomonOct 29, 2022, 6:45 PM

165 points

29 comments8 min readLW link

(novum.substack.com)

Electric Kettle vs Stove

jefftkOct 29, 2022, 12:50 PM

18 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Quantum Immortality, foiled

BenOct 29, 2022, 11:00 AM

27 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

Some Lessons Learned from Studying Indirect Object Identification in GPT-2 small

KevinRoWang, Alexandre Variengien, Arthur Conmy, Buck and jsteinhardt

Oct 28, 2022, 11:55 PM

101 points

9 comments9 min readLW link 2 reviews

(arxiv.org)

Resources that (I think) new alignment researchers should know about

Orpheus16Oct 28, 2022, 10:13 PM

70 points

9 comments4 min readLW link

How often does One Person succeed?

Mayank ModiOct 28, 2022, 7:32 PM

1 point

3 comments LW link

aisafety.community—A living document of AI safety communities

zeshen and plex

Oct 28, 2022, 5:50 PM

58 points

23 comments1 min readLW link

Rapid Test Throat Swabbing?

jefftkOct 28, 2022, 4:30 PM

18 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Join the interpretability research hackathon

Esben KranOct 28, 2022, 4:26 PM

15 points

0 comments LW link