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Gliders in Lan­guage Models

Alexandre VariengienNov 25, 2022, 12:38 AM
30 points
11 comments10 min readLW link

On Kelly and altruism

philhNov 24, 2022, 11:40 PM
17 points
6 comments12 min readLW link
(reasonableapproximation.net)

Open tech­ni­cal prob­lem: A Quinean proof of Löb’s the­o­rem, for an eas­ier car­toon guide

Andrew_CritchNov 24, 2022, 9:16 PM
58 points
35 comments3 min readLW link1 review

[Question] His­tor­i­cal ex­am­ples of peo­ple gain­ing un­usual cog­ni­tive abil­ities?

Nicholas / Heather KrossNov 24, 2022, 7:01 PM
8 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Cor­rigi­bil­ity Via Thought-Pro­cess Deference

Thane RuthenisNov 24, 2022, 5:06 PM
17 points
5 comments9 min readLW link

Geo­met­ric Ex­plo­ra­tion, Arith­metic Exploitation

Scott GarrabrantNov 24, 2022, 3:36 PM
126 points
5 comments7 min readLW link

What I Learned Run­ning Refine

adamShimiNov 24, 2022, 2:49 PM
108 points
5 comments4 min readLW link

Covid 11/​24/​22: Thanks for Good Health

ZviNov 24, 2022, 1:00 PM
26 points
4 comments8 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Dumb and ill-posed ques­tion: Is con­cep­tual re­search like this MIRI pa­per on the shut­down prob­lem/​Cor­rigi­bil­ity “real”

joraineNov 24, 2022, 5:08 AM
26 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Clar­ify­ing wire­head­ing terminology

leogaoNov 24, 2022, 4:53 AM
66 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

LW Beta Fea­ture: Side-Comments

jimrandomhNov 24, 2022, 1:55 AM
103 points
47 comments1 min readLW link

Against “Clas­sic Style”

Cleo NardoNov 23, 2022, 10:10 PM
67 points
30 comments4 min readLW link

South Bay ACX/​LW Meetup

ISNov 23, 2022, 10:05 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meme Dialects

jefftkNov 23, 2022, 9:30 PM
26 points
1 comment2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] When do you vi­su­al­ize (or not) while do­ing math?

Alex_AltairNov 23, 2022, 8:15 PM
21 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

When AI solves a game, fo­cus on the game’s me­chan­ics, not its theme.

Cleo NardoNov 23, 2022, 7:16 PM
89 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

The Geo­met­ric Expectation

Scott GarrabrantNov 23, 2022, 6:05 PM
159 points
22 comments4 min readLW link

“Far Co­or­di­na­tion”

DragonGodNov 23, 2022, 5:14 PM
6 points
17 comments9 min readLW link

Con­jec­ture Se­cond Hiring Round

Connor Leahy, Sid Black, Gabriel Alfour and Chris Scammell
Nov 23, 2022, 5:11 PM
92 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Con­jec­ture: a ret­ro­spec­tive af­ter 8 months of work

Connor Leahy, Sid Black, Gabriel Alfour and Chris Scammell
Nov 23, 2022, 5:10 PM
180 points
9 comments8 min readLW link

Against a Gen­eral Fac­tor of Doom

Jeffrey HeningerNov 23, 2022, 4:50 PM
61 points
19 comments4 min readLW link1 review
(aiimpacts.org)

In­ject­ing some num­bers into the AGI de­bate—by Boaz Barak

JsevillamolNov 23, 2022, 4:10 PM
12 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(windowsontheory.org)

Notes on an Ex­per­i­ment with Markets

Jeffrey HeningerNov 23, 2022, 4:10 PM
8 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(aiimpacts.org)

An­nounc­ing AI safety Men­tors and Mentees

Marius HobbhahnNov 23, 2022, 3:21 PM
62 points
7 comments10 min readLW link

Ex nihilo

Hopkins StanleyNov 23, 2022, 2:38 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Hu­man-level Di­plo­macy was my fire alarm

Lao MeinNov 23, 2022, 10:05 AM
54 points
15 comments3 min readLW link

Sets of ob­jec­tives for a multi-ob­jec­tive RL agent to optimize

Ben Smith and Roland Pihlakas
Nov 23, 2022, 6:49 AM
13 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

Si­mu­la­tors, con­straints, and goal ag­nos­ti­cism: por­bynotes vol. 1

porbyNov 23, 2022, 4:22 AM
37 points
2 comments35 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ist Town Hall: FTX Fal­lout Edi­tion (RSVP Re­quired)

Ben PaceNov 23, 2022, 1:38 AM
43 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

Feel­ing Old: Leav­ing your 20s in the 2020s

squidiousNov 22, 2022, 10:50 PM
37 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(opalsandbonobos.blogspot.com)

Brute-forc­ing the uni­verse: a non-stan­dard shot at di­a­mond alignment

Martín SotoNov 22, 2022, 10:36 PM
9 points
2 comments20 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing AI Align­ment Awards: $100k re­search con­tests about goal mis­gen­er­al­iza­tion & corrigibility

Orpheus16 and OliviaJ
Nov 22, 2022, 10:19 PM
73 points
20 comments4 min readLW link

ACX Zurich Novem­ber Meetup

MBNov 22, 2022, 9:41 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Hu­man-level Full-Press Di­plo­macy (some bare facts).

Cleo NardoNov 22, 2022, 8:59 PM
50 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] How does late-2022 COVID trans­mis­si­bil­ity drop over time?

Daniel DeweyNov 22, 2022, 7:54 PM
8 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

AI will change the world, but won’t take it over by play­ing “3-di­men­sional chess”.

boazbarak and benedelman
Nov 22, 2022, 6:57 PM
134 points
97 comments24 min readLW link

Progress links and tweets, 2022-11-22

jasoncrawfordNov 22, 2022, 5:39 PM
17 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Tyranny of the Epistemic Majority

Scott GarrabrantNov 22, 2022, 5:19 PM
192 points
13 comments9 min readLW link1 review

A Walk­through of In-Con­text Learn­ing and In­duc­tion Heads (w/​ Charles Frye) Part 1 of 2

Neel NandaNov 22, 2022, 5:12 PM
20 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.youtube.com)

Sim­ple Im­prove­ment to Col­lege Foot­ball Over­time Rules

ZviNov 22, 2022, 5:00 PM
10 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Meta AI an­nounces Cicero: Hu­man-Level Di­plo­macy play (with di­alogue)

Jacy Reese AnthisNov 22, 2022, 4:50 PM
93 points
64 comments1 min readLW link
(www.science.org)

Austin LW meetup notes: The FTX Affair

jchanNov 22, 2022, 2:01 PM
20 points
3 comments16 min readLW link

Mo­ti­vated Cog­ni­tion and the Mul­ti­verse of Truth

Q HomeNov 22, 2022, 12:51 PM
8 points
16 comments24 min readLW link

LessWrong read­ers are in­vited to ap­ply to the Lurkshop

Jonas V and GradientDissenter
Nov 22, 2022, 9:19 AM
101 points
41 comments3 min readLW link

Gaox­ing Guy

Alok SinghNov 22, 2022, 1:50 AM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(alok.github.io)

Mis­cel­la­neous First-Pass Align­ment Thoughts

NickGabsNov 21, 2022, 9:23 PM
12 points
4 comments10 min readLW link

[Heb­bian Nat­u­ral Ab­strac­tions] Introduction

Samuel Nellessen and Jan
Nov 21, 2022, 8:34 PM
34 points
3 comments4 min readLW link
(www.snellessen.com)

Utili­tar­i­anism Meets Egalitarianism

Scott GarrabrantNov 21, 2022, 7:00 PM
121 points
16 comments6 min readLW link1 review

In­ter­view with Matt Freeman

EvenflairNov 21, 2022, 6:17 PM
15 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(overcast.fm)

Here’s the exit.

ValentineNov 21, 2022, 6:07 PM
115 points
180 comments10 min readLW link5 reviews