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[Link] Why I’m optimistic about OpenAI’s alignment approach

janleikeDec 5, 2022, 10:51 PM

98 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

(aligned.substack.com)

The No Free Lunch theorem for dummies

Steven ByrnesDec 5, 2022, 9:46 PM

37 points

16 comments3 min readLW link

ChatGPT and Ideological Turing Test

ViliamDec 5, 2022, 9:45 PM

42 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

ChatGPT on Spielberg’s A.I. and AI Alignment

Bill BenzonDec 5, 2022, 9:10 PM

5 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Updating my AI timelines

Matthew BarnettDec 5, 2022, 8:46 PM

145 points

50 comments2 min readLW link

Steering Behaviour: Testing for (Non-)Myopia in Language Models

Evan R. Murphy and Megan Kinniment

Dec 5, 2022, 8:28 PM

40 points

19 comments10 min readLW link

College Admissions as a Brutal One-Shot Game

devanshDec 5, 2022, 8:05 PM

8 points

26 comments2 min readLW link

Analysis of AI Safety surveys for field-building insights

Ash JafariDec 5, 2022, 7:21 PM

11 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

Testing Ways to Bypass ChatGPT’s Safety Features

Robert_AIZIDec 5, 2022, 6:50 PM

7 points

4 comments5 min readLW link

(aizi.substack.com)

Foresight for AGI Safety Strategy: Mitigating Risks and Identifying Golden Opportunities

jacquesthibsDec 5, 2022, 4:09 PM

28 points

6 comments8 min readLW link

Aligned Behavior is not Evidence of Alignment Past a Certain Level of Intelligence

Ronny FernandezDec 5, 2022, 3:19 PM

19 points

5 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] How should I judge the impact of giving $5k to a family of three kids and two mentally ill parents?

BlakeDec 5, 2022, 1:42 PM

10 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Is the “Valley of Confused Abstractions” real?

jacquesthibsDec 5, 2022, 1:36 PM

20 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

Take 4: One problem with natural abstractions is there’s too many of them.

Charlie SteinerDec 5, 2022, 10:39 AM

37 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are some good Lesswrong-related accounts or hashtags on Mastodon that I should follow?

SpectrumDTDec 5, 2022, 9:42 AM

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Who are some prominent reasonable people who are confident that AI won’t kill everyone?

Optimization ProcessDec 5, 2022, 9:12 AM

72 points

54 comments1 min readLW link

Monthly Shorts 11/22

CelerDec 5, 2022, 7:30 AM

8 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

(keller.substack.com)

A ChatGPT story about ChatGPT doom

SurfingOrcaDec 5, 2022, 5:40 AM

6 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

A Tentative Timeline of The Near Future (2022-2025) for Self-Accountability

YitzDec 5, 2022, 5:33 AM

26 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Nook Nature

Duncan Sabien (Deactivated)Dec 5, 2022, 4:10 AM

52 points

18 comments10 min readLW link

Probably good projects for the AI safety ecosystem

Ryan KiddDec 5, 2022, 2:26 AM

78 points

40 comments2 min readLW link

Historical Notes on Charitable Funds

jefftkDec 4, 2022, 11:30 PM

28 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

AGI as a Black Swan Event

Stephen McAleeseDec 4, 2022, 11:00 PM

8 points

8 comments7 min readLW link

South Bay ACX/LW Pre-Holiday Get-Together

ISDec 4, 2022, 10:57 PM

10 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

ChatGPT is settling the Chinese Room argument

averrosDec 4, 2022, 8:25 PM

−7 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Race to the Top: Benchmarks for AI Safety

Isabella DuanDec 4, 2022, 6:48 PM

29 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Open & Welcome Thread—December 2022

niplavDec 4, 2022, 3:06 PM

8 points

22 comments1 min readLW link

AI can exploit safety plans posted on the Internet

Peter S. ParkDec 4, 2022, 12:17 PM

−15 points

4 comments LW link

ChatGPT seems overconfident to me

qbolecDec 4, 2022, 8:03 AM

19 points

3 comments16 min readLW link

Could an AI be Religious?

mk54Dec 4, 2022, 5:00 AM

−12 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

Can GPT-3 Write Contra Dances?

jefftkDec 4, 2022, 3:00 AM

6 points

4 comments10 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Take 3: No indescribable heavenworlds.

Charlie SteinerDec 4, 2022, 2:48 AM

23 points

12 comments2 min readLW link

Summary of a new study on out-group hate (and how to fix it)

DirectedEvolutionDec 4, 2022, 1:53 AM

60 points

30 comments3 min readLW link

(www.pnas.org)

[Question] Will the first AGI agent have been designed as an agent (in addition to an AGI)?

nahojDec 3, 2022, 8:32 PM

1 point

8 comments1 min readLW link

Logical induction for software engineers

Alex FlintDec 3, 2022, 7:55 PM

163 points

8 comments27 min readLW link 1 review

Utilitarianism is the only option

aelwoodDec 3, 2022, 5:14 PM

−13 points

7 comments LW link

Our 2022 Giving

jefftkDec 3, 2022, 3:40 PM

33 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Is school good or bad?

tailcalledDec 3, 2022, 1:14 PM

10 points

76 comments1 min readLW link

MrBeast’s Squid Game Tricked Me

lsusrDec 3, 2022, 5:50 AM

75 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Great Cryonics Survey of 2022

Mati_RoyDec 3, 2022, 5:10 AM

16 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Causal scrubbing: results on induction heads

LawrenceC, Adrià Garriga-alonso, Nicholas Goldowsky-Dill, ryan_greenblatt, Tao Lin, jenny, Ansh Radhakrishnan, Buck and Nate Thomas

Dec 3, 2022, 12:59 AM

34 points

1 comment17 min readLW link

Causal scrubbing: results on a paren balance checker

LawrenceC, Adrià Garriga-alonso, Nicholas Goldowsky-Dill, ryan_greenblatt, Tao Lin, jenny, Ansh Radhakrishnan, Buck and Nate Thomas

Dec 3, 2022, 12:59 AM

34 points

2 comments30 min readLW link

Causal scrubbing: Appendix

LawrenceC, Adrià Garriga-alonso, Nicholas Goldowsky-Dill, ryan_greenblatt, jenny, Ansh Radhakrishnan, Buck and Nate Thomas

Dec 3, 2022, 12:58 AM

18 points

4 comments20 min readLW link

Causal Scrubbing: a method for rigorously testing interpretability hypotheses [Redwood Research]

LawrenceC, Adrià Garriga-alonso, Nicholas Goldowsky-Dill, ryan_greenblatt, jenny, Ansh Radhakrishnan, Buck and Nate Thomas

Dec 3, 2022, 12:58 AM

206 points

35 comments20 min readLW link 1 review

Take 2: Building tools to help build FAI is a legitimate strategy, but it’s dual-use.

Charlie SteinerDec 3, 2022, 12:54 AM

17 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

D&D.Sci December 2022: The Boojumologist

abstractapplicDec 2, 2022, 11:39 PM

32 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

Subsets and quotients in interpretability

Erik JennerDec 2, 2022, 11:13 PM

26 points

1 comment7 min readLW link

Research Principles for 6 Months of AI Alignment Studies

Shoshannah TekofskyDec 2, 2022, 10:55 PM

23 points

3 comments6 min readLW link

Three Fables of Magical Girls and Longtermism

Ulisse MiniDec 2, 2022, 10:01 PM

33 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

Brun’s theorem and sieve theory

Ege ErdilDec 2, 2022, 8:57 PM

31 points

1 comment73 min readLW link