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[Question] Could orcas be (trained to be) smarter than humans? 

Towards_Keeperhood4 Nov 2024 23:29 UTC

58 points

22 comments1 min readLW link

Metastatic Cancer Treatment Since 2010: The Success Stories

sarahconstantin4 Nov 2024 22:50 UTC

51 points

2 comments6 min readLW link

(sarahconstantin.substack.com)

Bay Winter Solstice 2024: Speech Auditions

ozymandias4 Nov 2024 22:31 UTC

32 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Empathy/Systemizing Quotient is a poor/biased model for the autism/sex link

tailcalled4 Nov 2024 21:11 UTC

35 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

Distributed espionage

margetmagenta4 Nov 2024 19:43 UTC

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

We can survive

Oxidize4 Nov 2024 19:33 UTC

−13 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

GPT-8 may not be ASI

rvzlxax4094 Nov 2024 19:31 UTC

−2 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

AI timelines don’t account for base rate of tech progress

rvzlxax4094 Nov 2024 19:31 UTC

−10 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Update on the Mysterious Trump Buyers on Polymarket

Annapurna4 Nov 2024 19:22 UTC

19 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

(jorgevelez.substack.com)

[Intuitive self-models] 8. Rooting Out Free Will Intuitions

Steven Byrnes4 Nov 2024 18:16 UTC

70 points

16 comments24 min readLW link

Option control

Joe Carlsmith4 Nov 2024 17:54 UTC

28 points

0 comments54 min readLW link

[Question] Noticing the World

EvolutionByDesign4 Nov 2024 16:41 UTC

4 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

The current state of RSPs

Zach Stein-Perlman4 Nov 2024 16:00 UTC

23 points

2 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] Does the “ancient wisdom” argument have any validity? If a particular teaching or tradition is old, to what extent does this make it more trustworthy?

SpectrumDT4 Nov 2024 15:20 UTC

18 points

49 comments1 min readLW link

A brief history of the automated corporation

owencb4 Nov 2024 14:35 UTC

26 points

1 comment5 min readLW link

(strangecities.substack.com)

Abstractions are not Natural

Alfred Harwood4 Nov 2024 11:10 UTC

25 points

21 comments11 min readLW link

[Linkpost] Building Altruistic and Moral AI Agent with Brain-inspired Affective Empathy Mechanisms

Gunnar_Zarncke4 Nov 2024 10:15 UTC

13 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

Context-dependent consequentialism

Jeremy Gillen and mattmacdermott

4 Nov 2024 9:29 UTC

31 points

6 comments27 min readLW link

Survival without dignity

L Rudolf L4 Nov 2024 2:29 UTC

356 points

29 comments15 min readLW link

(nosetgauge.substack.com)

Drug development costs can range over two orders of magnitude

rossry3 Nov 2024 23:13 UTC

38 points

0 comments11 min readLW link

Redefining Tolerance: Beyond Popper’s Paradox

mindprison3 Nov 2024 22:23 UTC

−1 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

Goal: Understand Intelligence

Johannes C. Mayer3 Nov 2024 21:20 UTC

14 points

19 comments1 min readLW link

Current safety training techniques do not fully transfer to the agent setting

Simon Lermen and Govind Pimpale

3 Nov 2024 19:24 UTC

158 points

9 comments5 min readLW link

Why our politicians aren’t Median

Yair Halberstadt3 Nov 2024 14:03 UTC

62 points

15 comments3 min readLW link

Human Biodiversity (Part 4: Astral Codex Ten)

Evan_Gaensbauer3 Nov 2024 4:20 UTC

−13 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

(reflectivealtruism.com)

Understanding incomparability versus incommensurability in relation to RLHF

artemiocobb2 Nov 2024 22:57 UTC

1 point

1 comment2 min readLW link

electric turbofans

bhauth2 Nov 2024 22:50 UTC

61 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

(bhauth.com)

Reality as Category-Theoretic State Machines: A Mathematical Framework

Wenitte Apiou2 Nov 2024 21:04 UTC

−8 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

The Median Researcher Problem

johnswentworth2 Nov 2024 20:16 UTC

161 points

71 comments1 min readLW link

Testing “True” Language Understanding in LLMs: A Simple Proposal

MtryaSam2 Nov 2024 19:12 UTC

9 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

Testing “True” Language Understanding in LLMs: A Simple Proposal

MtryaSam2 Nov 2024 19:12 UTC

−3 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Fragile, Robust, and Antifragile Preference Satisfaction

adamShimi2 Nov 2024 17:25 UTC

19 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

(formethods.substack.com)

Higher Order Signs, Hallucination and Schizophrenia

Nicolas Villarreal2 Nov 2024 16:33 UTC

3 points

0 comments13 min readLW link

(nicolasdvillarreal.substack.com)

[Question] Is OpenAI net negative for AI Safety?

Lysandre Terrisse2 Nov 2024 16:18 UTC

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Two arguments against longtermist thought experiments

momom22 Nov 2024 10:22 UTC

15 points

5 comments3 min readLW link

Both-Sidesism—When Fair & Balanced Goes Wrong

James Stephen Brown2 Nov 2024 3:04 UTC

3 points

15 comments6 min readLW link

(nonzerosum.games)

What can we learn from insecure domains?

Logan Zoellner1 Nov 2024 23:53 UTC

14 points

21 comments1 min readLW link

Science advances one funeral at a time

Cameron Berg, Judd Rosenblatt, Diogo de Lucena and AE Studio

1 Nov 2024 23:06 UTC

92 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

The Cartesian Crisis

mindprison1 Nov 2024 23:02 UTC

−5 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

Composition Circuits in Vision Transformers (Hypothesis)

phenomanon1 Nov 2024 22:16 UTC

1 point

0 comments3 min readLW link

SAE Probing: What is it good for?

Subhash Kantamneni, Josh Engels, Senthooran Rajamanoharan and Neel Nanda

1 Nov 2024 19:23 UTC

32 points

0 comments11 min readLW link

[Question] Set Theory Multiverse vs Mathematical Truth—Philosophical Discussion

Wenitte Apiou1 Nov 2024 18:56 UTC

8 points

25 comments1 min readLW link

Educational CAI: Aligning a Language Model with Pedagogical Theories

Bharath Puranam1 Nov 2024 18:55 UTC

5 points

1 comment13 min readLW link

Prediction markets and Taxes

Edmund Nelson1 Nov 2024 17:39 UTC

11 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Dentistry, Oral Surgeons, and the Inefficiency of Small Markets

GeneSmith1 Nov 2024 17:26 UTC

83 points

16 comments5 min readLW link

Live Machinery: An Interface Design Philosophy for Wholesome AI Futures

Sahil1 Nov 2024 17:24 UTC

48 points

3 comments35 min readLW link

Seeking Collaborators

abramdemski1 Nov 2024 17:13 UTC

57 points

15 comments7 min readLW link

Complete Feedback

abramdemski1 Nov 2024 16:58 UTC

25 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

Levers for Biological Progress—A Response to “Machines of Loving Grace”

Niko_McCarty1 Nov 2024 16:35 UTC

15 points

0 comments20 min readLW link

(www.asimov.press)

2024 Unofficial LW Community Census, Request for Comments

Screwtape1 Nov 2024 16:34 UTC

23 points

32 comments3 min readLW link