I went through and updated my 2022 “Intro to Brain-Like AGI Safety” series. If you already read it, no need to do so again, but in case you’re curious for details, I put changelogs at the bottom of each post. For a shorter summary of major changes, see this twitter thread, which I copy below (without the screenshots & links):
I’ve learned a few things since writing “Intro to Brain-Like AGI safety” in 2022, so I went through and updated it! Each post has a changelog at the bottom if you’re curious. Most changes were in one the following categories: (1/7)
REDISTRICTING! As I previously posted ↓, I booted the pallidum out of the “Learning Subsystem”. Now it’s the cortex, striatum, & cerebellum (defined expansively, including amygdala, hippocampus, lateral septum, etc.) (2/7)
LINKS! I wrote 60 posts since first finishing that series. Many of them elaborate and clarify things I hinted at in the series. So I tried to put in links where they seemed helpful. For example, I now link my “Valence” series in a bunch of places. (3/7)
NEUROSCIENCE! I corrected or deleted a bunch of speculative neuro hypotheses that turned out wrong. In some early cases, I can’t even remember wtf I was ever even thinking! Just for fun, here’s the evolution of one of my main diagrams since 2021: (4/7)
EXAMPLES! It never hurts to have more examples! So I added a few more. I also switched the main running example of Post 13 from “envy” to “drive to be liked / admired”, partly because I’m no longer even sure envy is related to social instincts at all (oops) (5/7)
LLMs! … …Just kidding! LLMania has exploded since 2022 but remains basically irrelevant to this series. I hope this series is enjoyed by some of the six remaining AI researchers on Earth who don’t work on LLMs. (I did mention LLMs in a few more places though ↓ ) (6/7)
If you’ve already read the series, no need to do so again, but I want to keep it up-to-date for new readers. Again, see the changelogs at the bottom of each post for details. I’m sure I missed things (and introduced new errors)—let me know if you see any!
I went through and updated my 2022 “Intro to Brain-Like AGI Safety” series. If you already read it, no need to do so again, but in case you’re curious for details, I put changelogs at the bottom of each post. For a shorter summary of major changes, see this twitter thread, which I copy below (without the screenshots & links):