Jacob G-W

Karma: 976

I really like learning new things!

https://jacobgw.com/

Selective modularity: a research agenda

cloud and Jacob G-W

Mar 24, 2025, 4:12 AM

65 points

2 comments24 min readLW link

Creating Interpretable Latent Spaces with Gradient Routing

Jacob G-WDec 14, 2024, 4:00 AM

26 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

(jacobgw.com)

Gradient Routing: Masking Gradients to Localize Computation in Neural Networks

cloud, Jacob G-W, Evzen, Joseph Miller and TurnTrout

Dec 6, 2024, 10:19 PM

165 points

12 comments11 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

I found >800 orthogonal “write code” steering vectors

Jacob G-W and TurnTrout

Jul 15, 2024, 7:06 PM

102 points

19 comments7 min readLW link

(jacobgw.com)

Building intuition with spaced repetition systems

Jacob G-WMay 12, 2024, 3:49 PM

55 points

8 comments4 min readLW link

(jacobgw.com)

What I learned from doing Quiz Bowl

Jacob G-WMay 9, 2024, 9:05 PM

10 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

(jacobgw.com)

Taking into account preferences of past selves

Jacob G-WApr 15, 2024, 1:15 PM

14 points

9 comments7 min readLW link

From the outside, American schooling is weird

Jacob G-W and Malumit

Mar 28, 2024, 10:45 PM

23 points

4 comments9 min readLW link

XAI releases Grok base model

Jacob G-WMar 18, 2024, 12:47 AM

11 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(x.ai)

g-w1′s Shortform

Jacob G-WMar 6, 2024, 9:30 PM

4 points

15 comments LW link

In set theory, everything is a set

Jacob G-WFeb 23, 2024, 2:35 PM

11 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

[linkpost] Self-Rewarding Language Models

Jacob G-WJan 21, 2024, 12:30 AM

13 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

[Question] Concrete examples of doing agentic things?

Jacob G-WJan 12, 2024, 3:59 PM

13 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Google Gemini Announced

Jacob G-WDec 6, 2023, 4:14 PM

54 points

22 comments1 min readLW link

(blog.google)

The Puritans would one-box: evidential decision theory in the 17th century

Jacob G-WOct 14, 2023, 8:23 PM

86 points

5 comments3 min readLW link

(jacobgw.com)

Noticing confusion in physics

Jacob G-WOct 12, 2023, 3:21 PM

20 points

27 comments2 min readLW link

(jacobgw.com)

[Linkpost/Video] All The Times We Nearly Blew Up The World

Jacob G-WSep 23, 2023, 1:18 AM

6 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.youtube.com)

Separate the truth from your wishes

Jacob G-WAug 23, 2023, 12:52 AM

6 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(jacobgw.com)

Why it’s necessary to shoot yourself in the foot

Jacob G-WJul 11, 2023, 9:17 PM

39 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

(g-w1.github.io)

What I Think About When I Think About History

Jacob G-WJul 4, 2023, 2:02 PM

2 points

4 comments3 min readLW link

(g-w1.github.io)