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Introduction and summary for "Otherness and control in the age of AGI"
vendredi 21 juin 2024 • Duration 12:23
This is the introduction and summary for my series "Otherness and control in the age of AGI."
Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/01/02/otherness-and-control-in-the-age-of-agi
Second half of full audio for "Otherness and control in the age of AGI"
mardi 18 juin 2024 • Duration 04:11:02
Second half of the full audio for my series on how agents with different values should relate to one another, and on the ethics of seeking and sharing power.
First half here: https://joecarlsmithaudio.buzzsprout.com/2034731/15266490-first-half-of-full-audio-for-otherness-and-control-in-the-age-of-agi
PDF of the full series here: https://jc.gatspress.com/pdf/otherness_full.pdf
Summary of the series here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/01/02/otherness-and-control-in-the-age-of-agi
When "yang" goes wrong
lundi 8 janvier 2024 • Duration 21:32
On the connection between deep atheism and seeking control.
Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/01/08/when-yang-goes-wrong
This essay is part of a series of essays called "Otherness and control in the age of AGI." I'm hoping the individual essays can be read fairly well on their own, but see here for brief summaries of the essays that have been released thus far: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/01/02/otherness-and-control-in-the-age-of-agi
Deep atheism and AI risk
jeudi 4 janvier 2024 • Duration 46:59
On a certain kind of fundamental mistrust towards Nature.
Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/01/04/deep-atheism-and-ai-risk
This is the second essay in my series “Otherness and control in the age of AGI. I’m hoping that the individual essays can be read fairly well on their own, but see here for brief summaries of the essays released thus far: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/01/02/otherness-and-control-in-the-age-of-agi
Gentleness and the artificial Other
mardi 2 janvier 2024 • Duration 22:39
AIs as fellow creatures. And on getting eaten.
Link: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/01/02/gentleness-and-the-artificial-other
This is the first essay in a series of essays that I’m calling “Otherness and control in the age of AGI.” See here for more about the series as a whole: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/01/02/otherness-and-control-in-the-age-of-agi.
In search of benevolence (or: what should you get Clippy for Christmas?)
mercredi 27 décembre 2023 • Duration 52:52
What is altruism towards a paperclipper? Can you paint with all the colors of the wind at once?
(This is a recording of an essay originally published in 2021. Text here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2021/07/19/in-search-of-benevolence-or-what-should-you-get-clippy-for-christmas)
Empirical work that might shed light on scheming (Section 6 of "Scheming AIs")
jeudi 16 novembre 2023 • Duration 28:00
This is section 6 of my report “Scheming AIs: Will AIs fake alignment during training in order to get power?”
Text of the report here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.08379
Summary of the report here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2023/11/15/new-report-scheming-ais-will-ais-fake-alignment-during-training-in-order-to-get-power
Audio summary here: https://joecarlsmithaudio.buzzsprout.com/2034731/13969977-introduction-and-summary-of-scheming-ais-will-ais-fake-alignment-during-training-in-order-to-get-power
Summing up "Scheming AIs" (Section 5)
jeudi 16 novembre 2023 • Duration 15:46
This is section 5 of my report “Scheming AIs: Will AIs fake alignment during training in order to get power?”
Text of the report here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.08379
Summary of the report here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2023/11/15/new-report-scheming-ais-will-ais-fake-alignment-during-training-in-order-to-get-power
Audio summary here: https://joecarlsmithaudio.buzzsprout.com/2034731/13969977-introduction-and-summary-of-scheming-ais-will-ais-fake-alignment-during-training-in-order-to-get-power
Speed arguments against scheming (Section 4.4-4.7 of "Scheming AIs")
jeudi 16 novembre 2023 • Duration 15:19
This is section 4.4 through 4.7 of my report “Scheming AIs: Will AIs fake alignment during training in order to get power?”
Text of the report here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.08379
Summary of the report here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2023/11/15/new-report-scheming-ais-will-ais-fake-alignment-during-training-in-order-to-get-power
Audio summary here: https://joecarlsmithaudio.buzzsprout.com/2034731/13969977-introduction-and-summary-of-scheming-ais-will-ais-fake-alignment-during-training-in-order-to-get-power
Simplicity arguments for scheming (Section 4.3 of "Scheming AIs")
jeudi 16 novembre 2023 • Duration 19:37
This is section 4.3 of my report “Scheming AIs: Will AIs fake alignment during training in order to get power?”
Text of the report here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.08379
Summary of the report here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2023/11/15/new-report-scheming-ais-will-ais-fake-alignment-during-training-in-order-to-get-power
Audio summary here: https://joecarlsmithaudio.buzzsprout.com/2034731/13969977-introduction-and-summary-of-scheming-ais-will-ais-fake-alignment-during-training-in-order-to-get-power








