Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: The Giving Green Fund is evolving, published by Giving Green on July 17, 2024 on The Effective Altruism Forum.Giving Green's mission is to direct climate mitigation funding towards the highe…

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Categories of leadership on technical teams, published by benkuhn on July 22, 2024 on LessWrong.This is an adaptation of an internal doc I wrote for Anthropic.Recently I've been having a lot…

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: The $100B plan with "70% risk of killing us all" w Stephen Fry [video], published by Oleg Trott on July 22, 2024 on LessWrong.A high production value 16-minute video that summarizes the popu…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Efficient Dictionary Learning with Switch Sparse Autoencoders, published by Anish Mudide on July 22, 2024 on LessWrong.Produced as part of the ML Alignment & Theory …

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Efficient Dictionary Learning with Switch Sparse Autoencoders, published by Anish Mudide on July 22, 2024 on LessWrong.Produced as part of the ML Alignment & Theory Scholars Program - Summer…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Analyzing DeepMind's Probabilistic Methods for Evaluating Agent Capabilities, published by Axel Højmark on July 22, 2024 on LessWrong.Produced as part of the MATS Pr…

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Analyzing DeepMind's Probabilistic Methods for Evaluating Agent Capabilities, published by Axel Højmark on July 22, 2024 on LessWrong.Produced as part of the MATS Program Summer 2024 Cohort.…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: On the CrowdStrike Incident, published by Zvi on July 22, 2024 on LessWrong.Things went very wrong on Friday.A bugged CrowdStrike update temporarily bricked quite a …

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: On the CrowdStrike Incident, published by Zvi on July 22, 2024 on LessWrong.Things went very wrong on Friday.A bugged CrowdStrike update temporarily bricked quite a lot of computers, bringin…

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Peter Singer AMA (July 30th), published by Toby Tremlett on July 22, 2024 on The Effective Altruism Forum.On July 30th, Peter Singer will be answering your questions in a Forum AMA. He has a…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Coalitional agency, published by Richard Ngo on July 22, 2024 on The AI Alignment Forum.The coalitional frameEarlier in this sequence I laid out an argument that the…

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Coalitional agency, published by Richard Ngo on July 22, 2024 on The AI Alignment Forum.The coalitional frameEarlier in this sequence I laid out an argument that the goals of increasingly in…

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: A simple model of math skill, published by Alex Altair on July 21, 2024 on LessWrong.I've noticed that when trying to understand a math paper, there are a few different ways my skill level c…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: A simple model of math skill, published by Alex Altair on July 21, 2024 on LessWrong.I've noticed that when trying to understand a math paper, there are a few differ…

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: aimless ace analyzes active amateur: a micro-aaaaalignment proposal, published by Luke H Miles on July 21, 2024 on The AI Alignment Forum.This idea is so simple that I'm sure it's been had b…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: aimless ace analyzes active amateur: a micro-aaaaalignment proposal, published by Luke H Miles on July 21, 2024 on The AI Alignment Forum.This idea is so simple that…

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: animal welfare outside of EA - numbers and thoughts on UFAW 2024, published by ARM on July 21, 2024 on The Effective Altruism Forum.Last week I attended the UFAW International Animal Welfare…

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: New 80k problem profile: Nuclear weapons, published by Benjamin Hilton on July 21, 2024 on The Effective Altruism Forum.Note: this post is a (minorly) edited version of a new 80,000 Hours pr…

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Why Georgism Lost Its Popularity, published by Zero Contradictions on July 21, 2024 on LessWrong.Henry George's 1879 book Progress & Poverty was the second best-selling book in the entire wo…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Why Georgism Lost Its Popularity, published by Zero Contradictions on July 21, 2024 on LessWrong.Henry George's 1879 book Progress & Poverty was the second best-sell…

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: (Approximately) Deterministic Natural Latents, published by johnswentworth on July 21, 2024 on LessWrong.Background: Natural Latents: The Math, Natural Latents: The Concepts, Why Care About …

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: (Approximately) Deterministic Natural Latents, published by johnswentworth on July 21, 2024 on LessWrong.Background: Natural Latents: The Math, Natural Latents: The …

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: A more systematic case for inner misalignment, published by Richard Ngo on July 20, 2024 on The AI Alignment Forum.This post builds on my previous post making the case that squiggle-maximize…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: A more systematic case for inner misalignment, published by Richard Ngo on July 20, 2024 on The AI Alignment Forum.This post builds on my previous post making the ca…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: BatchTopK: A Simple Improvement for TopK-SAEs, published by Bart Bussmann on July 20, 2024 on The AI Alignment Forum.Work done in Neel Nanda's stream of MATS 6.0.Epi…

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: BatchTopK: A Simple Improvement for TopK-SAEs, published by Bart Bussmann on July 20, 2024 on The AI Alignment Forum.Work done in Neel Nanda's stream of MATS 6.0.Epistemic status: Tried this…

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: New Book: "Minimalist Axiologies: Alternatives to 'Good Minus Bad' Views of Value", published by Teo Ajantaival on July 20, 2024 on The Effective Altruism Forum.I have just published a book …

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Feature Targeted LLC Estimation Distinguishes SAE Features from Random Directions, published by Lidor Banuel Dabbah on July 19, 2024 on LessWrong.Tl;dr: In this post we present the explorato…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Feature Targeted LLC Estimation Distinguishes SAE Features from Random Directions, published by Lidor Banuel Dabbah on July 19, 2024 on LessWrong.Tl;dr: In this post…

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Feature Targeted LLC Estimation Distinguishes SAE Features from Random Directions, published by Lidor Banuel Dabbah on July 19, 2024 on The AI Alignment Forum.Tl;dr: In this post we present …

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Feature Targeted LLC Estimation Distinguishes SAE Features from Random Directions, published by Lidor Banuel Dabbah on July 19, 2024 on The AI Alignment Forum.Tl;dr:…

Link to original article Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Truth is Universal: Robust Detection of Lies in LLMs, published by Lennart Buerger on July 19, 2024 on The AI Alignment Forum.A short summary of the paper is present…

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Truth is Universal: Robust Detection of Lies in LLMs, published by Lennart Buerger on July 19, 2024 on The AI Alignment Forum.A short summary of the paper is presented below.TL;DR: We develo…