Jacques Thibodeau

Jacques Thibodeau

Dec
19

(Linkpost) Results for a survey of tool use and workflows in alignment research

In March 22nd, 2022, we released a survey with an accompanying post for the purpose of getting more insight into
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Dec
16

How learning efficiently applies to alignment research

As we are trying to optimize for actually solving the problem, we should not fall into the trap of learning
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Dec
07

Differential Training Process: Delaying capabilities until inner aligned

I've been ruminating on an idea ever since I read the section on deception in "The Core
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Dec
07

Near-Term AI capabilities probably bring low-hanging fruits for global poverty/health

I'm an alignment researcher, but I still think we should be vigilant about how models like GPT-N could
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Dec
05

Is the "Valley of Confused Abstractions" real?

Epistemic Status: Quite confused. Using this short post as a signal for discussion. Here's a link to the
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Dec
05

Foresight for AGI Safety Strategy

For discussion: Link to LessWrong post. Link to EA Forum post. This post is about I think why we should
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Nov
28

Notes on Cicero

Link to YouTube explanation by Yannic Kilcher: Link to paper (sharing on GDrive since it's behind a paywall
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Nov
26

Detail about factual knowledge in Transformers

This post is currently in the Appendix of a much longer post I'm currently editing and waiting for
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Aug
13

Current Thoughts on my Learning System

TLDR of what I've been thinking about lately: * Learning is a set of skills. You need to practice
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Jul
27

What does "Effective" in EA mean to you?

In the lead-up to EAG SF, I took some time to think about what EA means to me. When I
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