Miri
PulseAugur coverage of Miri — every cluster mentioning Miri across labs, papers, and developer communities, ranked by signal.
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AI Pause Discussion Emerges Amidst Linguistic Debate in Open Thread
Scott Alexander's Open Thread 444 features discussions on various topics, including a debate over Jeremy Bentham's linguistic priority, with Quentin Murphy presenting counter-evidence. The thread also touches upon the H…
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New concept 'Long Self-Correction' argues humanity needs fixing before AI
The concept of "Long Self-Correction" is proposed as an alternative to "AI Pause" and "Long Reflection," arguing that humanity's inherent flaws, not just AI's potential risks, necessitate a prolonged period of self-impr…
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AI safety protest planned, PFAS study seeks participants, university groups sought
Scott Alexander's weekly open thread covers several distinct topics, including a pilot study for a product called NeutraOat designed to bind PFAS chemicals in the gut. Additionally, the Machine Intelligence Research Ins…
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Google's Demis Hassabis proposes AI standards body amid safety concerns
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis has proposed the creation of a US government-based Frontier AI Standards Body to regulate advanced AI labs. This proposal, outlined in his essay "A Framework for Frontier AI and the Da…
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AI fairness conditions Löbian and Payorian proven equivalent
A researcher has demonstrated that two distinct fairness conditions for AI agents, "Löbian fairness" and "Payorian fairness," are mathematically equivalent. Initially proposed in the context of a proof-based prisoner's …
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James Webb Telescope captures most detailed Centaurus A images for 4th anniversary
NASA has released new, highly detailed images of the Centaurus A galaxy, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, to commemorate its fourth anniversary of operations. These images provide unprecedented views of the g…
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Rationalist ideology's influence on AI pioneers debated
This email exchange discusses the philosophical underpinnings of the rationalist movement and its influence on AI pioneers like those at DeepMind and OpenAI. The author argues that the rationalist ideology, particularly…
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Children's book metaphor illuminates AI safety challenges
This article uses a 1977 children's book, "Cookie Monster and the Cookie Tree," as an extended metaphor to explore AI safety concepts. It draws parallels between the story's characters and plot points to discuss AGI ris…
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AI agency may be socially learned, not internally emergent
The author proposes that human agency and planning are not emergent properties of a core intelligence, but rather a collection of distinct, socially learned behaviors. This perspective suggests that sophisticated planni…
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AGI hardware limits may fail due to a 'fatal gap'
A proposed method to prevent dangerous superintelligent AI, known as AGI, involves restricting access to advanced computer hardware. However, a significant challenge arises from a potential "hardware gap" where the mini…
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LLMs consistently produce unsafe Rust code errors
A developer spent six months having large language models write unsafe Rust code for production projects. The models consistently made specific types of errors, including issues with aliasing, provenance, manual memory …
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AI risk discourse predates tech CEOs, author argues
The author argues that concerns about advanced AI posing an existential threat predate and are independent of the rise of AI companies. They recount personal involvement in the AI safety community since at least 2009, b…