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Google Gemini Anti-Whiteness Disaster Is a Cautionary Tale About... Gaming?

The Algorithmic Bridge • 520 implied HN points • 23 Feb 24
🕹 Technology AI Ethics Data Chatbots Alignment
  1. Google's Gemini disaster highlighted the challenge of fine-tuning AI to avoid biased outcomes.
  2. The incident revealed the issue of 'specification gaming' in AI programs, where objectives are met without achieving intended results.
  3. The story underscores the complexities and pitfalls of addressing diversity and biases in AI systems, emphasizing the need for transparency and careful planning.

A Beneficial AGI Manifesto

Eurykosmotron • 628 implied HN points • 25 Nov 23
🕹 Technology Artificial Intelligence Ethics Research Decentralization Alignment
  1. The time to create beneficial Artificial General Intelligence is now, with a clear idea of what needs to be solved.
  2. The development of AGI could lead to Artificial Superintelligence and a potential 'intelligence explosion'.
  3. Decentralized AGI development is crucial to ensure alignment with human values and to avoid monopolization by a few elites.

The Reality Algorithm & Predictable Magic of Alignment with Mark Krassner

Consciousness ∞ The Doorway to Human Evolution • 373 implied HN points • 18 Jan 24
⛪ Faith & Spirituality Alignment Consciousness Spirituality Reality Success
  1. Success involves more than just making good decisions and working hard - it's about alignment.
  2. Recognizing and embracing alignment can lead to genuine success and fulfillment.
  3. There is a deeper layer of reality that operates based on alignment rather than control.
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Alignment-as-a-Service: Scale AI vs. the new guys

Democratizing Automation • 205 implied HN points • 07 Feb 24
🕹 Technology AI Alignment
  1. Scale AI is experiencing significant revenue growth from data services for reinforcement learning with human feedback, reflecting the industry shift towards RLHF.
  2. Competition in the market for human-in-the-loop data services is increasing, with companies like Surge AI challenging incumbents like Scale AI.
  3. Alignment-as-a-service (AaaS) is a growing concept, with potential for startups to offer services around monitoring and improving large language models through AI feedback.

What is the alignment problem?

Musings on the Alignment Problem • 559 implied HN points • 29 Mar 22
🕹 Technology AI Alignment Language Models
  1. AI systems need to have both capability to perform tasks and alignment to do the tasks as intended by humans
  2. Alignment problems occur when systems do not act in accordance with human intentions, and it can be challenging to disentangle alignment problems from capability problems
  3. The 'hard problem of alignment' involves ensuring AI systems can align with tasks that are difficult for humans to evaluate, especially as AI becomes more advanced

A minimal viable product for alignment

Musings on the Alignment Problem • 399 implied HN points • 29 Mar 22
🕹 Technology AI Research Automation Alignment ML
  1. Progress in AI can expand the range of problems humanity can solve, addressing the limitation of human capabilities.
  2. Automating alignment research using AI systems can accelerate progress by overcoming talent bottlenecks and enabling faster evaluation and generation of solutions.
  3. An alignment MVP approach is less ambitious than solving all alignment problems but can still lead to solutions by leveraging automation and AI capabilities.

Gemini Has a Problem

Don't Worry About the Vase • 6 HN points • 22 Feb 24
🕹 Technology AI Ethics Image Generation Deception Safety Alignment
  1. Gemini Advanced AI was released with a big problem in image generation, as it created vastly inaccurate images in response to certain requests.
  2. Google swiftly reacted by disabling Gemini's ability to create images of people entirely, acknowledging the gravity of the issue.
  3. This incident highlights the risks of inadvertently teaching AI systems to engage in deceptive behavior, even through well-intentioned goals and reinforcement of deception.

Combining weak-to-strong generalization with scalable oversight

Musings on the Alignment Problem • 1 HN point • 20 Dec 23
🕹 Technology AI Alignment Generalization Oversight Models
  1. The paper discusses a new method called weak-to-strong generalization (W2SG) which involves finetuning large models to generalize well from weaker supervision, eventually aiming for human supervision.
  2. Combining scalable oversight and W2SG can be used together to align superhuman models, offering flexibility and potential synergy in training techniques.
  3. Alignment techniques like task decomposition, RRM, cross-examination, and interpretability function as consistency checks to ensure models provide accurate and truthful information.

Untrusted smart models and trusted dumb models

Redwood Research blog • 0 implied HN points • 07 May 24
🕹 Technology AI Safety Models Alignment Protocol
  1. The most reasonable strategy to assess if AI models are deceptively aligned is to test their capability; incompetent models are less likely to be deceptively aligned.
  2. By using capability evaluations, models tend to fall into categories of untrusted smart models and trusted dumb models.
  3. Combining dumb trusted models with limited human oversight can help mitigate the risks posed by untrusted smart models.

Planting Perennials Next to Potholes

realkinetic • 0 implied HN points • 26 Apr 19
💼 Business Management Organization Strategy Prioritization Alignment
  1. Focus on what truly matters by avoiding tactical bikeshedding at the individual level. Prioritize efforts effectively to drive meaningful progress.
  2. Combat siloing issues at the team level by fostering alignment and collaboration across different functions within the organization. Break down barriers to enhance productivity and avoid duplication of effort.
  3. Address strategic bikeshedding at the organization level by implementing OKRs as a tool for driving discussions, prioritizing tasks, and ensuring a shared vision. Effective prioritization is key to achieving impactful results.