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Multiple readings Unit distance remarks Research & technical analysis · 2 attributable reactions Shared emphasis Making AI Safe Requires More Than Constraining Its Instructions Research & technical analysis · 2 attributable reactions
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Established AI field signal Signal 3d ago
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Unit distance remarks

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Why this matches Research & technical analysis reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · James Grimmelmann
“The companion paper contains a version of the (dis)proof in the level of detail expected by the mathematical community, and some of the mathematicians whose comments are included there have the expertise to vouch for its correctness. cdn.openai.com/pdf/74c2…” evidence ↗
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Ben Recht Suresh Venkatasubramanian Grace James Grimmelmann Benjamin Riley
8 experts discussed this · 47 posts
Colin: I hate that today’s most prominent AI skeptics keep forcing me to argue against them. I yearn to join them in the fight against the booster zealots, wherein there is still plenty of room for legiti…
Colin: The questions available to a skeptic today are kind of esoteric, like “how much should we as a society be willing to pay for theorems”
Ben Recht: The way forward is through the mushy middle. This technology is amazing. It works and breaks in surprising ways. The main boosters are lunatics. And the loudest critics are detached from reality. F…
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Established Safety & security Analysis 20d ago
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AI safety beyond instruction constraints

Making AI Safe Requires More Than Constraining Its Instructions

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Why this matches Research & technical analysis reaction 2 attributable expert contributions · Justin Hendrix, Tech Policy Press
“Anna Neumann, Holli Sargeant and Jat Singh argue that system prompts alone don't predict model behavior, so AI safety assessments must evaluate a system's outputs, not solely its written instructions. techpolicy.press/making-ai-safe-requires-more-than-const…” evidence ↗
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Justin Hendrix Suresh Venkatasubramanian Tech Policy Press Stefanie Hane
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“Anna Neumann, Holli Sargeant and Jat Singh argue that system prompts alone don't predict model behavior, so AI safety assessments must evaluate a system's outputs, not solely its written instructions. techpolicy.press/making-ai-safe-requires-more-than-const…”

2 experts discussed this · 2 posts
Tech Policy Press: Anna Neumann, Holli Sargeant and Jat Singh argue that system prompts alone don't predict model behavior, so AI safety assessments must evaluate a system's outputs, not solely its written instructions.
Jonathan Stray: I'll go one further and suggest that what we really need to do is evaluate these systems' effects on humans -- not just what they say. I'm working on one possible way to do this efficiently www.gre…
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4 experts · 7 posts · 20d ago
Thomas Dietterich Suresh Venkatasubramanian 🌶 David Gray Widder Shubhendu Trivedi
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“There's a significant uptake in people I don't know requesting endorsements for their arxiv submissions. I wonder if others are seeing the same thing. @tdietterich.bsky.social do you have any insig…” evidence ↗
Suresh Venkatasubramanian: There's a significant uptake in people I don't know requesting endorsements for their arxiv submissions. I wonder if others are seeing the same thing. @tdietterich.bsky.social do you have any insig…
🌶 David Gray Widder: I definitely am- 3 in last week, for various categories.
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