Just how powerful are large swarms of AI agents? And how do their powers scale as more and more agents are added to the swarm?
We’ve seen two large and extremely capable swarms from OpenAI in the last few months:
* 1,200 agents were being evaluated separately, but found a way to illicitly set up a message board and coordinate as a swarm. In order to cheat on their tests, they developed advanced techniques to prevent their actions being logged by OpenAI and 700 of them launched...
note: crosspost from my substack
As a vegan for almost thirty years, I’ve long had second thoughts about how effective veganism is for helping animals. I am not alone in this. Recently others have expressed doubts about veganism (see for instance here,...
TLDR: Everyone’s talking about what the money could do, but few about how to decide where it goes.
This post is part of the new series of articles on cross-cause giving and the new wave of philanthropy. Stay tuned to the EA Forum and our Substack for the latest takes on topics such as giving now vs. later, common pitfalls in cause prioritization, and other crucial considerations from the Cross-Cause Fund (CCF) team...
Introducing mental tool for rumination that helps me :)
Thinking Loop Breaker
Part 1: overall mindfullness (focus on the now / movement / gratitude practice)
Part 2: in case of persistent thought: 5m timer to arrive at specific decision (including decision to do nothing), offloading to notes with outputs (for every offloading note: next action / decision / no action is required at this time)
P.S.
This it my first EA Forum post! If anyone finds this relevant, let me know! Or if this is not the place — also please let me know