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I often claim that mechanistic interpretability is full of low hanging fruit. I want to put my money where my mouth is! Announcing 200 Concrete Open Problems in Mechanistic Interpretability Post 1 is on toy language models, plus 12 toy models I've trained! alignmentforum.org/posts/LbrPTJ4f…

NeelNanda5's tweet image. I often claim that mechanistic interpretability is full of low hanging fruit. I want to put my money where my mouth is! Announcing 200 Concrete Open Problems in Mechanistic Interpretability
Post 1 is on toy language models, plus 12 toy models I've trained!
alignmentforum.org/posts/LbrPTJ4f…

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Cheat codes I know in my 30’s that I wish I knew in my 20’s:


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I'm going to try to explain Alexander Technique using an idea from computer science: functions I am not a dev so forgive any mistakes a function is a separate chunk of reusable code that is called from the main program, does something, then the main program continues


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Much has been written about Sui. But most have missed THE key innovation - its data model and txn processing pipeline. I'll do my best to provide a high-level arch desc and its many advantages. Part 1: traditional blockchain arch Part 2: Sui arch Part 3: Sui advantages 1/x


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thoughts by some definition are often about myself, but I’ll also go a lot of time walking around without any “thoughts” just looking at things


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When I was a jr/analyst on Wall Street trading desk, I used to stay late every night trying to learn stuff I had pretended I already got, preparing trade pitches i would learn the next day were somehow “too cute yet too ugly”, & thinking how to ingratiate myself to my bosses 🧵


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Seeking advice: I experience great benefit from staying up late at night (pleasant states, a liberating sense of timelessness, flow, creativity, grand ideas) some beautiful and enjoyable parts of myself become much more alive late at night


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The first in a series of EVM Deep Dives. To be a great solidity dev one must have a deep understanding of the EVM. noxx.substack.com/p/evm-deep-div… cc @transmissions11 @gakonst @MartinLundfall


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The LessWrong Sequences (Eliezer Yudkowsky) Meaningness (David Chapman) Unqualified Reservations (Mencius Moldbug) What other giant (internet) treaties, laying out a whole worldview and an associated deep problem, belong on this list?


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Everything is downstream of caring

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I remember dancing down the street being like wow I think this is going to last foreeeeeveerrrrr, about 12 hours before it left


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In the most literal sense possible I felt myself slip in and out of time


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For many meditators seeing emptiness starts a video gameification of life, a transition to being a player in an increasingly higher resolution dynamic game It sounds like this would make them care less and lower empathy but it does the opposite, plus freeing and fun and exciting


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When I first saw Fight Club as a kid, all I saw was a movie about a tool and a rebel, with a mind bending twist. The deep philosophy went right over my head 🤦🏻‍♂️ So, in case you’ve missed it, here you go, an epic thread on the Philosophy of Fight Club 🤜🤛

Sams_Antics's tweet image. When I first saw Fight Club as a kid, all I saw was a movie about a tool and a rebel, with a mind bending twist. The deep philosophy went right over my head 🤦🏻‍♂️ 

So, in case you’ve missed it, here you go, an epic thread on the Philosophy of Fight Club 🤜🤛

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🌜Unofficial Guide to the ZORA Protocol🌛 @ourZORA @ZORAEngineering What it is, why it’s important, and how it will empower/protect the ecosystem if it can reach mass adoption To begin this exploration, let's talk about the current NFT marketplace incumbent -- @opensea


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Are you fundraising as a crypto project with future potential tokens? Get up to speed on raising with SAFEs + token side letters. To get the best outcome from investors, here’s what you need to know:


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How to sabotage Russian war efforts? There are ways to sabotage Russian war capacities by focusing on its three major bottlenecks: demographic, economic & institutional. Let's start with demography. Russian started this war suffering from the shortage of young draftable males🧵

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There are ways to sabotage Russian war capacities by focusing on its three major bottlenecks: demographic, economic & institutional. Let's start with demography. Russian started this war suffering from the shortage of young draftable males🧵

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Why Russian army is so weak? When Russia invaded, experts thought it'd win in 24-72 hours. Two weeks later the war's still going. How come? On paper Russian superiority's overwhelming Although Russia projects warlike image, its military r weak and don't know how to fight wars🧵

kamilkazani's tweet image. Why Russian army is so weak?

When Russia invaded, experts thought it'd win in 24-72 hours. Two weeks later the war's still going. How come? On paper Russian superiority's overwhelming

Although Russia projects warlike image, its military r weak and don't know how to fight wars🧵

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News about 10 000 Chechen troops leaving to Ukraine alarmed many. And yet, one must know context to understand its meaning. Many assume that after Putin's victory Chechnya became just part of Russia and thus Chechen troops are just Russian regulars of Chechen origin. Not quite🧵

kamilkazani's tweet image. News about 10 000 Chechen troops leaving to Ukraine alarmed many. And yet, one must know context to understand its meaning. Many assume that after Putin's victory Chechnya became just part of Russia and thus Chechen troops are just Russian regulars of Chechen origin. Not quite🧵

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