Deconfusion

Edited by abramdemski last updated 17th Mar 2021

Narrowly, deconfusion is a specific branch of AI alignment research, discussed in MIRI's 2018 research update. More broadly, the term applies to any domain. Quoting from the research update:

By deconfusion, I mean something like “making it so that you can think about a given topic without continuously accidentally spouting nonsense.”

Posts tagged Deconfusion

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63Looking Deeper at Deconfusion

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adamShimi

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72Builder/Breaker for Deconfusion

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abramdemski

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28Traps of Formalization in Deconfusion

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adamShimi

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53On MIRI's new research directions

Rob Bensinger

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171. A Sense of Fairness: Deconfusing Ethics

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RogerDearnaley

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12Deconfusing ‘AI’ and ‘evolution’

Remmelt

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144Exercises in Comprehensive Information Gathering

johnswentworth

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136Deconfusing Direct vs Amortised Optimization

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beren

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91Modelling Transformative AI Risks (MTAIR) Project: Introduction

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Davidmanheim, Aryeh Englander

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76My research agenda in agent foundations

Alex_Altair

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69Strategy is the Deconfusion of Action

ryan_b

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38Applications for Deconfusing Goal-Directedness

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adamShimi

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35Classification of AI alignment research: deconfusion, "good enough" non-superintelligent AI alignment, superintelligent AI alignment

philip_b

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31Musings on general systems alignment

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Alex Flint

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26Deceptive Alignment and Homuncularity

Oliver Sourbut, TurnTrout

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