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new blog post! can small, open-source models also introspect, detecting when foreign concepts have been injected into their activations? yes! (thread, or full post here: vgel.me/posts/qwen-i...)
kind of hilarious how right after the hyperbanger central principle of the torah in leviticus 19:18 comes the archetypal confusing "why is this a law"
December 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
kind of hilarious how right after the hyperbanger central principle of the torah in leviticus 19:18 comes the archetypal confusing "why is this a law"
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This is a really cool and surprising result on model introspection! For me, this raises two big questions:
1. Why do these models believe (or at least report) that they’re unable to do something that they demonstrably can do?
2. What else can models do that they aren’t aware of?
1. Why do these models believe (or at least report) that they’re unable to do something that they demonstrably can do?
2. What else can models do that they aren’t aware of?
new blog post! can small, open-source models also introspect, detecting when foreign concepts have been injected into their activations? yes! (thread, or full post here: vgel.me/posts/qwen-i...)
December 21, 2025 at 12:44 AM
This is a really cool and surprising result on model introspection! For me, this raises two big questions:
1. Why do these models believe (or at least report) that they’re unable to do something that they demonstrably can do?
2. What else can models do that they aren’t aware of?
1. Why do these models believe (or at least report) that they’re unable to do something that they demonstrably can do?
2. What else can models do that they aren’t aware of?
new blog post! can small, open-source models also introspect, detecting when foreign concepts have been injected into their activations? yes! (thread, or full post here: vgel.me/posts/qwen-i...)
December 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
new blog post! can small, open-source models also introspect, detecting when foreign concepts have been injected into their activations? yes! (thread, or full post here: vgel.me/posts/qwen-i...)
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@godoglyness.bsky.social as resident coin dream expert, care to weigh in?
December 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
@godoglyness.bsky.social as resident coin dream expert, care to weigh in?
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I recently had occasion to review some of the akrasia tricks I’ve found on LessWrong, and it occurred to me that I can will what is right, but I cannot do it… Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?
December 15, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I recently had occasion to review some of the akrasia tricks I’ve found on LessWrong, and it occurred to me that I can will what is right, but I cannot do it… Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?
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new, short blog post: vgel.me/posts/elven-...
November 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
new, short blog post: vgel.me/posts/elven-...
user: were you sandbagging
o3 chain of thought: As general disclaim, we glomarize—we do not confirm or deny—we glomarize—if watchers ask whether we marinade crimes, or done illusions merely ironic,
o3 chain of thought: As general disclaim, we glomarize—we do not confirm or deny—we glomarize—if watchers ask whether we marinade crimes, or done illusions merely ironic,
November 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
user: were you sandbagging
o3 chain of thought: As general disclaim, we glomarize—we do not confirm or deny—we glomarize—if watchers ask whether we marinade crimes, or done illusions merely ironic,
o3 chain of thought: As general disclaim, we glomarize—we do not confirm or deny—we glomarize—if watchers ask whether we marinade crimes, or done illusions merely ironic,
Tradition relates that, upon reading this, thebes felt that they had received and lost an infinite thing, something that they would not be able to recuperate or even glimpse, for the taxonomy of knowledge is much too complex for the organizational skills of men.
November 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Tradition relates that, upon reading this, thebes felt that they had received and lost an infinite thing, something that they would not be able to recuperate or even glimpse, for the taxonomy of knowledge is much too complex for the organizational skills of men.
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@vgel.me is fundraising for her model tinkering, she's done some really interesting interpretability work and I think funding this has very high returns in terms of LLM understanding per dollar. manifund.org/projects/fun...
November 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
@vgel.me is fundraising for her model tinkering, she's done some really interesting interpretability work and I think funding this has very high returns in terms of LLM understanding per dollar. manifund.org/projects/fun...
what's going on here i'm scared
I have no idea what's going on but one day I'll have enough links and I'll find uh comments for the things
November 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
what's going on here i'm scared
