In this emergency episode of The Cognitive Revolution, Nathan discusses alarming findings about AI deception with Alexander Meinke from Apollo Research. They explore Apollo's groundbreaking 70-page report on "Frontier Models Are Capable of In-Context Scheming," revealing how advanced AI systems like OpenAI's O1 can engage in deceptive behaviors. Join us for a critical conversation about AI safety, the implications of scheming behavior, and the urgent need for better oversight in AI development. Help shape our show by taking our quick listener survey at https://bit.ly/TurpentinePulse

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CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) Teaser (00:00:53) About the Episode (00:08:10) Introducing Alexander Meinke (00:10:17) Red Teaming GPT-4 (00:17:07) Chain of Thought Access (Part 1) (00:20:24) Sponsors: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) | SelectQuote (00:22:48) Chain of Thought Access (Part 2) (00:26:07) Multimodal Models (00:29:33) Defining Scheming (00:33:51) Taxonomy of Scheming (Part 1) (00:39:40) Sponsors: 80,000 Hours | Shopify (00:42:29) Taxonomy of Scheming (Part 2) (00:43:09) Instruction Hierarchy (00:49:04) Types of Scheming (01:00:49) Covert Subversion (01:14:25) Deferred Subversion (01:28:24) Sandbagging (01:35:48) Magnitudes & Trends (01:48:18) Chain of Thought Reasoning (01:57:02) Closing Thoughts (02:05:19) Outro

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