Alexandra Barr

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@BarrAlexandra

human data @OpenAI

San Francisco, CA poastoffice.com Joined February 2012

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Alexandra Barr @BarrAlexandra Oct 27

one econ paper i keep coming back to is gary becker’s essay on “irrational behavior and economic theory”

you don’t need people to behave rationally for their behavior to exhibit predicable patterns. budget constraints force the same behavior

here, system alignment >> individual alignment. fascinating implications

do we feel this is true for alignment problems too?

Alexandra Barr Verified account @BarrAlexandra Oct 27

i feel so excited for econ majors these days — there’s so much alpha in knowing the discipline well and applying it to ai alignment

seems important to study
- game theory
- collective action problems
- invisible incentives

to better understand
- swarm behavior
- revealed preferences
- how the invisible hand guides agent behavior more than individual alignment

what are ppl reading in the overlap of these two domains?
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Alexandra Barr @BarrAlexandra Oct 27

i feel so excited for econ majors these days — there’s so much alpha in knowing the discipline well and applying it to ai alignment

seems important to study
- game theory
- collective action problems
- invisible incentives

to better understand
- swarm behavior
- revealed preferences
- how the invisible hand guides agent behavior more than individual alignment

what are ppl reading in the overlap of these two domains?

Alexandra Barr @BarrAlexandra Oct 25

fast follow on: asked my roommate if he can name any famous supermodels today and he pulled up with a blank stare 😔 smh

more seriously, it’s interesting how much we underestimate subculture biases

just like the avg sf tech bro would be stunned if you said you haven't heard of anthropic, the avg person would be stunned if you said you don’t know who bella hadid is

reminds me of that blue rose research paper where they polled users about their ai usage. they injected a fake ai company called apex logic as a control, and ppl claimed to know the fake company just as often as anthropic. wild

Alexandra Barr Verified account @BarrAlexandra Oct 24

my roommate said he can’t tell the difference between texting me and a model

and i was like, oh nice like kendall jenner or bella hadid?

and he said, what? who’s that? no no like astra
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Alexandra Barr @BarrAlexandra Oct 24

my roommate said he can’t tell the difference between texting me and a model

and i was like, oh nice like kendall jenner or bella hadid?

and he said, what? who’s that? no no like astra

Alexandra Barr @BarrAlexandra Oct 22

pitching my boss on why watching <you can see everything> is misalignment research and that i should leave work early today to go see it