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client: lesswrong
project_id: curated
feed_id: ai, ai_safety, ai_safety__technical
narrator: pw
qa: km
narrator_time: 3h30m
qa_time: 0h50m
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In this article, I will present a mechanistic explanation of the Waluigi Effect and other bizarre "semiotic" phenomena which arise within large language models such as GPT-3/3.5/4 and their variants (ChatGPT, Sydney, etc). This article will be folklorish to some readers, and profoundly novel to others.
