{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"38.0 - Zhijing Jin on LLMs, Causality, and Multi-Agent Systems","description":"Do language models understand the causal structure of the world, or do they merely note correlations? And what happens when you build a big AI society out of them? In this brief episode, recorded at the Bay Area Alignment Workshop, I chat with Zhijing Jin about her research on these questions. Patreon: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/axrpodcast Ko-fi: https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/axrpodcast The transcript:  https:\/\/axrp.net\/episode\/2024\/11\/14\/episode-38_0-zhijing-jin-llms-causality-multi-agent-systems.html FAR.AI: https:\/\/far.ai\/ FAR.AI on X (aka Twitter): https:\/\/x.com\/farairesearch FAR.AI on YouTube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@FARAIResearch The Alignment Workshop: https:\/\/www.alignment-workshop.com\/ &amp;nbsp; Topics we discuss, and timestamps: 00:35 - How the Alignment Workshop is 00:47 - How Zhijing got interested in causality and natural language processing 03:14 - Causality and alignment 06:21 - Causality without randomness 10:07 - Causal abstraction 11:42 - Why LLM causal reasoning? 13:20 - Understanding LLM causal reasoning 16:33 - Multi-agent systems &amp;nbsp; Links: Zhijing's website: https:\/\/zhijing-jin.com\/fantasy\/ Zhijing on X (aka Twitter): https:\/\/x.com\/zhijingjin Can Large Language Models Infer Causation from Correlation?: https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2306.05836 Cooperate or Collapse: Emergence of Sustainable Cooperation in a Society of LLM Agents: https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2404.16698 &amp;nbsp; Episode art by Hamish Doodles:&amp;nbsp;hamishdoodles.com ","author_name":"AXRP - the AI X-risk Research Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/axrp.net","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/33925867\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/181101922"}