The Col­lid­ing Ex­po­nen­tials of AI

VermillionOct 14, 2020, 11:31 PM
28 points
16 comments5 min readLW link

Le­gal­ize Black­mail: An Example

Tim LiptrotOct 14, 2020, 9:18 PM
0 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Liber­tar­i­anism, Ne­oliber­al­ism and Med­i­care for All?

Logan ZoellnerOct 14, 2020, 9:06 PM
5 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Has Eliezer ever re­tracted his state­ments about weight loss?

CheerfulWarriorOct 14, 2020, 7:04 PM
−14 points
32 comments1 min readLW link

[AN #121]: Fore­cast­ing trans­for­ma­tive AI timelines us­ing biolog­i­cal anchors

Rohin ShahOct 14, 2020, 5:20 PM
28 points
5 comments14 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

[Question] What is your elec­tronic draw­ing set up?

ElizabethOct 14, 2020, 5:42 AM
18 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

The Solomonoff Prior is Malign

Mark XuOct 14, 2020, 1:33 AM
179 points
52 comments16 min readLW link3 reviews

Toy Prob­lem: De­tec­tive Story Alignment

johnswentworthOct 13, 2020, 9:02 PM
34 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Tech­nol­ogy and its side effects

jasoncrawfordOct 13, 2020, 8:07 PM
17 points
3 comments3 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Knowl­edge, ma­nipu­la­tion, and free will

Stuart_ArmstrongOct 13, 2020, 5:47 PM
33 points
15 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What should ex­pe­rienced ra­tio­nal­ists know?

sapphireOct 13, 2020, 5:32 PM
89 points
18 comments2 min readLW link

A prior for tech­nolog­i­cal discontinuities

NunoSempereOct 13, 2020, 4:51 PM
71 points
17 comments6 min readLW link

A study on depression

vlad.proexOct 13, 2020, 3:43 PM
21 points
1 comment9 min readLW link

[Question] Does any­one worry about A.I. fo­rums like this where they re­in­force each other’s bi­ases/​ are led by big tech?

misabella16Oct 13, 2020, 3:14 PM
4 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

The Achilles Heel Hy­poth­e­sis for AI

scasperOct 13, 2020, 2:35 PM
20 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What fea­tures would you like a pre­dic­tion plat­form to have?

Mati_RoyOct 13, 2020, 12:48 AM
11 points
6 commentsLW link

[Question] Have the lock­downs been worth it?

Oct 12, 2020, 11:35 PM
70 points
32 comments1 min readLW link

Po­lice vi­o­lence: The veil of darkness

dynomightOct 12, 2020, 9:32 PM
4 points
28 comments1 min readLW link
(dyno-might.github.io)

The Sun Room

Jarred FilmerOct 12, 2020, 9:08 PM
19 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

A full ex­pla­na­tion to New­comb’s para­dox.

solomon alonOct 12, 2020, 4:48 PM
−6 points
12 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] How much to worry about the US elec­tion un­rest?

NoSignalNoNoiseOct 12, 2020, 3:39 AM
23 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Msg Len

Zack_M_DavisOct 12, 2020, 3:35 AM
66 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Every­thing I Know About Elite Amer­ica I Learned From ‘Fresh Prince’ and ‘West Wing’

Wei DaiOct 11, 2020, 6:07 PM
44 points
18 comments1 min readLW link
(www.nytimes.com)

All Less­wrong Posts by Yud­kowsky in one .epub

sone3dOct 11, 2020, 1:17 PM
23 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Charisma is a Force Multiplier

Davis_KingsleyOct 11, 2020, 10:21 AM
39 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Re­views of the book ‘The Align­ment Prob­lem’

Mati_RoyOct 11, 2020, 7:41 AM
8 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Re­views of TV show NeXt (about AI safety)

Mati_RoyOct 11, 2020, 4:31 AM
26 points
4 commentsLW link

Why Bos­ton?

jefftkOct 11, 2020, 2:40 AM
60 points
86 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Rule of Equal and Op­po­site Ad­vice & Slack

tinyanonOct 10, 2020, 9:22 PM
42 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Ex­am­ples of pos­i­tive-sum(ish) games?

Nicholas / Heather KrossOct 10, 2020, 9:09 PM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Philos­o­phy of Therapy

DaystarEldOct 10, 2020, 8:12 PM
121 points
27 comments16 min readLW link
(daystareld.com)

On Slack—Hav­ing room to be excited

Neel NandaOct 10, 2020, 7:02 PM
19 points
8 comments13 min readLW link
(www.neelnanda.io)

How to reach 80% of your goals. Ex­actly 80%.

Bart BussmannOct 10, 2020, 5:33 PM
36 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Log­i­cal Foun­da­tions of Govern­ment Policy

FCCCOct 10, 2020, 5:05 PM
2 points
0 comments17 min readLW link

Alpha α and Beta β

lsusrOct 10, 2020, 6:27 AM
9 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Danc­ing With Covid

jefftkOct 10, 2020, 2:10 AM
14 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Is liber­tar­i­anism un­sus­tain­able? Why?

Vishrut AryaOct 10, 2020, 2:09 AM
2 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

The Treach­er­ous Path to Rationality

Jacob FalkovichOct 9, 2020, 3:34 PM
207 points
116 comments11 min readLW link1 review

[Question] If GPT-6 is hu­man-level AGI but costs $200 per page of out­put, what would hap­pen?

Daniel KokotajloOct 9, 2020, 12:00 PM
29 points
30 comments1 min readLW link

The Dar­win Game

lsusrOct 9, 2020, 10:19 AM
92 points
131 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Shouldn’t there be a Chi­nese trans­la­tion of Hu­man Com­pat­i­ble?

mako yassOct 9, 2020, 8:47 AM
18 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

More Ques­tions about Trees

digital_carverOct 9, 2020, 8:35 AM
3 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(bit-player.org)

How to Price a Fu­tures Contract

lsusrOct 9, 2020, 7:37 AM
22 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

Some el­e­ments of in­dus­trial literacy

jasoncrawfordOct 8, 2020, 7:51 PM
9 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

[Question] What was your be­hav­ioral re­sponse to covid-19 ?

George3d6Oct 8, 2020, 7:27 PM
7 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Sor­ti­tion Model of Mo­ral Uncertainty

B JacobsOct 8, 2020, 5:44 PM
9 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Help wanted: feed­back on re­search pro­pos­als for FHI application

otto.bartenOct 8, 2020, 2:42 PM
2 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why isn’t JS a pop­u­lar lan­guage for deep learn­ing?

Will ClarkOct 8, 2020, 2:36 PM
12 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 10/​8: Oc­to­ber Surprise

ZviOct 8, 2020, 1:20 PM
66 points
17 comments29 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

On­line AI Safety Dis­cus­sion Day

Linda LinseforsOct 8, 2020, 12:11 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link