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Surviving Petrov Day
Mati_Roy
Sep 26, 2020, 4:40 PM
35
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Petrov Day is not about unilateral action
sen
Sep 26, 2020, 1:41 PM
25
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What is complexity science? (Not computational complexity theory) How useful is it? What areas is it related to?
philip_b
Sep 26, 2020, 9:15 AM
7
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Honoring Petrov Day on LessWrong, in 2020
Ben Pace
Sep 26, 2020, 8:01 AM
117
points
100
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Link] Where did you get that idea in the first place? | Meaningness
Kenny
Sep 25, 2020, 3:38 PM
7
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Up close and personal with the world
dominicq
Sep 25, 2020, 6:52 AM
12
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Human Biases that Obscure AI Progress
Danielle Ensign
Sep 25, 2020, 12:24 AM
42
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Losing the forest for the trees with grid drawings
Adam Zerner
Sep 24, 2020, 9:13 PM
19
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Petrov Event Roundup 2020
Raemon
Sep 24, 2020, 9:07 PM
43
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Visualizing the textbook for fun and profit
DirectedEvolution
Sep 24, 2020, 7:37 PM
26
points
4
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Shittests are actually good
snog toddgrass
Sep 24, 2020, 5:20 PM
−11
points
23
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Scheduling Algorithm for a PhD Student
Tim Liptrot
Sep 24, 2020, 4:10 PM
7
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Covid 9/24: Until Morale Improves
Zvi
Sep 24, 2020, 3:40 PM
95
points
16
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Spoiler-Free Review: The Stanley Parable
Zvi
Sep 24, 2020, 2:40 PM
27
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
[Question]
Should it be a research paper or a blog post?
Sherrinford
Sep 24, 2020, 8:09 AM
15
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
David Deutsch on Universal Explainers and AI
alanf
Sep 24, 2020, 7:50 AM
4
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
I have discovered a new kind of unemployment.
Nathan Brooks
Sep 24, 2020, 1:04 AM
12
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(seekingalpha.com)
The rationalist community’s location problem
mingyuan
Sep 23, 2020, 6:39 PM
169
points
142
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[AN #118]: Risks, solutions, and prioritization in a world with many AI systems
Rohin Shah
Sep 23, 2020, 6:20 PM
15
points
6
comments
10
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Petrov Day Ritual: Coronavirus Edition
mingyuan
Sep 23, 2020, 4:41 PM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(thingofthings.wordpress.com)
Dehumanisation *errors*
Stuart_Armstrong
Sep 23, 2020, 9:51 AM
13
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The new Editor
habryka
Sep 23, 2020, 2:25 AM
58
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
New Tagging Power Tools: Dashboard + Upgraded Tag Editing Experience
Ruby
Sep 23, 2020, 1:49 AM
20
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
AI Advantages [Gems from the Wiki]
habryka
and
Kaj_Sotala
Sep 22, 2020, 10:44 PM
22
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.lesswrong.com)
Sunday September 27, 12:00PM (PT) — talks by Alex Flint, Alex Zhu and more
habryka
Sep 22, 2020, 9:59 PM
11
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Comparative Advantage is Not About Trade
johnswentworth
Sep 22, 2020, 6:43 PM
88
points
26
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Haters Gonna Hate Fallacy
Kaj_Sotala
Sep 22, 2020, 12:20 PM
47
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(kajsotala.fi)
Anthropomorphisation vs value learning: type 1 vs type 2 errors
Stuart_Armstrong
Sep 22, 2020, 10:46 AM
16
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Emptiness and Form
lsusr
Sep 22, 2020, 4:20 AM
9
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Forecasting Thread: Existential Risk
Amandango
Sep 22, 2020, 3:44 AM
43
points
39
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What AI companies would be most likely to have a positive long-term impact on the world as a result of investing in them?
MikkW
Sep 21, 2020, 11:41 PM
11
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Prepare for COVID-19 Human Challenge Trials — A Petition in Canada (and soon, the UK)
abierohrig
Sep 21, 2020, 7:38 PM
6
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How often do series C startups fail to exit?
Jessica Shu
Sep 21, 2020, 7:37 PM
14
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Needed: AI infohazard policy
Vanessa Kosoy
Sep 21, 2020, 3:26 PM
68
points
16
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Has anyone written stories happening in Hanson’s em world?
Mati_Roy
Sep 21, 2020, 2:37 PM
16
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Zen and Rationality: Just This Is It
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Sep 20, 2020, 10:31 PM
36
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
1
review
Clarifying “What failure looks like”
Sam Clarke
Sep 20, 2020, 8:40 PM
97
points
14
comments
17
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Are aircraft carriers super vulnerable in a modern war?
Liron
Sep 20, 2020, 6:52 PM
18
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
I’m Voting For Ranked Choice, But I Don’t Like It
jefftk
Sep 20, 2020, 6:40 PM
32
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
[Question]
Where is human level on text prediction? (GPTs task)
Daniel Kokotajlo
Sep 20, 2020, 9:00 AM
27
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
My (Mis)Adventures With Algorithmic Machine Learning
AHartNtkn
Sep 20, 2020, 5:31 AM
16
points
4
comments
41
min read
LW
link
Livestreaming monetisation models aka What do camgirls have in common with Twitch streamers?
characteristics
Sep 19, 2020, 6:57 PM
11
points
0
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(lillianli.substack.com)
Get Social Sector Leaders to Use Evidence With This 1 Weird Trick
Ian David Moss
Sep 19, 2020, 6:07 PM
2
points
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(medium.com)
Taking Social Initiative
Neel Nanda
Sep 19, 2020, 3:31 PM
19
points
2
comments
13
min read
LW
link
(www.neelnanda.io)
Why GPT wants to mesa-optimize & how we might change this
John_Maxwell
Sep 19, 2020, 1:48 PM
55
points
33
comments
9
min read
LW
link
EA Relationship Status
jefftk
Sep 19, 2020, 1:50 AM
28
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Draft report on AI timelines
Ajeya Cotra
Sep 18, 2020, 11:47 PM
215
points
56
comments
1
min read
LW
link
1
review
Link: Vitamin D Can Likely End the COVID-19 Pandemic—Rootclaim Blog
Kenny
Sep 18, 2020, 5:07 PM
20
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Expansive translations: considerations and possibilities
ozziegooen
Sep 18, 2020, 3:39 PM
43
points
15
comments
6
min read
LW
link
The “Backchaining to Local Search” Technique in AI Alignment
adamShimi
Sep 18, 2020, 3:05 PM
29
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
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