A Parable of Four Riders

matejsuchyOct 30, 2020, 11:24 PM
3 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why does His­tory as­sume equal na­tional in­tel­li­gence?

HumaneAutomationOct 30, 2020, 11:11 PM
1 point
38 comments1 min readLW link

/​r/​MLS­cal­ing: new sub­red­dit for NN scal­ing re­search/​discussion

gwernOct 30, 2020, 8:50 PM
21 points
0 commentsLW link
(www.reddit.com)

Func­tors and Coarse Worlds

Scott GarrabrantOct 30, 2020, 3:19 PM
52 points
3 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] Re­sponses to Chris­ti­ano on take­off speeds?

Richard_NgoOct 30, 2020, 3:16 PM
29 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

How to Find the Fron­tiers of Knowledge

Samo BurjaOct 30, 2020, 10:50 AM
60 points
1 comment9 min readLW link
(medium.com)

The Dar­win Game—Round 1

lsusrOct 29, 2020, 9:56 PM
58 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Con­trol­lables and Ob­serv­ables, Revisited

Scott GarrabrantOct 29, 2020, 4:38 PM
35 points
5 comments8 min readLW link

Covid Covid Covid Covid Covid 10/​29: All We Ever Talk About

ZviOct 29, 2020, 3:10 PM
61 points
50 comments22 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

AI risk hub in Sin­ga­pore?

Daniel KokotajloOct 29, 2020, 11:45 AM
58 points
18 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Bab­ble challenge: 50 con­se­quences of in­tel­li­gent ant colonies

Bird ConceptOct 29, 2020, 7:21 AM
23 points
48 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] What are good elec­tion bet­ting op­por­tu­ni­ties?

Scott GarrabrantOct 29, 2020, 7:19 AM
32 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How should one deal with life threat­en­ing in­fec­tions or air planes?

Nacruno96Oct 29, 2020, 3:35 AM
1 point
24 comments1 min readLW link

“Scal­ing Laws for Au­tore­gres­sive Gen­er­a­tive Model­ing”, Henighan et al 2020 {OA}

gwernOct 29, 2020, 1:45 AM
27 points
11 commentsLW link
(arxiv.org)

Sec­u­lar Sols­tice On­line (Amer­i­cas)

RaemonOct 28, 2020, 11:28 PM
28 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What’s hold­ing back out­sourc­ing to cloud labs?

ChristianKlOct 28, 2020, 11:07 PM
25 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Rea­sons that dis­cus­sions might feel hopeless

gogishvilliOct 28, 2020, 7:59 PM
11 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

[Question] What risks con­cern you which don’t seem to have been se­ri­ously con­sid­ered by the com­mu­nity?

plexOct 28, 2020, 6:27 PM
17 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

[AN #123]: In­fer­ring what is valuable in or­der to al­ign recom­mender systems

Rohin ShahOct 28, 2020, 5:00 PM
20 points
1 comment8 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Draft pa­pers for REALab and De­cou­pled Ap­proval on tampering

Oct 28, 2020, 4:01 PM
47 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Biex­ten­sional Equivalence

Scott GarrabrantOct 28, 2020, 2:07 PM
43 points
13 comments10 min readLW link

“Carte­sian Frames” Talk #2 this Sun­day at 2pm (PT)

Rob BensingerOct 28, 2020, 1:59 PM
30 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

In­te­gers as Compression

Chris_LeongOct 28, 2020, 7:36 AM
9 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

Why in­door light­ing is hard to get right and how to fix it

Richard Korzekwa Oct 28, 2020, 4:46 AM
212 points
54 comments15 min readLW link1 review

Des­per­a­tion ham­ster wheels

Nicole RossOct 28, 2020, 2:32 AM
97 points
5 comments6 min readLW link
(www.cuttingmangoes.com)

Notes on Honesty

David GrossOct 28, 2020, 12:54 AM
46 points
6 comments20 min readLW link

How can I rec­on­cile these COVID test false-nega­tive num­bers?

Optimization ProcessOct 27, 2020, 11:56 PM
15 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Bab­ble challenge: 50 ways to stop torture

seedOct 27, 2020, 7:38 PM
8 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Spoiler-Free Re­view and then Semi-Walk­through: Star Traders: Frontiers

ZviOct 27, 2020, 6:50 PM
11 points
1 comment24 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Me­mory re­con­soli­da­tion for self-affection

Kaj_SotalaOct 27, 2020, 10:10 AM
52 points
11 comments2 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

Whence the symp­toms of so­cial me­dia?

KatjaGraceOct 27, 2020, 7:30 AM
20 points
6 comments2 min readLW link
(meteuphoric.com)

Look­ing for Room­mate in California

xiaolongbaoOct 27, 2020, 5:18 AM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

Dutch-Book­ing CDT: Re­vised Argument

abramdemskiOct 27, 2020, 4:31 AM
51 points
24 comments16 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing Data Se­crets Lox: An Alter­na­tive to Slate Star Codex Open Threads

quanticleOct 27, 2020, 4:24 AM
26 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Book re­view: Age Later

PeterMcCluskeyOct 27, 2020, 4:21 AM
28 points
3 comments4 min readLW link
(www.bayesianinvestor.com)

On the Dangers of Time Travel

lsusrOct 27, 2020, 3:57 AM
21 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Se­cu­rity Mind­set and Take­off Speeds

DanielFilanOct 27, 2020, 3:20 AM
55 points
23 comments8 min readLW link
(danielfilan.com)

A Cor­re­spon­dence Theorem

johnswentworthOct 26, 2020, 11:28 PM
30 points
6 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] Top Time Travel In­ter­ven­tions?

abramdemskiOct 26, 2020, 11:25 PM
44 points
33 comments2 min readLW link

Is Suc­cess the Enemy of Free­dom? (Full)

alkjashOct 26, 2020, 8:25 PM
302 points
69 comments9 min readLW link1 review
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Does play­ing hard to get work? AB test­ing for romance

amplemapleOct 26, 2020, 3:29 PM
17 points
26 comments5 min readLW link

Ad­di­tive Oper­a­tions on Carte­sian Frames

Scott GarrabrantOct 26, 2020, 3:12 PM
62 points
6 comments11 min readLW link

Su­per­vised learn­ing of out­puts in the brain

Steven ByrnesOct 26, 2020, 2:32 PM
28 points
9 comments10 min readLW link

Septem­ber 2020 gw­ern.net newsletter

gwernOct 26, 2020, 1:38 PM
17 points
1 commentLW link
(www.gwern.net)

Defen­si­ble positions

Chris_LeongOct 26, 2020, 10:37 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Sam Alt­man at SlateS­tarCodex On­line Meetup

JoshuaFoxOct 26, 2020, 10:26 AM
24 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

But what kinds of pup­pets are we?

KatjaGraceOct 26, 2020, 8:40 AM
13 points
2 comments2 min readLW link
(meteuphoric.com)

[Question] Models pre­dict­ing sig­nifi­cant vi­o­lence in the US?

kdbscottOct 25, 2020, 6:45 PM
54 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Some crit­i­cisms of polling

Jimdrix_HendriOct 25, 2020, 6:45 PM
4 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

Re­ply to Je­bari and Lund­borg on Ar­tifi­cial Superintelligence

Richard_NgoOct 25, 2020, 1:50 PM
31 points
4 comments5 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)