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[Question]
Fermi Challenge: Trains and Air Cargo
Ben Pace
Oct 5, 2020, 9:51 PM
23
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Rise and Fall of American Growth: A summary
jasoncrawford
Oct 5, 2020, 9:41 PM
58
points
9
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Domains of truth
mxln
Oct 5, 2020, 7:46 PM
1
point
1
comment
5
min read
LW
link
COVID Strategy 101
Mike Harris
Oct 5, 2020, 7:30 PM
58
points
7
comments
18
min read
LW
link
The Felt Sense: What, Why and How
Kaj_Sotala
Oct 5, 2020, 3:57 PM
153
points
23
comments
14
min read
LW
link
1
review
Universal Eudaimonia
hg00
Oct 5, 2020, 1:45 PM
19
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Rationality and Climate Change
Emiya
Oct 5, 2020, 10:21 AM
38
points
76
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AGI safety from first principles: Conclusion
Richard_Ngo
Oct 4, 2020, 11:06 PM
71
points
7
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Link] Faster than Light in Our Model of Physics: Some Preliminary Thoughts—Stephen Wolfram Writings
Kenny
Oct 4, 2020, 8:26 PM
1
point
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What reacts would you like to be able to give on posts? (emoticons, cognicons, and more)
Mati_Roy
Oct 4, 2020, 6:31 PM
18
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
One hub, or many?
abramdemski
Oct 4, 2020, 4:58 PM
26
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AI race considerations in a report by the U.S. House Committee on Armed Services
NunoSempere
Oct 4, 2020, 12:11 PM
42
points
4
comments
13
min read
LW
link
Public transmit metta
Kaj_Sotala
Oct 4, 2020, 11:40 AM
29
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(kajsotala.fi)
[Question]
Is there any work on incorporating aleatoric uncertainty and/or inherent randomness into AIXI?
David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)
Oct 4, 2020, 8:10 AM
9
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Fishbowl reality
Elo
Oct 4, 2020, 2:16 AM
11
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Postmortem to Petrov Day, 2020
Ben Pace
Oct 3, 2020, 9:30 PM
97
points
63
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Weird Things About Money
abramdemski
Oct 3, 2020, 5:13 PM
79
points
31
comments
6
min read
LW
link
On Option Paralysis—The Thing You Actually Do
Neel Nanda
Oct 3, 2020, 11:50 AM
11
points
5
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(www.neelnanda.io)
AGI safety from first principles: Control
Richard_Ngo
Oct 2, 2020, 9:51 PM
60
points
6
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Muting on Group Calls
jefftk
Oct 2, 2020, 8:30 PM
12
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Attention to snakes not fear of snakes: evolution encoding environmental knowledge in peripheral systems
Kaj_Sotala
Oct 2, 2020, 11:50 AM
46
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
(kajsotala.fi)
Math That Clicks: Look for Two-Way Correspondences
TurnTrout
Oct 2, 2020, 1:22 AM
39
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
A simple device for indoor air management
Richard Korzekwa
Oct 2, 2020, 1:02 AM
50
points
10
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Sunday Meetup: Workshop on Online Surveys with Spencer Greenberg
Raemon
Oct 2, 2020, 12:34 AM
27
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Linkpost: Choice Explains Positivity and Confirmation Bias
Gunnar_Zarncke
Oct 1, 2020, 9:46 PM
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open & Welcome Thread – October 2020
Ben Pace
Oct 1, 2020, 7:06 PM
14
points
54
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Hiring engineers and researchers to help align GPT-3
paulfchristiano
Oct 1, 2020, 6:54 PM
206
points
13
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Covid 10/1: The Long Haul
Zvi
Oct 1, 2020, 6:00 PM
95
points
22
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Words and Implications
johnswentworth
Oct 1, 2020, 5:37 PM
62
points
25
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Your Standards are Too High
Neel Nanda
Oct 1, 2020, 5:03 PM
26
points
2
comments
14
min read
LW
link
(neelnanda.io)
Three car seats?
jefftk
Oct 1, 2020, 2:30 PM
18
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Forecasting Newsletter: September 2020.
NunoSempere
Oct 1, 2020, 11:00 AM
21
points
3
comments
11
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Babble challenge: 50 ways of sending something to the moon
Bird Concept
Oct 1, 2020, 4:20 AM
94
points
114
comments
2
min read
LW
link
1
review
AGI safety from first principles: Alignment
Richard_Ngo
Oct 1, 2020, 3:13 AM
60
points
3
comments
13
min read
LW
link
How to not be an alarmist
DirectedEvolution
Sep 30, 2020, 9:35 PM
8
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Competence vs Alignment
kwiat.dev
Sep 30, 2020, 9:03 PM
7
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“Zero Sum” is a misnomer.
abramdemski
Sep 30, 2020, 6:25 PM
120
points
34
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Evaluating Life Extension Advocacy Foundation
emanuele ascani
Sep 30, 2020, 6:04 PM
7
points
7
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[AN #119]: AI safety when agents are shaped by environments, not rewards
Rohin Shah
Sep 30, 2020, 5:10 PM
11
points
0
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Learning how to learn
Neel Nanda
Sep 30, 2020, 4:50 PM
44
points
0
comments
15
min read
LW
link
(www.neelnanda.io)
Industrial literacy
jasoncrawford
Sep 30, 2020, 4:39 PM
308
points
130
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Jason Crawford on the non-linear model of innovation: SSC Online Meetup
JoshuaFox
Sep 30, 2020, 10:13 AM
7
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Holy Grails of Chemistry
chemslug
Sep 30, 2020, 2:03 AM
34
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“Unsupervised” translation as an (intent) alignment problem
paulfchristiano
Sep 30, 2020, 12:50 AM
62
points
15
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(ai-alignment.com)
[Question]
Examples of self-governance to reduce technology risk?
Jia
Sep 29, 2020, 7:31 PM
10
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AGI safety from first principles: Goals and Agency
Richard_Ngo
Sep 29, 2020, 7:06 PM
77
points
15
comments
15
min read
LW
link
Seek Upside Risk
Neel Nanda
Sep 29, 2020, 4:47 PM
20
points
6
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(www.neelnanda.io)
Doing discourse better: Stuff I wish I knew
dynomight
Sep 29, 2020, 2:34 PM
27
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(dyno-might.github.io)
David Friedman on Legal Systems Very Different from Ours: SlateStarCodex Online Meetup
JoshuaFox
Sep 29, 2020, 11:18 AM
10
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Reading Discussion Group
NoSignalNoNoise
Sep 29, 2020, 3:59 AM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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