Forc­ing Freedom

vlad.proexOct 6, 2020, 6:15 PM
43 points
12 comments7 min readLW link

The Align­ment Prob­lem: Ma­chine Learn­ing and Hu­man Values

Rohin ShahOct 6, 2020, 5:41 PM
120 points
7 comments6 min readLW link1 review
(www.amazon.com)

Large Effects Can’t Prove Small Causes

BuckyOct 6, 2020, 5:34 PM
23 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

Con­ver­sa­tions from in­side early singularity

faint reminderOct 6, 2020, 4:46 PM
3 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

Not Even Evidence

DachOct 6, 2020, 1:20 AM
6 points
15 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] Fermi Challenge: Trains and Air Cargo

Ben PaceOct 5, 2020, 9:51 PM
23 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

The Rise and Fall of Amer­i­can Growth: A summary

jasoncrawfordOct 5, 2020, 9:41 PM
58 points
9 comments11 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Do­mains of truth

mxlnOct 5, 2020, 7:46 PM
1 point
1 comment5 min readLW link

COVID Strat­egy 101

Mike HarrisOct 5, 2020, 7:30 PM
58 points
7 comments18 min readLW link

The Felt Sense: What, Why and How

Kaj_SotalaOct 5, 2020, 3:57 PM
153 points
23 comments14 min readLW link1 review

Univer­sal Eudaimonia

hg00Oct 5, 2020, 1:45 PM
19 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Ra­tion­al­ity and Cli­mate Change

EmiyaOct 5, 2020, 10:21 AM
38 points
76 comments1 min readLW link

AGI safety from first prin­ci­ples: Conclusion

Richard_NgoOct 4, 2020, 11:06 PM
71 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

[Link] Faster than Light in Our Model of Physics: Some Pre­limi­nary Thoughts—Stephen Wolfram Writings

KennyOct 4, 2020, 8:26 PM
1 point
14 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What re­acts would you like to be able to give on posts? (emoti­cons, cog­ni­cons, and more)

Mati_RoyOct 4, 2020, 6:31 PM
18 points
27 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] One hub, or many?

abramdemskiOct 4, 2020, 4:58 PM
26 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

AI race con­sid­er­a­tions in a re­port by the U.S. House Com­mit­tee on Armed Services

NunoSempereOct 4, 2020, 12:11 PM
42 points
4 comments13 min readLW link

Public trans­mit metta

Kaj_SotalaOct 4, 2020, 11:40 AM
29 points
6 comments2 min readLW 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 comments1 min readLW link

Fish­bowl re­al­ity

EloOct 4, 2020, 2:16 AM
11 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Post­mortem to Petrov Day, 2020

Ben PaceOct 3, 2020, 9:30 PM
97 points
63 comments9 min readLW link

Weird Things About Money

abramdemskiOct 3, 2020, 5:13 PM
79 points
31 comments6 min readLW link

On Op­tion Paral­y­sis—The Thing You Ac­tu­ally Do

Neel NandaOct 3, 2020, 11:50 AM
11 points
5 comments6 min readLW link
(www.neelnanda.io)

AGI safety from first prin­ci­ples: Control

Richard_NgoOct 2, 2020, 9:51 PM
60 points
6 comments9 min readLW link

Mut­ing on Group Calls

jefftkOct 2, 2020, 8:30 PM
12 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

At­ten­tion to snakes not fear of snakes: evolu­tion en­cod­ing en­vi­ron­men­tal knowl­edge in periph­eral systems

Kaj_SotalaOct 2, 2020, 11:50 AM
46 points
1 comment3 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

Math That Clicks: Look for Two-Way Correspondences

TurnTroutOct 2, 2020, 1:22 AM
39 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

A sim­ple de­vice for in­door air management

Richard Korzekwa Oct 2, 2020, 1:02 AM
50 points
10 comments3 min readLW link

Sun­day Meetup: Work­shop on On­line Sur­veys with Spencer Green­berg

RaemonOct 2, 2020, 12:34 AM
27 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Linkpost: Choice Ex­plains Pos­i­tivity and Con­fir­ma­tion Bias

Gunnar_ZarnckeOct 1, 2020, 9:46 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Open & Wel­come Thread – Oc­to­ber 2020

Ben PaceOct 1, 2020, 7:06 PM
14 points
54 comments1 min readLW link

Hiring en­g­ineers and re­searchers to help al­ign GPT-3

paulfchristianoOct 1, 2020, 6:54 PM
206 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

Covid 10/​1: The Long Haul

ZviOct 1, 2020, 6:00 PM
95 points
22 comments9 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Words and Implications

johnswentworthOct 1, 2020, 5:37 PM
62 points
25 comments8 min readLW link

Your Stan­dards are Too High

Neel NandaOct 1, 2020, 5:03 PM
26 points
2 comments14 min readLW link
(neelnanda.io)

Three car seats?

jefftkOct 1, 2020, 2:30 PM
18 points
9 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Fore­cast­ing Newslet­ter: Septem­ber 2020.

NunoSempereOct 1, 2020, 11:00 AM
21 points
3 comments11 min readLW link

[Question] Bab­ble challenge: 50 ways of send­ing some­thing to the moon

Bird ConceptOct 1, 2020, 4:20 AM
94 points
114 comments2 min readLW link1 review

AGI safety from first prin­ci­ples: Alignment

Richard_NgoOct 1, 2020, 3:13 AM
60 points
3 comments13 min readLW link

How to not be an alarmist

DirectedEvolutionSep 30, 2020, 9:35 PM
8 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Com­pe­tence vs Alignment

kwiat.devSep 30, 2020, 9:03 PM
7 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

“Zero Sum” is a mis­nomer.

abramdemskiSep 30, 2020, 6:25 PM
120 points
34 comments6 min readLW link

Eval­u­at­ing Life Ex­ten­sion Ad­vo­cacy Foundation

emanuele ascaniSep 30, 2020, 6:04 PM
7 points
7 comments5 min readLW link

[AN #119]: AI safety when agents are shaped by en­vi­ron­ments, not rewards

Rohin ShahSep 30, 2020, 5:10 PM
11 points
0 comments11 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Learn­ing how to learn

Neel NandaSep 30, 2020, 4:50 PM
44 points
0 comments15 min readLW link
(www.neelnanda.io)

In­dus­trial literacy

jasoncrawfordSep 30, 2020, 4:39 PM
308 points
130 comments3 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Ja­son Crawford on the non-lin­ear model of in­no­va­tion: SSC On­line Meetup

JoshuaFoxSep 30, 2020, 10:13 AM
7 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Holy Grails of Chemistry

chemslugSep 30, 2020, 2:03 AM
34 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

“Un­su­per­vised” trans­la­tion as an (in­tent) al­ign­ment problem

paulfchristianoSep 30, 2020, 12:50 AM
62 points
15 comments4 min readLW link
(ai-alignment.com)

[Question] Ex­am­ples of self-gov­er­nance to re­duce tech­nol­ogy risk?

JiaSep 29, 2020, 7:31 PM
10 points
4 comments1 min readLW link