Public trans­mit metta

Kaj_SotalaOct 4, 2020, 11:40 AM
29 points
6 comments2 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

Su­per­vised learn­ing of out­puts in the brain

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

[AN #122]: Ar­gu­ing for AGI-driven ex­is­ten­tial risk from first principles

Rohin ShahOct 21, 2020, 5:10 PM
28 points
0 comments9 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

[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)

The Col­lid­ing Ex­po­nen­tials of AI

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

Book re­view: Age Later

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

Sec­u­lar Sols­tice On­line (Amer­i­cas)

RaemonOct 28, 2020, 11:28 PM
28 points
4 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)

Sun­day Meetup: Work­shop on On­line Sur­veys with Spencer Green­berg

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

Your Stan­dards are Too High

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

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

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

[Question] One hub, or many?

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

Effec­tive Epidemiology

Mike HarrisOct 22, 2020, 7:45 PM
26 points
13 comments9 min readLW link

The Uncer­tainty of Death and Taxes

ZviOct 21, 2020, 6:10 PM
25 points
0 comments10 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

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

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

Sam Alt­man at SlateS­tarCodex On­line Meetup

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

[Question] Inac­cessible finely tuned RNG in hu­mans?

SandiOct 7, 2020, 5:04 PM
23 points
13 comments1 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] Fermi Challenge: Trains and Air Cargo

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

All Less­wrong Posts by Yud­kowsky in one .epub

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

Hu­mans are stun­ningly ra­tio­nal and stun­ningly irrational

Stuart_ArmstrongOct 23, 2020, 2:13 PM
23 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Sun­day Oc­to­ber 11th, 12:00PM (PT) — talks by Alex Zhu, Martin Sus­trik and Steve Byrnes

habrykaOct 7, 2020, 11:22 PM
23 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Large Effects Can’t Prove Small Causes

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

How to Price a Fu­tures Contract

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

No Cau­sa­tion with­out Reification

Gordon Seidoh WorleyOct 23, 2020, 8:28 PM
21 points
38 comments3 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)

On the Dangers of Time Travel

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

Fore­cast­ing Newslet­ter: Septem­ber 2020.

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

A study on depression

vlad.proexOct 13, 2020, 3:43 PM
21 points
1 comment9 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)

Whence the symp­toms of so­cial me­dia?

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

The Achilles Heel Hy­poth­e­sis for AI

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

The Sun Room

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

Open Com­mu­ni­ca­tion in the Days of Mal­i­cious On­line Actors

ozziegooenOct 7, 2020, 4:30 PM
20 points
10 comments1 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Univer­sal Eudaimonia

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

Ad­just­ing prob­a­bil­ities for the pas­sage of time, us­ing Squiggle

NunoSempereOct 23, 2020, 6:55 PM
19 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

On Slack—Hav­ing room to be excited

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

[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

Three car seats?

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

[Question] What is your elec­tronic draw­ing set up?

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

Elec­tion Preparation

jefftkOct 15, 2020, 8:30 PM
18 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Tech­nol­ogy and its side effects

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

Septem­ber 2020 gw­ern.net newsletter

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

Why Hunt­ing­ton-Hill?

jefftkOct 25, 2020, 12:50 AM
17 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[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

Does play­ing hard to get work? AB test­ing for romance

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

Learn­ing is (Asymp­tot­i­cally) Com­pu­ta­tion­ally Ineffi­cient, Choose Your Ex­po­nents Wisely

ShmiOct 22, 2020, 5:30 AM
16 points
3 comments4 min readLW link