Sun­day 22nd: The Co­or­di­na­tion Frontier

RaemonNov 19, 2020, 10:09 PM
19 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Simp­son’s para­dox and the tyranny of strata

dynomightNov 19, 2020, 5:46 PM
27 points
4 comments4 min readLW link
(dyno-might.github.io)

Notes on Phronesis

David GrossNov 19, 2020, 4:14 PM
15 points
2 comments7 min readLW link

Covid 11/​19: Don’t Do Stupid Things

ZviNov 19, 2020, 4:00 PM
72 points
29 comments23 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] How do you eval­u­ate whether a $500 dona­tion to a pro­ject that you know well is a good idea?

ChristianKlNov 19, 2020, 12:42 PM
34 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Some AI re­search ar­eas and their rele­vance to ex­is­ten­tial safety

Andrew_CritchNov 19, 2020, 3:18 AM
205 points
37 comments50 min readLW link2 reviews

Sunzi’s《Meth­ods of War》- War

lsusrNov 19, 2020, 3:06 AM
43 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

In­ner Align­ment in Salt-Starved Rats

Steven ByrnesNov 19, 2020, 2:40 AM
137 points
41 comments11 min readLW link2 reviews

[Question] Should I do it?

MrLightNov 19, 2020, 1:08 AM
−3 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

2020 Elec­tion: Pre­dic­tion Mar­kets ver­sus Pol­ling/​Model­ing Assess­ment and Postmortem

ZviNov 18, 2020, 11:00 PM
71 points
17 comments20 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The ethics of AI for the Rout­ledge En­cy­clo­pe­dia of Philosophy

Stuart_ArmstrongNov 18, 2020, 5:55 PM
45 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

The Poin­t­ers Prob­lem: Hu­man Values Are A Func­tion Of Hu­mans’ La­tent Variables

johnswentworthNov 18, 2020, 5:47 PM
128 points
50 comments11 min readLW link2 reviews

Normativity

abramdemskiNov 18, 2020, 4:52 PM
47 points
11 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] What would a world of wide­spread statis­ti­cal nu­mer­acy look like?

PontorNov 18, 2020, 4:23 PM
5 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Should we post­pone AGI un­til we reach safety?

otto.bartenNov 18, 2020, 3:43 PM
27 points
36 comments3 min readLW link

Sunzi’s《Meth­ods of War》- Introduction

lsusrNov 18, 2020, 8:23 AM
48 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Com­par­a­tive Ad­van­tage Intuition

arxhyNov 18, 2020, 1:23 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Thoughts on Vot­ing Methods

abramdemskiNov 17, 2020, 8:23 PM
61 points
24 comments5 min readLW link

I made an N95-level mask at home, and you can too

billmeiNov 17, 2020, 7:00 PM
40 points
12 comments8 min readLW link

On the Shoulders of Giants

meanderingmooseNov 17, 2020, 6:10 PM
1 point
5 comments6 min readLW link

How the Moderna vac­cine works, and a note about mRNA vaccines

masasinNov 17, 2020, 5:22 PM
27 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Com­par­ing Covid and Tobacco

Tim LiptrotNov 17, 2020, 4:13 PM
4 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Writ­ing to think

Adam ZernerNov 17, 2020, 7:54 AM
69 points
27 comments5 min readLW link

Notes on Honor

David GrossNov 17, 2020, 5:25 AM
20 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

De­bug Head­ers with GET

jefftkNov 17, 2020, 3:10 AM
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Solomonoff In­duc­tion and Sleep­ing Beauty

ikeNov 17, 2020, 2:28 AM
7 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

The Dar­win Game—Rounds 10 to 20

lsusrNov 17, 2020, 1:14 AM
26 points
7 comments5 min readLW link

Propin­quity Cities So Far

mako yassNov 16, 2020, 11:12 PM
24 points
48 comments20 min readLW link

[Question] How can labour pro­duc­tivity growth be an in­di­ca­tor of au­toma­tion?

PolytoposNov 16, 2020, 9:16 PM
2 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­tor­tion beats brinks­man­ship, but the au­di­ence matters

Stuart_ArmstrongNov 16, 2020, 9:13 PM
27 points
15 comments4 min readLW link

Anatomy of a Gear

johnswentworthNov 16, 2020, 4:34 PM
79 points
12 comments7 min readLW link

How Rood­man’s GWP model trans­lates to TAI timelines

Daniel KokotajloNov 16, 2020, 2:05 PM
22 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

Bri­gaded Rounds

jefftkNov 16, 2020, 1:50 AM
10 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] When so­cial­iz­ing, to what ex­tent does walk­ing re­duce the risk of con­tract­ing Covid as op­posed to be­ing sta­tion­ary?

Adam ZernerNov 16, 2020, 12:39 AM
7 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing the Fore­cast­ing In­no­va­tion Prize

Nov 15, 2020, 9:12 PM
69 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

FAR—UVC

todd@acatrack.netNov 15, 2020, 7:34 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Notes on Loyalty

David GrossNov 15, 2020, 7:30 PM
17 points
2 comments8 min readLW link

Spend twice as much effort ev­ery time you at­tempt to solve a problem

JsevillamolNov 15, 2020, 6:37 PM
55 points
11 comments2 min readLW link1 review

A guide to Iter­ated Am­plifi­ca­tion & Debate

Rafael HarthNov 15, 2020, 5:14 PM
75 points
12 comments15 min readLW link

Be­ware Ex­per­i­ments Without Evaluation

Davis_KingsleyNov 15, 2020, 8:18 AM
75 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­am­ples of Measures

Maxwell PetersonNov 15, 2020, 1:44 AM
23 points
20 comments2 min readLW link

Early Thoughts on On­tol­ogy/​Ground­ing Problems

johnswentworthNov 14, 2020, 11:19 PM
32 points
5 comments5 min readLW link

Sig­nal­ling & Simulacra

abramdemskiNov 14, 2020, 7:24 PM
63 points
30 comments5 min readLW link

[Event] Ajeya’s Timeline Re­port Read­ing Group #1 (Nov. 17, 6:30PM − 8:00PM PT)

habrykaNov 14, 2020, 7:14 PM
9 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Stu­art Rus­sell at the SlateS­tarCodex On­line Meetup

JoshuaFoxNov 14, 2020, 6:42 PM
11 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Spe­cial­ized La­bor and Coun­ter­fac­tual Compensation

philhNov 14, 2020, 6:13 PM
18 points
2 comments19 min readLW link
(reasonableapproximation.net)

Euro­pean Master’s Pro­grams in Ma­chine Learn­ing, Ar­tifi­cial In­tel­li­gence, and re­lated fields

Master Programs ML/AINov 14, 2020, 3:51 PM
34 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

EPF Lau­sanne, ML re­lated MSc programs

Master Programs ML/AINov 14, 2020, 3:51 PM
3 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Univer­sity of Oxford, Master’s Statis­ti­cal Science

Master Programs ML/AINov 14, 2020, 3:51 PM
3 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Univer­sity of Tübin­gen, Master’s Ma­chine Learning

Master Programs ML/AINov 14, 2020, 3:50 PM
16 points
0 comments7 min readLW link