Squig­gle: An Overview

ozziegooenNov 24, 2020, 3:00 AM
61 points
6 comments7 min readLW link

Thoughts on Vot­ing Methods

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

Epistemic Progress

ozziegooenNov 20, 2020, 7:58 PM
61 points
16 comments5 min readLW link

Why those who care about catas­trophic and ex­is­ten­tial risk should care about au­tonomous weapons

aaguirreNov 11, 2020, 3:22 PM
60 points
20 comments19 min readLW link

Mul­ti­ple Wor­lds, One Univer­sal Wave Function

evhubNov 4, 2020, 10:28 PM
60 points
76 comments61 min readLW link

Are the so­cial sci­ences challeng­ing be­cause of fun­da­men­tal difficul­ties or be­cause of im­posed ones?

ozziegooenNov 10, 2020, 4:56 AM
56 points
12 comments11 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

Why philos­o­phy of sci­ence?

Richard_NgoNov 7, 2020, 11:10 AM
54 points
3 comments2 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

Au­to­mated in­tel­li­gence is not AI

KatjaGraceNov 1, 2020, 11:30 PM
54 points
10 comments2 min readLW link
(meteuphoric.com)

Subagents of Carte­sian Frames

Scott GarrabrantNov 2, 2020, 10:02 PM
53 points
6 comments8 min readLW link

Ma­tryoshka Fara­day Box

lsusrNov 26, 2020, 9:42 AM
50 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Ret­ro­spec­tive: Novem­ber 10-day vir­tual med­i­ta­tion retreat

Kaj_SotalaNov 23, 2020, 3:00 PM
50 points
7 comments8 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

Open Prob­lems Create Paradigms

johnswentworthNov 9, 2020, 8:04 PM
50 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Kelly Bet or Up­date?

abramdemskiNov 2, 2020, 8:26 PM
50 points
23 comments7 min readLW link

The Dar­win Game—Rounds 1 to 2

lsusrNov 11, 2020, 1:53 AM
48 points
9 comments3 min readLW link

Time in Carte­sian Frames

Scott GarrabrantNov 11, 2020, 8:25 PM
48 points
16 comments7 min readLW link

Sunzi’s《Meth­ods of War》- Introduction

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

Three Open Prob­lems in Aging

johnswentworthNov 7, 2020, 7:39 PM
48 points
8 comments5 min readLW link

Normativity

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

Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Prior as Align­ment Strategy

johnswentworthNov 12, 2020, 10:06 PM
46 points
8 comments6 min readLW link

Small Habits Shape Iden­tity: How I be­came some­one who exercises

adamShimiNov 26, 2020, 2:55 PM
46 points
20 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Fi­nal Bab­ble Challenge (for now): 100 ways to light a candle

Bird ConceptNov 12, 2020, 11:17 PM
45 points
31 comments4 min readLW link

The ethics of AI for the Rout­ledge En­cy­clo­pe­dia of Philosophy

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

Time Travel Mar­kets for In­tel­lec­tual Accounting

abramdemskiNov 9, 2020, 4:58 PM
45 points
7 comments7 min readLW link

Lat­est & Great­est Wiki-Tag Up­dates: Im­port, Dash­board, and Feed

RubyNov 24, 2020, 9:35 PM
45 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

[Question] What Would Ad­vanced So­cial Tech­nol­ogy Look Like?

johnswentworthNov 10, 2020, 5:55 PM
44 points
44 comments1 min readLW link

In­cen­tive Prob­lems With Cur­rent Fore­cast­ing Com­pe­ti­tions.

Nov 9, 2020, 4:20 PM
44 points
21 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] How can I bet on short timelines?

Daniel KokotajloNov 7, 2020, 12:44 PM
43 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Prize: In­ter­est­ing Ex­am­ples of Evaluations

Nov 28, 2020, 9:11 PM
43 points
25 comments2 min readLW link

Sunzi’s《Meth­ods of War》- War

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

Misal­ign­ment and mi­suse: whose val­ues are man­i­fest?

KatjaGraceNov 13, 2020, 10:10 AM
42 points
7 comments2 min readLW link
(meteuphoric.com)

Bucket Bri­gade Singing

jefftkNov 3, 2020, 3:40 PM
41 points
3 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

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

De­con­struct­ing 321 Voting

abramdemskiNov 26, 2020, 3:35 AM
40 points
5 comments6 min readLW link

The cen­tral limit the­o­rem in terms of convolutions

Maxwell PetersonNov 21, 2020, 4:09 AM
38 points
16 comments4 min readLW link

Why You Should Care About Goal-Directedness

adamShimiNov 9, 2020, 12:48 PM
38 points
15 comments9 min readLW link

Scor­ing 2020 U.S. Pres­i­den­tial Elec­tion Predictions

Zack_M_DavisNov 8, 2020, 2:28 AM
38 points
7 comments4 min readLW link
(zackmdavis.net)

[Question] What are Ex­am­ples of Great Distil­lers?

adamShimiNov 12, 2020, 2:09 PM
35 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Mul­ti­plica­tive Oper­a­tions on Carte­sian Frames

Scott GarrabrantNov 3, 2020, 7:27 PM
34 points
24 comments12 min readLW link

Eight Defi­ni­tions of Observability

Scott GarrabrantNov 10, 2020, 11:37 PM
34 points
26 comments12 min readLW link

[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

Sub-Sums and Sub-Tensors

Scott GarrabrantNov 5, 2020, 6:06 PM
34 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

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

A Cor­re­spon­dence The­o­rem in the Max­i­mum En­tropy Framework

johnswentworthNov 11, 2020, 10:46 PM
33 points
7 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Why is there a “clogged drain­pipe” effect in idea gen­er­a­tion?

Bird ConceptNov 20, 2020, 7:08 PM
33 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

Why I’m Writ­ing A Book

Samo BurjaNov 10, 2020, 4:50 PM
33 points
3 comments3 min readLW link
(medium.com)

Con­fu­ci­anism in AI Alignment

johnswentworthNov 2, 2020, 9:16 PM
33 points
28 comments6 min readLW link

Early Thoughts on On­tol­ogy/​Ground­ing Problems

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

Notes on Good Temper

David GrossNov 27, 2020, 4:21 PM
32 points
7 comments11 min readLW link

CHAI In­tern­ship Application

martinfukuiNov 11, 2020, 9:10 PM
31 points
0 comments1 min readLW link