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Conservatism in neocortex-like AGIs
Steven Byrnes
Dec 8, 2020, 4:37 PM
22
points
5
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Signaling importance
Mati_Roy
Dec 8, 2020, 9:14 AM
6
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How long does it take to become Gaussian?
Maxwell Peterson
Dec 8, 2020, 7:23 AM
141
points
40
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Why are delicious biscuits obscure?
KatjaGrace
Dec 8, 2020, 6:10 AM
17
points
18
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(meteuphoric.com)
White Sphere Hypothesis
James S. Eriee
Dec 8, 2020, 5:56 AM
6
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
An elegant proof of Laplace’s rule of succession
Eric Neyman
Dec 7, 2020, 10:43 PM
39
points
7
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(ericneyman.wordpress.com)
Please Take the 2020 Effective Altruism Survey
Peter Wildeford
Dec 7, 2020, 10:18 PM
20
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Notes on Fairness
David Gross
Dec 7, 2020, 6:52 PM
20
points
4
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Announcing the Technical AI Safety Podcast
Quinn
Dec 7, 2020, 6:51 PM
42
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(technical-ai-safety.libsyn.com)
Traversing a Cognition Space
Rafael Harth
Dec 7, 2020, 6:32 PM
17
points
5
comments
12
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Number-guessing protocol?
abramdemski
Dec 7, 2020, 3:07 PM
19
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Launching the Forecasting AI Progress Tournament
Tamay
Dec 7, 2020, 2:08 PM
20
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.metaculus.com)
[Question]
Recommendation for a good international event betting site like predictit.org
df fd
Dec 7, 2020, 9:09 AM
6
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Toward A Culture of Persuasion
DirectedEvolution
Dec 7, 2020, 2:42 AM
17
points
14
comments
6
min read
LW
link
The Incomprehensibility Bluff
SocratesDissatisfied
Dec 6, 2020, 6:26 PM
45
points
22
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Pre-Hindsight Prompt: Why did 2021 NOT bring a return to normalcy?
mike_hawke
Dec 6, 2020, 5:35 PM
22
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cultural accumulation
KatjaGrace
Dec 6, 2020, 6:20 AM
93
points
53
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(meteuphoric.com)
Values Form a Shifting Landscape (and why you might care)
VojtaKovarik
Dec 5, 2020, 11:56 PM
29
points
6
comments
4
min read
LW
link
D&D.Sci
abstractapplic
Dec 5, 2020, 11:26 PM
82
points
50
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AI Problems Shared by Non-AI Systems
VojtaKovarik
Dec 5, 2020, 10:15 PM
7
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Human Genetic Engineering: Increasing Intelligence
GeneSmith
Dec 5, 2020, 10:06 PM
37
points
5
comments
10
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Finance—accessibility (asking for textbook recommendations)
max he
Dec 5, 2020, 9:14 PM
3
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
AI Winter Is Coming—How to profit from it?
maximkazhenkov
Dec 5, 2020, 8:23 PM
15
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How can I restore my previous account?
Stirling_Westrup2
Dec 5, 2020, 7:31 PM
1
point
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Anti-EMH Evidence (and a plea for help)
Wei Dai
Dec 5, 2020, 6:29 PM
93
points
44
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Supervised learning in the brain, part 4: compression / filtering
Steven Byrnes
Dec 5, 2020, 5:06 PM
19
points
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Notes on Care
David Gross
Dec 5, 2020, 4:33 PM
8
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[RXN#7] Russian x-risks newsletter fall 2020
avturchin
Dec 5, 2020, 4:28 PM
12
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The AI Safety Game (UPDATED)
Daniel Kokotajlo
Dec 5, 2020, 10:27 AM
45
points
10
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Map and Territory: Summary and Thoughts
Adam Zerner
Dec 5, 2020, 8:21 AM
16
points
4
comments
26
min read
LW
link
Luna Lovegood and the Chamber of Secrets—Part 5
lsusr
Dec 5, 2020, 1:23 AM
112
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Forecasting is a responsibility
DirectedEvolution
Dec 5, 2020, 12:40 AM
23
points
23
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Beyond 175 billion parameters: Can we anticipate future GPT-X Capabilities?
bakztfuture
Dec 4, 2020, 11:42 PM
−1
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Online Meetup for the Meetup Organizers (Sun, 20th December)
Ruby
Dec 4, 2020, 11:30 PM
21
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup Organizers, Our Virtual Garden is at Your Disposal
Ruby
Dec 4, 2020, 11:29 PM
59
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Hard Problem of Magic
enaumov
Dec 4, 2020, 6:51 PM
7
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Commitment and credibility in multipolar AI scenarios
anni_leskela
Dec 4, 2020, 6:48 PM
31
points
3
comments
18
min read
LW
link
Postmortem on my Comment Challenge
adamShimi
Dec 4, 2020, 2:15 PM
46
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Darwin Game—Conclusion
lsusr
Dec 4, 2020, 8:06 AM
94
points
30
comments
2
min read
LW
link
How a billionaire could spend their money to help the disadvantaged: 7 ideas from the top of my head
Yitz
Dec 4, 2020, 6:09 AM
12
points
12
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Teacher’s Password: The LessWrong Mystery Hunt Team
Scott Garrabrant
and
jchan
Dec 4, 2020, 12:04 AM
25
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Notes on Integrity
David Gross
Dec 3, 2020, 11:42 PM
18
points
1
comment
8
min read
LW
link
Luna Lovegood and the Chamber of Secrets—Part 4
lsusr
Dec 3, 2020, 11:42 PM
89
points
21
comments
4
min read
LW
link
LW Sundays: All Things “Evaluation” – December 6th, 12:00PM (PT)
Ruby
Dec 3, 2020, 11:11 PM
35
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
November 2020 gwern.net newsletter
gwern
Dec 3, 2020, 10:47 PM
14
points
5
comments
LW
link
(www.gwern.net)
Real-Life Examples of Prediction Systems Interfering with the Real World (Predict-O-Matic Problems)
NunoSempere
3 Dec 2020 22:00 UTC
134
points
28
comments
9
min read
LW
link
In Addition to Ragebait and Doomscrolling
mike_hawke
3 Dec 2020 18:26 UTC
73
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
From behind the vale of ignorance, would you prefer focused protection or the current Covid policy in the US
Tim Liptrot
3 Dec 2020 14:54 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Covid 12/3: Land of Confusion
Zvi
3 Dec 2020 14:20 UTC
79
points
34
comments
23
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Gifts as free exploration
willbradshaw
3 Dec 2020 10:51 UTC
33
points
2
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(apomorphic.com)
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