Mo­tive Ambiguity

Zvi15 Dec 2020 18:10 UTC
175 points
58 comments4 min readLW link2 reviews
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The wild

KatjaGrace15 Dec 2020 10:50 UTC
17 points
1 comment2 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Risk Map of AI Systems

15 Dec 2020 9:16 UTC
28 points
3 comments8 min readLW link

Up­dat­ing the Roadmap to Whole Brain Emu­la­tion Part 6: NEURAL MODELING—Pa­tient Spe­cific Selec­tion, Fit­ting and Validation

oge15 Dec 2020 1:26 UTC
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(carboncopies.org)

[Question] What are the best prece­dents for in­dus­tries failing to in­vest in valuable AI re­search?

Daniel Kokotajlo14 Dec 2020 23:57 UTC
18 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

De­ci­sion-Mak­ing and Accountability

Ian David Moss14 Dec 2020 21:30 UTC
11 points
1 comment5 min readLW link
(medium.com)

[Question] What con­fu­sions do peo­ple have about simu­lacrum lev­els?

johnswentworth14 Dec 2020 20:20 UTC
28 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

[link] The AI Gir­lfriend Se­duc­ing China’s Lonely Men

Kaj_Sotala14 Dec 2020 20:18 UTC
34 points
10 comments1 min readLW link
(www.sixthtone.com)

On Reflection

Neel Nanda14 Dec 2020 16:14 UTC
27 points
2 comments13 min readLW link
(www.neelnanda.io)

Blog plant

KatjaGrace14 Dec 2020 11:30 UTC
7 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

The Power of Annealing

meanderingmoose14 Dec 2020 11:02 UTC
25 points
6 comments5 min readLW link

Hermione Granger and New­comb’s Paradox

lsusr14 Dec 2020 5:27 UTC
48 points
18 comments2 min readLW link

All GPT skills are translation

p.b.13 Dec 2020 20:06 UTC
4 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Clar­ify­ing Fac­tored Cognition

Rafael Harth13 Dec 2020 20:02 UTC
23 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Writ­ing tools for taboo­ing?

abramdemski13 Dec 2020 19:50 UTC
15 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Pseu­do­ran­dom­ness con­test, Round 1

Eric Neyman13 Dec 2020 3:42 UTC
28 points
20 comments3 min readLW link
(ericneyman.wordpress.com)

To listen well, get curious

benkuhn13 Dec 2020 0:20 UTC
363 points
37 comments4 min readLW link1 review
(www.benkuhn.net)

The Fermi Para­dox has not been dis­solved—James Fodor

mako yass12 Dec 2020 23:18 UTC
30 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Why quan­ti­ta­tive meth­ods are heartwarming

KatjaGrace12 Dec 2020 21:50 UTC
110 points
15 comments3 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

[Question] An ar­gu­ment for per­sonal iden­tity trans­fer.

Gadersd12 Dec 2020 21:03 UTC
6 points
32 comments6 min readLW link

D&D.Sci Eval­u­a­tion and Ruleset

abstractapplic12 Dec 2020 15:00 UTC
51 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

The in­sti­tu­tion of email

KatjaGrace12 Dec 2020 10:50 UTC
10 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

The Flynn Effect Clarified

PeterMcCluskey12 Dec 2020 5:18 UTC
34 points
2 comments4 min readLW link
(www.bayesianinvestor.com)

On the stag­na­tion of en­ergy tech­nol­ogy and the Ca­bal of Scientists

df fd12 Dec 2020 4:24 UTC
5 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

Avoid­ing Side Effects in Com­plex Environments

12 Dec 2020 0:34 UTC
62 points
12 comments2 min readLW link
(avoiding-side-effects.github.io)

Notes on Chastity

David Gross11 Dec 2020 22:01 UTC
26 points
1 comment8 min readLW link

[Ex­pired] 20,000 Free $50 Char­ity Gift Cards

WilliamKiely11 Dec 2020 20:02 UTC
62 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Death Pos­i­tive Movement

lejuletre11 Dec 2020 18:29 UTC
23 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

The Good Life Quantified

Jacob Falkovich11 Dec 2020 17:52 UTC
38 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

Flights of wonder

KatjaGrace11 Dec 2020 10:50 UTC
17 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Luna Love­g­ood and the Cham­ber of Se­crets—Part 7

lsusr11 Dec 2020 5:54 UTC
63 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Epistemic Warfare

Gentzel11 Dec 2020 3:50 UTC
56 points
22 comments2 min readLW link
(theconsequentialist.wordpress.com)

Heel-and-toe drumming

jefftk11 Dec 2020 2:20 UTC
8 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

The im­pact of you is de­ter­mined by them.

Munkh-Ochir Soyol-Erdene10 Dec 2020 22:01 UTC
−1 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Men­tal Blin­ders from Work­ing Within Systems

abramdemski10 Dec 2020 19:09 UTC
53 points
20 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What tech­nolo­gies could cause world GDP dou­bling times to be <8 years?

Daniel Kokotajlo10 Dec 2020 15:34 UTC
43 points
42 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Coun­ter­ing Self-De­cep­tion: When De­cou­pling, When De­con­tex­tu­al­iz­ing?

a gently pricked vein10 Dec 2020 15:28 UTC
2 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 12/​10: Vac­cine Ap­proval Day in America

Zvi10 Dec 2020 14:20 UTC
58 points
31 comments20 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Con­tain­ment Thread on the Mo­ti­va­tion and Poli­ti­cal Con­text for My Philos­o­phy of Lan­guage Agenda

Zack_M_Davis10 Dec 2020 8:30 UTC
29 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Un­ex­plored modes of language

KatjaGrace10 Dec 2020 7:00 UTC
28 points
20 comments2 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Parable of the Dammed

johnswentworth10 Dec 2020 0:08 UTC
118 points
29 comments2 min readLW link

Fi­nal Day to Order LW Books by Christ­mas for US

Ben Pace9 Dec 2020 23:30 UTC
13 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Sum­mary of AI Re­search Con­sid­er­a­tions for Hu­man Ex­is­ten­tial Safety (ARCHES)

peterbarnett9 Dec 2020 23:28 UTC
11 points
0 comments13 min readLW link

Sun­day De­cem­ber 13th, 12:00PM (PT) – Puz­zle Hunt

Ruby9 Dec 2020 23:28 UTC
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Where does this com­mu­nity lean poli­ti­cally ?

Madeven13359 Dec 2020 21:08 UTC
−10 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How do we know that the things we want have cred­i­bil­ity ?

Madeven13359 Dec 2020 21:08 UTC
−10 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Switch­ing to Google Calendar

jefftk9 Dec 2020 20:10 UTC
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[AN #128]: Pri­ori­tiz­ing re­search on AI ex­is­ten­tial safety based on its ap­pli­ca­tion to gov­er­nance demands

Rohin Shah9 Dec 2020 18:20 UTC
16 points
2 comments10 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Notes on Know-how

David Gross9 Dec 2020 17:21 UTC
10 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

Walk to a San Fran­cisco FedEx

KatjaGrace9 Dec 2020 8:50 UTC
27 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)