Agency Vol­ume of “A Map That Reflects the Ter­ri­tory” Set—My Per­sonal Commentary

hamnoxDec 27, 2020, 11:35 PM
7 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Dis­solv­ing the Prob­lem of Induction

LironDec 27, 2020, 5:58 PM
40 points
32 comments7 min readLW link

The Perver­sity of High Standards

SocratesDissatisfiedDec 27, 2020, 2:37 PM
20 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

An open Christ­mas card to my stepfather

KatjaGraceDec 27, 2020, 12:30 PM
5 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Ask­ing For Help

Neel NandaDec 27, 2020, 11:32 AM
23 points
5 comments12 min readLW link
(neelnanda.io)

[Question] How to re­li­ably sig­nal in­ter­nal ex­pe­rience?

df fdDec 27, 2020, 11:18 AM
9 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

Luna Love­g­ood and the Cham­ber of Se­crets—Part 11

lsusrDec 27, 2020, 9:03 AM
56 points
23 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] In soft­ware en­g­ineer­ing, what are the up­per limits of Lan­guage-Based Se­cu­rity?

mako yassDec 27, 2020, 5:50 AM
13 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Martin Selig­man’s “Authen­tic Hap­piness”

David GrossDec 27, 2020, 5:06 AM
10 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

My Model of the New COVID Strain and US Response

Jacob FalkovichDec 27, 2020, 4:34 AM
51 points
13 comments4 min readLW link

Si­mul­ta­neous Ran­dom­ized Chess

jefftkDec 27, 2020, 3:30 AM
12 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

The Good Try Rule

DirectedEvolutionDec 27, 2020, 2:38 AM
56 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

AGI Align­ment Should Solve Cor­po­rate Alignment

magfrumpDec 27, 2020, 2:23 AM
20 points
6 comments6 min readLW link

Some recom­men­da­tions for al­ign­ing the de­ci­sion to go to war with the pub­lic in­ter­est, from The Spoils of War

Eli TyreDec 27, 2020, 1:04 AM
21 points
1 comment7 min readLW link

Cog­ni­tive mis­takes I’ve made about COVID-19

DanielFilanDec 27, 2020, 12:50 AM
45 points
2 comments2 min readLW link
(danielfilan.com)

Great minds might not think alike

Eric NeymanDec 26, 2020, 7:51 PM
310 points
45 comments11 min readLW link
(ericneyman.wordpress.com)

Mo­ral in­tu­itions are sur­pris­ingly variable

Bob BakerDec 26, 2020, 7:50 PM
22 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

An open Christ­mas card to my brothers

KatjaGraceDec 26, 2020, 12:00 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Can we model tech­nolog­i­cal sin­gu­lar­ity as the phase tran­si­tion?

Valentin2026Dec 26, 2020, 3:20 AM
4 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] What ev­i­dence will tell us about the new strain? How are you up­dat­ing?

ZviDec 25, 2020, 9:37 PM
83 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are the un­writ­ten rules of academia?

YitzDec 25, 2020, 3:33 PM
16 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What trade should we make if we’re all get­ting the new COVID strain?

Jacob FalkovichDec 25, 2020, 7:09 AM
79 points
73 comments1 min readLW link

Open Christ­mas card to my father

KatjaGraceDec 25, 2020, 6:40 AM
7 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Net­flix’s “Start-Up” and sincere work dramatization

Maxwell PetersonDec 25, 2020, 5:32 AM
17 points
3 comments6 min readLW link

Notes on Moder­a­tion, Balance, & Harmony

David GrossDec 25, 2020, 2:44 AM
9 points
1 comment8 min readLW link

A few predictions

Tim LiptrotDec 25, 2020, 1:27 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are in­tu­itive ways for pre­sent­ing cer­tainty/​con­fi­dence in con­tin­u­ous vari­able in­fer­ences (i.e. nu­mer­i­cal pre­dic­tions)?

George3d6Dec 25, 2020, 12:55 AM
4 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

A break­down of pri­ors and pos­te­ri­ors—an ex­am­ple from medicine

masasinDec 24, 2020, 11:35 PM
8 points
4 comments5 min readLW link
(old.reddit.com)

De­fus­ing AGI Danger

Mark XuDec 24, 2020, 10:58 PM
48 points
9 comments9 min readLW link

Oper­a­tional­iz­ing com­pat­i­bil­ity with strat­egy-stealing

evhubDec 24, 2020, 10:36 PM
41 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

The med­i­cal test para­dox: Can re­design­ing Bayes rule help?

habrykaDec 24, 2020, 10:08 PM
34 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.youtube.com)

Episte­mol­ogy Vol­ume of “A Map That Reflects the Ter­ri­tory” Set—My Per­sonal Commentary

hamnoxDec 24, 2020, 9:34 PM
20 points
1 comment8 min readLW link

TAPs for Tutoring

Mark XuDec 24, 2020, 8:46 PM
27 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

The First Sam­ple Gives the Most Information

Mark XuDec 24, 2020, 8:39 PM
150 points
16 comments1 min readLW link1 review
(markxu.com)

[AN #130]: A new AI x-risk pod­cast, and re­views of the field

Rohin ShahDec 24, 2020, 6:20 PM
8 points
0 comments7 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Covid 12/​24: We’re F***ed, It’s Over

ZviDec 24, 2020, 3:10 PM
276 points
135 comments31 min readLW link2 reviews
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Luna Love­g­ood and the Cham­ber of Se­crets—Part 10

lsusrDec 24, 2020, 8:33 AM
67 points
24 comments3 min readLW link

Open Christ­mas card to my mother

KatjaGraceDec 24, 2020, 7:00 AM
36 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

[Question] How to prac­tice ra­tio­nal­ity?

warrenjordanDec 23, 2020, 11:15 PM
5 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

My fa­vorite es­says of life advice

benkuhnDec 23, 2020, 11:00 PM
83 points
17 comments7 min readLW link
(www.benkuhn.net)

Sunzi’s《Meth­ods of War》- Plan­ning Attacks

lsusrDec 23, 2020, 9:52 PM
36 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

MIRI: 2020 Up­dates and Strategy

Rob BensingerDec 23, 2020, 9:27 PM
77 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(intelligence.org)

New Bucket Bri­gade UI

jefftkDec 23, 2020, 8:30 PM
12 points
1 comment2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

An­nounc­ing AXRP, the AI X-risk Re­search Podcast

DanielFilanDec 23, 2020, 8:00 PM
54 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(danielfilan.com)

2019 Re­view Rewrite: Seek­ing Power is Often Ro­bustly In­stru­men­tal in MDPs

TurnTroutDec 23, 2020, 5:16 PM
35 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(www.lesswrong.com)

Notes on Pa­tience & Forbearance

David GrossDec 23, 2020, 4:31 PM
11 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Mo­ral moralizing

KatjaGraceDec 23, 2020, 6:50 AM
12 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Se­cond Sols­tice** (Europe)

RaemonDec 23, 2020, 5:44 AM
24 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Will AGI have “hu­man” flaws?

Agustinus TheodorusDec 23, 2020, 3:43 AM
1 point
2 comments1 min readLW link

De­bate up­date: Obfus­cated ar­gu­ments problem

Beth BarnesDec 23, 2020, 3:24 AM
135 points
24 comments16 min readLW link