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Evad­ing Mind Control

lsusrNov 25, 2020, 5:01 AM
62 points
18 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] What to put in my time cap­sule?

justinsludNov 25, 2020, 4:21 AM
1 point
2 comments1 min readLW link

Trans­par­ent Technologies

lsusrNov 25, 2020, 2:19 AM
26 points
7 comments2 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

Pain is not the unit of Effort

alkjashNov 24, 2020, 8:00 PM
566 points
91 comments5 min readLW link2 reviews
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

The next AI win­ter will be due to en­ergy costs

hippkeNov 24, 2020, 4:53 PM
70 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Cri­tiques of the Agent Foun­da­tions agenda?

JsevillamolNov 24, 2020, 4:11 PM
16 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Sny­der-Beat­tie, Sand­berg, Drexler & Bon­sall (2020): The Timing of Evolu­tion­ary Tran­si­tions Suggests In­tel­li­gent Life Is Rare

Kaj_SotalaNov 24, 2020, 10:36 AM
83 points
20 comments2 min readLW link
(www.liebertpub.com)

[Question] How should OpenAI com­mu­ni­cate about the com­mer­cial perfor­mances of the GPT-3 API?

Maxime RichéNov 24, 2020, 8:34 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Man­i­festo of the Silent Minority

lsusrNov 24, 2020, 5:30 AM
63 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

Squig­gle: An Overview

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

Com­men­tary on AGI Safety from First Principles

Richard_NgoNov 23, 2020, 9:37 PM
81 points
4 comments54 min readLW link

Straight-edge Warn­ing Against Phys­i­cal Intimacy

RaphaëllNov 23, 2020, 9:35 PM
17 points
42 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Us­ing false but in­stru­men­tally ra­tio­nal be­liefs for your ca­reer?

Tim LiptrotNov 23, 2020, 7:18 PM
7 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

Syn­tax, se­man­tics, and sym­bol ground­ing, simplified

Stuart_ArmstrongNov 23, 2020, 4:12 PM
30 points
4 comments9 min readLW link

Con­tin­u­ing the take­offs debate

Richard_NgoNov 23, 2020, 3:58 PM
67 points
11 comments9 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)

The Mu­tant Game—Rounds 11 to 30

lsusrNov 23, 2020, 9:20 AM
5 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

Mark Man­son and Ev­i­dence-Based Per­sonal Development

Chris_LeongNov 23, 2020, 5:13 AM
31 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Chang­ing the AI race pay­off matrix

GurkenglasNov 22, 2020, 10:25 PM
7 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Notes on Ambition

David GrossNov 22, 2020, 7:53 PM
19 points
1 comment8 min readLW link

[Question] (Pseudo) Math­e­mat­i­cal Real­ism Bad?

Logan ZoellnerNov 22, 2020, 6:21 PM
0 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

My in­tel­lec­tual influences

Richard_NgoNov 22, 2020, 6:00 PM
95 points
1 comment5 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

[Question] Ways to run mul­ti­ple form-in­com­pat­i­ble men­tal­ities?

Self_OptimizationNov 22, 2020, 5:57 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

It’s not eco­nom­i­cally in­effi­cient for a UBI to re­duce re­cip­i­ent’s employment

paulfchristianoNov 22, 2020, 4:40 PM
93 points
60 comments4 min readLW link
(sideways-view.com)

[Question] Why are young, healthy peo­ple ea­ger to take the Covid-19 vac­cine?

CheerfulWarriorNov 22, 2020, 3:24 PM
14 points
59 comments2 min readLW link

De­mys­tify­ing the Se­cond Law of Thermodynamics

Eigil RischelNov 22, 2020, 1:52 PM
10 points
10 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] How to think about wear­ing masks /​ dis­tanc­ing within the house­hold?

SameerishereNov 22, 2020, 6:56 AM
1 point
5 comments1 min readLW link

UDT might not pay a Coun­ter­fac­tual Mugger

winwonceNov 21, 2020, 11:27 PM
5 points
18 comments2 min readLW link

Non-Ob­struc­tion: A Sim­ple Con­cept Mo­ti­vat­ing Corrigibility

TurnTroutNov 21, 2020, 7:35 PM
74 points
20 comments19 min readLW link

[Question] What do peo­ple think of the Fu­tur­ism site?

jmhNov 21, 2020, 5:32 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Ra­tion­al­ists from the UK—what are your thoughts on Do­minic Cum­mings?

Davis_KingsleyNov 21, 2020, 10:00 AM
11 points
8 comments1 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

AGI Predictions

Amandango and Ben Pace
Nov 21, 2020, 3:46 AM
112 points
35 comments4 min readLW link

Pre­dic­tions made by Mati Roy in early 2020

Mati_RoyNov 21, 2020, 3:24 AM
23 points
6 comments16 min readLW link

Zen and Ra­tion­al­ity: Skil­lful Means

Gordon Seidoh WorleyNov 21, 2020, 2:38 AM
18 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

The Dar­win Game—Rounds 21-500

lsusrNov 21, 2020, 12:58 AM
27 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

Work­ing in Vir­tual Real­ity: A Review

ozziegooenNov 20, 2020, 11:14 PM
140 points
42 comments6 min readLW link

Epistemic Progress

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

Embed­ded In­ter­ac­tive Pre­dic­tions on LessWrong

AmandangoNov 20, 2020, 6:35 PM
243 points
88 comments2 min readLW link1 review

Per­sua­sion Tools: AI takeover with­out AGI or agency?

Daniel KokotajloNov 20, 2020, 4:54 PM
85 points
25 comments11 min readLW link1 review

Hid­ing Complexity

Rafael HarthNov 20, 2020, 4:35 PM
29 points
14 comments7 min readLW link

Thanks­giv­ing and Covid

jefftkNov 20, 2020, 4:30 AM
13 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

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