[Question] What Are Some Alter­na­tive Ap­proaches to Un­der­stand­ing Agency/​In­tel­li­gence?

intersticeDec 29, 2020, 11:21 PM
15 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

De­bate Minus Fac­tored Cognition

abramdemskiDec 29, 2020, 10:59 PM
37 points
42 comments11 min readLW link

AXRP Epi­sode 3 - Ne­go­tiable Re­in­force­ment Learn­ing with An­drew Critch

DanielFilanDec 29, 2020, 8:45 PM
27 points
0 comments28 min readLW link

AXRP Epi­sode 2 - Learn­ing Hu­man Bi­ases with Ro­hin Shah

DanielFilanDec 29, 2020, 8:43 PM
13 points
0 comments35 min readLW link

AXRP Epi­sode 1 - Ad­ver­sar­ial Poli­cies with Adam Gleave

DanielFilanDec 29, 2020, 8:41 PM
12 points
5 comments34 min readLW link

Book Re­view: On In­tel­li­gence by Jeff Hawk­ins (and San­dra Blakeslee)

Rafael HarthDec 29, 2020, 7:48 PM
21 points
7 comments14 min readLW link

Dario Amodei leaves OpenAI

Daniel KokotajloDec 29, 2020, 7:31 PM
69 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Against GDP as a met­ric for timelines and take­off speeds

Daniel KokotajloDec 29, 2020, 5:42 PM
140 points
19 comments14 min readLW link1 review

Why Neu­ral Net­works Gen­er­al­ise, and Why They Are (Kind of) Bayesian

Joar SkalseDec 29, 2020, 1:33 PM
75 points
58 comments1 min readLW link1 review

The map and ter­ri­tory of NFT art

frcassarinoDec 29, 2020, 11:45 AM
27 points
12 comments5 min readLW link
(federicorcassarino.substack.com)

Mea­sur­ing up to in­cred­ible potential

KatjaGraceDec 29, 2020, 7:50 AM
11 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Give it a google

Adam ZernerDec 29, 2020, 5:30 AM
149 points
28 comments7 min readLW link1 review

Vac­ci­na­tion with the EMH

DirectedEvolutionDec 29, 2020, 3:05 AM
17 points
16 comments8 min readLW link

Mo­ral­ity as “Co­or­di­na­tion”, vs “Do-Good­ing”

RaemonDec 29, 2020, 2:37 AM
75 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

Perfec­tion­ism as depth-first search

MSRayneDec 29, 2020, 1:49 AM
5 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Chain Breaking

Mark XuDec 29, 2020, 1:06 AM
23 points
6 comments10 min readLW link
(markxu.com)

Large Gains from Small Choices

Srdjan MileticDec 28, 2020, 7:34 PM
8 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Where are the post-COVID com­plain­ers?

kniteDec 28, 2020, 6:36 PM
15 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

I don’t want to listen, be­cause I will be­lieve you

George3d6Dec 28, 2020, 2:58 PM
10 points
6 comments16 min readLW link
(cerebralab.com)

Choos­ing the right ask for a context

ChristianKlDec 28, 2020, 2:58 PM
14 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Would the Real Econ­omy Please Stand Up

eapacheDec 28, 2020, 2:05 PM
22 points
8 comments4 min readLW link

In­finite possibilities

KatjaGraceDec 28, 2020, 10:10 AM
14 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Un­in­formed Ele­va­tion of Trust

ShmiDec 28, 2020, 8:18 AM
21 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Re­view: LessWrong Best of 2018 – Epistemology

Jacob FalkovichDec 28, 2020, 4:32 AM
47 points
15 comments7 min readLW link

Re­views as “How should this be im­proved to meet the bar?”

RaemonDec 28, 2020, 2:55 AM
26 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

The Twins

PrometheusDec 28, 2020, 1:26 AM
3 points
3 comments6 min readLW link

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