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What’s Your Cognitive Algorithm?
Raemon
Jun 18, 2020, 10:16 PM
75
points
23
comments
13
min read
LW
link
[Question]
If AI is based on GPT, how to ensure its safety?
avturchin
Jun 18, 2020, 8:33 PM
20
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Sunday June 21st – talks by Abram Demski, alkjash, orthonormal, eukaryote, Vaniver
Ben Pace
and
Bird Concept
Jun 18, 2020, 8:10 PM
49
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Covid-19 6/18: The Virus Goes South
Zvi
Jun 18, 2020, 8:10 PM
55
points
5
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
[AN #104]: The perils of inaccessible information, and what we can learn about AI alignment from COVID
Rohin Shah
Jun 18, 2020, 5:10 PM
19
points
5
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
[Personal Experiment] One Year without Junk Media: Six-Month Update
lsusr
Jun 18, 2020, 4:34 PM
69
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Likelihood of hyperexistential catastrophe from a bug?
Anirandis
Jun 18, 2020, 4:23 PM
14
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are some good public contribution opportunities? (100$ bounty)
Gurkenglas
Jun 18, 2020, 2:47 PM
18
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Image GPT
Daniel Kokotajlo
Jun 18, 2020, 11:41 AM
29
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(openai.com)
$1,000 Bounty for Pro-BLM Policy Analysis
Taymon Beal
Jun 18, 2020, 1:48 AM
14
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Bathing Machines and the Lindy Effect
DirectedEvolution
Jun 17, 2020, 9:44 PM
14
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
God and Moses have a chat
Yitz
Jun 17, 2020, 6:34 PM
28
points
17
comments
6
min read
LW
link
High-School Algebra for Data Structures
johnswentworth
Jun 17, 2020, 6:09 PM
21
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Results of $1,000 Oracle contest!
Stuart_Armstrong
Jun 17, 2020, 5:44 PM
60
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Memory is not about the past
simbyotic
Jun 17, 2020, 4:43 PM
1
point
14
comments
15
min read
LW
link
Set image dimensions using markdown
Alex Flint
Jun 17, 2020, 12:37 PM
19
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Our take on CHAI’s research agenda in under 1500 words
Alex Flint
Jun 17, 2020, 12:24 PM
113
points
18
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What is meant by Simulcra Levels?
Chris_Leong
Jun 17, 2020, 2:20 AM
21
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
1
review
Relating HCH and Logical Induction
abramdemski
Jun 16, 2020, 10:08 PM
50
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Where to Start Research?
Elizabeth
Jun 16, 2020, 6:10 PM
68
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(acesounderglass.com)
[Question]
What are the high-level approaches to AI alignment?
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Jun 16, 2020, 5:10 PM
12
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Creating better infrastructure for controversial discourse
Rudi C
Jun 16, 2020, 3:17 PM
66
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Is utilitarianism the result of a Conflict Theory singularity?
spkoc
Jun 16, 2020, 1:29 PM
5
points
2
comments
6
min read
LW
link
How does one authenticate with the lesswrong API?
Alex Flint
Jun 15, 2020, 11:46 PM
9
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Superexponential Historic Growth, by David Roodman
Ben Pace
Jun 15, 2020, 9:49 PM
43
points
6
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)
How to analyze progress, stagnation, and low-hanging fruit
jasoncrawford
Jun 15, 2020, 9:02 PM
42
points
9
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Research snap-shot: question about Global Workspace Theory
Hazard
Jun 15, 2020, 9:00 PM
21
points
12
comments
7
min read
LW
link
[Question]
By what metric do you judge a reference class?
B Jacobs
Jun 15, 2020, 6:34 PM
7
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Causality Adds Up to Normality
johnswentworth
Jun 15, 2020, 5:19 PM
13
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What do drafts look like?
SarahNibs
Jun 15, 2020, 4:02 PM
21
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
If the reproduction number is socially “controlled” to its inflection point 1, what are the ethical and predictive implications?
Tim Liptrot
Jun 15, 2020, 4:01 PM
1
point
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Simulacra Levels and their Interactions
Zvi
Jun 15, 2020, 1:10 PM
202
points
51
comments
17
min read
LW
link
1
review
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Achieving AI alignment through deliberate uncertainty in multiagent systems
Florian Dietz
Jun 15, 2020, 12:19 PM
3
points
10
comments
7
min read
LW
link
The Economic Consequences of Noise Traders
FactorialCode
Jun 14, 2020, 5:14 PM
45
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.nber.org)
How alienated should you be?
Vaniver
Jun 14, 2020, 3:55 PM
35
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
List of public predictions of what GPT-X can or can’t do?
Daniel Kokotajlo
Jun 14, 2020, 2:25 PM
20
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Second Wave?
jefftk
Jun 14, 2020, 2:00 PM
25
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
[Question]
What are some Civilizational Sanity Interventions?
Eli Tyre
Jun 14, 2020, 1:38 AM
34
points
27
comments
4
min read
LW
link
You Can Do Futarchy Yourself
Tetraspace
Jun 14, 2020, 12:16 AM
60
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Preparing for “The Talk” with AI projects
Daniel Kokotajlo
Jun 13, 2020, 11:01 PM
64
points
16
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Coronavirus as a test-run for X-risks
Sammy Martin
Jun 13, 2020, 9:00 PM
71
points
11
comments
18
min read
LW
link
Testing Hanson’s hypothesis about the uselessness of health care.
JoshuaFox
Jun 13, 2020, 6:34 PM
28
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
A Practical Guide to Conflict Resolution: Comprehension
eapache
Jun 13, 2020, 3:08 PM
30
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How do you find good content on Youtube?
Rudi C
Jun 13, 2020, 12:29 PM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Reminder: Blog Post Day III today
Daniel Kokotajlo
Jun 13, 2020, 10:28 AM
14
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Intuitive Lagrangian Mechanics
lsusr
Jun 13, 2020, 9:19 AM
27
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.lsusr.com)
Thomas Kwa’s Bounty List
Thomas Kwa
Jun 13, 2020, 12:03 AM
12
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Short essays on various things I’ve watched
philh
Jun 12, 2020, 10:50 PM
9
points
6
comments
12
min read
LW
link
(reasonableapproximation.net)
[Link] “Will He Go?” book review (Scott Aaronson)
ioannes
Jun 12, 2020, 10:16 PM
15
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why do all out attacks actually work?
lc
Jun 12, 2020, 8:33 PM
44
points
9
comments
4
min read
LW
link
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