Every­day Les­sons from High-Di­men­sional Optimization

johnswentworthJun 6, 2020, 8:57 PM
165 points
44 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Most re­li­able news sources?

Eli TyreJun 6, 2020, 8:24 PM
37 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Your best fu­ture self

RaemonJun 6, 2020, 7:10 PM
37 points
24 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Con­se­quen­tial­ism and Accidents

Rodrigo FernandesJun 6, 2020, 6:29 PM
0 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

A Prac­ti­cal Guide to Con­flict Re­s­olu­tion: Attitude

eapacheJun 6, 2020, 12:29 PM
16 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What is Ra?

Chris_LeongJun 6, 2020, 4:29 AM
18 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Ba­sic Mindsets

ExCephJun 6, 2020, 12:44 AM
2 points
5 comments13 min readLW link

Pas­teur’s quadrant

jasoncrawfordJun 5, 2020, 5:47 PM
36 points
2 comments5 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Emer­gence and Con­trol: An ex­am­i­na­tion of our abil­ity to gov­ern the be­hav­ior of in­tel­li­gent systems

meanderingmooseJun 5, 2020, 5:10 PM
1 point
0 comments6 min readLW link

Re­ply to Paul Chris­ti­ano on Inac­cessible Information

Alex FlintJun 5, 2020, 9:10 AM
77 points
15 comments6 min readLW link

Three char­ac­ter­is­tics: impermanence

Kaj_SotalaJun 5, 2020, 7:48 AM
73 points
4 comments18 min readLW link

[Question] Does tak­ing ex­treme mea­sures to avoid the coro­n­avirus make sense when you fac­tor in the pos­si­bil­ity of a re­ally long life?

Adam ZernerJun 5, 2020, 12:58 AM
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Think­ing About Su­per-Hu­man AI: An Ex­am­i­na­tion of Likely Paths and Ul­ti­mate Constitution

meanderingmooseJun 4, 2020, 11:22 PM
−3 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] How to val­i­date re­search ideas?

kwiat.devJun 4, 2020, 9:37 PM
12 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

FHI pa­per on COVID-19 gov­ern­ment countermeasures

Bird ConceptJun 4, 2020, 9:06 PM
47 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(doi.org)

Covid-19 6/​4: The Eye of the Storm

ZviJun 4, 2020, 8:50 PM
33 points
7 comments6 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Vi­sual Bab­ble and Prune

DirectedEvolutionJun 4, 2020, 6:49 PM
46 points
2 comments8 min readLW link

Pantry Sta­ples for DIY

jefftkJun 4, 2020, 6:10 PM
16 points
1 comment2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Why isn’t as­sas­si­na­tion/​sab­o­tage more com­mon?

Rudi CJun 4, 2020, 6:04 PM
8 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

The Skill of Notic­ing Emotions

Neel NandaJun 4, 2020, 5:48 PM
84 points
6 comments17 min readLW link

Rus­sian x-risks newslet­ter spring 2020

avturchinJun 4, 2020, 2:27 PM
16 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

The Stopped Clock Problem

eapacheJun 4, 2020, 12:07 PM
30 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

A Prac­ti­cal Guide to Con­flict Re­s­olu­tion: Introduction

eapacheJun 4, 2020, 1:03 AM
15 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

A His­tory Of Univer­sal­ist Greed

namespaceJun 4, 2020, 12:22 AM
56 points
0 comments29 min readLW link
(www.thelastrationalist.com)

[Question] Is a near-term, self-sus­tain­ing Mars colony im­pos­si­ble?

ESRogsJun 3, 2020, 10:43 PM
13 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Sta­tus-Reg­u­lat­ing Emotions

lsusrJun 3, 2020, 10:32 PM
42 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

Fo­cus: you are al­lowed to be bad at ac­com­plish­ing your goals

adamShimiJun 3, 2020, 9:04 PM
19 points
17 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Effec­tive chil­dren education

kotrfaJun 3, 2020, 8:35 PM
49 points
31 comments2 min readLW link

Spoiler-Free Re­view: CrossCells

ZviJun 3, 2020, 6:30 PM
8 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[AN #102]: Meta learn­ing by GPT-3, and a list of full pro­pos­als for AI alignment

Rohin ShahJun 3, 2020, 5:20 PM
38 points
6 comments10 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Die­tary De­bates among the Fruit Gnomes

SherrinfordJun 3, 2020, 2:09 PM
26 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] How can you find the best in­for­ma­tion out of all in­for­ma­tion?

Raj ThimmiahJun 3, 2020, 6:40 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Inac­cessible information

paulfchristianoJun 3, 2020, 5:10 AM
83 points
17 comments14 min readLW link2 reviews
(ai-alignment.com)

The Law of Cul­tural Proximity

eapacheJun 3, 2020, 2:18 AM
8 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

A rev­olu­tion in philos­o­phy: the rise of con­cep­tual engineering

Suspended ReasonJun 2, 2020, 6:30 PM
141 points
50 comments21 min readLW link

[Question] What pro­por­tion of US com­pa­nies would agree to this gross pay de­duc­tion /​ di­rect dona­tion if asked by an em­ployee?

Bobby ShenJun 2, 2020, 6:27 PM
3 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

Open & Wel­come Thread—June 2020

habrykaJun 2, 2020, 6:19 PM
19 points
101 comments1 min readLW link

GPT-3: A Summary

leogaoJun 2, 2020, 6:14 PM
20 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(leogao.dev)

Air Conditioning

jefftkJun 2, 2020, 5:20 PM
14 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

0oo.li: Fi­nan­cial Think Tank

MindeyJun 2, 2020, 4:03 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

May Gw­ern.net newslet­ter (w/​GPT-3 com­men­tary)

gwernJun 2, 2020, 3:40 PM
32 points
7 commentsLW link
(www.gwern.net)

Build­ing brain-in­spired AGI is in­finitely eas­ier than un­der­stand­ing the brain

Steven ByrnesJun 2, 2020, 2:13 PM
53 points
14 comments7 min readLW link

Spoiler-Free Re­view: Mon­ster Train

ZviJun 2, 2020, 1:40 PM
13 points
4 comments5 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

In­tro­duc­tion to Ex­is­ten­tial Risks from Ar­tifi­cial In­tel­li­gence, for an EA audience

JoshuaFoxJun 2, 2020, 8:30 AM
10 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Cambridge Vir­tual LW/​SSC Meetup

NoSignalNoNoiseJun 2, 2020, 3:17 AM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Restricted Diet and Longevity, does eat­ing pat­tern mat­ter?

jmhJun 1, 2020, 9:28 PM
7 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

You See The Ter­ri­tory or Noth­ing at All

caleboJun 1, 2020, 3:24 PM
7 points
4 comments6 min readLW link

Blog Post Day III

Daniel KokotajloJun 1, 2020, 1:56 PM
33 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Spar­sity and in­ter­pretabil­ity?

Jun 1, 2020, 1:25 PM
41 points
3 comments7 min readLW link

Feed­back is cen­tral to agency

Alex FlintJun 1, 2020, 12:56 PM
29 points
1 comment3 min readLW link