16 Jul 2020 23:03 UTC

13 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

Sunday July 19, 1pm (PDT) — talks by Raemon, ricraz, mr-hire, Jameson Quinn

jacobjacob and Ben Pace

16 Jul 2020 20:04 UTC

26 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What should be the topic of my LW mini-talk this Sunday (July 18th)?

Jameson Quinn16 Jul 2020 16:32 UTC

7 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 7/16: Becoming the Mask

Zvi16 Jul 2020 12:40 UTC

82 points

20 comments15 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Why associative operations?

Sunny from QAD16 Jul 2020 12:36 UTC

6 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

(questionsanddaylight.com)

[Question] How big of an issue are patent trolls to the average startup?

ChristianKl16 Jul 2020 11:31 UTC

12 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

[AN #107]: The convergent instrumental subgoals of goal-directed agents

Rohin Shah16 Jul 2020 6:47 UTC

13 points

1 comment8 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

[AN #108]: Why we should scrutinize arguments for AI risk

Rohin Shah16 Jul 2020 6:47 UTC

19 points

6 comments12 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Alignment proposals and complexity classes

evhub16 Jul 2020 0:27 UTC

40 points

26 comments13 min readLW link

[Question] How should AI debate be judged?

abramdemski15 Jul 2020 22:20 UTC

49 points

26 comments6 min readLW link

Automatically Turning Off Computer at Night

Raemon15 Jul 2020 20:42 UTC

19 points

13 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Public Figures Contracting COVID-19 as Positive Event

mc15 Jul 2020 19:56 UTC

−11 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Divergence causes isolated demands for rigor

George3d615 Jul 2020 18:59 UTC

14 points

4 comments7 min readLW link

(blog.cerebralab.com)

[Question] What do we now know about long-term consequences of a COVID-19 infection?

ChristianKl15 Jul 2020 14:42 UTC

14 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

New paper: AGI Agent Safety by Iteratively Improving the Utility Function

Koen.Holtman15 Jul 2020 14:05 UTC

21 points

2 comments6 min readLW link

Education 2.0 — A brand new education system

aryan15 Jul 2020 10:09 UTC

−8 points

3 comments6 min readLW link

Classification of AI alignment research: deconfusion, “good enough” non-superintelligent AI alignment, superintelligent AI alignment

philip_b14 Jul 2020 22:48 UTC

35 points

25 comments3 min readLW link

Mazes and Duality

johnswentworth and jacobjacob

14 Jul 2020 19:54 UTC

62 points

10 comments6 min readLW link

The Goldbach conjecture is probably correct; so was Fermat’s last theorem

Stuart_Armstrong14 Jul 2020 19:30 UTC

82 points

28 comments4 min readLW link

Dremeling

Czynski14 Jul 2020 19:23 UTC

63 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Calibration Practice: Retrodictions on Metaculus

Raemon14 Jul 2020 18:35 UTC

34 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

AI Benefits Post 4: Outstanding Questions on Selecting Benefits

Cullen14 Jul 2020 17:26 UTC

4 points

4 comments5 min readLW link

Rationality Vienna Meetup July 2020

Laszlo_Treszkai14 Jul 2020 13:06 UTC

2 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Limits of Current US Prediction Markets (PredictIt Case Study)

aphyer14 Jul 2020 7:24 UTC

210 points

50 comments7 min readLW link

Algorithmic Intent: A Hansonian Generalized Anti-Zombie Principle

Zack_M_Davis14 Jul 2020 6:03 UTC

50 points

19 comments12 min readLW link

[Question] What are the mostly likely ways AGI will emerge?

Craig Quiter14 Jul 2020 0:58 UTC

3 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How to persuade people/groups out of sunk cost fallacy?

vernamcipher13 Jul 2020 22:51 UTC

3 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Life Through Quantum Annealing: How a quantum computing technique could shape existence

ChrisM13 Jul 2020 22:48 UTC

2 points

1 comment16 min readLW link

[Question] 3-P Group optimal for discussion?

AiresJL13 Jul 2020 22:23 UTC

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Book Review: Fooled by Randomness

Sherrinford13 Jul 2020 21:02 UTC

33 points

10 comments5 min readLW link

Roll for Sanity

eapache13 Jul 2020 16:39 UTC

16 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

Null-boxing Newcomb’s Problem

Yitz13 Jul 2020 16:32 UTC

33 points

9 comments4 min readLW link

2020 LessWrong Demographics Survey Results

B Jacobs13 Jul 2020 13:53 UTC

18 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

What You Are

Jarred Filmer13 Jul 2020 11:35 UTC

2 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Update more slowly!

Davidmanheim13 Jul 2020 7:10 UTC

51 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

In praise of contributing examples, analogies and lingo

Adam Zerner13 Jul 2020 6:43 UTC

37 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Six economics misconceptions of mine which I’ve resolved over the last few years

Buck13 Jul 2020 3:01 UTC

196 points

59 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] What is the current state of knowledge around COVID-19 at-home remedies?

Dorikka12 Jul 2020 22:50 UTC

10 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

What counts as defection?

TurnTrout12 Jul 2020 22:03 UTC

81 points

21 comments5 min readLW link 1 review

Possible new pneumonia in Kazahkstan (July 2020)

Jay12 Jul 2020 20:41 UTC

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

School Has It Backwards

proshowersinger12 Jul 2020 19:24 UTC

31 points

10 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What is the current process for increases testing?

jmh12 Jul 2020 17:21 UTC

5 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Budapest meetup Margit Sziget, 7/19 2pm

Timothy Underwood12 Jul 2020 14:07 UTC

3 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Science eats its young

George3d612 Jul 2020 12:32 UTC

14 points

13 comments10 min readLW link

(cerebralab.com)

Gödel Incompleteness: For Dummies

jollybard12 Jul 2020 9:13 UTC

9 points

6 comments3 min readLW link

Covid-19: Analysis of Mortality Data

Zvi11 Jul 2020 21:30 UTC

32 points

12 comments12 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] How well can the GPT architecture solve the parity task?

FactorialCode11 Jul 2020 19:02 UTC

19 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Canonical forms

sen11 Jul 2020 18:53 UTC

8 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.fimfiction.net)

Lurking More Before Joining Complex Conversations

Raemon11 Jul 2020 17:11 UTC

42 points

11 comments3 min readLW link

Meta Programming GPT: A route to Superintelligence?

dmtea11 Jul 2020 14:51 UTC

10 points

7 comments4 min readLW link