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[Question] Why is pseudo-alignment “worse” than other ways ML can fail to generalize?

nostalgebraistJul 18, 2020, 10:54 PM

45 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

Against Reopening Ottawa

eapacheJul 18, 2020, 8:08 PM

6 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

Collection of GPT-3 results

Kaj_SotalaJul 18, 2020, 8:04 PM

89 points

24 comments1 min readLW link

(twitter.com)

[Question] Is there an easy way to turn a LW sequence into an epub?

ChristianKlJul 18, 2020, 6:20 PM

17 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

Calibrate words, not just probabilities

MikkWJul 18, 2020, 5:56 AM

11 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Erving Goffman’s ‘paper’

SaffronJul 18, 2020, 1:12 AM

5 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Lessons on AI Takeover from the conquistadors

Daniel Kokotajlo and Bird Concept

Jul 17, 2020, 10:35 PM

61 points

31 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Can an agent use interactive proofs to check the alignment of succesors?

PabloAMCJul 17, 2020, 7:07 PM

7 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Anthropomorphizing Humans

johnswentworthJul 17, 2020, 5:49 PM

46 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

Telling more rational stories

DirectedEvolutionJul 17, 2020, 5:47 PM

26 points

21 comments3 min readLW link

Solving Math Problems by Relay

Ben Goldhaber and Owain_Evans

Jul 17, 2020, 3:32 PM

103 points

26 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] What are the best tools you have seen to keep track of knowledge around testable statements?

migueltorrescostaJul 17, 2020, 3:02 PM

2 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Environments as a bottleneck in AGI development

Richard_NgoJul 17, 2020, 5:02 AM

41 points

19 comments6 min readLW link

My Dating Plan ala Geoffrey Miller

snog toddgrassJul 17, 2020, 4:52 AM

2 points

57 comments3 min readLW link

Meta-preferences are weird

Bird Concept and Charlie Steiner

Jul 16, 2020, 11:03 PM

13 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

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

Bird Concept and Ben Pace

Jul 16, 2020, 8:04 PM

26 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

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

Jameson QuinnJul 16, 2020, 4:32 PM

7 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 7/16: Becoming the Mask

ZviJul 16, 2020, 12:40 PM

82 points

20 comments15 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Why associative operations?

Sunny from QADJul 16, 2020, 12:36 PM

6 points

7 comments LW link

(questionsanddaylight.com)

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

ChristianKlJul 16, 2020, 11:31 AM

12 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

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

Rohin ShahJul 16, 2020, 6:47 AM

13 points

1 comment8 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

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

Rohin ShahJul 16, 2020, 6:47 AM

19 points

6 comments12 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Alignment proposals and complexity classes

evhubJul 16, 2020, 12:27 AM

40 points

26 comments13 min readLW link

[Question] How should AI debate be judged?

abramdemskiJul 15, 2020, 10:20 PM

49 points

26 comments6 min readLW link

Automatically Turning Off Computer at Night

RaemonJul 15, 2020, 8:42 PM

19 points

13 comments2 min readLW link

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

mcJul 15, 2020, 7:56 PM

−11 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Divergence causes isolated demands for rigor

George3d6Jul 15, 2020, 6:59 PM

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?

ChristianKlJul 15, 2020, 2:42 PM

14 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

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

Koen.HoltmanJul 15, 2020, 2:05 PM

21 points

2 comments6 min readLW link

Education 2.0 — A brand new education system

aryanJul 15, 2020, 10:09 AM

−8 points

3 comments6 min readLW link

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

philip_bJul 14, 2020, 10:48 PM

35 points

25 comments3 min readLW link

Mazes and Duality

johnswentworth and Bird Concept

Jul 14, 2020, 7:54 PM

62 points

10 comments6 min readLW link

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

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 14, 2020, 7:30 PM

82 points

28 comments4 min readLW link

Dremeling

CzynskiJul 14, 2020, 7:23 PM

64 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Calibration Practice: Retrodictions on Metaculus

RaemonJul 14, 2020, 6:35 PM

34 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

AI Benefits Post 4: Outstanding Questions on Selecting Benefits

CullenJul 14, 2020, 5:26 PM

4 points

4 comments5 min readLW link

Rationality Vienna Meetup July 2020

Laszlo_TreszkaiJul 14, 2020, 1:06 PM

2 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Limits of Current US Prediction Markets (PredictIt Case Study)

aphyerJul 14, 2020, 7:24 AM

210 points

50 comments7 min readLW link

Algorithmic Intent: A Hansonian Generalized Anti-Zombie Principle

Zack_M_DavisJul 14, 2020, 6:03 AM

51 points

20 comments12 min readLW link

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

Craig QuiterJul 14, 2020, 12:58 AM

3 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

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

vernamcipherJul 13, 2020, 10:51 PM

3 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

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

ChrisMJul 13, 2020, 10:48 PM

2 points

1 comment16 min readLW link

[Question] 3-P Group optimal for discussion?

AiresJLJul 13, 2020, 10:23 PM

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Book Review: Fooled by Randomness

SherrinfordJul 13, 2020, 9:02 PM

34 points

10 comments5 min readLW link

Roll for Sanity

eapacheJul 13, 2020, 4:39 PM

16 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

Null-boxing Newcomb’s Problem

YitzJul 13, 2020, 4:32 PM

33 points

9 comments4 min readLW link

2020 LessWrong Demographics Survey Results

B JacobsJul 13, 2020, 1:53 PM

18 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

What You Are

Jarred FilmerJul 13, 2020, 11:35 AM

2 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Update more slowly!

DavidmanheimJul 13, 2020, 7:10 AM

51 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

In praise of contributing examples, analogies and lingo

Adam ZernerJul 13, 2020, 6:43 AM

37 points

3 comments1 min readLW link