Imag­ine a World Where Govern­ments Treated COVID-19 Properly

jdcampolargoAug 12, 2020, 10:52 PM
−2 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

In­vest­ment idea: bas­ket of tech stocks weighted to­wards AI

ioannesAug 12, 2020, 9:30 PM
19 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

Blog post: A tale of two re­search communities

Aryeh EnglanderAug 12, 2020, 8:41 PM
18 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Ra­tion­ally End­ing Discussions

curiAug 12, 2020, 8:34 PM
−7 points
27 comments14 min readLW link

[Question] Money cre­ation and debt

AnthonyCAug 12, 2020, 8:30 PM
27 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

How GPT-N will es­cape from its AI-box

hippkeAug 12, 2020, 7:34 PM
7 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Strong im­pli­ca­tion of prefer­ence uncertainty

Stuart_ArmstrongAug 12, 2020, 7:02 PM
19 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Align­ment By Default

johnswentworthAug 12, 2020, 6:54 PM
174 points
96 comments11 min readLW link2 reviews

Matt Botv­inick on the spon­ta­neous emer­gence of learn­ing algorithms

Adam SchollAug 12, 2020, 7:47 AM
154 points
87 comments5 min readLW link

You Need More Money

gilchAug 12, 2020, 6:16 AM
55 points
16 comments7 min readLW link

Zen and Ra­tion­al­ity: Trust in Mind

Gordon Seidoh WorleyAug 11, 2020, 8:23 PM
25 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Will OpenAI’s work un­in­ten­tion­ally in­crease ex­is­ten­tial risks re­lated to AI?

adamShimiAug 11, 2020, 6:16 PM
53 points
55 comments1 min readLW link

Book re­view: Ar­chi­tects of In­tel­li­gence by Martin Ford (2018)

OferAug 11, 2020, 5:30 PM
15 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Utility func­tions with­out a maximum

Abhimanyu Pallavi SudhirAug 11, 2020, 12:58 PM
3 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Moloch and multi-level selection

thoughtfulmadisonAug 11, 2020, 7:08 AM
19 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Swiss Poli­ti­cal Sys­tem: More than You ever Wanted to Know (III.)

Martin SustrikAug 11, 2020, 5:09 AM
72 points
8 comments22 min readLW link

Writ­ing Pi­ano Songs: A Journey

Logan RiggsAug 10, 2020, 9:50 PM
24 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

So­cial Dynamics

curiAug 10, 2020, 7:29 PM
7 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] UK Pre­dicted Grades

cwg1g16Aug 10, 2020, 5:36 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] What’s the ev­i­dence on fal­ling testos­teron and sperm counts in men?

Alexander Gietelink OldenzielAug 10, 2020, 8:58 AM
3 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Fore­cast­ing AI Progress: A Re­search Agenda

rossgAug 10, 2020, 1:04 AM
39 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Effect of Numpy

jefftkAug 10, 2020, 1:00 AM
9 points
10 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Fan­tasy-For­bid­ding Ex­pert Opinion

yamabikoAug 10, 2020, 12:01 AM
18 points
9 comments3 min readLW link

The Law of Least Effort Con­tributes to the Con­junc­tion Fallacy

curiAug 9, 2020, 7:38 PM
7 points
53 comments3 min readLW link

So­cial Interfaces

thoughtfulmadisonAug 9, 2020, 6:13 PM
14 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Ex­is­ten­tial Risk is a sin­gle category

Rafael HarthAug 9, 2020, 5:47 PM
31 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Can we ex­pect more value from AI al­ign­ment than from an ASI with the goal of run­ning al­ter­nate tra­jec­to­ries of our uni­verse?

Maxime RichéAug 9, 2020, 5:17 PM
2 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] 10/​50/​90% chance of GPT-N Trans­for­ma­tive AI?

human_generated_textAug 9, 2020, 12:10 AM
24 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Towards a For­mal­i­sa­tion of Log­i­cal Counterfactuals

BunthutAug 8, 2020, 10:14 PM
6 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

The Fu­sion Power Gen­er­a­tor Scenario

johnswentworthAug 8, 2020, 6:31 PM
155 points
30 comments3 min readLW link

Eval­u­at­ing Opus

jefftkAug 8, 2020, 4:40 PM
20 points
5 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] How much is known about the “in­fer­ence rules” of log­i­cal in­duc­tion?

Eigil RischelAug 8, 2020, 10:45 AM
11 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

The Man­ual Economy

eapacheAug 7, 2020, 10:29 PM
14 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

[Question] Is Wire­cut­ter still good?

Ben PaceAug 7, 2020, 9:54 PM
46 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Are Amer­i­cans Be­com­ing More De­pressed?

caleboAug 7, 2020, 3:57 PM
26 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] I’m look­ing for re­search look­ing at the in­fluence of fic­tion on chang­ing elite/​pub­lic be­hav­iors and opinions

Timothy UnderwoodAug 7, 2020, 1:49 PM
6 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are some low-in­for­ma­tion pri­ors that you find prac­ti­cally use­ful for think­ing about the world?

LinchAug 7, 2020, 4:37 AM
27 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­plor­ing Two-Level Vi­sual Mnemonic Compression

armaturesAug 6, 2020, 11:58 PM
11 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

[Question] Why is ag­ing re­search our pri­mary at­tempt at im­mor­tal­ity?

sd1Aug 6, 2020, 11:47 PM
1 point
2 comments1 min readLW link

Sun­day Au­gust 9, 1pm (PDT) — talks by eli­tyre, ja­cob­ja­cob, Ruby

Aug 6, 2020, 10:50 PM
31 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

An­a­lyz­ing the Prob­lem GPT-3 is Try­ing to Solve

adamShimiAug 6, 2020, 9:58 PM
16 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

Asch Con­for­mity Could Ex­plain the Con­junc­tion Fallacy

curiAug 6, 2020, 9:46 PM
7 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

Covid 8/​6: The Case of the Miss­ing Data

ZviAug 6, 2020, 9:40 PM
43 points
3 comments15 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Pro­cras­ti­na­tion Para­doxes: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

scasperAug 6, 2020, 7:47 PM
21 points
4 comments10 min readLW link

Mar­ket norms and So­cial norms

TruetoThisAug 6, 2020, 6:27 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How do you or­ganise your read­ing?

brookAug 6, 2020, 2:54 PM
20 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Open & Wel­come Thread—Au­gust 2020

habrykaAug 6, 2020, 6:16 AM
13 points
101 comments1 min readLW link

Zen and Ra­tion­al­ity: Don’t Know Mind

Gordon Seidoh WorleyAug 6, 2020, 4:33 AM
25 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

The Iso­la­tion As­sump­tion of Ex­pected Utility Maximization

Pedro OliboniAug 6, 2020, 4:05 AM
7 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

[Question] Ti­tan (the Wealth­front of ac­tive stock pick­ing) - What’s the catch?

LironAug 6, 2020, 1:06 AM
10 points
5 comments1 min readLW link