[Question] Should we write more about so­cial life?

DirectedEvolutionAug 19, 2020, 8:07 PM
13 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

[AN #113]: Check­ing the eth­i­cal in­tu­itions of large lan­guage models

Rohin ShahAug 19, 2020, 5:10 PM
23 points
0 comments9 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Alex Ir­pan: “My AI Timelines Have Sped Up”

VaniverAug 19, 2020, 4:23 PM
43 points
20 comments1 min readLW link
(www.alexirpan.com)

The US Already Has A Wealth Tax

jefftkAug 19, 2020, 2:50 PM
46 points
14 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Which way should we up­date about un­cer­tain events, over time?

MiltonAug 19, 2020, 12:18 PM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

AI safety as feather­less bipeds *with broad flat nails*

Stuart_ArmstrongAug 19, 2020, 10:22 AM
38 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Sur­vey Re­sults: 10 Fun Ques­tions for LWers

Ben PaceAug 19, 2020, 6:10 AM
42 points
21 comments3 min readLW link

On Defin­ing your Terms

Chris_LeongAug 19, 2020, 3:30 AM
13 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Look­ing for ad­ver­sar­ial col­lab­o­ra­tors to test our De­bate protocol

Beth BarnesAug 19, 2020, 3:15 AM
52 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Sta­tus for sta­tus sake is a fact of poli­ti­cal life

Tim LiptrotAug 18, 2020, 10:06 PM
10 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Rad­i­cal Probabilism

abramdemskiAug 18, 2020, 9:14 PM
182 points
49 comments35 min readLW link1 review

Mesa-Search vs Mesa-Control

abramdemskiAug 18, 2020, 6:51 PM
55 points
45 comments7 min readLW link

Up­dat­ing My LW Com­ment­ing Policy

curiAug 18, 2020, 4:48 PM
7 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

Bayesi­ance (Filk)

Gordon Seidoh WorleyAug 18, 2020, 4:30 PM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

WordPress De­stroys Edit­ing Pro­cess, Seek­ing Alternatives

ZviAug 18, 2020, 3:50 PM
25 points
20 comments1 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Learn­ing hu­man prefer­ences: op­ti­mistic and pes­simistic scenarios

Stuart_ArmstrongAug 18, 2020, 1:05 PM
27 points
6 comments6 min readLW link

On Creativity—The joys of 5 minute timers

Neel NandaAug 18, 2020, 6:26 AM
17 points
1 comment6 min readLW link
(www.neelnanda.io)

Mul­ti­tudi­nous out­side views

DavidmanheimAug 18, 2020, 6:21 AM
55 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

10 Fun Ques­tions for LessWrongers

Ben PaceAug 18, 2020, 3:28 AM
47 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Spend­ing Up­date 2020

jefftkAug 18, 2020, 1:40 AM
12 points
2 comments3 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Why haven’t we cel­e­brated any ma­jor achieve­ments lately?

jasoncrawfordAug 17, 2020, 8:34 PM
198 points
69 comments12 min readLW link2 reviews
(rootsofprogress.org)

[Question] A way to beat su­per­ra­tional/​EDT agents?

Abhimanyu Pallavi SudhirAug 17, 2020, 2:33 PM
5 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

GPT-3, be­lief, and consistency

skybrianAug 16, 2020, 11:12 PM
18 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

Goal-Direct­ed­ness: What Suc­cess Looks Like

adamShimiAug 16, 2020, 6:33 PM
9 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Search ver­sus design

Alex FlintAug 16, 2020, 4:53 PM
109 points
40 comments36 min readLW link1 review

On Sys­tems—Liv­ing a life of zero willpower

Neel NandaAug 16, 2020, 4:44 PM
42 points
9 comments13 min readLW link
(www.neelnanda.io)

Par­tially En­light­ened AMA

grumpyfreyrAug 16, 2020, 9:36 AM
−10 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

Be­com­ing an EA-in­fluencer on YouTube etc.

culturechangeAug 16, 2020, 8:09 AM
13 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

The Hu­man Condition

Martin SustrikAug 16, 2020, 5:23 AM
25 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

The Wrong Side of Risk

gilchAug 16, 2020, 3:50 AM
22 points
12 comments3 min readLW link

On Need-Sets

MarcelloAug 15, 2020, 11:25 PM
48 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

My Un­der­stand­ing of Paul Chris­ti­ano’s Iter­ated Am­plifi­ca­tion AI Safety Re­search Agenda

Chi NguyenAug 15, 2020, 8:02 PM
120 points
20 comments39 min readLW link

Does crime ex­plain the ex­cep­tional US in­car­cer­a­tion rate?

bracesAug 15, 2020, 6:27 PM
60 points
27 comments3 min readLW link

Self-Similar­ity Experiment

Dawn DrescherAug 15, 2020, 1:19 PM
12 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

Map­ping Out Alignment

Aug 15, 2020, 1:02 AM
43 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Talk and Q&A—Dan Hendrycks—Paper: Align­ing AI With Shared Hu­man Values. On Dis­cord at Aug 28, 2020 8:00-10:00 AM GMT+8.

wassnameAug 14, 2020, 11:57 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing the Study Group for Progress

jasoncrawfordAug 14, 2020, 8:18 PM
12 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Set­ting Up a Green Screen

jefftkAug 14, 2020, 8:00 PM
11 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Do we have up­dated data about the risk of ~ per­ma­nent chronic fa­tigue from COVID-19?

Eli TyreAug 14, 2020, 7:19 PM
60 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

An In­vi­ta­tion to the Guild of the Rose — Alpha (formerly the Guild of Ser­vants)

moridinamaelAug 14, 2020, 7:03 PM
32 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

How to Lose a Fair Game

gilchAug 14, 2020, 6:41 PM
36 points
15 comments7 min readLW link

Sun­day Au­gust 16, 12pm (PDT) — talks by Ozzie Gooen, habryka, Ben Pace

Aug 14, 2020, 6:32 PM
27 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

The Case for Education

SamuelKnocheAug 14, 2020, 5:20 PM
24 points
6 comments10 min readLW link

Room and Board for Peo­ple Self-Learn­ing ML or Do­ing In­de­pen­dent ML Research

SamuelKnocheAug 14, 2020, 5:19 PM
7 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

The Best Ed­u­ca­tional In­sti­tu­tion in the World

SamuelKnocheAug 14, 2020, 5:18 PM
41 points
13 comments9 min readLW link

How webs of mean­ing grow and change

HazardAug 14, 2020, 1:58 PM
14 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

misc raw re­sponses to a tract of Crit­i­cal Rationalism

mako yassAug 14, 2020, 11:53 AM
21 points
52 comments3 min readLW link

Petrov Day 2020 Vir­tual Celebration

konstellAug 14, 2020, 8:03 AM
22 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

“The Con­spir­acy against the Hu­man Race,” by Thomas Ligotti

CallmesalticidaeAug 13, 2020, 11:01 PM
19 points
4 comments15 min readLW link

Apol­ogy of (a form of) au­thor­i­tar­i­anism and in­equal­ity from an egalitarian

jybyAug 13, 2020, 9:54 PM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link