The Ant Farm

JimBalerAug 21, 2020, 11:25 PM
3 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Thoughts on the Fea­si­bil­ity of Pro­saic AGI Align­ment?

iamthouthouartiAug 21, 2020, 11:25 PM
8 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What’s a De­com­pos­able Align­ment Topic?

Logan RiggsAug 21, 2020, 10:57 PM
26 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Epistemic Com­par­i­son: First Prin­ci­ples Land vs. Mime­sis Land

ozziegooenAug 21, 2020, 10:28 PM
33 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

Live a life you feel ex­cited about

Neel NandaAug 21, 2020, 7:16 PM
20 points
3 comments8 min readLW link
(www.neelnanda.io)

Univer­sal­ity Unwrapped

adamShimiAug 21, 2020, 6:53 PM
29 points
2 comments18 min readLW link

[Question] How much can sur­gi­cal masks help with wild­fire smoke?

Gordon Seidoh WorleyAug 21, 2020, 3:46 PM
9 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What am I miss­ing? (quan­tum physics)

kithpendragonAug 21, 2020, 12:39 PM
10 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Coron­avirus and Rents II

jefftkAug 21, 2020, 2:30 AM
11 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

An­a­lyz­ing Black­mail Be­ing Ille­gal (Han­son and Mow­show­itz re­lated)

curiAug 20, 2020, 6:56 PM
0 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

July 2020 gw­ern.net newsletter

gwernAug 20, 2020, 4:39 PM
29 points
0 commentsLW link
(www.gwern.net)

How More Knowl­edge is Mak­ing Us Dumber

jdcampolargoAug 20, 2020, 3:08 PM
1 point
4 comments3 min readLW link

“Tech­nol­ogy and the Fu­ture of Per­sons”, by Lynne Rud­der Baker (2013)

CallmesalticidaeAug 20, 2020, 2:31 PM
5 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

Covid 8/​20: A Lit­tle Progress

ZviAug 20, 2020, 2:30 PM
47 points
6 comments15 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Mar­ket Misconceptions

gilchAug 20, 2020, 4:46 AM
27 points
8 comments4 min readLW link

High­lights from the Black­mail De­bate (Robin Han­son vs Zvi Mow­show­itz)

Ben PaceAug 20, 2020, 12:49 AM
48 points
37 comments9 min readLW link

The Bayesian Tyrant

abramdemskiAug 20, 2020, 12:08 AM
143 points
21 comments6 min readLW link1 review

[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