The ra­tio­nal­ist com­mu­nity’s lo­ca­tion problem

mingyuanSep 23, 2020, 6:39 PM
169 points
142 comments4 min readLW link

[AN #118]: Risks, solu­tions, and pri­ori­ti­za­tion in a world with many AI systems

Rohin ShahSep 23, 2020, 6:20 PM
15 points
6 comments10 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Petrov Day Ri­tual: Coron­avirus Edition

mingyuanSep 23, 2020, 4:41 PM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(thingofthings.wordpress.com)

De­hu­man­i­sa­tion *er­rors*

Stuart_ArmstrongSep 23, 2020, 9:51 AM
13 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The new Editor

habrykaSep 23, 2020, 2:25 AM
58 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

New Tag­ging Power Tools: Dash­board + Up­graded Tag Edit­ing Experience

RubySep 23, 2020, 1:49 AM
20 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

AI Ad­van­tages [Gems from the Wiki]

Sep 22, 2020, 10:44 PM
22 points
7 comments2 min readLW link
(www.lesswrong.com)

Sun­day Septem­ber 27, 12:00PM (PT) — talks by Alex Flint, Alex Zhu and more

habrykaSep 22, 2020, 9:59 PM
11 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Com­par­a­tive Ad­van­tage is Not About Trade

johnswentworthSep 22, 2020, 6:43 PM
89 points
26 comments3 min readLW link

The Haters Gonna Hate Fallacy

Kaj_SotalaSep 22, 2020, 12:20 PM
47 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

An­thro­po­mor­phi­sa­tion vs value learn­ing: type 1 vs type 2 errors

Stuart_ArmstrongSep 22, 2020, 10:46 AM
16 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Empti­ness and Form

lsusrSep 22, 2020, 4:20 AM
9 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Fore­cast­ing Thread: Ex­is­ten­tial Risk

AmandangoSep 22, 2020, 3:44 AM
43 points
39 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What AI com­pa­nies would be most likely to have a pos­i­tive long-term im­pact on the world as a re­sult of in­vest­ing in them?

MikkWSep 21, 2020, 11:41 PM
11 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Pre­pare for COVID-19 Hu­man Challenge Tri­als — A Pe­ti­tion in Canada (and soon, the UK)

abierohrigSep 21, 2020, 7:38 PM
6 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] How of­ten do se­ries C star­tups fail to exit?

Jessica ShuSep 21, 2020, 7:37 PM
14 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Needed: AI in­fo­haz­ard policy

Vanessa KosoySep 21, 2020, 3:26 PM
68 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Has any­one writ­ten sto­ries hap­pen­ing in Han­son’s em world?

Mati_RoySep 21, 2020, 2:37 PM
16 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Zen and Ra­tion­al­ity: Just This Is It

Gordon Seidoh WorleySep 20, 2020, 10:31 PM
36 points
6 comments2 min readLW link1 review

Clar­ify­ing “What failure looks like”

Sam ClarkeSep 20, 2020, 8:40 PM
97 points
14 comments17 min readLW link

[Question] Are air­craft car­ri­ers su­per vuln­er­a­ble in a mod­ern war?

LironSep 20, 2020, 6:52 PM
18 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

I’m Vot­ing For Ranked Choice, But I Don’t Like It

jefftkSep 20, 2020, 6:40 PM
32 points
12 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Where is hu­man level on text pre­dic­tion? (GPTs task)

Daniel KokotajloSep 20, 2020, 9:00 AM
27 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

My (Mis)Ad­ven­tures With Al­gorith­mic Ma­chine Learning

AHartNtknSep 20, 2020, 5:31 AM
16 points
4 comments41 min readLW link

Livestream­ing mon­eti­sa­tion mod­els aka What do cam­girls have in com­mon with Twitch stream­ers?

characteristicsSep 19, 2020, 6:57 PM
11 points
0 comments7 min readLW link
(lillianli.substack.com)

Get So­cial Sec­tor Lead­ers to Use Ev­i­dence With This 1 Weird Trick

Ian David MossSep 19, 2020, 6:07 PM
2 points
0 comments5 min readLW link
(medium.com)

Tak­ing So­cial Initiative

Neel NandaSep 19, 2020, 3:31 PM
19 points
2 comments13 min readLW link
(www.neelnanda.io)

Why GPT wants to mesa-op­ti­mize & how we might change this

John_MaxwellSep 19, 2020, 1:48 PM
55 points
33 comments9 min readLW link

EA Re­la­tion­ship Status

jefftkSep 19, 2020, 1:50 AM
28 points
16 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Draft re­port on AI timelines

Ajeya CotraSep 18, 2020, 11:47 PM
215 points
56 comments1 min readLW link1 review

Link: Vi­tamin D Can Likely End the COVID-19 Pan­demic—Root­claim Blog

KennySep 18, 2020, 5:07 PM
20 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­pan­sive trans­la­tions: con­sid­er­a­tions and possibilities

ozziegooenSep 18, 2020, 3:39 PM
43 points
15 comments6 min readLW link

The “Backchain­ing to Lo­cal Search” Tech­nique in AI Alignment

adamShimiSep 18, 2020, 3:05 PM
29 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Some thoughts on criticism

BuckSep 18, 2020, 4:58 AM
88 points
11 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] For what X would you be in­differ­ent be­tween liv­ing X days, but for­get­ting your day at the end of ev­ery­day, or liv­ing 10 days? (ter­mi­nally)

Mati_RoySep 18, 2020, 4:05 AM
6 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Against Victimhood

Jacob FalkovichSep 18, 2020, 1:58 AM
85 points
15 comments7 min readLW link

Ob­jec­tive Dog Rat­ings: The Shiba Inu

CallmesalticidaeSep 18, 2020, 12:12 AM
15 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Gems from the Wiki: Do The Math, Then Burn The Math and Go With Your Gut

Sep 17, 2020, 10:41 PM
60 points
3 comments3 min readLW link
(www.lesswrong.com)

Let the AI teach you how to flirt

DirectedEvolutionSep 17, 2020, 7:04 PM
47 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

Covid 9/​17: It’s Worse

ZviSep 17, 2020, 3:10 PM
54 points
41 comments8 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Mak­ing the Monte Hall prob­lem weirder but obvious

dynomightSep 17, 2020, 12:10 PM
17 points
8 comments1 min readLW link
(dyno-might.github.io)

[Question] How do you cel­e­brate your birth­day?

Mati_RoySep 17, 2020, 10:00 AM
10 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Notic­ing Wasted Motion

lynettebyeSep 17, 2020, 2:30 AM
21 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

Ar­tifi­cial In­tel­li­gence: A Modern Ap­proach (4th edi­tion) on the Align­ment Problem

Zack_M_DavisSep 17, 2020, 2:23 AM
72 points
12 comments5 min readLW link
(aima.cs.berkeley.edu)

[Question] What are ex­am­ples of sim­pler uni­verses that have been de­scribed in or­der to ex­plain a con­cept from our more com­plex uni­verse?

Mati_RoySep 17, 2020, 1:31 AM
4 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Sun­day Septem­ber 20, 12:00PM (PT) — talks by Eric Rogstad, Daniel Koko­ta­jlo and more

habrykaSep 17, 2020, 12:27 AM
26 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Ra­tion­al­ity for Kids?

goose000Sep 16, 2020, 10:58 PM
51 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

What Does “Sig­nal­ling” Mean?

abramdemskiSep 16, 2020, 9:19 PM
38 points
18 comments3 min readLW link

[AN #117]: How neu­ral nets would fare un­der the TEVV framework

Rohin ShahSep 16, 2020, 5:20 PM
27 points
0 comments7 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Spoiler-Free Re­view: Orwell

ZviSep 16, 2020, 1:30 PM
11 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)