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The rationalist community’s location problem

mingyuan23 Sep 2020 18:39 UTC

169 points

142 comments4 min readLW link

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

Rohin Shah23 Sep 2020 18:20 UTC

15 points

6 comments10 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Petrov Day Ritual: Coronavirus Edition

mingyuan23 Sep 2020 16:41 UTC

6 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(thingofthings.wordpress.com)

Dehumanisation errors

Stuart_Armstrong23 Sep 2020 9:51 UTC

13 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

The new Editor

habryka23 Sep 2020 2:25 UTC

58 points

24 comments1 min readLW link

New Tagging Power Tools: Dashboard + Upgraded Tag Editing Experience

Ruby23 Sep 2020 1:49 UTC

20 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

AI Advantages [Gems from the Wiki]

habryka and Kaj_Sotala

22 Sep 2020 22:44 UTC

22 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

(www.lesswrong.com)

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

habryka22 Sep 2020 21:59 UTC

11 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Comparative Advantage is Not About Trade

johnswentworth22 Sep 2020 18:43 UTC

89 points

26 comments3 min readLW link

The Haters Gonna Hate Fallacy

Kaj_Sotala22 Sep 2020 12:20 UTC

47 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

(kajsotala.fi)

Anthropomorphisation vs value learning: type 1 vs type 2 errors

Stuart_Armstrong22 Sep 2020 10:46 UTC

16 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Emptiness and Form

lsusr22 Sep 2020 4:20 UTC

9 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Forecasting Thread: Existential Risk

Amandango22 Sep 2020 3:44 UTC

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?

MikkW21 Sep 2020 23:41 UTC

11 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

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

abierohrig21 Sep 2020 19:38 UTC

6 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

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

Jessica Shu21 Sep 2020 19:37 UTC

14 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

Needed: AI infohazard policy

Vanessa Kosoy21 Sep 2020 15:26 UTC

66 points

16 comments2 min readLW link

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

Mati_Roy21 Sep 2020 14:37 UTC

16 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Zen and Rationality: Just This Is It

Gordon Seidoh Worley20 Sep 2020 22:31 UTC

35 points

6 comments2 min readLW link 1 review

Clarifying “What failure looks like”

Sam Clarke20 Sep 2020 20:40 UTC

97 points

14 comments17 min readLW link

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

Liron20 Sep 2020 18:52 UTC

18 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

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

jefftk20 Sep 2020 18:40 UTC

32 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

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

Daniel Kokotajlo20 Sep 2020 9:00 UTC

27 points

19 comments1 min readLW link

My (Mis)Adventures With Algorithmic Machine Learning

AHartNtkn20 Sep 2020 5:31 UTC

16 points

4 comments41 min readLW link

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

characteristics19 Sep 2020 18:57 UTC

11 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

(lillianli.substack.com)

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

Ian David Moss19 Sep 2020 18:07 UTC

2 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

(medium.com)

Taking Social Initiative

Neel Nanda19 Sep 2020 15:31 UTC

19 points

2 comments13 min readLW link

(www.neelnanda.io)

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

John_Maxwell19 Sep 2020 13:48 UTC

55 points

33 comments9 min readLW link

EA Relationship Status

jefftk19 Sep 2020 1:50 UTC

27 points

16 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Draft report on AI timelines

Ajeya Cotra18 Sep 2020 23:47 UTC

214 points

56 comments1 min readLW link 1 review

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

Kenny18 Sep 2020 17:07 UTC

20 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Expansive translations: considerations and possibilities

ozziegooen18 Sep 2020 15:39 UTC

43 points

15 comments6 min readLW link

The “Backchaining to Local Search” Technique in AI Alignment

adamShimi18 Sep 2020 15:05 UTC

29 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Some thoughts on criticism

Buck18 Sep 2020 4:58 UTC

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_Roy18 Sep 2020 4:05 UTC

6 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Against Victimhood

Jacob Falkovich18 Sep 2020 1:58 UTC

85 points

15 comments7 min readLW link

Objective Dog Ratings: The Shiba Inu

Callmesalticidae18 Sep 2020 0:12 UTC

15 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

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

habryka and riceissa

17 Sep 2020 22:41 UTC

60 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

(www.lesswrong.com)

Let the AI teach you how to flirt

DirectedEvolution17 Sep 2020 19:04 UTC

47 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

Covid 9/17: It’s Worse

Zvi17 Sep 2020 15:10 UTC

54 points

41 comments8 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Making the Monte Hall problem weirder but obvious

dynomight17 Sep 2020 12:10 UTC

17 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

(dyno-might.github.io)

[Question] How do you celebrate your birthday?

Mati_Roy17 Sep 2020 10:00 UTC

10 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Noticing Wasted Motion

lynettebye17 Sep 2020 2:30 UTC

21 points

5 comments3 min readLW link

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

Zack_M_Davis17 Sep 2020 2:23 UTC

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_Roy17 Sep 2020 1:31 UTC

4 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

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

habryka17 Sep 2020 0:27 UTC

26 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Rationality for Kids?

goose00016 Sep 2020 22:58 UTC

51 points

28 comments1 min readLW link

What Does “Signalling” Mean?

abramdemski16 Sep 2020 21:19 UTC

38 points

18 comments3 min readLW link

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

Rohin Shah16 Sep 2020 17:20 UTC

27 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Spoiler-Free Review: Orwell

Zvi16 Sep 2020 13:30 UTC

11 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)