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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
90 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

habryka and riceissa
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)

Ap­ply­ing the Coun­ter­fac­tual Pri­soner’s Dilemma to Log­i­cal Uncertainty

Chris_LeongSep 16, 2020, 10:34 AM
9 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Effec­tive Altru­ism and Ra­tion­al­ist Philos­o­phy Dis­cus­sion Group

Chris_LeongSep 16, 2020, 2:45 AM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Me­moriz­ing a Deck of Cards

Tofly16 Sep 2020 1:31 UTC
27 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

The Ax­iolog­i­cal Treadmill

eapache15 Sep 2020 18:36 UTC
6 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

Low hang­ing fruits (LWCW 2020)

Arthur Milchior15 Sep 2020 18:15 UTC
17 points
11 comments3 min readLW link

God in the Loop: How a Causal Loop Could Shape Existence

ChrisM15 Sep 2020 14:40 UTC
1 point
4 comments17 min readLW link

AI Safety Dis­cus­sion Day

Linda Linsefors15 Sep 2020 14:40 UTC
20 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Gems from the Wiki: Para­noid Debating

habryka, freyley and JenniferRM
15 Sep 2020 3:51 UTC
30 points
1 comment3 min readLW link
(www.lesswrong.com)

Book Re­view: Work­ing With Contracts

johnswentworth14 Sep 2020 23:22 UTC
168 points
27 comments11 min readLW link

A case study in simu­lacra lev­els and the Four Chil­dren of the Seder

DirectedEvolution14 Sep 2020 22:31 UTC
32 points
1 comment4 min readLW link