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[Question]
How hard would it be to change GPT-3 in a way that allows audio?
ChristianKl
Aug 28, 2020, 2:42 PM
9
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Zibbaldone With It All
Randomini
Aug 28, 2020, 11:37 AM
24
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Cambridge
Virtual LW/SSC Meetup
NoSignalNoNoise
Aug 28, 2020, 2:45 AM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“On Bullshit” and “On Truth,” by Harry Frankfurt
Callmesalticidae
Aug 28, 2020, 12:44 AM
20
points
3
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Preface to the sequence on economic growth
Matthew Barnett
Aug 27, 2020, 8:29 PM
51
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Notes on “The Anthropology of Childhood”
juliawise
Aug 27, 2020, 5:11 PM
185
points
10
comments
45
min read
LW
link
Covid 8/27: The Fall of the CDC
Zvi
Aug 27, 2020, 2:10 PM
85
points
16
comments
12
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Technical model refinement formalism
Stuart_Armstrong
Aug 27, 2020, 11:54 AM
19
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Model splintering: moving from one imperfect model to another
Stuart_Armstrong
Aug 27, 2020, 11:53 AM
79
points
10
comments
33
min read
LW
link
Are We Right about How Effective Mockery Is?
Ronny Fernandez
Aug 27, 2020, 10:48 AM
45
points
12
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Basic Inframeasure Theory
Diffractor
Aug 27, 2020, 8:02 AM
41
points
20
comments
29
min read
LW
link
Belief Functions And Decision Theory
Diffractor
Aug 27, 2020, 8:00 AM
20
points
7
comments
39
min read
LW
link
Proofs Section 1.1 (Initial results to LF-duality)
Diffractor
Aug 27, 2020, 7:59 AM
8
points
0
comments
26
min read
LW
link
Proofs Section 1.2 (Mixtures, Updates, Pushforwards)
Diffractor
Aug 27, 2020, 7:57 AM
8
points
0
comments
14
min read
LW
link
Proofs Section 2.1 (Theorem 1, Lemmas)
Diffractor
Aug 27, 2020, 7:54 AM
8
points
0
comments
36
min read
LW
link
Proofs Section 2.2 (Isomorphism to Expectations)
Diffractor
Aug 27, 2020, 7:52 AM
8
points
0
comments
46
min read
LW
link
Proofs Section 2.3 (Updates, Decision Theory)
Diffractor
Aug 27, 2020, 7:49 AM
8
points
0
comments
31
min read
LW
link
19th-century progress studies
jasoncrawford
Aug 27, 2020, 2:28 AM
30
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
[Question]
What is the interpretation of the do() operator?
Bunthut
Aug 26, 2020, 9:54 PM
10
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Introduction To The Infra-Bayesianism Sequence
Diffractor
and
Vanessa Kosoy
Aug 26, 2020, 8:31 PM
111
points
62
comments
13
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
WebBundles and URL Randomization
jefftk
Aug 26, 2020, 5:50 PM
10
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
[AN #114]: Theory-inspired safety solutions for powerful Bayesian RL agents
Rohin Shah
Aug 26, 2020, 5:20 PM
21
points
3
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Excusing a Failure to Adjust
Ronny Fernandez
Aug 26, 2020, 1:51 PM
14
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
nostalgebraist: Recursive Goodhart’s Law
Kaj_Sotala
Aug 26, 2020, 11:07 AM
53
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(nostalgebraist.tumblr.com)
On Suddenly Not Being Able to Work
Jacob Falkovich
Aug 25, 2020, 10:14 PM
35
points
11
comments
4
min read
LW
link
I Started a Sports and Gambling Substack
Zvi
Aug 25, 2020, 9:30 PM
17
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
A Refutation of (Global) “Happiness Maximization”
fare
Aug 25, 2020, 8:33 PM
−1
points
5
comments
15
min read
LW
link
Sunday, 20/8/30, 12pm PDT – Tagging Celebration: Habryka/Crawford + Party
Ruby
Aug 25, 2020, 8:21 PM
49
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Mathematical Inconsistency in Solomonoff Induction?
curi
Aug 25, 2020, 5:09 PM
7
points
15
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Best Toy In The Park
jefftk
Aug 25, 2020, 2:30 PM
27
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
[Question]
Why hasn’t there been research on the effectiveness of zinc for Covid-19?
Rudi C
Aug 24, 2020, 8:58 PM
12
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Socially-distanced outdoor Petrov Day ceremonial manual
jchan
Aug 24, 2020, 2:11 PM
8
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
When can Fiction Change the World?
Timothy Underwood
Aug 24, 2020, 1:47 PM
79
points
18
comments
11
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Do you vote based on what you think total karma should be?
Rafael Harth
Aug 24, 2020, 1:37 PM
44
points
57
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is ‘satificing’ optimisation?
Riccardo Volpato
Aug 24, 2020, 11:51 AM
5
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Learning human preferences: black-box, white-box, and structured white-box access
Stuart_Armstrong
Aug 24, 2020, 11:42 AM
26
points
9
comments
6
min read
LW
link
“Good judgement” and its components
owencb
Aug 24, 2020, 10:32 AM
27
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Split-a-Dollar Game
Martin Sustrik
Aug 24, 2020, 4:54 AM
29
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Investment is a useful societal mechanism for getting new things made. Stock trading shares some functionality with investment, but seems very very inefficient, at that?
mako yass
Aug 24, 2020, 1:18 AM
10
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Empathetic vs Intrinsic Oof
Ronny Fernandez
Aug 24, 2020, 12:12 AM
8
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Charting Is Mostly Superstition
gilch
Aug 23, 2020, 8:26 PM
37
points
18
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Postel’s Principle as Moral Aphorism
eapache
Aug 23, 2020, 7:36 PM
15
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
How to set up foot pedals
jefftk
Aug 23, 2020, 4:40 PM
19
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
SlateStarCodex Online Meetup: Dr David Manheim on Cooperation for AI
JoshuaFox
Aug 23, 2020, 10:00 AM
13
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(forms.gle)
[Geo: California/Bay Area] Mini-Research of 2020 Fire Situation
Ruby
Aug 23, 2020, 5:13 AM
71
points
13
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Current guidance for COVID-19 self-care?
knite
Aug 23, 2020, 2:10 AM
20
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A trick for Safer GPT-N
Razied
Aug 23, 2020, 12:39 AM
7
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Maybe Lying Can’t Exist?!
Zack_M_Davis
Aug 23, 2020, 12:36 AM
58
points
16
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Why don’t countries, like companies, more often merge?
Vishrut Arya
Aug 22, 2020, 11:56 PM
15
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Efficient Market Frontier
Alexei
Aug 22, 2020, 11:52 PM
19
points
3
comments
10
min read
LW
link
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