Notic­ing Wasted Motion

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

[AN #116]: How to make ex­pla­na­tions of neu­rons compositional

Rohin ShahSep 9, 2020, 5:20 PM
21 points
2 comments9 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

On Ch­ester­ton’s Fence

trentbrickSep 10, 2020, 3:10 PM
21 points
3 comments10 min readLW link

AI Safety Dis­cus­sion Day

Linda LinseforsSep 15, 2020, 2:40 PM
20 points
0 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

Seek Up­side Risk

Neel NandaSep 29, 2020, 4:47 PM
20 points
6 comments9 min readLW link
(www.neelnanda.io)

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

How eas­ily can we sep­a­rate a friendly AI in de­sign space from one which would bring about a hy­per­ex­is­ten­tial catas­tro­phe?

AnirandisSep 10, 2020, 12:40 AM
20 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

Sun­day Septem­ber 13, 12:00PM (PT) — talks by John Went­worth, Liron and more

habrykaSep 10, 2020, 7:49 PM
19 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are ex­am­ples of Ra­tion­al­ist fable-like sto­ries?

Mati_RoySep 28, 2020, 4:52 PM
19 points
42 comments1 min readLW link

Los­ing the for­est for the trees with grid drawings

Adam ZernerSep 24, 2020, 9:13 PM
19 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Tak­ing So­cial Initiative

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

[AN #115]: AI safety re­search prob­lems in the AI-GA framework

Rohin ShahSep 2, 2020, 5:10 PM
19 points
16 comments6 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Blog posts as epistemic trust builders

Adam ZernerSep 27, 2020, 1:47 AM
18 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

Loneliness

DirectedEvolutionSep 8, 2020, 8:14 AM
18 points
0 comments12 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

Free Money at Pre­dic­tIt: 2020 Gen­eral Election

ZviSep 14, 2020, 2:40 PM
18 points
3 comments10 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

A long re­ply to Ben Garfinkel on Scru­ti­niz­ing Clas­sic AI Risk Arguments

Søren ElverlinSep 27, 2020, 5:51 PM
17 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

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)

Low hang­ing fruits (LWCW 2020)

Arthur MilchiorSep 15, 2020, 6:15 PM
17 points
11 comments3 min readLW link

Loneli­ness and the para­dox of choice

DirectedEvolutionSep 9, 2020, 4:30 PM
17 points
4 comments6 min readLW link

Zen and Ra­tion­al­ity: Map and Territory

Gordon Seidoh WorleySep 12, 2020, 12:45 AM
16 points
4 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

An­thro­po­mor­phi­sa­tion vs value learn­ing: type 1 vs type 2 errors

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

My (Mis)Ad­ven­tures With Al­gorith­mic Ma­chine Learning

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

Progress: Fluke or trend?

jasoncrawfordSep 13, 2020, 12:21 AM
16 points
19 comments2 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

A Toy Model of Hingeyness

B JacobsSep 7, 2020, 5:38 PM
16 points
10 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Effi­cacy of Vi­tamin D in helping with COVID

df fdSep 8, 2020, 10:49 AM
16 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Fore­cast­ing Newslet­ter: Au­gust 2020.

NunoSempereSep 1, 2020, 11:38 AM
16 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

Notes on good judge­ment and how to de­velop it (80,000 Hours)

habrykaSep 12, 2020, 5:51 PM
15 points
16 comments2 min readLW link
(80000hours.org)

[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)

Ob­jec­tive Dog Rat­ings: The Shiba Inu

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

[Question] What hard sci­ence fic­tion sto­ries also got the so­cial sci­ences right?

Mati_RoySep 27, 2020, 8:37 PM
15 points
30 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Should it be a re­search pa­per or a blog post?

SherrinfordSep 24, 2020, 8:09 AM
15 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What’s the CFAR po­si­tion on how the work­book can be used?

ChristianKlSep 9, 2020, 1:56 PM
14 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Study Group for Progress – 50% off for LessWrongers

jasoncrawfordSep 3, 2020, 12:17 AM
14 points
2 comments1 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

[Question] Are there non-AI pro­jects fo­cused on defeat­ing Moloch globally?

eapacheSep 14, 2020, 2:13 AM
13 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

De­hu­man­i­sa­tion *er­rors*

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

Es­ti­mat­ing the ROI of Insulation

jefftkSep 3, 2020, 8:30 PM
13 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] If Star­ship works, how much would it cost to cre­ate a sys­tem of rotable space mir­rors that re­duces tem­per­a­tures on earth by 1° C?

ChristianKlSep 14, 2020, 6:46 PM
13 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Do mesa-op­ti­mizer risk ar­gu­ments rely on the train-test paradigm?

Ben CottierSep 10, 2020, 3:36 PM
12 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How long does it takes to read the se­quences?

nick lacombeSep 7, 2020, 5:19 PM
12 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Emo­tional valence vs RL re­ward: a video game analogy

Steven ByrnesSep 3, 2020, 3:28 PM
12 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

Open & Wel­come Thread—Septem­ber 2020

habrykaSep 4, 2020, 6:14 PM
12 points
73 comments1 min readLW link

I have dis­cov­ered a new kind of un­em­ploy­ment.

Nathan BrooksSep 24, 2020, 1:04 AM
12 points
4 comments2 min readLW link
(seekingalpha.com)

SlateS­tarCodex On­line Meetup: Con­nor Leahy on GPT-N

JoshuaFoxSep 1, 2020, 6:49 AM
12 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Up close and per­sonal with the world

dominicqSep 25, 2020, 6:52 AM
12 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Les­lie’s Firing Squad Can’t Save The Fine-Tun­ing Argument

dadadarrenSep 9, 2020, 3:21 PM
11 points
6 comments4 min readLW link
(www.sleepingbeautyproblem.com)

“How to Talk About Books You Haven’t Read”, by Pierre Bayard

CallmesalticidaeSep 3, 2020, 1:05 PM
11 points
2 comments8 min readLW link