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On Chesterton’s Fence

trentbrickSep 10, 2020, 3:10 PM

21 points

3 comments10 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)

Noticing Wasted Motion

lynettebyeSep 17, 2020, 2:30 AM

21 points

5 comments3 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

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

Seek Upside Risk

Neel NandaSep 29, 2020, 4:47 PM

20 points

6 comments9 min readLW link

(www.neelnanda.io)

AI Safety Discussion Day

Linda LinseforsSep 15, 2020, 2:40 PM

20 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

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

Taking Social Initiative

Neel NandaSep 19, 2020, 3:31 PM

19 points

2 comments13 min readLW link

(www.neelnanda.io)

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

Mati_RoySep 28, 2020, 4:52 PM

19 points

42 comments1 min readLW link

[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)

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

Losing the forest for the trees with grid drawings

Adam ZernerSep 24, 2020, 9:13 PM

19 points

1 comment2 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

Blog posts as epistemic trust builders

Adam ZernerSep 27, 2020, 1:47 AM

18 points

7 comments2 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

Low hanging fruits (LWCW 2020)

Arthur MilchiorSep 15, 2020, 6:15 PM

17 points

11 comments3 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)

Loneliness and the paradox of choice

DirectedEvolutionSep 9, 2020, 4:30 PM

17 points

4 comments6 min readLW link

Progress: Fluke or trend?

jasoncrawfordSep 13, 2020, 12:21 AM

16 points

19 comments2 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

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

Forecasting Newsletter: August 2020.

NunoSempereSep 1, 2020, 11:38 AM

16 points

1 comment6 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: Map and Territory

Gordon Seidoh WorleySep 12, 2020, 12:45 AM

16 points

4 comments2 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

A Toy Model of Hingeyness

B JacobsSep 7, 2020, 5:38 PM

16 points

10 comments4 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

Objective Dog Ratings: The Shiba Inu

CallmesalticidaeSep 18, 2020, 12:12 AM

15 points

2 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

[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)

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)

[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

Dehumanisation errors

Stuart_ArmstrongSep 23, 2020, 9:51 AM

13 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

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

eapacheSep 14, 2020, 2:13 AM

13 points

19 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)

Emotional valence vs RL reward: a video game analogy

Steven ByrnesSep 3, 2020, 3:28 PM

12 points

6 comments4 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)

Up close and personal with the world

dominicq25 Sep 2020 6:52 UTC

12 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Open & Welcome Thread—September 2020

habryka4 Sep 2020 18:14 UTC

12 points

73 comments1 min readLW link

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

Ben Cottier10 Sep 2020 15:36 UTC

12 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

SlateStarCodex Online Meetup: Connor Leahy on GPT-N

JoshuaFox1 Sep 2020 6:49 UTC

12 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

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

nick lacombe7 Sep 2020 17:19 UTC

12 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

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

Callmesalticidae3 Sep 2020 13:05 UTC

11 points

2 comments8 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