Public selves

KatjaGraceJan 18, 2021, 9:10 PM
40 points
14 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Short sum­mary of mAIry’s room

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 18, 2021, 6:11 PM
26 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

Birds, Brains, Planes, and AI: Against Ap­peals to the Com­plex­ity/​Mys­te­ri­ous­ness/​Effi­ciency of the Brain

Daniel KokotajloJan 18, 2021, 12:08 PM
194 points
86 comments13 min readLW link1 review

Liter­a­ture Re­view on Goal-Directedness

Jan 18, 2021, 11:15 AM
80 points
21 comments31 min readLW link

(USA) N95 masks are available on Amazon

Wei DaiJan 18, 2021, 10:37 AM
53 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Ac­tu­ally pos­si­ble: thoughts on Utopia

Joe CarlsmithJan 18, 2021, 8:27 AM
86 points
7 comments13 min readLW link

Are the con­se­quences of groups usu­ally highly con­tin­gent on their de­tails?

KatjaGraceJan 18, 2021, 1:30 AM
11 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

The Ecolog­i­cal Perspective

Chris_LeongJan 18, 2021, 1:19 AM
32 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

DALL-E does sym­bol grounding

p.b.Jan 17, 2021, 9:20 PM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

D&D.Sci II Eval­u­a­tion and Ruleset

abstractapplicJan 17, 2021, 4:58 PM
41 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Why do stocks go up?

tryactionsJan 17, 2021, 4:36 PM
28 points
46 comments2 min readLW link

Col­lAc­tion his­tory and les­sons learned

RonJan 17, 2021, 3:01 PM
35 points
6 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] How can I find trust­wor­thy dietary ad­vice?

Daniel KokotajloJan 17, 2021, 1:11 PM
30 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

What is go­ing on in the world?

KatjaGraceJan 17, 2021, 11:30 AM
90 points
48 comments3 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Wuwei

lsusrJan 17, 2021, 8:28 AM
22 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Use con­di­tional prob­a­bil­ities to clear up er­ror rate confusion

Maxwell PetersonJan 17, 2021, 8:27 AM
5 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Ex­cerpt from Ar­bital Solomonoff in­duc­tion dialogue

Richard_NgoJan 17, 2021, 3:49 AM
36 points
6 comments5 min readLW link
(arbital.com)

[Question] How do I im­prove at be­ing strate­gic?

ConorJan 17, 2021, 1:36 AM
11 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Sta­tus as a Ser­vice (Done Quick)

SarahNibsJan 16, 2021, 11:25 PM
44 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

Why Pro­duc­tivity Sys­tems Don’t Stick

Matt GoldenbergJan 16, 2021, 5:45 PM
62 points
22 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Is it the case that when hu­mans ap­prox­i­mate back­ward in­duc­tion they vi­o­late the markov prop­erty?

QuinnJan 16, 2021, 4:22 PM
7 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Med­i­ta­tive thinking

KatjaGraceJan 16, 2021, 2:30 AM
25 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Ci­ti­zen­ship in a Republic

Theodore RooseveltJan 16, 2021, 1:33 AM
12 points
3 comments29 min readLW link
(theodoreroosevelt.org)

AR Glasses: Much more than you wanted to know

frcassarinoJan 16, 2021, 12:31 AM
12 points
6 comments17 min readLW link
(federicorcassarino.substack.com)

Why I’m ex­cited about Debate

Richard_NgoJan 15, 2021, 11:37 PM
75 points
12 comments7 min readLW link

Med­i­ta­tions on faith

Richard_NgoJan 15, 2021, 10:20 PM
31 points
9 comments6 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

The Fu­ture of Biolog­i­cal Warfare

lsusrJan 15, 2021, 9:47 PM
26 points
7 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Are there ex­am­ples of ra­tio­nal­ists get­ting cen­sored for COVID-19 re­lated com­mu­ni­ca­tion?

ChristianKlJan 15, 2021, 6:46 PM
15 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

San Fran­cisco outing

KatjaGraceJan 15, 2021, 11:40 AM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

De­con­di­tion­ing Aver­sion to Dislike

lsusrJan 15, 2021, 7:57 AM
14 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Alie­na­tion and meta-ethics (or: is it pos­si­ble you should max­i­mize he­lium?)

Joe CarlsmithJan 15, 2021, 7:07 AM
13 points
1 comment10 min readLW link

Pseu­do­ran­dom­ness con­test: prizes, re­sults, and analysis

Eric NeymanJan 15, 2021, 6:24 AM
160 points
22 comments20 min readLW link
(ericneyman.wordpress.com)

How to solve the ar­gu­ment about what the al­gorithm should do

Yoav RavidJan 15, 2021, 6:08 AM
22 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

The Great Karma Reckoning

habrykaJan 15, 2021, 5:19 AM
50 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Grey Goo Re­quires AI

harsimonyJan 15, 2021, 4:45 AM
8 points
11 comments4 min readLW link
(harsimony.wordpress.com)

[Question] What char­i­ties can I donate to for pre­vent­ing an­other pan­demic?

calsemJan 15, 2021, 4:45 AM
1 point
2 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­alWiki on face masks

ViliamJan 15, 2021, 1:55 AM
92 points
27 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Any ra­tio­nal­ist judges?

kjzJan 14, 2021, 11:31 PM
8 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Thun­der­dome and Re­view Co-Vot­ing (Meetup Sun­day 12pm PT)

RaemonJan 14, 2021, 11:04 PM
21 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 1/​14: To Launch a Thou­sand Shipments

ZviJan 14, 2021, 5:30 PM
108 points
35 comments22 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Thoughts on Ia­son Gabriel’s Ar­tifi­cial In­tel­li­gence, Values, and Alignment

Alex FlintJan 14, 2021, 12:58 PM
35 points
14 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Ge­netic Eng­ineer­ing: How would you change your DNA?

Felix KargJan 14, 2021, 11:43 AM
2 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Dis­cus­sion on the choice of concepts

KatjaGraceJan 14, 2021, 4:00 AM
41 points
4 comments2 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Some re­cent sur­vey pa­pers on (mostly near-term) AI safety, se­cu­rity, and assurance

Aryeh EnglanderJan 13, 2021, 9:50 PM
13 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

What is the cur­rency of the fu­ture? 5 sug­ges­tions.

MrThinkJan 13, 2021, 9:10 PM
18 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] How to iden­tify “pivotal chap­ters” in HtRaB?

habitmelonJan 13, 2021, 8:46 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Notes on Gratitude

David GrossJan 13, 2021, 8:37 PM
11 points
0 comments19 min readLW link

An Ex­plo­ra­tory Toy AI Take­off Model

niplavJan 13, 2021, 6:13 PM
10 points
6 comments12 min readLW link

[AN #133]: Build­ing ma­chines that can co­op­er­ate (with hu­mans, in­sti­tu­tions, or other ma­chines)

Rohin ShahJan 13, 2021, 6:10 PM
14 points
0 comments9 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

[Question] Any ex­am­ples of peo­ple an­a­lyz­ing/​cri­tiquing sci­en­tific stud­ies or pa­pers?

warrenjordanJan 13, 2021, 6:00 PM
3 points
6 comments1 min readLW link