[Question] What do we *re­ally* ex­pect from a well-al­igned AI?

jan betleyJan 4, 2021, 8:57 PM
13 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Utopianism

Mateusz MazurkiewiczJan 4, 2021, 6:40 PM
1 point
1 comment2 min readLW link

Em­bar­rass­ment and Instinct

damiensnyderJan 4, 2021, 6:16 PM
6 points
1 comment3 min readLW link
(www.damiensnyder.com)

You are Dis­so­ci­at­ing (prob­a­bly)

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJan 4, 2021, 2:37 PM
34 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

Open & Wel­come Thread—Jan­uary 2021

jsalvatierJan 4, 2021, 7:39 AM
21 points
45 comments1 min readLW link

Re­view: The Gio­conda Smile

KatjaGraceJan 4, 2021, 7:00 AM
8 points
3 comments4 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

The Sense-Mak­ing Web

Chris_LeongJan 4, 2021, 6:17 AM
41 points
21 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] What the ra­tio­nal de­ci­sion pro­cess for de­cid­ing for or against cry­on­ics when there’s a pos­si­bil­ity the fu­ture might be “bad”?

prolyxJan 4, 2021, 5:08 AM
1 point
1 comment2 min readLW link

Akra­sia is Hypocrisy.

Lev ProtterJan 4, 2021, 5:07 AM
−10 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Multi-di­men­sional re­wards for AGI in­ter­pretabil­ity and control

Steven ByrnesJan 4, 2021, 3:08 AM
19 points
8 comments10 min readLW link

The de­spair of nor­ma­tive re­al­ism bot

Joe CarlsmithJan 3, 2021, 11:07 PM
30 points
1 comment18 min readLW link

Notes on Attention

David GrossJan 3, 2021, 9:52 PM
32 points
2 comments18 min readLW link

Bets, Bonds, and Kindergarteners

jefftkJan 3, 2021, 9:20 PM
421 points
35 comments2 min readLW link1 review
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] What tech­ni­cal-ish books do you recom­mend that are read­able on Kin­dle?

Rudi CJan 3, 2021, 8:54 PM
3 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tional Ot­tawa Pre­dic­tions for 2021

eapacheJan 3, 2021, 8:53 PM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(grandunifiedempty.com)

Men­tal sub­agent im­pli­ca­tions for AI Safety

moridinamaelJan 3, 2021, 6:59 PM
11 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Ret­ro­spec­tive on Teach­ing Ra­tion­al­ity Workshops

Neel NandaJan 3, 2021, 5:15 PM
66 points
2 comments31 min readLW link

On writ­ing like a butterfly

KatjaGraceJan 3, 2021, 7:30 AM
24 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Don’t Use Your Fa­vorite Weapon

Aaron BergmanJan 3, 2021, 4:01 AM
33 points
7 comments6 min readLW link
(aaronbergman.substack.com)

Bucket Bri­gade: Video

jefftkJan 3, 2021, 2:50 AM
10 points
8 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Are we all mis­al­igned?

Mateusz MazurkiewiczJan 3, 2021, 2:42 AM
11 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] If the fun­da­men­tal prob­lem that eco­nomics ad­dresses is the scarcity of re­sources, then what are the ba­sic ques­tions other sub­jects at­tempt to solve?

Kaveh-SedghiJan 3, 2021, 2:36 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

More predictions

Tim LiptrotJan 2, 2021, 3:53 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Fea­ture re­quest: per­sonal notes about other users

CheerfulWarriorJan 2, 2021, 2:54 PM
23 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Data about the new coro­n­avirus var­i­ant (B.1.1.7) from Denmark

Oskar MathiasenJan 2, 2021, 11:38 AM
26 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Re­view: The Div­ing Bell and the Butterfly

KatjaGraceJan 2, 2021, 1:30 AM
32 points
1 comment2 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Over­all num­bers won’t show the English strain coming

Eric NeymanJan 1, 2021, 11:00 PM
60 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

Reflec­tions on Larks’ 2020 AI al­ign­ment liter­a­ture review

Alex FlintJan 1, 2021, 10:53 PM
79 points
7 comments6 min readLW link

Is Free Will A Myth?

Precious Oluwatobi EmmanuelJan 1, 2021, 8:56 PM
0 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

Thoughts on be­ing mortal

Joe CarlsmithJan 1, 2021, 7:17 PM
83 points
5 comments6 min readLW link

List of things I think are worth read­ing (last up­dated 3/​1/​2021)

just_browsingJan 1, 2021, 5:05 PM
3 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

Em­piri­cism in NLP : Test Oper­ate Text Exit (TOTE)

ChristianKlJan 1, 2021, 4:09 PM
11 points
10 comments3 min readLW link

Fore­cast­ing Newslet­ter: De­cem­ber 2020

NunoSempereJan 1, 2021, 4:07 PM
13 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

Luna Love­g­ood and the Cham­ber of Se­crets—Part 13

lsusrJan 1, 2021, 8:01 AM
79 points
23 comments2 min readLW link

Mis­takes to want

KatjaGraceJan 1, 2021, 4:10 AM
10 points
1 comment2 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

AI Align­ment, Philo­soph­i­cal Plu­ral­ism, and the Rele­vance of Non-Western Philosophy

xuanJan 1, 2021, 12:08 AM
30 points
21 comments20 min readLW link

A Healthy News Diet

mprDec 31, 2020, 10:19 PM
8 points
5 comments5 min readLW link
(matthewroll.com)

Pre­dic­tions for 2021

Eric NeymanDec 31, 2020, 9:12 PM
8 points
2 comments6 min readLW link
(ericneyman.wordpress.com)

Some end-of-year me­dia recommendations

mingyuanDec 31, 2020, 8:10 PM
77 points
3 comments9 min readLW link

Luna Love­g­ood and the Cham­ber of Se­crets—Part 12

lsusrDec 31, 2020, 8:02 PM
73 points
21 comments2 min readLW link

Crowd-Fore­cast­ing Covid-19

nikosDec 31, 2020, 7:30 PM
17 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Anti-Aging: State of the Art

JackHDec 31, 2020, 7:07 PM
375 points
176 comments11 min readLW link1 review

A Sim­plified Ver­sion of Per­spec­tive Solu­tion to the Sleep­ing Beauty Problem

dadadarrenDec 31, 2020, 6:27 PM
9 points
39 comments5 min readLW link
(www.sleepingbeautyproblem.com)

[AN #131]: For­mal­iz­ing the ar­gu­ment of ig­nored at­tributes in a util­ity function

Rohin ShahDec 31, 2020, 6:20 PM
13 points
4 comments9 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Covid 12/​31: Meet the New Year

ZviDec 31, 2020, 5:20 PM
112 points
32 comments29 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Do You Want the Com­plex­ity in the Tools or in Their Usage?

mxshnDec 31, 2020, 10:58 AM
7 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

2021 New Year Op­ti­miza­tion Puzzles

Scott GarrabrantDec 31, 2020, 8:22 AM
19 points
33 comments2 min readLW link

And You Take Me the Way I Am

Zack_M_DavisDec 31, 2020, 5:45 AM
13 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(zackmdavis.net)

One Year of Pomodoros

Alex_AltairDec 31, 2020, 4:42 AM
56 points
7 comments9 min readLW link

See­ing the edge of the world

KatjaGraceDec 31, 2020, 3:40 AM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)