A dozen habits that work for me

mike_hawke6 Jan 2021 22:52 UTC
28 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

COVID-19: home stretch and fourth wave Q&A

habryka6 Jan 2021 22:44 UTC
39 points
29 comments12 min readLW link

Les­sons from “The Book of My Life”

bmgarfinkel6 Jan 2021 22:40 UTC
114 points
3 comments16 min readLW link
(benmgarfinkel.wordpress.com)

Parable—So­ryu de­stroyer of maps

exrhizo6 Jan 2021 22:21 UTC
−20 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

The Rube Gold­berg Ma­chine of Morality

DirectedEvolution6 Jan 2021 20:24 UTC
11 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

Re­view of ‘But ex­actly how com­plex and frag­ile?’

TurnTrout6 Jan 2021 18:39 UTC
57 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

Fourth Wave Covid Toy Modeling

Zvi6 Jan 2021 18:30 UTC
108 points
22 comments14 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[AN #132]: Com­plex and sub­tly in­cor­rect ar­gu­ments as an ob­sta­cle to debate

Rohin Shah6 Jan 2021 18:20 UTC
19 points
1 comment19 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Cen­trally planned war

KatjaGrace6 Jan 2021 10:40 UTC
15 points
24 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Lin­guis­tic Freedom

Chris_Leong6 Jan 2021 7:23 UTC
10 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Grokking illusionism

Joe Carlsmith6 Jan 2021 5:50 UTC
53 points
50 comments9 min readLW link

Cry­on­ics signup guide #1: Overview

mingyuan6 Jan 2021 0:25 UTC
150 points
34 comments6 min readLW link1 review

2019 Re­view Cowork­ing Party [Wed 7pm PT]

Raemon5 Jan 2021 23:22 UTC
34 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How is re­in­force­ment learn­ing pos­si­ble in non-sen­tient agents?

SomeoneKind5 Jan 2021 20:57 UTC
3 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Ge­nius is (mostly) comparative

Amir Bolous5 Jan 2021 20:57 UTC
2 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

DALL-E by OpenAI

Daniel Kokotajlo5 Jan 2021 20:05 UTC
97 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

Links for Dec 2020

ike5 Jan 2021 19:53 UTC
12 points
0 comments8 min readLW link
(www.facebook.com)

The Poin­t­ers Prob­lem: Clar­ifi­ca­tions/​Variations

abramdemski5 Jan 2021 17:29 UTC
61 points
15 comments18 min readLW link

On Mean­ing and Machines

meanderingmoose5 Jan 2021 15:51 UTC
6 points
2 comments12 min readLW link

The Na­tional Defense Autho­riza­tion Act Con­tains AI Provisions

ryan_b5 Jan 2021 15:51 UTC
30 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why is loss of mus­cle cells not con­sid­ered one of the hal­l­marks of ag­ing?

ChristianKl5 Jan 2021 14:19 UTC
11 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

In­tended enjoyment

KatjaGrace5 Jan 2021 10:20 UTC
13 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

[Question] Ways to be more agenty?

Nicholas / Heather Kross5 Jan 2021 8:06 UTC
27 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

Pre­dic­tions for 2021 (+ a tem­plate for yours)

epiphi5 Jan 2021 3:35 UTC
17 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

What I Learned From Run­ning a Pol.is Conversation

hamnox5 Jan 2021 0:14 UTC
19 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

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

jan betley4 Jan 2021 20:57 UTC
13 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Utopianism

Mateusz Mazurkiewicz4 Jan 2021 18:40 UTC
1 point
1 comment2 min readLW link

Em­bar­rass­ment and Instinct

damiensnyder4 Jan 2021 18:16 UTC
6 points
1 comment3 min readLW link
(www.damiensnyder.com)

You are Dis­so­ci­at­ing (prob­a­bly)

Gordon Seidoh Worley4 Jan 2021 14:37 UTC
35 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

Open & Wel­come Thread—Jan­uary 2021

jsalvatier4 Jan 2021 7:39 UTC
21 points
45 comments1 min readLW link

Re­view: The Gio­conda Smile

KatjaGrace4 Jan 2021 7:00 UTC
8 points
3 comments4 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

The Sense-Mak­ing Web

Chris_Leong4 Jan 2021 6:17 UTC
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”?

prolyx4 Jan 2021 5:08 UTC
1 point
1 comment2 min readLW link

Akra­sia is Hypocrisy.

Lev Protter4 Jan 2021 5:07 UTC
−10 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Multi-di­men­sional re­wards for AGI in­ter­pretabil­ity and control

Steven Byrnes4 Jan 2021 3:08 UTC
19 points
8 comments10 min readLW link

The de­spair of nor­ma­tive re­al­ism bot

Joe Carlsmith3 Jan 2021 23:07 UTC
30 points
1 comment18 min readLW link

Notes on Attention

David Gross3 Jan 2021 21:52 UTC
32 points
2 comments18 min readLW link

Bets, Bonds, and Kindergarteners

jefftk3 Jan 2021 21:20 UTC
418 points
35 comments2 min readLW link1 review
(www.jefftk.com)

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

Rudi C3 Jan 2021 20:54 UTC
3 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tional Ot­tawa Pre­dic­tions for 2021

eapache3 Jan 2021 20:53 UTC
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(grandunifiedempty.com)

Men­tal sub­agent im­pli­ca­tions for AI Safety

moridinamael3 Jan 2021 18:59 UTC
11 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Ret­ro­spec­tive on Teach­ing Ra­tion­al­ity Workshops

Neel Nanda3 Jan 2021 17:15 UTC
66 points
2 comments31 min readLW link

On writ­ing like a butterfly

KatjaGrace3 Jan 2021 7:30 UTC
24 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Don’t Use Your Fa­vorite Weapon

Aaron Bergman3 Jan 2021 4:01 UTC
33 points
7 comments6 min readLW link
(aaronbergman.substack.com)

Bucket Bri­gade: Video

jefftk3 Jan 2021 2:50 UTC
10 points
8 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Are we all mis­al­igned?

Mateusz Mazurkiewicz3 Jan 2021 2:42 UTC
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-Sedghi3 Jan 2021 2:36 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

More predictions

Tim Liptrot2 Jan 2021 15:53 UTC
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Fea­ture re­quest: per­sonal notes about other users

CheerfulWarrior2 Jan 2021 14:54 UTC
23 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

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

Oskar Mathiasen2 Jan 2021 11:38 UTC
26 points
3 comments1 min readLW link