In­fra-Bayesian phys­i­cal­ism: proofs part II

Vanessa KosoyNov 30, 2021, 10:27 PM
9 points
0 comments25 min readLW link

In­fra-Bayesian phys­i­cal­ism: proofs part I

Vanessa KosoyNov 30, 2021, 10:26 PM
9 points
0 comments21 min readLW link

In­fra-Bayesian phys­i­cal­ism: a for­mal the­ory of nat­u­ral­ized induction

Vanessa KosoyNov 30, 2021, 10:25 PM
114 points
23 comments42 min readLW link1 review

DC Win­ter Solstice

maiaNov 30, 2021, 9:29 PM
11 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Rely­ing on Fu­ture Creativity

J BostockNov 30, 2021, 8:12 PM
18 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Reneg­ing Prosocially

Duncan Sabien (Deactivated)Nov 30, 2021, 7:01 PM
173 points
15 comments17 min readLW link1 review

Tears Must Flow

sapphireNov 30, 2021, 6:37 PM
21 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

Ma­chine Agents, Hy­brid Su­per­in­tel­li­gences, and The Loss of Hu­man Con­trol (Chap­ter 1)

Justin BullockNov 30, 2021, 5:35 PM
4 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] Look­ing for rea­soned dis­cus­sion on Geert Van­den Boss­che’s ideas? +6 Months on...

megabranflakeNov 30, 2021, 4:30 PM
12 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How do Bayesi­ans tell what does and doesn’t count as ev­i­dence (which, e.g., hy­pothe­ses may ren­der more or less prob­a­ble if true)? Is it pos­si­ble for some­thing to fuzzily-be ev­i­dence?

LVSNNov 30, 2021, 12:52 PM
2 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Self-study­ing to de­velop an in­side-view model of AI al­ign­ment; co-studiers wel­come!

Vael GatesNov 30, 2021, 9:25 AM
13 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

My take on higher-or­der game theory

NisanNov 30, 2021, 5:56 AM
40 points
8 comments5 min readLW link

AI Gover­nance Fun­da­men­tals—Cur­ricu­lum and Application

MauNov 30, 2021, 2:19 AM
17 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Seek­ing Truth Too Hard Can Keep You from Winning

Gordon Seidoh WorleyNov 30, 2021, 2:16 AM
27 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Visi­ble Thoughts Pro­ject and Bounty Announcement

So8resNov 30, 2021, 12:19 AM
249 points
106 comments13 min readLW link1 review

Soares, Tal­linn, and Yud­kowsky dis­cuss AGI cognition

Nov 29, 2021, 7:26 PM
121 points
39 comments40 min readLW link1 review

[Question] COVID Era: Up­dat­ing On Life Risks

jmhNov 29, 2021, 5:27 PM
6 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Snoo App Thoughts

jefftkNov 29, 2021, 4:40 PM
11 points
5 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Omicron Var­i­ant Post #2

ZviNov 29, 2021, 4:30 PM
120 points
34 comments14 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Com­ments on Allan Dafoe on AI Governance

Alex FlintNov 29, 2021, 4:16 PM
13 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

How to mea­sure FLOP/​s for Neu­ral Net­works em­piri­cally?

Marius HobbhahnNov 29, 2021, 3:18 PM
16 points
5 comments7 min readLW link

Watch­ing My­self Program

mattoNov 29, 2021, 1:44 PM
56 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

Ques­tion/​Is­sue with the 5/​10 Problem

acgtNov 29, 2021, 10:45 AM
6 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Red­wood Re­search is hiring for sev­eral roles

Nov 29, 2021, 12:16 AM
44 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Com­pute Re­search Ques­tions and Met­rics—Trans­for­ma­tive AI and Com­pute [4/​4]

lennartNov 28, 2021, 10:49 PM
7 points
0 comments16 min readLW link

An­throp­ics and the Univer­sal Distribution

Joe CarlsmithNov 28, 2021, 8:35 PM
52 points
9 comments47 min readLW link

The Ra­tion­al­ists of the 1950s (and be­fore) also called them­selves “Ra­tion­al­ists”

Owain_EvansNov 28, 2021, 8:17 PM
186 points
32 comments3 min readLW link1 review

[Question] Is it bet­ter to fix a prob­lem di­rectly, or start again so the prob­lem never hap­pens?

Oluwalase JothamNov 28, 2021, 8:00 PM
2 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

TTS au­dio of “Ngo and Yud­kowsky on al­ign­ment difficulty”

Quintin PopeNov 28, 2021, 6:11 PM
4 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

The bonds of fam­ily and com­mu­nity: Poverty and cru­elty among Rus­sian peas­ants in the late 19th century

jasoncrawfordNov 28, 2021, 5:22 PM
151 points
36 comments15 min readLW link1 review
(rootsofprogress.org)

Solve Cor­rigi­bil­ity Week

Logan RiggsNov 28, 2021, 5:00 PM
39 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Ap­par­ently win­ning by the bias of your opponents

tailcalledNov 28, 2021, 1:20 PM
23 points
4 comments7 min readLW link

Why Be­d­room Closets?

jefftkNov 28, 2021, 3:20 AM
12 points
9 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Frame Control

AellaNov 27, 2021, 10:59 PM
331 points
282 comments23 min readLW link2 reviews

Why Study Physics?

johnswentworthNov 27, 2021, 10:30 PM
71 points
30 comments3 min readLW link

[Linkpost] Be­ing Nor­mal by Brian Caplan

Gunnar_ZarnckeNov 27, 2021, 10:19 PM
38 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How could a friendly AI deal with hu­mans try­ing to sab­o­tage it? (like how pre­sent day in­ter­net trolls in­tro­duce such prob­lems)

M. Y. ZuoNov 27, 2021, 10:07 PM
7 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How com­mon are abio­ge­n­e­sis events?

DachNov 27, 2021, 7:40 PM
3 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Sub­mit com­ments on Paxlovid to the FDA (dead­line Nov 29th).

DirectedEvolutionNov 27, 2021, 6:44 PM
20 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

[Question] I cur­rently trans­late AGI-re­lated texts to Rus­sian. Is that use­ful?

TapataktNov 27, 2021, 5:51 PM
29 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Should PAXLOVID be given pre­ven­tively?

ChristianKlNov 27, 2021, 4:51 PM
11 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Find­ing the Cen­tral Limit The­o­rem in Bayes’ rule

Maxwell PetersonNov 27, 2021, 5:48 AM
23 points
11 comments3 min readLW link

Ten­ta­tive Anger

Adam ZernerNov 27, 2021, 4:38 AM
18 points
6 comments5 min readLW link

Com­ment on “De­cep­tion as Co­op­er­a­tion”

Zack_M_DavisNov 27, 2021, 4:04 AM
23 points
4 comments7 min readLW link

Al­most ev­ery­one should be less afraid of lawsuits

alyssavanceNov 27, 2021, 2:06 AM
198 points
18 comments5 min readLW link2 reviews

larger lan­guage mod­els may dis­ap­point you [or, an eter­nally un­finished draft]

nostalgebraistNov 26, 2021, 11:08 PM
260 points
31 comments31 min readLW link2 reviews

Kri­orus up­date: full bod­ies pa­tients were moved to the new lo­ca­tion in Tver

avturchinNov 26, 2021, 9:08 PM
23 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Economist Irene Ng on Mar­ket de­sign, en­trepreneur­ship, and in­no­va­tion.

fowlertmNov 26, 2021, 7:00 PM
7 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Omicron Var­i­ant Post #1: We’re F***ed, It’s Never Over

ZviNov 26, 2021, 7:00 PM
260 points
95 comments18 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Re­spond­ing to com­mon ob­jec­tions to the FDA un­ban­ning Paxlovid *right now*

delton137Nov 26, 2021, 5:18 PM
21 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(moreisdifferent.substack.com)