Work­ing through D&D.Sci, prob­lem 1

Pablo RepettoDec 12, 2021, 11:10 PM
8 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(pabloernesto.github.io)

Teaser: Hard-cod­ing Trans­former Models

MadHatterDec 12, 2021, 10:04 PM
74 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

The Three Mu­ta­tions of Dark Rationality

DarkRationalistDec 12, 2021, 10:01 PM
−15 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Red­wood’s Tech­nique-Fo­cused Epistemic Strategy

adamShimiDec 12, 2021, 4:36 PM
48 points
1 comment7 min readLW link

For and Against Lot­ter­ies in Elite Univer­sity Admissions

Sam EnrightDec 12, 2021, 1:41 PM
10 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Nu­clear war anthropics

smountjoyDec 12, 2021, 4:54 AM
11 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Some ab­stract, non-tech­ni­cal rea­sons to be non-max­i­mally-pes­simistic about AI alignment

Rob BensingerDec 12, 2021, 2:08 AM
70 points
35 comments7 min readLW link

Magna Alta Doctrina

jacob_cannellDec 11, 2021, 9:54 PM
60 points
7 comments28 min readLW link

EA Din­ner Covid Logistics

jefftkDec 11, 2021, 9:50 PM
17 points
7 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Trans­form­ing my­opic op­ti­miza­tion to or­di­nary op­ti­miza­tion—Do we want to seek con­ver­gence for my­opic op­ti­miza­tion prob­lems?

tailcalledDec 11, 2021, 8:38 PM
12 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

What on Earth is a Series I sav­ings bond?

rossryDec 11, 2021, 12:18 PM
11 points
7 comments7 min readLW link

D&D.Sci GURPS Dec 2021: Hun­ters of Monsters

J BostockDec 11, 2021, 12:13 PM
20 points
21 comments2 min readLW link

Anx­iety and com­puter architecture

Adam ZernerDec 11, 2021, 10:37 AM
13 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Rea­sons to act ac­cord­ing to the free will paradigm?

Maciej JałochaDec 11, 2021, 8:44 AM
−3 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­trin­sic and In­trin­sic Mo­ral Frameworks

lsusrDec 11, 2021, 5:28 AM
14 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Moore’s Law, AI, and the pace of progress

VeedracDec 11, 2021, 3:02 AM
128 points
38 comments24 min readLW link

What role should evolu­tion­ary analo­gies play in un­der­stand­ing AI take­off speeds?

anson.hoDec 11, 2021, 1:19 AM
14 points
0 comments42 min readLW link

[Question] Non­ver­bal thinkers: how do you ex­pe­rience your in­ner critic?

Phoenix EliotDec 11, 2021, 12:40 AM
9 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

The Plan

johnswentworthDec 10, 2021, 11:41 PM
260 points
78 comments14 min readLW link1 review

[Linkpost] Chi­nese gov­ern­ment’s guidelines on AI

RomanSDec 10, 2021, 9:10 PM
61 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Un­der­stand­ing Gra­di­ent Hacking

peterbarnettDec 10, 2021, 3:58 PM
41 points
5 comments30 min readLW link

There is es­sen­tially one best-val­i­dated the­ory of cog­ni­tion.

abramdemskiDec 10, 2021, 3:51 PM
89 points
33 comments3 min readLW link

The Promise and Peril of Finite Sets

davidadDec 10, 2021, 12:29 PM
42 points
5 comments6 min readLW link

Are big brains for pro­cess­ing sen­sory in­put?

lsusrDec 10, 2021, 7:08 AM
42 points
20 comments3 min readLW link

Com­bin­ing Forecasts

jsteinhardtDec 10, 2021, 2:10 AM
10 points
1 comment6 min readLW link
(bounded-regret.ghost.io)

Covid 12/​9: Count­ing Down the Days

ZviDec 9, 2021, 9:40 PM
59 points
12 comments11 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Con­ver­sa­tion on tech­nol­ogy fore­cast­ing and gradualism

Dec 9, 2021, 9:23 PM
108 points
30 comments31 min readLW link

Omicron Post #5

ZviDec 9, 2021, 9:10 PM
102 points
18 comments14 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

LessWrong dis­cussed in New Ideas in Psy­chol­ogy ar­ti­cle

rogersbaconDec 9, 2021, 9:01 PM
76 points
11 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] What al­ign­ment-re­lated con­cepts should be bet­ter known in the broader ML com­mu­nity?

Lauro LangoscoDec 9, 2021, 8:44 PM
6 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

The end of Vic­to­rian cul­ture, part I: struc­tural forces

David Hugh-JonesDec 9, 2021, 7:25 PM
24 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(wyclif.substack.com)

[MLSN #2]: Ad­ver­sar­ial Training

Dan HDec 9, 2021, 5:16 PM
26 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Su­per­vised learn­ing and self-mod­el­ing: What’s “su­per­hu­man?”

Charlie SteinerDec 9, 2021, 12:44 PM
13 points
1 comment8 min readLW link

Austin Win­ter Solstice

SilasBartaDec 9, 2021, 5:01 AM
9 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Stop ar­bi­trar­ily limit­ing yourself

unoptimalDec 9, 2021, 2:42 AM
31 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

[Linkpost] Cat Couplings

mike_hawkeDec 9, 2021, 1:41 AM
11 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(everythingstudies.com)

In­tro­duc­tion to in­ac­cessible information

Ryan KiddDec 9, 2021, 1:28 AM
27 points
6 comments8 min readLW link

COVID and the holidays

Connor_FlexmanDec 8, 2021, 11:13 PM
71 points
31 comments9 min readLW link

See­ing the In­visi­ble (And How to Think About Ma­chine Learn­ing)

Filip DousekDec 8, 2021, 9:04 PM
3 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Find­ing the mul­ti­ple ground truths of CoinRun and image classification

Stuart_ArmstrongDec 8, 2021, 6:13 PM
15 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

[AN #170]: An­a­lyz­ing the ar­gu­ment for risk from power-seek­ing AI

Rohin ShahDec 8, 2021, 6:10 PM
21 points
1 comment7 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

The Last Ques­tions (part 1)

rogersbaconDec 8, 2021, 6:09 PM
4 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Deep­mind’s Go­pher—more pow­er­ful than GPT-3

hathDec 8, 2021, 5:06 PM
86 points
26 comments1 min readLW link
(deepmind.com)

In­ter­pret­ing the Biobot Spike

jefftkDec 8, 2021, 4:30 PM
42 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

What makes for a good “ar­gu­ment”? (Re­quest for thoughts and com­ments)

Simon DeDeoDec 8, 2021, 2:16 AM
13 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Some thoughts on why ad­ver­sar­ial train­ing might be useful

Beth BarnesDec 8, 2021, 1:28 AM
9 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

The­o­ret­i­cal Neu­ro­science For Align­ment Theory

Cameron BergDec 7, 2021, 9:50 PM
65 points
18 comments23 min readLW link

Let’s buy out Cyc, for use in AGI in­ter­pretabil­ity sys­tems?

Steven ByrnesDec 7, 2021, 8:46 PM
49 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

HIRING: In­form and shape a new pro­ject on AI safety at Part­ner­ship on AI

madhu_likaDec 7, 2021, 7:37 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ran­dom­ness in Science

rogersbaconDec 7, 2021, 6:17 PM
19 points
15 comments9 min readLW link