[AN #140]: The­o­ret­i­cal mod­els that pre­dict scal­ing laws

Rohin Shah4 Mar 2021 18:10 UTC
46 points
8 comments10 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

A Semitech­ni­cal In­tro­duc­tory Dialogue on Solomonoff Induction

Eliezer Yudkowsky4 Mar 2021 17:27 UTC
142 points
33 comments54 min readLW link

A non-log­a­r­ith­mic ar­gu­ment for Kelly

Bunthut4 Mar 2021 16:21 UTC
24 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

Con­nect­ing the good reg­u­la­tor the­o­rem with se­man­tics and sym­bol grounding

Stuart_Armstrong4 Mar 2021 14:35 UTC
13 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Covid 3/​4: De­clare Vic­tory and Leave Home

Zvi4 Mar 2021 13:20 UTC
90 points
28 comments13 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Grabby aliens and Zoo hy­poth­e­sis

avturchin4 Mar 2021 13:03 UTC
12 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Book re­view: “A Thou­sand Brains” by Jeff Hawkins

Steven Byrnes4 Mar 2021 5:10 UTC
116 points
18 comments19 min readLW link

Seven Years of Spaced Rep­e­ti­tion Soft­ware in the Classroom

tanagrabeast4 Mar 2021 2:42 UTC
267 points
38 comments34 min readLW link1 review

I’m still mys­tified by the Born rule

So8res4 Mar 2021 2:35 UTC
100 points
44 comments10 min readLW link

Limits of Giving

jefftk4 Mar 2021 2:20 UTC
17 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

How does bee learn­ing com­pare with ma­chine learn­ing?

eleni4 Mar 2021 1:59 UTC
64 points
15 comments24 min readLW link

AI Safety Begin­ners Meetup (Pa­cific Time)

Linda Linsefors4 Mar 2021 1:44 UTC
15 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Some re­cent in­ter­views with AI/​math lu­mi­nar­ies.

fowlertm4 Mar 2021 1:26 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Gar­den Party 2.0

Raemon3 Mar 2021 23:14 UTC
24 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

How To Think About Over­pa­ram­e­ter­ized Models

johnswentworth3 Mar 2021 22:29 UTC
64 points
4 comments6 min readLW link

Thoughts On Computronium

Darklight3 Mar 2021 21:52 UTC
7 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Texas Freeze Ret­ro­spec­tive: meetup notes

jchan3 Mar 2021 14:48 UTC
68 points
6 comments11 min readLW link

Open & Wel­come Thread – March 2021

Yoav Ravid3 Mar 2021 12:27 UTC
18 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What other pep­tide vac­cines might it be use­ful to make?

jacobjacob3 Mar 2021 6:25 UTC
31 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Cu­ri­os­ity about Align­ing Values

esweet3 Mar 2021 0:22 UTC
3 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

En­abling Children

lincolnquirk3 Mar 2021 0:02 UTC
53 points
22 comments3 min readLW link

A For­mula for the Value of Ex­is­ten­tial Risk Reduction

harsimony2 Mar 2021 18:54 UTC
1 point
0 comments4 min readLW link
(harsimony.wordpress.com)

[Question] At­tempt at a gears model of get­ting in­fected with COVID-19

ChristianKl2 Mar 2021 15:39 UTC
23 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Good, Evil and (?)In­differ­ent God Challanges

Szymon Kucharski2 Mar 2021 13:57 UTC
1 point
3 comments3 min readLW link

A whirlwind tour of Ethereum finance

cata2 Mar 2021 9:36 UTC
233 points
52 comments11 min readLW link

[Question] Good brain­teasers for chil­dren?

ejacob2 Mar 2021 6:44 UTC
12 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

The Flex­i­bil­ity of Ab­stract Concepts

lsusr2 Mar 2021 6:43 UTC
48 points
8 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Tap Water and Filtration

manaterra2 Mar 2021 3:45 UTC
15 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Are the Born prob­a­bil­ities re­ally that mys­te­ri­ous?

Adele Lopez2 Mar 2021 3:08 UTC
45 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Eco­nomic Class

lsusr2 Mar 2021 1:58 UTC
27 points
16 comments3 min readLW link

Notes on “Bioter­ror and Biowar­fare” (2006)

MichaelA2 Mar 2021 0:43 UTC
10 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

Germs and Poli­tics

Savio Coelho1 Mar 2021 21:57 UTC
1 point
1 comment10 min readLW link

A thought on gym mem­ber­ship mod­els and from there the whole world…

Curious Couch Potato1 Mar 2021 21:56 UTC
2 points
2 comments9 min readLW link

Fore­cast­ing Newslet­ter: Fe­bru­ary 2021

NunoSempere1 Mar 2021 21:51 UTC
13 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

Weighted Vot­ing De­lenda Est

Czynski1 Mar 2021 20:52 UTC
3 points
19 comments3 min readLW link

Kelly *is* (just) about log­a­r­ith­mic utility

abramdemski1 Mar 2021 20:02 UTC
99 points
26 comments12 min readLW link1 review

Grad­ing my­self on SSC’s 2020 predictions

knite1 Mar 2021 19:55 UTC
15 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

How to end stag­na­tion?

jasoncrawford1 Mar 2021 19:42 UTC
36 points
35 comments4 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Rus­sian x-risks newslet­ter win­ter 2020-2021: free vac­cines for for­eign­ers, bird flu out­break, one more nu­clear near-miss in the past and one now, new AGI in­sti­tute.

avturchin1 Mar 2021 16:35 UTC
14 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Fo­cus­mate: Cry­on­ics sign up

Mati_Roy1 Mar 2021 15:41 UTC
13 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Idea selection

krbouchard1 Mar 2021 14:07 UTC
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Fun with +12 OOMs of Compute

Daniel Kokotajlo1 Mar 2021 13:30 UTC
224 points
86 comments12 min readLW link2 reviews

Full-time AGI Safety!

Steven Byrnes1 Mar 2021 12:42 UTC
118 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Sub­jec­tivism and moral authority

Joe Carlsmith1 Mar 2021 9:02 UTC
22 points
4 comments14 min readLW link

We should not raise awareness

lsusr1 Mar 2021 8:46 UTC
36 points
21 comments2 min readLW link

AIDun­geon 3.1

Yair Halberstadt1 Mar 2021 5:56 UTC
2 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Links for Feb 2021

ike1 Mar 2021 5:13 UTC
6 points
0 comments6 min readLW link
(misinfounderload.substack.com)

Take­aways from one year of lockdown

mingyuan1 Mar 2021 3:53 UTC
193 points
87 comments6 min readLW link

In­tro­duc­tion to Re­in­force­ment Learning

Dr. Birdbrain28 Feb 2021 23:03 UTC
4 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

When I left Google

jefftk28 Feb 2021 21:40 UTC
10 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)