[Question] Sup­pose $1 billion is given to AI Safety. How should it be spent?

hunterglennMay 15, 2021, 11:24 PM
23 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Event] Weekly Align­ment Re­search Coffee Time (05/​17)

adamShimiMay 15, 2021, 10:07 PM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Pur­pose of Purpose

Gordon Seidoh WorleyMay 15, 2021, 9:00 PM
17 points
3 comments9 min readLW link

How Can One Tell What Is Beau­tiful?

Erich_GrunewaldMay 15, 2021, 12:55 PM
5 points
3 comments15 min readLW link
(www.erichgrunewald.com)

Tech­no­cratic Plim­soll Line

Martin SustrikMay 15, 2021, 8:34 AM
53 points
16 comments5 min readLW link

In­ter­mit­tent Distil­la­tions #3

Mark XuMay 15, 2021, 7:13 AM
21 points
1 comment11 min readLW link

How to com­pute the prob­a­bil­ity you are flip­ping a trick coin

lsusrMay 15, 2021, 12:02 AM
18 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Un­der Pressure

Alex HollowMay 14, 2021, 10:04 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(alexhollow.wordpress.com)

[Question] Who has ar­gued in de­tail that a cur­rent AI sys­tem is phe­nom­e­nally con­scious?

RobboMay 14, 2021, 10:03 PM
8 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Utopic Nightmares

JozdienMay 14, 2021, 9:24 PM
10 points
20 comments5 min readLW link

DC Sum­mer Sols­tice Picnic

maiaMay 14, 2021, 7:49 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Con­cern­ing not get­ting lost

Alex FlintMay 14, 2021, 7:38 PM
50 points
9 comments4 min readLW link

D&D.Sci May 2021 Eval­u­a­tion and Ruleset

abstractapplicMay 14, 2021, 11:37 AM
18 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Why Democ­racy?

sxaeMay 14, 2021, 11:02 AM
14 points
7 comments14 min readLW link

De­liber­ately Vague Lan­guage is Bullshit

lsusrMay 14, 2021, 9:17 AM
35 points
27 comments1 min readLW link

Zvi’s Law of No Evidence

lsusrMay 14, 2021, 7:27 AM
17 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Hy­poth­e­sis Space Entropy

lsusrMay 14, 2021, 7:21 AM
17 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Does but­terfly af­fect?

pchvykovMay 14, 2021, 4:20 AM
14 points
21 comments2 min readLW link

AXRP Epi­sode 7 - Side Effects with Vic­to­ria Krakovna

DanielFilanMay 14, 2021, 3:50 AM
34 points
6 comments43 min readLW link

[Question] Can Bit­coin tran­si­tion from PoW to PoS?

mukashiMay 14, 2021, 3:43 AM
3 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Un­der­stand­ing the Lot­tery Ticket Hy­poth­e­sis

Alex FlintMay 14, 2021, 12:25 AM
50 points
9 comments8 min readLW link

Vac­cine Rol­lout as Wheeled-Lug­gage Problem

DirectedEvolutionMay 13, 2021, 9:04 PM
28 points
23 comments3 min readLW link

Covid 5/​13: Mov­ing On

ZviMay 13, 2021, 2:30 PM
69 points
13 comments17 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

We can un­der­stand value only through end­less self-reflection

Riccardo VolpatoMay 13, 2021, 10:22 AM
1 point
0 comments7 min readLW link
(volpato.io)

The case for hypocrisy

Aaron BergmanMay 13, 2021, 3:36 AM
37 points
12 comments5 min readLW link
(aaronbergman.substack.com)

Restricted Anti­na­tal­ism on Subagents

JosephineMay 13, 2021, 1:48 AM
3 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Agency in Con­way’s Game of Life

Alex FlintMay 13, 2021, 1:07 AM
112 points
93 comments9 min readLW link2 reviews

Mostly ques­tions about Dumb AI Kernels

HorizonHeldMay 12, 2021, 10:00 PM
1 point
1 comment9 min readLW link

For­mal In­ner Align­ment, Prospectus

abramdemskiMay 12, 2021, 7:57 PM
95 points
57 comments16 min readLW link

[AN #150]: The sub­types of Co­op­er­a­tive AI research

Rohin ShahMay 12, 2021, 5:20 PM
17 points
0 comments6 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

[Question] Per­sonal Ad­vice/​Re­quest: Can I be your ap­pren­tice?

aysajanMay 12, 2021, 4:01 PM
13 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

How do we build or­gani­sa­tions that want to build safe AI?

sxaeMay 12, 2021, 3:08 PM
4 points
4 comments9 min readLW link

Test­ing the FLEDGE Prototype

jefftkMay 12, 2021, 12:40 PM
11 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] What is the strongest ar­gu­ment you know for an­tire­al­ism?

Michele CampoloMay 12, 2021, 10:53 AM
7 points
58 comments1 min readLW link

Her Internal

matejsuchyMay 12, 2021, 2:05 AM
1 point
0 comments6 min readLW link
(matejsuchy.substack.com)

Louisi­ana Gets Vac­cine Pass­ports Right

tkpwaeubMay 12, 2021, 1:23 AM
14 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Thoughts on Iter­ated Distil­la­tion and Amplification

WaddingtonMay 11, 2021, 9:32 PM
9 points
2 comments20 min readLW link

Mas­sachusetts Tick-Borne Disease Distribution

jefftkMay 11, 2021, 6:40 PM
12 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Texas Far-Comers Meetup in Austin

SilasBartaMay 11, 2021, 4:37 PM
16 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Yam­polskiy on AI Risk Skepticism

Gordon Seidoh WorleyMay 11, 2021, 2:50 PM
18 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(www.researchgate.net)

Med­i­ta­tions on Kotzebue

adaminoueMay 11, 2021, 2:34 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.inoue.today)

Challenge: know ev­ery­thing that the best go bot knows about go

DanielFilanMay 11, 2021, 5:10 AM
48 points
113 comments2 min readLW link
(danielfilan.com)

[Question] Is driv­ing worth the risk?

Adam ZernerMay 11, 2021, 5:04 AM
28 points
29 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] What is the best chem­istry text­book?

Maxwell PetersonMay 11, 2021, 2:39 AM
12 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

A Wiki for Questions

weathersystemsMay 11, 2021, 2:31 AM
17 points
18 comments3 min readLW link

Mas­sachusetts Lyme Reporting

jefftkMay 10, 2021, 10:40 PM
27 points
12 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Hu­man pri­ors, fea­tures and mod­els, lan­guages, and Sol­monoff induction

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 10, 2021, 10:55 AM
16 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Is there a way to pre­view com­ments?

Jan Christian RefsgaardMay 10, 2021, 9:26 AM
4 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Do you think TDT/​FDT im­ply magic is real?

emmabMay 10, 2021, 9:23 AM
−15 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Biolog­i­cal Holism: A New Paradigm?

WaddingtonMay 9, 2021, 10:42 PM
4 points
9 comments19 min readLW link