The Neu­ral­ink Mon­key Demo

XelaPMay 3, 2021, 2:29 AM
19 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

[Weekly Event] Align­ment Re­searcher Coffee Time (in Walled Gar­den)

adamShimiMay 2, 2021, 12:59 PM
37 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Linkpost] Teach­ing Para­dox, Europa Univer­alis IV, Part I: State of Play

adamShimiMay 2, 2021, 9:02 AM
17 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(acoup.blog)

Car Seats Three Across

jefftkMay 2, 2021, 2:00 AM
16 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Ar­gu­ing from a Gap of Perspective

ideenrunMay 1, 2021, 10:42 PM
6 points
1 comment19 min readLW link

Fol­low-up to Ju­lia Wise on “Don’t Shoot The Dog”

Alex FlintMay 1, 2021, 7:07 PM
19 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

Death by Red Tape

abramdemskiMay 1, 2021, 6:03 PM
38 points
15 comments3 min readLW link

Fore­cast­ing Newslet­ter: April 2021

NunoSempereMay 1, 2021, 4:07 PM
9 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

April 2021 Deep Dive: Trans­form­ers and GPT-3

adamShimiMay 1, 2021, 11:18 AM
31 points
6 comments7 min readLW link

Your Dog is Even Smarter Than You Think

StyleOfDogMay 1, 2021, 5:16 AM
254 points
108 comments9 min readLW link2 reviews

[ACX Linkpost] A Modest Pro­posal for Republicans

mike_hawkeApr 30, 2021, 6:43 PM
9 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(astralcodexten.substack.com)

Re­view of “Why AI is Harder Than We Think”

electroswingApr 30, 2021, 6:14 PM
40 points
10 comments8 min readLW link

Mind­ful­ness as debugging

pchvykovApr 30, 2021, 4:59 PM
21 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Mo­ral Privilege

ACrackedPotApr 30, 2021, 2:54 PM
13 points
21 comments3 min readLW link

[Let­ter] Ad­vice for High School #2

lsusrApr 30, 2021, 8:42 AM
38 points
16 comments13 min readLW link

[Question] When’s the best time to get the 2nd dose of Pfizer Vac­cine?

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Apr 30, 2021, 5:11 AM
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

On silence

Aaron BergmanApr 30, 2021, 3:15 AM
48 points
16 comments9 min readLW link
(aaronbergman.substack.com)

[Question] How do you so­licit feed­back effec­tively?

Raj ThimmiahApr 30, 2021, 12:16 AM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Low-stakes alignment

paulfchristianoApr 30, 2021, 12:10 AM
86 points
11 comments7 min readLW link1 review
(ai-alignment.com)

Why “is ev­i­dence for” is a sym­met­ric relation

alex_hhrApr 29, 2021, 9:26 PM
0 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(raginrayguns.tumblr.com)

[Question] Where do LessWrong ra­tio­nal­ists de­bate?

ViliamApr 29, 2021, 9:23 PM
44 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

Scott Alexan­der 2021 pre­dic­tions: cal­ibra­tion and up­dat­ing exercise

Rob BensingerApr 29, 2021, 7:15 PM
19 points
2 comments7 min readLW link

We need a ca­reer path for invention

jasoncrawfordApr 29, 2021, 6:11 PM
51 points
18 comments4 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

25 Min Talk on Me­taEth­i­cal.AI with Ques­tions from Stu­art Armstrong

June KuApr 29, 2021, 3:38 PM
21 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

On Ch­ester­ton’s Fence

Martin SustrikApr 29, 2021, 2:56 PM
3 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Covid 4/​29: Vac­ci­na­tion Slowdown

ZviApr 29, 2021, 1:50 PM
55 points
19 comments15 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Draft re­port on ex­is­ten­tial risk from power-seek­ing AI

Joe CarlsmithApr 28, 2021, 9:41 PM
85 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Notes on Robert McIn­tyre’s Brain Preser­va­tion Talk at the Long Now Foundation

JohnGreerApr 28, 2021, 8:47 PM
14 points
2 comments13 min readLW link

AMA: Paul Chris­ti­ano, al­ign­ment researcher

paulfchristianoApr 28, 2021, 6:55 PM
117 points
197 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is sit­ting in the sun much bet­ter than sit­ting in the shade?

just_browsingApr 28, 2021, 6:48 PM
16 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

[AN #148]: An­a­lyz­ing gen­er­al­iza­tion across more axes than just ac­cu­racy or loss

Rohin ShahApr 28, 2021, 6:30 PM
24 points
5 comments11 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Face­book is Si­mu­lacra Level 3, An­dreessen is Level 4

Ben PaceApr 28, 2021, 5:38 PM
52 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

When Should the Fire Alarm Go Off: A model for op­ti­mal thresholds

peterbarnettApr 28, 2021, 12:27 PM
40 points
4 comments5 min readLW link
(peterbarnett.org)

Bet­ter air is the eas­iest way not to die

digital_carverApr 28, 2021, 10:24 AM
23 points
9 comments1 min readLW link
(dynomight.net)

Nam­ing and poin­ter thickness

Adam ZernerApr 28, 2021, 6:35 AM
22 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Talk­ers and doers

Amir BolousApr 28, 2021, 4:26 AM
−1 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

A ca­sual in­tro to Geo­met­ric Algebra

OrfeasApr 28, 2021, 12:00 AM
24 points
2 comments6 min readLW link

Faerie Ring meet #2: At Gather.Town

hamnoxApr 27, 2021, 11:17 PM
15 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Cardinality

jimrandomhApr 27, 2021, 10:27 PM
57 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Pit­falls of the agent model

Alex FlintApr 27, 2021, 10:19 PM
25 points
5 comments20 min readLW link

[Question] Covid-19 in In­dia: Why didn’t it hap­pen ear­lier?

SherrinfordApr 27, 2021, 7:13 PM
14 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Jaan Tal­linn’s 2020 Philan­thropy Overview

jaanApr 27, 2021, 4:22 PM
113 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(jaan.online)

Scott Alexan­der 2021 Pre­dic­tions: Mar­ket Prices

SimonMApr 27, 2021, 2:03 PM
51 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Modern Mone­tary The­ory for Dummies

theflowerpotApr 27, 2021, 1:11 PM
7 points
5 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Can you im­prove IQ by prac­tic­ing IQ tests?

ForensicOceanographyApr 27, 2021, 11:28 AM
8 points
43 comments1 min readLW link

Agents Over Carte­sian World Models

Apr 27, 2021, 2:06 AM
67 points
4 comments27 min readLW link

[Question] What top­ics are on Dath Ilan’s civics exam?

jimrandomhApr 27, 2021, 12:59 AM
48 points
38 comments1 min readLW link

Scott Alexan­der 2021 Pre­dic­tions: Buy/​Sell/​Hold

ZviApr 27, 2021, 12:40 AM
42 points
39 comments12 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

An­nounc­ing the Align­ment Re­search Center

paulfchristianoApr 26, 2021, 11:30 PM
178 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(ai-alignment.com)

[Linkpost] Treach­er­ous turns in the wild

Mark XuApr 26, 2021, 10:51 PM
31 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(lukemuehlhauser.com)