Deep­Mind: Gen­er­ally ca­pa­ble agents emerge from open-ended play

Daniel KokotajloJul 27, 2021, 2:19 PM
247 points
53 comments2 min readLW link
(deepmind.com)

Work­ing With Monsters

johnswentworthJul 20, 2021, 3:23 PM
247 points
54 comments5 min readLW link1 review

Go­ing Out With Dignity

Tomás B.Jul 9, 2021, 10:07 PM
195 points
25 comments6 min readLW link1 review

The topic is not the content

Aaron BergmanJul 6, 2021, 12:14 AM
182 points
25 comments5 min readLW link
(aaronbergman.substack.com)

Po­ten­tial Bot­tle­necks to Tak­ing Over The World

johnswentworthJul 6, 2021, 7:34 PM
154 points
22 comments6 min readLW link

Delta Strain: Fact Dump and Some Policy Takeaways

Connor_FlexmanJul 28, 2021, 3:38 AM
119 points
60 comments16 min readLW link

How much chess en­g­ine progress is about adapt­ing to big­ger com­put­ers?

paulfchristianoJul 7, 2021, 10:35 PM
114 points
23 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] ($1000 bounty) How effec­tive are marginal vac­cine doses against the covid delta var­i­ant?

Bird ConceptJul 22, 2021, 1:26 AM
105 points
73 comments2 min readLW link

Ex­per­i­men­tally eval­u­at­ing whether hon­esty generalizes

paulfchristianoJul 1, 2021, 5:47 PM
103 points
24 comments9 min readLW link1 review

A Con­tam­i­na­tion The­ory of the Obe­sity Epidemic

Bob BakerJul 25, 2021, 2:39 AM
101 points
50 comments5 min readLW link

We have some ev­i­dence that masks work

technicalitiesJul 11, 2021, 6:36 PM
97 points
13 comments5 min readLW link

Covid 7/​29: You Play to Win the Game

ZviJul 29, 2021, 4:10 PM
97 points
25 comments23 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Relentlessness

AlicornJul 6, 2021, 8:27 PM
97 points
20 comments2 min readLW link

Slack Has Pos­i­tive Ex­ter­nal­ities For Groups

johnswentworthJul 29, 2021, 3:03 PM
96 points
11 comments5 min readLW link2 reviews

The shoot-the-moon strategy

jchanJul 21, 2021, 4:19 PM
90 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Funds are available to sup­port LessWrong groups, among others

Jul 21, 2021, 1:11 AM
88 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

One Study, Many Re­sults (Matt Clancy)

aarongertlerJul 18, 2021, 11:10 PM
84 points
19 comments9 min readLW link
(mattsclancy.substack.com)

My Mar­riage Vows

Vanessa KosoyJul 21, 2021, 10:48 AM
84 points
53 comments3 min readLW link

In­ter­mit­tent Distil­la­tions #4: Semi­con­duc­tors, Eco­nomics, In­tel­li­gence, and Tech­nolog­i­cal Progress.

Mark XuJul 8, 2021, 10:14 PM
81 points
9 comments10 min readLW link

Bench­mark­ing an old chess en­g­ine on new hardware

hippkeJul 16, 2021, 7:58 AM
74 points
4 comments5 min readLW link1 review

Win­ston Churchill, fu­tur­ist and EA

jasoncrawfordJul 12, 2021, 2:07 AM
74 points
11 comments4 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Covid 7/​8: Delta Takes Over

ZviJul 8, 2021, 1:00 PM
72 points
16 comments11 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Link] Musk’s non-miss­ing mood

jimrandomhJul 12, 2021, 10:09 PM
71 points
20 comments1 min readLW link
(lukemuehlhauser.com)

An Ap­pren­tice Ex­per­i­ment in Python Programming

Jul 4, 2021, 3:29 AM
67 points
4 comments9 min readLW link

Covid 7/​22: Er­ror Correction

ZviJul 22, 2021, 2:20 PM
66 points
45 comments21 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 7/​15: Rates of Change

ZviJul 15, 2021, 5:10 PM
64 points
63 comments16 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Book Re­view: Order Without Law

philhJul 10, 2021, 9:50 PM
64 points
5 comments49 min readLW link
(reasonableapproximation.net)

Aca­demic Ra­tion­al­ity Research

ChristianKlJul 25, 2021, 1:59 PM
63 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

An­swer­ing ques­tions hon­estly in­stead of pre­dict­ing hu­man an­swers: lots of prob­lems and some solutions

evhubJul 13, 2021, 6:49 PM
62 points
24 comments31 min readLW link

Gen­er­al­iz­ing Koop­man-Pit­man-Darmois

johnswentworthJul 15, 2021, 10:33 PM
62 points
14 comments11 min readLW link

(Brain­stem, Neo­cor­tex) ≠ (Base Mo­ti­va­tions, Honor­able Mo­ti­va­tions)

Steven ByrnesJul 12, 2021, 4:39 PM
62 points
14 comments9 min readLW link

Open Philan­thropy is seek­ing pro­pos­als for out­reach projects

Jul 16, 2021, 9:19 PM
61 points
2 comments10 min readLW link

Im­prov­ing cap­i­tal gains taxes

paulfchristianoJul 9, 2021, 5:20 AM
60 points
38 comments3 min readLW link
(sideways-view.com)

[Question] What does know­ing the her­i­ta­bil­ity of a trait tell me in prac­tice?

Kaj_SotalaJul 26, 2021, 4:29 PM
58 points
22 comments4 min readLW link

For some, now may be the time to get your third Covid shot

Josh JacobsonJul 10, 2021, 5:38 PM
58 points
8 comments4 min readLW link

BASALT: A Bench­mark for Learn­ing from Hu­man Feedback

Rohin ShahJul 8, 2021, 5:40 PM
56 points
20 comments2 min readLW link
(bair.berkeley.edu)

Chess and cheap ways to check day to day var­i­ance in cognition

KPierJul 7, 2021, 12:08 AM
56 points
27 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What would it look like if it looked like AGI was very near?

Tomás B.Jul 12, 2021, 3:22 PM
56 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

Frac­tional progress es­ti­mates for AI timelines and im­plied re­source requirements

Jul 15, 2021, 6:43 PM
55 points
6 comments7 min readLW link

Re­search Fa­cil­i­ta­tion Invitation

LoganStrohlJul 10, 2021, 1:04 AM
53 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

On­line LessWrong Com­mu­nity Weekend

EGIJul 1, 2021, 7:28 PM
53 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 7/​1: Don’t Panic

ZviJul 1, 2021, 12:30 PM
53 points
35 comments9 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Black ravens and red herrings

Matthew BarnettJul 27, 2021, 5:46 PM
52 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

A (some­what beta) site for em­bed­ding bet­ting odds in your writing

Optimization ProcessJul 2, 2021, 1:10 AM
51 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(biatob.com)

Ty­pol­ogy of blog posts that don’t always add any­thing clear and insightful

KatjaGraceJul 13, 2021, 1:40 AM
50 points
3 comments9 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Re: Com­pe­tent Elites

lsusrJul 15, 2021, 5:16 AM
50 points
37 comments3 min readLW link

A closer look at chess scal­ings (into the past)

hippkeJul 15, 2021, 8:13 AM
50 points
14 comments4 min readLW link

How to Sleep Better

Marius HobbhahnJul 16, 2021, 12:00 AM
49 points
49 comments15 min readLW link

New De­men­tia Trial Results

PeterMcCluskeyJul 2, 2021, 11:04 PM
49 points
5 comments3 min readLW link
(www.bayesianinvestor.com)

The SIA pop­u­la­tion up­date can be sur­pris­ingly small

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 8, 2021, 10:45 AM
48 points
12 comments10 min readLW link