Gen­er­al­iz­ing Koop­man-Pit­man-Darmois

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

AlphaFold 2 pa­per re­leased: “Highly ac­cu­rate pro­tein struc­ture pre­dic­tion with AlphaFold”, Jumper et al 2021

gwernJul 15, 2021, 7:27 PM
39 points
10 comments1 min readLW link
(www.nature.com)

Frac­tional progress es­ti­mates for AI timelines and im­plied re­source requirements

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

Covid 7/​15: Rates of Change

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

Ex­per­i­men­ta­tion with AI-gen­er­ated images (VQGAN+CLIP) | So­larpunk air­ships flee­ing a dragon

Kaj_SotalaJul 15, 2021, 11:00 AM
44 points
4 comments2 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

A closer look at chess scal­ings (into the past)

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

Re: Com­pe­tent Elites

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

Is so­cial the­ory our doom?

pchvykovJul 15, 2021, 3:31 AM
6 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

La­fayette: traf­fic vessels

KatjaGraceJul 15, 2021, 1:00 AM
27 points
1 comment2 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

A cog­ni­tive al­gorithm for “free will.”

DirectedEvolutionJul 14, 2021, 9:33 PM
23 points
27 comments3 min readLW link

An­a­lyz­ing Pu­n­ish­ment as Preventation

Yair HalberstadtJul 14, 2021, 3:12 PM
2 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

Model-based RL, De­sires, Brains, Wireheading

Steven ByrnesJul 14, 2021, 3:11 PM
22 points
1 comment13 min readLW link

Essen­tial­ness of Data

jefftkJul 14, 2021, 3:40 AM
15 points
21 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Imag­i­nary reen­act­ment to heal trauma – how and when does it work?

Kaj_SotalaJul 13, 2021, 10:10 PM
41 points
2 comments3 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

The Bul­lwhip Effect

aysajanJul 13, 2021, 8:40 PM
19 points
11 comments4 min readLW link

CGP Grey on the difficulty of know­ing what’s true [au­dio]

DanielFilanJul 13, 2021, 8:40 PM
23 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(www.relay.fm)

Epony­mous Laws Part 3: Mis­cel­la­neous

rogersbaconJul 13, 2021, 7:56 PM
5 points
3 comments4 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

The Ad­di­tive Sum­mary Equation

johnswentworthJul 13, 2021, 6:23 PM
15 points
3 comments6 min readLW link

Seek­ing Samsara

jblueJul 13, 2021, 6:03 PM
1 point
0 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] What will the twen­ties look like if AGI is 30 years away?

Daniel KokotajloJul 13, 2021, 8:14 AM
29 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Ex­plo­ra­tive Ques­tions to­wards Ar­gu­men­ta­tion + GitHub

cod3dJul 13, 2021, 6:01 AM
1 point
4 comments1 min readLW link

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)

[Question] Ideal Col­lege Ed­u­ca­tion for an Aspiring Ra­tion­al­ist?

CollisteruJul 13, 2021, 1:39 AM
6 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

A new op­tion for build­ing lumenators

Alex_AltairJul 12, 2021, 11:45 PM
33 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

[Link] Musk’s non-miss­ing mood

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

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

Steven ByrnesJul 12, 2021, 4:39 PM
62 points
14 comments9 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
55 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

Rea­sons for Punishment

Yair HalberstadtJul 12, 2021, 2:53 PM
7 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

An­thropic de­ci­sion the­ory for self-lo­cat­ing beliefs

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 12, 2021, 2:11 PM
17 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Win­ston Churchill, fu­tur­ist and EA

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

The in­escapa­bil­ity of knowledge

Alex FlintJul 11, 2021, 10:59 PM
28 points
17 comments5 min readLW link

A low-prob­a­bil­ity strat­egy to elmi­nate suffer­ing via hos­tile takeover of a pub­li­cally traded corporation

jpgeigerJul 11, 2021, 9:41 PM
−21 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

We have some ev­i­dence that masks work

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

The More Power At Stake, The Stronger In­stru­men­tal Con­ver­gence Gets For Op­ti­mal Policies

TurnTroutJul 11, 2021, 5:36 PM
45 points
7 comments6 min readLW link

And the Dark­ness Answered

SlimepriestessJul 11, 2021, 5:54 AM
12 points
3 comments5 min readLW link
(hivewired.wordpress.com)

[Question] How to make more peo­ple in­ter­ested in ra­tio­nal­ity?

mukashiJul 11, 2021, 2:30 AM
2 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Book Re­view: Order Without Law

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

The ac­cu­mu­la­tion of knowl­edge: liter­a­ture review

Alex FlintJul 10, 2021, 6:36 PM
29 points
3 comments7 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

[Question] Will the US have more than 100,000 new daily COVID-19 cases be­fore Jan­uary 1, 2022?

AnnapurnaJul 10, 2021, 2:01 PM
5 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Fire­fox does not block an­a­lyt­ics by default

jefftkJul 10, 2021, 12:50 PM
9 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Re­search Fa­cil­i­ta­tion Invitation

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

Go­ing Out With Dignity

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

Gen­er­al­ised mod­els: im­perfect mor­phisms and in­for­ma­tional entropy

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 9, 2021, 5:35 PM
9 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] For re­duc­ing caf­feine de­pen­dence, does daily max­i­mum mat­ter more, or does to­tal daily in­take mat­ter more?

Maxwell PetersonJul 9, 2021, 3:40 PM
14 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Finite Fac­tored Sets: Con­di­tional Orthogonality

Scott GarrabrantJul 9, 2021, 6:01 AM
29 points
2 comments7 min readLW link

Im­prov­ing cap­i­tal gains taxes

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

The news at­ten­tion span

damiensnyderJul 9, 2021, 1:44 AM
13 points
4 comments2 min readLW link
(www.damiensnyder.com)

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

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