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

Jack­pot! An AI Vignette

Ben GoldhaberJul 8, 2021, 8:32 PM
13 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Whis­tle Synth Pi

jefftkJul 8, 2021, 7:00 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

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)

[AN #155]: A Minecraft bench­mark for al­gorithms that learn with­out re­ward functions

Rohin ShahJul 8, 2021, 5:20 PM
21 points
5 comments7 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

The Effi­cient Mar­ket Hy­poth­e­sis in Research

libaiJul 8, 2021, 5:00 PM
11 points
9 comments3 min readLW link

Prac­ti­cal an­throp­ics summary

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 8, 2021, 3:10 PM
15 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

An­throp­ics and Fermi: grabby, visi­ble, zoo-keep­ing, and early aliens

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 8, 2021, 3:07 PM
15 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

Covid 7/​8: Delta Takes Over

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

The SIA pop­u­la­tion up­date can be sur­pris­ingly small

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

An­throp­ics in in­finite universes

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 8, 2021, 6:56 AM
13 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

A world in which the al­ign­ment prob­lem seems lower-stakes

TurnTroutJul 8, 2021, 2:31 AM
20 points
17 comments2 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing My Free On­line Course “Origi­nal See­ing With a Fo­cus On Life”

LoganStrohlJul 8, 2021, 1:26 AM
28 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

You should ask for a third-party au­dit of your cryopreservation

ogeJul 8, 2021, 1:18 AM
3 points
7 comments1 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

Agency and the un­re­li­able au­tonomous car

Alex FlintJul 7, 2021, 2:58 PM
29 points
24 comments10 min readLW link

In­tel­li­gence with­out Consciousness

Andrew VlahosJul 7, 2021, 5:27 AM
13 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

A sec­ond ex­am­ple of con­di­tional or­thog­o­nal­ity in finite fac­tored sets

DanielFilanJul 7, 2021, 1:40 AM
47 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(danielfilan.com)

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

Relentlessness

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

[Question] Con­se­quences of Bayesian Episte­mol­ogy?

Benjamin HendricksJul 6, 2021, 8:05 PM
7 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Po­ten­tial Bot­tle­necks to Tak­ing Over The World

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

[Question] Ra­tion­al­ity Yel­low Belt Test Ques­tions?

moridinamaelJul 6, 2021, 6:15 PM
19 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is keep­ing AI “in the box” dur­ing train­ing enough?

tgbJul 6, 2021, 3:17 PM
7 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Should gov­ern­ment set in­ter­est rates?

yhoisethJul 6, 2021, 1:57 PM
1 point
8 comments1 min readLW link