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

Mark Xu8 Jul 2021 22:14 UTC
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Jack­pot! An AI Vignette

bgold8 Jul 2021 20:32 UTC
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Whis­tle Synth Pi

jefftk8 Jul 2021 19:00 UTC
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BASALT: A Bench­mark for Learn­ing from Hu­man Feedback

Rohin Shah8 Jul 2021 17:40 UTC
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(bair.berkeley.edu)

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

Rohin Shah8 Jul 2021 17:20 UTC
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(mailchi.mp)

The Effi­cient Mar­ket Hy­poth­e­sis in Research

libai8 Jul 2021 17:00 UTC
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Prac­ti­cal an­throp­ics summary

Stuart_Armstrong8 Jul 2021 15:10 UTC
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An­throp­ics and Fermi: grabby, visi­ble, zoo-keep­ing, and early aliens

Stuart_Armstrong8 Jul 2021 15:07 UTC
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Covid 7/​8: Delta Takes Over

Zvi8 Jul 2021 13:00 UTC
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(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The SIA pop­u­la­tion up­date can be sur­pris­ingly small

Stuart_Armstrong8 Jul 2021 10:45 UTC
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An­throp­ics in in­finite universes

Stuart_Armstrong8 Jul 2021 6:56 UTC
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A world in which the al­ign­ment prob­lem seems lower-stakes

TurnTrout8 Jul 2021 2:31 UTC
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An­nounc­ing My Free On­line Course “Origi­nal See­ing With a Fo­cus On Life”

LoganStrohl8 Jul 2021 1:26 UTC
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You should ask for a third-party au­dit of your cryopreservation

oge8 Jul 2021 1:18 UTC
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How much chess en­g­ine progress is about adapt­ing to big­ger com­put­ers?

paulfchristiano7 Jul 2021 22:35 UTC
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Agency and the un­re­li­able au­tonomous car

Alex Flint7 Jul 2021 14:58 UTC
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In­tel­li­gence with­out Consciousness

Andrew Vlahos7 Jul 2021 5:27 UTC
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A sec­ond ex­am­ple of con­di­tional or­thog­o­nal­ity in finite fac­tored sets

DanielFilan7 Jul 2021 1:40 UTC
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(danielfilan.com)

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

KPier7 Jul 2021 0:08 UTC
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Relentlessness

Alicorn6 Jul 2021 20:27 UTC
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[Question] Con­se­quences of Bayesian Episte­mol­ogy?

Benjamin Hendricks6 Jul 2021 20:05 UTC
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Po­ten­tial Bot­tle­necks to Tak­ing Over The World

johnswentworth6 Jul 2021 19:34 UTC
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[Question] Ra­tion­al­ity Yel­low Belt Test Ques­tions?

moridinamael6 Jul 2021 18:15 UTC
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[Question] Is keep­ing AI “in the box” dur­ing train­ing enough?

tgb6 Jul 2021 15:17 UTC
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[Question] Should gov­ern­ment set in­ter­est rates?

yhoiseth6 Jul 2021 13:57 UTC
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In-group loy­alty is so­cial cement

David Hugh-Jones6 Jul 2021 9:57 UTC
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(wyclif.substack.com)

Preschooler Turnovers

jefftk6 Jul 2021 1:20 UTC
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A sim­ple ex­am­ple of con­di­tional or­thog­o­nal­ity in finite fac­tored sets

DanielFilan6 Jul 2021 0:36 UTC
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(danielfilan.com)

The topic is not the content

Aaron Bergman6 Jul 2021 0:14 UTC
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(aaronbergman.substack.com)

[cross-post with EA Fo­rum] The EA Fo­rum Pod­cast is up and running

Garrett Baker5 Jul 2021 21:52 UTC
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Mus­ing on the Many Wor­lds Hypothesis

David Gross5 Jul 2021 19:38 UTC
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Are co­in­ci­dences clues about missed dis­asters? It de­pends on your an­swer to the Sleep­ing Beauty Prob­lem.

Harlan5 Jul 2021 19:12 UTC
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Spoiler-Free Re­view: Roguebook

Zvi5 Jul 2021 11:30 UTC
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You are al­lowed to edit Wikipedia

ChristianKl5 Jul 2021 9:56 UTC
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Re­sources On Men­tal Health And Find­ing A Therapist

lynettebye5 Jul 2021 7:54 UTC
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We Still Don’t Know If Masks Work

Mike Harris5 Jul 2021 4:52 UTC
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An­thropic Effects in Es­ti­mat­ing Evolu­tion Difficulty

Mark Xu5 Jul 2021 4:02 UTC
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Can group iden­tity be a force for good?

Eric Neyman4 Jul 2021 17:16 UTC
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An Ap­pren­tice Ex­per­i­ment in Python Programming

4 Jul 2021 3:29 UTC
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Should VS Would and New­comb’s Paradox

dadadarren3 Jul 2021 23:45 UTC
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Notes on Kindness

David Gross3 Jul 2021 21:47 UTC
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Mauhn Re­leases AI Safety Documentation

Berg Severens3 Jul 2021 21:23 UTC
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Open and Wel­come Thread – July 2021

habryka3 Jul 2021 19:53 UTC
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Bram Co­hen at the As­tralCodexTen On­line Meetup

JoshuaFox3 Jul 2021 18:22 UTC
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[Question] How would you run the statis­tics on whether Iver­mectin helped In­dia re­duce COVID-19 cases?

ChristianKl3 Jul 2021 16:09 UTC
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Pos­i­tive Ex­pec­ta­tions; how to build Hopefulness

J Bostock3 Jul 2021 13:41 UTC
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New De­men­tia Trial Results

PeterMcCluskey2 Jul 2021 23:04 UTC
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(www.bayesianinvestor.com)

[Question] What’s the effec­tive R for the Delta var­i­ant of COVID-19?

ChristianKl2 Jul 2021 12:49 UTC
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Con­fu­sions re: Higher-Level Game Theory

Diffractor2 Jul 2021 3:15 UTC
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A (some­what beta) site for em­bed­ding bet­ting odds in your writing

Optimization Process2 Jul 2021 1:10 UTC
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(biatob.com)