122 points

13 comments5 min readLW link

The theory-practice gap

Buck17 Sep 2021 22:51 UTC

138 points

15 comments6 min readLW link

Truth + Reason = The True Religion?

David Gross17 Sep 2021 22:14 UTC

34 points

2 comments19 min readLW link

[Question] What should one’s policy regarding dental xrays be?

Randomized, Controlled17 Sep 2021 20:55 UTC

12 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

Investigating AI Takeover Scenarios

Sammy Martin17 Sep 2021 18:47 UTC

27 points

1 comment27 min readLW link

A simulation basilisk

andrew sauer17 Sep 2021 17:44 UTC

3 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Goodhart Ethology

Charlie Steiner17 Sep 2021 17:31 UTC

20 points

4 comments14 min readLW link

A Fight is a Faster Tax on Bullshit

Ray Doraisamy17 Sep 2021 16:26 UTC

2 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

Immobile AI makes a move: anti-wireheading, ontology change, and model splintering

Stuart_Armstrong17 Sep 2021 15:24 UTC

32 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

Great Power Conflict

Zach Stein-Perlman17 Sep 2021 15:00 UTC

11 points

6 comments4 min readLW link

Born Again: Disconnected Psychology, Martian Science, and the Order of the Phoenix

rogersbacon17 Sep 2021 14:23 UTC

4 points

0 comments17 min readLW link

Covid 9/17: Done Biden His Time

Zvi17 Sep 2021 12:00 UTC

63 points

14 comments29 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

How feeling more secure feels different than I expected

Kaj_Sotala17 Sep 2021 9:20 UTC

83 points

15 comments3 min readLW link

(kajsotala.fi)

Research speedruns

drossbucket17 Sep 2021 6:54 UTC

40 points

6 comments3 min readLW link

Lessons from covid predictions: Always use multiple models

pku17 Sep 2021 3:19 UTC

8 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

Let Us Do Our Work As Well

jsteinhardt17 Sep 2021 0:40 UTC

7 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

(bounded-regret.ghost.io)

Writing On The Pareto Frontier

johnswentworth17 Sep 2021 0:05 UTC

76 points

12 comments3 min readLW link

Jitters No Evidence of Stupidity in RL

1a3orn16 Sep 2021 22:43 UTC

96 points

18 comments3 min readLW link

Comments on Jacob Falkovich on loneliness

Alex Flint16 Sep 2021 22:04 UTC

29 points

9 comments16 min readLW link

Economic AI Safety

jsteinhardt16 Sep 2021 20:50 UTC

35 points

3 comments5 min readLW link

The Metaethics and Normative Ethics of AGI Value Alignment: Many Questions, Some Implications

Eleos Arete Citrini16 Sep 2021 16:13 UTC

6 points

0 comments8 min readLW link

Dating Minefield vs. Dating Playground

Vlad Loweren16 Sep 2021 16:13 UTC

23 points

5 comments4 min readLW link

Counterfactual Contracts

harsimony16 Sep 2021 15:20 UTC

10 points

4 comments9 min readLW link

(harsimony.wordpress.com)

[Question] ‘Good enough’ way to clean an O2 Curve respirator?

Kenny16 Sep 2021 14:51 UTC

5 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

How truthful is GPT-3? A benchmark for language models

Owain_Evans16 Sep 2021 10:09 UTC

58 points

24 comments6 min readLW link

I wanted to interview Eliezer Yudkowsky but he’s busy so I simulated him instead

lsusr16 Sep 2021 7:34 UTC

111 points

33 comments5 min readLW link

“Who’s In Charge? Free Will and the Science of the Brain”

David Gross16 Sep 2021 2:38 UTC

10 points

6 comments4 min readLW link

Optimizing Multiple Imperfect Filters

johnswentworth15 Sep 2021 22:57 UTC

50 points

4 comments6 min readLW link

[inactive] £2000 bounty—contraceptives (and UTI) literature review

Chi Nguyen15 Sep 2021 22:37 UTC

70 points

14 comments2 min readLW link

Edmonton Meetup

JS15 Sep 2021 19:16 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

History of counting to three?

jefftk15 Sep 2021 18:10 UTC

12 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Austin Petrov Day and Potluck

SilasBarta15 Sep 2021 17:38 UTC

10 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

[AN #164]: How well can language models write code?

Rohin Shah15 Sep 2021 17:20 UTC

13 points

7 comments9 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Harry Potter and the Methods of Psychomagic | Chapter 1: Affect

Henry Prowbell15 Sep 2021 17:03 UTC

64 points

5 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] How to deal with probabilities in the presence of clones?

depressurize15 Sep 2021 17:01 UTC

4 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Effective Altruism Virtual Programs Oct-Nov 2021

Yi-Yang15 Sep 2021 13:00 UTC

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Oracle predictions don’t apply to non-existent worlds

Chris_Leong15 Sep 2021 9:44 UTC

10 points

25 comments3 min readLW link

The Motivated Reasoning Critique of Effective Altruism

Linch15 Sep 2021 1:43 UTC

27 points

0 comments23 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Film Study for Research

jsteinhardt14 Sep 2021 18:53 UTC

50 points

7 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Why didn’t we find katas for rationality?

ChristianKl14 Sep 2021 16:43 UTC

9 points

35 comments1 min readLW link

GPT-Augmented Blogging

lsusr14 Sep 2021 11:55 UTC

52 points

18 comments13 min readLW link

[Question] Is there a beeminder without the punishment?

warrenjordan14 Sep 2021 2:51 UTC

16 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

LessWrong is paying $500 for Book Reviews

Ruby14 Sep 2021 0:24 UTC

133 points

25 comments4 min readLW link

[Linkpost] Partial Derivatives and Partial Narratives

mike_hawke13 Sep 2021 21:02 UTC

17 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(everythingstudies.com)

Digital People FAQ

HoldenKarnofsky13 Sep 2021 15:24 UTC

28 points

13 comments16 min readLW link

Digital People Would Be An Even Bigger Deal

HoldenKarnofsky13 Sep 2021 15:23 UTC

34 points

14 comments13 min readLW link

[linkpost] The Psychological Economy of Inaction by William Gillis

Quinn12 Sep 2021 22:04 UTC

12 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(humaniterations.net)

EA Forum Creative Writing Contest: $10,000 in prizes for good stories

aarongertler12 Sep 2021 21:25 UTC

32 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Pivot!

Carlos Ramirez12 Sep 2021 20:39 UTC

−18 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

How factories were made safe

jasoncrawford12 Sep 2021 19:58 UTC

185 points

46 comments18 min readLW link 1 review

(rootsofprogress.org)