If you want to live longer, be­come President

BezziFeb 11, 2022, 11:14 PM
8 points
11 comments7 min readLW link

Ques­tion 2: Pre­dicted bad out­comes of AGI learn­ing architecture

Cameron BergFeb 11, 2022, 10:23 PM
5 points
1 comment10 min readLW link

Does nee­dle anx­iety drive vac­cine hes­i­tancy?

Matthew BarnettFeb 11, 2022, 7:35 PM
50 points
11 comments3 min readLW link

To Match the Greats, Don’t Fol­low In Their Footsteps

HoldenKarnofskyFeb 11, 2022, 7:20 PM
47 points
5 comments4 min readLW link
(www.cold-takes.com)

Our philo­soph­i­cal thought ex­per­i­ments aren’t good enough and we can do better

Dead Hour CanoeFeb 11, 2022, 4:48 PM
8 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

On­line Pri­vacy: Should you Care?

brookFeb 11, 2022, 1:20 PM
11 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

Th­e­ses on Sleep

guzeyFeb 11, 2022, 12:58 PM
111 points
104 comments34 min readLW link2 reviews

No, hu­man life was not a mis­ery un­til the 1950s

David Hugh-JonesFeb 11, 2022, 10:39 AM
19 points
32 comments4 min readLW link
(wyclif.substack.com)

Es­cap­ing Locality

L3moncak3Feb 11, 2022, 4:08 AM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

Sim­plify EA Pitches to “Holy Shit, X-Risk”

Neel NandaFeb 11, 2022, 1:59 AM
55 points
22 comments10 min readLW link
(www.neelnanda.io)

[Linkpost] Tro­janNet: Embed­ding Hid­den Tro­jan Horse Models in Neu­ral Networks

Gunnar_ZarnckeFeb 11, 2022, 1:17 AM
13 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Why do peo­ple avoid vac­ci­na­tion?

KatjaGraceFeb 10, 2022, 9:10 PM
53 points
58 comments6 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

If you say “don’t lose fo­cus,” what does that ac­tu­ally tell you to fo­cus on?

Nicole DiekerFeb 10, 2022, 9:04 PM
1 point
0 comments4 min readLW link

Clar­ify­ing the palata­bil­ity the­ory of obesity

Matthew BarnettFeb 10, 2022, 7:16 PM
88 points
19 comments10 min readLW link

A sum­mary of al­ign­ing nar­rowly su­per­hu­man models

guguFeb 10, 2022, 6:26 PM
8 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

Covid 2/​10/​22: Happy Birthday

ZviFeb 10, 2022, 5:50 PM
44 points
9 comments20 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Ques­tion 1: Pre­dicted ar­chi­tec­ture of AGI learn­ing al­gorithm(s)

Cameron BergFeb 10, 2022, 5:22 PM
13 points
1 comment7 min readLW link

Ri­tu­als and symbolism

TsviBTFeb 10, 2022, 4:00 PM
34 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

The Long Long Covid Post

ZviFeb 10, 2022, 1:10 PM
103 points
29 comments52 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Your Ene­mies Can Use Your Pre­dic­tion Mar­kets Against You

lsusrFeb 10, 2022, 10:37 AM
42 points
20 comments2 min readLW link

In­fer­ring util­ity func­tions from lo­cally non-tran­si­tive preferences

JanFeb 10, 2022, 10:33 AM
33 points
15 comments8 min readLW link
(universalprior.substack.com)

EleutherAI’s GPT-NeoX-20B release

leogaoFeb 10, 2022, 6:56 AM
30 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(eaidata.bmk.sh)

Sin­ga­pore—Small ca­sual din­ner meetup #2

Joe RoccaFeb 10, 2022, 6:19 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

To Change the World

lsusrFeb 10, 2022, 6:08 AM
104 points
12 comments6 min readLW link

EA Pic­nic on UC Berkeley Campus

Raj ThimmiahFeb 10, 2022, 5:47 AM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

The Defeat of Rea­son?

M. Y. ZuoFeb 10, 2022, 4:29 AM
4 points
49 comments6 min readLW link

SSC Meetup San Diego

CitizenTenFeb 10, 2022, 12:46 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Bet on Rare Un­de­sir­able Out­comes when Seed­ing a Pre­dic­tion Market

lsusrFeb 10, 2022, 12:20 AM
33 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Why ra­tio­nal­ists are not much con­cerned about mor­tal­ity?

SurvivalBiasFeb 10, 2022, 12:11 AM
18 points
92 comments1 min readLW link

Ber­nal Heights: ac­qui­si­tion of a bicycle

KatjaGraceFeb 9, 2022, 9:00 PM
36 points
3 comments8 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

My in­vest­ment pro­tects you. Your in­vest­ment pro­tects me.

Nicole DiekerFeb 9, 2022, 8:12 PM
−7 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Epistemic Legibility

ElizabethFeb 9, 2022, 6:10 PM
309 points
30 comments20 min readLW link1 review
(acesounderglass.com)

Create a pre­dic­tion mar­ket in two min­utes on Man­i­fold Markets

Feb 9, 2022, 5:36 PM
58 points
19 comments4 min readLW link

Mailing Lists for Event Announcements

jefftkFeb 9, 2022, 5:30 PM
12 points
5 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Paradigm-build­ing: The hi­er­ar­chi­cal ques­tion framework

Cameron BergFeb 9, 2022, 4:47 PM
11 points
15 comments3 min readLW link

[In­tro to brain-like-AGI safety] 3. Two sub­sys­tems: Learn­ing & Steering

Steven ByrnesFeb 9, 2022, 1:09 PM
95 points
3 comments25 min readLW link

Pre­dic­tion Mar­kets are for Out­comes Beyond Our Control

lsusrFeb 9, 2022, 9:54 AM
59 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How to Le­gally Con­duct “Ra­tion­al­ist Bets” in Cal­ifor­nia?

Davis_KingsleyFeb 9, 2022, 8:16 AM
9 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Bet­ter im­pos­si­bil­ity re­sult for un­bounded utilities

paulfchristianoFeb 9, 2022, 6:10 AM
33 points
22 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] In­ter­est in a digi­tal LW “book” club?

DirectedEvolutionFeb 9, 2022, 5:59 AM
19 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

An ex­ten­sion of Au­mann’s ap­proach for re­duc­ing game the­ory to bayesian de­ci­sion the­ory to in­clude EDT and UDT like agents

Karl BriseboisFeb 9, 2022, 4:17 AM
1 point
0 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Every­one’s mired in the deep­est con­fu­sion, some of the time?

M. Y. ZuoFeb 9, 2022, 2:53 AM
1 point
2 comments1 min readLW link

“Mo­ral progress” vs. the sim­ple pas­sage of time

HoldenKarnofskyFeb 9, 2022, 2:50 AM
33 points
30 comments3 min readLW link
(www.cold-takes.com)

Hy­poth­e­sis: gra­di­ent de­scent prefers gen­eral circuits

Quintin PopeFeb 8, 2022, 9:12 PM
46 points
26 comments11 min readLW link

Paradigm-build­ing from first prin­ci­ples: Effec­tive al­tru­ism, AGI, and alignment

Cameron BergFeb 8, 2022, 4:12 PM
29 points
5 comments14 min readLW link

Me­tac­u­lus launches con­test for es­says with quan­ti­ta­tive pre­dic­tions about AI

Feb 8, 2022, 4:07 PM
25 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.metaculus.com)

Ap­pendix: More Is Differ­ent In Other Domains

jsteinhardtFeb 8, 2022, 4:00 PM
12 points
1 comment4 min readLW link
(bounded-regret.ghost.io)

Defend­ing Func­tional De­ci­sion Theory

HeighnFeb 8, 2022, 2:58 PM
6 points
10 comments11 min readLW link

How com­plex are my­opic imi­ta­tors?

Vivek HebbarFeb 8, 2022, 12:00 PM
26 points
1 comment15 min readLW link

The ’Why’s of an In­ter­na­tional Aux­iliary Lan­guage (IAL part 1)

Long tryFeb 8, 2022, 4:39 AM
−1 points
29 comments5 min readLW link