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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

Tamay Besiroglu and Metaculus

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

Capability Phase Transition Examples

gwernFeb 8, 2022, 3:32 AM

39 points

1 comment LW link

(www.reddit.com)

Meditation and Neuroscience, some odds and ends

MarkLFeb 8, 2022, 1:47 AM

28 points

12 comments10 min readLW link

Paradigm-building: Introduction

Cameron BergFeb 8, 2022, 12:06 AM

28 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Reverse engineering of the simulation

Jan BetleyFeb 7, 2022, 9:36 PM

1 point

2 comments1 min readLW link

A Solution to the Desire-Action Conundrum

ship_shlapFeb 7, 2022, 6:00 PM

3 points

12 comments3 min readLW link

Building cars we don’t understand

pchvykovFeb 7, 2022, 4:55 PM

3 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

The case for “mental strength”

VipulNaikFeb 7, 2022, 3:43 PM

39 points

9 comments9 min readLW link

Decreasing Isolation Further

jefftkFeb 7, 2022, 2:00 PM

15 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Soup design: Everyone likes it, but few know how

tomdekanFeb 7, 2022, 11:32 AM

2 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

[untitled post]

superads91Feb 6, 2022, 8:39 PM

−5 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Predictions for 2050?

FinalFormal2Feb 6, 2022, 8:33 PM

−2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Misleading Boiler Error Message

jefftkFeb 6, 2022, 7:50 PM

8 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Experimenting with microsolidarity crews

Jarred FilmerFeb 6, 2022, 11:41 AM

50 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

Uncompetitive programming with GPT-3

BezziFeb 6, 2022, 10:19 AM

7 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

Fundamental Uncertainty: Prelude

Gordon Seidoh WorleyFeb 6, 2022, 2:26 AM

19 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

Sledding Is Underrated

jefftkFeb 5, 2022, 9:10 PM

35 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

A modest spelling reform to increase autologicity, symmetry, and readability.

Randomized, ControlledFeb 5, 2022, 9:09 PM

19 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Miscellaneous thoughts on handling a stressful life

VipulNaikFeb 5, 2022, 5:48 PM

19 points

0 comments11 min readLW link

Practical Decision-Making Course: A Retrospective

moridinamael, Bae's Theorem and noldodan

Feb 5, 2022, 4:25 PM

20 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(guildoftherose.org)

[Question] Are fully google translated (my own) posts permitted?

EniScienFeb 5, 2022, 3:00 PM

3 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Computability and Complexity

Ege Erdil and Metaculus

Feb 5, 2022, 2:53 PM

21 points

5 comments11 min readLW link

(www.metaculus.com)

Bryan Caplan meets Socrates

Sam EnrightFeb 5, 2022, 12:24 PM

93 points

7 comments8 min readLW link

Phonology | Sekko

Zmavli CaimleFeb 5, 2022, 11:59 AM

4 points

8 comments5 min readLW link

Why I want to make a logical language

Zmavli CaimleFeb 5, 2022, 11:52 AM

23 points

13 comments4 min readLW link

Confidence intervals seem to be rarely useful, in and of themselves

anorangiccFeb 5, 2022, 11:23 AM

1 point

4 comments3 min readLW link

Real Reality

ship_shlapFeb 5, 2022, 4:13 AM

22 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

Why will AI be dangerous?

LegionnaireFeb 4, 2022, 11:41 PM

40 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

Anti-Parfit’s Hitchhiker

k64Feb 4, 2022, 11:37 PM

2 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is it rational to modify one’s utility function?

k64Feb 4, 2022, 11:37 PM

6 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Blog dedicated to rebuilding technology from civ collapse?

Casey_Feb 4, 2022, 11:28 PM

4 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Alignment versus AI Alignment

Alex FlintFeb 4, 2022, 10:59 PM

88 points

15 comments22 min readLW link

A Quick Look At 20% Time

ElizabethFeb 4, 2022, 10:10 PM

86 points

8 comments4 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

What is a “philosophy of progress?”

jasoncrawfordFeb 4, 2022, 10:02 PM

10 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Convoy

ZviFeb 4, 2022, 9:40 PM

28 points

18 comments9 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Can you prove that 0 = 1?

purplelightFeb 4, 2022, 9:31 PM

−10 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Expectations Influence Reality (and AI)

purplelightFeb 4, 2022, 9:31 PM

0 points

3 comments7 min readLW link

AI Writeup Part 1

SNlFeb 4, 2022, 9:16 PM

8 points

1 comment18 min readLW link

[Question] Do mesa-optimization problems correlate with low-slack?

sudoFeb 4, 2022, 9:11 PM

1 point

1 comment1 min readLW link

Impactful Forecasting Prize for forecast writeups on curated Metaculus questions

elifland, sam_atis and yagudin

Feb 4, 2022, 8:06 PM

41 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

[untitled post]

superads91Feb 4, 2022, 7:03 PM

14 points

17 comments1 min readLW link

Money-generating environments vs. wealth-building environments (or “my thoughts on the stock market”)

Nicole DiekerFeb 4, 2022, 5:37 PM

7 points

9 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] Transferring credence without transferring evidence?

KaarelFeb 4, 2022, 8:11 AM

11 points

6 comments3 min readLW link

Positly covid survey 2: controlled productivity data

KatjaGraceFeb 4, 2022, 7:30 AM

15 points

1 comment4 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)