[In­tro to brain-like-AGI safety] 2. “Learn­ing from scratch” in the brain

Steven ByrnesFeb 2, 2022, 1:22 PM
60 points
12 comments25 min readLW link

Be­fore Colour TV, Peo­ple Dreamed in Black and White

Sam EnrightFeb 1, 2022, 12:50 PM
60 points
24 comments2 min readLW link

Pre­dic­tion Mar­kets are for Out­comes Beyond Our Control

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

Micro­covid Be­com­ing Less Useful

jefftkFeb 20, 2022, 3:50 AM
59 points
13 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Rock is Strong

ZviFeb 14, 2022, 2:00 PM
59 points
13 comments26 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Com­pet­i­tive pro­gram­ming with AlphaCode

AlgonFeb 2, 2022, 4:49 PM
58 points
36 comments15 min readLW link
(deepmind.com)

Create a pre­dic­tion mar­ket in two min­utes on Man­i­fold Markets

Feb 9, 2022, 5:36 PM
58 points
19 comments4 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)

Do, Then Think

George3d6Feb 23, 2022, 1:40 PM
55 points
9 comments5 min readLW link
(www.epistem.ink)

[In­tro to brain-like-AGI safety] 5. The “long-term pre­dic­tor”, and TD learning

Steven ByrnesFeb 23, 2022, 2:44 PM
54 points
27 comments20 min readLW link

Why do peo­ple avoid vac­ci­na­tion?

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

Covid 2/​3/​22: Loos­en­ing Bounds

ZviFeb 3, 2022, 11:00 PM
53 points
4 comments16 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Is Any­one Else Seek­ing to Help Com­mu­nity Mem­bers in Ukraine Who Make Re­fugee Claims?

Evan_GaensbauerFeb 27, 2022, 12:51 AM
52 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Does nee­dle anx­iety drive vac­cine hes­i­tancy?

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

Ex­per­i­ment­ing with microsoli­dar­ity crews

Jarred FilmerFeb 6, 2022, 11:41 AM
50 points
4 comments4 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)

Em­piri­cal Find­ings Gen­er­al­ize Sur­pris­ingly Far

jsteinhardtFeb 1, 2022, 10:30 PM
47 points
1 comment6 min readLW link
(bounded-regret.ghost.io)

The Ur­gency of Nor­mal: An Ex­er­cise in Bounded Distrust

ZviFeb 3, 2022, 6:10 PM
46 points
3 comments11 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Hy­poth­e­sis: gra­di­ent de­scent prefers gen­eral circuits

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

D&D.SCP: Ano­ma­lous Acquisitions

aphyerFeb 12, 2022, 4:03 PM
45 points
25 comments9 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)

Ob­served pat­terns around ma­jor tech­nolog­i­cal advancements

Richard Korzekwa Feb 3, 2022, 12:30 AM
44 points
15 comments11 min readLW link
(aiimpacts.org)

How do new mod­els from OpenAI, Deep­Mind and An­thropic perform on Truth­fulQA?

Owain_EvansFeb 26, 2022, 12:46 PM
44 points
3 comments11 min readLW link

Si­mu­la­tion arguments

Joe CarlsmithFeb 18, 2022, 10:45 AM
44 points
16 comments65 min readLW link

Re­ward Good Bets That Had Bad Outcomes

Neel NandaFeb 22, 2022, 12:25 AM
44 points
11 comments8 min readLW link

Why you are psy­cholog­i­cally screwed up

R BrunsFeb 18, 2022, 5:07 PM
44 points
13 comments9 min readLW link

Re­view: Vá­clav Havel’s “The Power of the Pow­er­less”

David GrossFeb 21, 2022, 2:18 AM
43 points
1 comment26 min readLW link

Direct Observation

LoganStrohlFeb 21, 2022, 8:51 PM
43 points
7 comments4 min readLW link

Your Ene­mies Can Use Your Pre­dic­tion Mar­kets Against You

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

Im­pact­ful Fore­cast­ing Prize for fore­cast write­ups on cu­rated Me­tac­u­lus questions

Feb 4, 2022, 8:06 PM
41 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Why will AI be dan­ger­ous?

LegionnaireFeb 4, 2022, 11:41 PM
40 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Con­test for out­lin­ing rules for this con­test.

abramdemskiFeb 21, 2022, 6:44 PM
40 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

What The Foucault

adamShimiFeb 19, 2022, 10:48 PM
39 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Covid 2/​24/​22: The Next War

ZviFeb 24, 2022, 2:30 PM
39 points
4 comments12 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Ca­pa­bil­ity Phase Tran­si­tion Examples

gwernFeb 8, 2022, 3:32 AM
39 points
1 commentLW link
(www.reddit.com)

The case for “men­tal strength”

VipulNaikFeb 7, 2022, 3:43 PM
39 points
9 comments9 min readLW link

Some Hacky ELK Ideas

johnswentworthFeb 15, 2022, 2:27 AM
37 points
8 comments5 min readLW link

Some thoughts on veg­e­tar­i­anism and veganism

Richard_NgoFeb 14, 2022, 2:40 AM
37 points
23 comments4 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

Ber­nal Heights: ac­qui­si­tion of a bicycle

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

Thoughts on AGI safety from the top

jylin04Feb 2, 2022, 8:06 PM
36 points
3 comments32 min readLW link

Sled­ding Is Underrated

jefftkFeb 5, 2022, 9:10 PM
35 points
3 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Paper is True

ZviFeb 14, 2022, 2:10 PM
35 points
2 comments6 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

What Does The Nat­u­ral Ab­strac­tion Frame­work Say About ELK?

johnswentworthFeb 15, 2022, 2:27 AM
35 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

Ri­tu­als and symbolism

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

Book re­view: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

Richard_NgoFeb 14, 2022, 7:50 AM
34 points
5 comments4 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

The Big Pic­ture Of Align­ment (Talk Part 2)

johnswentworthFeb 25, 2022, 2:53 AM
34 points
12 comments1 min readLW link
(www.youtube.com)

Chaos and Stability

lsusrFeb 12, 2022, 10:19 AM
33 points
1 comment3 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)

Bet on Rare Un­de­sir­able Out­comes when Seed­ing a Pre­dic­tion Market

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

Bet­ter im­pos­si­bil­ity re­sult for un­bounded utilities

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