Counter-the­ses on Sleep

NatáliaMar 21, 2022, 11:21 PM
447 points
135 comments15 min readLW link1 review

It Looks Like You’re Try­ing To Take Over The World

gwernMar 9, 2022, 4:35 PM
407 points
120 comments1 min readLW link1 review
(www.gwern.net)

Why Agent Foun­da­tions? An Overly Ab­stract Explanation

johnswentworthMar 25, 2022, 11:17 PM
302 points
58 comments8 min readLW link1 review

Do a cost-benefit anal­y­sis of your tech­nol­ogy usage

TurnTroutMar 27, 2022, 11:09 PM
198 points
53 comments13 min readLW link

Have You Tried Hiring Peo­ple?

rank-biserialMar 2, 2022, 2:06 AM
185 points
117 comments8 min readLW link1 review

Search­ing for outliers

benkuhnMar 21, 2022, 2:40 AM
169 points
16 comments18 min readLW link1 review
(www.benkuhn.net)

We’re already in AI takeoff

ValentineMar 8, 2022, 11:09 PM
145 points
119 comments7 min readLW link

ELK prize results

Mar 9, 2022, 12:01 AM
138 points
50 comments21 min readLW link

Beyond Blame Minimization

physicaleconomicsMar 27, 2022, 12:03 AM
137 points
47 comments4 min readLW link

Meadow Theory

Duncan Sabien (Deactivated)Mar 9, 2022, 5:13 PM
132 points
16 comments16 min readLW link1 review

My cur­rent thoughts on the risks from SETI

Matthew BarnettMar 15, 2022, 5:18 PM
132 points
27 comments10 min readLW link

[Closed] Job Offer­ing: Help Com­mu­ni­cate Infrabayesianism

Mar 23, 2022, 6:35 PM
129 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

I left Rus­sia on March 8

avturchinMar 10, 2022, 8:05 PM
127 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

A Longlist of The­o­ries of Im­pact for Interpretability

Neel NandaMar 11, 2022, 2:55 PM
127 points
41 comments5 min readLW link2 reviews

The Wicked Prob­lem Experience

HoldenKarnofskyMar 2, 2022, 5:50 PM
125 points
6 comments9 min readLW link1 review
(www.cold-takes.com)

Ukraine Si­tu­a­tion Re­port 2022/​03/​01

lsusrMar 2, 2022, 5:07 AM
121 points
59 comments10 min readLW link

Jet­lag, Nausea, and Diar­rhea are Largely Optional

Thomas KwaMar 21, 2022, 10:40 PM
94 points
32 comments2 min readLW link

Dual use of ar­tifi­cial-in­tel­li­gence-pow­ered drug discovery

VaniverMar 15, 2022, 2:52 AM
93 points
15 comments1 min readLW link
(www.nature.com)

Beyond micromarriages

Richard_NgoMar 11, 2022, 3:40 AM
91 points
13 comments3 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

PSA: if you are in Rus­sia, prob­a­bly move out ASAP

yagudinMar 3, 2022, 8:01 PM
90 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

Re­search Ham­ming Questions

johnswentworthMar 22, 2022, 12:16 AM
86 points
7 comments4 min readLW link

Ukraine Post #2: Options

ZviMar 10, 2022, 4:10 PM
84 points
55 comments24 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

You can tell a draw­ing from a painting

alkexrMar 7, 2022, 11:45 AM
79 points
23 comments6 min readLW link

[In­tro to brain-like-AGI safety] 7. From hard­coded drives to fore­sighted plans: A worked example

Steven ByrnesMar 9, 2022, 2:28 PM
78 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

Only needs a fly­ing saucer

Mary ChernyshenkoMar 18, 2022, 3:11 PM
76 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Is Me­tac­u­lus Slow to Up­date?

SimonMMar 25, 2022, 7:44 PM
75 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Gears-Level Men­tal Models of Trans­former Interpretability

KevinRoWangMar 29, 2022, 8:09 PM
72 points
4 comments6 min readLW link

New GPT3 Im­pres­sive Ca­pa­bil­ities—In­struc­tGPT3 [1/​2]

simeon_cMar 13, 2022, 10:58 AM
72 points
10 comments7 min readLW link

Ukraine Post #5: Bits of Information

ZviMar 21, 2022, 2:00 PM
71 points
33 comments27 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Ukraine Si­tu­a­tion Re­port 2022/​03/​04

lsusrMar 5, 2022, 6:44 AM
71 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Les­sons After a Cou­ple Months of Try­ing to Do ML Research

KevinRoWangMar 22, 2022, 11:45 PM
70 points
8 comments6 min readLW link

[In­tro to brain-like-AGI safety] 6. Big pic­ture of mo­ti­va­tion, de­ci­sion-mak­ing, and RL

Steven ByrnesMar 2, 2022, 3:26 PM
69 points
17 comments16 min readLW link

[Let­ter] Rus­si­ans are Wel­come in America

lsusrMar 5, 2022, 10:15 AM
68 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

How to Best Use Twitter

ZviMar 7, 2022, 3:40 PM
62 points
8 comments16 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Civ­i­liza­tion as Self-Restraint

Duncan Sabien (Deactivated)Mar 21, 2022, 12:31 AM
60 points
11 comments5 min readLW link

How to Make Your Ar­ti­cle Change Peo­ple’s Minds or Ac­tions? (Spoiler: Do User Test­ing Like a Startup Would)

Yonatan CaleMar 30, 2022, 5:39 PM
59 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Pro­ject­ing com­pute trends in Ma­chine Learning

Mar 7, 2022, 3:32 PM
59 points
5 comments6 min readLW link

Even more cu­rated con­ver­sa­tions with brilli­ant rationalists

spencergMar 21, 2022, 11:49 PM
59 points
0 comments15 min readLW link

Ukraine Post #6: More Data and Peace Terms

ZviMar 25, 2022, 6:20 PM
59 points
21 comments21 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

AI Perfor­mance on Hu­man Tasks

Asher EllisMar 3, 2022, 8:13 PM
58 points
3 comments21 min readLW link

Omicron #16: Danger in China

ZviMar 14, 2022, 3:50 PM
58 points
10 comments4 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[In­tro to brain-like-AGI safety] 8. Take­aways from neuro 1/​2: On AGI development

Steven ByrnesMar 16, 2022, 1:59 PM
57 points
2 comments14 min readLW link

Re­treat for ra­tio­nal­ity meetup or­ga­niz­ers (ap­ply to at­tend!)

mingyuanMar 29, 2022, 6:42 PM
57 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­plor­ing Finite Fac­tored Sets with some toy examples

Thomas KehrenbergMar 19, 2022, 10:08 PM
55 points
1 comment9 min readLW link
(tm.kehrenberg.net)

When should you re­lo­cate to miti­gate the risk of dy­ing in a nu­clear war?

Adam ZernerMar 4, 2022, 10:34 AM
55 points
27 comments14 min readLW link

On pre­sent­ing the case for AI risk

Aryeh EnglanderMar 9, 2022, 1:41 AM
54 points
17 comments4 min readLW link

Ex­per­i­men­tal longter­mism: the­ory needs data

Mar 24, 2022, 8:23 AM
52 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

[Question] Ways to in­vest your wealth if you be­lieve in a high-var­i­ance fu­ture?

Alex_AltairMar 11, 2022, 4:07 PM
51 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Ask AI com­pa­nies about what they are do­ing for AI safety?

micMar 9, 2022, 3:14 PM
51 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Duels & D.Sci March 2022: It’s time for D-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-data!

aphyerMar 25, 2022, 4:55 PM
51 points
38 comments4 min readLW link