On ex­pected util­ity, part 1: Skyscrap­ers and madmen

Joe CarlsmithMar 16, 2022, 9:58 PM
24 points
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What do paradigm shifts look like?

leogaoMar 16, 2022, 7:17 PM
18 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Thoughts on Crowd­fund­ing with Re­fund Bonuses

Yoav RavidMar 16, 2022, 4:29 PM
38 points
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[Question] Can you only re­al­ize ob­jects in your mind af­ter they ap­pear?

CuiMar 16, 2022, 4:12 PM
3 points
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[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

Re­plac­ing Nat­u­ral Interpretations

adamShimiMar 16, 2022, 1:05 PM
19 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

Some (po­ten­tially) fund­able AI Safety Ideas

Logan RiggsMar 16, 2022, 12:48 PM
22 points
5 comments5 min readLW link

[Quote] Why does i show up in Quan­tum Me­chan­ics and other Beau­tiful Math Mysteries

Gunnar_ZarnckeMar 16, 2022, 11:58 AM
9 points
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War Mode vs. Peace Mode

konstellMar 16, 2022, 3:36 AM
10 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Danger(s) of the­o­rem-prov­ing AI?

YitzMar 16, 2022, 2:47 AM
8 points
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Ukraine #4: Pre­dic­tion Mar­ket Move­ment Modeling

ZviMar 15, 2022, 10:20 PM
28 points
2 comments14 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Do small stud­ies add up?

one_forwardMar 15, 2022, 10:00 PM
14 points
6 comments5 min readLW link

I read Ein­stein’s bi­og­ra­phy. Here are 15 quotes that re­veal his philos­o­phy on life.

dmaberyMar 15, 2022, 6:14 PM
−7 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

AI re­searchers from Rus­sia look­ing for a new home

AnonResearchMar 15, 2022, 6:13 PM
36 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

My cur­rent thoughts on the risks from SETI

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

Smok­ing cigarettes in air­planes made the air­planes safer?

CraigMichaelMar 15, 2022, 5:03 PM
9 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Prob­a­bil­is­tic Negotiation

Robert KennedyMar 15, 2022, 2:39 PM
20 points
9 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Who is do­ing Cry­on­ics-rele­vant re­search?

Wuschel SchulzMar 15, 2022, 10:26 AM
32 points
4 comments1 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)

May I Speak?

RaythenMar 14, 2022, 10:57 PM
−8 points
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ELK con­test sub­mis­sion: route un­der­stand­ing through the hu­man ontology

Mar 14, 2022, 9:42 PM
21 points
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[Question] MicroCOVID risk lev­els in­ac­cu­rate due to un­der­count­ing in data sources vs wastew­a­ter data?

SameerishereMar 14, 2022, 8:04 PM
6 points
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One pos­si­ble ap­proach to de­velop the best pos­si­ble gen­eral learn­ing algorithm

martillopartMar 14, 2022, 7:24 PM
3 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

The Mean­ingless­ness of it all

foxaccMar 14, 2022, 5:56 PM
−9 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Eth­i­cal­ity Be­hind Break­ing the Glass Ceiling

foxaccMar 14, 2022, 5:56 PM
31 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

Tech­nolog­i­cal Re­s­ur­rec­tion: Two Pos­si­ble Approaches

Alex PolischukMar 14, 2022, 5:53 PM
−3 points
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Omicron #16: Danger in China

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

Ukraine #3: De­ci­sion The­ory, Mad­man The­ory and the Mafioso Nature

ZviMar 14, 2022, 2:50 PM
35 points
25 comments19 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Linkpost] Growth in FLOPS used to train ML models

Derek M. JonesMar 14, 2022, 11:28 AM
3 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Shot­gun Book Re­views: Against Method, The Knowl­edge Ma­chine and Un­der­stand­ing Nature

adamShimiMar 14, 2022, 8:13 AM
28 points
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Alex Tabar­rok ad­vo­cates for crowd­fund­ing sys­tems with *Re­fund Bonuses*. I think this might be a nat­u­ral oc­cur­rence of a money pump against Causal De­ci­sion The­ory pledgers

mako yassMar 14, 2022, 7:27 AM
17 points
13 comments1 min readLW link
(marginalrevolution.com)

Challenges to Yud­kowsky’s Pro­noun Re­form Proposal

Zack_M_DavisMar 13, 2022, 8:38 PM
50 points
56 comments39 min readLW link1 review
(unremediatedgender.space)

War-prompted Disaster Planning

jefftkMar 13, 2022, 8:10 PM
20 points
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(www.jefftk.com)

Whence the de­ter­mi­nant?

Ege ErdilMar 13, 2022, 7:38 PM
28 points
27 comments6 min readLW link

Food man­u­fac­tur­ers are out to get you

jwrayMar 13, 2022, 7:36 PM
27 points
6 comments5 min readLW link

Game the­ory, sanc­tions, and Ukraine

Dumbledore's ArmyMar 13, 2022, 5:45 PM
27 points
36 comments3 min readLW link

How to Lu­me­nate (UK Edi­tion)

chanamessingerMar 13, 2022, 1:43 PM
49 points
17 comments5 min readLW link

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

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

Anec­dotes Can Be Strong Ev­i­dence and Bayes The­o­rem Proves It

FCCCMar 13, 2022, 4:06 AM
16 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

Com­pute Trends — Com­par­i­son to OpenAI’s AI and Compute

Mar 12, 2022, 6:09 PM
23 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Ex­pe­rience Res­tart­ing Contra

jefftkMar 12, 2022, 3:00 PM
16 points
5 comments3 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Is there a good dataset for the mo­ments of the in­come dis­tri­bu­tion through­out his­tory?

Ege ErdilMar 12, 2022, 1:26 PM
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Why Rome?

Erich_GrunewaldMar 12, 2022, 11:29 AM
19 points
7 comments8 min readLW link
(www.erichgrunewald.com)

Bear Sur­prise Free­dom Network

CraigMichaelMar 12, 2022, 10:15 AM
26 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

Book re­view of “Mengzi”

AnonymousMar 12, 2022, 4:54 AM
33 points
2 comments12 min readLW link

[Question] If some­one with suffi­cient ca­pa­bil­ities de­cides to de­liber­ately cre­ate an Unal­igned AGI, is there any­thing any­one can ac­tu­ally DO, to stop them?

nx2059Mar 12, 2022, 12:01 AM
−4 points
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Your Fu­ture Self’s Cre­dences Should Be Un­pre­dictable to You

David UdellMar 11, 2022, 11:33 PM
6 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

Ar­gu­ments are good for helping peo­ple rea­son about things

AprilSR11 Mar 2022 23:02 UTC
28 points
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Is There a Valley of Bad Civ­i­liza­tional Ad­e­quacy?

lbThingrb11 Mar 2022 19:49 UTC
13 points
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Rhythm Stage Setup v4

jefftk11 Mar 2022 19:40 UTC
9 points
0 comments5 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)