Les­sons After a Cou­ple Months of Try­ing to Do ML Research

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

Progress Re­port 1: in­ter­pretabil­ity ex­per­i­ments & learn­ing, test­ing com­pres­sion hypotheses

Nathan Helm-BurgerMar 22, 2022, 8:12 PM
11 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Brain preser­va­tion to pre­vent in­vol­un­tary death: a pos­si­ble cause area

Andy_McKenzieMar 22, 2022, 12:36 PM
39 points
1 comment10 min readLW link

[Question] Search­ing for post on Com­mu­nity Takeover

Søren ElverlinMar 22, 2022, 9:42 AM
7 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

On ex­pected util­ity, part 3: VNM, sep­a­ra­bil­ity, and more

Joe CarlsmithMar 22, 2022, 3:05 AM
10 points
4 comments28 min readLW link

Re­spon­si­ble AI com­mu­ni­ca­tion survey

Anca G. RusuMar 22, 2022, 12:19 AM
0 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Re­search Ham­ming Questions

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

Even more cu­rated con­ver­sa­tions with brilli­ant rationalists

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

Counter-the­ses on Sleep

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

Jet­lag, Nausea, and Diar­rhea are Largely Optional

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

We can­not di­rectly choose an AGI’s util­ity function

azsantoskMar 21, 2022, 10:08 PM
13 points
18 comments3 min readLW link

Why will an AGI be ra­tio­nal?

azsantoskMar 21, 2022, 9:54 PM
4 points
8 comments2 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)

The Dawn of Every­thing: a review

David Hugh-JonesMar 21, 2022, 12:53 PM
32 points
2 comments5 min readLW link
(wyclif.substack.com)

[CANCELLED] ACX meetup [April]

sallatikMar 21, 2022, 9:49 AM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

Search­ing for outliers

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

How to ventilate

jefftkMar 21, 2022, 1:20 AM
16 points
2 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Civ­i­liza­tion as Self-Restraint

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

[Question] Trust­ing groups over individuals

castor07Mar 20, 2022, 6:47 PM
0 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are the best el­e­men­tary math prob­lems you know?

Ege ErdilMar 20, 2022, 5:18 PM
42 points
84 comments1 min readLW link

Nat­u­ral Value Learning

Chris van MerwijkMar 20, 2022, 12:44 PM
7 points
10 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] How to pre­vent au­thor­i­tar­ian re­volts?

lcMar 20, 2022, 10:01 AM
21 points
32 comments1 min readLW link

How I fixed exercise

GabrielExistsMar 20, 2022, 4:52 AM
42 points
7 comments7 min readLW link

Know of any ran­domised tri­als teach­ing de­bi­as­ing in schools? Want to help re­view them, or would that re­view help your work?

MNoetelMar 20, 2022, 4:52 AM
29 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

On Con­text And People

JanMar 19, 2022, 11:38 PM
7 points
0 comments10 min readLW link
(universalprior.substack.com)

[Question] When will kids stop wear­ing masks at school?

Daniel KokotajloMar 19, 2022, 10:13 PM
15 points
6 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)

Ra­tion­al­ists Should Learn Lock Picking

brookMar 19, 2022, 6:00 PM
21 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

Wargam­ing AGI Development

ryan_bMar 19, 2022, 5:59 PM
37 points
10 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Can you be Not Even Wrong in AI Align­ment?

throwaway8238Mar 19, 2022, 5:41 PM
22 points
7 comments8 min readLW link

Goal-di­rect­ed­ness: im­perfect rea­son­ing, limited knowl­edge and in­ac­cu­rate beliefs

Morgan_RogersMar 19, 2022, 5:28 PM
4 points
1 comment21 min readLW link

[Question] Thoughts on the SPIES Fore­cast­ing Method?

Fer32dwt34r3dfszMar 19, 2022, 3:22 PM
19 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Ret­ro­spec­tive: Con­text and Communication

The Guild of the RoseMar 19, 2022, 2:45 PM
19 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(guildoftherose.org)

Notes on So­cial Responsibility

David GrossMar 19, 2022, 2:44 PM
17 points
4 comments19 min readLW link

[Linkpost] 7 Swedish Words to Import

mike_hawkeMar 19, 2022, 2:36 AM
18 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(everythingstudies.com)

[Question] What to do af­ter in­vent­ing AGI?

elephantcrewMar 18, 2022, 10:30 PM
9 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Cold Takes reader sur­vey—let me know what you want more and less of!

HoldenKarnofskyMar 18, 2022, 7:20 PM
17 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.cold-takes.com)

[Question] What Should I Do To­day?

CuiMar 18, 2022, 4:36 PM
10 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Only needs a fly­ing saucer

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

Learned Blank­ness and Ex­pec­ta­tions of Solubility

brookMar 18, 2022, 12:42 PM
8 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

On ex­pected util­ity, part 2: Why it can be OK to pre­dictably lose

Joe CarlsmithMar 18, 2022, 8:38 AM
13 points
4 comments16 min readLW link

Nu­clear Deter­rence 101 (and why the US can’t even hint at in­ter­ven­ing in Ukraine)

DarmaniMar 18, 2022, 7:25 AM
36 points
9 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Our time in his­tory as ev­i­dence for simu­la­tion the­ory?

Garrett GarzonieMar 18, 2022, 3:35 AM
3 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Ve­gas ACX/​SSC/​LW meetup

jwrayMar 18, 2022, 2:33 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

On Defect­ing On Yourself

David UdellMar 18, 2022, 2:21 AM
37 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

Phase tran­si­tions and AGI

Mar 17, 2022, 5:22 PM
45 points
19 comments9 min readLW link
(www.metaculus.com)

Covid 3/​17/​22: The Rise of BA.2

ZviMar 17, 2022, 4:20 PM
44 points
23 comments23 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Is Grabby Aliens built on good an­thropic rea­son­ing?

Steven ByrnesMar 17, 2022, 2:12 PM
40 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Max­i­mize in a limited do­main. Hope for the fu­ture.

DacynMar 17, 2022, 2:05 PM
4 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

Is there a link be­tween Im­mi­gra­tion Policy and In­fla­tion?

hawkebiaMar 17, 2022, 11:26 AM
9 points
3 comments2 min readLW link