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A comment on Ajeya Cotra’s draft report on AI timelines

Matthew BarnettFeb 24, 2022, 12:41 AM

74 points

13 comments7 min readLW link

Christiano and Yudkowsky on AI predictions and human intelligence

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 23, 2022, 9:34 PM

70 points

35 comments42 min readLW link

[Question] Was the K-T event a Great Filter?

YorethFeb 23, 2022, 8:35 PM

30 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

Patient Observation

LoganStrohlFeb 23, 2022, 7:31 PM

129 points

4 comments10 min readLW link 1 review

More GPT-3 and symbol grounding

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 23, 2022, 6:30 PM

21 points

7 comments3 min readLW link

Some Technical Problems With Measuring Happiness (and some solutions)

Alexander de VriesFeb 23, 2022, 3:02 PM

16 points

0 comments14 min readLW link

[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

Do, Then Think

George3d6Feb 23, 2022, 1:40 PM

55 points

9 comments5 min readLW link

(www.epistem.ink)

Interview with Nectome CEO Robert McIntyre—Brain Preservation, Personal Identity, AGI, and More

JohnGreerFeb 23, 2022, 1:54 AM

20 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

[Beta Feature] Google-Docs-like editing for LessWrong posts

Ruby and jimrandomh

Feb 23, 2022, 1:52 AM

165 points

26 comments3 min readLW link

How satisfied should you expect to be with your partner?

VaniverFeb 22, 2022, 11:27 PM

102 points

7 comments3 min readLW link 2 reviews

Bay Rationalists Field Day

SurvivalBiasFeb 22, 2022, 7:55 PM

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

D&D.SCP: Anomalous Acquisitions Evaluation & Ruleset

aphyerFeb 22, 2022, 6:19 PM

32 points

9 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] What’s the status of TDCS for improving intelligence?

FinalFormal2Feb 22, 2022, 5:27 PM

13 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Learning By Writing

HoldenKarnofskyFeb 22, 2022, 3:50 PM

151 points

25 comments10 min readLW link 3 reviews

(www.cold-takes.com)

Harms and possibilities of schooling

TsviBTFeb 22, 2022, 7:48 AM

123 points

38 comments12 min readLW link 1 review

Butterfly Ideas

ElizabethFeb 22, 2022, 7:40 AM

209 points

10 comments3 min readLW link 2 reviews

(acesounderglass.com)

ELK Proposal: Thinking Via A Human Imitator

TurnTroutFeb 22, 2022, 1:52 AM

31 points

6 comments11 min readLW link

Reward Good Bets That Had Bad Outcomes

Neel NandaFeb 22, 2022, 12:25 AM

44 points

11 comments8 min readLW link

The Art and Science of Intuition Pumping

adamShimiFeb 22, 2022, 12:18 AM

26 points

3 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] Do any AI alignment orgs hire remotely?

RobertMFeb 21, 2022, 10:33 PM

24 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

Convoy Crackdown

ZviFeb 21, 2022, 10:10 PM

92 points

21 comments14 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Ngo and Yudkowsky on scientific reasoning and pivotal acts

Eliezer Yudkowsky and Richard_Ngo

Feb 21, 2022, 8:54 PM

67 points

14 comments35 min readLW link

Direct Observation

LoganStrohlFeb 21, 2022, 8:51 PM

43 points

7 comments4 min readLW link

Alignment research exercises

Richard_NgoFeb 21, 2022, 8:24 PM

150 points

17 comments8 min readLW link

Summary/Review/Quotes of “The WEIRDest People in the World” by Joseph Henrich

TorelloFeb 21, 2022, 8:03 PM

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Seeking models of LW’s aversion to religion

Visible_IgnoranceFeb 21, 2022, 6:54 PM

24 points

52 comments7 min readLW link

Contest for outlining rules for this contest.

abramdemskiFeb 21, 2022, 6:44 PM

40 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Favorite / most obscure research on understanding DNNs?

Vivek HebbarFeb 21, 2022, 5:49 AM

16 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

The Big Picture Of Alignment (Talk Part 1)

johnswentworthFeb 21, 2022, 5:49 AM

104 points

35 comments1 min readLW link

(www.youtube.com)

Two Challenges for ELK

derek shillerFeb 21, 2022, 5:49 AM

7 points

0 comments4 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

Prizes for the 2020 Review

RaemonFeb 20, 2022, 9:07 PM

94 points

1 comment6 min readLW link

[Question] Generalization of the Solomonoff Induction to Accuracy—Is it possible? Would it be useful?

PeterLFeb 20, 2022, 7:29 PM

2 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Practitioner: Novice

The Guild of the RoseFeb 20, 2022, 7:01 PM

25 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(guildoftherose.org)

[Question] 2 (naive?) ideas for alignment

Jonathan MoregårdFeb 20, 2022, 7:01 PM

3 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Review: G.E.M. Anscombe’s “Modern Moral Philosophy”

David GrossFeb 20, 2022, 6:58 PM

24 points

3 comments5 min readLW link

Russian x-risks newsletter winter 21-22, war risks update.

avturchinFeb 20, 2022, 6:58 PM

29 points

14 comments3 min readLW link

Anticorrelated Noise Injection for Improved Generalization

tailcalledFeb 20, 2022, 10:15 AM

2 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

Breaking the SIA with an exponentially-Sleeping Beauty

0nautFeb 20, 2022, 8:03 AM

8 points

9 comments3 min readLW link

Books Worthy of Integration

Roven SkyfalFeb 20, 2022, 8:03 AM

15 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

How Many (Smallish) Organic Compounds Are There?

chemslugFeb 20, 2022, 4:43 AM

22 points

10 comments5 min readLW link

Microcovid Becoming Less Useful

jefftkFeb 20, 2022, 3:50 AM

59 points

13 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] How to estimate confidence intervals for fermi estimate?

SønderjyeFeb 20, 2022, 1:26 AM

3 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

12 interesting things I learned studying the discovery of nature’s laws

Ben PaceFeb 19, 2022, 11:39 PM

268 points

40 comments9 min readLW link 1 review

What The Foucault

adamShimiFeb 19, 2022, 10:48 PM

39 points

6 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Is veganism morally correct?

FinalFormal2Feb 19, 2022, 9:20 PM

−4 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

Observation

LoganStrohlFeb 19, 2022, 6:47 PM

84 points

23 comments3 min readLW link

Alignment researchers, how useful is extra compute for you?

Lauro LangoscoFeb 19, 2022, 3:35 PM

8 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Mechanism design / queueing theory for government to sell visas

RyanCareyFeb 19, 2022, 12:33 PM

5 points

11 comments1 min readLW link