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What kinds of algorithms do multi-human imitators learn?
Chris van Merwijk
and
Joar Skalse
May 22, 2022, 2:27 PM
20
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Are human imitators superhuman models with explicit constraints on capabilities?
Chris van Merwijk
May 22, 2022, 12:46 PM
41
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The value of x-risk reduction
NathanBarnard
May 22, 2022, 7:44 AM
4
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
On The Spectrum, On The Guest List
party girl
May 22, 2022, 3:31 AM
24
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(onthespectrumontheguestlist.substack.com)
An Agent Based Consciousness Model (unfortunately it’s not computable)
Logan Zoellner
May 21, 2022, 11:00 PM
6
points
2
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Wormy the Worm
River Lewis
May 21, 2022, 3:34 PM
3
points
23
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(heytraveler.substack.com)
Philosophical considerations of cessation of brain activity
clockwork
May 21, 2022, 3:18 PM
9
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How Big Are Covid Particles?
jefftk
May 21, 2022, 2:00 PM
29
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
[Short version] Information Loss --> Basin flatness
Vivek Hebbar
May 21, 2022, 12:59 PM
12
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Information Loss --> Basin flatness
Vivek Hebbar
May 21, 2022, 12:58 PM
62
points
31
comments
7
min read
LW
link
The Future of Nuclear War
avturchin
May 21, 2022, 7:52 AM
33
points
1
comment
34
min read
LW
link
Clarifying what ELK is trying to achieve
Towards_Keeperhood
May 21, 2022, 7:34 AM
22
points
1
comment
5
min read
LW
link
[retracted] A really simplistic experiment for LessWrong and /r/SneerClub
Nicholas / Heather Kross
May 21, 2022, 5:52 AM
0
points
32
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Who is available for contract work? (A la the Hacker News “Who Wants To Be Hired” threads)
nonzerosum
May 20, 2022, 11:59 PM
12
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Why does gradient descent always work on neural networks?
MichaelDickens
May 20, 2022, 9:13 PM
15
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Beware boasting about non-existent forecasting track records
Jotto999
May 20, 2022, 7:20 PM
339
points
112
comments
5
min read
LW
link
1
review
How RL Agents Behave When Their Actions Are Modified? [Distillation post]
PabloAMC
May 20, 2022, 6:47 PM
22
points
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Over-digitalization: A Prelude to Analogia (Chapter 6)
Justin Bullock
May 20, 2022, 4:39 PM
3
points
0
comments
13
min read
LW
link
Podcast: Spencer Greenberg talks to me about dealing with our groupstruckness and boundedness
KatjaGrace
May 20, 2022, 4:20 AM
28
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
Formula for a Shortage
Zvi
May 19, 2022, 7:30 PM
57
points
9
comments
24
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Proclamation of game-theoretic emergence
dr_diagoras
May 19, 2022, 6:09 PM
−4
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How has the total amount of gain-of-function research worldwide grown/shrunk over time?
johnswentworth
May 19, 2022, 3:57 PM
29
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
14 Techniques to Accelerate Your Learning
spencerg
and
Florence Hinder
May 19, 2022, 1:59 PM
68
points
10
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Covid 5/19/22: The Law of Five
Zvi
May 19, 2022, 12:20 PM
53
points
2
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
[Question]
Should you kiss it better?
Yair Halberstadt
May 19, 2022, 3:58 AM
9
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Looking for AI / Application Engineer @ OpenPrinciples—Help people align actions with principles
ti_guo
May 19, 2022, 3:23 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Feminism and Femininity
NathanBarnard
May 18, 2022, 10:53 PM
4
points
8
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What’s up with the recent monkeypox cases?
johnswentworth
May 18, 2022, 10:06 PM
61
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
We have achieved Noob Gains in AI
phdead
May 18, 2022, 8:56 PM
117
points
20
comments
7
min read
LW
link
A possible check against motivated reasoning using elicit.org
david reinstein
May 18, 2022, 8:52 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Reading the ethicists: A review of articles on AI in the journal Science and Engineering Ethics
Charlie Steiner
May 18, 2022, 8:52 PM
50
points
8
comments
14
min read
LW
link
Maxent and Abstractions: Current Best Arguments
johnswentworth
May 18, 2022, 7:54 PM
33
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Framing Practicum: Dynamic Programming
aysajan
May 18, 2022, 6:16 PM
10
points
5
comments
5
min read
LW
link
How to get into AI safety research
Stuart_Armstrong
May 18, 2022, 6:05 PM
44
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A bridge to Dath Ilan? Improved governance on the critical path to AI alignment.
Jackson Wagner
May 18, 2022, 3:51 PM
24
points
0
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Understanding Gato’s Supervised Reinforcement Learning
lorepieri
May 18, 2022, 11:08 AM
3
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(lorenzopieri.com)
Gato’s Generalisation: Predictions and Experiments I’d Like to See
Oliver Sourbut
May 18, 2022, 7:15 AM
43
points
3
comments
10
min read
LW
link
I just watched the Open C3 Subcommittee Hearing on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UFOs). Here’s a succinct summary and commentary + some background
mako yass
May 18, 2022, 4:15 AM
27
points
22
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Denver, CO City Park Meetup
palebone
May 18, 2022, 3:54 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Workday Air Quality Measurements
jefftk
May 18, 2022, 2:10 AM
18
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Feature request: draft comments
DirectedEvolution
May 17, 2022, 9:21 PM
9
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Popular education in Sweden: much more than you wanted to know
Henrik Karlsson
May 17, 2022, 8:07 PM
118
points
3
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(escapingflatland.substack.com)
On saving one’s world
Rob Bensinger
17 May 2022 19:53 UTC
192
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Proposal: Twitter dislike button
KatjaGrace
17 May 2022 19:40 UTC
13
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
BERI is seeking new collaborators (2022)
sawyer
17 May 2022 17:33 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Formula for Dying Babies
Zvi
17 May 2022 16:50 UTC
88
points
12
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Actionable-guidance and roadmap recommendations for the NIST AI Risk Management Framework
Dan H
and
Tony Barrett
17 May 2022 15:26 UTC
26
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Intro to brain-like-AGI safety] 15. Conclusion: Open problems, how to help, AMA
Steven Byrnes
17 May 2022 15:11 UTC
97
points
10
comments
15
min read
LW
link
What are the possible trajectories of an AGI/ASI world?
Jakobovski
17 May 2022 13:28 UTC
0
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How to invest in expectation of AGI?
Jakobovski
17 May 2022 11:03 UTC
3
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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