Open & Wel­come Thread—May 2022

RubyMay 2, 2022, 11:47 PM
19 points
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Pre­dict­ing for charity

Austin ChenMay 2, 2022, 10:59 PM
43 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

In­for­ma­tion se­cu­rity con­sid­er­a­tions for AI and the long term future

May 2, 2022, 8:54 PM
76 points
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My thoughts on nan­otech­nol­ogy strat­egy re­search as an EA cause area

Ben_SnodinMay 2, 2022, 5:57 PM
34 points
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[Question] What Would It Cost to Build a World-Class Dredg­ing Ves­sel in Amer­ica?

ZviMay 2, 2022, 5:47 PM
54 points
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So has AI con­quered Bridge ?

Ponder StibbonsMay 2, 2022, 3:01 PM
21 points
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Squires

lsusrMay 2, 2022, 3:36 AM
18 points
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[Linkpost] A con­cep­tual frame­work for consciousness

Gunnar_ZarnckeMay 2, 2022, 1:05 AM
12 points
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What DALL-E 2 can and can­not do

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) May 1, 2022, 11:51 PM
353 points
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[Question] Is it de­sir­able for the first AGI to be con­scious?

Charbel-RaphaëlMay 1, 2022, 9:29 PM
5 points
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ELK shaving

Miss Aligned AIMay 1, 2022, 9:05 PM
6 points
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[Linkpost] Value ex­trac­tion via lan­guage model abduction

Paul BricmanMay 1, 2022, 7:11 PM
5 points
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(paulbricman.com)

Less Wrong Com­mu­nity Week­end 2022, open for ap­pli­ca­tion!

UnplannedCauliflowerMay 1, 2022, 6:52 PM
32 points
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Six Months of ROSE

EvenflairMay 1, 2022, 2:42 PM
18 points
13 comments1 min readLW link
(guildoftherose.org)

Shared Car: One Year In

jefftkMay 1, 2022, 1:00 PM
14 points
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(www.jefftk.com)

Less Wrong Com­mu­nity Week­end 2022

UnplannedCauliflowerMay 1, 2022, 11:59 AM
34 points
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[Question] How con­fi­dent are we that there are no Ex­tremely Ob­vi­ous Aliens?

Logan ZoellnerMay 1, 2022, 10:59 AM
60 points
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How to be skep­ti­cal about med­i­ta­tion/​Buddhism

ViliamMay 1, 2022, 10:30 AM
78 points
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My Ap­proach to Non-Literal Communication

Isaac KingMay 1, 2022, 2:47 AM
29 points
8 comments14 min readLW link

Nar­ra­tive Syncing

AnnaSalamonMay 1, 2022, 1:48 AM
118 points
48 comments7 min readLW link1 review

What is the solu­tion to the Align­ment prob­lem?

AlgonApr 30, 2022, 11:19 PM
24 points
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[Question] Why hasn’t deep learn­ing gen­er­ated sig­nifi­cant eco­nomic value yet?

Alex_AltairApr 30, 2022, 8:27 PM
114 points
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Nu­clear En­ergy—Good but not the silver bul­let we were hop­ing for

Marius HobbhahnApr 30, 2022, 3:41 PM
64 points
33 comments15 min readLW link1 review

Quick Thoughts on A.I. Governance

Nicholas / Heather KrossApr 30, 2022, 2:49 PM
70 points
8 comments2 min readLW link
(www.thinkingmuchbetter.com)

Dis­cus­sion on Thomas Philip­pon’s pa­per on TFP growth be­ing linear

Arjun YadavApr 30, 2022, 2:25 PM
2 points
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(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

[un­ti­tled post]

superads91Apr 30, 2022, 1:01 PM
0 points
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Note-Tak­ing with­out Hid­den Messages

HoagyApr 30, 2022, 11:15 AM
17 points
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[Question] How good is spend­ing?

tryactionsApr 30, 2022, 7:27 AM
5 points
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[Linkpost] New multi-modal Deep­mind model fus­ing Chin­chilla with images and videos

p.b.Apr 30, 2022, 3:47 AM
53 points
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Sal­vage Epistemology

jimrandomhApr 30, 2022, 2:10 AM
101 points
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Learn­ing the smooth prior

Apr 29, 2022, 9:10 PM
35 points
0 comments12 min readLW link

[Question] Do FDT (or similar) recom­mend repa­ra­tions?

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Apr 29, 2022, 5:34 PM
13 points
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Say­ing no to the Appleman

Johannes C. MayerApr 29, 2022, 10:39 AM
47 points
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Prize for Align­ment Re­search Tasks

Apr 29, 2022, 8:57 AM
64 points
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In­creas­ing De­mand­ing­ness in EA

jefftkApr 29, 2022, 1:20 AM
61 points
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(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] What is a train­ing “step” vs. “epi­sode” in ma­chine learn­ing?

Evan R. MurphyApr 28, 2022, 9:53 PM
10 points
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Facts Matter

mrdlmApr 28, 2022, 9:19 PM
20 points
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[Question] Is al­ign­ment pos­si­ble?

ShayApr 28, 2022, 9:18 PM
0 points
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Two Proso­cial Re­jec­tion Norms

EmrikApr 28, 2022, 8:53 PM
54 points
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Dath Ilan vs. Sid Meier’s Alpha Cen­tauri: Pareto Improvements

David UdellApr 28, 2022, 7:26 PM
35 points
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A Parable Of Explainability

George3d6Apr 28, 2022, 4:46 PM
10 points
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(www.epistem.ink)

Keep your pro­tos in one repo

RobertMApr 28, 2022, 3:53 PM
5 points
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(docs.protocall.dev)

Covid 4/​28/​22: Take My Paxlovid, Please

ZviApr 28, 2022, 3:20 PM
35 points
14 comments8 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

3-bit filters

iivonenApr 28, 2022, 11:55 AM
8 points
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Jaan Tal­linn’s 2021 Philan­thropy Overview

jaanApr 28, 2022, 9:55 AM
71 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(jaan.online)

Doom sooner

FlaglandbaseApr 28, 2022, 7:24 AM
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How Might an Align­ment At­trac­tor Look like?

ShmiApr 28, 2022, 6:46 AM
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Virtue sig­nal­ing is some­times the best or the only met­ric we have

Holly_ElmoreApr 28, 2022, 4:52 AM
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The Gospel of Martin Luther

lsusrApr 28, 2022, 4:29 AM
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Let­ter to my Squire

lsusrApr 28, 2022, 4:16 AM
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