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Announcing Future Forum—Apply Now
wANIEL
and
freemany
Jul 11, 2022, 10:57 PM
8
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)
Defining Optimization in a Deeper Way Part 2
J Bostock
Jul 11, 2022, 8:29 PM
7
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Marriage, the Giving What We Can Pledge, and the damage caused by vague public commitments
Jeffrey Ladish
Jul 11, 2022, 7:38 PM
98
points
27
comments
6
min read
LW
link
1
review
Systemization
CFAR!Duncan
Jul 11, 2022, 6:39 PM
42
points
5
comments
12
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How do AI timelines affect how you live your life?
Quadratic Reciprocity
Jul 11, 2022, 1:54 PM
80
points
50
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cambridge LW Meetup: Free Speech
Darmani
Jul 11, 2022, 4:36 AM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Checksum Sensor Alignment
lsusr
Jul 11, 2022, 3:31 AM
12
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Alignment Problem
lsusr
Jul 11, 2022, 3:03 AM
47
points
18
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Immanuel Kant and the Decision Theory App Store
Daniel Kokotajlo
Jul 10, 2022, 4:04 PM
93
points
12
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Metaculus is seeking experienced leaders, researchers & operators for high-impact roles
ChristianWilliams
Jul 10, 2022, 2:27 PM
9
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(apply.workable.com)
Avoid the abbreviation “FLOPs” – use “FLOP” or “FLOP/s” instead
Daniel_Eth
Jul 10, 2022, 10:44 AM
70
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
My Opportunity Costs
abstractapplic
Jul 10, 2022, 10:14 AM
22
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Why Portland
Adam Zerner
Jul 10, 2022, 7:20 AM
25
points
18
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Hessian and Basin volume
Vivek Hebbar
Jul 10, 2022, 6:59 AM
35
points
10
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Taste & Shaping
CFAR!Duncan
Jul 10, 2022, 5:50 AM
67
points
1
comment
16
min read
LW
link
Comment on “Propositions Concerning Digital Minds and Society”
Zack_M_Davis
Jul 10, 2022, 5:48 AM
99
points
12
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Heaven: The last part of dystopia
Existism
Jul 9, 2022, 10:36 PM
−1
points
1
comment
6
min read
LW
link
Hope Can = Heaven
Existism
Jul 9, 2022, 10:35 PM
−2
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Report from a civilizational observer on Earth
owencb
Jul 9, 2022, 5:26 PM
49
points
12
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Grouped Loss may disfavor discontinuous capabilities
Adam Jermyn
Jul 9, 2022, 5:22 PM
14
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Train first VS prune first in neural networks.
Donald Hobson
Jul 9, 2022, 3:53 PM
18
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Visualizing Neural networks, how to blame the bias
Donald Hobson
Jul 9, 2022, 3:52 PM
7
points
1
comment
6
min read
LW
link
Using Ngram to estimate depression prevalence over time
David Gross
Jul 9, 2022, 2:57 PM
10
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.pnas.org)
Making it harder for an AGI to “trick” us, with STVs
Tor Økland Barstad
Jul 9, 2022, 2:42 PM
15
points
5
comments
22
min read
LW
link
Ars D&D.sci: Mysteries of Mana
aphyer
Jul 9, 2022, 12:19 PM
38
points
13
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
I’ve become a medical mystery and I don’t know how to effectively get help
CraigMichael
Jul 9, 2022, 6:58 AM
30
points
53
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Some thoughts on Animals
nitinkhanna
Jul 9, 2022, 2:11 AM
2
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Changes in Community Dynamics: A Follow-Up to ‘The Berkeley Community & the Rest of Us’
Evan_Gaensbauer
Jul 9, 2022, 1:44 AM
21
points
6
comments
4
min read
LW
link
MATS Models
johnswentworth
Jul 9, 2022, 12:14 AM
95
points
5
comments
16
min read
LW
link
Research Notes: What are we aligning for?
Shoshannah Tekofsky
Jul 8, 2022, 10:13 PM
19
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What New Desktop Should I Buy?
Zvi
Jul 8, 2022, 3:04 PM
15
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Being a donor for Fecal Microbiota Transplants (FMT): Do good & earn easy money (up to 180k/y)
EternallyBlissful
Jul 8, 2022, 6:17 AM
36
points
26
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)
User research as a barometer of software design
Adam Zerner
Jul 8, 2022, 6:02 AM
31
points
13
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Reinforcement Learner Wireheading
Nate Showell
Jul 8, 2022, 5:32 AM
8
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Exposition as science: some ideas for how to make progress
riceissa
Jul 8, 2022, 1:29 AM
21
points
1
comment
8
min read
LW
link
In Search of Strategic Clarity
james.lucassen
Jul 8, 2022, 12:52 AM
11
points
1
comment
5
min read
LW
link
(jlucassen.com)
Unbounded Intelligence Lottery
kman
Jul 7, 2022, 11:28 PM
4
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How to Become a World Historical Figure (Péladan’s Dream)
rogersbacon
Jul 7, 2022, 10:39 PM
21
points
3
comments
30
min read
LW
link
(www.secretorum.life)
Safety considerations for online generative modeling
Sam Marks
Jul 7, 2022, 6:31 PM
42
points
9
comments
14
min read
LW
link
Human values & biases are inaccessible to the genome
TurnTrout
Jul 7, 2022, 5:29 PM
95
points
54
comments
6
min read
LW
link
1
review
Cooperation with and between AGI\’s
PeterMcCluskey
Jul 7, 2022, 4:45 PM
10
points
3
comments
10
min read
LW
link
(www.bayesianinvestor.com)
Aversion Factoring
CFAR!Duncan
Jul 7, 2022, 4:09 PM
82
points
1
comment
8
min read
LW
link
Genders Discrimination
Jacob Falkovich
Jul 7, 2022, 3:20 PM
10
points
16
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Consider Multiclassing
JustisMills
Jul 7, 2022, 2:54 PM
17
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
Covid 7/7/22: Paxlovid at the Pharmacy
Zvi
Jul 7, 2022, 2:30 PM
34
points
11
comments
12
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Babysitting as Parenting Trial?
jefftk
Jul 7, 2022, 1:20 PM
46
points
19
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
When Giving People Money Doesn’t Help
Zvi
Jul 7, 2022, 1:00 PM
58
points
12
comments
10
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Wealth as a source of technological stagnation?
alyssavance
Jul 7, 2022, 5:46 AM
21
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
Race Along Rashomon Ridge
Stephen Fowler
,
Peter S. Park
and
MichaelEinhorn
7 Jul 2022 3:20 UTC
50
points
15
comments
8
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What one paper would you show to someone to get them excited about your field?
oh54321
7 Jul 2022 2:55 UTC
10
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
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