SSC Reno Meetup

StevenAug 16, 2022, 11:37 PM
1 point
3 comments1 min readLW link

My thoughts on di­rect work (and join­ing LessWrong)

RobertMAug 16, 2022, 6:53 PM
58 points
4 comments6 min readLW link

We can make the fu­ture a mil­lion years from now go bet­ter [video]

WriterAug 16, 2022, 1:03 PM
7 points
1 comment6 min readLW link
(youtu.be)

The Open So­ciety and Its Ene­mies: Sum­mary and Thoughts

mattoAug 16, 2022, 11:44 AM
12 points
4 comments17 min readLW link

An in­tro­duc­tion to sig­nal­ling theory

MvolzAug 16, 2022, 9:37 AM
17 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

Un­der­stand­ing differ­ences be­tween hu­mans and in­tel­li­gence-in-gen­eral to build safe AGI

Florian_DietzAug 16, 2022, 8:27 AM
7 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Against pop­u­la­tion ethics

jasoncrawfordAug 16, 2022, 5:19 AM
29 points
39 comments3 min readLW link

De­cep­tion as the op­ti­mal: mesa-op­ti­miz­ers and in­ner al­ign­ment

Eleni AngelouAug 16, 2022, 4:49 AM
11 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Crowd­sourc­ing Anki Decks

ArdenAug 16, 2022, 2:53 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

What Makes an Idea Un­der­stand­able? On Ar­chi­tec­turally and Cul­turally Nat­u­ral Ideas.

Aug 16, 2022, 2:09 AM
21 points
2 comments16 min readLW link

Dwarves & D.Sci: Data Fortress Eval­u­a­tion & Ruleset

aphyerAug 16, 2022, 12:15 AM
26 points
10 comments8 min readLW link

I’m mildly skep­ti­cal that blind­ness pre­vents schizophrenia

Steven ByrnesAug 15, 2022, 11:36 PM
83 points
9 comments4 min readLW link

What’s Gen­eral-Pur­pose Search, And Why Might We Ex­pect To See It In Trained ML Sys­tems?

johnswentworthAug 15, 2022, 10:48 PM
156 points
18 comments10 min readLW link

“What Mis­takes Are You Mak­ing Right Now?”

David UdellAug 15, 2022, 9:19 PM
13 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

On Prefer­ence Ma­nipu­la­tion in Re­ward Learn­ing Processes

Felix HofstätterAug 15, 2022, 7:32 PM
8 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Cam­bist Book­ing: Dis­cussing What We Value

ScrewtapeAug 15, 2022, 6:24 PM
5 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Cap­i­tal and in­equal­ity

NathanBarnardAug 15, 2022, 5:23 PM
7 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Are there prac­ti­cal ex­er­cises for de­vel­op­ing the Scout mind­set?

ChristianKlAug 15, 2022, 5:23 PM
15 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How do you get a job as a soft­ware de­vel­oper?

lsusrAug 15, 2022, 2:45 PM
22 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

The Parable of the Boy Who Cried 5% Chance of Wolf

KatWoodsAug 15, 2022, 2:33 PM
140 points
24 comments2 min readLW link

And the Rev­enues Are So Small

ZviAug 15, 2022, 1:00 PM
19 points
5 comments11 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Ex­treme Security

lcAug 15, 2022, 12:11 PM
38 points
6 comments5 min readLW link

No short­cuts to knowl­edge: Why AI needs to ease up on scal­ing and learn how to code

YldedlyAug 15, 2022, 8:42 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(deoxyribose.github.io)

Seek­ing In­terns/​RAs for Mechanis­tic In­ter­pretabil­ity Projects

Neel NandaAug 15, 2022, 7:11 AM
61 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

A Mechanis­tic In­ter­pretabil­ity Anal­y­sis of Grokking

Aug 15, 2022, 2:41 AM
373 points
48 comments36 min readLW link1 review
(colab.research.google.com)

[Question] If a nuke is com­ing to­wards SF Bay can peo­ple bunker in BART tun­nels?

Pee DoomAug 15, 2022, 1:56 AM
15 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What is the prob­a­bil­ity that a su­per­in­tel­li­gent, sen­tient AGI is ac­tu­ally in­fea­si­ble?

Nathan1123Aug 14, 2022, 10:41 PM
−3 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Deal­ing With Delusions

adrusiAug 14, 2022, 9:11 PM
9 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

All the posts I will never write

Alexander Gietelink OldenzielAug 14, 2022, 6:29 PM
54 points
8 comments8 min readLW link

Brain-like AGI pro­ject “ain­telope”

Gunnar_ZarnckeAug 14, 2022, 4:33 PM
54 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

AI Trans­parency: Why it’s crit­i­cal and how to ob­tain it.

Zohar JacksonAug 14, 2022, 10:31 AM
6 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

A brief note on Sim­plic­ity Bias

carboniferous_umbraculum Aug 14, 2022, 2:05 AM
20 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Evolu­tion is a bad anal­ogy for AGI: in­ner alignment

Quintin PopeAug 13, 2022, 10:15 PM
79 points
15 comments8 min readLW link

An Un­canny Prison

Nathan1123Aug 13, 2022, 9:40 PM
3 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Florida Elections

DoubleAug 13, 2022, 8:10 PM
−3 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Cul­ti­vat­ing Valiance

Shoshannah TekofskyAug 13, 2022, 6:47 PM
35 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

An ex­tended rocket al­ign­ment analogy

rememberAug 13, 2022, 6:22 PM
28 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] The OpenAI play­ground for GPT-3 is a ter­rible in­ter­face. Is there any great lo­cal (or web) app for ex­plor­ing/​learn­ing with lan­guage mod­els?

avivAug 13, 2022, 4:34 PM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] What is an agent in re­duc­tion­ist ma­te­ri­al­ism?

ValentineAug 13, 2022, 3:39 PM
7 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Refine’s First Blog Post Day

adamShimiAug 13, 2022, 10:23 AM
55 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

The Dumbest Pos­si­ble Gets There First

ArtaxerxesAug 13, 2022, 10:20 AM
44 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

I missed the crux of the al­ign­ment prob­lem the whole time

zeshenAug 13, 2022, 10:11 AM
53 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

Shapes of Mind and Plu­ral­ism in Alignment

adamShimiAug 13, 2022, 10:01 AM
33 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

How I think about alignment

Linda LinseforsAug 13, 2022, 10:01 AM
31 points
11 comments5 min readLW link

Steelmin­ing via Analogy

Paul BricmanAug 13, 2022, 9:59 AM
24 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(paulbricman.com)

Ap­pendix: Jar­gon Dictionary

CFAR!DuncanAug 13, 2022, 8:09 AM
34 points
5 comments21 min readLW link

Ap­pendix: Ham­ming Questions

CFAR!DuncanAug 13, 2022, 8:07 AM
41 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Build­ing a Bugs List prompts

CFAR!DuncanAug 13, 2022, 8:00 AM
69 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Cam­bridge LW Meetup: Con­struc­tive Complaining

Tony WangAug 13, 2022, 4:52 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Gra­di­ent de­scent doesn’t se­lect for in­ner search

Ivan VendrovAug 13, 2022, 4:15 AM
47 points
23 comments4 min readLW link