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What makes a probability question “well-defined”? (Part II: Bertrand’s Paradox)

Noah Topper3 Jan 2023 22:39 UTC

7 points

3 comments9 min readLW link

(naivebayes.substack.com)

“AI” is an indexical

TW1233 Jan 2023 22:00 UTC

10 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

(aiwatchtower.substack.com)

An ML interpretation of Shard Theory

beren3 Jan 2023 20:30 UTC

39 points

5 comments4 min readLW link

Talking to God

abramdemski3 Jan 2023 20:14 UTC

30 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

My Advice for Incoming SERI MATS Scholars

Johannes C. Mayer3 Jan 2023 19:25 UTC

58 points

6 comments4 min readLW link

Touch reality as soon as possible (when doing machine learning research)

LawrenceC3 Jan 2023 19:11 UTC

116 points

9 comments8 min readLW link 1 review

Kolb’s: an approach to consciously get better at anything

jacquesthibs3 Jan 2023 18:16 UTC

12 points

1 comment6 min readLW link

[Question] {M|Im|Am}oral Mazes—any large-scale counterexamples?

Dagon3 Jan 2023 16:43 UTC

24 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Effectively self-studying over the Internet

libai3 Jan 2023 16:23 UTC

4 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Set-like mathematics in type theory

Thomas Kehrenberg3 Jan 2023 14:33 UTC

5 points

1 comment13 min readLW link

Monthly Roundup #2

Zvi3 Jan 2023 12:50 UTC

23 points

3 comments23 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Whisper’s Wild Implications

Ollie J3 Jan 2023 12:17 UTC

19 points

6 comments5 min readLW link

How to eat potato chips while typing

KatjaGrace3 Jan 2023 11:50 UTC

45 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

[Question] I have thousands of copies of HPMOR in Russian. How to use them with the most impact?

Mikhail Samin3 Jan 2023 10:21 UTC

26 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Is recursive self-alignment possible?

No77e3 Jan 2023 9:15 UTC

5 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

On the naturalistic study of the linguistic behavior of artificial intelligence

Bill Benzon3 Jan 2023 9:06 UTC

1 point

0 comments4 min readLW link

SF Severe Weather Warning

stavros3 Jan 2023 6:04 UTC

3 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(news.ycombinator.com)

Status quo bias; System justification: Bias in Evaluating AGI X-Risks

Remmelt and flandry19

3 Jan 2023 2:50 UTC

−11 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

200 COP in MI: Exploring Polysemanticity and Superposition

Neel Nanda3 Jan 2023 1:52 UTC

34 points

6 comments16 min readLW link

The need for speed in web frameworks?

Adam Zerner3 Jan 2023 0:06 UTC

19 points

2 comments8 min readLW link

[Simulators seminar sequence] #1 Background & shared assumptions

Jan, Charlie Steiner, Logan Riggs, janus, jacquesthibs, metasemi, Michael Oesterle, Lucas Teixeira, peligrietzer and remember

2 Jan 2023 23:48 UTC

50 points

4 comments3 min readLW link

Linear Algebra Done Right, Axler

David Udell2 Jan 2023 22:54 UTC

56 points

6 comments9 min readLW link

MacArthur BART (Filk)

Gordon Seidoh Worley2 Jan 2023 22:50 UTC

10 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Knottiness

abramdemski2 Jan 2023 22:13 UTC

43 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Default Sort for Shortforms is Very Bad; How Do I Change It?

DragonGod2 Jan 2023 21:50 UTC

15 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

MAKE IT BETTER (a poetic demonstration of the banality of GPT-3)

rogersbacon2 Jan 2023 20:47 UTC

7 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

Review of “Make People Better”

Metacelsus2 Jan 2023 20:30 UTC

10 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

(denovo.substack.com)

Preparing for Less Privacy

jefftk2 Jan 2023 20:30 UTC

23 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Large language models can provide “normative assumptions” for learning human preferences

Stuart_Armstrong2 Jan 2023 19:39 UTC

29 points

12 comments3 min readLW link

On the Importance of Open Sourcing Reward Models

elandgre2 Jan 2023 19:01 UTC

18 points

5 comments6 min readLW link

Prediction Markets for Science

Vaniver2 Jan 2023 17:55 UTC

27 points

7 comments5 min readLW link

Why don’t Rationalists use bidets?

Lakin2 Jan 2023 17:42 UTC

31 points

33 comments2 min readLW link

Soft optimization makes the value target bigger

Jeremy Gillen2 Jan 2023 16:06 UTC

117 points

20 comments12 min readLW link

Results from the AI testing hackathon

Esben Kran2 Jan 2023 15:46 UTC

13 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Induction heads—illustrated

CallumMcDougall2 Jan 2023 15:35 UTC

114 points

9 comments3 min readLW link

Opportunity Cost Blackmail

adamShimi2 Jan 2023 13:48 UTC

70 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

(epistemologicalvigilance.substack.com)

The ultimate limits of alignment will determine the shape of the long term future

beren2 Jan 2023 12:47 UTC

34 points

2 comments6 min readLW link

A kernel of Lie theory

Alok Singh2 Jan 2023 9:20 UTC

−1 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

(alok.github.io)

Belief Bias: Bias in Evaluating AGI X-Risks

Remmelt and flandry19

2 Jan 2023 8:59 UTC

−10 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Pacing: inexplicably good

KatjaGrace2 Jan 2023 8:30 UTC

39 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Alignment, Anger, and Love: Preparing for the Emergence of Superintelligent AI

tavurth2 Jan 2023 6:16 UTC

2 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How can total world index fund growth outpace money supply growth over the long term?

pando2 Jan 2023 5:33 UTC

4 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

My first year in AI alignment

Alex_Altair2 Jan 2023 1:28 UTC

61 points

10 comments7 min readLW link

Sail Over Mountains of ICE...

AnthonyRepetto2 Jan 2023 0:27 UTC

26 points

51 comments7 min readLW link

Fun math facts about 2023

Adam Scherlis1 Jan 2023 23:38 UTC

9 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

The Thingness of Things

TsviBT1 Jan 2023 22:19 UTC

48 points

35 comments10 min readLW link

Thoughts On Expanding the AI Safety Community: Benefits and Challenges of Outreach to Non-Technical Professionals

Yashvardhan Sharma1 Jan 2023 19:21 UTC

4 points

4 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] Would it be good or bad for the US military to get involved in AI risk?

Grant Demaree1 Jan 2023 19:02 UTC

50 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

Better New Year’s Goals through Aligning the Elephant and the Rider

moridinamael1 Jan 2023 17:54 UTC

20 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(guildoftherose.org)

A Löbian argument pattern for implicit reasoning in natural language: Löbian party invitations

Andrew_Critch1 Jan 2023 17:39 UTC

23 points

8 comments7 min readLW link