Vaniver comments on 2020 Review: The Discussion Phase

[Vaniver]

Fourth set of prizes (which is larger than previous sets to reflect the longer time period since the third set of prizes, apologies for the delay):

$200 to:

• Steven Byrnes on Inner Alignment in Salt-Starved Rats

$100 each to:

• Zack_M_Davis on The date of AI Takeover is not the day the AI takes over

• johnswentworth on Why Neural Networks Generalise, and Why They Are (Kind of) Bayesian

• AllAmericanBreakfast on Coordination as a Scarce Resource

• Yoav Ravid on The Treacherous Path to Rationality

• Vanessa Kosoy on An Orthodox Case Against Utility Functions

• Vanessa Kosoy on The Solomonoff Prior is Malign

• niplav on Anti-Aging: State of the Art

• Zvi on Reality-Revealing and Reality-Masking Puzzles

• johnswentworth on Subspace optima

• Zvi on Seemingly Popular Covid-19 Model is Obvious Nonsense

• MondSemmel on Covid 12/​24: We’re F***ed, It’s Over

Honorable mention to Bucky on Nuclear war is unlikely to cause human extinction, which I liked but isn’t eligible as Bucky was separately hired to write reviews.