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The Importance of Those Who Aren’t Here
Davis_Kingsley
Jul 31, 2019, 11:33 PM
42
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Gathering thoughts on Distillation
Raemon
Jul 31, 2019, 7:48 PM
33
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Contest: $1,000 for good questions to ask to an Oracle AI
Stuart_Armstrong
Jul 31, 2019, 6:48 PM
59
points
154
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Another case of “common sense” not being common?
jmh
Jul 31, 2019, 5:15 PM
6
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Walkthrough: The Transformer Architecture [Part 2/2]
Matthew Barnett
Jul 31, 2019, 1:54 PM
13
points
5
comments
12
min read
LW
link
How to Ignore Your Emotions (while also thinking you’re awesome at emotions)
Hazard
Jul 31, 2019, 1:34 PM
378
points
79
comments
4
min read
LW
link
4
reviews
Drive-By Low-Effort Criticism
lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)
Jul 31, 2019, 11:51 AM
32
points
61
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Will autonomous cars be more economical/efficient as shared urban transit than busses or trains, and by how much? What’s some good research on this?
mako yass
Jul 31, 2019, 12:16 AM
9
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Western Massachusetts SSC meetup
a_lieb
Jul 30, 2019, 6:43 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Forum participation as a research strategy
Wei Dai
Jul 30, 2019, 6:09 PM
153
points
45
comments
3
min read
LW
link
1
review
Walkthrough: The Transformer Architecture [Part 1/2]
Matthew Barnett
Jul 30, 2019, 1:54 PM
35
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Conversation on forecasting with Vaniver and Ozzie Gooen
Bird Concept
,
Vaniver
and
ozziegooen
Jul 30, 2019, 11:16 AM
41
points
18
comments
32
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Does improved introspection cause rationalisation to become less noticeable?
Bird Concept
Jul 30, 2019, 10:03 AM
37
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
When Having Friends is More Alluring than Being Right (by Ferrett Steinmetz)
CronoDAS
Jul 30, 2019, 9:58 AM
19
points
8
comments
LW
link
(www.theferrett.com)
On Framing Political Opinions to Quickly Assess the Crux of Disagreement
Tuk
Jul 30, 2019, 3:07 AM
8
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Information empathy
Sunny from QAD
Jul 30, 2019, 1:32 AM
13
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Does it become easier, or harder, for the world to coordinate around not building AGI as time goes on?
Eli Tyre
Jul 29, 2019, 10:59 PM
86
points
31
comments
3
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
Toy model piece #1: Partial preferences revisited
Stuart_Armstrong
Jul 29, 2019, 4:35 PM
12
points
18
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Mapping of enneagram to MTG personality types
Alexei
Jul 29, 2019, 3:20 PM
3
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What woo to read?
calebo
Jul 29, 2019, 3:19 PM
6
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is there neuroscience research on cognitive biases?
Yoav Ravid
Jul 29, 2019, 7:45 AM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Compilers/PLs book recommendation?
johnswentworth
Jul 28, 2019, 3:49 PM
10
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Arguments for the existence of qualia
Chris_Leong
Jul 28, 2019, 10:52 AM
3
points
63
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Applying Overoptimization to Selection vs. Control (Optimizing and Goodhart Effects—Clarifying Thoughts, Part 3)
Davidmanheim
Jul 28, 2019, 9:32 AM
18
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
What does Optimization Mean, Again? (Optimizing and Goodhart Effects—Clarifying Thoughts, Part 2)
Davidmanheim
Jul 28, 2019, 9:30 AM
26
points
7
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Keep Your Beliefs Cruxy
Raemon
Jul 28, 2019, 1:18 AM
54
points
34
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The wisdom of the Crowd
Jason Geringer
Jul 27, 2019, 11:14 PM
−2
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is this info on zinc lozenges accurate?
philh
Jul 27, 2019, 10:05 PM
38
points
24
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Shortform Beta Launch
Raemon
Jul 27, 2019, 8:09 PM
67
points
18
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Artificial Intentional Stance
Charlie Steiner
Jul 27, 2019, 7:00 AM
12
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Results of LW Technical Background Survey
johnswentworth
Jul 26, 2019, 5:33 PM
41
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How many researchers does a new paper reach?
Slider
Jul 26, 2019, 4:14 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Old Man Jevons Can’t Save You Now (Part 2/2)
Closed Limelike Curves
Jul 26, 2019, 3:51 AM
12
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(thelimelike.wordpress.com)
[Question]
Can you summarize highlights from Vernon’s Creativity?
Raemon
Jul 26, 2019, 1:12 AM
14
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How often are new ideas discovered in old papers?
TurnTrout
Jul 26, 2019, 1:00 AM
23
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Ought: why it matters and ways to help
paulfchristiano
Jul 25, 2019, 6:00 PM
89
points
7
comments
5
min read
LW
link
On the purposes of decision theory research
Wei Dai
Jul 25, 2019, 7:18 AM
64
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Metaphorical extensions and conceptual figure-ground inversions
jessicata
Jul 24, 2019, 6:21 AM
38
points
7
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(unstableontology.com)
AI Safety Debate and Its Applications
VojtaKovarik
Jul 23, 2019, 10:31 PM
38
points
5
comments
11
min read
LW
link
How to take smart notes (Ahrens, 2017)
Yuxi_Liu
Jul 23, 2019, 3:34 PM
72
points
12
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Prediction as coordination
Bird Concept
Jul 23, 2019, 6:19 AM
42
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The Real Rules Have No Exceptions
Said Achmiz
Jul 23, 2019, 3:38 AM
136
points
57
comments
1
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
“Shortform” vs “Scratchpad” or other names
Raemon
Jul 23, 2019, 1:21 AM
14
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cambridge LW/SSC Meetup
NoSignalNoNoise
Jul 23, 2019, 12:47 AM
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Where is the Meaning?
Hazard
Jul 22, 2019, 8:18 PM
21
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The Self-Unaware AI Oracle
Steven Byrnes
Jul 22, 2019, 7:04 PM
21
points
38
comments
8
min read
LW
link
APL AI Safety Conference
Aryeh Englander
Jul 22, 2019, 6:18 PM
12
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[AN #60] A new AI challenge: Minecraft agents that assist human players in creative mode
Rohin Shah
22 Jul 2019 17:00 UTC
23
points
6
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
[Question]
Solving for X instead of 3 in love triangles?
Eruvnal
22 Jul 2019 16:35 UTC
2
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Self-experiment Protocol: Effect of Chocolate on Sleep
NoSignalNoNoise
22 Jul 2019 3:32 UTC
30
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
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