Lo­cal So­lar Time

jefftkOct 23, 2020, 7:40 PM
16 points
5 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Notes on Courage

David GrossOct 24, 2020, 10:32 PM
16 points
3 comments8 min readLW link

The Trou­ble With Babbles

DirectedEvolutionOct 22, 2020, 9:31 PM
15 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What is our true life ex­pec­tancy?

Adam ZernerOct 23, 2020, 11:17 PM
15 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

You have re­cov­ered from SARS-CoV-2. Now what?

AnnapurnaOct 18, 2020, 5:52 PM
15 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

How can I rec­on­cile these COVID test false-nega­tive num­bers?

Optimization ProcessOct 27, 2020, 11:56 PM
15 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Danc­ing With Covid

jefftkOct 10, 2020, 2:10 AM
14 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Open & Wel­come Thread – Oc­to­ber 2020

Ben PaceOct 1, 2020, 7:06 PM
14 points
54 comments1 min readLW link

Buy­ing micro-biostasis

Mati_RoyOct 7, 2020, 10:55 AM
13 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

[Question] How wor­ried are the rele­vant ex­perts about a mag­netic pole re­ver­sal?

Sunny from QADOct 7, 2020, 4:19 PM
13 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

But what kinds of pup­pets are we?

KatjaGraceOct 26, 2020, 8:40 AM
13 points
2 comments2 min readLW link
(meteuphoric.com)

[Question] As a Washed Up Former Data Scien­tist and Ma­chine Learn­ing Re­searcher What Direc­tion Should I Go In Now?

DarklightOct 19, 2020, 8:13 PM
13 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

[AN #120]: Trac­ing the in­tel­lec­tual roots of AI and AI alignment

Rohin ShahOct 7, 2020, 5:10 PM
13 points
4 comments10 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Yet an­other world spirit sock puppet

KatjaGraceOct 25, 2020, 5:30 AM
13 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(meteuphoric.com)

Mut­ing on Group Calls

jefftkOct 2, 2020, 8:30 PM
12 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Why isn’t JS a pop­u­lar lan­guage for deep learn­ing?

Will ClarkOct 8, 2020, 2:36 PM
12 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Re­tain flex­i­bil­ity with habits?

vroomerifyOct 18, 2020, 10:58 PM
12 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

“Pre­dic­tion” and “ex­pla­na­tion” are not causation

jasoncrawfordOct 24, 2020, 6:55 PM
12 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(twitter.com)

[Question] When was the term “AI al­ign­ment” coined?

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Oct 21, 2020, 6:27 PM
11 points
8 commentsLW link

On Op­tion Paral­y­sis—The Thing You Ac­tu­ally Do

Neel NandaOct 3, 2020, 11:50 AM
11 points
5 comments6 min readLW link
(www.neelnanda.io)

Rea­sons that dis­cus­sions might feel hopeless

gogishvilliOct 28, 2020, 7:59 PM
11 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Spoiler-Free Re­view and then Semi-Walk­through: Star Traders: Frontiers

ZviOct 27, 2020, 6:50 PM
11 points
1 comment24 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

In­creas­ing Iso­la­tion Again

jefftkOct 25, 2020, 1:10 PM
11 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Fish­bowl re­al­ity

EloOct 4, 2020, 2:16 AM
11 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What fea­tures would you like a pre­dic­tion plat­form to have?

Mati_RoyOct 13, 2020, 12:48 AM
11 points
6 commentsLW link

[Question] What’s the differ­ence be­tween GAI and a gov­ern­ment?

DirectedEvolutionOct 21, 2020, 11:04 PM
11 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Re­view and Sum­mary of ‘Mo­ral Uncer­tainty’

finOct 7, 2020, 5:52 PM
11 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(www.finmoorhouse.com)

An Open Let­ter On Love

nromanOct 22, 2020, 8:21 PM
11 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

[Question] Re­ward large con­tri­bu­tions?

SarahNibsOct 21, 2020, 4:26 PM
10 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

It’s hard to use util­ity max­i­miza­tion to jus­tify cre­at­ing new sen­tient beings

dynomightOct 19, 2020, 7:45 PM
10 points
14 comments1 min readLW link
(dynomight.net)

Some el­e­ments of in­dus­trial literacy

jasoncrawfordOct 8, 2020, 7:51 PM
9 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

[Question] Has any­one re­searched speci­fi­ca­tion gam­ing with biolog­i­cal an­i­mals?

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Oct 21, 2020, 12:20 AM
9 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

In­te­gers as Compression

Chris_LeongOct 28, 2020, 7:36 AM
9 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

Alpha α and Beta β

lsusrOct 10, 2020, 6:27 AM
9 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Sor­ti­tion Model of Mo­ral Uncertainty

B JacobsOct 8, 2020, 5:44 PM
9 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Is there any work on in­cor­po­rat­ing aleatoric un­cer­tainty and/​or in­her­ent ran­dom­ness into AIXI?

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Oct 4, 2020, 8:10 AM
9 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Re­views of the book ‘The Align­ment Prob­lem’

Mati_RoyOct 11, 2020, 7:41 AM
8 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Bab­ble challenge: 50 ways to stop torture

seedOct 27, 2020, 7:38 PM
8 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Linkpost: Choice Ex­plains Pos­i­tivity and Con­fir­ma­tion Bias

Gunnar_ZarnckeOct 1, 2020, 9:46 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

GPT-X, Paper­clip Max­i­mizer? An­a­lyz­ing AGI and Fi­nal Goals

meanderingmooseOct 22, 2020, 2:33 PM
8 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

[Question] Could we use recom­mender sys­tems to figure out hu­man val­ues?

Olga BabeevaOct 20, 2020, 9:35 PM
7 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What was your be­hav­ioral re­sponse to covid-19 ?

George3d6Oct 8, 2020, 7:27 PM
7 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

[Link] “Where are all the suc­cess­ful ra­tio­nal­ists?”

ioannesOct 17, 2020, 7:58 PM
7 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Not Even Evidence

DachOct 6, 2020, 1:20 AM
6 points
15 comments8 min readLW link

Kar­ls­ruhe Ra­tion­al­ist Meetup

wilmOct 24, 2020, 8:23 AM
6 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Mal­i­cious link!

bmeachamOct 21, 2020, 11:24 PM
6 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Cam­bridge, MA Ra­tion­al­ist Read­ing Group

NoSignalNoNoiseOct 19, 2020, 4:01 AM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

On­line AI Safety Dis­cus­sion Day

Linda LinseforsOct 8, 2020, 12:11 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Des­per­ately look­ing for the right per­son to dis­cuss an al­ign­ment re­lated idea with. (and some gen­eral thoughts for oth­ers with similar prob­lems)

Rasmus EideOct 23, 2020, 7:42 PM
5 points
9 comments3 min readLW link

Defen­si­ble positions

Chris_LeongOct 26, 2020, 10:37 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link