All 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 201920202021 2022 2023 2024 2025

All Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep OctNovDec

All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 151617 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

the scaling “inconsistency”: openAI’s new insight

nostalgebraistNov 7, 2020, 7:40 AM

148 points

14 comments9 min readLW link

(nostalgebraist.tumblr.com)

Nuclear war is unlikely to cause human extinction

Jeffrey LadishNov 7, 2020, 5:42 AM

131 points

48 comments11 min readLW link 3 reviews

Does SGD Produce Deceptive Alignment?

Mark XuNov 6, 2020, 11:48 PM

96 points

9 comments16 min readLW link

Ethics in Many Worlds

finNov 6, 2020, 11:21 PM

8 points

24 comments9 min readLW link

The Power & Tragedy of Names

SocratesDissatisfiedNov 6, 2020, 10:50 PM

12 points

4 comments5 min readLW link

Observe, babble, and prune

DirectedEvolutionNov 6, 2020, 9:45 PM

8 points

1 comment8 min readLW link

A review of Where Is My Flying Car? by J. Storrs Hall

jasoncrawfordNov 6, 2020, 8:01 PM

103 points

23 comments11 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Covid ‘Mink variant’

henryajNov 6, 2020, 5:50 PM

2 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Generalized Heat Engine II: Thermodynamic Efficiency Limit

johnswentworthNov 6, 2020, 5:30 PM

69 points

1 comment7 min readLW link

Teach People to Recognize the Sound of Covid?

jefftkNov 6, 2020, 2:30 PM

21 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Additive and Multiplicative Subagents

Scott GarrabrantNov 6, 2020, 2:26 PM

20 points

7 comments12 min readLW link

“model scores” is a questionable concept

Maxwell PetersonNov 6, 2020, 3:19 AM

26 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

Sunday, Nov 8: Tuning Your Cognitive Algorithms

RaemonNov 6, 2020, 12:57 AM

16 points

17 comments1 min readLW link

Notes on Justice (as a virtue)

David GrossNov 5, 2020, 8:27 PM

6 points

4 comments8 min readLW link

Impostor Syndrome as skill/dominance mismatch

ViliamNov 5, 2020, 8:05 PM

94 points

12 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What considerations influence whether I have more influence over short or long timelines?

Daniel KokotajloNov 5, 2020, 7:56 PM

28 points

30 comments1 min readLW link

Generalized Heat Engine

johnswentworthNov 5, 2020, 7:01 PM

186 points

11 comments7 min readLW link

Sub-Sums and Sub-Tensors

Scott GarrabrantNov 5, 2020, 6:06 PM

34 points

4 comments8 min readLW link

Defining capability and alignment in gradient descent

Edouard HarrisNov 5, 2020, 2:36 PM

22 points

6 comments10 min readLW link

Covid 11/5: Don’t Mention the War

ZviNov 5, 2020, 2:20 PM

64 points

16 comments28 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Babble Challenge: 50 thoughts on stable, cooperative institutions

Bird ConceptNov 5, 2020, 6:38 AM

29 points

12 comments3 min readLW link

Being Productive With Chronic Health Conditions

lynettebyeNov 5, 2020, 12:22 AM

97 points

7 comments9 min readLW link

Covid-19 IFR from a Bayesian point of view

mwacksenNov 4, 2020, 11:55 PM

12 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

Multiple Worlds, One Universal Wave Function

evhubNov 4, 2020, 10:28 PM

60 points

76 comments61 min readLW link

Gifts Which Money Cannot Buy

johnswentworthNov 4, 2020, 7:37 PM

93 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

[AN #124]: Provably safe exploration through shielding

Rohin Shah4 Nov 2020 18:20 UTC

17 points

0 comments9 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Don’t read news

Eli_4 Nov 2020 18:14 UTC

27 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Share your personal stories of prediction markets

Tim Liptrot4 Nov 2020 16:09 UTC

15 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Notes on Reverence

David Gross4 Nov 2020 1:35 UTC

8 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Where do (did?) stable, cooperative institutions come from?

AnnaSalamon3 Nov 2020 22:14 UTC

151 points

72 comments4 min readLW link

Open & Welcome Thread – November 2020

habryka3 Nov 2020 20:46 UTC

14 points

61 comments1 min readLW link

Multiplicative Operations on Cartesian Frames

Scott Garrabrant3 Nov 2020 19:27 UTC

34 points

24 comments12 min readLW link

When Money Is Abundant, Knowledge Is The Real Wealth

johnswentworth3 Nov 2020 17:34 UTC

354 points

61 comments5 min readLW link 3 reviews

Three more stories about causation

cousin_it3 Nov 2020 15:51 UTC

15 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Bucket Brigade Singing

jefftk3 Nov 2020 15:40 UTC

41 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

One could be forgiven for getting the feeling...

HumaneAutomation3 Nov 2020 4:53 UTC

−2 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

SubOnlyStackFans

Jacob Falkovich3 Nov 2020 2:33 UTC

18 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

Notes on Industriousness

David Gross3 Nov 2020 1:55 UTC

12 points

1 comment8 min readLW link

Sleeping Julia: Empirical support for thirder argument in the Sleeping Beauty Problem

Alex V3 Nov 2020 0:21 UTC

4 points

13 comments2 min readLW link

Subagents of Cartesian Frames

Scott Garrabrant2 Nov 2020 22:02 UTC

53 points

6 comments8 min readLW link

Confucianism in AI Alignment

johnswentworth2 Nov 2020 21:16 UTC

33 points

28 comments6 min readLW link

Location Discussion Takeaways

mingyuan2 Nov 2020 21:14 UTC

77 points

15 comments13 min readLW link

Kelly Bet or Update?

abramdemski2 Nov 2020 20:26 UTC

50 points

23 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] What Belongs in my Glossary?

Zvi2 Nov 2020 19:52 UTC

14 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Generalize Kelly to Account for # Iterations?

abramdemski2 Nov 2020 16:36 UTC

24 points

18 comments1 min readLW link

Waffle Crepes

jefftk2 Nov 2020 15:30 UTC

8 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Non Polemic: How do you personally deal with “irrational” people?

Emiya2 Nov 2020 13:44 UTC

12 points

54 comments4 min readLW link

Surface Thoughts Suck

Dach2 Nov 2020 13:24 UTC

4 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

Worldwide “Portland” SSC Meetup 11/15/20

Noah Walton2 Nov 2020 5:39 UTC

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Should students be allowed to give good teachers a bonus?

DirectedEvolution2 Nov 2020 0:19 UTC

25 points

28 comments2 min readLW link