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South Bay Meetup

DavidFriedmanFeb 10, 2020, 10:36 PM

4 points

0 comments LW link

Simulation of technological progress (work in progress)

Daniel KokotajloFeb 10, 2020, 8:39 PM

21 points

9 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Why do we refuse to take action claiming our impact would be too small?

hookdumpFeb 10, 2020, 7:33 PM

5 points

31 comments1 min readLW link

Gricean communication and meta-preferences

Charlie SteinerFeb 10, 2020, 5:05 AM

24 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

Attainable Utility Landscape: How The World Is Changed

TurnTroutFeb 10, 2020, 12:58 AM

52 points

7 comments6 min readLW link

A Simple Introduction to Neural Networks

Rafael HarthFeb 9, 2020, 10:02 PM

34 points

13 comments18 min readLW link

[Question] Did AI pioneers not worry much about AI risks?

lisperatiFeb 9, 2020, 7:58 PM

42 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Source of Karma

jmhFeb 9, 2020, 2:13 PM

4 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

State Space of X-Risk Trajectories

David_KristofferssonFeb 9, 2020, 1:56 PM

11 points

0 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] Does there exist an AGI-level parameter setting for modern DRL architectures?

TurnTroutFeb 9, 2020, 5:09 AM

15 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Who… (or what) designed this site and where did they come from?

thedayismineFeb 9, 2020, 4:04 AM

12 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

How to Frame Negative Feedback as Forward-Facing Guidance

LironFeb 9, 2020, 2:47 AM

46 points

7 comments3 min readLW link

Relationship Outcomes Are Not Particularly Sensitive to Small Variations in Verbal Ability

Zack_M_DavisFeb 9, 2020, 12:34 AM

14 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(zackmdavis.net)

What can the principal-agent literature tell us about AI risk?

apcFeb 8, 2020, 9:28 PM

104 points

29 comments16 min readLW link

A Cautionary Note on Unlocking the Emotional Brain

eapacheFeb 8, 2020, 5:21 PM

55 points

20 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What is this review feature?

Long tryFeb 8, 2020, 3:30 PM

1 point

1 comment1 min readLW link

Halifax SSC Meetup—FEB 8

intersticeFeb 8, 2020, 12:45 AM

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

On the falsifiability of hypercomputation

jessicataFeb 7, 2020, 8:16 AM

24 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

(unstableontology.com)

More writeups!

jefftkFeb 7, 2020, 3:10 AM

40 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Book Review: Decisive by Chip and Dan Heath

Ian David MossFeb 6, 2020, 8:15 PM

4 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(medium.com)

Bayes-Up: An App for Sharing Bayesian-MCQ

Louis FauconFeb 6, 2020, 7:01 PM

53 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

Mazes Sequence Roundup: Final Thoughts and Paths Forward

ZviFeb 6, 2020, 4:10 PM

88 points

28 comments14 min readLW link 1 review

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Plausibly, almost every powerful algorithm would be manipulative

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 6, 2020, 11:50 AM

38 points

25 comments3 min readLW link

Some quick notes on hand hygiene

willbradshawFeb 6, 2020, 2:47 AM

68 points

52 comments3 min readLW link

Potential Research Topic: Vingean Reflection, Value Alignment and Aspiration

Vaughn PapenhausenFeb 6, 2020, 1:09 AM

15 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

Synthesizing amplification and debate

evhubFeb 5, 2020, 10:53 PM

33 points

10 comments4 min readLW link

Writeup: Progress on AI Safety via Debate

Beth Barnes and paulfchristiano

Feb 5, 2020, 9:04 PM

103 points

18 comments33 min readLW link

[AN #85]: The normative questions we should be asking for AI alignment, and a surprisingly good chatbot

Rohin ShahFeb 5, 2020, 6:20 PM

14 points

2 comments7 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

The Adventure: a new Utopia story

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 5, 2020, 4:50 PM

101 points

37 comments51 min readLW link

“But that’s your job”: why organisations can work

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 5, 2020, 12:25 PM

77 points

12 comments4 min readLW link

Training a tiny SupAmp model on easy tasks. The influence of failure rate on learning curves

rmoehnFeb 5, 2020, 7:22 AM

5 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Physical alignment—do you have it? Take a minute & check.

leggiFeb 5, 2020, 4:02 AM

4 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Open & Welcome Thread—February 2020

ryan_bFeb 4, 2020, 8:49 PM

17 points

114 comments1 min readLW link

Meta-Preference Utilitarianism

B JacobsFeb 4, 2020, 8:24 PM

10 points

30 comments1 min readLW link

Philosophical self-ratification

jessicataFeb 3, 2020, 10:48 PM

23 points

13 comments5 min readLW link

(unstableontology.com)

Twenty-three AI alignment research project definitions

rmoehnFeb 3, 2020, 10:21 PM

23 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

Absent coordination, future technology will cause human extinction

Jeffrey LadishFeb 3, 2020, 9:52 PM

21 points

12 comments5 min readLW link

Long Now, and Culture vs Artifacts

RaemonFeb 3, 2020, 9:49 PM

26 points

3 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Looking for books about software engineering as a field

mingyuanFeb 3, 2020, 9:49 PM

14 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

Category Theory Without The Baggage

johnswentworthFeb 3, 2020, 8:03 PM

139 points

51 comments13 min readLW link

Protecting Large Projects Against Mazedom

ZviFeb 3, 2020, 5:10 PM

78 points

11 comments4 min readLW link 1 review

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Pessimism About Unknown Unknowns Inspires Conservatism

michaelcohenFeb 3, 2020, 2:48 PM

41 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

Map Of Effective Altruism

Scott AlexanderFeb 3, 2020, 6:20 AM

17 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(slatestarcodex.com)

UML IX: Kernels and Boosting

Rafael HarthFeb 2, 2020, 9:51 PM

13 points

1 comment10 min readLW link

A point of clarification on infohazard terminology

eukaryoteFeb 2, 2020, 5:43 PM

52 points

21 comments2 min readLW link

(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

[Question] Money isn’t real. When you donate money to a charity, how does it actually help?

DagonFeb 2, 2020, 5:03 PM

15 points

28 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Beyond the hill: thoughts on ontologies for thinking, essay-completeness and forecasting

Bird ConceptFeb 2, 2020, 12:39 PM

33 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

The Case for Artificial Expert Intelligence (AXI): What lies between narrow and general AI?

Yuli_BanFeb 2, 2020, 5:55 AM

8 points

2 comments6 min readLW link

“Memento Mori”, Said The Confessor

namespaceFeb 2, 2020, 3:37 AM

34 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(www.thelastrationalist.com)

Bay Winter Solstice seating-scarcity

RaemonFeb 1, 2020, 11:09 PM

2 points

3 comments2 min readLW link