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Synthesizing amplification and debate

evhub5 Feb 2020 22:53 UTC

33 points

10 comments4 min readLW link

Writeup: Progress on AI Safety via Debate

Beth Barnes and paulfchristiano

5 Feb 2020 21:04 UTC

100 points

18 comments33 min readLW link

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

Rohin Shah5 Feb 2020 18:20 UTC

14 points

2 comments7 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

The Adventure: a new Utopia story

Stuart_Armstrong5 Feb 2020 16:50 UTC

98 points

37 comments51 min readLW link

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

Stuart_Armstrong5 Feb 2020 12:25 UTC

76 points

12 comments4 min readLW link

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

rmoehn5 Feb 2020 7:22 UTC

5 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

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

leggi5 Feb 2020 4:02 UTC

4 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Open & Welcome Thread—February 2020

ryan_b4 Feb 2020 20:49 UTC

17 points

114 comments1 min readLW link

Meta-Preference Utilitarianism

B Jacobs4 Feb 2020 20:24 UTC

10 points

30 comments1 min readLW link

Philosophical self-ratification

jessicata3 Feb 2020 22:48 UTC

23 points

13 comments5 min readLW link

(unstableontology.com)

Twenty-three AI alignment research project definitions

rmoehn3 Feb 2020 22:21 UTC

23 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

Absent coordination, future technology will cause human extinction

Jeffrey Ladish3 Feb 2020 21:52 UTC

21 points

12 comments5 min readLW link

Long Now, and Culture vs Artifacts

Raemon3 Feb 2020 21:49 UTC

26 points

3 comments6 min readLW link

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

mingyuan3 Feb 2020 21:49 UTC

14 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

Category Theory Without The Baggage

johnswentworth3 Feb 2020 20:03 UTC

136 points

49 comments13 min readLW link

Protecting Large Projects Against Mazedom

Zvi3 Feb 2020 17:10 UTC

76 points

11 comments4 min readLW link 1 review

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Pessimism About Unknown Unknowns Inspires Conservatism

michaelcohen3 Feb 2020 14:48 UTC

31 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

Map Of Effective Altruism

Scott Alexander3 Feb 2020 6:20 UTC

17 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(slatestarcodex.com)

UML IX: Kernels and Boosting

Rafael Harth2 Feb 2020 21:51 UTC

13 points

1 comment10 min readLW link

A point of clarification on infohazard terminology

eukaryote2 Feb 2020 17:43 UTC

50 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?

Dagon2 Feb 2020 17:03 UTC

15 points

28 comments1 min readLW link

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

jacobjacob2 Feb 2020 12:39 UTC

33 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

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

Yuli_Ban2 Feb 2020 5:55 UTC

8 points

2 comments6 min readLW link

“Memento Mori”, Said The Confessor

namespace2 Feb 2020 3:37 UTC

34 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(www.thelastrationalist.com)

Bay Winter Solstice seating-scarcity

Raemon1 Feb 2020 23:09 UTC

2 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

The case for lifelogging as life extension

Matthew Barnett1 Feb 2020 21:56 UTC

48 points

17 comments3 min readLW link 1 review

What Money Cannot Buy

johnswentworth1 Feb 2020 20:11 UTC

321 points

49 comments4 min readLW link 1 review

Effective Altruism QALY workshop materials & outline (and Jan 13 ’19 meetup notes)

samstowers1 Feb 2020 4:42 UTC

10 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

More Rhythm Options

jefftk1 Feb 2020 3:10 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Instrumental Occam?

abramdemski31 Jan 2020 19:27 UTC

30 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

REVISED: A drowning child is hard to find

Benquo31 Jan 2020 18:07 UTC

22 points

35 comments1 min readLW link

(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

January 2020 gwern.net newsletter

gwern31 Jan 2020 18:04 UTC

19 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.gwern.net)

Create a Full Alternative Stack

Zvi31 Jan 2020 17:10 UTC

79 points

14 comments6 min readLW link 1 review

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Link] Ignorance, a skilled practice

romeostevensit31 Jan 2020 16:21 UTC

16 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

[ELDR Tactics] Consider switching to (mostly) decaf.

aaq31 Jan 2020 15:09 UTC

29 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Existing work on creating terminology & names?

ozziegooen31 Jan 2020 12:16 UTC

10 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Book Review: Human Compatible

Scott Alexander31 Jan 2020 5:20 UTC

78 points

6 comments16 min readLW link

(slatestarcodex.com)

HALIFAX SSC MEETUP—FEB. 1

interstice31 Jan 2020 3:59 UTC

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

High-precision claims may be refuted without being replaced with other high-precision claims

jessicata30 Jan 2020 23:08 UTC

55 points

30 comments3 min readLW link

(unstableontology.com)

[Question] how has this forum changed your life?

Jon Ronson30 Jan 2020 21:54 UTC

26 points

20 comments1 min readLW link

Artificial Intelligence, Values and Alignment

Gordon Seidoh Worley30 Jan 2020 19:48 UTC

13 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(deepmind.com)

If brains are computers, what kind of computers are they? (Dennett transcript)

Ben Pace30 Jan 2020 5:07 UTC

37 points

9 comments27 min readLW link

Value uncertainty

MichaelA29 Jan 2020 20:16 UTC

20 points

3 comments14 min readLW link

Towards deconfusing values

Gordon Seidoh Worley29 Jan 2020 19:28 UTC

12 points

4 comments7 min readLW link

[AN #84] Reviewing AI alignment work in 2018-19

Rohin Shah29 Jan 2020 18:30 UTC

23 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Slide deck: Introduction to AI Safety

Aryeh Englander29 Jan 2020 15:57 UTC

23 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(drive.google.com)

The Skewed and the Screwed: When Mating Meets Politics

Jacob Falkovich29 Jan 2020 15:50 UTC

62 points

6 comments15 min readLW link 1 review

Twin Cities Meetup 2/1/20: Estimation, Collective Wisdom, and Survey Data

Drake Thomas29 Jan 2020 14:55 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

TAISU—Technical AI Safety Unconference

Linda Linsefors29 Jan 2020 13:31 UTC

10 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

Mod Notice about Election Discussion

Vaniver29 Jan 2020 1:35 UTC

61 points

16 comments1 min readLW link