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Optimizing arbitrary expressions with a linear number of queries to a Logical Induction Oracle (Cartoon Guide)
Donald Hobson
Jul 23, 2020, 9:37 PM
4
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Bottleneck Examples
curi
Jul 23, 2020, 6:23 PM
11
points
0
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Aggregating forecasts
Jsevillamol
Jul 23, 2020, 6:04 PM
17
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Can you get AGI from a Transformer?
Steven Byrnes
Jul 23, 2020, 3:27 PM
117
points
40
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Covid 7/23: The Second Summit
Zvi
Jul 23, 2020, 2:40 PM
59
points
6
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
[Question]
Are parasitic worms an effective weapon against MS?
Demeter
Jul 23, 2020, 1:59 PM
31
points
11
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Restocking
jefftk
Jul 23, 2020, 1:40 PM
12
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Cambridge
Virtual LW/SSC Meetup
NoSignalNoNoise
Jul 23, 2020, 3:25 AM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
GPT-3 Gems
TurnTrout
Jul 23, 2020, 12:46 AM
33
points
10
comments
48
min read
LW
link
Weak HCH accesses EXP
evhub
Jul 22, 2020, 10:36 PM
16
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Replicating the replication crisis with GPT-3?
skybrian
Jul 22, 2020, 9:20 PM
29
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A New Way to Visualize Biases
dtm
Jul 22, 2020, 5:57 PM
6
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[AN #109]: Teaching neural nets to generalize the way humans would
Rohin Shah
Jul 22, 2020, 5:10 PM
17
points
3
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Online Meetup: Balaji Srinivasan on “Nation of Emigrants”
JoshuaFox
Jul 22, 2020, 2:35 PM
14
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Swiss Political System: More than You ever Wanted to Know (II.)
Martin Sustrik
Jul 22, 2020, 1:50 PM
91
points
24
comments
12
min read
LW
link
(250bpm.com)
[Question]
If you are signed up for cryonics with life insurance, how much life insurance did you get and over what term?
Eli Tyre
Jul 22, 2020, 8:13 AM
26
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Basic Double Crux pattern
Eli Tyre
Jul 22, 2020, 6:41 AM
68
points
21
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Research agenda for AI safety and a better civilization
agilecaveman
Jul 22, 2020, 6:35 AM
12
points
2
comments
16
min read
LW
link
More Right
Adam Zerner
Jul 22, 2020, 3:36 AM
22
points
29
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[not ongoing] Thoughts on Proportional voting methods
Jameson Quinn
Jul 22, 2020, 2:46 AM
32
points
53
comments
46
min read
LW
link
[Preprint] The Computational Limits of Deep Learning
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Jul 21, 2020, 9:25 PM
9
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(arxiv.org)
Fresh Bread
Zvi
Jul 21, 2020, 8:40 PM
22
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Competition: Amplify Rohin’s Prediction on AGI researchers & Safety Concerns
stuhlmueller
Jul 21, 2020, 8:06 PM
83
points
41
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Alignment As A Bottleneck To Usefulness Of GPT-3
johnswentworth
Jul 21, 2020, 8:02 PM
111
points
57
comments
3
min read
LW
link
How good is humanity at coordination?
Buck
Jul 21, 2020, 8:01 PM
83
points
44
comments
3
min read
LW
link
$1000 bounty for OpenAI to show whether GPT3 was “deliberately” pretending to be stupider than it is
Bird Concept
Jul 21, 2020, 6:42 PM
56
points
39
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(twitter.com)
[Question]
What are the limits of self-education?
nitropie
Jul 21, 2020, 6:01 PM
3
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Meta] anonymous merit or public status
[anonymous]
Jul 21, 2020, 6:01 PM
6
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AI Benefits Post 5: Outstanding Questions on Governing Benefits
Cullen
Jul 21, 2020, 4:46 PM
4
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The “AI Dungeons” Dragon Model is heavily path dependent (testing GPT-3 on ethics)
Rafael Harth
Jul 21, 2020, 12:14 PM
44
points
9
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Uncalibrated quantum experiments act clasically
justinpombrio
Jul 21, 2020, 5:31 AM
18
points
12
comments
8
min read
LW
link
The Rediscovery of Interiority in Machine Learning
DanB
Jul 21, 2020, 5:02 AM
5
points
4
comments
LW
link
(danburfoot.net)
Chains, Bottlenecks and Optimization
curi
Jul 21, 2020, 2:07 AM
14
points
12
comments
4
min read
LW
link
“Can you keep this confidential? How do you know?”
Raemon
Jul 21, 2020, 12:33 AM
164
points
43
comments
3
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
Parallels Between AI Safety by Debate and Evidence Law
Cullen
Jul 20, 2020, 10:52 PM
10
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
(cullenokeefe.com)
Thiel on Progress and Stagnation
Richard_Ngo
Jul 20, 2020, 8:27 PM
173
points
32
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(docs.google.com)
Learning Values in Practice
Stuart_Armstrong
20 Jul 2020 18:38 UTC
24
points
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Inefficient doesn’t mean indifferent, but it might mean wimpy.
DirectedEvolution
20 Jul 2020 18:27 UTC
14
points
3
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
To what extent is GPT-3 capable of reasoning?
TurnTrout
20 Jul 2020 17:10 UTC
70
points
73
comments
16
min read
LW
link
Selling real estate: should you overprice or underprice?
Steven Byrnes
20 Jul 2020 15:54 UTC
19
points
5
comments
10
min read
LW
link
[Question]
“Do Nothing” utility function, 3½ years later?
niplav
20 Jul 2020 11:09 UTC
5
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Operationalizing Interpretability
lifelonglearner
20 Jul 2020 5:22 UTC
20
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Use resilience, instead of imprecision, to communicate uncertainty
habryka
20 Jul 2020 5:08 UTC
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)
What Would I Do? Self-prediction in Simple Algorithms
Scott Garrabrant
20 Jul 2020 4:27 UTC
65
points
12
comments
5
min read
LW
link
“Should Blackmail Be Legal” Hanson/Zvi Debate (Sun July 26th, 3pm PDT)
Ben Pace
20 Jul 2020 4:06 UTC
36
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The 8 Techniques to Tolerify the Dark World
adamShimi
20 Jul 2020 0:58 UTC
2
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Praise of some popular LW articles
DirectedEvolution
20 Jul 2020 0:32 UTC
40
points
1
comment
7
min read
LW
link
Types Of Online Meetups
Dan B
19 Jul 2020 23:51 UTC
4
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Musical Outgroups
eapache
19 Jul 2020 22:55 UTC
9
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
Forum Assisted Discussion
Dan B
19 Jul 2020 22:38 UTC
9
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
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