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Covid-19: Analysis of Mortality Data

ZviJul 11, 2020, 9:30 PM

32 points

12 comments12 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Mod Note: Tagging Activity is Not Private

RubyJul 11, 2020, 12:56 AM

31 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Are parasitic worms an effective weapon against MS?

DemeterJul 23, 2020, 1:59 PM

31 points

11 comments9 min readLW link

Breaking Questions Down

ElizabethJul 7, 2020, 6:10 PM

31 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

Noise on the Channel

abramdemskiJul 2, 2020, 1:58 AM

31 points

8 comments10 min readLW link

Maximal Ventilation

jefftkJul 11, 2020, 1:20 AM

31 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Parameters of Privacy

RaemonJul 29, 2020, 1:18 AM

31 points

2 comments6 min readLW link

Tags Discussion/Talk Thread

RubyJul 28, 2020, 9:57 PM

30 points

81 comments1 min readLW link

Dynamic inconsistency of the inaction and initial state baseline

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 7, 2020, 12:02 PM

30 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] To what extent are the scaling properties of Transformer networks exceptional?

abramdemskiJul 28, 2020, 8:06 PM

30 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Construct a portfolio to profit from AI progress.

sapphireJul 25, 2020, 8:18 AM

30 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

Replicating the replication crisis with GPT-3?

skybrianJul 22, 2020, 9:20 PM

29 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Forecasting Newsletter. June 2020.

NunoSempereJul 1, 2020, 9:46 AM

27 points

0 comments8 min readLW link

The silence is deafening – Devon Zuegel

Ben PaceJul 4, 2020, 2:30 AM

27 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

(devonzuegel.com)

Inviting Curated Authors to Give 5-Min Online Talks

Ben PaceJul 1, 2020, 1:05 AM

27 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Telling more rational stories

DirectedEvolutionJul 17, 2020, 5:47 PM

26 points

21 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] If you are signed up for cryonics with life insurance, how much life insurance did you get and over what term?

Eli TyreJul 22, 2020, 8:13 AM

26 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Sunday July 19, 1pm (PDT) — talks by Raemon, ricraz, mr-hire, Jameson Quinn

Bird Concept and Ben Pace

Jul 16, 2020, 8:04 PM

26 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Jam is obsolete

jefftkJul 26, 2020, 2:00 PM

25 points

24 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] What happens to variance as neural network training is scaled? What does it imply about “lottery tickets”?

abramdemskiJul 28, 2020, 8:22 PM

25 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

AI Unsafety via Non-Zero-Sum Debate

VojtaKovarikJul 3, 2020, 10:03 PM

25 points

10 comments5 min readLW link

[updated] how does gpt2′s training corpus capture internet discussion? not well

nostalgebraistJul 27, 2020, 10:30 PM

25 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

(nostalgebraist.tumblr.com)

Learning Values in Practice

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 20, 2020, 6:38 PM

24 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Is the work on AI alignment relevant to GPT?

Richard_KennawayJul 30, 2020, 12:23 PM

24 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Models of Value of Learning

johnswentworthJul 7, 2020, 7:08 PM

24 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

Change the world a little bit

DirectedEvolutionJul 26, 2020, 10:35 PM

23 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

Research ideas to study humans with AI Safety in mind

Riccardo VolpatoJul 3, 2020, 4:01 PM

23 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

Talk: Key Issues In Near-Term AI Safety Research

Aryeh EnglanderJul 10, 2020, 6:36 PM

22 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Was a PhD necessary to solve outstanding math problems?

DirectedEvolutionJul 10, 2020, 6:43 PM

22 points

27 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Probability that other architectures will scale as well as Transformers?

Daniel KokotajloJul 28, 2020, 7:36 PM

22 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Fresh Bread

ZviJul 21, 2020, 8:40 PM

22 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

A Scalable Urban Design and the Single Building City

Edward SwernofskyJul 25, 2020, 7:06 PM

22 points

21 comments17 min readLW link

More Right

Adam ZernerJul 22, 2020, 3:36 AM

22 points

29 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Billionaire Economics

Virgil KurkjianJul 28, 2020, 3:01 AM

22 points

31 comments1 min readLW link

Constraints from naturalized ethics.

Charlie SteinerJul 25, 2020, 2:54 PM

21 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

New paper: AGI Agent Safety by Iteratively Improving the Utility Function

Koen.HoltmanJul 15, 2020, 2:05 PM

21 points

2 comments6 min readLW link

The Future of Science

Richard_NgoJul 28, 2020, 2:43 AM

21 points

2 comments7 min readLW link

Operationalizing Interpretability

lifelonglearnerJul 20, 2020, 5:22 AM

20 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

The “AI Debate” Debate

michaelcohenJul 2, 2020, 10:16 AM

20 points

20 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] If someone you loved was experiencing unremitting suffering (related to a constellation of multi-dimensional factors and processes, those of which include anomalous states of consciousness and an iatrogenic mental health system), what would you think and what would you do?

Sara CJul 3, 2020, 9:02 PM

20 points

6 comments4 min readLW link

Selling real estate: should you overprice or underprice?

Steven ByrnesJul 20, 2020, 3:54 PM

19 points

5 comments10 min readLW link

Automatically Turning Off Computer at Night

RaemonJul 15, 2020, 8:42 PM

19 points

13 comments2 min readLW link

[AN #108]: Why we should scrutinize arguments for AI risk

Rohin ShahJul 16, 2020, 6:47 AM

19 points

6 comments12 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Sunday July 12 — talks by Scott Garrabrant, Alexflint, alexei, Stuart_Armstrong

Bird Concept and Ben Pace

Jul 8, 2020, 12:27 AM

19 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How well can the GPT architecture solve the parity task?

FactorialCodeJul 11, 2020, 7:02 PM

19 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

2020 LessWrong Demographics Survey Results

B JacobsJul 13, 2020, 1:53 PM

18 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Poly Domestic Partnerships

jefftkJul 3, 2020, 2:10 PM

18 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Photos Before Drywall

jefftkJul 25, 2020, 1:40 AM

18 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Uncalibrated quantum experiments act clasically

justinpombrioJul 21, 2020, 5:31 AM

18 points

12 comments8 min readLW link

Why You Might Want a New Way to Visualize Biases

dtmJul 27, 2020, 5:30 PM

18 points

2 comments3 min readLW link