Asch Con­for­mity Could Ex­plain the Con­junc­tion Fallacy

curiAug 6, 2020, 9:46 PM
7 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

Math­e­mat­i­cal In­con­sis­tency in Solomonoff In­duc­tion?

curiAug 25, 2020, 5:09 PM
7 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

How GPT-N will es­cape from its AI-box

hippkeAug 12, 2020, 7:34 PM
7 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

A trick for Safer GPT-N

RaziedAug 23, 2020, 12:39 AM
7 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

The Iso­la­tion As­sump­tion of Ex­pected Utility Maximization

Pedro OliboniAug 6, 2020, 4:05 AM
7 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

[Question] I’m look­ing for re­search look­ing at the in­fluence of fic­tion on chang­ing elite/​pub­lic be­hav­iors and opinions

Timothy UnderwoodAug 7, 2020, 1:49 PM
6 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Cambridge Vir­tual LW/​SSC Meetup

NoSignalNoNoiseAug 28, 2020, 2:45 AM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing: Progress Stud­ies Read­ing Group.

Sami_beanzAug 30, 2020, 10:39 AM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Tomb­stone Men­tal­ity

SuperDaveWhiteAug 13, 2020, 1:46 PM
6 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Towards a For­mal­i­sa­tion of Log­i­cal Counterfactuals

BunthutAug 8, 2020, 10:14 PM
6 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Is ‘sat­ific­ing’ op­ti­mi­sa­tion?

Riccardo VolpatoAug 24, 2020, 11:51 AM
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

“Tech­nol­ogy and the Fu­ture of Per­sons”, by Lynne Rud­der Baker (2013)

CallmesalticidaeAug 20, 2020, 2:31 PM
5 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] A way to beat su­per­ra­tional/​EDT agents?

Abhimanyu Pallavi SudhirAug 17, 2020, 2:33 PM
5 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

The Golden Age of Data

CollisteruAug 4, 2020, 9:35 PM
5 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Which COVID-19 serol­ogy (an­ti­body) test is best?

kniteAug 5, 2020, 6:54 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Era Of Un­limited Every­thing: Un­limited Ma­te­ri­als & Un­limited Money

jdcampolargoAug 1, 2020, 3:01 AM
4 points
11 comments10 min readLW link

[Question] Utility func­tions with­out a maximum

Abhimanyu Pallavi SudhirAug 11, 2020, 12:58 PM
3 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Mar­ket norms and So­cial norms

TruetoThisAug 6, 2020, 6:27 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] RFC: COVID-19 Statis­ti­cal Guilt

ErhannisAug 4, 2020, 6:46 AM
3 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] Would AGIs par­ent young AGIs?

Vishrut AryaAug 2, 2020, 12:57 AM
3 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

The Ant Farm

JimBalerAug 21, 2020, 11:25 PM
3 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

(Ir)ra­tio­nal­ity of Pas­cal’s wager

filozof3377@gmial.comAug 3, 2020, 8:57 PM
3 points
10 comments4 min readLW link

Safe Scram­bling?

HoagyAug 29, 2020, 2:31 PM
3 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

[Question] Which way should we up­date about un­cer­tain events, over time?

MiltonAug 19, 2020, 12:18 PM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Ir­ra­tional Re­sis­tance to Busi­ness Success

curiAug 2, 2020, 7:15 PM
3 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] What’s the ev­i­dence on fal­ling testos­teron and sperm counts in men?

Alexander Gietelink OldenzielAug 10, 2020, 8:58 AM
3 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Bu­dapest Meetup on Mar­git Sziget

Timothy UnderwoodAug 4, 2020, 12:29 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] UK Pre­dicted Grades

cwg1g16Aug 10, 2020, 5:36 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Can we ex­pect more value from AI al­ign­ment than from an ASI with the goal of run­ning al­ter­nate tra­jec­to­ries of our uni­verse?

Maxime RichéAug 9, 2020, 5:17 PM
2 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

How More Knowl­edge is Mak­ing Us Dumber

jdcampolargoAug 20, 2020, 3:08 PM
1 point
4 comments3 min readLW link

Apol­ogy of (a form of) au­thor­i­tar­i­anism and in­equal­ity from an egalitarian

jybyAug 13, 2020, 9:54 PM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Why is ag­ing re­search our pri­mary at­tempt at im­mor­tal­ity?

sd1Aug 6, 2020, 11:47 PM
1 point
2 comments1 min readLW link

Talk and Q&A—Dan Hendrycks—Paper: Align­ing AI With Shared Hu­man Values. On Dis­cord at Aug 28, 2020 8:00-10:00 AM GMT+8.

wassnameAug 14, 2020, 11:57 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Prin­ci­ples Be­hind Bottlenecks

curiAug 1, 2020, 10:48 PM
1 point
0 comments6 min readLW link

Bos­ton/​Cam­bridge LW Han­gout, Sun­day 8/​16/​20

ItsGiustoAug 4, 2020, 8:43 PM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

Ob­jec­tive Dog Rat­ings: The Ir­ish Wolfhound

CallmesalticidaeAug 29, 2020, 4:01 AM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

An­a­lyz­ing Black­mail Be­ing Ille­gal (Han­son and Mow­show­itz re­lated)

curiAug 20, 2020, 6:56 PM
0 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

A Re­fu­ta­tion of (Global) “Hap­piness Max­i­miza­tion”

fareAug 25, 2020, 8:33 PM
−1 points
5 comments15 min readLW link

Imag­ine a World Where Govern­ments Treated COVID-19 Properly

jdcampolargoAug 12, 2020, 10:52 PM
−2 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Ra­tion­ally End­ing Discussions

curiAug 12, 2020, 8:34 PM
−7 points
27 comments14 min readLW link

Par­tially En­light­ened AMA

grumpyfreyrAug 16, 2020, 9:36 AM
−10 points
29 comments1 min readLW link