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[Question]
What do we *really* expect from a well-aligned AI?
Jan Betley
Jan 4, 2021, 8:57 PM
13
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Utopianism
Mateusz Mazurkiewicz
Jan 4, 2021, 6:40 PM
1
point
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Embarrassment and Instinct
damiensnyder
Jan 4, 2021, 6:16 PM
6
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
(www.damiensnyder.com)
You are Dissociating (probably)
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Jan 4, 2021, 2:37 PM
34
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Open & Welcome Thread—January 2021
jsalvatier
Jan 4, 2021, 7:39 AM
21
points
45
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Review: The Gioconda Smile
KatjaGrace
Jan 4, 2021, 7:00 AM
8
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
The Sense-Making Web
Chris_Leong
Jan 4, 2021, 6:17 AM
41
points
21
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What the rational decision process for deciding for or against cryonics when there’s a possibility the future might be “bad”?
prolyx
Jan 4, 2021, 5:08 AM
1
point
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Akrasia is Hypocrisy.
Lev Protter
Jan 4, 2021, 5:07 AM
−10
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Multi-dimensional rewards for AGI interpretability and control
Steven Byrnes
Jan 4, 2021, 3:08 AM
19
points
8
comments
10
min read
LW
link
The despair of normative realism bot
Joe Carlsmith
Jan 3, 2021, 11:07 PM
30
points
1
comment
18
min read
LW
link
Notes on Attention
David Gross
Jan 3, 2021, 9:52 PM
32
points
2
comments
18
min read
LW
link
Bets, Bonds, and Kindergarteners
jefftk
Jan 3, 2021, 9:20 PM
426
points
35
comments
2
min read
LW
link
1
review
(www.jefftk.com)
[Question]
What technical-ish books do you recommend that are readable on Kindle?
Rudi C
Jan 3, 2021, 8:54 PM
3
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rational Ottawa Predictions for 2021
eapache
Jan 3, 2021, 8:53 PM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(grandunifiedempty.com)
Mental subagent implications for AI Safety
moridinamael
Jan 3, 2021, 6:59 PM
11
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Retrospective on Teaching Rationality Workshops
Neel Nanda
Jan 3, 2021, 5:15 PM
66
points
2
comments
31
min read
LW
link
On writing like a butterfly
KatjaGrace
Jan 3, 2021, 7:30 AM
24
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
Don’t Use Your Favorite Weapon
Aaron Bergman
Jan 3, 2021, 4:01 AM
33
points
7
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(aaronbergman.substack.com)
Bucket Brigade: Video
jefftk
Jan 3, 2021, 2:50 AM
10
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Are we all misaligned?
Mateusz Mazurkiewicz
Jan 3, 2021, 2:42 AM
11
points
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
If the fundamental problem that economics addresses is the scarcity of resources, then what are the basic questions other subjects attempt to solve?
Kaveh-Sedghi
Jan 3, 2021, 2:36 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
More predictions
Tim Liptrot
Jan 2, 2021, 3:53 PM
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Feature request: personal notes about other users
CheerfulWarrior
Jan 2, 2021, 2:54 PM
23
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Data about the new coronavirus variant (B.1.1.7) from Denmark
Oskar Mathiasen
Jan 2, 2021, 11:38 AM
26
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Review: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
KatjaGrace
Jan 2, 2021, 1:30 AM
32
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
Overall numbers won’t show the English strain coming
Eric Neyman
Jan 1, 2021, 11:00 PM
63
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Reflections on Larks’ 2020 AI alignment literature review
Alex Flint
Jan 1, 2021, 10:53 PM
79
points
7
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Is Free Will A Myth?
Precious Oluwatobi Emmanuel
Jan 1, 2021, 8:56 PM
0
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Thoughts on being mortal
Joe Carlsmith
Jan 1, 2021, 7:17 PM
84
points
5
comments
6
min read
LW
link
List of things I think are worth reading (last updated 3/1/2021)
just_browsing
Jan 1, 2021, 5:05 PM
4
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Empiricism in NLP : Test Operate Text Exit (TOTE)
ChristianKl
Jan 1, 2021, 4:09 PM
11
points
10
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Forecasting Newsletter: December 2020
NunoSempere
Jan 1, 2021, 4:07 PM
13
points
0
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Luna Lovegood and the Chamber of Secrets—Part 13
lsusr
Jan 1, 2021, 8:01 AM
80
points
23
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Mistakes to want
KatjaGrace
Jan 1, 2021, 4:10 AM
10
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
AI Alignment, Philosophical Pluralism, and the Relevance of Non-Western Philosophy
xuan
Jan 1, 2021, 12:08 AM
31
points
21
comments
20
min read
LW
link
A Healthy News Diet
mpr
Dec 31, 2020, 10:19 PM
8
points
5
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(matthewroll.com)
Predictions for 2021
Eric Neyman
Dec 31, 2020, 9:12 PM
12
points
2
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(ericneyman.wordpress.com)
Some end-of-year media recommendations
mingyuan
Dec 31, 2020, 8:10 PM
77
points
3
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Luna Lovegood and the Chamber of Secrets—Part 12
lsusr
Dec 31, 2020, 8:02 PM
74
points
21
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Crowd-Forecasting Covid-19
nikos
Dec 31, 2020, 7:30 PM
17
points
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Anti-Aging: State of the Art
JackH
Dec 31, 2020, 7:07 PM
375
points
176
comments
11
min read
LW
link
1
review
A Simplified Version of Perspective Solution to the Sleeping Beauty Problem
dadadarren
Dec 31, 2020, 6:27 PM
9
points
39
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(www.sleepingbeautyproblem.com)
[AN #131]: Formalizing the argument of ignored attributes in a utility function
Rohin Shah
Dec 31, 2020, 6:20 PM
13
points
4
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Covid 12/31: Meet the New Year
Zvi
Dec 31, 2020, 5:20 PM
112
points
32
comments
29
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Do You Want the Complexity in the Tools or in Their Usage?
mxshn
Dec 31, 2020, 10:58 AM
7
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
2021 New Year Optimization Puzzles
Scott Garrabrant
Dec 31, 2020, 8:22 AM
19
points
33
comments
2
min read
LW
link
And You Take Me the Way I Am
Zack_M_Davis
Dec 31, 2020, 5:45 AM
13
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(zackmdavis.net)
One Year of Pomodoros
Alex_Altair
Dec 31, 2020, 4:42 AM
56
points
7
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Seeing the edge of the world
KatjaGrace
Dec 31, 2020, 3:40 AM
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
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