Covid 9/​30: Peo­ple Re­spond to Incentives

ZviSep 30, 2021, 6:40 PM
49 points
14 comments17 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Some Ex­ist­ing Selec­tion Theorems

johnswentworthSep 30, 2021, 4:13 PM
56 points
5 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] How can one train philo­soph­i­cal skill?

abramdemskiSep 30, 2021, 2:56 PM
32 points
47 comments1 min readLW link

Take­off Speeds and Discontinuities

Sep 30, 2021, 1:50 PM
63 points
1 comment15 min readLW link

Offer: free/​low-cost de­ci­sion sup­port ser­vices for world-im­prov­ing initiatives

Ian David MossSep 30, 2021, 1:21 PM
5 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

My take on Vanessa Kosoy’s take on AGI safety

Steven ByrnesSep 30, 2021, 12:23 PM
111 points
10 comments31 min readLW link

AI learns be­trayal and how to avoid it

Stuart_ArmstrongSep 30, 2021, 9:39 AM
30 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Effec­tive Altru­ism Vir­tual Real­ity Meetup

HampSep 30, 2021, 7:28 AM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Book re­view] Who we are and how we got here

mukashiSep 30, 2021, 4:26 AM
14 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

In­ter­view with Skynet

lsusrSep 30, 2021, 2:20 AM
49 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

[Pre­dic­tion] We are in an Al­gorith­mic Overhang

lsusrSep 29, 2021, 11:40 PM
31 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Is­sues with Giv­ing Multiplier

jefftkSep 29, 2021, 9:40 PM
28 points
0 comments6 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

The Mind Is A Shaky Con­trol System

DirectedEvolutionSep 29, 2021, 8:49 PM
6 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

The role of tribes in achiev­ing last­ing im­pact and how to cre­ate them

Sep 29, 2021, 8:48 PM
14 points
3 comments24 min readLW link

[Question] Wis­dom of the crowds?

amaraiSep 29, 2021, 7:14 PM
2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Book re­view] Gödel, Escher, Bach: an in-depth explainer

Sam MarksSep 29, 2021, 7:03 PM
101 points
23 comments23 min readLW link1 review

Easily Top 20%

Jacob FalkovichSep 29, 2021, 6:24 PM
39 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

Sex-Pos­i­tivity is Countercultural

Jacob FalkovichSep 29, 2021, 6:22 PM
39 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

A brief re­view of the rea­sons multi-ob­jec­tive RL could be im­por­tant in AI Safety Research

Sep 29, 2021, 5:09 PM
30 points
7 comments10 min readLW link

Un­solved ML Safety Problems

jsteinhardtSep 29, 2021, 4:00 PM
61 points
2 comments3 min readLW link
(bounded-regret.ghost.io)

Brain-in­spired AGI and the “life­time an­chor”

Steven ByrnesSep 29, 2021, 1:09 PM
65 points
16 comments13 min readLW link

Bayeswatch 10: Spyware

lsusrSep 29, 2021, 7:01 AM
106 points
7 comments4 min readLW link

[Book Re­view] “Hou­dini on Magic” by Harry Houdini

lsusrSep 29, 2021, 2:37 AM
21 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

[Question] What Heuris­tics Do You Use to Think About Align­ment Topics?

Logan RiggsSep 29, 2021, 2:31 AM
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

A re­view of Steven Pinker’s new book on rationality

Matthew BarnettSep 29, 2021, 1:29 AM
140 points
43 comments6 min readLW link

D&D.Sci 4th Edi­tion: League of Defen­ders of the Storm

aphyerSep 28, 2021, 11:19 PM
44 points
31 comments3 min readLW link

Cryosleep

harsimonySep 28, 2021, 10:33 PM
9 points
3 comments5 min readLW link
(harsimony.wordpress.com)

You can talk to EA Funds be­fore applying

evhubSep 28, 2021, 8:39 PM
71 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Col­lec­tion of ar­gu­ments to ex­pect (outer and in­ner) al­ign­ment failure?

Sam ClarkeSep 28, 2021, 4:55 PM
21 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Prob­lems with us­ing ap­proval vot­ing to elect to a multi-in­di­vi­d­ual body?

RyanCareySep 28, 2021, 11:03 AM
8 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Sun­screen: much more than you wanted to know

Pierre VandenbergheSep 28, 2021, 10:42 AM
29 points
10 comments6 min readLW link
(pierreavdb.substack.com)

Selec­tion The­o­rems: A Pro­gram For Un­der­stand­ing Agents

johnswentworthSep 28, 2021, 5:03 AM
128 points
28 comments6 min readLW link2 reviews

Be­ware Su­perfi­cial Plausibility

CelerSep 28, 2021, 3:58 AM
33 points
13 comments4 min readLW link

In­ner Belt

jefftkSep 28, 2021, 3:50 AM
15 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Blood Is Thicker Than Water 🐬

Zack_M_DavisSep 28, 2021, 3:21 AM
37 points
27 comments13 min readLW link

Is progress in ML-as­sisted the­o­rem-prov­ing benefi­cial?

mako yassSep 28, 2021, 1:54 AM
11 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

EA Han­gout Pri­son­ers’ Dilemma

Jeffrey LadishSep 27, 2021, 11:15 PM
55 points
18 comments3 min readLW link

[Book Re­view] “The Vi­tal Ques­tion” by Nick Lane

lsusrSep 27, 2021, 10:50 PM
70 points
28 comments5 min readLW link

Reach­a­bil­ity De­bates (Are Often In­visi­ble)

J BostockSep 27, 2021, 10:05 PM
17 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

AISC5 Ret­ro­spec­tive: Mechanisms for Avoid­ing Tragedy of the Com­mons in Com­mon Pool Re­source Problems

Sep 27, 2021, 4:46 PM
8 points
3 comments7 min readLW link

AI take­off story: a con­tinu­a­tion of progress by other means

Edouard HarrisSep 27, 2021, 3:55 PM
76 points
13 comments10 min readLW link

The In­tense World The­ory of Autism

Steven ByrnesSep 27, 2021, 1:23 PM
115 points
40 comments15 min readLW link

A Con­fused Chemist’s Re­view of AlphaFold 2

J BostockSep 27, 2021, 11:10 AM
24 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

The Trol­ley Problem

lsusrSep 27, 2021, 8:26 AM
31 points
25 comments2 min readLW link

Re­view: The End Is Always Near

Elizabeth27 Sep 2021 7:40 UTC
37 points
10 comments3 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Where’s my magic sword?

lsusr27 Sep 2021 7:26 UTC
48 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

Up­dates from Lev­er­age Re­search: His­tory and Re­cent Progress

LarissaRowe27 Sep 2021 5:23 UTC
38 points
4 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] How to mea­sure (hu­man) im­pact?

T43127 Sep 2021 2:32 UTC
7 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

100 Years Of Ex­is­ten­tial Risk

jdp27 Sep 2021 0:31 UTC
87 points
12 comments33 min readLW link
(www.wrestlinggnon.com)

[Question] Any write­ups on GPT agency?

Ozyrus26 Sep 2021 22:55 UTC
4 points
6 comments1 min readLW link