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Applied Mathematical Logic For The Practicing Researcher

JanOct 17, 2021, 8:28 PM

9 points

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9 comments6 min readLW link

(universalprior.substack.com)

How much should you update on a COVID test result?

mayleafOct 17, 2021, 7:49 PM

114 points

46 votes

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43 comments9 min readLW link

Feature Suggestion: one way anonymity

Yair HalberstadtOct 17, 2021, 5:54 PM

14 points

8 votes

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16 comments1 min readLW link

[Prediction] We are in an Algorithmic Overhang, Part 2

lsusrOct 17, 2021, 7:48 AM

21 points

13 votes

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29 comments2 min readLW link

Lies, Damn Lies, and Fabricated Options

Duncan Sabien (Inactive)Oct 17, 2021, 2:47 AM

308 points

207 votes

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132 comments14 min readLW link 2 reviews

Explaining Capitalism Harder

jefftkOct 17, 2021, 2:40 AM

111 points

55 votes

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12 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

“Redundant” AI Alignment

Mckay JensenOct 16, 2021, 9:32 PM

12 points

4 votes

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3 comments1 min readLW link

(quevivasbien.github.io)

My experience at and around MIRI and CFAR (inspired by Zoe Curzi’s writeup of experiences at Leverage)

jessicataOct 16, 2021, 9:28 PM

97 points

211 votes

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949 comments22 min readLW link

Optimization Concepts in the Game of Life

Vika and Ramana Kumar

Oct 16, 2021, 8:51 PM

75 points

23 votes

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16 comments10 min readLW link

What if we should use more energy, not less?

SnorkelfarsanOct 16, 2021, 7:51 PM

7 points

10 votes

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12 comments6 min readLW link

The AGI needs to be honest

rokosbasiliskOct 16, 2021, 7:24 PM

2 points

6 votes

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11 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Is moral duty/blame irrational because a person does only what they must?

benn@4efix.comOct 16, 2021, 5:00 PM

12 points

8 votes

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20 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Memetic hazards of AGI architecture posts

OzyrusOct 16, 2021, 4:10 PM

9 points

9 votes

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12 comments1 min readLW link

Write Surprisingly About Reality

lsusrOct 16, 2021, 7:30 AM

40 points

24 votes

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7 comments1 min readLW link

Long Covid Informal Study Results

ElizabethOct 16, 2021, 7:10 AM

43 points

14 votes

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3 comments5 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

NLP Position Paper: When Combatting Hype, Proceed with Caution

Sam BowmanOct 15, 2021, 8:57 PM

46 points

16 votes

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14 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Do you think you are a Boltzmann brain? If not, why not?

Jack ROct 15, 2021, 6:02 AM

2 points

4 votes

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23 comments1 min readLW link

Intelligence, epistemics, and sanity, in three short parts

ozziegooenOct 15, 2021, 4:01 AM

14 points

12 votes

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2 comments3 min readLW link

Book Review Review (end of the bounty program)

RubyOct 15, 2021, 3:23 AM

86 points

46 votes

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21 comments2 min readLW link

Interpreting Diagnostic Tests

TornusOct 15, 2021, 2:58 AM

6 points

5 votes

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2 comments3 min readLW link

Book Review: A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander

lincolnquirkOct 15, 2021, 1:11 AM

57 points

24 votes

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8 comments2 min readLW link 1 review

Paying people to vote for good policies.

MatteodimaioOct 15, 2021, 1:00 AM

1 point

1 vote

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2 comments3 min readLW link

Framing Practicum: Semistable Equilibrium

DirectedEvolutionOct 14, 2021, 11:31 PM

26 points

6 votes

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18 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] How to respond to a series of defiantly persistent evidence-free claims?

ThurstonBTOct 14, 2021, 11:01 PM

−18 points

11 votes

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18 comments1 min readLW link

Classical symbol grounding and causal graphs

Stuart_ArmstrongOct 14, 2021, 6:04 PM

22 points

8 votes

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2 comments5 min readLW link

Consciousness, Free Will and Scientific Objectivity in Perspective-Based Reasoning

dadadarrenOct 14, 2021, 6:00 PM

7 points

10 votes

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25 comments4 min readLW link

(www.sleepingbeautyproblem.com)

Book Analysis: New Thrawn Trilogy

ozymandiasOct 14, 2021, 5:49 PM

64 points

28 votes

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8 comments5 min readLW link

Is anchoring a reliable cognitive bias?

justindomkeOct 14, 2021, 3:15 PM

22 points

9 votes

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4 comments8 min readLW link

(justindomke.wordpress.com)

Commentary on “AGI Safety From First Principles by Richard Ngo, September 2020”

Robert KralischOct 14, 2021, 3:11 PM

3 points

2 votes

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0 comments19 min readLW link

Covid 10/14: Less Long Cvoid

ZviOct 14, 2021, 2:20 PM

57 points

31 votes

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22 comments7 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Is nuking women and children cheaper than firebombing them?

lsusrOct 14, 2021, 8:25 AM

28 points

40 votes

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16 comments1 min readLW link

Compute Governance and Conclusions—Transformative AI and Compute [3/4]

lennartOct 14, 2021, 8:23 AM

13 points

7 votes

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0 comments5 min readLW link

Book Review: How To Talk So Little Kids Will Listen

weftOct 14, 2021, 6:56 AM

76 points

45 votes

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6 comments8 min readLW link

Creating a truly formidable Art

ValentineOct 14, 2021, 4:39 AM

132 points

90 votes

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59 comments23 min readLW link 1 review

Book Review: Denial of Death

PatrickDFarleyOct 14, 2021, 4:28 AM

14 points

10 votes

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5 comments37 min readLW link

Book Review: The End of Average

Vanilla_cabsOct 14, 2021, 1:49 AM

17 points

9 votes

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3 comments8 min readLW link

In Wikipedia — reading about Roko’s basilisk causing “nervous breakdowns” …

ThurstonBTOct 13, 2021, 11:12 PM

4 points

11 votes

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19 comments1 min readLW link

[Proposal] Method of locating useful subnets in large models

Quintin PopeOct 13, 2021, 8:52 PM

9 points

4 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

Books Review: “Sapiens”, “Homo Deus” and “21 Lessons For The 21st Century”, by Yuval Noah Harari

Luca ParodiOct 13, 2021, 4:21 PM

19 points

12 votes

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2 comments16 min readLW link

Notes from the book ‘First Three Minutes’ by Steven Weinberg

invertedpassionOct 13, 2021, 9:06 AM

6 points

3 votes

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0 comments9 min readLW link

Choosing a meetup venue

mingyuanOct 13, 2021, 6:23 AM

35 points

18 votes

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2 comments14 min readLW link

Meetup advice sequence intro

mingyuanOct 13, 2021, 6:21 AM

35 points

15 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

Zoe Curzi’s Experience with Leverage Research

Ilverin the Stupid and OffensiveOct 13, 2021, 4:44 AM

229 points

79 votes

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261 comments1 min readLW link

(medium.com)

Book Review: All I Want To Know Is Where I’m Going To Die So I’ll Never Go There

AnmoljainOct 13, 2021, 3:46 AM

3 points

5 votes

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2 comments46 min readLW link

[linkpost] Fantasia for Two Voices

mike_hawkeOct 13, 2021, 2:55 AM

8 points

4 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

(everythingstudies.com)

Choice Writings of Dominic Cummings

Connor_FlexmanOct 13, 2021, 2:41 AM

121 points

54 votes

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75 comments5 min readLW link 1 review

Open Thread: What are you working on? (October)

Raj ThimmiahOct 13, 2021, 1:42 AM

6 points

3 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

What’s your plan?

jefftkOct 13, 2021, 1:20 AM

28 points

11 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Bayeswatch 13: Spaceship

lsusrOct 12, 2021, 9:35 PM

61 points

36 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

Modeling Risks From Learned Optimization

Ben CottierOct 12, 2021, 8:54 PM

45 points

12 votes

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0 comments12 min readLW link

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