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Book Re­view: Spark! How ex­er­cise will im­prove the perfor­mance of your brain

Caridorc TergiltiOct 1, 2021, 10:43 PM
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The Si­mu­la­tion Hy­poth­e­sis Un­der­cuts the SIA/​Great Filter Dooms­day Argument

Mark Xu and CarlShulman
Oct 1, 2021, 10:23 PM
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Whole Brain Emu­la­tion: No Progress on C. el­e­gans After 10 Years

niconiconiOct 1, 2021, 9:44 PM
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Pro­posal: Scal­ing laws for RL generalization

axiomanOct 1, 2021, 9:32 PM
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Meta learn­ing to gra­di­ent hack

Quintin PopeOct 1, 2021, 7:25 PM
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How does fore­cast quan­tity im­pact fore­cast qual­ity on Me­tac­u­lus?

CharlesDOct 1, 2021, 7:09 PM
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Fore­cast­ing Newslet­ter: Septem­ber 2021.

NunoSempereOct 1, 2021, 5:06 PM
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What Selec­tion The­o­rems Do We Ex­pect/​Want?

johnswentworthOct 1, 2021, 4:03 PM
71 points

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Con­tra Paul Chris­ti­ano on Sex

George3d6Oct 1, 2021, 11:17 AM
22 points

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How does The Cir­cle grow, ex­actly?

RaemonOct 1, 2021, 7:53 AM
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SIA > SSA, part 4: In defense of the pre­sump­tu­ous philosopher

Joe CarlsmithOct 1, 2021, 5:59 AM
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SIA > SSA, part 3: An aside on bet­ting in anthropics

Joe CarlsmithOct 1, 2021, 5:52 AM
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SIA > SSA, part 2: Telekine­sis, refer­ence classes, and other scandals

Joe CarlsmithOct 1, 2021, 5:49 AM
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SIA > SSA, part 1: Learn­ing from the fact that you exist

Joe CarlsmithOct 1, 2021, 5:43 AM
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Eval­u­at­ing ter­mi­nal values

kiwi0fruitOct 1, 2021, 4:54 AM
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Con­sider Tak­ing Zinc Every Time You Travel

ElizabethOct 1, 2021, 3:50 AM
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The LessWrong Team is now Light­cone In­fras­truc­ture, come work with us!

habrykaOct 1, 2021, 1:20 AM
247 points

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San Diego Less Wrong

CitizenTenOct 1, 2021, 12:20 AM
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Covid 9/​30: Peo­ple Re­spond to Incentives

ZviSep 30, 2021, 6:40 PM
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Some Ex­ist­ing Selec­tion Theorems

johnswentworthSep 30, 2021, 4:13 PM
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[Question] How can one train philo­soph­i­cal skill?

abramdemskiSep 30, 2021, 2:56 PM
32 points

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Take­off Speeds and Discontinuities

Sammy Martin and Daniel_Eth
Sep 30, 2021, 1:50 PM
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Offer: free/​low-cost de­ci­sion sup­port ser­vices for world-im­prov­ing initiatives

Ian David MossSep 30, 2021, 1:21 PM
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My take on Vanessa Kosoy’s take on AGI safety

Steven ByrnesSep 30, 2021, 12:23 PM
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AI learns be­trayal and how to avoid it

Stuart_ArmstrongSep 30, 2021, 9:39 AM
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Effec­tive Altru­ism Vir­tual Real­ity Meetup

HampSep 30, 2021, 7:28 AM
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[Book re­view] Who we are and how we got here

mukashiSep 30, 2021, 4:26 AM
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In­ter­view with Skynet

lsusrSep 30, 2021, 2:20 AM
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[Pre­dic­tion] We are in an Al­gorith­mic Overhang

lsusrSep 29, 2021, 11:40 PM
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Is­sues with Giv­ing Multiplier

jefftkSep 29, 2021, 9:40 PM
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The Mind Is A Shaky Con­trol System

DirectedEvolutionSep 29, 2021, 8:49 PM
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The role of tribes in achiev­ing last­ing im­pact and how to cre­ate them

Nora_Ammann and Kontherad
Sep 29, 2021, 8:48 PM
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[Question] Wis­dom of the crowds?

amaraiSep 29, 2021, 7:14 PM
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[Book re­view] Gödel, Escher, Bach: an in-depth explainer

Sam MarksSep 29, 2021, 7:03 PM
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Easily Top 20%

Jacob FalkovichSep 29, 2021, 6:24 PM
39 points

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Sex-Pos­i­tivity is Countercultural

Jacob FalkovichSep 29, 2021, 6:22 PM
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A brief re­view of the rea­sons multi-ob­jec­tive RL could be im­por­tant in AI Safety Research

Ben Smith and Roland Pihlakas
Sep 29, 2021, 5:09 PM
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Un­solved ML Safety Problems

jsteinhardtSep 29, 2021, 4:00 PM
61 points

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Brain-in­spired AGI and the “life­time an­chor”

Steven ByrnesSep 29, 2021, 1:09 PM
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Bayeswatch 10: Spyware

lsusrSep 29, 2021, 7:01 AM
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[Book Re­view] “Hou­dini on Magic” by Harry Houdini

lsusrSep 29, 2021, 2:37 AM
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[Question] What Heuris­tics Do You Use to Think About Align­ment Topics?

Logan RiggsSep 29, 2021, 2:31 AM
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A re­view of Steven Pinker’s new book on rationality

Matthew BarnettSep 29, 2021, 1:29 AM
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D&D.Sci 4th Edi­tion: League of Defen­ders of the Storm

aphyerSep 28, 2021, 11:19 PM
44 points

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Cryosleep

harsimonySep 28, 2021, 10:33 PM
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You can talk to EA Funds be­fore applying

evhubSep 28, 2021, 8:39 PM
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[Question] Col­lec­tion of ar­gu­ments to ex­pect (outer and in­ner) al­ign­ment failure?

Sam ClarkeSep 28, 2021, 4:55 PM
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[Question] Prob­lems with us­ing ap­proval vot­ing to elect to a multi-in­di­vi­d­ual body?

RyanCareySep 28, 2021, 11:03 AM
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Sun­screen: much more than you wanted to know

Pierre VandenbergheSep 28, 2021, 10:42 AM
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Selec­tion The­o­rems: A Pro­gram For Un­der­stand­ing Agents

johnswentworthSep 28, 2021, 5:03 AM
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