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[$10k bounty] Read and compile Robin Hanson’s best posts

Richard_NgoOct 20, 2021, 10:03 PM

137 points

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AGI Safety Fundamentals curriculum and application

Richard_NgoOct 20, 2021, 9:44 PM

69 points

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0 comments8 min readLW link

(docs.google.com)

[AN #167]: Concrete ML safety problems and their relevance to x-risk

Rohin ShahOct 20, 2021, 5:10 PM

21 points

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4 comments9 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Sentience, Sapience, Consciousness & Self-Awareness: Defining Complex Terms

LukeOnlineOct 20, 2021, 1:48 PM

10 points

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9 comments4 min readLW link

Boring machine learning is where it’s at

George3d6Oct 20, 2021, 11:23 AM

28 points

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16 comments3 min readLW link

(cerebralab.com)

关于中国的“巫”的部分解释（Some explanations of “wu” in China）

AxiomsOct 20, 2021, 8:56 AM

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Moravec’s Paradox Comes From The Availability Heuristic

james.lucassenOct 20, 2021, 6:23 AM

33 points

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2 comments2 min readLW link

(jlucassen.com)

Book review: Lost Connections by Johann Hari

maiaOct 20, 2021, 2:40 AM

38 points

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4 comments10 min readLW link

[Update] Without a phone for 10 days

Benjamin SpiegelOct 20, 2021, 1:17 AM

11 points

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13 comments2 min readLW link

Book Review: ‘Predicting the Next President: The Keys to the White House’

TranscendetalIdealistOct 20, 2021, 12:42 AM

10 points

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0 comments15 min readLW link

Some of the best rationality essays

Jack ROct 19, 2021, 10:57 PM

29 points

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0 comments2 min readLW link

Ideal Format/Frequency of Information Consumption

AviOct 19, 2021, 3:39 PM

2 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Listen to top LessWrong posts with The Nonlinear Library

KatWoodsOct 19, 2021, 12:24 PM

74 points

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27 comments8 min readLW link

[Linkpost] Hormone-disrupting plastics and reproductive health

Alexander Gietelink OldenzielOct 19, 2021, 11:01 AM

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In the shadow of the Great War

jasoncrawfordOct 18, 2021, 11:08 PM

32 points

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15 comments1 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Prioritization Research for Advancing Wisdom and Intelligence

ozziegooenOct 18, 2021, 10:28 PM

49 points

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8 comments5 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Beyond the human training distribution: would the AI CEO create almost-illegal teddies?

Stuart_ArmstrongOct 18, 2021, 9:10 PM

36 points

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2 comments3 min readLW link

On The Risks of Emergent Behavior in Foundation Models

jsteinhardtOct 18, 2021, 8:00 PM

30 points

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0 comments3 min readLW link

(bounded-regret.ghost.io)

Truthful AI: Developing and governing AI that does not lie

Owain_Evans, owencb and Lukas Finnveden

Oct 18, 2021, 6:37 PM

82 points

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9 comments10 min readLW link

[Question] Rationalism for New EAs

Zach Stein-PerlmanOct 18, 2021, 4:00 PM

5 points

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4 comments1 min readLW link

[MLSN #1]: ICLR Safety Paper Roundup

Dan HOct 18, 2021, 3:19 PM

59 points

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1 comment2 min readLW link

Causal vs Predictive Models, and the Causal Taboo

HazardOct 18, 2021, 3:05 PM

22 points

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Predictive Categories Make Bad Causal Variables

HazardOct 18, 2021, 3:02 PM

27 points

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5 comments7 min readLW link

Epistemic Strategies of Selection Theorems

adamShimiOct 18, 2021, 8:57 AM

33 points

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1 comment12 min readLW link

Humans are the universal economic bottleneck

DachOct 18, 2021, 8:32 AM

24 points

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13 comments2 min readLW link

Book Review: The Ethics of What We Eat

Jonah_OOct 18, 2021, 8:16 AM

21 points

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1 comment11 min readLW link

Quick Look: Altitude and Child Development

ElizabethOct 18, 2021, 1:20 AM

58 points

21 votes

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1 comment3 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

Your Time Might Be More Valuable Than You Think

Mark XuOct 18, 2021, 12:55 AM

57 points

32 votes

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10 comments6 min readLW link

(markxu.com)

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

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43 comments9 min readLW link

Feature Suggestion: one way anonymity

Yair HalberstadtOct 17, 2021, 5:54 PM

14 points

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

lsusrOct 17, 2021, 7:48 AM

21 points

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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

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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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(www.jefftk.com)

“Redundant” AI Alignment

Mckay JensenOct 16, 2021, 9:32 PM

12 points

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(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

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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

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16 comments10 min readLW link

What if we should use more energy, not less?

SnorkelfarsanOct 16, 2021, 7:51 PM

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The AGI needs to be honest

rokosbasiliskOct 16, 2021, 7:24 PM

2 points

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

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

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20 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Memetic hazards of AGI architecture posts

OzyrusOct 16, 2021, 4:10 PM

9 points

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12 comments1 min readLW link

Write Surprisingly About Reality

lsusrOct 16, 2021, 7:30 AM

40 points

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7 comments1 min readLW link

Long Covid Informal Study Results

ElizabethOct 16, 2021, 7:10 AM

43 points

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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

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

Jack ROct 15, 2021, 6:02 AM

2 points

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Intelligence, epistemics, and sanity, in three short parts

ozziegooenOct 15, 2021, 4:01 AM

14 points

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Book Review Review (end of the bounty program)

RubyOct 15, 2021, 3:23 AM

86 points

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21 comments2 min readLW link

Interpreting Diagnostic Tests

TornusOct 15, 2021, 2:58 AM

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Book Review: A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander

lincolnquirkOct 15, 2021, 1:11 AM

57 points

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8 comments2 min readLW link 1 review

Paying people to vote for good policies.

MatteodimaioOct 15, 2021, 1:00 AM

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