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Rul­ing Out Every­thing Else

Duncan Sabien (Inactive)Oct 27, 2021, 9:50 PM
196 points
51 comments21 min readLW link2 reviews

They don’t make ’em like they used to

jasoncrawfordOct 27, 2021, 7:44 PM
43 points
84 comments2 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Hegel vs. GPT-3

BezziOct 27, 2021, 5:55 AM
10 points
21 comments2 min readLW link

Every­thing Stud­ies on Cyn­i­cal Theories

DanielFilanOct 27, 2021, 1:31 AM
25 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(everythingstudies.com)

Harry Pot­ter and the Meth­ods of Psy­chomagic | Chap­ter 2: The Global Neu­ronal Workspace

Henry ProwbellOct 26, 2021, 6:54 PM
52 points
8 comments9 min readLW link

X-Risk, An­throp­ics, & Peter Thiel’s In­vest­ment Thesis

Jackson WagnerOct 26, 2021, 6:50 PM
21 points
1 comment19 min readLW link

[Question] Would the world be a bet­ter place if we all agreed to form a world gov­ern­ment next Mon­day?

idontwanttodieOct 26, 2021, 6:14 PM
−3 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Don’t Use the “God’s-Eye View” in An­thropic Prob­lems.

dadadarrenOct 26, 2021, 1:47 PM
6 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Im­pres­sive vs hon­est signaling

Adam ZernerOct 26, 2021, 7:16 AM
31 points
12 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] Effec­tive­ness of Moderna booster shot and mix-and-match?

warrenjordanOct 26, 2021, 6:18 AM
9 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Book Re­view: Be­ing You by Anil Seth

AlexanderOct 26, 2021, 5:44 AM
34 points
23 comments11 min readLW link

[Question] No, re­ally, can “dead” time be sal­vaged?

Nicholas / Heather KrossOct 26, 2021, 12:02 AM
17 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Men­tal health benefits and down­sides of psychedelic use in ACX read­ers: sur­vey results

RationalElfOct 25, 2021, 10:55 PM
119 points
18 comments10 min readLW link

Child Walksheds

jefftkOct 25, 2021, 9:00 PM
25 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

The Roots of Progress events in Austin, Novem­ber 4–6

jasoncrawfordOct 25, 2021, 4:12 PM
12 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Fea­ture re­quest: templates

Randomized, ControlledOct 25, 2021, 3:04 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Post­mod­ern Warfare

lsusrOct 25, 2021, 9:02 AM
64 points
26 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Orthog­o­nal­ity and the in­creased over­lap of ac­tions with the set of all events that comes with in­creased intelligence

Jay95Oct 25, 2021, 5:17 AM
−8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Dat­ing pro­files from first prin­ci­ples: het­ero­sex­ual male pro­file design

XodarapOct 25, 2021, 3:23 AM
99 points
32 comments15 min readLW link

Walk­ing and Navigating

qazzquimbyOct 25, 2021, 1:54 AM
6 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Self-In­tegrity and the Drown­ing Child

Eliezer YudkowskyOct 24, 2021, 8:57 PM
336 points
91 comments5 min readLW link1 review

Phil Tram­mell on Eco­nomic Growth Un­der Trans­for­ma­tive AI

Michaël TrazziOct 24, 2021, 6:11 PM
14 points
3 comments54 min readLW link
(youtu.be)

P₂B: Plan to P₂B Better

Ramana Kumar and Daniel Kokotajlo
Oct 24, 2021, 3:21 PM
38 points
17 comments6 min readLW link

Deleted com­ments archive?

Said AchmizOct 24, 2021, 11:19 AM
10 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Nanosys­tems are Poorly Abstracted

J BostockOct 24, 2021, 10:44 AM
25 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

Frank­furt Dec­la­ra­tion on the Cam­bridge Dec­la­ra­tion on Consciousness

JanOct 24, 2021, 9:54 AM
9 points
3 comments5 min readLW link
(universalprior.substack.com)

De­liber­ate Play

jsteinhardtOct 24, 2021, 2:50 AM
91 points
4 comments5 min readLW link1 review
(bounded-regret.ghost.io)

Towards De­con­fus­ing Gra­di­ent Hacking

leogaoOct 24, 2021, 12:43 AM
39 points
3 comments12 min readLW link

[Question] Grad­ing scheme from Valen­tine Smith

Valentin2026Oct 23, 2021, 7:29 PM
7 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

T-Mo­bile: Spu­ri­ous Ac­count Takeover Warning

jefftkOct 23, 2021, 3:30 PM
13 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

My ML Scal­ing bibliography

gwernOct 23, 2021, 2:41 PM
35 points
9 commentsLW link
(www.gwern.net)

Scout Mind­set and Lat­ter-Day Saint Apostasy

Erich_GrunewaldOct 23, 2021, 2:18 PM
21 points
1 comment18 min readLW link
(www.erichgrunewald.com)

Naive self-su­per­vised ap­proaches to truth­ful AI

ryan_greenblattOct 23, 2021, 1:03 PM
10 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

In­fer­ence cost limits the im­pact of ever larger models

SoerenMindOct 23, 2021, 10:51 AM
42 points
33 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What health-re­lated tips do you have for buy­ing meat?

Adam ZernerOct 23, 2021, 7:09 AM
17 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Where are the quick, easy wins?

Barry_CotterOct 23, 2021, 12:27 AM
11 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

How to es­ti­mate my prob­a­bil­ity of get­ting a (com­pet­i­tive) job in Academia

Tim LiptrotOct 22, 2021, 11:58 PM
8 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

I Don’t Know How To Count That Low

ElizabethOct 22, 2021, 10:00 PM
104 points
10 comments3 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

30-ish fo­cus­ing tips

Raymond DouglasOct 22, 2021, 7:38 PM
22 points
4 comments6 min readLW link

Young Scientists

A RayOct 22, 2021, 6:01 PM
28 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

AMA on Truth­ful AI: Owen Cot­ton-Bar­ratt, Owain Evans & co-authors

Owain_EvansOct 22, 2021, 4:23 PM
31 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Gen­eral al­ign­ment plus hu­man val­ues, or al­ign­ment via hu­man val­ues?

Stuart_ArmstrongOct 22, 2021, 10:11 AM
50 points
27 comments3 min readLW link

Epistemic Strate­gies of Safety-Ca­pa­bil­ities Tradeoffs

adamShimiOct 22, 2021, 8:22 AM
5 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

ACX Mon­treal Oct 30th 2021

EOct 22, 2021, 2:06 AM
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Co­or­di­na­tion Mo­ti­va­tion: The Pandemic

RaemonOct 21, 2021, 9:57 PM
64 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

An Idea for a More Com­mu­nal Petrov Day in 2022

Ben PaceOct 21, 2021, 9:51 PM
44 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Petrov Day Ret­ro­spec­tive: 2021

RubyOct 21, 2021, 9:50 PM
80 points
43 comments9 min readLW link

Fea­ture idea: No­tifi­ca­tion when a par­ent com­ment is modified

Viliam21 Oct 2021 18:15 UTC
38 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Sto­icism vs the Meth­ods of Rationality

Space L Clottey21 Oct 2021 18:07 UTC
7 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Notic­ing the Value of Notic­ing Confusion

Space L Clottey21 Oct 2021 18:04 UTC
15 points
0 comments3 min readLW link