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Compute Research Questions and Metrics—Transformative AI and Compute [4/4]

lennartNov 28, 2021, 10:49 PM

7 points

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0 comments16 min readLW link

Anthropics and the Universal Distribution

Joe CarlsmithNov 28, 2021, 8:35 PM

52 points

14 votes

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9 comments47 min readLW link

The Rationalists of the 1950s (and before) also called themselves “Rationalists”

Owain_EvansNov 28, 2021, 8:17 PM

189 points

89 votes

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33 comments3 min readLW link 1 review

[Question] Is it better to fix a problem directly, or start again so the problem never happens?

Oluwalase JothamNov 28, 2021, 8:00 PM

2 points

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4 comments1 min readLW link

TTS audio of “Ngo and Yudkowsky on alignment difficulty”

Quintin PopeNov 28, 2021, 6:11 PM

4 points

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3 comments1 min readLW link

The bonds of family and community: Poverty and cruelty among Russian peasants in the late 19th century

jasoncrawfordNov 28, 2021, 5:22 PM

151 points

79 votes

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36 comments15 min readLW link 1 review

(rootsofprogress.org)

Solve Corrigibility Week

Logan RiggsNov 28, 2021, 5:00 PM

39 points

13 votes

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21 comments1 min readLW link

Apparently winning by the bias of your opponents

tailcalledNov 28, 2021, 1:20 PM

22 points

21 votes

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4 comments7 min readLW link

Why Bedroom Closets?

jefftkNov 28, 2021, 3:20 AM

12 points

7 votes

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9 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Frame Control

AellaNov 27, 2021, 10:59 PM

334 points

193 votes

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283 comments23 min readLW link 2 reviews

Why Study Physics?

johnswentworthNov 27, 2021, 10:30 PM

71 points

31 votes

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30 comments3 min readLW link

[Linkpost] Being Normal by Brian Caplan

Gunnar_ZarnckeNov 27, 2021, 10:19 PM

38 points

17 votes

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5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How could a friendly AI deal with humans trying to sabotage it? (like how present day internet trolls introduce such problems)

M. Y. ZuoNov 27, 2021, 10:07 PM

7 points

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10 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How common are abiogenesis events?

DachNov 27, 2021, 7:40 PM

3 points

5 votes

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11 comments1 min readLW link

Submit comments on Paxlovid to the FDA (deadline Nov 29th).

DirectedEvolutionNov 27, 2021, 6:44 PM

20 points

9 votes

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1 comment2 min readLW link

[Question] I currently translate AGI-related texts to Russian. Is that useful?

TapataktNov 27, 2021, 5:51 PM

30 points

12 votes

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6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Should PAXLOVID be given preventively?

ChristianKlNov 27, 2021, 4:51 PM

11 points

6 votes

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6 comments1 min readLW link

Finding the Central Limit Theorem in Bayes’ rule

Maxwell PetersonNov 27, 2021, 5:48 AM

23 points

13 votes

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11 comments3 min readLW link

Tentative Anger

Adam ZernerNov 27, 2021, 4:38 AM

18 points

8 votes

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6 comments5 min readLW link

Comment on “Deception as Cooperation”

Zack_M_DavisNov 27, 2021, 4:04 AM

23 points

12 votes

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4 comments7 min readLW link

Almost everyone should be less afraid of lawsuits

alyssavanceNov 27, 2021, 2:06 AM

200 points

93 votes

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18 comments5 min readLW link 2 reviews

larger language models may disappoint you [or, an eternally unfinished draft]

nostalgebraistNov 26, 2021, 11:08 PM

261 points

114 votes

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31 comments31 min readLW link 2 reviews

Kriorus update: full bodies patients were moved to the new location in Tver

avturchinNov 26, 2021, 9:08 PM

23 points

10 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

Economist Irene Ng on Market design, entrepreneurship, and innovation.

fowlertmNov 26, 2021, 7:00 PM

7 points

2 votes

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0 comments3 min readLW link

Omicron Variant Post #1: We’re F***ed, It’s Never Over

ZviNov 26, 2021, 7:00 PM

260 points

124 votes

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95 comments18 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Responding to common objections to the FDA unbanning Paxlovid right now

delton137Nov 26, 2021, 5:18 PM

21 points

8 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(moreisdifferent.substack.com)

EfficientZero: How It Works

1a3ornNov 26, 2021, 3:17 PM

299 points

145 votes

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50 comments29 min readLW link 1 review

[Question] Why don’t our vaccines get updated to the delta spike protein?

ChristianKlNov 26, 2021, 10:43 AM

16 points

10 votes

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7 comments1 min readLW link

Rapid Increase of Highly Mutated B.1.1.529 Strain in South Africa

dawangyNov 26, 2021, 1:05 AM

103 points

49 votes

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15 comments1 min readLW link

Latacora might be of interest to some AI Safety organizations

NunoSempereNov 25, 2021, 11:57 PM

14 points

5 votes

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10 comments1 min readLW link

(www.latacora.com)

Christiano, Cotra, and Yudkowsky on AI progress

Eliezer Yudkowsky and Ajeya Cotra

Nov 25, 2021, 4:45 PM

119 points

39 votes

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95 comments66 min readLW link

Covid 11/25: Another Thanksgiving

ZviNov 25, 2021, 1:40 PM

73 points

25 votes

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9 comments21 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Coordinating the Unequal Treaties

lsusrNov 25, 2021, 10:47 AM

34 points

17 votes

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4 comments2 min readLW link

First Strike and Second Strike

lsusrNov 25, 2021, 9:23 AM

28 points

20 votes

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5 comments1 min readLW link

You are way more fallible than you think

ShmiNov 25, 2021, 5:52 AM

4 points

17 votes

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14 comments2 min readLW link

[Linkpost] Danger of motivatiogenesis in interdisciplinary work

particlemaniaNov 25, 2021, 12:13 AM

9 points

5 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup for The Roots of Progress in San Diego, Dec 1

jasoncrawfordNov 24, 2021, 10:50 PM

7 points

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Base Rates and Reference Classes

jsteinhardtNov 24, 2021, 10:30 PM

20 points

9 votes

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7 comments5 min readLW link

(bounded-regret.ghost.io)

Why do you need the story?

George3d6Nov 24, 2021, 8:26 PM

52 points

38 votes

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11 comments5 min readLW link

(cerebralab.com)

[AN #169]: Collaborating with humans without human data

Rohin ShahNov 24, 2021, 6:30 PM

33 points

9 votes

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0 comments8 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Paxlovid Remains Illegal: 11/24 Update

ZviNov 24, 2021, 1:40 PM

54 points

29 votes

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21 comments7 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

HIRING: Inform and shape a new project on AI safety at Partnership on AI

Madhulika SrikumarNov 24, 2021, 8:27 AM

6 points

4 votes

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[Question] How much Bayesian evidence from rapid antigen and PCR tests?

mingyuanNov 24, 2021, 6:54 AM

8 points

3 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

French long COVID study: Belief vs Infection

BuckyNov 23, 2021, 11:14 PM

40 points

15 votes

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11 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Cornell Meetup

Lionel LevineNov 23, 2021, 9:28 PM

6 points

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4 comments1 min readLW link

AI Tracker: monitoring current and near-future risks from superscale models

Edouard Harris and Jeremie Harris

Nov 23, 2021, 7:16 PM

67 points

30 votes

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13 comments3 min readLW link

(aitracker.org)

Laplace’s rule of succession

Ege ErdilNov 23, 2021, 3:48 PM

56 points

31 votes

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2 comments7 min readLW link

AI Safety Needs Great Engineers

Andy JonesNov 23, 2021, 3:40 PM

91 points

62 votes

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43 comments4 min readLW link

Slightly advanced decision theory 102: Four reasons not to be a (naive) utility maximizer

JanNov 23, 2021, 11:02 AM

10 points

2 votes

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1 comment15 min readLW link

(universalprior.substack.com)

Use Tools For What They’re For

DirectedEvolutionNov 23, 2021, 8:26 AM

28 points

9 votes

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14 comments8 min readLW link

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