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

lennartNov 28, 2021, 10:49 PM
7 points
0 comments16 min readLW link

An­throp­ics and the Univer­sal Distribution

Joe CarlsmithNov 28, 2021, 8:35 PM
52 points
9 comments47 min readLW link

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

Owain_EvansNov 28, 2021, 8:17 PM
186 points
32 comments3 min readLW link1 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
4 comments1 min readLW link

TTS au­dio of “Ngo and Yud­kowsky on al­ign­ment difficulty”

Quintin PopeNov 28, 2021, 6:11 PM
4 points
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
36 comments15 min readLW link1 review
(rootsofprogress.org)

Solve Cor­rigi­bil­ity Week

Logan RiggsNov 28, 2021, 5:00 PM
39 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Ap­par­ently win­ning by the bias of your opponents

tailcalledNov 28, 2021, 1:20 PM
22 points
4 comments7 min readLW link

Why Be­d­room Closets?

jefftkNov 28, 2021, 3:20 AM
12 points
9 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Frame Control

AellaNov 27, 2021, 10:59 PM
329 points
283 comments23 min readLW link2 reviews

Why Study Physics?

johnswentworthNov 27, 2021, 10:30 PM
71 points
30 comments3 min readLW link

[Linkpost] Be­ing Nor­mal by Brian Caplan

Gunnar_ZarnckeNov 27, 2021, 10:19 PM
38 points
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
10 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How com­mon are abio­ge­n­e­sis events?

DachNov 27, 2021, 7:40 PM
3 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

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

DirectedEvolutionNov 27, 2021, 6:44 PM
20 points
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
6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Should PAXLOVID be given pre­ven­tively?

ChristianKlNov 27, 2021, 4:51 PM
11 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Find­ing the Cen­tral Limit The­o­rem in Bayes’ rule

Maxwell PetersonNov 27, 2021, 5:48 AM
23 points
11 comments3 min readLW link

Ten­ta­tive Anger

Adam ZernerNov 27, 2021, 4:38 AM
18 points
6 comments5 min readLW link

Com­ment on “De­cep­tion as Co­op­er­a­tion”

Zack_M_DavisNov 27, 2021, 4:04 AM
23 points
4 comments7 min readLW link

Al­most ev­ery­one should be less afraid of lawsuits

alyssavanceNov 27, 2021, 2:06 AM
198 points
18 comments5 min readLW link2 reviews

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

nostalgebraistNov 26, 2021, 11:08 PM
260 points
31 comments31 min readLW link2 reviews

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

avturchinNov 26, 2021, 9:08 PM
23 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

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

fowlertmNov 26, 2021, 7:00 PM
7 points
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
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
0 comments1 min readLW link
(moreisdifferent.substack.com)

Effi­cien­tZero: How It Works

1a3ornNov 26, 2021, 3:17 PM
299 points
50 comments29 min readLW link1 review

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

ChristianKlNov 26, 2021, 10:43 AM
16 points
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
15 comments1 min readLW link

Lat­a­cora might be of in­ter­est to some AI Safety organizations

NunoSempereNov 25, 2021, 11:57 PM
14 points
10 comments1 min readLW link
(www.latacora.com)

Chris­ti­ano, Co­tra, and Yud­kowsky on AI progress

Nov 25, 2021, 4:45 PM
119 points
95 comments66 min readLW link

Covid 11/​25: Another Thanksgiving

ZviNov 25, 2021, 1:40 PM
73 points
9 comments21 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Co­or­di­nat­ing the Unequal Treaties

lsusrNov 25, 2021, 10:47 AM
34 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

First Strike and Se­cond Strike

lsusrNov 25, 2021, 9:23 AM
28 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

You are way more fal­lible than you think

ShmiNov 25, 2021, 5:52 AM
4 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

[Linkpost] Danger of mo­ti­va­tio­ge­n­e­sis in in­ter­dis­ci­plinary work

particlemaniaNov 25, 2021, 12:13 AM
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

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

jasoncrawfordNov 24, 2021, 10:50 PM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Base Rates and Refer­ence Classes

jsteinhardtNov 24, 2021, 10:30 PM
20 points
7 comments5 min readLW link
(bounded-regret.ghost.io)

Why do you need the story?

George3d6Nov 24, 2021, 8:26 PM
52 points
11 comments5 min readLW link
(cerebralab.com)

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

Rohin ShahNov 24, 2021, 6:30 PM
33 points
0 comments8 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Paxlovid Re­mains Ille­gal: 11/​24 Update

ZviNov 24, 2021, 1:40 PM
54 points
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
0 comments1 min readLW link

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

mingyuanNov 24, 2021, 6:54 AM
8 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

French long COVID study: Belief vs Infection

BuckyNov 23, 2021, 11:14 PM
40 points
11 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Cor­nell Meetup

Lionel LevineNov 23, 2021, 9:28 PM
6 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

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

Nov 23, 2021, 7:16 PM
67 points
13 comments3 min readLW link
(aitracker.org)

Laplace’s rule of succession

Ege ErdilNov 23, 2021, 3:48 PM
52 points
2 comments7 min readLW link

AI Safety Needs Great Engineers

Andy JonesNov 23, 2021, 3:40 PM
90 points
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
1 comment15 min readLW link
(universalprior.substack.com)

Use Tools For What They’re For

DirectedEvolutionNov 23, 2021, 8:26 AM
28 points
14 comments8 min readLW link