How do we be­come con­fi­dent in the safety of a ma­chine learn­ing sys­tem?

evhubNov 8, 2021, 10:49 PM
134 points
5 comments31 min readLW link

Steel­man soli­taire: how to take play­ing devil’s ad­vo­cate to the next level

KatWoodsNov 8, 2021, 8:49 PM
63 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

Ex­cerpts from Veyne’s “Did the Greeks Believe in Their Myths?”

Rob BensingerNov 8, 2021, 8:23 PM
24 points
1 comment16 min readLW link

Worth check­ing your stock trad­ing skills

at_the_zooNov 8, 2021, 7:19 PM
48 points
37 comments3 min readLW link

What are red flags for Neu­ral Net­work suffer­ing?

Marius HobbhahnNov 8, 2021, 12:51 PM
29 points
15 comments12 min readLW link

Tran­script for Ge­off An­ders and Anna Sala­mon’s Oct. 23 conversation

Rob BensingerNov 8, 2021, 2:19 AM
83 points
97 comments58 min readLW link

[Question] How much of the sup­ply-chain is­sues are due to mon­e­tary policy?

ChristianKlNov 7, 2021, 9:21 PM
11 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

There Meat Come A Scan­dal...

Nicholas / Heather KrossNov 7, 2021, 8:52 PM
31 points
7 comments3 min readLW link
(www.thinkingmuchbetter.com)

D&D.Sci Dun­geon­crawl­ing: The Crown of Command

aphyerNov 7, 2021, 6:39 PM
36 points
27 comments4 min readLW link

ACX At­lanta Novem­ber Meetup—Novem­ber 13th

Steve FrenchNov 7, 2021, 6:37 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

You Don’t Need An­throp­ics To Do Science

dadadarrenNov 7, 2021, 3:07 PM
6 points
4 comments2 min readLW link
(www.sleepingbeautyproblem.com)

High­light­ing New Comments

jefftkNov 7, 2021, 12:50 PM
14 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Us­ing Brain-Com­puter In­ter­faces to get more data for AI alignment

RobboNov 7, 2021, 12:00 AM
43 points
10 comments7 min readLW link

South Bay LW Pilot Meetup (Sun­ny­vale)

ISNov 6, 2021, 8:20 PM
19 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

App and book recom­men­da­tions for peo­ple who want to be hap­pier and more productive

KatWoodsNov 6, 2021, 5:40 PM
142 points
43 comments8 min readLW link

Chu are you?

Adele LopezNov 6, 2021, 5:39 PM
60 points
10 comments9 min readLW link
(adelelopez.com)

Sub­stack Ho?

ZviNov 6, 2021, 4:50 PM
27 points
17 comments4 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

CFAR, re­spon­si­bil­ity and bureaucracy

ChristianKlNov 6, 2021, 2:53 PM
22 points
1 comment8 min readLW link

Speak­ing of Stag Hunts

Duncan Sabien (Inactive)Nov 6, 2021, 8:20 AM
191 points
373 comments18 min readLW link

Con­cen­tra­tion of Force

Duncan Sabien (Inactive)Nov 6, 2021, 8:20 AM
245 points
23 comments12 min readLW link1 review

Study Guide

johnswentworthNov 6, 2021, 1:23 AM
303 points
50 comments16 min readLW link

Night­clubs in Heaven?

J BostockNov 5, 2021, 11:28 PM
10 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Com­ments on OpenPhil’s In­ter­pretabil­ity RFP

paulfchristianoNov 5, 2021, 10:36 PM
91 points
5 comments7 min readLW link

How should we com­pare neu­ral net­work rep­re­sen­ta­tions?

jsteinhardtNov 5, 2021, 10:10 PM
24 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(bounded-regret.ghost.io)

Drug ad­dicts and de­cep­tively al­igned agents—a com­par­a­tive analysis

JanNov 5, 2021, 9:42 PM
42 points
2 comments12 min readLW link
(universalprior.substack.com)

Model­ing the im­pact of safety agendas

Ben CottierNov 5, 2021, 7:46 PM
51 points
6 comments10 min readLW link

[Question] Sum­mary of the se­quences /​ Les­son plans for rationality

Space L ClotteyNov 5, 2021, 5:22 PM
5 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[Ex­ter­nal Event] 2022 IEEE In­ter­na­tional Con­fer­ence on As­sured Au­ton­omy (ICAA) - sub­mis­sion dead­line extended

Aryeh EnglanderNov 5, 2021, 3:29 PM
13 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Disagree­ables and Asses­sors: Two In­tel­lec­tual Archetypes

ozziegooenNov 5, 2021, 9:05 AM
46 points
10 comments3 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Y2K: Suc­cess­ful Prac­tice for AI Alignment

DarmaniNov 5, 2021, 6:09 AM
49 points
5 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] How does one learn to cre­ate mod­els?

ConorNov 5, 2021, 2:57 AM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Are there any es­says on what scares us? A study of fear, so-to-speak.

sunokthinksNov 4, 2021, 9:12 PM
−2 points
6 commentsLW link

Covid 11/​4: The After Times

ZviNov 4, 2021, 3:20 PM
51 points
33 comments6 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Baby Sister Numbers

jefftkNov 4, 2021, 1:10 AM
42 points
28 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

De­po­si­tions and Rationality

Pablo RepettoNov 4, 2021, 12:10 AM
22 points
13 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] If I have a strong prefer­ence for re­mote work, should I fo­cus my ca­reer on AI or on blockchain?

Malleable_shapeNov 3, 2021, 11:03 PM
1 point
1 comment2 min readLW link

The Opt-Out Clause

Raymond Douglas3 Nov 2021 22:02 UTC
39 points
49 comments1 min readLW link

Ap­ply to the ML for Align­ment Boot­camp (MLAB) in Berkeley [Jan 3 - Jan 22]

3 Nov 2021 18:22 UTC
95 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Rockville Din­ner Meetup

rocurley3 Nov 2021 2:15 UTC
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why isn’t there more ra­tio­nal­ist punk rock?

CraigMichael3 Nov 2021 1:06 UTC
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Paths For­ward: Scal­ing the Shar­ing of In­for­ma­tion and Solutions

Zvi2 Nov 2021 23:50 UTC
64 points
20 comments21 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] What’s the differ­ence be­tween newer Atari-play­ing AI and the older Deep­mind one (from 2014)?

Raemon2 Nov 2021 23:36 UTC
27 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Austin LW/​SSC Meetup: Roots of Progress Crossover

SilasBarta2 Nov 2021 23:12 UTC
8 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Tran­script: “You Should Read HPMOR”

TurnTrout2 Nov 2021 18:20 UTC
124 points
12 comments5 min readLW link1 review

Why we need proso­cial agents

Akbir Khan2 Nov 2021 15:19 UTC
7 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Fore­cast­ing Newslet­ter: Oc­to­ber 2021.

NunoSempere2 Nov 2021 14:07 UTC
22 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Vac­cine Re­quire­ments, Age, and Fairness

jefftk2 Nov 2021 12:10 UTC
14 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Models Model­ing Models

Charlie Steiner2 Nov 2021 7:08 UTC
23 points
5 comments10 min readLW link

[Question] Can homo-sapi­ens sus­tain an econ­omy par­allel to AI’s?

qbolec2 Nov 2021 7:03 UTC
11 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Book Re­view] “The Bell Curve” by Charles Murray

lsusr2 Nov 2021 5:49 UTC
94 points
134 comments23 min readLW link