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Working through D&D.Sci, problem 1

Pablo Repetto12 Dec 2021 23:10 UTC

8 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(pabloernesto.github.io)

Teaser: Hard-coding Transformer Models

MadHatter12 Dec 2021 22:04 UTC

74 points

19 comments1 min readLW link

The Three Mutations of Dark Rationality

DarkRationalist12 Dec 2021 22:01 UTC

−15 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Redwood’s Technique-Focused Epistemic Strategy

adamShimi12 Dec 2021 16:36 UTC

48 points

1 comment7 min readLW link

For and Against Lotteries in Elite University Admissions

Sam Enright12 Dec 2021 13:41 UTC

10 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Nuclear war anthropics

smountjoy12 Dec 2021 4:54 UTC

11 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Some abstract, non-technical reasons to be non-maximally-pessimistic about AI alignment

Rob Bensinger12 Dec 2021 2:08 UTC

70 points

35 comments7 min readLW link

Magna Alta Doctrina

jacob_cannell11 Dec 2021 21:54 UTC

58 points

7 comments28 min readLW link

EA Dinner Covid Logistics

jefftk11 Dec 2021 21:50 UTC

17 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Transforming myopic optimization to ordinary optimization—Do we want to seek convergence for myopic optimization problems?

tailcalled11 Dec 2021 20:38 UTC

12 points

1 comment5 min readLW link

What on Earth is a Series I savings bond?

rossry11 Dec 2021 12:18 UTC

11 points

7 comments7 min readLW link

D&D.Sci GURPS Dec 2021: Hunters of Monsters

J Bostock11 Dec 2021 12:13 UTC

20 points

18 comments2 min readLW link

Anxiety and computer architecture

Adam Zerner11 Dec 2021 10:37 UTC

13 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Reasons to act according to the free will paradigm?

Maciej Jałocha11 Dec 2021 8:44 UTC

−3 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Extrinsic and Intrinsic Moral Frameworks

lsusr11 Dec 2021 5:28 UTC

14 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

Moore’s Law, AI, and the pace of progress

Veedrac11 Dec 2021 3:02 UTC

125 points

38 comments24 min readLW link

What role should evolutionary analogies play in understanding AI takeoff speeds?

anson.ho11 Dec 2021 1:19 UTC

14 points

0 comments42 min readLW link

[Question] Nonverbal thinkers: how do you experience your inner critic?

Phoenix Eliot11 Dec 2021 0:40 UTC

9 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

The Plan

johnswentworth10 Dec 2021 23:41 UTC

254 points

78 comments14 min readLW link 1 review

[Linkpost] Chinese government’s guidelines on AI

RomanS10 Dec 2021 21:10 UTC

61 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

Understanding Gradient Hacking

peterbarnett10 Dec 2021 15:58 UTC

41 points

5 comments30 min readLW link

There is essentially one best-validated theory of cognition.

abramdemski10 Dec 2021 15:51 UTC

89 points

33 comments3 min readLW link

The Promise and Peril of Finite Sets

davidad10 Dec 2021 12:29 UTC

42 points

4 comments6 min readLW link

Are big brains for processing sensory input?

lsusr10 Dec 2021 7:08 UTC

43 points

20 comments3 min readLW link

Combining Forecasts

jsteinhardt10 Dec 2021 2:10 UTC

10 points

1 comment6 min readLW link

(bounded-regret.ghost.io)

Covid 12/9: Counting Down the Days

Zvi9 Dec 2021 21:40 UTC

59 points

12 comments11 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Conversation on technology forecasting and gradualism

Richard_Ngo, Eliezer Yudkowsky, Rohin Shah and Rob Bensinger

9 Dec 2021 21:23 UTC

108 points

30 comments31 min readLW link

Omicron Post #5

Zvi9 Dec 2021 21:10 UTC

102 points

18 comments14 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

LessWrong discussed in New Ideas in Psychology article

rogersbacon9 Dec 2021 21:01 UTC

76 points

11 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] What alignment-related concepts should be better known in the broader ML community?

Lauro Langosco9 Dec 2021 20:44 UTC

6 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

The end of Victorian culture, part I: structural forces

David Hugh-Jones9 Dec 2021 19:25 UTC

22 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

(wyclif.substack.com)

[MLSN #2]: Adversarial Training

Dan H9 Dec 2021 17:16 UTC

26 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

Supervised learning and self-modeling: What’s “superhuman?”

Charlie Steiner9 Dec 2021 12:44 UTC

12 points

1 comment8 min readLW link

Austin Winter Solstice

SilasBarta9 Dec 2021 5:01 UTC

9 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Stop arbitrarily limiting yourself

unoptimal9 Dec 2021 2:42 UTC

27 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

[Linkpost] Cat Couplings

mike_hawke9 Dec 2021 1:41 UTC

11 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(everythingstudies.com)

Introduction to inaccessible information

Ryan Kidd9 Dec 2021 1:28 UTC

27 points

6 comments8 min readLW link

COVID and the holidays

Connor_Flexman8 Dec 2021 23:13 UTC

71 points

31 comments9 min readLW link

Seeing the Invisible (And How to Think About Machine Learning)

Filip Dousek8 Dec 2021 21:04 UTC

3 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

Finding the multiple ground truths of CoinRun and image classification

Stuart_Armstrong8 Dec 2021 18:13 UTC

15 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

[AN #170]: Analyzing the argument for risk from power-seeking AI

Rohin Shah8 Dec 2021 18:10 UTC

21 points

1 comment7 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

The Last Questions (part 1)

rogersbacon8 Dec 2021 18:09 UTC

4 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

Deepmind’s Gopher—more powerful than GPT-3

hath8 Dec 2021 17:06 UTC

86 points

26 comments1 min readLW link

(deepmind.com)

Interpreting the Biobot Spike

jefftk8 Dec 2021 16:30 UTC

42 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

What makes for a good “argument”? (Request for thoughts and comments)

Simon DeDeo8 Dec 2021 2:16 UTC

13 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

Some thoughts on why adversarial training might be useful

Beth Barnes8 Dec 2021 1:28 UTC

9 points

6 comments3 min readLW link

Theoretical Neuroscience For Alignment Theory

Cameron Berg7 Dec 2021 21:50 UTC

62 points

18 comments23 min readLW link

Let’s buy out Cyc, for use in AGI interpretability systems?

Steven Byrnes7 Dec 2021 20:46 UTC

49 points

10 comments2 min readLW link

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

madhu_lika7 Dec 2021 19:37 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Randomness in Science

rogersbacon7 Dec 2021 18:17 UTC

19 points

15 comments9 min readLW link