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Don’t Look Up (Film Review)
Nicholas / Heather Kross
Dec 27, 2021, 8:36 PM
27
points
11
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(www.thinkingmuchbetter.com)
Ben Pace’s Controversial Picks for the 2020 Review
Ben Pace
Dec 27, 2021, 6:25 PM
65
points
8
comments
8
min read
LW
link
[Question]
A good rational fiction about IT-inspired magic system?
qbolec
Dec 27, 2021, 2:21 PM
18
points
17
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Why did computer science get so galaxy-brained?
Nicholas / Heather Kross
Dec 27, 2021, 8:50 AM
1
point
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Conversation as path traversal
Adam Zerner
Dec 27, 2021, 8:41 AM
14
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
On Stateless Societies
Martin Sustrik
Dec 27, 2021, 7:28 AM
54
points
24
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Reinforcement Learning Study Group
Kay Kozaronek
Dec 26, 2021, 11:11 PM
20
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
An interview with Danica Remy on protecting the Earth from asteroids.
fowlertm
Dec 26, 2021, 9:40 PM
10
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
San Francisco shares COVID data only when it’s too late
knite
Dec 26, 2021, 8:12 PM
10
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Debtor’s Revolt
Vaniver
Dec 26, 2021, 7:32 PM
22
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)
Internet Literacy Atrophy
Elizabeth
Dec 26, 2021, 12:30 PM
111
points
49
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(acesounderglass.com)
Merry Christmas
lsusr
Dec 26, 2021, 7:03 AM
107
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why don’t governments seem to mind that companies are explicitly trying to make AGIs?
ozziegooen
Dec 26, 2021, 1:58 AM
34
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)
My Overview of the AI Alignment Landscape: Threat Models
Neel Nanda
Dec 25, 2021, 11:07 PM
53
points
3
comments
28
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What is a probabilistic physical theory?
Ege Erdil
Dec 25, 2021, 4:30 PM
15
points
36
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Belief-conditional things—things that only exist when you believe in them
Jan
Dec 25, 2021, 10:49 AM
7
points
3
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(universalprior.substack.com)
Tough Choices and Disappointment
maralorn
Dec 24, 2021, 9:59 PM
2
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Converging toward a Million Worlds
Joe Kwon
Dec 24, 2021, 9:33 PM
11
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
Understanding the tensor product formulation in Transformer Circuits
Tom Lieberum
Dec 24, 2021, 6:05 PM
16
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How to select a long-term goal and align my mind towards it?
Alexander
Dec 24, 2021, 11:40 AM
19
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Prerequisite Skills
lsusr
Dec 24, 2021, 10:11 AM
17
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Mechanistic Interpretability for the MLP Layers (rough early thoughts)
MadHatter
Dec 24, 2021, 7:24 AM
12
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.youtube.com)
Risks from AI persuasion
Beth Barnes
Dec 24, 2021, 1:48 AM
76
points
15
comments
31
min read
LW
link
Prioritizing Information
jsteinhardt
Dec 24, 2021, 12:00 AM
18
points
0
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(bounded-regret.ghost.io)
Omicron Post #9
Zvi
Dec 23, 2021, 9:50 PM
89
points
11
comments
19
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Reply to Eliezer on Biological Anchors
HoldenKarnofsky
Dec 23, 2021, 4:15 PM
149
points
46
comments
15
min read
LW
link
Get Set, Also Go
Zvi
Dec 23, 2021, 3:00 PM
62
points
21
comments
16
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
2021 AI Alignment Literature Review and Charity Comparison
Larks
Dec 23, 2021, 2:06 PM
168
points
28
comments
73
min read
LW
link
Testing, Testing, Hopefully
Zvi
Dec 23, 2021, 12:30 PM
41
points
8
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Physics Erotica
lsusr
Dec 23, 2021, 11:01 AM
7
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Book Review] “The Most Powerful Idea in the World” by William Rosen
lsusr
Dec 23, 2021, 8:27 AM
41
points
4
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Specialization
DirectedEvolution
Dec 23, 2021, 3:23 AM
15
points
1
comment
5
min read
LW
link
Worst-case thinking in AI alignment
Buck
Dec 23, 2021, 1:29 AM
167
points
18
comments
6
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
[Question]
Hedging the Possibility of Russia invading Ukraine
Annapurna
Dec 23, 2021, 1:13 AM
27
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Gifts
George3d6
Dec 22, 2021, 11:50 PM
13
points
1
comment
9
min read
LW
link
(www.epistem.ink)
A spreadsheet/template for doing an annual review
peterslattery
Dec 22, 2021, 11:29 PM
12
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What time in your life were you the most productive at learning and/or thinking and why?
Jack R
Dec 22, 2021, 10:56 PM
11
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Transformer Circuits
evhub
Dec 22, 2021, 9:09 PM
144
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(transformer-circuits.pub)
[Question]
Help figuring out my sexuality?
Centhart
Dec 22, 2021, 8:28 PM
13
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
DnD.Sci GURPS Evaluation and Ruleset
J Bostock
Dec 22, 2021, 7:05 PM
17
points
2
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Potential gears level explanations of smooth progress
ryan_greenblatt
Dec 22, 2021, 6:05 PM
4
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Random facts can come back to bite you
tailcalled
Dec 22, 2021, 5:33 PM
70
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
1
review
What’s Up With the CDC Nowcast?
Zvi
Dec 22, 2021, 1:00 PM
61
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Morality and constrained maximization, part 1
Joe Carlsmith
Dec 22, 2021, 8:47 AM
20
points
5
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Six Specializations Makes You World-Class
lsusr
Dec 22, 2021, 8:03 AM
53
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Worldbuilding exercise: The Highwayverse.
Yair Halberstadt
Dec 22, 2021, 6:47 AM
13
points
13
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Two (very different) kinds of donors
Duncan Sabien (Inactive)
Dec 22, 2021, 1:43 AM
102
points
19
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Confusion about Sequences and Review Sequences
Alex_Altair
Dec 21, 2021, 6:13 PM
14
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Working through D&D.Sci, problem 1 (solution)
Pablo Repetto
Dec 21, 2021, 5:42 PM
9
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(pabloernesto.github.io)
Demanding and Designing Aligned Cognitive Architectures
Koen.Holtman
Dec 21, 2021, 5:32 PM
8
points
5
comments
5
min read
LW
link
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