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Should I blog on LessWrong?

maria_aDec 28, 2021, 10:25 PM

36 points

19 votes

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8 comments1 min readLW link

A non-magical explanation of Jeffrey Epstein

lcDec 28, 2021, 9:15 PM

341 points

179 votes

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65 comments15 min readLW link 1 review

Gradient Hacking via Schelling Goals

Adam ScherlisDec 28, 2021, 8:38 PM

33 points

12 votes

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4 comments4 min readLW link

Omicron Post #10

ZviDec 28, 2021, 6:20 PM

67 points

32 votes

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18 comments9 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Why is Covid Surveillance so Hard?

TornusDec 28, 2021, 5:41 PM

13 points

3 votes

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2 comments4 min readLW link

Omicron: My Current Model

ZviDec 28, 2021, 5:10 PM

253 points

140 votes

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72 comments10 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

More accurate models can be worse

tailcalledDec 28, 2021, 12:20 PM

19 points

7 votes

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16 comments3 min readLW link

Why did Europe conquer the world?

lsusrDec 28, 2021, 12:00 PM

1 point

31 votes

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48 comments6 min readLW link

Ten Minutes with Sam Altman

lsusrDec 28, 2021, 7:32 AM

91 points

74 votes

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11 comments3 min readLW link

Solstice Quaker Darkness Circling

RaemonDec 28, 2021, 6:09 AM

52 points

17 votes

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6 comments2 min readLW link

[Book Review] “Suffering-focused Ethics” by Magnus Vinding

KStubDec 28, 2021, 5:58 AM

15 points

10 votes

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3 comments24 min readLW link

AI Fire Alarm Scenarios

PeterMcCluskeyDec 28, 2021, 2:20 AM

10 points

3 votes

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1 comment6 min readLW link

(www.bayesianinvestor.com)

ACX/LW Meetup

Noah TopperDec 28, 2021, 12:13 AM

2 points

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Don’t Look Up (Film Review)

Nicholas KrossDec 27, 2021, 8:36 PM

27 points

23 votes

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11 comments7 min readLW link

(www.thinkingmuchbetter.com)

Ben Pace’s Controversial Picks for the 2020 Review

Ben PaceDec 27, 2021, 6:25 PM

65 points

22 votes

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8 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] A good rational fiction about IT-inspired magic system?

qbolecDec 27, 2021, 2:21 PM

18 points

9 votes

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17 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Why did computer science get so galaxy-brained?

Nicholas KrossDec 27, 2021, 8:50 AM

1 point

4 votes

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8 comments1 min readLW link

Conversation as path traversal

Adam ZernerDec 27, 2021, 8:41 AM

14 points

7 votes

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4 comments4 min readLW link

On Stateless Societies

Martin SustrikDec 27, 2021, 7:28 AM

54 points

31 votes

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24 comments3 min readLW link

Reinforcement Learning Study Group

Kay KozaronekDec 26, 2021, 11:11 PM

20 points

13 votes

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8 comments1 min readLW link

An interview with Danica Remy on protecting the Earth from asteroids.

fowlertmDec 26, 2021, 9:40 PM

10 points

5 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

San Francisco shares COVID data only when it’s too late

kniteDec 26, 2021, 8:12 PM

10 points

4 votes

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5 comments1 min readLW link

The Debtor’s Revolt

VaniverDec 26, 2021, 7:32 PM

22 points

12 votes

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5 comments1 min readLW link

(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Internet Literacy Atrophy

ElizabethDec 26, 2021, 12:30 PM

111 points

67 votes

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49 comments3 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

Merry Christmas

lsusrDec 26, 2021, 7:03 AM

107 points

61 votes

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16 comments1 min readLW link

Why don’t governments seem to mind that companies are explicitly trying to make AGIs?

ozziegooenDec 26, 2021, 1:58 AM

34 points

18 votes

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3 comments2 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

My Overview of the AI Alignment Landscape: Threat Models

Neel NandaDec 25, 2021, 11:07 PM

53 points

22 votes

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3 comments28 min readLW link

[Question] What is a probabilistic physical theory?

Ege ErdilDec 25, 2021, 4:30 PM

15 points

10 votes

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36 comments2 min readLW link

Belief-conditional things—things that only exist when you believe in them

JanDec 25, 2021, 10:49 AM

7 points

6 votes

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3 comments5 min readLW link

(universalprior.substack.com)

Tough Choices and Disappointment

maralornDec 24, 2021, 9:59 PM

2 points

3 votes

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6 comments1 min readLW link

Converging toward a Million Worlds

Joe KwonDec 24, 2021, 9:33 PM

11 points

6 votes

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1 comment3 min readLW link

Understanding the tensor product formulation in Transformer Circuits

Tom LieberumDec 24, 2021, 6:05 PM

16 points

8 votes

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2 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] How to select a long-term goal and align my mind towards it?

AlexanderDec 24, 2021, 11:40 AM

19 points

11 votes

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8 comments2 min readLW link

Prerequisite Skills

lsusrDec 24, 2021, 10:11 AM

17 points

17 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

Mechanistic Interpretability for the MLP Layers (rough early thoughts)

MadHatterDec 24, 2021, 7:24 AM

12 points

7 votes

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3 comments1 min readLW link

(www.youtube.com)

Risks from AI persuasion

Beth BarnesDec 24, 2021, 1:48 AM

76 points

37 votes

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15 comments31 min readLW link

Prioritizing Information

jsteinhardtDec 24, 2021, 12:00 AM

18 points

5 votes

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0 comments7 min readLW link

(bounded-regret.ghost.io)

Omicron Post #9

ZviDec 23, 2021, 9:50 PM

89 points

42 votes

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11 comments19 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Reply to Eliezer on Biological Anchors

HoldenKarnofskyDec 23, 2021, 4:15 PM

149 points

71 votes

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46 comments15 min readLW link

Get Set, Also Go

ZviDec 23, 2021, 3:00 PM

62 points

25 votes

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21 comments16 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

2021 AI Alignment Literature Review and Charity Comparison

LarksDec 23, 2021, 2:06 PM

168 points

63 votes

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28 comments73 min readLW link

Testing, Testing, Hopefully

ZviDec 23, 2021, 12:30 PM

41 points

22 votes

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8 comments4 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Physics Erotica

lsusrDec 23, 2021, 11:01 AM

7 points

32 votes

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12 comments1 min readLW link

[Book Review] “The Most Powerful Idea in the World” by William Rosen

lsusrDec 23, 2021, 8:27 AM

41 points

17 votes

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4 comments8 min readLW link

Specialization

DirectedEvolutionDec 23, 2021, 3:23 AM

15 points

8 votes

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1 comment5 min readLW link

Worst-case thinking in AI alignment

BuckDec 23, 2021, 1:29 AM

167 points

76 votes

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18 comments6 min readLW link 2 reviews

[Question] Hedging the Possibility of Russia invading Ukraine

AnnapurnaDec 23, 2021, 1:13 AM

27 points

9 votes

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8 comments1 min readLW link

Gifts

George3d6Dec 22, 2021, 11:50 PM

13 points

8 votes

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1 comment9 min readLW link

(www.epistem.ink)

A spreadsheet/template for doing an annual review

peterslatteryDec 22, 2021, 11:29 PM

12 points

5 votes

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1 comment2 min readLW link

[Question] What time in your life were you the most productive at learning and/or thinking and why?

Jack RDec 22, 2021, 10:56 PM

11 points

6 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

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