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Responses and Testimonies on EA Growth
AppliedDivinityStudies
Mar 10, 2021, 10:57 PM
67
points
3
comments
15
min read
LW
link
Open Problems with Myopia
Mark Xu
and
evhub
Mar 10, 2021, 6:38 PM
66
points
16
comments
8
min read
LW
link
[AN #141]: The case for practicing alignment work on GPT-3 and other large models
Rohin Shah
Mar 10, 2021, 6:30 PM
27
points
4
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
[Link] Whittlestone et al., The Societal Implications of Deep Reinforcement Learning
Aryeh Englander
Mar 10, 2021, 6:13 PM
11
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(jair.org)
Extended Picture Theory or Models inside Models inside Models
Chris_Leong
Mar 10, 2021, 1:24 PM
13
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What is the low hanging fruit of things we could be doing to improve society?
davidgasquez
Mar 10, 2021, 1:03 PM
5
points
41
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Quarantine variety
KatjaGrace
Mar 10, 2021, 8:40 AM
12
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
Even Inflationary Currencies Should Have Fixed Total Supply
MikkW
Mar 10, 2021, 5:41 AM
0
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
AXRP Episode 5 - Infra-Bayesianism with Vanessa Kosoy
DanielFilan
Mar 10, 2021, 4:30 AM
35
points
12
comments
36
min read
LW
link
The Cost of a Sixth Seat
jefftk
Mar 10, 2021, 3:20 AM
16
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
A Primer on United States Treasuries
Annapurna
Mar 10, 2021, 3:08 AM
14
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Deflationism isn’t the solution to philosophy’s woes
Rob Bensinger
Mar 10, 2021, 12:20 AM
63
points
44
comments
8
min read
LW
link
[Prediction] The Consequences of Radical Reform
lsusr
Mar 9, 2021, 11:05 PM
36
points
16
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Defending the non-central fallacy
Matthew Barnett
Mar 9, 2021, 9:42 PM
140
points
38
comments
6
min read
LW
link
De-confusing myself about Pascal’s Mugging and Newcomb’s Problem
DirectedEvolution
Mar 9, 2021, 8:45 PM
7
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of Goal-Directedness
Mark Xu
Mar 9, 2021, 8:17 PM
46
points
1
comment
5
min read
LW
link
Why does Applied Divinity Studies think EA hasn’t grown since 2015?
KatjaGrace
Mar 9, 2021, 10:10 AM
51
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
Will Martian G be enough to make healthy baseline babies?
Randomized, Controlled
Mar 9, 2021, 3:30 AM
4
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
CLR’s recent work on multi-agent systems
JesseClifton
Mar 9, 2021, 2:28 AM
54
points
2
comments
13
min read
LW
link
Why Hasn’t Effective Altruism Grown Since 2015?
AppliedDivinityStudies
Mar 9, 2021, 1:43 AM
64
points
28
comments
9
min read
LW
link
D&D.Sci III Evaluation and Ruleset
abstractapplic
Mar 8, 2021, 11:01 PM
16
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Epistemological Framing for AI Alignment Research
adamShimi
Mar 8, 2021, 10:05 PM
58
points
7
comments
9
min read
LW
link
What I’d change about different philosophy fields
Rob Bensinger
Mar 8, 2021, 6:25 PM
56
points
52
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Lecture Club] Awakening from the Meaning Crisis
Vaniver
Mar 8, 2021, 3:22 PM
72
points
207
comments
2
min read
LW
link
If you’ve learned from the best, you’re doing it wrong
George3d6
Mar 8, 2021, 1:14 PM
36
points
18
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(cerebralab.com)
Simple Tricks to Improve KN95 Masks
dawangy
Mar 8, 2021, 8:59 AM
25
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Care and demandingness
Joe Carlsmith
Mar 8, 2021, 7:03 AM
25
points
10
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Irrational arguments or valuable heuristics?
Hauntology Ph.D.
Mar 8, 2021, 5:34 AM
8
points
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
How I Meditate
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Mar 8, 2021, 3:34 AM
18
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Case for Logical Fallacies
Aaron Bergman
Mar 8, 2021, 3:04 AM
14
points
0
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(aaronbergman.substack.com)
A simple way to make GPT-3 follow instructions
Quintin Pope
Mar 8, 2021, 2:57 AM
11
points
5
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Sleep math: red clay blue clay
KatjaGrace
Mar 8, 2021, 12:30 AM
23
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
Seeing Status Quo Bias
Liron
Mar 8, 2021, 12:24 AM
27
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
PhD student mutual line-manager invitation
Tim Liptrot
Mar 7, 2021, 11:06 PM
11
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are the biggest current impacts of AI?
Sam Clarke
Mar 7, 2021, 9:44 PM
15
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Car Thoughts
jefftk
Mar 7, 2021, 9:30 PM
8
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Book Notes: Scaling, Why is Animal Size so Important?
ketchupduck
Mar 7, 2021, 8:16 PM
19
points
5
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Announcement: Real-time discussions in a new Clubhouse community.
gianlucatruda
Mar 7, 2021, 7:38 PM
16
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Introducing Metaforecast: A Forecast Aggregator and Search Tool
NunoSempere
and
ozziegooen
Mar 7, 2021, 7:03 PM
83
points
6
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Thoughts on the Repugnant Conclusion
Tomás B.
Mar 7, 2021, 7:00 PM
9
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Pragmatic Cutoffs
Borasko
Mar 7, 2021, 6:35 PM
4
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
The three existing ways of explaining the three characteristics of existence
Kaj_Sotala
Mar 7, 2021, 6:20 PM
40
points
1
comment
13
min read
LW
link
Unconvenient consequences of the logic behind the second law of thermodynamics
Marco Discendenti
Mar 7, 2021, 6:14 PM
8
points
44
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The average North Korean mathematician
Malmesbury
Mar 7, 2021, 5:28 PM
67
points
19
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(www.telescopic-turnip.net)
Teaching to Compromise
Martin Sustrik
Mar 7, 2021, 1:57 PM
16
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Bakeoff
jefftk
Mar 7, 2021, 1:30 AM
26
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Contrarian Writing Advice
lsusr
Mar 7, 2021, 12:23 AM
54
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Noticing and Overcoming Bias
Neel Nanda
Mar 6, 2021, 9:06 PM
14
points
1
comment
7
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What ethical thought experiments can be reversed?
Mati_Roy
Mar 6, 2021, 3:12 PM
16
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What (feasible) augmented senses would be useful or interesting?
AprilSR
Mar 6, 2021, 4:28 AM
8
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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