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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
Check OK, babble-read, optimize (how I read textbooks)
DirectedEvolution
Mar 6, 2021, 3:17 AM
25
points
3
comments
5
min read
LW
link
MIRI comments on Cotra’s “Case for Aligning Narrowly Superhuman Models”
Rob Bensinger
Mar 5, 2021, 11:43 PM
142
points
13
comments
26
min read
LW
link
The case for aligning narrowly superhuman models
Ajeya Cotra
Mar 5, 2021, 10:29 PM
186
points
75
comments
38
min read
LW
link
1
review
D&D.Sci III: Mancer Matchups
abstractapplic
Mar 5, 2021, 7:07 PM
21
points
22
comments
3
min read
LW
link
GPT-3 and the future of knowledge work
fowlertm
Mar 5, 2021, 5:40 PM
16
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Takeaways from the Intelligence Rising RPG
Quinn
and
Viktor Rehnberg
Mar 5, 2021, 10:27 AM
51
points
7
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Multimodal Neurons in Artificial Neural Networks
Kaj_Sotala
Mar 5, 2021, 9:01 AM
57
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(distill.pub)
Does making unsteady incremental progress work?
peterbarnett
Mar 5, 2021, 7:23 AM
8
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(peterbarnett.org)
Why Selective Breeding is a Bad Way to do Genetic Engineering
GeneSmith
Mar 5, 2021, 2:30 AM
13
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Participating in a Covid-19 Vaccine Trial #3: I Hope I feel Worse Tomorrow
ejacob
Mar 5, 2021, 12:02 AM
8
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[AN #140]: Theoretical models that predict scaling laws
Rohin Shah
Mar 4, 2021, 6:10 PM
46
points
8
comments
10
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
A Semitechnical Introductory Dialogue on Solomonoff Induction
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Mar 4, 2021, 5:27 PM
143
points
33
comments
54
min read
LW
link
A non-logarithmic argument for Kelly
Bunthut
Mar 4, 2021, 4:21 PM
24
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Connecting the good regulator theorem with semantics and symbol grounding
Stuart_Armstrong
Mar 4, 2021, 2:35 PM
13
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Covid 3/4: Declare Victory and Leave Home
Zvi
Mar 4, 2021, 1:20 PM
90
points
28
comments
13
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Grabby aliens and Zoo hypothesis
avturchin
Mar 4, 2021, 1:03 PM
12
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Book review: “A Thousand Brains” by Jeff Hawkins
Steven Byrnes
Mar 4, 2021, 5:10 AM
122
points
18
comments
19
min read
LW
link
Seven Years of Spaced Repetition Software in the Classroom
tanagrabeast
Mar 4, 2021, 2:42 AM
270
points
38
comments
34
min read
LW
link
1
review
I’m still mystified by the Born rule
So8res
Mar 4, 2021, 2:35 AM
100
points
44
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Limits of Giving
jefftk
Mar 4, 2021, 2:20 AM
17
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
How does bee learning compare with machine learning?
eleni
Mar 4, 2021, 1:59 AM
65
points
15
comments
24
min read
LW
link
AI Safety Beginners Meetup (Pacific Time)
Linda Linsefors
Mar 4, 2021, 1:44 AM
15
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Some recent interviews with AI/math luminaries.
fowlertm
Mar 4, 2021, 1:26 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Garden Party 2.0
Raemon
Mar 3, 2021, 11:14 PM
24
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How To Think About Overparameterized Models
johnswentworth
Mar 3, 2021, 10:29 PM
65
points
4
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Thoughts On Computronium
Darklight
Mar 3, 2021, 9:52 PM
7
points
6
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Texas Freeze Retrospective: meetup notes
jchan
Mar 3, 2021, 2:48 PM
68
points
6
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Open & Welcome Thread – March 2021
Yoav Ravid
Mar 3, 2021, 12:27 PM
18
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What other peptide vaccines might it be useful to make?
Bird Concept
Mar 3, 2021, 6:25 AM
31
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Curiosity about Aligning Values
esweet
Mar 3, 2021, 12:22 AM
3
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Enabling Children
lincolnquirk
Mar 3, 2021, 12:02 AM
53
points
22
comments
3
min read
LW
link
A Formula for the Value of Existential Risk Reduction
harsimony
Mar 2, 2021, 6:54 PM
4
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(harsimony.wordpress.com)
[Question]
Attempt at a gears model of getting infected with COVID-19
ChristianKl
Mar 2, 2021, 3:39 PM
23
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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