Open and Wel­come Thread—April 2021

RaemonApr 7, 2021, 9:15 PM
13 points
52 comments1 min readLW link

Another (outer) al­ign­ment failure story

paulfchristianoApr 7, 2021, 8:12 PM
249 points
38 comments12 min readLW link1 review

Which coun­ter­fac­tu­als should an AI fol­low?

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 7, 2021, 4:47 PM
19 points
5 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] If my pre­vi­ous re­search is wrong, what are my op­tions ?

BB6Apr 7, 2021, 4:44 PM
50 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Align­ment Newslet­ter Three Year Retrospective

Rohin ShahApr 7, 2021, 2:39 PM
55 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

2020 pre­dic­tions—Poli­tics, Econ, Tech

BuckyApr 7, 2021, 2:10 PM
8 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Com­pound­ing In­cum­bent Advantage

adaminoueApr 7, 2021, 1:40 PM
3 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(www.inoue.today)

I Trained a Neu­ral Net­work to Play Helltaker

lsusrApr 7, 2021, 8:24 AM
34 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

Vim

lsusrApr 7, 2021, 6:35 AM
48 points
57 comments18 min readLW link

Cu­ri­ous In­quiry and Ri­gor­ous Training

DirectedEvolutionApr 6, 2021, 10:38 PM
20 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

IQ­captcha en­ters beta

ballerburg9005Apr 6, 2021, 9:28 PM
−1 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Test­ing The Nat­u­ral Ab­strac­tion Hy­poth­e­sis: Pro­ject Intro

johnswentworthApr 6, 2021, 9:24 PM
168 points
41 comments6 min readLW link1 review

AI or­a­cles on blockchain

CaravaggioApr 6, 2021, 8:13 PM
5 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What will GPT-4 be in­ca­pable of?

Michaël TrazziApr 6, 2021, 7:57 PM
34 points
33 commentsLW link

Reflec­tive Bayesianism

abramdemskiApr 6, 2021, 7:48 PM
62 points
27 comments13 min readLW link

Don’t Sell Your Soul

Jacob FalkovichApr 6, 2021, 7:02 PM
72 points
43 comments9 min readLW link

Monastery and Throne

Jacob FalkovichApr 6, 2021, 7:00 PM
115 points
42 comments10 min readLW link

There Is No Con­trol Sys­tem For COVID

Mike HarrisApr 6, 2021, 5:16 PM
35 points
8 comments10 min readLW link

The Accord

Timothy UnderwoodApr 6, 2021, 3:44 PM
23 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

March 2021 gw­ern.net newsletter

gwernApr 6, 2021, 2:06 PM
16 points
2 commentsLW link
(www.gwern.net)

Prevent­ing over­charg­ing by prosecutors

ChristianKlApr 6, 2021, 11:13 AM
29 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

Our com­pressed perception

pchvykovApr 6, 2021, 11:01 AM
12 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

The Many Faces of In­fra-Beliefs

DiffractorApr 6, 2021, 10:43 AM
30 points
6 comments63 min readLW link

[Question] Is there a mu-like term that means some­thing like “why is this any of my busi­ness?”

CraigMichaelApr 6, 2021, 7:47 AM
5 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

An In­tro­duc­tion to A Crack­pot Physics

ACrackedPotApr 5, 2021, 11:59 PM
−4 points
5 comments15 min readLW link

I’m from a par­allel Earth with much higher co­or­di­na­tion: AMA

Apr 5, 2021, 10:09 PM
173 points
35 comments61 min readLW link1 review

Risk Bud­gets vs. Ba­sic De­ci­sion Theory

Vlad FiroiuApr 5, 2021, 9:55 PM
11 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

His­tor­i­cal Ex­am­ples of Op­po­si­tion to Tech­nolog­i­cal Progress

chwApr 5, 2021, 9:26 PM
18 points
3 comments7 min readLW link

Noise Pol­lu­tion and Cognition

chwApr 5, 2021, 9:26 PM
9 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

Avert­ing suffer­ing with sen­tience throt­tlers (pro­posal)

QuinnApr 5, 2021, 10:54 AM
8 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

Ranked Choice Vot­ing is Ar­bi­trar­ily Bad

AppliedDivinityStudiesApr 5, 2021, 6:44 AM
10 points
10 comments4 min readLW link

The in­no­cent gene

Joe CarlsmithApr 5, 2021, 3:31 AM
39 points
3 comments9 min readLW link

Open & Wel­come Thread – April 2021

niplavApr 4, 2021, 7:25 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What do you think would be the best in­vest­ment policy for a cry­on­ics trust?

Mati_RoyApr 4, 2021, 7:20 PM
14 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

About Me: Back­ground and Biases

tkpwaeubApr 4, 2021, 2:19 PM
19 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] What if we could use the the­ory of Mechanism De­sign from Game The­ory as a medium achieve AI Align­ment?

farari7Apr 4, 2021, 12:56 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How do scal­ing laws work for fine-tun­ing?

Daniel KokotajloApr 4, 2021, 12:18 PM
24 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] By which mechanism does im­mu­nity fa­vor new Covid var­i­ants?

anorangiccApr 4, 2021, 10:24 AM
2 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

A Cru­civer­bal­ist’s In­tro­duc­tion to Bayesian reasoning

DavidmanheimApr 4, 2021, 8:50 AM
11 points
3 comments9 min readLW link

Tales from Pre­dic­tion Markets

ikeApr 3, 2021, 11:38 PM
128 points
15 comments3 min readLW link1 review
(misinfounderload.substack.com)

An ex­plo­ra­tion of ex­ploita­tion bias

Eric NeymanApr 3, 2021, 11:03 PM
16 points
0 comments10 min readLW link
(ericneyman.wordpress.com)

What are all these chil­dren do­ing in my ponds?

dominicqApr 3, 2021, 8:16 PM
84 points
15 comments3 min readLW link

The Holy Algorithm

MalmesburyApr 3, 2021, 6:09 PM
7 points
9 comments2 min readLW link
(www.telescopic-turnip.net)

[Question] Would a post about op­ti­miz­ing phys­i­cal at­trac­tive­ness be fit­ting for this fo­rum?

TemporaryPseudonymApr 3, 2021, 4:19 PM
15 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Forc­ing your­self to keep your iden­tity small is self-harm

Gordon Seidoh WorleyApr 3, 2021, 2:03 PM
40 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

Mo­ral Golems

Erich_GrunewaldApr 3, 2021, 10:12 AM
8 points
2 comments6 min readLW link
(www.erichgrunewald.com)

[Question] Peo­ple are gath­er­ing 2 mil­lion USD to save a kid with a rare dis­ease. I feel weird about it. Why?

hookdumpApr 2, 2021, 11:00 PM
9 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Pre­dic­tive Cod­ing has been Unified with Backpropagation

lsusrApr 2, 2021, 9:42 PM
177 points
51 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] In plain English—in what ways are Bayes’ Rule and Pop­pe­rian falsifi­ca­tion­ism con­flict­ing episte­molo­gies?

Sandro P.Apr 2, 2021, 9:21 PM
2 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Phy­lac­tery De­ci­sion Theory

BunthutApr 2, 2021, 8:55 PM
14 points
6 comments2 min readLW link