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What is the most effective way to donate to AGI XRisk mitigation?

JoshuaFoxMay 30, 2021, 11:08 AM

44 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Why quantitative finance is so hard

lsusrMay 7, 2021, 7:29 PM

44 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

Predict responses to the “existential risk from AI” survey

Rob BensingerMay 28, 2021, 1:32 AM

44 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

Fractal Conversations vs Holistic Response

abramdemskiMay 5, 2021, 3:04 PM

43 points

4 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] How concerned are you about LW reputation management?

DirectedEvolutionMay 17, 2021, 2:11 AM

42 points

48 comments1 min readLW link

The Practice & Virtue of Discernment

ozziegooenMay 26, 2021, 12:34 AM

41 points

11 comments11 min readLW link

Kids NCurses Messenger

jefftkMay 22, 2021, 5:50 PM

40 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Peekskill Lyme Incidence

jefftkMay 9, 2021, 7:50 PM

39 points

28 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Migraine hallucinations, phenomenology, and cognition

Richard_KennawayMay 8, 2021, 3:56 PM

38 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

Abstraction Talk

johnswentworthMay 25, 2021, 4:45 PM

38 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Death by Red Tape

abramdemskiMay 1, 2021, 6:03 PM

38 points

15 comments3 min readLW link

Response to “What does the universal prior actually look like?”

michaelcohenMay 20, 2021, 4:12 PM

37 points

33 comments18 min readLW link

The case for hypocrisy

Aaron BergmanMay 13, 2021, 3:36 AM

37 points

12 comments5 min readLW link

(aaronbergman.substack.com)

[Weekly Event] Alignment Researcher Coffee Time (in Walled Garden)

adamShimiMay 2, 2021, 12:59 PM

37 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Love on Cartesian Planes

bksilv3rMay 17, 2021, 7:19 PM

36 points

6 comments23 min readLW link

Re: Fierce Nerds

lsusrMay 19, 2021, 8:18 PM

36 points

18 comments5 min readLW link

(paulgraham.com)

Deliberately Vague Language is Bullshit

lsusrMay 14, 2021, 9:17 AM

35 points

27 comments1 min readLW link

Two Definitions of Generalization

ozziegooenMay 29, 2021, 4:20 AM

34 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

AXRP Episode 7 - Side Effects with Victoria Krakovna

DanielFilanMay 14, 2021, 3:50 AM

34 points

6 comments43 min readLW link

This Sunday, 12PM PT: Scott Garrabrant on “Finite Factored Sets”

RaemonMay 19, 2021, 1:48 AM

33 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Questions are tools to help answerers optimize utility

ozziegooenMay 24, 2021, 7:30 PM

33 points

6 comments4 min readLW link

April 2021 Deep Dive: Transformers and GPT-3

adamShimiMay 1, 2021, 11:18 AM

31 points

6 comments7 min readLW link

The Schelling Game (a.k.a. the Coordination Game)

jchanMay 3, 2021, 2:31 PM

31 points

13 comments3 min readLW link

Problems facing a correspondence theory of knowledge

Alex FlintMay 24, 2021, 4:02 PM

30 points

22 comments6 min readLW link

The Nuclear Energy Alignment Problem

lsusrMay 9, 2021, 3:50 AM

30 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

A.D&D.Sci May 2021: Interdimensional Monster Carcass Auction

abstractapplicMay 17, 2021, 3:54 PM

29 points

12 comments2 min readLW link

Starting a Rationalist Meetup during Lockdown

Felix KargMay 25, 2021, 3:43 PM

29 points

2 comments11 min readLW link

Maps of Maps, and Empty Expectations

Nora_AmmannMay 3, 2021, 9:59 AM

29 points

5 comments14 min readLW link

Knowledge is not just map/territory resemblance

Alex FlintMay 25, 2021, 5:58 PM

28 points

4 comments3 min readLW link

Vaccine Rollout as Wheeled-Luggage Problem

DirectedEvolutionMay 13, 2021, 9:04 PM

28 points

23 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Is driving worth the risk?

Adam ZernerMay 11, 2021, 5:04 AM

28 points

29 comments7 min readLW link

D&D.Sci May 2021: Monster Carcass Auction

abstractapplicMay 7, 2021, 7:33 PM

28 points

25 comments2 min readLW link

Massachusetts Lyme Reporting

jefftkMay 10, 2021, 10:40 PM

27 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Pre-Training + Fine-Tuning Favors Deception

Mark XuMay 8, 2021, 6:36 PM

27 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] If individual performance is Pareto distributed, how should we reform education?

yhoisethMay 24, 2021, 12:22 PM

27 points

26 comments2 min readLW link

Book review: Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less

Aaron BergmanMay 23, 2021, 8:21 PM

27 points

3 comments22 min readLW link

(aaronbergman.substack.com)

How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy—A Short Summary

JsevillamolMay 29, 2021, 11:47 AM

26 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

Anthropics: different probabilities, different questions

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 6, 2021, 1:14 PM

25 points

10 comments15 min readLW link

Open and Welcome Thread—May 2021

habrykaMay 3, 2021, 7:58 AM

25 points

82 comments1 min readLW link

Data on forecasting accuracy across different time horizons and levels of forecaster experience

CharlesDMay 27, 2021, 6:53 PM

25 points

0 comments23 min readLW link

[Question] List of good AI safety project ideas?

Aryeh EnglanderMay 26, 2021, 10:36 PM

24 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What’s your visual experience when reading technical material?

DirectedEvolutionMay 27, 2021, 6:34 PM

24 points

22 comments1 min readLW link

AXRP Episode 7.5 - Forecasting Transformative AI from Biological Anchors with Ajeya Cotra

DanielFilanMay 28, 2021, 12:20 AM

24 points

1 comment67 min readLW link

MDP models are determined by the agent architecture and the environmental dynamics

TurnTroutMay 26, 2021, 12:14 AM

23 points

34 comments3 min readLW link

New Magic Post: The Pro Tour Was Magic

ZviMay 17, 2021, 4:40 PM

23 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

It’s like poetry, they rhyme: Lanier and Yudkowsky, Glen and Scott

CraigMichaelMay 20, 2021, 6:48 PM

23 points

5 comments18 min readLW link

Time & Memory

abramdemskiMay 20, 2021, 3:16 PM

23 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Suppose $1 billion is given to AI Safety. How should it be spent?

hunterglennMay 15, 2021, 11:24 PM

23 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How refined is your art of note-taking?

DirectedEvolution19 May 2021 22:12 UTC

23 points

29 comments1 min readLW link

Are PS5 scalpers actually bad?

willbradshaw18 May 2021 12:27 UTC

23 points

28 comments3 min readLW link