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Self-Responsibility
hath
Jun 21, 2021, 4:17 PM
26
points
7
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[AN #153]: Experiments that demonstrate failures of objective robustness
Rohin Shah
Jun 26, 2021, 5:10 PM
25
points
1
comment
8
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
How teams went about their research at AI Safety Camp edition 5
Remmelt
Jun 28, 2021, 3:15 PM
24
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
If You Want to Find Truth You Need to Step Into Cringe
Writer
Jun 1, 2021, 7:03 PM
24
points
12
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(youtu.be)
Five Whys
lynettebye
Jun 7, 2021, 8:01 AM
24
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Maybe Antivirals aren’t a Useful Priority for Pandemics?
Davidmanheim
Jun 20, 2021, 10:04 AM
24
points
13
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Four Components of Audacity
lsusr
Jun 21, 2021, 4:49 AM
24
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Internal Memo from Bleggs Universal
kithpendragon
Jun 12, 2021, 4:44 PM
24
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
How to make errands fun
dominicq
Jun 17, 2021, 11:27 AM
24
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Brute force searching for alignment
Donald Hobson
Jun 27, 2021, 9:54 PM
23
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A systematic error that lead to a bad policy response to COVID-19
ChristianKl
Jun 12, 2021, 7:56 PM
23
points
6
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Open problem: how can we quantify player alignment in 2x2 normal-form games?
TurnTrout
Jun 16, 2021, 2:09 AM
23
points
59
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Optimism about Social Technology
mike_hawke
Jun 27, 2021, 11:35 PM
23
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence announces 1,75 trillion parameters model, Wu Dao 2.0
Ozyrus
Jun 3, 2021, 12:07 PM
23
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.engadget.com)
The homework assignment incentives, and why it’s now so extreme
Andrew Vlahos
Jun 22, 2021, 4:19 AM
22
points
19
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[AN #152]: How we’ve overestimated few-shot learning capabilities
Rohin Shah
Jun 16, 2021, 5:20 PM
22
points
6
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
AI-Based Code Generation Using GPT-J-6B
Tomás B.
Jun 16, 2021, 3:05 PM
22
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(minimaxir.com)
AXRP Episode 8 - Assistance Games with Dylan Hadfield-Menell
DanielFilan
Jun 8, 2021, 11:20 PM
22
points
1
comment
72
min read
LW
link
Open and Welcome Thread – June 2021
habryka
Jun 6, 2021, 2:20 AM
21
points
39
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rules for Epistemic Warfare?
Gentzel
Jun 5, 2021, 1:30 PM
21
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
1
review
(theconsequentialist.wordpress.com)
Knowledge is not just precipitation of action
Alex Flint
Jun 18, 2021, 11:26 PM
21
points
6
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Often, enemies really are innately evil.
Andrew Vlahos
Jun 7, 2021, 6:42 AM
21
points
56
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Knowledge is not just digital abstraction layers
Alex Flint
Jun 15, 2021, 3:49 AM
21
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Alarms Are Better Than Chivvying
jefftk
Jun 11, 2021, 3:30 PM
21
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
The dumbest kid in the world (joke)
CronoDAS
Jun 6, 2021, 2:57 AM
21
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are the gears of gluten sensitivity?
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Jun 8, 2021, 4:42 PM
20
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Breakdown of AI Chip Companies
Tomás B.
Jun 14, 2021, 7:25 PM
20
points
4
comments
LW
link
(geohot.github.io)
[Question]
Will outlets like the NYT be captured by Chinese influence and if so, when?
ChristianKl
Jun 8, 2021, 4:31 PM
20
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
April 2021 Gwern.net newsletter
gwern
Jun 3, 2021, 3:13 PM
20
points
0
comments
LW
link
(www.gwern.net)
Hypothesis: lab mice have more active transposons then wild mice
ChristianKl
Jun 5, 2021, 12:36 PM
20
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Game-theoretic Alignment in terms of Attainable Utility
midco
and
TurnTrout
Jun 8, 2021, 12:36 PM
20
points
2
comments
9
min read
LW
link
The reverse Goodhart problem
Stuart_Armstrong
Jun 8, 2021, 3:48 PM
20
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What will be the aftermath of the US intelligence lab leak report?
ChristianKl
Jun 26, 2021, 8:33 PM
20
points
33
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Assessing Interest in Group Trip to Secure Panamanian Residency [Imminent Rules Change]
Josh Jacobson
Jun 3, 2021, 9:51 PM
19
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Russian x-risks newsletter spring 21
avturchin
Jun 1, 2021, 12:10 PM
19
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A quantitative introduction to churning
electroswing
Jun 28, 2021, 10:21 PM
19
points
4
comments
9
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Which rationalists faced significant side-effects from COVID-19 vaccination?
ChristianKl
Jun 14, 2021, 9:39 AM
18
points
45
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Does anyone have any Data Sidequests?
abstractapplic
Jun 11, 2021, 11:40 PM
18
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Trying to approximate Statistical Models as Scoring Tables
Jsevillamol
Jun 29, 2021, 5:20 PM
18
points
2
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Assume long serving politicians are rationally maximizing their careers
Tim Liptrot
Jun 18, 2021, 3:15 PM
18
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Should we vaccinate against PGBD5 which codes for a transposase?
ChristianKl
Jun 8, 2021, 7:22 PM
18
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Holidaying and purpose
KatjaGrace
Jun 6, 2021, 7:30 PM
18
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
Deep limitations? Examining expert disagreement over deep learning
Richard_Ngo
Jun 27, 2021, 12:55 AM
18
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(link.springer.com)
The aducanumab approval
ChristianKl
Jun 17, 2021, 2:05 PM
18
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(blogs.sciencemag.org)
An animated introduction to longtermism (feat. Robert Miles)
Writer
Jun 21, 2021, 7:24 PM
18
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(youtu.be)
[Question]
Arguments against constructivism (in education)?
Viliam
Jun 20, 2021, 1:49 PM
18
points
22
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Cult Deficit: Analysis and Speculation
rogersbacon
Jun 13, 2021, 5:33 AM
18
points
11
comments
13
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are some claims or opinions about multi-multi delegation you’ve seen in the memeplex that you think deserve scrutiny?
Quinn
Jun 27, 2021, 5:44 PM
17
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Hardware for Transformative AI
MrThink
Jun 22, 2021, 6:13 PM
17
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Unexpected Hanging Paradox
Chris_Leong
Jun 27, 2021, 6:17 AM
17
points
11
comments
4
min read
LW
link
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