3 Aug 2021 22:41 UTC

57 points

50 comments15 min readLW link

What does GPT-3 understand? Symbol grounding and Chinese rooms

Stuart_Armstrong3 Aug 2021 13:14 UTC

40 points

15 comments12 min readLW link

[Question] How should my timelines influence my career choice?

Tom Lieberum3 Aug 2021 10:14 UTC

13 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What was my mistake evaluating risk in this situation?

Andrew Vlahos3 Aug 2021 2:54 UTC

33 points

32 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Is iterated amplification really more powerful than imitation?

Chantiel2 Aug 2021 23:20 UTC

5 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

The Myth of the Myth of the Lone Genius

rogersbacon2 Aug 2021 20:55 UTC

53 points

24 comments9 min readLW link

How Many Affordable Units?

jefftk2 Aug 2021 16:20 UTC

12 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] What made the UK COVID-19 case count drop?

ChristianKl2 Aug 2021 13:01 UTC

38 points

39 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Do Bayesians like Bayesian model Averaging?

Haziq Muhammad2 Aug 2021 12:24 UTC

4 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

Seattle Robot Cult

lsusr2 Aug 2021 1:43 UTC

10 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Referential Information

Jack R1 Aug 2021 21:07 UTC

4 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Who decides what should be worked on?

Aglaya Ivanovna1 Aug 2021 17:26 UTC

39 points

8 comments4 min readLW link

Forecasting Newsletter: July 2021

NunoSempere1 Aug 2021 17:00 UTC

21 points

6 comments8 min readLW link

Destroying Insecurity and Boosting Confidence Through Your Interests and Values

Olitness1 Aug 2021 14:34 UTC

21 points

4 comments5 min readLW link

(olitness.wordpress.com)

[Question] Torture vs Specks: Sadist version

andrew sauer31 Jul 2021 23:33 UTC

11 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

Cognitive Impacts of Cocaine Use

Xodarap31 Jul 2021 21:53 UTC

25 points

7 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Very Unnatural Tasks?

Orfeas31 Jul 2021 21:22 UTC

4 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Cherry Pit Storage

jefftk31 Jul 2021 17:30 UTC

11 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

The World is Continuous, Not Discrete

Anshul Jain31 Jul 2021 2:26 UTC

5 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

(www.anshuljain.me)

A Framework for Disagreements

Anshul Jain31 Jul 2021 1:51 UTC

1 point

0 comments3 min readLW link

(www.anshuljain.me)

Uncertainty can Defuse Logical Explosions

J Bostock30 Jul 2021 12:36 UTC

13 points

7 comments3 min readLW link

Prediction-based-Medicine instead of E̵v̵i̵d̵e̵n̵c̵e̵ ̵b̵a̵s̵e̵d̵ ̵M̵e̵d̵i̵c̵i̵n̵e̵ Authority-based-Medicine

ChristianKl30 Jul 2021 10:42 UTC

11 points

5 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What weird treatments should people who lost their taste from COVID try?

Maxwell Peterson30 Jul 2021 2:51 UTC

11 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What’s your personal TAP setup?

Raj Thimmiah29 Jul 2021 22:38 UTC

3 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Brief thoughts on inefficient writing systems

Srdjan Miletic29 Jul 2021 20:20 UTC

22 points

36 comments2 min readLW link

[AN #158]: Should we be optimistic about generalization?

Rohin Shah29 Jul 2021 17:20 UTC

20 points

0 comments8 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Covid 7/29: You Play to Win the Game

Zvi29 Jul 2021 16:10 UTC

97 points

25 comments23 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Slack Has Positive Externalities For Groups

johnswentworth29 Jul 2021 15:03 UTC

90 points

11 comments5 min readLW link 2 reviews

Gaming Incentives

Jozdien29 Jul 2021 13:51 UTC

10 points

4 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Did they or didn’t they learn tool use?

Daniel Kokotajlo29 Jul 2021 13:26 UTC

16 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How to bayesian update on multiple covid tests?

rchplg29 Jul 2021 13:15 UTC

13 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Importance of Ideas and People We Disagree With

Olitness29 Jul 2021 11:50 UTC

−1 points

4 comments7 min readLW link

(olitness.wordpress.com)

[Question] How much compute was used to train DeepMind’s generally capable agents?

Daniel Kokotajlo29 Jul 2021 11:34 UTC

32 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Violent Unraveling: Suicidal Majoritarianism

mako yass29 Jul 2021 9:29 UTC

6 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Do we have a term for the issue with quantifying policy effect Scott Alexander stumbled on multiple times?

yhoiseth29 Jul 2021 8:45 UTC

11 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

An Apprentice Experiment in Python Programming, Part 2

konstell and gilch

29 Jul 2021 7:39 UTC

30 points

18 comments10 min readLW link

Evidence that adds up

TekhneMakre29 Jul 2021 3:27 UTC

6 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Risk Premiums vs Prediction Markets

SimonM28 Jul 2021 23:03 UTC

33 points

6 comments6 min readLW link

Delta Strain: Fact Dump and Some Policy Takeaways

Connor_Flexman28 Jul 2021 3:38 UTC

119 points

60 comments16 min readLW link

[Question] How much do variations in diet quality determine individual productivity?

Natália28 Jul 2021 3:05 UTC

37 points

20 comments1 min readLW link

A reasonable debate about Ivermectin

CraigMichael27 Jul 2021 22:31 UTC

7 points

14 comments2 min readLW link

Black ravens and red herrings

Matthew Barnett27 Jul 2021 17:46 UTC

50 points

17 comments1 min readLW link

DeepMind: Generally capable agents emerge from open-ended play

Daniel Kokotajlo27 Jul 2021 14:19 UTC

247 points

53 comments2 min readLW link

(deepmind.com)

In Praise (and Defence) of The People

Olitness27 Jul 2021 7:13 UTC

−8 points

4 comments14 min readLW link

(olitness.wordpress.com)

More Useful Way of Answering “Mind vs. Body” Problem

Olitness27 Jul 2021 7:13 UTC

9 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

(olitness.wordpress.com)

A conversation about cooking, science, and creativity

DirectedEvolution27 Jul 2021 5:00 UTC

16 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

Neuroscience things that confuse me right now

Steven Byrnes26 Jul 2021 21:01 UTC

16 points

5 comments9 min readLW link

Refactoring Alignment (attempt #2)

abramdemski26 Jul 2021 20:12 UTC

46 points

17 comments8 min readLW link

Wanted: Foom-scared alignment research partner

Icarus Gallagher26 Jul 2021 19:23 UTC

40 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What does knowing the heritability of a trait tell me in practice?

Kaj_Sotala26 Jul 2021 16:29 UTC

58 points

22 comments4 min readLW link