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[Question]
Is there a name for the theory that “There will be fast takeoff in real-world capabilities because almost everything is AGI-complete”?
David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)
Sep 2, 2021, 11:00 PM
31
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Is Expertise With Reality
Horatio Von Becker
Sep 2, 2021, 8:45 PM
−14
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Framing Practicum: Selection Incentive
aysajan
Sep 2, 2021, 8:26 PM
13
points
6
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Podcast Club: Martin Gurri on the Revolt of the Public & Crisis of Authority
Aditya Kedia
Sep 2, 2021, 8:09 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Review: Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels
L Rudolf L
Sep 2, 2021, 5:59 PM
28
points
7
comments
25
min read
LW
link
(strataoftheworld.blogspot.com)
Addendum to “Amyloid Plaques: Medical Goodhart, Chemical Streetlight”
J Bostock
Sep 2, 2021, 5:42 PM
10
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Lakshmi’s Magic Rope: An Intuitive Explanation of Ramanujan Primes
DirectedEvolution
Sep 2, 2021, 4:36 PM
16
points
21
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Formalizing Objections against Surrogate Goals
VojtaKovarik
Sep 2, 2021, 4:24 PM
16
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Covid 9/2: Long Covid Analysis
Zvi
Sep 2, 2021, 2:50 PM
70
points
15
comments
14
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Competent Preferences
Charlie Steiner
Sep 2, 2021, 2:26 PM
30
points
2
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Good software to draw and manipulate causal networks?
J Bostock
Sep 2, 2021, 2:05 PM
6
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Growth of prediction markets over time?
Daniel Kokotajlo
Sep 2, 2021, 1:43 PM
17
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
We are failing to see how much better off humanity could be (transparent monsters part 2)
Writer
Sep 2, 2021, 10:52 AM
7
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(youtu.be)
A lost 80s/90s metaphor: playing the demo
CraigMichael
Sep 2, 2021, 8:45 AM
35
points
8
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Blind Spots in Science and Culture
rogersbacon
Sep 2, 2021, 12:02 AM
7
points
3
comments
15
min read
LW
link
Intelligence, Fast and Slow
Mateusz Mazurkiewicz
Sep 1, 2021, 7:52 PM
−3
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
D&D.Sci Pathfinder: Return of the Gray Swan
aphyer
Sep 1, 2021, 5:43 PM
31
points
22
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Forecasting Newsletter: August 2021
NunoSempere
Sep 1, 2021, 5:01 PM
20
points
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Tasker actions which save me time and sanity
just_browsing
Sep 1, 2021, 2:49 PM
30
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
US Military Global Information Dominance Experiments
NunoSempere
Sep 1, 2021, 1:34 PM
25
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(www.defense.gov)
Guide to Warwick, New York
Zvi
Sep 1, 2021, 1:30 PM
21
points
10
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Open & Welcome Thread September 2021
Horatio Von Becker
Sep 1, 2021, 8:58 AM
16
points
65
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Long Covid Is Not Necessarily Your Biggest Problem
Elizabeth
Sep 1, 2021, 7:20 AM
201
points
40
comments
10
min read
LW
link
(acesounderglass.com)
Petition To Make Inarticulate Downvoting More Difficult
Horatio Von Becker
Sep 1, 2021, 6:23 AM
−2
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Sponsored] Job Hunting in the Modern Economy
lsusr
Sep 1, 2021, 6:07 AM
35
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
NIST AI Risk Management Framework request for information (RFI)
Aryeh Englander
Sep 1, 2021, 12:15 AM
15
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Call for research on evaluating alignment (funding + advice available)
Beth Barnes
Aug 31, 2021, 11:28 PM
105
points
11
comments
5
min read
LW
link
A Layman’s Guide to Recreational Mathematics Videos
Sam Enright
Aug 31, 2021, 11:11 PM
33
points
5
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Reward splintering as reverse of interpretability
Stuart_Armstrong
Aug 31, 2021, 10:27 PM
10
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Finite Factored Sets: Applications
Scott Garrabrant
Aug 31, 2021, 9:19 PM
34
points
1
comment
10
min read
LW
link
Finite Factored Sets: Inferring Time
Scott Garrabrant
Aug 31, 2021, 9:18 PM
23
points
5
comments
4
min read
LW
link
What are biases, anyway? Multiple type signatures
Stuart_Armstrong
Aug 31, 2021, 9:16 PM
11
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
From Branes to Brains. How mathematical physics can be used in life sciences.
From_Branes_to_Brains
Aug 31, 2021, 7:40 PM
22
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Crosspost] On Hreha On Behavioral Economics
Scott Alexander
Aug 31, 2021, 6:14 PM
104
points
7
comments
22
min read
LW
link
The Telephone Theorem: Information At A Distance Is Mediated By Deterministic Constraints
johnswentworth
Aug 31, 2021, 4:50 PM
96
points
26
comments
9
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
[Question]
What could small scale disasters from AI look like?
CharlesD
Aug 31, 2021, 3:52 PM
14
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Grokking the Intentional Stance
jbkjr
Aug 31, 2021, 3:49 PM
47
points
22
comments
20
min read
LW
link
1
review
An Apprentice Experiment in Python Programming, Part 4
gilch
and
konstell
Aug 31, 2021, 7:56 AM
14
points
2
comments
7
min read
LW
link
World War Zero
lsusr
Aug 31, 2021, 7:22 AM
54
points
1
comment
5
min read
LW
link
Exercise Trade Offs
Elizabeth
Aug 31, 2021, 2:40 AM
32
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(acesounderglass.com)
[Question]
How much COVID protection is gained from protecting your eyes?
Davis_Kingsley
Aug 31, 2021, 1:18 AM
20
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Ljubljana—ACX Meetups Everywhere 2021
VesterDe
Aug 31, 2021, 12:50 AM
1
point
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Quote Quiz
Gunnar_Zarncke
Aug 30, 2021, 11:30 PM
6
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
We Live in an Era of Unprecedented World Peace
lsusr
Aug 30, 2021, 10:25 PM
27
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Alignment Research = Conceptual Alignment Research + Applied Alignment Research
adamShimi
Aug 30, 2021, 9:13 PM
37
points
14
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Antidotes to Number Numbness
Collisteru
Aug 30, 2021, 8:17 PM
12
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Causal without correlation, how?
MoritzG
Aug 30, 2021, 4:43 PM
2
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A short introduction to machine learning
Richard_Ngo
Aug 30, 2021, 2:31 PM
95
points
8
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Beware of small world puzzles
mukashi
Aug 30, 2021, 6:00 AM
59
points
6
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Humanity is Winning the Fight Against Infectious Disease
lsusr
Aug 30, 2021, 1:31 AM
60
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
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