[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)2 Sep 2021 23:00 UTC
31 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Is Ex­per­tise With Reality

Horatio Von Becker2 Sep 2021 20:45 UTC
−14 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Fram­ing Practicum: Selec­tion Incentive

aysajan2 Sep 2021 20:26 UTC
13 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Pod­cast Club: Martin Gurri on the Re­volt of the Public & Cri­sis of Authority

Aditya Kedia2 Sep 2021 20:09 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Re­view: For­agers, Farm­ers, and Fos­sil Fuels

L Rudolf L2 Sep 2021 17:59 UTC
26 points
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(strataoftheworld.blogspot.com)

Ad­den­dum to “Amy­loid Plaques: Med­i­cal Good­hart, Chem­i­cal Streetlight”

J Bostock2 Sep 2021 17:42 UTC
10 points
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Lak­shmi’s Magic Rope: An In­tu­itive Ex­pla­na­tion of Ra­manu­jan Primes

DirectedEvolution2 Sep 2021 16:36 UTC
16 points
21 comments11 min readLW link

For­mal­iz­ing Ob­jec­tions against Sur­ro­gate Goals

VojtaKovarik2 Sep 2021 16:24 UTC
13 points
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Covid 9/​2: Long Covid Analysis

Zvi2 Sep 2021 14:50 UTC
77 points
15 comments14 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Com­pe­tent Preferences

Charlie Steiner2 Sep 2021 14:26 UTC
29 points
2 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Good soft­ware to draw and ma­nipu­late causal net­works?

J Bostock2 Sep 2021 14:05 UTC
6 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Growth of pre­dic­tion mar­kets over time?

Daniel Kokotajlo2 Sep 2021 13:43 UTC
17 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

We are failing to see how much bet­ter off hu­man­ity could be (trans­par­ent mon­sters part 2)

Writer2 Sep 2021 10:52 UTC
7 points
3 comments4 min readLW link
(youtu.be)

A lost 80s/​90s metaphor: play­ing the demo

CraigMichael2 Sep 2021 8:45 UTC
35 points
8 comments4 min readLW link

Blind Spots in Science and Culture

rogersbacon2 Sep 2021 0:02 UTC
7 points
3 comments15 min readLW link

In­tel­li­gence, Fast and Slow

Mateusz Mazurkiewicz1 Sep 2021 19:52 UTC
−3 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

D&D.Sci Path­fin­der: Re­turn of the Gray Swan

aphyer1 Sep 2021 17:43 UTC
31 points
22 comments5 min readLW link

Fore­cast­ing Newslet­ter: Au­gust 2021

NunoSempere1 Sep 2021 17:01 UTC
20 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

Tasker ac­tions which save me time and sanity

just_browsing1 Sep 2021 14:49 UTC
28 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

US Mili­tary Global In­for­ma­tion Dom­i­nance Experiments

NunoSempere1 Sep 2021 13:34 UTC
25 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(www.defense.gov)

Guide to War­wick, New York

Zvi1 Sep 2021 13:30 UTC
21 points
10 comments11 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Open & Wel­come Thread Septem­ber 2021

Horatio Von Becker1 Sep 2021 8:58 UTC
16 points
65 comments1 min readLW link

Long Covid Is Not Ne­c­es­sar­ily Your Biggest Problem

Elizabeth1 Sep 2021 7:20 UTC
208 points
40 comments10 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Pe­ti­tion To Make Inar­tic­u­late Down­vot­ing More Difficult

Horatio Von Becker1 Sep 2021 6:23 UTC
−2 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

[Spon­sored] Job Hunt­ing in the Modern Economy

lsusr1 Sep 2021 6:07 UTC
35 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

NIST AI Risk Man­age­ment Frame­work re­quest for in­for­ma­tion (RFI)

Aryeh Englander1 Sep 2021 0:15 UTC
15 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Call for re­search on eval­u­at­ing al­ign­ment (fund­ing + ad­vice available)

Beth Barnes31 Aug 2021 23:28 UTC
105 points
11 comments5 min readLW link

A Lay­man’s Guide to Re­cre­ational Math­e­mat­ics Videos

Sam Enright31 Aug 2021 23:11 UTC
33 points
5 comments5 min readLW link

Re­ward splin­ter­ing as re­verse of interpretability

Stuart_Armstrong31 Aug 2021 22:27 UTC
10 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Finite Fac­tored Sets: Applications

Scott Garrabrant31 Aug 2021 21:19 UTC
34 points
1 comment10 min readLW link

Finite Fac­tored Sets: In­fer­ring Time

Scott Garrabrant31 Aug 2021 21:18 UTC
17 points
5 comments4 min readLW link

What are bi­ases, any­way? Mul­ti­ple type signatures

Stuart_Armstrong31 Aug 2021 21:16 UTC
11 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

From Branes to Brains. How math­e­mat­i­cal physics can be used in life sci­ences.

From_Branes_to_Brains31 Aug 2021 19:40 UTC
22 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[Cross­post] On Hreha On Be­hav­ioral Economics

Scott Alexander31 Aug 2021 18:14 UTC
106 points
6 comments22 min readLW link

The Tele­phone The­o­rem: In­for­ma­tion At A Dis­tance Is Me­di­ated By Deter­minis­tic Constraints

johnswentworth31 Aug 2021 16:50 UTC
96 points
26 comments9 min readLW link2 reviews

[Question] What could small scale dis­asters from AI look like?

CharlesD31 Aug 2021 15:52 UTC
14 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Grokking the In­ten­tional Stance

jbkjr31 Aug 2021 15:49 UTC
44 points
22 comments20 min readLW link1 review

An Ap­pren­tice Ex­per­i­ment in Python Pro­gram­ming, Part 4

31 Aug 2021 7:56 UTC
14 points
2 comments7 min readLW link

World War Zero

lsusr31 Aug 2021 7:22 UTC
27 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Ex­er­cise Trade Offs

Elizabeth31 Aug 2021 2:40 UTC
32 points
4 comments3 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

[Question] How much COVID pro­tec­tion is gained from pro­tect­ing your eyes?

Davis_Kingsley31 Aug 2021 1:18 UTC
20 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Ljubl­jana—ACX Mee­tups Every­where 2021

VesterDe31 Aug 2021 0:50 UTC
1 point
3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Quote Quiz

Gunnar_Zarncke30 Aug 2021 23:30 UTC
6 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

We Live in an Era of Un­prece­dented World Peace

lsusr30 Aug 2021 22:25 UTC
27 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Align­ment Re­search = Con­cep­tual Align­ment Re­search + Ap­plied Align­ment Research

adamShimi30 Aug 2021 21:13 UTC
37 points
14 comments5 min readLW link

An­ti­dotes to Num­ber Numbness

Collisteru30 Aug 2021 20:17 UTC
12 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Causal with­out cor­re­la­tion, how?

MoritzG30 Aug 2021 16:43 UTC
2 points
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A short in­tro­duc­tion to ma­chine learning

Richard_Ngo30 Aug 2021 14:31 UTC
94 points
7 comments8 min readLW link

Be­ware of small world puzzles

mukashi30 Aug 2021 6:00 UTC
58 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

Hu­man­ity is Win­ning the Fight Against In­fec­tious Disease

lsusr30 Aug 2021 1:31 UTC
60 points
8 comments2 min readLW link