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Working through D&D.Sci, problem 3 (solution)

Pablo RepettoJan 26, 2022, 10:18 PM

12 points

2 comments LW link

(pabloernesto.github.io)

Event: Moral Foundations of Progress Studies, March 4–6 at UT Austin

jasoncrawfordJan 26, 2022, 9:57 PM

15 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Freudianism among the 17th century Wendat

David GrossJan 26, 2022, 6:15 PM

9 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Disambiguating the ‘Observable Universe’

Sam EnrightJan 26, 2022, 4:50 PM

24 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

[Intro to brain-like-AGI safety] 1. What’s the problem & Why work on it now?

Steven ByrnesJan 26, 2022, 3:23 PM

159 points

19 comments26 min readLW link

[Question] Ideas for avoiding optimizing the wrong things day-to-day?

Jack RJan 26, 2022, 10:46 AM

5 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Aligned AI Needs Slack

ShmiJan 26, 2022, 9:29 AM

25 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Patron Saint Holidays

RaemonJan 26, 2022, 9:26 AM

56 points

13 comments2 min readLW link

ELK First Round Contest Winners

Mark Xu and paulfchristiano

Jan 26, 2022, 2:56 AM

65 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

ML Systems Will Have Weird Failure Modes

jsteinhardtJan 26, 2022, 1:40 AM

57 points

8 comments6 min readLW link

(bounded-regret.ghost.io)

Search Is All You Need

blake8086Jan 25, 2022, 11:13 PM

33 points

13 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What should a student who is already a decent programmer do over the summer?

shuffled-cantaloupeJan 25, 2022, 9:25 PM

16 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How feasible/costly would it be to train a very large AI model on distributed clusters of GPUs?

AnonymousJan 25, 2022, 7:20 PM

7 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Evaluating 2021 ACX Predictions

ZviJan 25, 2022, 6:30 PM

34 points

11 comments22 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Vavilov Day Starts Tomorrow

ElizabethJan 25, 2022, 6:00 PM

34 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

Why do we need a NEW philosophy of progress?

jasoncrawfordJan 25, 2022, 5:28 PM

75 points

26 comments8 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Long Term Charities: Apply for SFF Funding

ZviJan 25, 2022, 5:00 PM

62 points

0 comments23 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Lives of the Cambridge polymath geniuses

Owain_EvansJan 25, 2022, 4:45 AM

108 points

40 comments3 min readLW link

Quest for Holy Grail of Hedging in Retail Portfolios!

miloJan 25, 2022, 4:09 AM

0 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

Wireless Outlet Switching

jefftkJan 25, 2022, 2:50 AM

12 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Iterating fast: voice dictation as a form of babble

Gytis DaujotasJan 25, 2022, 12:21 AM

22 points

5 comments4 min readLW link

Time until graduation as a proxy for picking between (German) universities

MorpheusJan 24, 2022, 6:27 PM

10 points

6 comments3 min readLW link

Nuanced and Extreme Countersignaling

DirectedEvolutionJan 24, 2022, 6:47 AM

29 points

9 comments6 min readLW link

Words are Imprecise Telepathy

LightStarJan 24, 2022, 1:45 AM

12 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

NFTs, Coin Collecting, and Expensive Paintings

leogaoJan 24, 2022, 1:01 AM

29 points

35 comments5 min readLW link

You have to create your own personal finance system

Nicole DiekerJan 23, 2022, 6:53 PM

3 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

Why rationalists should care (more) about free software

RichardJActonJan 23, 2022, 5:31 PM

66 points

42 comments5 min readLW link

Excessive Nuance and Derailing Conversations

AlexanderJan 23, 2022, 10:42 AM

43 points

13 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Is AI Alignment a pseudoscience?

mocny-chlapikJan 23, 2022, 10:32 AM

21 points

41 comments1 min readLW link

CICO is a weird reference class

Chad NauseamJan 23, 2022, 7:00 AM

42 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

Hyperpalatable Food Hypothesis: A LessWrong Study?

BDayJan 23, 2022, 5:43 AM

23 points

33 comments1 min readLW link

Working through D&D.Sci, problem 3

Pablo RepettoJan 23, 2022, 2:49 AM

12 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(pabloernesto.github.io)

5x5 Go Board

jefftkJan 23, 2022, 2:20 AM

27 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

List of Probability Calibration Exercises

Isaac KingJan 23, 2022, 2:12 AM

75 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

Descriptive vs. prescriptive optimism

jasoncrawfordJan 22, 2022, 7:50 PM

18 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

A one-question Turing test for GPT-3

Paul Crowley and rosiecam

Jan 22, 2022, 6:17 PM

85 points

25 comments5 min readLW link

What’s wrong with Pomodoro

bfinnJan 22, 2022, 4:54 PM

13 points

13 comments3 min readLW link

Postmortem on DIY Recombinant Covid Vaccine

caffemacchiavelliJan 22, 2022, 2:12 PM

179 points

27 comments5 min readLW link 1 review

There is a line in the sand, just not where you think it is

Wuschel SchulzJan 22, 2022, 10:33 AM

46 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

Grandpa Has Different Rules

jefftkJan 22, 2022, 3:30 AM

43 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Instrumental Convergence For Realistic Agent Objectives

TurnTroutJan 22, 2022, 12:41 AM

35 points

9 comments9 min readLW link

Alignment Problems All the Way Down

peterbarnettJan 22, 2022, 12:19 AM

29 points

7 comments11 min readLW link

Consume fiction wisely

RomanSJan 21, 2022, 8:23 PM

−9 points

56 comments5 min readLW link

Meetup in SF, Feb 26: Progress Studies + Effective Altruism

jasoncrawford and Ruth Grace Wong

Jan 21, 2022, 7:46 PM

7 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

The Structure of the Guild of the Rose

moridinamaelJan 21, 2022, 7:40 PM

41 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(guildoftherose.org)

[AN #171]: Disagreements between alignment “optimists” and “pessimists”

Rohin ShahJan 21, 2022, 6:30 PM

32 points

1 comment7 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

How to Become a Magician

Nicole DiekerJan 21, 2022, 6:12 PM

18 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

Sharing Powerful AI Models

apcJan 21, 2022, 11:57 AM

8 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

High-Impact Careers for Mathematicians (Online Workshop by EA Cambridge)

maria_aJan 21, 2022, 11:06 AM

13 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Due to a roommate, can COVID’s viral load stay high enough after day 10 to infect others?

catears123Jan 21, 2022, 7:08 AM

3 points

1 comment1 min readLW link