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Signaling isn’t about signaling, it’s about Goodhart
Valentine
Jan 6, 2022, 6:49 PM
59
points
31
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Covid 1/6/22: The Blip
Zvi
Jan 6, 2022, 6:30 PM
68
points
21
comments
25
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
The Problem of the Criterion is NOT an Open Problem
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Jan 6, 2022, 4:31 PM
9
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Importance of foresight evaluations within ELK
Jonathan Uesato
Jan 6, 2022, 3:34 PM
25
points
1
comment
10
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How reasonable are concerns about asking for patents to be lifted for COVID-19 vaccines?
ChristianKl
Jan 6, 2022, 1:09 PM
2
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A common misconception about the evolution of viruses
mukashi
Jan 6, 2022, 10:00 AM
7
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What I’m about
Flaglandbase
Jan 6, 2022, 9:20 AM
3
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
You can’t understand human agency without understanding amoeba agency
Shmi
Jan 6, 2022, 4:42 AM
25
points
36
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Brain Efficiency: Much More than You Wanted to Know
jacob_cannell
Jan 6, 2022, 3:38 AM
201
points
103
comments
29
min read
LW
link
Satisf-AI: A Route to Reducing Risks From AI
harsimony
Jan 6, 2022, 2:34 AM
6
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
How To Raise Others’ Aspirations in 17 Easy Steps
chanamessinger
Jan 6, 2022, 12:14 AM
100
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Newcomb’s Problem as an Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma
Jerdle
Jan 5, 2022, 10:48 PM
13
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Book Review]: The Bonobo and the Atheist by Frans De Waal
J Bostock
Jan 5, 2022, 10:29 PM
17
points
0
comments
14
min read
LW
link
P(C) vs. NP(C)
Nicole Dieker
Jan 5, 2022, 9:34 PM
3
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How much, and on what margins, should we be rethinking quarantine protocols?
jmh
Jan 5, 2022, 8:29 PM
8
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Animal welfare EA and personal dietary options
Rob Bensinger
Jan 5, 2022, 6:53 PM
38
points
32
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Your Preferences
PeterL
Jan 5, 2022, 6:49 PM
1
point
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Selfless Dating
Jacob Falkovich
Jan 5, 2022, 5:44 PM
24
points
7
comments
7
min read
LW
link
10 Reasons You’re Lazy About Dating
Jacob Falkovich
Jan 5, 2022, 5:43 PM
6
points
5
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Consensual Hostility
Jacob Falkovich
Jan 5, 2022, 5:40 PM
10
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Sex Versus
Jacob Falkovich
Jan 5, 2022, 5:38 PM
14
points
12
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How would you explain Bayesian thinking to a ten year old?
lumenwrites
Jan 5, 2022, 5:25 PM
7
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Thank you, Queensland
mukashi
Jan 5, 2022, 2:21 PM
22
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How the response to a pandemic affecting mainly children would look like?
mukashi
Jan 5, 2022, 10:15 AM
4
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Reaction to Wolfgang Schwarz’s “On Functional Decision Theory”
Heighn
Jan 5, 2022, 9:00 AM
7
points
9
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Omicron in Biobot
jefftk
Jan 5, 2022, 2:50 AM
14
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Movie review: Don’t Look Up
Sam Marks
Jan 4, 2022, 8:16 PM
38
points
6
comments
11
min read
LW
link
More Is Different for AI
jsteinhardt
Jan 4, 2022, 7:30 PM
140
points
24
comments
3
min read
LW
link
1
review
(bounded-regret.ghost.io)
[Question]
How do you turn an idea into a reality? (warning: involves politics)
Nicole Dieker
Jan 4, 2022, 7:29 PM
8
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Speed of Rumor
NancyLebovitz
Jan 4, 2022, 7:27 PM
5
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Omicron Post #12
Zvi
Jan 4, 2022, 3:50 PM
75
points
21
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
The Map-Territory Distinction Creates Confusion
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Jan 4, 2022, 3:49 PM
25
points
50
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Promising posts on AF that have fallen through the cracks
Evan R. Murphy
Jan 4, 2022, 3:39 PM
34
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[New Feature] Support for Footnotes!
Ruby
Jan 4, 2022, 7:35 AM
134
points
31
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Counterfactuals from ensembles of peers
David Johnston
Jan 4, 2022, 7:01 AM
3
points
4
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Some thoughts about an estimator by Taleb
paladim
Jan 4, 2022, 5:37 AM
4
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Flinches
ship_shlap
Jan 3, 2022, 11:51 PM
6
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
An Observation of Vavilov Day
Elizabeth
Jan 3, 2022, 9:10 PM
236
points
42
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(acesounderglass.com)
Apply for research internships at ARC!
paulfchristiano
Jan 3, 2022, 8:26 PM
61
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How to End a Pandemic
MikkW
Jan 3, 2022, 8:26 PM
2
points
27
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Prizes for ELK proposals
paulfchristiano
Jan 3, 2022, 8:23 PM
150
points
152
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Causality and determinism in social science—An investigation using Pearl’s causal ladder
tailcalled
Jan 3, 2022, 5:51 PM
12
points
10
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Shadows Of The Coming Race (1879)
Capybasilisk
Jan 3, 2022, 3:55 PM
62
points
5
comments
7
min read
LW
link
The possibility of no good amazing forecasters
Johannes C. Mayer
Jan 3, 2022, 12:57 PM
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
How an alien theory of mind might be unlearnable
Stuart_Armstrong
Jan 3, 2022, 11:16 AM
29
points
35
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Reader-generated Essays
Henrik Karlsson
Jan 3, 2022, 8:56 AM
25
points
1
comment
6
min read
LW
link
(escapingflatland.substack.com)
Open Thread—Jan 2022 [Vote Experiment!]
jimrandomh
Jan 3, 2022, 1:07 AM
47
points
88
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Lateral Thinking (AI safety HPMOR fanfic)
SlytherinsMonster
Jan 2, 2022, 11:50 PM
77
points
9
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Rockville Dinner Meetup
rocurley
Jan 2, 2022, 8:05 PM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Can you learn (music) efficiently by grinding?
Nicole Dieker
2 Jan 2022 19:07 UTC
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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