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Why will AI be dangerous?
Legionnaire
Feb 4, 2022, 11:41 PM
40
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Anti-Parfit’s Hitchhiker
k64
Feb 4, 2022, 11:37 PM
2
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is it rational to modify one’s utility function?
k64
Feb 4, 2022, 11:37 PM
6
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Blog dedicated to rebuilding technology from civ collapse?
Casey_
Feb 4, 2022, 11:28 PM
4
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Alignment versus AI Alignment
Alex Flint
Feb 4, 2022, 10:59 PM
88
points
15
comments
22
min read
LW
link
A Quick Look At 20% Time
Elizabeth
Feb 4, 2022, 10:10 PM
86
points
8
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(acesounderglass.com)
What is a “philosophy of progress?”
jasoncrawford
Feb 4, 2022, 10:02 PM
10
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Convoy
Zvi
Feb 4, 2022, 9:40 PM
28
points
18
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
[Question]
Can you prove that 0 = 1?
purplelight
Feb 4, 2022, 9:31 PM
−10
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Expectations Influence Reality (and AI)
purplelight
Feb 4, 2022, 9:31 PM
0
points
3
comments
7
min read
LW
link
AI Writeup Part 1
SNl
Feb 4, 2022, 9:16 PM
8
points
1
comment
18
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Do mesa-optimization problems correlate with low-slack?
sudo
Feb 4, 2022, 9:11 PM
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Impactful Forecasting Prize for forecast writeups on curated Metaculus questions
elifland
,
sam_atis
and
yagudin
Feb 4, 2022, 8:06 PM
41
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[untitled post]
superads91
Feb 4, 2022, 7:03 PM
14
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Money-generating environments vs. wealth-building environments (or “my thoughts on the stock market”)
Nicole Dieker
Feb 4, 2022, 5:37 PM
7
points
9
comments
7
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Transferring credence without transferring evidence?
Kaarel
Feb 4, 2022, 8:11 AM
11
points
6
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Positly covid survey 2: controlled productivity data
KatjaGrace
Feb 4, 2022, 7:30 AM
15
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
Playing With a Talk Box
jefftk
Feb 4, 2022, 2:50 AM
9
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
[Question]
How can I see a daily count of all words I type?
Alex_Altair
Feb 4, 2022, 2:05 AM
8
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Covid 2/3/22: Loosening Bounds
Zvi
Feb 3, 2022, 11:00 PM
53
points
4
comments
16
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Forecasting Newsletter: January 2022
NunoSempere
Feb 3, 2022, 7:22 PM
17
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
The Urgency of Normal: An Exercise in Bounded Distrust
Zvi
Feb 3, 2022, 6:10 PM
46
points
3
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
QNR prospects are important for AI alignment research
Eric Drexler
Feb 3, 2022, 3:20 PM
94
points
12
comments
11
min read
LW
link
1
review
On Bounded Distrust
Zvi
Feb 3, 2022, 2:50 PM
137
points
19
comments
56
min read
LW
link
1
review
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Why Do I Think I Have Values?
J Bostock
Feb 3, 2022, 1:35 PM
22
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Trying harder works, sometimes
Kaveh-Sedghi
Feb 3, 2022, 5:04 AM
6
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Observed patterns around major technological advancements
Richard Korzekwa
Feb 3, 2022, 12:30 AM
44
points
15
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(aiimpacts.org)
Contra Infinite Ethics, Utility Functions
kyleherndon
Feb 2, 2022, 10:32 PM
6
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
January 2022 Time Tracking
jefftk
Feb 2, 2022, 10:00 PM
17
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
OpenAI Solves (Some) Formal Math Olympiad Problems
Michaël Trazzi
Feb 2, 2022, 9:49 PM
78
points
27
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is asymptomatic transmission less common after vaccination?
Brendan Long
Feb 2, 2022, 8:53 PM
8
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Thoughts on AGI safety from the top
jylin04
Feb 2, 2022, 8:06 PM
36
points
3
comments
32
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Good books about overcoming coordination problems?
Sean Aubin
Feb 2, 2022, 7:09 PM
22
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
February 2022 Open Thread
Raemon
Feb 2, 2022, 6:38 PM
17
points
54
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Voting Results for the 2020 Review
Raemon
Feb 2, 2022, 6:37 PM
108
points
17
comments
59
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How would you go about testing a political theory like Neofeudalism?
FinalFormal2
Feb 2, 2022, 5:09 PM
3
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
An Experiment in Habit Changing − 5 Week Retrospective
Willa
Feb 2, 2022, 5:00 PM
33
points
9
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Competitive programming with AlphaCode
Algon
Feb 2, 2022, 4:49 PM
58
points
36
comments
15
min read
LW
link
(deepmind.com)
[Intro to brain-like-AGI safety] 2. “Learning from scratch” in the brain
Steven Byrnes
Feb 2, 2022, 1:22 PM
60
points
12
comments
25
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Are there alternative routes to variolate COVID instead of the respiratory tract?
df fd
Feb 2, 2022, 10:45 AM
3
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Help me understand the rationale of the NIH to not recommend Fluvoxamine for COVID treatment.
df fd
Feb 2, 2022, 10:23 AM
17
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Autopilot Ethics And The Illusory Self
George3d6
Feb 2, 2022, 10:11 AM
9
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(www.epistem.ink)
Impossibility results for unbounded utilities
paulfchristiano
Feb 2, 2022, 3:52 AM
167
points
109
comments
8
min read
LW
link
1
review
Solar Snow Redirector?
jefftk
2 Feb 2022 2:20 UTC
12
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Empirical Findings Generalize Surprisingly Far
jsteinhardt
1 Feb 2022 22:30 UTC
47
points
1
comment
6
min read
LW
link
(bounded-regret.ghost.io)
Is there a better choice than “Stop After Win” (or does double-checking lead to failure loops)?
Nicole Dieker
1 Feb 2022 20:33 UTC
11
points
12
comments
4
min read
LW
link
2022 ACX Predictions: Buy/Sell/Hold
Zvi
1 Feb 2022 20:30 UTC
30
points
2
comments
18
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Revisiting Brave New World Revisited (Chapter 3)
Justin Bullock
1 Feb 2022 17:17 UTC
5
points
0
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Before Colour TV, People Dreamed in Black and White
Sam Enright
1 Feb 2022 12:50 UTC
60
points
24
comments
2
min read
LW
link
SIA becomes SSA in the multiverse
avturchin
1 Feb 2022 11:31 UTC
7
points
35
comments
5
min read
LW
link
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