Bet­ter im­pos­si­bil­ity re­sult for un­bounded utilities

paulfchristianoFeb 9, 2022, 6:10 AM
33 points
22 comments5 min readLW link

Chaos and Stability

lsusrFeb 12, 2022, 10:19 AM
33 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

“Mo­ral progress” vs. the sim­ple pas­sage of time

HoldenKarnofskyFeb 9, 2022, 2:50 AM
33 points
30 comments3 min readLW link
(www.cold-takes.com)

[Link] Eric Sch­midt’s new AI2050 Fund

Aryeh EnglanderFeb 16, 2022, 9:21 PM
32 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Covid 2/​17/​22: Coast­ing Downwards

ZviFeb 17, 2022, 3:20 PM
32 points
10 comments28 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

D&D.SCP: Ano­ma­lous Ac­qui­si­tions Eval­u­a­tion & Ruleset

aphyerFeb 22, 2022, 6:19 PM
32 points
9 comments8 min readLW link

ELK Pro­posal: Think­ing Via A Hu­man Imitator

TurnTroutFeb 22, 2022, 1:52 AM
31 points
6 comments11 min readLW link

Cryptoepistemology

davidadFeb 24, 2022, 8:34 PM
31 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

2022 ACX Pre­dic­tions: Buy/​Sell/​Hold

ZviFeb 1, 2022, 8:30 PM
30 points
2 comments18 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

An anal­ogy as the mid­wife of thermodynamics

adamShimiFeb 16, 2022, 9:34 PM
30 points
10 comments7 min readLW link

EleutherAI’s GPT-NeoX-20B release

leogaoFeb 10, 2022, 6:56 AM
30 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(eaidata.bmk.sh)

Be­com­ing Stronger as Episte­mol­o­gist: Introduction

adamShimiFeb 15, 2022, 6:15 AM
30 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

Rus­sian x-risks newslet­ter win­ter 21-22, war risks up­date.

avturchinFeb 20, 2022, 6:58 PM
29 points
14 comments3 min readLW link

A scheme for sam­pling durable goods first-hand be­fore mak­ing a purchase

riceissaFeb 17, 2022, 11:36 PM
29 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

Abun­dance and scarcity; work­ing for­wards and work­ing backwards

QuinnFeb 18, 2022, 7:05 PM
29 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

Paradigm-build­ing from first prin­ci­ples: Effec­tive al­tru­ism, AGI, and alignment

Cameron BergFeb 8, 2022, 4:12 PM
29 points
5 comments14 min readLW link

Convoy

ZviFeb 4, 2022, 9:40 PM
28 points
18 comments9 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Con­voy Continued

ZviFeb 16, 2022, 2:40 PM
28 points
15 comments16 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Med­i­ta­tion and Neu­ro­science, some odds and ends

MarkLFeb 8, 2022, 1:47 AM
28 points
12 comments10 min readLW link

Paradigm-build­ing: Introduction

Cameron BergFeb 8, 2022, 12:06 AM
28 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Rel­a­tivized Defi­ni­tions as a Method to Sidestep the Löbian Obstacle

homotowatFeb 27, 2022, 6:37 AM
27 points
4 comments7 min readLW link

The in­no­cent self

Richard_NgoFeb 13, 2022, 3:10 AM
27 points
5 comments3 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

Less Light­ning Links at Length #1

ZviFeb 24, 2022, 4:20 PM
26 points
7 comments24 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The Art and Science of In­tu­ition Pumping

adamShimiFeb 22, 2022, 12:18 AM
26 points
3 comments9 min readLW link

How com­plex are my­opic imi­ta­tors?

Vivek HebbarFeb 8, 2022, 12:00 PM
26 points
1 comment15 min readLW link

Prepar­ing for Pos­si­ble Rus­sian Coun­ter­sanc­tions in Europe

aruntoFeb 27, 2022, 12:01 PM
25 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

REPL’s: a type sig­na­ture for agents

scottviteriFeb 15, 2022, 10:57 PM
25 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

[David Chap­man] Re­sist­ing or em­brac­ing meta-rationality

Gordon Seidoh WorleyFeb 27, 2022, 9:46 PM
25 points
39 comments1 min readLW link
(metarationality.com)

Me­tac­u­lus launches con­test for es­says with quan­ti­ta­tive pre­dic­tions about AI

Feb 8, 2022, 4:07 PM
25 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.metaculus.com)

Prac­ti­tioner: Novice

The Guild of the RoseFeb 20, 2022, 7:01 PM
25 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(guildoftherose.org)

Seek­ing mod­els of LW’s aver­sion to religion

Visible_IgnoranceFeb 21, 2022, 6:54 PM
24 points
52 comments7 min readLW link

Re­view: G.E.M. An­scombe’s “Modern Mo­ral Philos­o­phy”

David GrossFeb 20, 2022, 6:58 PM
24 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

Bazant: An al­ter­nate covid calculator

ElizabethFeb 15, 2022, 7:50 PM
24 points
3 comments2 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

[Question] What’s the eas­iest way to cur­rently gen­er­ate images with ma­chine learn­ing?

ChristianKlFeb 24, 2022, 3:20 PM
24 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Do any AI al­ign­ment orgs hire re­motely?

RobertMFeb 21, 2022, 10:33 PM
24 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

Am­bi­guity causes conflict

Ege ErdilFeb 26, 2022, 4:53 PM
24 points
9 comments8 min readLW link

Why I want to make a log­i­cal language

Zmavli CaimleFeb 5, 2022, 11:52 AM
23 points
13 comments4 min readLW link

Ep­silon is not a prob­a­bil­ity, it’s a cop-out

ShmiFeb 15, 2022, 2:48 AM
23 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

How Many (Smallish) Or­ganic Com­pounds Are There?

chemslugFeb 20, 2022, 4:43 AM
22 points
10 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Fram­ing Practicum: Gen­eral Factor

tailcalledFeb 14, 2022, 4:35 PM
22 points
9 comments7 min readLW link

Real Reality

ship_shlapFeb 5, 2022, 4:13 AM
22 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Why Do I Think I Have Values?

J BostockFeb 3, 2022, 1:35 PM
22 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Good books about over­com­ing co­or­di­na­tion prob­lems?

Sean AubinFeb 2, 2022, 7:09 PM
22 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

More GPT-3 and sym­bol grounding

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 23, 2022, 6:30 PM
21 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

Com­putabil­ity and Complexity

Feb 5, 2022, 2:53 PM
21 points
5 comments11 min readLW link
(www.metaculus.com)

In­ter­view with Nec­tome CEO Robert McIn­tyre—Brain Preser­va­tion, Per­sonal Iden­tity, AGI, and More

JohnGreerFeb 23, 2022, 1:54 AM
20 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

Prac­ti­cal De­ci­sion-Mak­ing Course: A Retrospective

Feb 5, 2022, 4:25 PM
20 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(guildoftherose.org)

A mod­est spel­ling re­form to in­crease au­tologic­ity, sym­me­try, and read­abil­ity.

Randomized, ControlledFeb 5, 2022, 9:09 PM
19 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

No, hu­man life was not a mis­ery un­til the 1950s

David Hugh-JonesFeb 11, 2022, 10:39 AM
19 points
32 comments4 min readLW link
(wyclif.substack.com)

Mis­cel­la­neous thoughts on han­dling a stress­ful life

VipulNaikFeb 5, 2022, 5:48 PM
19 points
0 comments11 min readLW link