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Programming note

HoldenKarnofskyMar 9, 2022, 9:20 PM

8 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.cold-takes.com)

The Proof of Doom

johnlawrenceaspdenMar 9, 2022, 7:37 PM

27 points

17 votes

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18 comments3 min readLW link

[Survey] Expectations of a Post-ASI Order

Lone PineMar 9, 2022, 7:17 PM

5 points

3 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

A Rephrasing Of and Footnote To An Embedded Agency Proposal

JoshuaOSHickmanMar 9, 2022, 6:13 PM

5 points

3 votes

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0 comments5 min readLW link

ELK Sub—Note-taking in internal rollouts

HoagyMar 9, 2022, 5:23 PM

6 points

4 votes

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0 comments5 min readLW link

Meadow Theory

Duncan Sabien (Inactive)Mar 9, 2022, 5:13 PM

133 points

70 votes

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16 comments16 min readLW link 1 review

Being Moral is an end goal.

Yair HalberstadtMar 9, 2022, 4:37 PM

10 points

6 votes

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17 comments1 min readLW link

It Looks Like You’re Trying To Take Over The World

gwernMar 9, 2022, 4:35 PM

410 points

219 votes

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120 comments1 min readLW link 1 review

(www.gwern.net)

Effects are correlated, policy outcomes are not, and multi-factor explanations are hard

Thomas KehrenbergMar 9, 2022, 3:30 PM

16 points

8 votes

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2 comments14 min readLW link

(tm.kehrenberg.net)

Ask AI companies about what they are doing for AI safety?

micMar 9, 2022, 3:14 PM

51 points

26 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

[Intro to brain-like-AGI safety] 7. From hardcoded drives to foresighted plans: A worked example

Steven ByrnesMar 9, 2022, 2:28 PM

80 points

30 votes

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3 comments10 min readLW link

Against Thinking About The Unactionable

George3d6Mar 9, 2022, 11:55 AM

20 points

17 votes

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2 comments8 min readLW link

(www.epistem.ink)

[Question] Will Russia default, and if so, will it lead to financial crisis?

sanxiynMar 9, 2022, 6:34 AM

11 points

10 votes

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6 comments1 min readLW link

On presenting the case for AI risk

Aryeh EnglanderMar 9, 2022, 1:41 AM

54 points

25 votes

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17 comments4 min readLW link

Deriving Our World From Small Datasets

CapybasiliskMar 9, 2022, 12:34 AM

5 points

2 votes

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4 comments2 min readLW link

ELK prize results

paulfchristiano and Mark Xu

Mar 9, 2022, 12:01 AM

138 points

56 votes

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50 comments21 min readLW link

We’re already in AI takeoff

ValentineMar 8, 2022, 11:09 PM

146 points

178 votes

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118 comments7 min readLW link

Value extrapolation, concept extrapolation, model splintering

Stuart_ArmstrongMar 8, 2022, 10:50 PM

16 points

5 votes

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1 comment2 min readLW link

ACX meetup #5

sallatikMar 8, 2022, 10:36 PM

1 point

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Prediction Market News/Ticker?

RaelifinMar 8, 2022, 9:44 PM

13 points

6 votes

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3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Non-coercive motivation for alignment research?

Jonathan MoregårdMar 8, 2022, 8:50 PM

4 points

2 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

PSA for academics in Ukraine (or anywhere else) who want to come to the United Kingdom

gabrielreccMar 8, 2022, 8:00 PM

3 points

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Preparing for Power Outages in Disasters

tragedyofthecommentsMar 8, 2022, 5:02 PM

20 points

7 votes

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6 comments4 min readLW link

Bugout Bags for Disasters

tragedyofthecommentsMar 8, 2022, 5:02 PM

5 points

2 votes

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1 comment4 min readLW link

Food Preparedness for Disasters

tragedyofthecommentsMar 8, 2022, 5:02 PM

5 points

3 votes

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3 comments4 min readLW link

Water Preparedness for Disasters

tragedyofthecommentsMar 8, 2022, 5:02 PM

6 points

4 votes

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1 comment3 min readLW link

Nuclear Preparedness Guide

tragedyofthecommentsMar 8, 2022, 5:01 PM

38 points

19 votes

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7 comments11 min readLW link

[Question] Is there a good solution for documents that need to be signed with a ballpoint pen under suicide watch?

ChristianKlMar 8, 2022, 3:58 PM

11 points

7 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

[MLSN #3]: NeurIPS Safety Paper Roundup

Dan HMar 8, 2022, 3:17 PM

45 points

16 votes

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0 comments4 min readLW link

It’s not WWIII if 5/6 of humanity remains neutral

lsusrMar 8, 2022, 9:20 AM

9 points

26 votes

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20 comments1 min readLW link

Effective Ideas is announcing a $100,000 blog prize

finMar 7, 2022, 9:45 PM

45 points

15 votes

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1 comment2 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

[Question] Dependencies and conditional probabilities in weather forecasts

AnthonyCMar 7, 2022, 9:23 PM

8 points

3 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

Help Ukraine

ubikMar 7, 2022, 8:40 PM

0 points

27 votes

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9 comments1 min readLW link

The First-Person Perspective Is Not A Random Sample

dadadarrenMar 7, 2022, 4:31 PM

44 points

17 votes

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27 comments5 min readLW link

An Intuitive Introduction to Functional Decision Theory

HeighnMar 7, 2022, 4:07 PM

19 points

9 votes

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3 comments7 min readLW link

An Intuitive Introduction to Evidential Decision Theory

HeighnMar 7, 2022, 4:06 PM

5 points

6 votes

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0 comments3 min readLW link

An Intuitive Introduction to Causal Decision Theory

HeighnMar 7, 2022, 4:05 PM

3 points

5 votes

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3 comments6 min readLW link

Basic Concepts in Decision Theory

HeighnMar 7, 2022, 4:05 PM

3 points

4 votes

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1 comment2 min readLW link

How to Best Use Twitter

ZviMar 7, 2022, 3:40 PM

62 points

33 votes

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8 comments16 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Projecting compute trends in Machine Learning

Tamay, lennart and Jsevillamol

Mar 7, 2022, 3:32 PM

59 points

26 votes

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5 comments6 min readLW link

Powerpoint joy—How I got 1.7 million views on Unsplash by nourishing the souls of office workers

tomdekanMar 7, 2022, 3:29 PM

5 points

11 votes

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3 comments4 min readLW link

Scientific Wrestling: Beyond Passive Hypothesis-Testing

adamShimiMar 7, 2022, 12:01 PM

44 points

18 votes

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6 comments8 min readLW link

You can tell a drawing from a painting

alkexrMar 7, 2022, 11:45 AM

81 points

46 votes

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23 comments6 min readLW link

Personal imitation software

FlaglandbaseMar 7, 2022, 7:55 AM

6 points

2 votes

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6 comments1 min readLW link

America’s Invisible Graveyard: Understanding the Moral Implications of Western sanctions

ebrodeyMar 7, 2022, 3:58 AM

−14 points

46 votes

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44 comments3 min readLW link

Grabby Aliens could be Good, could be Bad

mako yassMar 7, 2022, 1:24 AM

28 points

10 votes

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10 comments4 min readLW link

Sabotage challenge

ViktoriaMalyasovaMar 6, 2022, 10:51 PM

11 points

9 votes

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7 comments1 min readLW link

Why work at AI Impacts?

KatjaMar 6, 2022, 10:10 PM

50 points

18 votes

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7 comments13 min readLW link

(aiimpacts.org)

Ukraine update 06/03/2022

ViktoriaMalyasovaMar 6, 2022, 9:49 PM

22 points

15 votes

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6 comments3 min readLW link

Balancing Audio in Software

jefftkMar 6, 2022, 7:40 PM

11 points

3 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

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