In­tro to hack­ing with the lambda calculus

L Rudolf LMar 31, 2022, 9:51 PM
11 points
0 comments26 min readLW link
(www.strataoftheworld.com)

The lure of technocracy

jasoncrawfordMar 31, 2022, 7:58 PM
27 points
13 comments4 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

The Halt­ing Prob­lem and the Im­pos­si­ble Photocopier

J BostockMar 31, 2022, 6:19 PM
36 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Train­ing Com­pute-Op­ti­mal Large Lan­guage Models

nostalgebraistMar 31, 2022, 6:01 PM
51 points
23 comments1 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

New­comb’s prob­lem is just a stan­dard time con­sis­tency problem

basil.halperinMar 31, 2022, 5:32 PM
15 points
6 comments12 min readLW link

Covid 3/​31/​2022: More of the Same

ZviMar 31, 2022, 3:50 PM
28 points
10 comments11 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

They Don’t Know About Se­cond Booster

ZviMar 31, 2022, 3:30 PM
65 points
17 comments7 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Ways to or­ga­nize a search for a miss­ing per­son in LA from abroad?

Dan ReitmanMar 31, 2022, 2:25 PM
15 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

AXRP Epi­sode 13 - First Prin­ci­ples of AGI Safety with Richard Ngo

DanielFilanMar 31, 2022, 5:20 AM
25 points
1 comment48 min readLW link

[Question] Con­fi­dence Levels in Fore­casts and Psy­cholog­i­cal Surveys

T431Mar 31, 2022, 2:54 AM
8 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

A bi­cy­cle for your memory

sortegaMar 30, 2022, 9:41 PM
38 points
8 comments8 min readLW link

ELK Com­pu­ta­tional Com­plex­ity: Three Levels of Difficulty

abramdemskiMar 30, 2022, 8:56 PM
46 points
9 comments7 min readLW link

Aban­doned pro­to­type video game teach­ing el­e­men­tary cir­cuit theory

Steven ByrnesMar 30, 2022, 8:37 PM
17 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Meta wants to use AI to write Wikipe­dia ar­ti­cles; I am Ner­vous™

YitzMar 30, 2022, 7:05 PM
14 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

No, EDT Did Not Get It Right All Along: Why the Coin Flip Creation Prob­lem Is Irrelevant

HeighnMar 30, 2022, 6:41 PM
6 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

How to Make Your Ar­ti­cle Change Peo­ple’s Minds or Ac­tions? (Spoiler: Do User Test­ing Like a Startup Would)

Yonatan CaleMar 30, 2022, 5:39 PM
59 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Pro­ce­du­rally eval­u­at­ing fac­tual ac­cu­racy: a re­quest for research

Jacob_HiltonMar 30, 2022, 4:37 PM
25 points
2 comments6 min readLW link

[ASoT] Some thoughts about LM monologue limi­ta­tions and ELK

leogaoMar 30, 2022, 2:26 PM
10 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

[In­tro to brain-like-AGI safety] 10. The al­ign­ment problem

Steven ByrnesMar 30, 2022, 1:24 PM
52 points
7 comments21 min readLW link

Progress Re­port 2

Nathan Helm-BurgerMar 30, 2022, 2:29 AM
4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] What would make you con­fi­dent that AGI has been achieved?

YitzMar 29, 2022, 11:02 PM
17 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Beyond Blame Min­i­miza­tion: Thoughts from the comments

physicaleconomicsMar 29, 2022, 10:28 PM
25 points
8 comments17 min readLW link

Gears-Level Men­tal Models of Trans­former Interpretability

RowanWangMar 29, 2022, 8:09 PM
75 points
4 comments6 min readLW link

Re­treat for ra­tio­nal­ity meetup or­ga­niz­ers (ap­ply to at­tend!)

mingyuanMar 29, 2022, 6:42 PM
57 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

De­bat­ing my­self on whether “ex­tra lives lived” are as good as “deaths pre­vented”

HoldenKarnofskyMar 29, 2022, 6:30 PM
34 points
9 comments15 min readLW link
(www.cold-takes.com)

Hinges and crises

Mar 29, 2022, 11:11 AM
44 points
7 comments3 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Strate­gies for differ­en­tial di­vul­ga­tion of key ideas in AI capability

azsantoskMar 29, 2022, 3:22 AM
8 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

Towards a bet­ter cir­cuit prior: Im­prov­ing on ELK state-of-the-art

Mar 29, 2022, 1:56 AM
23 points
0 comments15 min readLW link

Sum­mary: “How to read a book” by Mor­timer Adler

Pablo RepettoMar 29, 2022, 12:34 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(pabloernesto.github.io)

Can we simu­late hu­man evolu­tion to cre­ate a some­what al­igned AGI?

Thomas KwaMar 28, 2022, 10:55 PM
21 points
6 comments7 min readLW link

Men­tal non­sense: my anti-in­som­nia trick

DirectedEvolutionMar 28, 2022, 10:47 PM
34 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

Vaniver’s ELK Submission

VaniverMar 28, 2022, 9:14 PM
10 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

[ASoT] Some thoughts about de­cep­tive mesaoptimization

leogaoMar 28, 2022, 9:14 PM
24 points
5 comments7 min readLW link

Ukraine Post #7: Pre­dic­tion Mar­ket Update

ZviMar 28, 2022, 4:10 PM
45 points
3 comments9 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Hu­mans pre­tend­ing to be robots pre­tend­ing to be human

Richard_KennawayMar 28, 2022, 3:13 PM
25 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Con­se­quen­tial­ist ve­g­anism

tslarmMar 28, 2022, 1:48 AM
8 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Toward a gen­eral struc­ture of eco­nomic explanation

physicaleconomicsMar 27, 2022, 11:33 PM
9 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

[Question] How many gen­er­als does Rus­sia have left?

YitzMar 27, 2022, 11:11 PM
14 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Do a cost-benefit anal­y­sis of your tech­nol­ogy usage

TurnTroutMar 27, 2022, 11:09 PM
198 points
53 comments13 min readLW link

[Question] Your spe­cific at­ti­tudes to­wards AI safety

Esben KranMar 27, 2022, 10:33 PM
8 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Sums and products

Mar 27, 2022, 9:57 PM
23 points
11 comments12 min readLW link
(www.metaculus.com)

[ASoT] Search­ing for con­se­quen­tial­ist structure

leogaoMar 27, 2022, 7:09 PM
26 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

The Op­po­site Of Autism

Capybasilisk27 Mar 2022 15:30 UTC
8 points
16 comments3 min readLW link

Prac­ti­cal ev­ery­day hu­man strategizing

akaTrickster27 Mar 2022 14:20 UTC
6 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Man­hat­tan pro­ject for al­igned AI

Chris van Merwijk27 Mar 2022 11:41 UTC
36 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

[ASoT] Some ways ELK could still be solv­able in practice

leogao27 Mar 2022 1:15 UTC
26 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

[Question] What are the top 1-10 posts /​ se­quences /​ ar­ti­cles /​ etc. that you’ve found most use­ful for your­self for be­com­ing “less wrong”?

Aryeh Englander27 Mar 2022 0:37 UTC
14 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Beyond Blame Minimization

physicaleconomics27 Mar 2022 0:03 UTC
137 points
47 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] When peo­ple ask for your P(doom), do you give them your in­side view or your bet­ting odds?

Vivek Hebbar26 Mar 2022 23:08 UTC
11 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

A Primer on God, Liber­al­ism and the End of History

Mahdi Complex26 Mar 2022 20:07 UTC
32 points
2 comments14 min readLW link