Why “progress stud­ies” is interdisciplinary

jasoncrawfordApr 22, 2022, 9:58 PM
12 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

On Suc­cess­ful Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Across a Wide In­fer­en­tial Distance

Mahdi ComplexApr 22, 2022, 8:08 PM
6 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

China Covid #2

ZviApr 22, 2022, 7:00 PM
64 points
9 comments8 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The Fetishiza­tion of Dystopia

john yardsaleApr 22, 2022, 4:39 PM
−8 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Should I buy roofies from the dark­net?

MalmesburyApr 22, 2022, 3:40 PM
14 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] (When) do high-di­men­sional spaces have lin­ear paths down to lo­cal min­ima?

Thomas KwaApr 22, 2022, 3:35 PM
12 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

All I Know is that I Know Nothing

lsusrApr 22, 2022, 3:33 PM
57 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

Unity of Doc­trine vs Unity of Method in Philosophy

JonathanErhardtApr 22, 2022, 1:16 PM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Hu­man­ity as an en­tity: An al­ter­na­tive to Co­her­ent Ex­trap­o­lated Volition

Victor NovikovApr 22, 2022, 12:48 PM
3 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Will/​Has the Rus­sia-Ukraine war been a tip­ping point for the shift from oil en­ergy?

jmhApr 22, 2022, 11:07 AM
13 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

AI Will Multiply

harsimonyApr 22, 2022, 4:33 AM
13 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(harsimony.wordpress.com)

In­fra-Topology

DiffractorApr 22, 2022, 2:10 AM
36 points
1 comment17 min readLW link

In­fra-Miscellanea

DiffractorApr 22, 2022, 2:09 AM
17 points
0 comments21 min readLW link

In­stru­men­tal Con­ver­gence To Offer Hope?

michael_mjdApr 22, 2022, 1:56 AM
12 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Does ra­tio­nal­ity ac­tu­ally help?

castor07Apr 22, 2022, 12:49 AM
16 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Early 2022 Paper Round-up (Part 2)

jsteinhardtApr 21, 2022, 11:40 PM
10 points
0 comments5 min readLW link
(bounded-regret.ghost.io)

[Question] What are the num­bers in mind for the su­per-short AGI timelines so many long-ter­mists are alarmed about?

Evan_GaensbauerApr 21, 2022, 11:32 PM
22 points
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Distributed blind re­view site for papers

Jonas KgomoApr 21, 2022, 10:51 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Fu­ture of Progress Stud­ies – a meetup with Adam Thierer

jasoncrawfordApr 21, 2022, 9:34 PM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Northamp­ton, MA As­tral Codex Ten Meetup: April 24, 2022, ft. Mingyuan

a_liebApr 21, 2022, 8:41 PM
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Pr­ereg­is­tra­tion: Air Con­di­tioner Test

johnswentworthApr 21, 2022, 7:48 PM
112 points
59 comments9 min readLW link

I Caught Covid And All I Got Was This Lousy Am­bigu­ous Data

ElizabethApr 21, 2022, 7:30 PM
47 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Are smart peo­ple’s per­sonal ex­pe­riences bi­ased against gen­eral in­tel­li­gence?

tailcalledApr 21, 2022, 7:25 PM
115 points
43 comments3 min readLW link

My Ter­rible Ex­pe­rience with Terror

monkymindApr 21, 2022, 5:58 PM
6 points
7 comments5 min readLW link

THE GOLDEN RULE; What can we learn from it?

Rami RustomApr 21, 2022, 4:38 PM
−4 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

[Question] Choice := An­throp­ics un­cer­tainty? And po­ten­tial im­pli­ca­tions for agency

Antoine de ScorrailleApr 21, 2022, 4:38 PM
6 points
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Reflec­tions on My Own Miss­ing Mood

Lone PineApr 21, 2022, 4:19 PM
52 points
25 comments5 min readLW link

Covid 4/​21/​22: Var­i­ants Work­ing Overtime

ZviApr 21, 2022, 3:10 PM
40 points
16 comments9 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Un­der­stand­ing the Merg­ing of Opinions with In­creas­ing In­for­ma­tion theorem

ViktoriaMalyasovaApr 21, 2022, 2:13 PM
16 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

When Can You Use a Travel Adapter?

jefftkApr 21, 2022, 2:00 PM
10 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Madrid ACX Schel­ling Meetup

Pablo VillalobosApr 21, 2022, 12:29 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

For ev­ery choice of AGI difficulty, con­di­tion­ing on grad­ual take-off im­plies shorter timelines.

Francis Rhys WardApr 21, 2022, 7:44 AM
31 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] When is pos­i­tive self-talk not worth it due to self-delu­sion?

Jack RApr 21, 2022, 3:11 AM
13 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Is growth lin­ear, not ex­po­nen­tial?

jasoncrawfordApr 20, 2022, 6:46 PM
28 points
8 comments3 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

How to place a bet on the end of the world

DirectedEvolutionApr 20, 2022, 6:24 PM
28 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

If ev­ery­thing is ge­netic, then noth­ing is ge­netic—Un­der­stand­ing the phe­no­typic null hypothesis

tailcalledApr 20, 2022, 4:25 PM
17 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

Judge Over­turns Trans­porta­tion Mask Mandate

ZviApr 20, 2022, 1:50 PM
38 points
17 comments8 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Axis ori­ented programming

Donald HobsonApr 20, 2022, 1:22 PM
6 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

[In­tro to brain-like-AGI safety] 12. Two paths for­ward: “Con­trol­led AGI” and “So­cial-in­stinct AGI”

Steven ByrnesApr 20, 2022, 12:58 PM
44 points
10 comments15 min readLW link

GPT-3 and con­cept extrapolation

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 20, 2022, 10:39 AM
19 points
27 comments1 min readLW link

AI Fore­cast­ing Meetup

Apr 20, 2022, 5:41 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

A very quick anal­ogy re­gard­ing “opinions”

MagnusApr 20, 2022, 2:28 AM
15 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Why No *In­ter­est­ing* Unal­igned Sin­gu­lar­ity?

David UdellApr 20, 2022, 12:34 AM
12 points
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Another ar­gu­ment that you will let the AI out of the box

Garrett BakerApr 19, 2022, 9:54 PM
8 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

“Pivotal Act” In­ten­tions: Nega­tive Con­se­quences and Fal­la­cious Arguments

Andrew_CritchApr 19, 2022, 8:25 PM
139 points
55 comments7 min readLW link1 review

De­cep­tive Agents are a Good Way to Do Things

David UdellApr 19, 2022, 6:04 PM
16 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Scale Prob­lem in AI

tailcalledApr 19, 2022, 5:46 PM
22 points
17 comments3 min readLW link

Fixed points and free will

Ege ErdilApr 19, 2022, 5:18 PM
31 points
32 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] The two miss­ing core rea­sons why al­ign­ing at-least-par­tially su­per­hu­man AGI is hard

Joel BurgetApr 19, 2022, 5:15 PM
7 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Three use­ful types of akrasia

DambiApr 19, 2022, 4:56 PM
13 points
4 comments5 min readLW link