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Conditions for mathematical equivalence of Stochastic Gradient Descent and Natural Selection

Oliver Sourbut9 May 2022 21:38 UTC

61 points

19 comments8 min readLW link 1 review

(www.oliversourbut.net)

AI Alignment YouTube Playlists

jacquesthibs and remember

9 May 2022 21:33 UTC

30 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

When is AI safety research harmful?

NathanBarnard9 May 2022 18:19 UTC

2 points

0 comments8 min readLW link

A Bird’s Eye View of the ML Field [Pragmatic AI Safety #2]

Dan H and ThomasW

9 May 2022 17:18 UTC

163 points

6 comments35 min readLW link

Introduction to Pragmatic AI Safety [Pragmatic AI Safety #1]

Dan H and ThomasW

9 May 2022 17:06 UTC

80 points

3 comments6 min readLW link

Jobs: Help scale up LM alignment research at NYU

Sam Bowman9 May 2022 14:12 UTC

60 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Microphone on Electric Mandolin

jefftk9 May 2022 14:00 UTC

16 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Thought experiment: Imagine you were assigned to help a random person in your community become as peaceful and joyful as the most peaceful and joyful person you’d ever met. What would you try?

nonzerosum9 May 2022 13:53 UTC

5 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Willing to be your music mentor in exchange for video editing mentorship

monkymind9 May 2022 11:57 UTC

8 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Updating Utility Functions

JustinShovelain and Joar Skalse

9 May 2022 9:44 UTC

37 points

6 comments8 min readLW link

Transcripts of interviews with AI researchers

Vael Gates9 May 2022 5:57 UTC

169 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

[Scribble] Bad Reasons Behind Different Systems and a Story with No Good Moral

Rana Dexsin9 May 2022 5:21 UTC

9 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] What is the best day to celebrate Smallpox Eradication Day?

Orborde9 May 2022 4:02 UTC

7 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

A reason behind bad systems, and moral implications of seeing this reason

Edward Pascal9 May 2022 3:16 UTC

4 points

12 comments2 min readLW link

An Alternative Interpretation of Physics

dadadarren9 May 2022 0:52 UTC

18 points

10 comments5 min readLW link

(www.sleepingbeautyproblem.com)

Ion Implantation: Theory, Equipment, Process, Alternatives

ethanmorse8 May 2022 22:30 UTC

5 points

0 comments16 min readLW link

(210ethan.github.io)

[Question] Long COVID risk: How to maintain an up to date risk assessment so we can go back to normal life?

Sameerishere8 May 2022 19:56 UTC

19 points

34 comments1 min readLW link

Demonstrating MWI by interfering human simulations

Yair Halberstadt8 May 2022 17:28 UTC

12 points

25 comments2 min readLW link

Notes from a conversation with Ing. Agr. Adriana Balzarini

Pablo Repetto8 May 2022 15:56 UTC

5 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(pabloernesto.github.io)

Long-term Short-term Happiness

UtilityMonster8 May 2022 15:53 UTC

10 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

Elementary Infra-Bayesianism

Jan8 May 2022 12:23 UTC

41 points

3 comments7 min readLW link

(universalprior.substack.com)

Cambridge LW Meetup: Books That Change

Darmani and Tony Wang

8 May 2022 5:23 UTC

5 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Video and Transcript of Presentation on Existential Risk from Power-Seeking AI

Joe Carlsmith8 May 2022 3:50 UTC

20 points

1 comment29 min readLW link

[Question] Algorithmic formalization of FDT?

shminux8 May 2022 1:36 UTC

12 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Experience on Meloxicam

jefftk8 May 2022 0:30 UTC

9 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Best open-source textbooks (goal: make them collaborative)?

shuffled-cantaloupe7 May 2022 23:40 UTC

8 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What does Functional Decision Theory say to do in imperfect Newcomb situations?

Daniel_Eth7 May 2022 22:26 UTC

4 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

The glorious energy boost I’ve gotten by abstaining from coffee

Sameerishere7 May 2022 20:21 UTC

31 points

27 comments3 min readLW link

Sealed predictions thread

Zach Stein-Perlman7 May 2022 18:00 UTC

22 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Minimum Viable Alignment

HunterJay7 May 2022 13:18 UTC

11 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

[Linkpost] diffusion magnetizes manifolds (DALL-E 2 intuition building)

Paul Bricman7 May 2022 11:01 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

(paulbricman.com)

scipy.optimize.curve_fit Is Awesome

niplav7 May 2022 10:57 UTC

20 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Quote request: “if even the Sun requires proof”

Smaug1237 May 2022 10:30 UTC

11 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

But What’s Your New Alignment Insight, out of a Future-Textbook Paragraph?

David Udell7 May 2022 3:10 UTC

25 points

18 comments5 min readLW link

Seattle Robot Cult

lsusr7 May 2022 0:25 UTC

15 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

D&D.Sci Divination: Nine Black Doves

aphyer6 May 2022 23:02 UTC

42 points

13 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Is there a convenient way to make “sealed” predictions?

Daniel Kokotajlo6 May 2022 23:00 UTC

32 points

20 comments1 min readLW link

Innovation, Stagnation, and Paratrooper Operations

Davis_Kingsley6 May 2022 20:59 UTC

52 points

3 comments16 min readLW link

Upgrading Imagination: The Promise Of DALL-E 2 As A Tool For Thought

Tharin6 May 2022 18:12 UTC

10 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

(echoesandchimes.com)

Contra Dance Mask Policy

jefftk6 May 2022 15:10 UTC

14 points

10 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

The case for becoming a black-box investigator of language models

Buck6 May 2022 14:35 UTC

125 points

20 comments3 min readLW link

Open Problems in Negative Side Effect Minimization

Fabian Schimpf and Lukas Fluri

6 May 2022 9:37 UTC

12 points

6 comments17 min readLW link

Your Utility Function is Your Utility Function

David Udell6 May 2022 7:15 UTC

39 points

17 comments2 min readLW link

Getting GPT-3 to predict Metaculus questions

MathiasKB6 May 2022 6:01 UTC

69 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

Apply to the second iteration of the ML for Alignment Bootcamp (MLAB 2) in Berkeley [Aug 15 - Fri Sept 2]

Buck6 May 2022 4:23 UTC

69 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

Moral Illusions

Martin Sustrik6 May 2022 4:00 UTC

13 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Write posts business-like, not story-like

shminux5 May 2022 20:13 UTC

39 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Ethan Caballero on Private Scaling Progress

Michaël Trazzi5 May 2022 18:32 UTC

63 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

(theinsideview.github.io)

Chording Bass

jefftk5 May 2022 16:30 UTC

9 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Frankenstein: A Modern AGI

Sable5 May 2022 16:16 UTC

9 points

10 comments9 min readLW link