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[Question]
Request for small textbook recommendations
Alex_Altair
May 25, 2022, 10:19 PM
13
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Proposal: Twitter dislike button
KatjaGrace
May 17, 2022, 7:40 PM
13
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
An academic journal is just a Twitter feed
David Hugh-Jones
May 27, 2022, 11:14 AM
13
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(wyclif.substack.com)
[Question]
Definition Practice: Applied Rationality
ChristianKl
May 15, 2022, 8:44 PM
13
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Costs and benefits of amniocentesis for normal pregnancies
braces
May 13, 2022, 10:47 PM
13
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
To what extent is your AGI timeline bimodal or otherwise “bumpy”?
jchan
May 16, 2022, 5:42 PM
13
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Demonstrating MWI by interfering human simulations
Yair Halberstadt
May 8, 2022, 5:28 PM
12
points
25
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Who is available for contract work? (A la the Hacker News “Who Wants To Be Hired” threads)
nonzerosum
May 20, 2022, 11:59 PM
12
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[Short version] Information Loss --> Basin flatness
Vivek Hebbar
May 21, 2022, 12:59 PM
12
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Problems in Negative Side Effect Minimization
Fabian Schimpf
and
Lukas Fluri
May 6, 2022, 9:37 AM
12
points
6
comments
17
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Algorithmic formalization of FDT?
Shmi
May 8, 2022, 1:36 AM
12
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Linkpost] A conceptual framework for consciousness
Gunnar_Zarncke
May 2, 2022, 1:05 AM
12
points
24
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Finding Your Voice
Evenflair
May 23, 2022, 2:43 PM
12
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(guildoftherose.org)
Minimum Viable Alignment
HunterJay
May 7, 2022, 1:18 PM
11
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[link] The Lion and the Worm
TsviBT
May 16, 2022, 8:40 PM
11
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Improving productivity and wellbeing
Valdes
May 4, 2022, 12:15 PM
11
points
1
comment
11
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Quote request: “if even the Sun requires proof”
Smaug123
May 7, 2022, 10:30 AM
11
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Distilled—AGI Safety from First Principles
Harrison G
May 29, 2022, 12:57 AM
11
points
1
comment
14
min read
LW
link
Framing Practicum: Dynamic Programming
aysajan
May 18, 2022, 6:16 PM
10
points
5
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Upgrading Imagination: The Promise Of DALL-E 2 As A Tool For Thought
Tharin
May 6, 2022, 6:12 PM
10
points
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(echoesandchimes.com)
Fermi estimation of the impact you might have working on AI safety
Fabien Roger
May 13, 2022, 5:49 PM
10
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Alignment as Constraints
Logan Riggs
May 13, 2022, 10:07 PM
10
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Can moderators fix old sequences posts?
EniScien
May 13, 2022, 12:30 PM
10
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] New Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article, “Normative Theories of Rational Choice: Rivals to Expected Utility”
Aryeh Englander
May 16, 2022, 7:33 PM
10
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Experience on Meloxicam
jefftk
May 8, 2022, 12:30 AM
9
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Philosophical considerations of cessation of brain activity
clockwork
May 21, 2022, 3:18 PM
9
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Should you kiss it better?
Yair Halberstadt
May 19, 2022, 3:58 AM
9
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Looking for someone to run an online seminar on human learning
Isaac King
May 3, 2022, 1:54 AM
9
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Explaining inner alignment to myself
Jeremy Gillen
May 24, 2022, 11:10 PM
9
points
2
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Moral Weights of Six Animals, Considering Viewpoint Uncertainty—Seeds of Science call for reviewers
rogersbacon
May 26, 2022, 1:36 PM
9
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Frankenstein: A Modern AGI
Sable
May 5, 2022, 4:16 PM
9
points
10
comments
9
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Request for nice questions to think about while trying to sleep
oh54321
May 29, 2022, 1:47 PM
9
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Feature request: draft comments
DirectedEvolution
May 17, 2022, 9:21 PM
9
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Scribble] Bad Reasons Behind Different Systems and a Story with No Good Moral
Rana Dexsin
May 9, 2022, 5:21 AM
9
points
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Chording Bass
jefftk
May 5, 2022, 4:30 PM
9
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Most problems don’t differ dramatically in tractability (under certain assumptions)
Thomas Kwa
May 4, 2022, 12:05 AM
8
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Book review] No nonsense meditation
Valdes
May 4, 2022, 12:15 PM
8
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Best open-source textbooks (goal: make them collaborative)?
shuffled-cantaloupe
May 7, 2022, 11:40 PM
8
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Finding the Right Problem
tobot
May 29, 2022, 5:52 PM
8
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Bayesian Persuasion?
Karthik Tadepalli
May 28, 2022, 5:52 PM
8
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Endpoint Specification, or Good Help is Hard to Find
ACrackedPot
May 24, 2022, 9:00 PM
8
points
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Monthly Shorts 4/2022
Celer
May 3, 2022, 4:10 AM
8
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(keller.substack.com)
Multiple AIs in boxes, evaluating each other’s alignment
Moebius314
May 29, 2022, 8:36 AM
8
points
0
comments
14
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Willing to be your music mentor in exchange for video editing mentorship
monkymind
May 9, 2022, 11:57 AM
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Bootstrapping Language Models
harsimony
May 27, 2022, 7:43 PM
7
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Help! What do I say at my wedding?
Jonathan Task
May 22, 2022, 8:08 PM
7
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What is the best day to celebrate Smallpox Eradication Day?
Orborde
May 9, 2022, 4:02 AM
7
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Science for the Possible World
Zechen Zhang
May 23, 2022, 2:01 PM
7
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Does the “ugh field” phenomenon sometimes occur strongly enough to affect immediate sensory processing?
Rana Dexsin
May 3, 2022, 1:42 PM
7
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What’s up with the font size in the Markdown text editor?
Ege Erdil
May 14, 2022, 9:12 PM
7
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
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