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Heaven: The last part of dystopia

ExistismJul 9, 2022, 10:36 PM

−1 points

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1 comment6 min readLW link

Hope Can = Heaven

ExistismJul 9, 2022, 10:35 PM

−2 points

5 votes

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0 comments3 min readLW link

Report from a civilizational observer on Earth

owencbJul 9, 2022, 5:26 PM

49 points

24 votes

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12 comments6 min readLW link

Grouped Loss may disfavor discontinuous capabilities

Adam JermynJul 9, 2022, 5:22 PM

14 points

4 votes

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2 comments4 min readLW link

Train first VS prune first in neural networks.

Donald HobsonJul 9, 2022, 3:53 PM

18 points

8 votes

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5 comments2 min readLW link

Visualizing Neural networks, how to blame the bias

Donald HobsonJul 9, 2022, 3:52 PM

7 points

2 votes

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1 comment6 min readLW link

Using Ngram to estimate depression prevalence over time

David GrossJul 9, 2022, 2:57 PM

10 points

3 votes

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3 comments2 min readLW link

(www.pnas.org)

Making it harder for an AGI to “trick” us, with STVs

Tor Økland BarstadJul 9, 2022, 2:42 PM

15 points

5 votes

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5 comments22 min readLW link

Ars D&D.sci: Mysteries of Mana

aphyerJul 9, 2022, 12:19 PM

38 points

14 votes

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13 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] I’ve become a medical mystery and I don’t know how to effectively get help

CraigMichaelJul 9, 2022, 6:58 AM

30 points

14 votes

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53 comments2 min readLW link

Some thoughts on Animals

nitinkhannaJul 9, 2022, 2:11 AM

2 points

8 votes

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6 comments2 min readLW link

Changes in Community Dynamics: A Follow-Up to ‘The Berkeley Community & the Rest of Us’

Evan_GaensbauerJul 9, 2022, 1:44 AM

21 points

10 votes

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6 comments4 min readLW link

MATS Models

johnswentworthJul 9, 2022, 12:14 AM

95 points

40 votes

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5 comments16 min readLW link

Research Notes: What are we aligning for?

Shoshannah TekofskyJul 8, 2022, 10:13 PM

19 points

13 votes

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8 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What New Desktop Should I Buy?

ZviJul 8, 2022, 3:04 PM

15 points

12 votes

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19 comments1 min readLW link

Being a donor for Fecal Microbiota Transplants (FMT): Do good & earn easy money (up to 180k/y)

EternallyBlissfulJul 8, 2022, 6:17 AM

36 points

22 votes

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26 comments8 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

User research as a barometer of software design

Adam ZernerJul 8, 2022, 6:02 AM

31 points

12 votes

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13 comments3 min readLW link

Reinforcement Learner Wireheading

Nate ShowellJul 8, 2022, 5:32 AM

8 points

6 votes

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2 comments3 min readLW link

Exposition as science: some ideas for how to make progress

riceissaJul 8, 2022, 1:29 AM

21 points

9 votes

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1 comment8 min readLW link

In Search of Strategic Clarity

james.lucassenJul 8, 2022, 12:52 AM

11 points

6 votes

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1 comment5 min readLW link

(jlucassen.com)

Unbounded Intelligence Lottery

kmanJul 7, 2022, 11:28 PM

4 points

2 votes

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11 comments1 min readLW link

How to Become a World Historical Figure (Péladan’s Dream)

rogersbaconJul 7, 2022, 10:39 PM

21 points

9 votes

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3 comments30 min readLW link

(www.secretorum.life)

Safety considerations for online generative modeling

Sam MarksJul 7, 2022, 6:31 PM

42 points

20 votes

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9 comments14 min readLW link

Human values & biases are inaccessible to the genome

TurnTroutJul 7, 2022, 5:29 PM

95 points

51 votes

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54 comments6 min readLW link 1 review

Cooperation with and between AGI\’s

PeterMcCluskeyJul 7, 2022, 4:45 PM

10 points

3 votes

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3 comments10 min readLW link

(www.bayesianinvestor.com)

Aversion Factoring

CFAR!DuncanJul 7, 2022, 4:09 PM

83 points

36 votes

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1 comment8 min readLW link

Genders Discrimination

Jacob FalkovichJul 7, 2022, 3:20 PM

10 points

19 votes

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16 comments4 min readLW link

Consider Multiclassing

JustisMillsJul 7, 2022, 2:54 PM

17 points

10 votes

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1 comment3 min readLW link

Covid 7/7/22: Paxlovid at the Pharmacy

ZviJul 7, 2022, 2:30 PM

34 points

15 votes

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11 comments12 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Babysitting as Parenting Trial?

jefftkJul 7, 2022, 1:20 PM

46 points

22 votes

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19 comments3 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

When Giving People Money Doesn’t Help

ZviJul 7, 2022, 1:00 PM

58 points

27 votes

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12 comments10 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Wealth as a source of technological stagnation?

alyssavanceJul 7, 2022, 5:46 AM

21 points

12 votes

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1 comment3 min readLW link

Race Along Rashomon Ridge

Stephen Fowler, Peter S. Park and MichaelEinhorn

Jul 7, 2022, 3:20 AM

52 points

28 votes

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16 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] What one paper would you show to someone to get them excited about your field?

oh54321Jul 7, 2022, 2:55 AM

10 points

5 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

Principles for Alignment/Agency Projects

johnswentworthJul 7, 2022, 2:07 AM

122 points

53 votes

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20 comments4 min readLW link

Confusions in My Model of AI Risk

peterbarnettJul 7, 2022, 1:05 AM

22 points

8 votes

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9 comments5 min readLW link

Some Adventures of a Curious Richard Feynman

Dalton MaberyJul 6, 2022, 11:11 PM

10 points

6 votes

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0 comments3 min readLW link

Outer vs inner misalignment: three framings

Richard_NgoJul 6, 2022, 7:46 PM

52 points

23 votes

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5 comments9 min readLW link

Tarnished Guy who Puts a Num on it

Jacob FalkovichJul 6, 2022, 6:05 PM

44 points

21 votes

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11 comments4 min readLW link

Deep neural networks are not opaque.

jem-mosigJul 6, 2022, 6:03 PM

22 points

21 votes

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14 comments3 min readLW link

How humanity would respond to slow takeoff, with takeaways from the entire COVID-19 pandemic

Noosphere89Jul 6, 2022, 5:52 PM

4 points

4 votes

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1 comment2 min readLW link

[Question] Should you write under a blog or your own name?

Dalton MaberyJul 6, 2022, 3:26 PM

2 points

1 vote

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2 comments1 min readLW link

Carrying the Torch: A Response to Anna Salamon by the Guild of the Rose

moridinamaelJul 6, 2022, 2:20 PM

137 points

57 votes

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16 comments6 min readLW link

Predicting Parental Emotional Changes?

jefftkJul 6, 2022, 1:50 PM

39 points

20 votes

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11 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Berlin AI Safety Open Meetup July 2022

pranomostroJul 6, 2022, 12:41 PM

6 points

3 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Forecasting Through Fiction

YitzJul 6, 2022, 5:03 AM

5 points

7 votes

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2 comments8 min readLW link

Introducing the Fund for Alignment Research (We’re Hiring!)

AdamGleave, Scott Emmons, Ethan Perez and Claudia Shi

Jul 6, 2022, 2:07 AM

62 points

28 votes

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0 comments4 min readLW link

My vision of a good future, part I

Jeffrey LadishJul 6, 2022, 1:23 AM

66 points

31 votes

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18 comments9 min readLW link

Imperial Russia was doing fine without the Soviets

Davis KedroskyJul 5, 2022, 10:24 PM

6 points

7 votes

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3 comments14 min readLW link

(daviskedrosky.substack.com)

A Pattern Language For Rationality

VaniverJul 5, 2022, 7:08 PM

75 points

32 votes

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14 comments15 min readLW link

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