[Question] How common is it for one entity to have a 3+ year technological lead on its nearest competitor?

Daniel Kokotajlo17 Nov 2019 15:23 UTC

49 points

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What Comes After Epistemic Spot Checks?

Elizabeth22 Oct 2019 17:00 UTC

123 points

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(acesounderglass.com)

“The Bitter Lesson”, an article about compute vs human knowledge in AI

the gears to ascension21 Jun 2019 17:24 UTC

52 points

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(www.incompleteideas.net)

Combat vs Nurture & Meta-Contrarianism

abramdemski10 Jan 2019 23:17 UTC

66 points

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What I’ve Learned From My Parents’ Arranged Marriage

squidious26 Mar 2019 6:40 UTC

100 points

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(opalsandbonobos.blogspot.com)

Reneging prosocially by Duncan Sabien

philip_b18 Jun 2019 18:52 UTC

70 points

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(medium.com)

AGI will drastically increase economies of scale

Wei Dai7 Jun 2019 23:17 UTC

70 points

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Reframing the evolutionary benefit of sex

paulfchristiano14 Sep 2019 17:00 UTC

92 points

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(sideways-view.com)

The LessWrong 2018 Review

Raemon21 Nov 2019 2:50 UTC

101 points

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Separation of Concerns

abramdemski23 May 2019 21:47 UTC

67 points

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Calibrating With Cards

lifelonglearner8 Aug 2019 6:44 UTC

32 points

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Integrating disagreeing subagents

Kaj_Sotala14 May 2019 14:06 UTC

150 points

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Perfect Competition

Zvi29 Dec 2019 13:30 UTC

56 points

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(thezvi.wordpress.com)

CO2 Stripper Postmortem Thoughts

Diffractor30 Nov 2019 21:20 UTC

113 points

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Jeff Hawkins on neuromorphic AGI within 20 years

Steven Byrnes15 Jul 2019 19:16 UTC

171 points

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Naked mole-rats: A case study in biological weirdness

eukaryote19 May 2019 18:40 UTC

95 points

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(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

Book Review: Why Are The Prices So Damn High?

sarahconstantin28 Jun 2019 19:40 UTC

61 points

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(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Misconceptions about continuous takeoff

Matthew Barnett8 Oct 2019 21:31 UTC

83 points

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Self-consciousness wants to make everything about itself

jessicata3 Jul 2019 1:44 UTC

44 points

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(unstableontology.com)

The Commitment Races problem

Daniel Kokotajlo23 Aug 2019 1:58 UTC

175 points

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