Matthew Barnett

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Someone who is interested in learning and doing good.

My Twitter: https://twitter.com/MatthewJBar

My Substack: https://matthewbarnett.substack.com/

Google’s new 540 billion parameter language model

Matthew BarnettApr 4, 2022, 5:49 PM

108 points

81 comments1 min readLW link

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Using prediction markets to generate LessWrong posts

Matthew BarnettApr 1, 2022, 4:33 PM

85 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

My current thoughts on the risks from SETI

Matthew BarnettMar 15, 2022, 5:18 PM

132 points

27 comments10 min readLW link

A comment on Ajeya Cotra’s draft report on AI timelines

Matthew BarnettFeb 24, 2022, 12:41 AM

74 points

13 comments7 min readLW link

Does needle anxiety drive vaccine hesitancy?

Matthew BarnettFeb 11, 2022, 7:35 PM

50 points

11 comments3 min readLW link

Clarifying the palatability theory of obesity

Matthew BarnettFeb 10, 2022, 7:16 PM

88 points

19 comments10 min readLW link

Forecasting progress in language models

Matthew Barnett and Metaculus

Oct 28, 2021, 8:40 PM

62 points

6 comments12 min readLW link

(www.metaculus.com)

A review of Steven Pinker’s new book on rationality

Matthew BarnettSep 29, 2021, 1:29 AM

140 points

43 comments6 min readLW link

The Solow-Swan model of economic growth

Matthew BarnettAug 29, 2021, 6:55 PM

31 points

6 comments11 min readLW link

Black ravens and red herrings

Matthew BarnettJul 27, 2021, 5:46 PM

52 points

17 comments1 min readLW link

Could Advanced AI Drive Explosive Economic Growth?

Matthew BarnettJun 30, 2021, 10:17 PM

15 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

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[Question] How much interest would there be in a fringe theories wiki?

Matthew BarnettJun 28, 2021, 9:03 PM

14 points

19 comments1 min readLW link

A new acausal trading platform: RobinShould

Matthew BarnettApr 1, 2021, 4:56 PM

116 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Conspicuous saving

Matthew BarnettMar 20, 2021, 8:59 PM

50 points

42 comments2 min readLW link

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Defending the non-central fallacy

Matthew BarnettMar 9, 2021, 9:42 PM

140 points

38 comments6 min readLW link

My guide to lifelogging

Matthew BarnettAug 28, 2020, 9:34 PM

28 points

8 comments7 min readLW link

Preface to the sequence on economic growth

Matthew BarnettAug 27, 2020, 8:29 PM

51 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] What specific dangers arise when asking GPT-N to write an Alignment Forum post?

Matthew BarnettJul 28, 2020, 2:56 AM

46 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Are veterans more self-disciplined than non-veterans?

Matthew BarnettMar 23, 2020, 5:16 AM

19 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are the long-term outcomes of a catastrophic pandemic?

Matthew BarnettMar 1, 2020, 7:39 PM

26 points

7 comments2 min readLW link