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Notes on Courage

David GrossOct 24, 2020, 10:32 PM
15 points
3 comments8 min readLW link

“Pre­dic­tion” and “ex­pla­na­tion” are not causation

jasoncrawfordOct 24, 2020, 6:55 PM
12 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(twitter.com)

Kar­ls­ruhe Ra­tion­al­ist Meetup

wilmOct 24, 2020, 8:23 AM
6 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

The Dar­win Game—Rounds 0 to 10

lsusrOct 24, 2020, 2:17 AM
107 points
34 comments4 min readLW link

Bab­ble and Prune : 5 new ideas

Teja PrabhuOct 23, 2020, 11:42 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What is our true life ex­pec­tancy?

Adam ZernerOct 23, 2020, 11:17 PM
15 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

No Cau­sa­tion with­out Reification

Gordon Seidoh WorleyOct 23, 2020, 8:28 PM
21 points
38 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Des­per­ately look­ing for the right per­son to dis­cuss an al­ign­ment re­lated idea with. (and some gen­eral thoughts for oth­ers with similar prob­lems)

Rasmus EideOct 23, 2020, 7:42 PM
5 points
9 comments3 min readLW link

Lo­cal So­lar Time

jefftkOct 23, 2020, 7:40 PM
16 points
5 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Ad­just­ing prob­a­bil­ities for the pas­sage of time, us­ing Squiggle

NunoSempereOct 23, 2020, 6:55 PM
19 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Hu­mans are stun­ningly ra­tio­nal and stun­ningly irrational

Stuart_ArmstrongOct 23, 2020, 2:13 PM
23 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Pow­er­less Mo­ral Evaluation

SocratesDissatisfiedOct 23, 2020, 10:44 AM
5 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

The bads of ads

KatjaGraceOct 23, 2020, 5:50 AM
108 points
38 comments2 min readLW link
(meteuphoric.com)

[Question] Should we use qual­ifiers in speech?

Adam ZernerOct 23, 2020, 4:46 AM
35 points
34 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What is the cur­rent bot­tle­neck on ge­netic en­g­ineer­ing of hu­man em­bryos for im­proved IQ

Eli TyreOct 23, 2020, 2:36 AM
36 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Find­ing Lev­er­age: Sys­tem Think­ing & Change Management

JASmithyOct 22, 2020, 11:31 PM
4 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

The Trou­ble With Babbles

DirectedEvolutionOct 22, 2020, 9:31 PM
15 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Chang­ing the size of Congress

jefftkOct 22, 2020, 8:50 PM
4 points
2 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Should I pre­fer to get a tax re­fund, or not to?

MichaelDickensOct 22, 2020, 8:21 PM
1 point
6 comments1 min readLW link

An Open Let­ter On Love

nromanOct 22, 2020, 8:21 PM
11 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

Effec­tive Epidemiology

Mike HarrisOct 22, 2020, 7:45 PM
26 points
13 comments9 min readLW link

My case for start­ing blogging

Neel NandaOct 22, 2020, 5:43 PM
36 points
2 comments16 min readLW link
(www.neelnanda.io)

Covid 10/​22: Europe in Crisis

ZviOct 22, 2020, 3:40 PM
80 points
13 comments15 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

GPT-X, Paper­clip Max­i­mizer? An­a­lyz­ing AGI and Fi­nal Goals

meanderingmooseOct 22, 2020, 2:33 PM
8 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

In­tro­duc­tion to Carte­sian Frames

Scott GarrabrantOct 22, 2020, 1:00 PM
155 points
32 comments22 min readLW link1 review

“Lit­tle glimpses of em­pa­thy” as the foun­da­tion for so­cial emotions

Steven ByrnesOct 22, 2020, 11:02 AM
33 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

The date of AI Takeover is not the day the AI takes over

Daniel KokotajloOct 22, 2020, 10:41 AM
150 points
32 comments2 min readLW link1 review

Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—De­cem­ber 2021

NextOct 22, 2020, 8:45 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Learn­ing is (Asymp­tot­i­cally) Com­pu­ta­tion­ally Ineffi­cient, Choose Your Ex­po­nents Wisely

ShmiOct 22, 2020, 5:30 AM
16 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Bab­ble challenge: 50 ways of solv­ing a prob­lem in your life

Bird ConceptOct 22, 2020, 4:49 AM
34 points
29 comments2 min readLW link

Virtue ethics and why the ra­tio­nal­ist com­mu­nity might care about it.

David GrossOct 22, 2020, 3:53 AM
36 points
2 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Ra­tion­al­ist Town Hall: Pan­demic Edition

Ben PaceOct 21, 2020, 11:54 PM
50 points
33 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Mal­i­cious link!

bmeachamOct 21, 2020, 11:24 PM
6 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What’s the differ­ence be­tween GAI and a gov­ern­ment?

DirectedEvolutionOct 21, 2020, 11:04 PM
11 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] When was the term “AI al­ign­ment” coined?

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Oct 21, 2020, 6:27 PM
11 points
8 commentsLW link

The Uncer­tainty of Death and Taxes

ZviOct 21, 2020, 6:10 PM
25 points
0 comments10 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[AN #122]: Ar­gu­ing for AGI-driven ex­is­ten­tial risk from first principles

Rohin ShahOct 21, 2020, 5:10 PM
28 points
0 comments9 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

[Question] Re­ward large con­tri­bu­tions?

SarahNibsOct 21, 2020, 4:26 PM
10 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Stupid Ques­tions Oc­to­ber 2020

ChristianKlOct 21, 2020, 11:41 AM
48 points
33 comments1 min readLW link

Sun­day Oc­to­ber 25, 12:00PM (PT) — Scott Garrabrant on “Carte­sian Frames”

Ben PaceOct 21, 2020, 3:27 AM
48 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Has any­one re­searched speci­fi­ca­tion gam­ing with biolog­i­cal an­i­mals?

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Oct 21, 2020, 12:20 AM
9 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Could we use recom­mender sys­tems to figure out hu­man val­ues?

Olga BabeevaOct 20, 2020, 9:35 PM
7 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Book Re­view: Re­in­force­ment Learn­ing by Sut­ton and Barto

billmeiOct 20, 2020, 7:40 PM
52 points
3 comments10 min readLW link

[Question] Pro­ject Objects

Hans van der Burg20 Oct 2020 17:11 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Prob­lems In­volv­ing Ab­strac­tion?

johnswentworth20 Oct 2020 16:49 UTC
30 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Box in­ver­sion hypothesis

Jan Kulveit20 Oct 2020 16:20 UTC
59 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

Launch­ing Fore­cast, a com­mu­nity for crowd­sourced pre­dic­tions from Facebook

Rebecca Kossnick20 Oct 2020 6:20 UTC
111 points
14 comments3 min readLW link

Mes­sage Length

Zack_M_Davis20 Oct 2020 5:52 UTC
134 points
25 comments12 min readLW link

Bet­ting Thread

Amandango20 Oct 2020 2:17 UTC
33 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] As a Washed Up Former Data Scien­tist and Ma­chine Learn­ing Re­searcher What Direc­tion Should I Go In Now?

Darklight19 Oct 2020 20:13 UTC
13 points
7 comments3 min readLW link