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It’s hard to use utility maximization to justify creating new sentient beings
dynomight
Oct 19, 2020, 7:45 PM
10
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(dynomight.net)
Group debugging guidelines & thoughts
Kaj_Sotala
Oct 19, 2020, 11:02 AM
65
points
3
comments
11
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What colour were the shadows?
Mary Chernyshenko
Oct 19, 2020, 9:11 AM
3
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cambridge, MA Rationalist Reading Group
NoSignalNoNoise
Oct 19, 2020, 4:01 AM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What posts do you want written?
Mark Xu
Oct 19, 2020, 3:00 AM
47
points
41
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Retain flexibility with habits?
vroomerify
Oct 18, 2020, 10:58 PM
12
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
PredictIt: Presidential Market is Increasingly Wrong
Zvi
Oct 18, 2020, 10:40 PM
37
points
28
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
You have recovered from SARS-CoV-2. Now what?
Annapurna
Oct 18, 2020, 5:52 PM
15
points
1
comment
5
min read
LW
link
A tale from Communist China
Wei Dai
Oct 18, 2020, 5:37 PM
281
points
65
comments
2
min read
LW
link
1
review
Bet On Biden
sapphire
Oct 17, 2020, 10:03 PM
42
points
89
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Link] “Where are all the successful rationalists?”
ioannes
Oct 17, 2020, 7:58 PM
7
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Sunday October 18, 12:00PM (PT) — Garden Party
Ben Pace
and
Raemon
Oct 17, 2020, 7:36 PM
33
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Things are allowed to be good and bad at the same time
Kaj_Sotala
Oct 17, 2020, 8:00 AM
52
points
15
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(kajsotala.fi)
[Question]
GPT-3 + GAN
stick109
Oct 17, 2020, 7:58 AM
4
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are some beautiful, rationalist artworks?
Bird Concept
Oct 17, 2020, 6:32 AM
155
points
140
comments
1
min read
LW
link
1
review
Moloch games
Chris van Merwijk
Oct 16, 2020, 3:19 PM
80
points
9
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is frequentism compatible with the principle of indifference in any meaningful sense?
Milton
Oct 16, 2020, 8:26 AM
3
points
2
comments
LW
link
Journal article: “The Mythical Taboo on Race and Intelligence”
CronoDAS
Oct 16, 2020, 2:58 AM
−17
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(journals.sagepub.com)
Election Preparation
jefftk
Oct 15, 2020, 8:30 PM
18
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Covid 10/15: Playtime is Over
Zvi
Oct 15, 2020, 2:30 PM
74
points
21
comments
17
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Evaluating expertise: a clear box model
JustinShovelain
Oct 15, 2020, 2:18 PM
36
points
3
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Babble & Prune Thoughts
abramdemski
Oct 15, 2020, 1:46 PM
80
points
6
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Babble challenge: 50 ways of hiding Einstein’s pen for fifty years
Bird Concept
Oct 15, 2020, 7:23 AM
31
points
45
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is Stupidity Expanding? Some Hypotheses.
David Gross
Oct 15, 2020, 3:28 AM
71
points
42
comments
5
min read
LW
link
The Colliding Exponentials of AI
Vermillion
Oct 14, 2020, 11:31 PM
28
points
16
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Legalize Blackmail: An Example
Tim Liptrot
Oct 14, 2020, 9:18 PM
0
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Libertarianism, Neoliberalism and Medicare for All?
Logan Zoellner
Oct 14, 2020, 9:06 PM
5
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Has Eliezer ever retracted his statements about weight loss?
CheerfulWarrior
Oct 14, 2020, 7:04 PM
−14
points
32
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[AN #121]: Forecasting transformative AI timelines using biological anchors
Rohin Shah
Oct 14, 2020, 5:20 PM
28
points
5
comments
14
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
[Question]
What is your electronic drawing set up?
Elizabeth
Oct 14, 2020, 5:42 AM
18
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Solomonoff Prior is Malign
Mark Xu
Oct 14, 2020, 1:33 AM
179
points
52
comments
16
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
Toy Problem: Detective Story Alignment
johnswentworth
Oct 13, 2020, 9:02 PM
34
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Technology and its side effects
jasoncrawford
Oct 13, 2020, 8:07 PM
17
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Knowledge, manipulation, and free will
Stuart_Armstrong
Oct 13, 2020, 5:47 PM
33
points
15
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What should experienced rationalists know?
sapphire
Oct 13, 2020, 5:32 PM
89
points
18
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A prior for technological discontinuities
NunoSempere
Oct 13, 2020, 4:51 PM
71
points
17
comments
6
min read
LW
link
A study on depression
vlad.proex
Oct 13, 2020, 3:43 PM
21
points
1
comment
9
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Does anyone worry about A.I. forums like this where they reinforce each other’s biases/ are led by big tech?
misabella16
Oct 13, 2020, 3:14 PM
4
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Achilles Heel Hypothesis for AI
scasper
Oct 13, 2020, 2:35 PM
20
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What features would you like a prediction platform to have?
Mati_Roy
Oct 13, 2020, 12:48 AM
11
points
6
comments
LW
link
[Question]
Have the lockdowns been worth it?
Ben Pace
and
zhukeepa
Oct 12, 2020, 11:35 PM
70
points
32
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Police violence: The veil of darkness
dynomight
Oct 12, 2020, 9:32 PM
4
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(dyno-might.github.io)
The Sun Room
Jarred Filmer
Oct 12, 2020, 9:08 PM
20
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A full explanation to Newcomb’s paradox.
solomon alon
Oct 12, 2020, 4:48 PM
−6
points
12
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How much to worry about the US election unrest?
NoSignalNoNoise
Oct 12, 2020, 3:39 AM
23
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Msg Len
Zack_M_Davis
Oct 12, 2020, 3:35 AM
66
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Everything I Know About Elite America I Learned From ‘Fresh Prince’ and ‘West Wing’
Wei Dai
Oct 11, 2020, 6:07 PM
44
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.nytimes.com)
All Lesswrong Posts by Yudkowsky in one .epub
sone3d
Oct 11, 2020, 1:17 PM
23
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Charisma is a Force Multiplier
Davis_Kingsley
Oct 11, 2020, 10:21 AM
39
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Reviews of the book ‘The Alignment Problem’
Mati_Roy
Oct 11, 2020, 7:41 AM
8
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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