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A Correspondence Theorem
johnswentworth
Oct 26, 2020, 11:28 PM
30
points
6
comments
7
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Top Time Travel Interventions?
abramdemski
Oct 26, 2020, 11:25 PM
44
points
33
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Is Success the Enemy of Freedom? (Full)
alkjash
Oct 26, 2020, 8:25 PM
302
points
69
comments
9
min read
LW
link
1
review
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
Does playing hard to get work? AB testing for romance
amplemaple
Oct 26, 2020, 3:29 PM
17
points
26
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Additive Operations on Cartesian Frames
Scott Garrabrant
Oct 26, 2020, 3:12 PM
62
points
6
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Supervised learning of outputs in the brain
Steven Byrnes
Oct 26, 2020, 2:32 PM
28
points
9
comments
10
min read
LW
link
September 2020 gwern.net newsletter
gwern
Oct 26, 2020, 1:38 PM
17
points
1
comment
LW
link
(www.gwern.net)
Defensible positions
Chris_Leong
Oct 26, 2020, 10:37 AM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Sam Altman at SlateStarCodex Online Meetup
JoshuaFox
Oct 26, 2020, 10:26 AM
24
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
But what kinds of puppets are we?
KatjaGrace
Oct 26, 2020, 8:40 AM
13
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(meteuphoric.com)
[Question]
Models predicting significant violence in the US?
kdbscott
Oct 25, 2020, 6:45 PM
54
points
6
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Some criticisms of polling
Jimdrix_Hendri
Oct 25, 2020, 6:45 PM
4
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Reply to Jebari and Lundborg on Artificial Superintelligence
Richard_Ngo
Oct 25, 2020, 1:50 PM
31
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)
Increasing Isolation Again
jefftk
Oct 25, 2020, 1:10 PM
11
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Yet another world spirit sock puppet
KatjaGrace
Oct 25, 2020, 5:30 AM
13
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(meteuphoric.com)
[Question]
Which headlines and narratives are mostly clickbait?
Pontor
Oct 25, 2020, 1:19 AM
5
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Why Huntington-Hill?
jefftk
Oct 25, 2020, 12:50 AM
17
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Notes on Courage
David Gross
Oct 24, 2020, 10:32 PM
15
points
3
comments
8
min read
LW
link
“Prediction” and “explanation” are not causation
jasoncrawford
Oct 24, 2020, 6:55 PM
12
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(twitter.com)
Karlsruhe Rationalist Meetup
wilm
Oct 24, 2020, 8:23 AM
6
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Darwin Game—Rounds 0 to 10
lsusr
Oct 24, 2020, 2:17 AM
107
points
34
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Babble and Prune : 5 new ideas
Teja Prabhu
Oct 23, 2020, 11:42 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What is our true life expectancy?
Adam Zerner
Oct 23, 2020, 11:17 PM
15
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
No Causation without Reification
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Oct 23, 2020, 8:28 PM
21
points
38
comments
3
min read
LW
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 Eide
Oct 23, 2020, 7:42 PM
5
points
9
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Local Solar Time
jefftk
Oct 23, 2020, 7:40 PM
16
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Adjusting probabilities for the passage of time, using Squiggle
NunoSempere
Oct 23, 2020, 6:55 PM
19
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Humans are stunningly rational and stunningly irrational
Stuart_Armstrong
Oct 23, 2020, 2:13 PM
23
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Powerless Moral Evaluation
SocratesDissatisfied
Oct 23, 2020, 10:44 AM
5
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The bads of ads
KatjaGrace
Oct 23, 2020, 5:50 AM
108
points
38
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(meteuphoric.com)
[Question]
Should we use qualifiers in speech?
Adam Zerner
Oct 23, 2020, 4:46 AM
35
points
34
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What is the current bottleneck on genetic engineering of human embryos for improved IQ
Eli Tyre
Oct 23, 2020, 2:36 AM
36
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Finding Leverage: System Thinking & Change Management
JASmithy
Oct 22, 2020, 11:31 PM
4
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
The Trouble With Babbles
DirectedEvolution
Oct 22, 2020, 9:31 PM
15
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Changing the size of Congress
jefftk
Oct 22, 2020, 8:50 PM
4
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
[Question]
Should I prefer to get a tax refund, or not to?
MichaelDickens
Oct 22, 2020, 8:21 PM
1
point
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
An Open Letter On Love
nroman
Oct 22, 2020, 8:21 PM
11
points
1
comment
5
min read
LW
link
Effective Epidemiology
Mike Harris
Oct 22, 2020, 7:45 PM
26
points
13
comments
9
min read
LW
link
My case for starting blogging
Neel Nanda
Oct 22, 2020, 5:43 PM
36
points
2
comments
16
min read
LW
link
(www.neelnanda.io)
Covid 10/22: Europe in Crisis
Zvi
Oct 22, 2020, 3:40 PM
80
points
13
comments
15
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
GPT-X, Paperclip Maximizer? Analyzing AGI and Final Goals
meanderingmoose
Oct 22, 2020, 2:33 PM
8
points
1
comment
6
min read
LW
link
Introduction to Cartesian Frames
Scott Garrabrant
Oct 22, 2020, 1:00 PM
155
points
32
comments
22
min read
LW
link
1
review
“Little glimpses of empathy” as the foundation for social emotions
Steven Byrnes
Oct 22, 2020, 11:02 AM
33
points
1
comment
6
min read
LW
link
The date of AI Takeover is not the day the AI takes over
Daniel Kokotajlo
Oct 22, 2020, 10:41 AM
150
points
32
comments
2
min read
LW
link
1
review
Sydney Rationality Dojo—December 2021
Next
Oct 22, 2020, 8:45 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Learning is (Asymptotically) Computationally Inefficient, Choose Your Exponents Wisely
Shmi
Oct 22, 2020, 5:30 AM
16
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Babble challenge: 50 ways of solving a problem in your life
Bird Concept
Oct 22, 2020, 4:49 AM
34
points
29
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Virtue ethics and why the rationalist community might care about it.
David Gross
Oct 22, 2020, 3:53 AM
36
points
2
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Rationalist Town Hall: Pandemic Edition
Ben Pace
Oct 21, 2020, 11:54 PM
50
points
33
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Malicious link!
bmeacham
Oct 21, 2020, 11:24 PM
6
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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