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Three Open Problems in Aging

johnswentworthNov 7, 2020, 7:39 PM

48 points

8 comments5 min readLW link

Can we prime people to take risk?

tonyoconnorNov 7, 2020, 5:17 PM

5 points

11 comments3 min readLW link

Somerville Mask Usage II

jefftkNov 7, 2020, 5:00 PM

17 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] How can I bet on short timelines?

Daniel KokotajloNov 7, 2020, 12:44 PM

43 points

16 comments2 min readLW link

Why philosophy of science?

Richard_NgoNov 7, 2020, 11:10 AM

54 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

the scaling “inconsistency”: openAI’s new insight

nostalgebraistNov 7, 2020, 7:40 AM

148 points

14 comments9 min readLW link

(nostalgebraist.tumblr.com)

Nuclear war is unlikely to cause human extinction

Jeffrey LadishNov 7, 2020, 5:42 AM

131 points

48 comments11 min readLW link 3 reviews

Does SGD Produce Deceptive Alignment?

Mark XuNov 6, 2020, 11:48 PM

96 points

9 comments16 min readLW link

Ethics in Many Worlds

finNov 6, 2020, 11:21 PM

8 points

24 comments9 min readLW link

The Power & Tragedy of Names

SocratesDissatisfiedNov 6, 2020, 10:50 PM

12 points

4 comments5 min readLW link

Observe, babble, and prune

DirectedEvolutionNov 6, 2020, 9:45 PM

8 points

1 comment8 min readLW link

A review of Where Is My Flying Car? by J. Storrs Hall

jasoncrawfordNov 6, 2020, 8:01 PM

103 points

23 comments11 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Covid ‘Mink variant’

henryajNov 6, 2020, 5:50 PM

2 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Generalized Heat Engine II: Thermodynamic Efficiency Limit

johnswentworthNov 6, 2020, 5:30 PM

69 points

1 comment7 min readLW link

Teach People to Recognize the Sound of Covid?

jefftkNov 6, 2020, 2:30 PM

21 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Additive and Multiplicative Subagents

Scott GarrabrantNov 6, 2020, 2:26 PM

20 points

7 comments12 min readLW link

“model scores” is a questionable concept

Maxwell PetersonNov 6, 2020, 3:19 AM

26 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

Sunday, Nov 8: Tuning Your Cognitive Algorithms

RaemonNov 6, 2020, 12:57 AM

16 points

17 comments1 min readLW link

Notes on Justice (as a virtue)

David GrossNov 5, 2020, 8:27 PM

6 points

4 comments8 min readLW link

Impostor Syndrome as skill/dominance mismatch

ViliamNov 5, 2020, 8:05 PM

94 points

12 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What considerations influence whether I have more influence over short or long timelines?

Daniel KokotajloNov 5, 2020, 7:56 PM

28 points

30 comments1 min readLW link

Generalized Heat Engine

johnswentworthNov 5, 2020, 7:01 PM

186 points

11 comments7 min readLW link

Sub-Sums and Sub-Tensors

Scott GarrabrantNov 5, 2020, 6:06 PM

34 points

4 comments8 min readLW link

Defining capability and alignment in gradient descent

Edouard HarrisNov 5, 2020, 2:36 PM

22 points

6 comments10 min readLW link

Covid 11/5: Don’t Mention the War

ZviNov 5, 2020, 2:20 PM

64 points

16 comments28 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Babble Challenge: 50 thoughts on stable, cooperative institutions

Bird ConceptNov 5, 2020, 6:38 AM

29 points

12 comments3 min readLW link

Being Productive With Chronic Health Conditions

lynettebyeNov 5, 2020, 12:22 AM

97 points

7 comments9 min readLW link

Covid-19 IFR from a Bayesian point of view

mwacksenNov 4, 2020, 11:55 PM

12 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

Multiple Worlds, One Universal Wave Function

evhubNov 4, 2020, 10:28 PM

60 points

76 comments61 min readLW link

Gifts Which Money Cannot Buy

johnswentworthNov 4, 2020, 7:37 PM

93 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

[AN #124]: Provably safe exploration through shielding

Rohin ShahNov 4, 2020, 6:20 PM

17 points

0 comments9 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Don’t read news

Eli_Nov 4, 2020, 6:14 PM

27 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Share your personal stories of prediction markets

Tim LiptrotNov 4, 2020, 4:09 PM

15 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Notes on Reverence

David GrossNov 4, 2020, 1:35 AM

8 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Where do (did?) stable, cooperative institutions come from?

AnnaSalamonNov 3, 2020, 10:14 PM

151 points

72 comments4 min readLW link

Open & Welcome Thread – November 2020

habrykaNov 3, 2020, 8:46 PM

14 points

61 comments1 min readLW link

Multiplicative Operations on Cartesian Frames

Scott GarrabrantNov 3, 2020, 7:27 PM

34 points

24 comments12 min readLW link

When Money Is Abundant, Knowledge Is The Real Wealth

johnswentworthNov 3, 2020, 5:34 PM

350 points

61 comments5 min readLW link 3 reviews

Three more stories about causation

cousin_itNov 3, 2020, 3:51 PM

15 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Bucket Brigade Singing

jefftkNov 3, 2020, 3:40 PM

41 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

One could be forgiven for getting the feeling...

HumaneAutomationNov 3, 2020, 4:53 AM

−2 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

SubOnlyStackFans

Jacob FalkovichNov 3, 2020, 2:33 AM

18 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

Notes on Industriousness

David GrossNov 3, 2020, 1:55 AM

12 points

1 comment8 min readLW link

Sleeping Julia: Empirical support for thirder argument in the Sleeping Beauty Problem

Alex VNov 3, 2020, 12:21 AM

4 points

13 comments2 min readLW link

Subagents of Cartesian Frames

Scott GarrabrantNov 2, 2020, 10:02 PM

53 points

6 comments8 min readLW link

Confucianism in AI Alignment

johnswentworthNov 2, 2020, 9:16 PM

33 points

28 comments6 min readLW link

Location Discussion Takeaways

mingyuanNov 2, 2020, 9:14 PM

77 points

15 comments13 min readLW link

Kelly Bet or Update?

abramdemskiNov 2, 2020, 8:26 PM

50 points

23 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] What Belongs in my Glossary?

ZviNov 2, 2020, 7:52 PM

14 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Generalize Kelly to Account for # Iterations?

abramdemskiNov 2, 2020, 4:36 PM

24 points

18 comments1 min readLW link