Notes on Re­spect-for-Others

David GrossNov 12, 2020, 11:33 PM
13 points
1 comment10 min readLW link

[Question] What risks from vac­cines?

BuckyNov 12, 2020, 11:32 PM
9 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Fi­nal Bab­ble Challenge (for now): 100 ways to light a candle

Bird ConceptNov 12, 2020, 11:17 PM
45 points
31 comments4 min readLW link

Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Prior as Align­ment Strategy

johnswentworthNov 12, 2020, 10:06 PM
46 points
8 comments6 min readLW link

So­cratic Grilling

SilasBartaNov 12, 2020, 9:16 PM
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Tips on or­ga­niz­ing on­line meetups

JoshuaFoxNov 12, 2020, 8:02 PM
27 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

Covid 11/​12: The Winds of Winter

ZviNov 12, 2020, 2:30 PM
100 points
64 comments19 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] What are Ex­am­ples of Great Distil­lers?

adamShimiNov 12, 2020, 2:09 PM
35 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Any work on hon­ey­pots (to de­tect treach­er­ous turn at­tempts)?

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Nov 12, 2020, 5:41 AM
17 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Does there ex­ist a de­tailed Bayesian COVID tracker?

Optimization ProcessNov 12, 2020, 5:06 AM
8 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

A Cor­re­spon­dence The­o­rem in the Max­i­mum En­tropy Framework

johnswentworthNov 11, 2020, 10:46 PM
33 points
7 comments6 min readLW link

[Link] Digi­tal Democ­racy Is Within Reach

AlexeiNov 11, 2020, 10:12 PM
20 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(your-undivided-attention.simplecast.com)

Learn­ing Nor­ma­tivity: A Re­search Agenda

abramdemskiNov 11, 2020, 9:59 PM
82 points
18 comments19 min readLW link

CHAI In­tern­ship Application

martinfukuiNov 11, 2020, 9:10 PM
31 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

How can we lobby to get a vac­cine dis­tributed faster?

Tim LiptrotNov 11, 2020, 9:01 PM
7 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Time in Carte­sian Frames

Scott GarrabrantNov 11, 2020, 8:25 PM
48 points
16 comments7 min readLW link

[AN #125]: Neu­ral net­work scal­ing laws across mul­ti­ple modalities

Rohin ShahNov 11, 2020, 6:20 PM
25 points
7 comments9 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Think in Terms of Ac­tions, not Attributes

CollisteruNov 11, 2020, 3:57 PM
7 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Why those who care about catas­trophic and ex­is­ten­tial risk should care about au­tonomous weapons

aaguirreNov 11, 2020, 3:22 PM
60 points
20 comments19 min readLW link

The (Unoffi­cial) Less Wrong Com­ment Challenge

adamShimiNov 11, 2020, 2:18 PM
82 points
35 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What could one do with truly un­limited com­pu­ta­tional power?

YitzNov 11, 2020, 10:03 AM
30 points
22 comments2 min readLW link

Michael Vas­sar at the SlateS­tarCodex On­line Meetup

JoshuaFoxNov 11, 2020, 7:03 AM
16 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

On­go­ing free money at PredictIt

kniteNov 11, 2020, 4:06 AM
12 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Yes to Fea­ture Re­quests, No to Entitlement

jefftkNov 11, 2020, 3:50 AM
18 points
1 comment2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

The Dar­win Game—Rounds 1 to 2

lsusrNov 11, 2020, 1:53 AM
48 points
9 comments3 min readLW link

Eight Defi­ni­tions of Observability

Scott GarrabrantNov 10, 2020, 11:37 PM
34 points
26 comments12 min readLW link

Prob­a­bil­ity vs Likelihood

abramdemskiNov 10, 2020, 9:28 PM
110 points
10 comments12 min readLW link

[Question] What Would Ad­vanced So­cial Tech­nol­ogy Look Like?

johnswentworthNov 10, 2020, 5:55 PM
44 points
44 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Did any­body calcu­late the Bri­ers score for per-state elec­tion fore­casts?

ChristianKlNov 10, 2020, 5:51 PM
11 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Why I’m Writ­ing A Book

Samo BurjaNov 10, 2020, 4:50 PM
33 points
3 comments3 min readLW link
(medium.com)

[Question] Does BioNtech’s vac­cine re­sult of 90% dis­ease pre­ven­tion mean that 90% of the vac­ci­nated can’t pass the virus to other peo­ple?

ChristianKlNov 10, 2020, 3:27 PM
15 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Tweet mar­kets for im­per­sonal truth track­ing?

KatjaGraceNov 10, 2020, 7:10 AM
24 points
8 comments1 min readLW link
(meteuphoric.com)

Are the so­cial sci­ences challeng­ing be­cause of fun­da­men­tal difficul­ties or be­cause of im­posed ones?

ozziegooenNov 10, 2020, 4:56 AM
56 points
12 comments11 min readLW link

[Question] Please steel­man the ac­cu­sa­tions of elec­tion fraud

Tim LiptrotNov 10, 2020, 4:39 AM
2 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Model­ing hu­mans: what’s the point?

Charlie SteinerNov 10, 2020, 1:30 AM
10 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

My de­fault frame: some fun­da­men­tals and back­ground beliefs

PontorNov 10, 2020, 12:04 AM
6 points
4 comments7 min readLW link

Sleep­ing Beauty, Clon­ing Beauty, and Fre­quen­tist Ar­gu­ments In An­thropic Paradoxes

dadadarrenNov 9, 2020, 11:17 PM
5 points
11 comments4 min readLW link

The 300-year jour­ney to the covid vaccine

jasoncrawfordNov 9, 2020, 11:06 PM
123 points
9 comments5 min readLW link2 reviews
(rootsofprogress.org)

Au­tomat­ing rea­son­ing about the fu­ture at Ought

jungofthewonNov 9, 2020, 9:51 PM
17 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(ought.org)

Notes on Self-Control

David GrossNov 9, 2020, 9:27 PM
9 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

Clar­ify­ing in­ner al­ign­ment terminology

evhubNov 9, 2020, 8:40 PM
109 points
17 comments3 min readLW link1 review

[Question] What frac­tion of Dan Ariely’s Ir­ra­tional Game hasn’t repli­cated?

Mati_RoyNov 9, 2020, 8:25 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Open Prob­lems Create Paradigms

johnswentworthNov 9, 2020, 8:04 PM
50 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Com­mit­ting, As­sum­ing, Ex­ter­nal­iz­ing, and Internalizing

Scott GarrabrantNov 9, 2020, 4:59 PM
31 points
25 comments10 min readLW link

Time Travel Mar­kets for In­tel­lec­tual Accounting

abramdemskiNov 9, 2020, 4:58 PM
45 points
7 comments7 min readLW link

Build­ing AGI Us­ing Lan­guage Models

leogaoNov 9, 2020, 4:33 PM
11 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(leogao.dev)

In­cen­tive Prob­lems With Cur­rent Fore­cast­ing Com­pe­ti­tions.

Nov 9, 2020, 4:20 PM
44 points
21 comments5 min readLW link

Costs and benefits of metaphysics

George3d6Nov 9, 2020, 2:31 PM
11 points
2 comments11 min readLW link

Why You Should Care About Goal-Directedness

adamShimiNov 9, 2020, 12:48 PM
38 points
15 comments9 min readLW link

Com­pet­i­tive Univer­sal Ba­sic Ser­vices?

GentzelNov 9, 2020, 3:20 AM
13 points
20 comments2 min readLW link
(theconsequentialist.wordpress.com)