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Latest & Greatest Wiki-Tag Updates: Import, Dashboard, and Feed
Ruby
24 Nov 2020 21:35 UTC
45
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Pain is not the unit of Effort
alkjash
24 Nov 2020 20:00 UTC
545
points
90
comments
5
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
The next AI winter will be due to energy costs
hippke
24 Nov 2020 16:53 UTC
70
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Critiques of the Agent Foundations agenda?
Jsevillamol
24 Nov 2020 16:11 UTC
16
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Snyder-Beattie, Sandberg, Drexler & Bonsall (2020): The Timing of Evolutionary Transitions Suggests Intelligent Life Is Rare
Kaj_Sotala
24 Nov 2020 10:36 UTC
83
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.liebertpub.com)
[Question]
How should OpenAI communicate about the commercial performances of the GPT-3 API?
Maxime Riché
24 Nov 2020 8:34 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Manifesto of the Silent Minority
lsusr
24 Nov 2020 5:30 UTC
63
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Squiggle: An Overview
ozziegooen
24 Nov 2020 3:00 UTC
60
points
6
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Commentary on AGI Safety from First Principles
Richard_Ngo
23 Nov 2020 21:37 UTC
81
points
4
comments
54
min read
LW
link
Straight-edge Warning Against Physical Intimacy
Raphaëll
23 Nov 2020 21:35 UTC
17
points
42
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Using false but instrumentally rational beliefs for your career?
Tim Liptrot
23 Nov 2020 19:18 UTC
7
points
29
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Syntax, semantics, and symbol grounding, simplified
Stuart_Armstrong
23 Nov 2020 16:12 UTC
30
points
4
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Continuing the takeoffs debate
Richard_Ngo
23 Nov 2020 15:58 UTC
67
points
11
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Retrospective: November 10-day virtual meditation retreat
Kaj_Sotala
23 Nov 2020 15:00 UTC
50
points
7
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(kajsotala.fi)
The Mutant Game—Rounds 11 to 30
lsusr
23 Nov 2020 9:20 UTC
5
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Mark Manson and Evidence-Based Personal Development
Chris_Leong
23 Nov 2020 5:13 UTC
31
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Changing the AI race payoff matrix
Gurkenglas
22 Nov 2020 22:25 UTC
7
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Notes on Ambition
David Gross
22 Nov 2020 19:53 UTC
19
points
1
comment
7
min read
LW
link
[Question]
(Pseudo) Mathematical Realism Bad?
Logan Zoellner
22 Nov 2020 18:21 UTC
0
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
My intellectual influences
Richard_Ngo
22 Nov 2020 18:00 UTC
95
points
1
comment
5
min read
LW
link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)
[Question]
Ways to run multiple form-incompatible mentalities?
Self_Optimization
22 Nov 2020 17:57 UTC
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
It’s not economically inefficient for a UBI to reduce recipient’s employment
paulfchristiano
22 Nov 2020 16:40 UTC
93
points
60
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(sideways-view.com)
[Question]
Why are young, healthy people eager to take the Covid-19 vaccine?
CheerfulWarrior
22 Nov 2020 15:24 UTC
14
points
59
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Demystifying the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Eigil Rischel
22 Nov 2020 13:52 UTC
10
points
9
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How to think about wearing masks / distancing within the household?
Sameerishere
22 Nov 2020 6:56 UTC
1
point
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
UDT might not pay a Counterfactual Mugger
winwonce
21 Nov 2020 23:27 UTC
5
points
18
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Non-Obstruction: A Simple Concept Motivating Corrigibility
TurnTrout
21 Nov 2020 19:35 UTC
74
points
20
comments
19
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What do people think of the Futurism site?
jmh
21 Nov 2020 17:32 UTC
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Rationalists from the UK—what are your thoughts on Dominic Cummings?
Davis_Kingsley
21 Nov 2020 10:00 UTC
11
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The central limit theorem in terms of convolutions
Maxwell Peterson
21 Nov 2020 4:09 UTC
39
points
16
comments
4
min read
LW
link
AGI Predictions
Amandango
and
Ben Pace
21 Nov 2020 3:46 UTC
112
points
35
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Predictions made by Mati Roy in early 2020
Mati_Roy
21 Nov 2020 3:24 UTC
23
points
6
comments
16
min read
LW
link
Zen and Rationality: Skillful Means
Gordon Seidoh Worley
21 Nov 2020 2:38 UTC
18
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Darwin Game—Rounds 21-500
lsusr
21 Nov 2020 0:58 UTC
27
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Working in Virtual Reality: A Review
ozziegooen
20 Nov 2020 23:14 UTC
139
points
40
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Epistemic Progress
ozziegooen
20 Nov 2020 19:58 UTC
61
points
16
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Why is there a “clogged drainpipe” effect in idea generation?
jacobjacob
20 Nov 2020 19:08 UTC
33
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Embedded Interactive Predictions on LessWrong
Amandango
20 Nov 2020 18:35 UTC
243
points
88
comments
2
min read
LW
link
1
review
Persuasion Tools: AI takeover without AGI or agency?
Daniel Kokotajlo
20 Nov 2020 16:54 UTC
85
points
25
comments
11
min read
LW
link
1
review
Hiding Complexity
Rafael Harth
20 Nov 2020 16:35 UTC
29
points
14
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Thanksgiving and Covid
jefftk
20 Nov 2020 4:30 UTC
13
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Sunday 22nd: The Coordination Frontier
Raemon
19 Nov 2020 22:09 UTC
19
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Simpson’s paradox and the tyranny of strata
dynomight
19 Nov 2020 17:46 UTC
27
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(dyno-might.github.io)
Notes on Prudence
David Gross
19 Nov 2020 16:14 UTC
14
points
1
comment
6
min read
LW
link
Covid 11/19: Don’t Do Stupid Things
Zvi
19 Nov 2020 16:00 UTC
72
points
29
comments
23
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
[Question]
How do you evaluate whether a $500 donation to a project that you know well is a good idea?
ChristianKl
19 Nov 2020 12:42 UTC
34
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Some AI research areas and their relevance to existential safety
Andrew_Critch
19 Nov 2020 3:18 UTC
204
points
37
comments
50
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
Sunzi’s《Methods of War》- War
lsusr
19 Nov 2020 3:06 UTC
43
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Inner Alignment in Salt-Starved Rats
Steven Byrnes
19 Nov 2020 2:40 UTC
137
points
41
comments
11
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
[Question]
Should I do it?
MrLight
19 Nov 2020 1:08 UTC
−3
points
16
comments
2
min read
LW
link
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