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
344 points
61 comments5 min readLW link3 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

Waf­fle Crepes

jefftkNov 2, 2020, 3:30 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Non Polemic: How do you per­son­ally deal with “ir­ra­tional” peo­ple?

EmiyaNov 2, 2020, 1:44 PM
12 points
54 comments4 min readLW link

Sur­face Thoughts Suck

DachNov 2, 2020, 1:24 PM
4 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Wor­ld­wide “Port­land” SSC Meetup 11/​15/​20

Noah WaltonNov 2, 2020, 5:39 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Should stu­dents be al­lowed to give good teach­ers a bonus?

DirectedEvolutionNov 2, 2020, 12:19 AM
25 points
28 comments2 min readLW link

Zeno’s Paradoxes

Chris_LeongNov 1, 2020, 11:39 PM
8 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

Au­to­mated in­tel­li­gence is not AI

KatjaGraceNov 1, 2020, 11:30 PM
54 points
10 comments2 min readLW link
(meteuphoric.com)

The Born Rule is Time-Symmetric

lsusrNov 1, 2020, 11:24 PM
1 point
17 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why are deaths not in­creas­ing with in­fec­tions in the US?

Tim LiptrotNov 1, 2020, 10:43 PM
3 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Oc­to­ber 2020 gw­ern.net newsletter

gwernNov 1, 2020, 9:38 PM
24 points
0 commentsLW link
(www.gwern.net)

Cow­er­ing To Geno­cide: Uighur Per­se­cu­tion And The World’s Last Hope

willbobagginsNov 1, 2020, 9:01 PM
9 points
21 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] What is the right phrase for “the­o­ret­i­cal ev­i­dence”?

Adam ZernerNov 1, 2020, 8:43 PM
23 points
41 comments2 min readLW link

Notes on Compassion

David GrossNov 1, 2020, 7:10 PM
23 points
2 comments18 min readLW link

A sum­mary re­view on The Age of Em

ogeNov 1, 2020, 4:18 PM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(carboncopies.org)

Fore­cast­ing Newslet­ter: Oc­to­ber 2020.

NunoSempereNov 1, 2020, 1:09 PM
11 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Why I Pre­fer the Copen­hagen In­ter­pre­ta­tion(s)

dadadarrenOct 31, 2020, 9:06 PM
5 points
44 comments4 min readLW link
(www.sleepingbeautyproblem.com)

“In­ner Align­ment Failures” Which Are Ac­tu­ally Outer Align­ment Failures

johnswentworthOct 31, 2020, 8:18 PM
66 points
38 comments5 min readLW link

Aim to ex­plain, not persuade

lsusrOct 31, 2020, 4:35 PM
26 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Con­tain­ing the AI… In­side a Si­mu­lated Reality

HumaneAutomationOct 31, 2020, 4:16 PM
1 point
9 comments2 min readLW link

Tak­ing Ideas Se­ri­ously is Hard

neilkakkarOct 31, 2020, 1:47 PM
14 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(neilkakkar.com)

How do you read the news crit­i­cally?

ChristianKlOct 31, 2020, 11:48 AM
39 points
15 comments9 min readLW link

Trick-or-treat­ing in Covid Times

jefftkOct 31, 2020, 12:30 AM
29 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

A Parable of Four Riders

matejsuchyOct 30, 2020, 11:24 PM
3 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why does His­tory as­sume equal na­tional in­tel­li­gence?

HumaneAutomationOct 30, 2020, 11:11 PM
1 point
38 comments1 min readLW link

/​r/​MLS­cal­ing: new sub­red­dit for NN scal­ing re­search/​discussion

gwernOct 30, 2020, 8:50 PM
21 points
0 commentsLW link
(www.reddit.com)

Func­tors and Coarse Worlds

Scott GarrabrantOct 30, 2020, 3:19 PM
52 points
3 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] Re­sponses to Chris­ti­ano on take­off speeds?

Richard_NgoOct 30, 2020, 3:16 PM
29 points
7 comments1 min readLW link