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Notes on Justice (as a virtue)
David Gross
Nov 5, 2020, 8:27 PM
6
points
4
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Impostor Syndrome as skill/dominance mismatch
Viliam
Nov 5, 2020, 8:05 PM
94
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What considerations influence whether I have more influence over short or long timelines?
Daniel Kokotajlo
Nov 5, 2020, 7:56 PM
28
points
30
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Generalized Heat Engine
johnswentworth
Nov 5, 2020, 7:01 PM
186
points
11
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Sub-Sums and Sub-Tensors
Scott Garrabrant
Nov 5, 2020, 6:06 PM
34
points
4
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Defining capability and alignment in gradient descent
Edouard Harris
Nov 5, 2020, 2:36 PM
22
points
6
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Covid 11/5: Don’t Mention the War
Zvi
Nov 5, 2020, 2:20 PM
64
points
16
comments
28
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
[Question]
Babble Challenge: 50 thoughts on stable, cooperative institutions
Bird Concept
Nov 5, 2020, 6:38 AM
29
points
12
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Being Productive With Chronic Health Conditions
lynettebye
Nov 5, 2020, 12:22 AM
97
points
7
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Covid-19 IFR from a Bayesian point of view
mwacksen
Nov 4, 2020, 11:55 PM
12
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Multiple Worlds, One Universal Wave Function
evhub
Nov 4, 2020, 10:28 PM
60
points
76
comments
61
min read
LW
link
Gifts Which Money Cannot Buy
johnswentworth
Nov 4, 2020, 7:37 PM
93
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[AN #124]: Provably safe exploration through shielding
Rohin Shah
Nov 4, 2020, 6:20 PM
17
points
0
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Don’t read news
Eli_
Nov 4, 2020, 6:14 PM
27
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Share your personal stories of prediction markets
Tim Liptrot
Nov 4, 2020, 4:09 PM
15
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Notes on Reverence
David Gross
Nov 4, 2020, 1:35 AM
8
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Where do (did?) stable, cooperative institutions come from?
AnnaSalamon
Nov 3, 2020, 10:14 PM
151
points
72
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Open & Welcome Thread – November 2020
habryka
Nov 3, 2020, 8:46 PM
14
points
61
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Multiplicative Operations on Cartesian Frames
Scott Garrabrant
Nov 3, 2020, 7:27 PM
34
points
24
comments
12
min read
LW
link
When Money Is Abundant, Knowledge Is The Real Wealth
johnswentworth
Nov 3, 2020, 5:34 PM
344
points
61
comments
5
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
Three more stories about causation
cousin_it
Nov 3, 2020, 3:51 PM
15
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Bucket Brigade Singing
jefftk
Nov 3, 2020, 3:40 PM
41
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
One could be forgiven for getting the feeling...
HumaneAutomation
Nov 3, 2020, 4:53 AM
−2
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
SubOnlyStackFans
Jacob Falkovich
Nov 3, 2020, 2:33 AM
18
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Notes on Industriousness
David Gross
Nov 3, 2020, 1:55 AM
12
points
1
comment
8
min read
LW
link
Sleeping Julia: Empirical support for thirder argument in the Sleeping Beauty Problem
Alex V
Nov 3, 2020, 12:21 AM
4
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Subagents of Cartesian Frames
Scott Garrabrant
Nov 2, 2020, 10:02 PM
53
points
6
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Confucianism in AI Alignment
johnswentworth
Nov 2, 2020, 9:16 PM
33
points
28
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Location Discussion Takeaways
mingyuan
Nov 2, 2020, 9:14 PM
77
points
15
comments
13
min read
LW
link
Kelly Bet or Update?
abramdemski
Nov 2, 2020, 8:26 PM
50
points
23
comments
7
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What Belongs in my Glossary?
Zvi
Nov 2, 2020, 7:52 PM
14
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Generalize Kelly to Account for # Iterations?
abramdemski
Nov 2, 2020, 4:36 PM
24
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Waffle Crepes
jefftk
Nov 2, 2020, 3:30 PM
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
[Question]
Non Polemic: How do you personally deal with “irrational” people?
Emiya
Nov 2, 2020, 1:44 PM
12
points
54
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Surface Thoughts Suck
Dach
Nov 2, 2020, 1:24 PM
4
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Worldwide “Portland” SSC Meetup 11/15/20
Noah Walton
Nov 2, 2020, 5:39 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Should students be allowed to give good teachers a bonus?
DirectedEvolution
Nov 2, 2020, 12:19 AM
25
points
28
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Zeno’s Paradoxes
Chris_Leong
Nov 1, 2020, 11:39 PM
8
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Automated intelligence is not AI
KatjaGrace
Nov 1, 2020, 11:30 PM
54
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(meteuphoric.com)
The Born Rule is Time-Symmetric
lsusr
Nov 1, 2020, 11:24 PM
1
point
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Why are deaths not increasing with infections in the US?
Tim Liptrot
Nov 1, 2020, 10:43 PM
3
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
October 2020 gwern.net newsletter
gwern
Nov 1, 2020, 9:38 PM
24
points
0
comments
LW
link
(www.gwern.net)
Cowering To Genocide: Uighur Persecution And The World’s Last Hope
willbobaggins
Nov 1, 2020, 9:01 PM
9
points
21
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What is the right phrase for “theoretical evidence”?
Adam Zerner
Nov 1, 2020, 8:43 PM
23
points
41
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Notes on Compassion
David Gross
Nov 1, 2020, 7:10 PM
23
points
2
comments
18
min read
LW
link
A summary review on The Age of Em
oge
Nov 1, 2020, 4:18 PM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(carboncopies.org)
Forecasting Newsletter: October 2020.
NunoSempere
Nov 1, 2020, 1:09 PM
11
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Why I Prefer the Copenhagen Interpretation(s)
dadadarren
Oct 31, 2020, 9:06 PM
5
points
44
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(www.sleepingbeautyproblem.com)
“Inner Alignment Failures” Which Are Actually Outer Alignment Failures
johnswentworth
Oct 31, 2020, 8:18 PM
66
points
38
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Aim to explain, not persuade
lsusr
Oct 31, 2020, 4:35 PM
26
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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