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Frequentist practice incorporates prior information all the time
Maxwell Peterson
Nov 7, 2020, 8:43 PM
18
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Three Open Problems in Aging
johnswentworth
Nov 7, 2020, 7:39 PM
48
points
8
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Can we prime people to take risk?
tonyoconnor
Nov 7, 2020, 5:17 PM
5
points
11
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Somerville Mask Usage II
jefftk
Nov 7, 2020, 5:00 PM
17
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
[Question]
How can I bet on short timelines?
Daniel Kokotajlo
Nov 7, 2020, 12:44 PM
43
points
16
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Why philosophy of science?
Richard_Ngo
Nov 7, 2020, 11:10 AM
54
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)
the scaling “inconsistency”: openAI’s new insight
nostalgebraist
Nov 7, 2020, 7:40 AM
148
points
14
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(nostalgebraist.tumblr.com)
Nuclear war is unlikely to cause human extinction
Jeffrey Ladish
Nov 7, 2020, 5:42 AM
131
points
48
comments
11
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
Does SGD Produce Deceptive Alignment?
Mark Xu
Nov 6, 2020, 11:48 PM
96
points
9
comments
16
min read
LW
link
Ethics in Many Worlds
fin
Nov 6, 2020, 11:21 PM
8
points
24
comments
9
min read
LW
link
The Power & Tragedy of Names
SocratesDissatisfied
Nov 6, 2020, 10:50 PM
12
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Observe, babble, and prune
DirectedEvolution
Nov 6, 2020, 9:45 PM
8
points
1
comment
8
min read
LW
link
A review of Where Is My Flying Car? by J. Storrs Hall
jasoncrawford
Nov 6, 2020, 8:01 PM
103
points
23
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Covid ‘Mink variant’
henryaj
Nov 6, 2020, 5:50 PM
2
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Generalized Heat Engine II: Thermodynamic Efficiency Limit
johnswentworth
Nov 6, 2020, 5:30 PM
69
points
1
comment
7
min read
LW
link
Teach People to Recognize the Sound of Covid?
jefftk
Nov 6, 2020, 2:30 PM
21
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Additive and Multiplicative Subagents
Scott Garrabrant
Nov 6, 2020, 2:26 PM
20
points
7
comments
12
min read
LW
link
“model scores” is a questionable concept
Maxwell Peterson
Nov 6, 2020, 3:19 AM
26
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Sunday, Nov 8: Tuning Your Cognitive Algorithms
Raemon
Nov 6, 2020, 12:57 AM
16
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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
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