Fre­quen­tist prac­tice in­cor­po­rates prior in­for­ma­tion all the time

Maxwell PetersonNov 7, 2020, 8:43 PM
18 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Three Open Prob­lems in Aging

johnswentworthNov 7, 2020, 7:39 PM
48 points
8 comments5 min readLW link

Can we prime peo­ple to take risk?

tonyoconnorNov 7, 2020, 5:17 PM
5 points
11 comments3 min readLW link

Somerville Mask Usage II

jefftkNov 7, 2020, 5:00 PM
17 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] How can I bet on short timelines?

Daniel KokotajloNov 7, 2020, 12:44 PM
43 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

Why philos­o­phy of sci­ence?

Richard_NgoNov 7, 2020, 11:10 AM
54 points
3 comments2 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

the scal­ing “in­con­sis­tency”: openAI’s new insight

nostalgebraistNov 7, 2020, 7:40 AM
148 points
14 comments9 min readLW link
(nostalgebraist.tumblr.com)

Nu­clear war is un­likely to cause hu­man extinction

Jeffrey LadishNov 7, 2020, 5:42 AM
131 points
48 comments11 min readLW link3 reviews

Does SGD Pro­duce De­cep­tive Align­ment?

Mark XuNov 6, 2020, 11:48 PM
96 points
9 comments16 min readLW link

Ethics in Many Worlds

finNov 6, 2020, 11:21 PM
8 points
24 comments9 min readLW link

The Power & Tragedy of Names

SocratesDissatisfiedNov 6, 2020, 10:50 PM
12 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

Ob­serve, bab­ble, and prune

DirectedEvolutionNov 6, 2020, 9:45 PM
8 points
1 comment8 min readLW link

A re­view of Where Is My Fly­ing Car? by J. Storrs Hall

jasoncrawfordNov 6, 2020, 8:01 PM
103 points
23 comments11 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Covid ‘Mink var­i­ant’

henryajNov 6, 2020, 5:50 PM
2 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Gen­er­al­ized Heat Eng­ine II: Ther­mo­dy­namic Effi­ciency Limit

johnswentworthNov 6, 2020, 5:30 PM
69 points
1 comment7 min readLW link

Teach Peo­ple to Rec­og­nize the Sound of Covid?

jefftkNov 6, 2020, 2:30 PM
21 points
8 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Ad­di­tive and Mul­ti­plica­tive Subagents

Scott GarrabrantNov 6, 2020, 2:26 PM
20 points
7 comments12 min readLW link

“model scores” is a ques­tion­able concept

Maxwell PetersonNov 6, 2020, 3:19 AM
26 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

Sun­day, Nov 8: Tun­ing Your Cog­ni­tive Algorithms

RaemonNov 6, 2020, 12:57 AM
16 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Notes on Jus­tice (as a virtue)

David GrossNov 5, 2020, 8:27 PM
6 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

Im­pos­tor Syn­drome as skill/​dom­i­nance mismatch

ViliamNov 5, 2020, 8:05 PM
94 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What con­sid­er­a­tions in­fluence whether I have more in­fluence over short or long timelines?

Daniel KokotajloNov 5, 2020, 7:56 PM
28 points
30 comments1 min readLW link

Gen­er­al­ized Heat Engine

johnswentworthNov 5, 2020, 7:01 PM
186 points
11 comments7 min readLW link

Sub-Sums and Sub-Tensors

Scott GarrabrantNov 5, 2020, 6:06 PM
34 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

Defin­ing ca­pa­bil­ity and al­ign­ment in gra­di­ent descent

Edouard HarrisNov 5, 2020, 2:36 PM
22 points
6 comments10 min readLW link

Covid 11/​5: Don’t Men­tion the War

ZviNov 5, 2020, 2:20 PM
64 points
16 comments28 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Bab­ble Challenge: 50 thoughts on sta­ble, co­op­er­a­tive institutions

Bird ConceptNov 5, 2020, 6:38 AM
29 points
12 comments3 min readLW link

Be­ing Pro­duc­tive With Chronic Health Con­di­tions

lynettebyeNov 5, 2020, 12:22 AM
97 points
7 comments9 min readLW link

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