Two Explorations

alkjash16 Dec 2020 21:27 UTC
63 points
8 comments9 min readLW link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

FHI pa­per pub­lished in Science: in­ter­ven­tions against COVID-19

SoerenMind16 Dec 2020 21:19 UTC
119 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

[AN #129]: Ex­plain­ing dou­ble de­scent by mea­sur­ing bias and variance

Rohin Shah16 Dec 2020 18:10 UTC
14 points
1 comment7 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Beta test GPT-3 based re­search assistant

jungofthewon16 Dec 2020 13:42 UTC
34 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Ma­chine learn­ing could be fun­da­men­tally unexplainable

George3d616 Dec 2020 13:32 UTC
26 points
15 comments15 min readLW link
(cerebralab.com)

In­cen­tiviz­ing fore­cast­ing via so­cial media

16 Dec 2020 12:15 UTC
19 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Why I love stand up comedy

Adam Zerner16 Dec 2020 9:34 UTC
20 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

What is it good for? But ac­tu­ally?

KatjaGrace16 Dec 2020 9:20 UTC
44 points
17 comments2 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

How to Compliment

less_penguiny16 Dec 2020 8:25 UTC
12 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Bad reductionism

Adam Zerner16 Dec 2020 8:21 UTC
12 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

De­bug­ging the student

Adam Zerner16 Dec 2020 7:07 UTC
46 points
7 comments4 min readLW link

Notes on Courtesy

David Gross16 Dec 2020 4:08 UTC
11 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

Less Ba­sic In­framea­sure Theory

Diffractor16 Dec 2020 3:52 UTC
22 points
1 comment61 min readLW link

[Question] Which sources do you trust the most on nu­tri­tion ad­vice for ex­er­cise?

jacobjacob16 Dec 2020 3:22 UTC
29 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Ho­mo­gene­ity vs. het­ero­gene­ity in AI take­off scenarios

evhub16 Dec 2020 1:37 UTC
97 points
48 comments4 min readLW link

Mo­tive Ambiguity

Zvi15 Dec 2020 18:10 UTC
174 points
58 comments4 min readLW link2 reviews
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The wild

KatjaGrace15 Dec 2020 10:50 UTC
17 points
1 comment2 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Risk Map of AI Systems

15 Dec 2020 9:16 UTC
28 points
3 comments8 min readLW link

Up­dat­ing the Roadmap to Whole Brain Emu­la­tion Part 6: NEURAL MODELING—Pa­tient Spe­cific Selec­tion, Fit­ting and Validation

oge15 Dec 2020 1:26 UTC
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(carboncopies.org)

[Question] What are the best prece­dents for in­dus­tries failing to in­vest in valuable AI re­search?

Daniel Kokotajlo14 Dec 2020 23:57 UTC
18 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

De­ci­sion-Mak­ing and Accountability

Ian David Moss14 Dec 2020 21:30 UTC
11 points
1 comment5 min readLW link
(medium.com)

[Question] What con­fu­sions do peo­ple have about simu­lacrum lev­els?

johnswentworth14 Dec 2020 20:20 UTC
28 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

[link] The AI Gir­lfriend Se­duc­ing China’s Lonely Men

Kaj_Sotala14 Dec 2020 20:18 UTC
34 points
10 comments1 min readLW link
(www.sixthtone.com)

On Reflection

Neel Nanda14 Dec 2020 16:14 UTC
27 points
2 comments13 min readLW link
(www.neelnanda.io)

Blog plant

KatjaGrace14 Dec 2020 11:30 UTC
7 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

The Power of Annealing

meanderingmoose14 Dec 2020 11:02 UTC
25 points
6 comments5 min readLW link

Hermione Granger and New­comb’s Paradox

lsusr14 Dec 2020 5:27 UTC
48 points
18 comments2 min readLW link

All GPT skills are translation

p.b.13 Dec 2020 20:06 UTC
4 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Clar­ify­ing Fac­tored Cognition

Rafael Harth13 Dec 2020 20:02 UTC
23 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Writ­ing tools for taboo­ing?

abramdemski13 Dec 2020 19:50 UTC
15 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Pseu­do­ran­dom­ness con­test, Round 1

Eric Neyman13 Dec 2020 3:42 UTC
28 points
20 comments3 min readLW link
(ericneyman.wordpress.com)

To listen well, get curious

benkuhn13 Dec 2020 0:20 UTC
362 points
37 comments4 min readLW link1 review
(www.benkuhn.net)

The Fermi Para­dox has not been dis­solved—James Fodor

mako yass12 Dec 2020 23:18 UTC
30 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Why quan­ti­ta­tive meth­ods are heartwarming

KatjaGrace12 Dec 2020 21:50 UTC
110 points
15 comments3 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

[Question] An ar­gu­ment for per­sonal iden­tity trans­fer.

Gadersd12 Dec 2020 21:03 UTC
6 points
32 comments6 min readLW link

D&D.Sci Eval­u­a­tion and Ruleset

abstractapplic12 Dec 2020 15:00 UTC
51 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

The in­sti­tu­tion of email

KatjaGrace12 Dec 2020 10:50 UTC
10 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

The Flynn Effect Clarified

PeterMcCluskey12 Dec 2020 5:18 UTC
34 points
2 comments4 min readLW link
(www.bayesianinvestor.com)

On the stag­na­tion of en­ergy tech­nol­ogy and the Ca­bal of Scientists

df fd12 Dec 2020 4:24 UTC
5 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

Avoid­ing Side Effects in Com­plex Environments

12 Dec 2020 0:34 UTC
62 points
12 comments2 min readLW link
(avoiding-side-effects.github.io)

Notes on Chastity

David Gross11 Dec 2020 22:01 UTC
26 points
1 comment8 min readLW link

[Ex­pired] 20,000 Free $50 Char­ity Gift Cards

WilliamKiely11 Dec 2020 20:02 UTC
62 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Death Pos­i­tive Movement

lejuletre11 Dec 2020 18:29 UTC
23 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

The Good Life Quantified

Jacob Falkovich11 Dec 2020 17:52 UTC
38 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

Flights of wonder

KatjaGrace11 Dec 2020 10:50 UTC
17 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Luna Love­g­ood and the Cham­ber of Se­crets—Part 7

lsusr11 Dec 2020 5:54 UTC
63 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Epistemic Warfare

Gentzel11 Dec 2020 3:50 UTC
56 points
22 comments2 min readLW link
(theconsequentialist.wordpress.com)

Heel-and-toe drumming

jefftk11 Dec 2020 2:20 UTC
8 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

The im­pact of you is de­ter­mined by them.

Munkh-Ochir Soyol-Erdene10 Dec 2020 22:01 UTC
−1 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Men­tal Blin­ders from Work­ing Within Systems

abramdemski10 Dec 2020 19:09 UTC
53 points
20 comments3 min readLW link