Sec­u­lar Sols­tice 2020

jefftkDec 20, 2020, 11:20 PM
81 points
11 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

On Robin Han­son’s “So­cial Proof, but of What?”

ZviDec 20, 2020, 10:20 PM
33 points
7 comments27 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Intuition

Rafael HarthDec 20, 2020, 9:49 PM
26 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

New SARS-CoV-2 variant

TheMajorDec 20, 2020, 9:22 PM
46 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

Grat­i­tude: Data and Anecdata

Dan WeinandDec 20, 2020, 8:24 PM
10 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

[Question] Is there a com­mu­nity al­igned with the idea of cre­at­ing species of AGI sys­tems for them to be­come our suc­ces­sors?

iamhefestoDec 20, 2020, 7:06 PM
−2 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

How to erad­i­cate the de­sire to check time-wast­ing sites

Space L ClotteyDec 20, 2020, 7:06 PM
40 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

In­ter­ac­tive ex­plo­ra­tion of LessWrong and other large col­lec­tions of documents

Dec 20, 2020, 7:06 PM
49 points
9 comments10 min readLW link

[Question] Would a more deadly virus have in­duced greater com­pli­ance with US lock­down re­stric­tions?

Tim LiptrotDec 20, 2020, 6:24 PM
6 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Gaug­ing the con­scious ex­pe­rience of LessWrong

VermillionDec 20, 2020, 11:34 AM
35 points
44 comments1 min readLW link

Luna Love­g­ood and the Cham­ber of Se­crets—Part 9

lsusrDec 20, 2020, 9:22 AM
93 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

Pseu­do­ran­dom­ness con­test, Round 2

Eric NeymanDec 20, 2020, 8:35 AM
24 points
6 comments4 min readLW link
(ericneyman.wordpress.com)

[Question] [Meta?] Us­ing the LessWrong code­base for a blog

George3d6Dec 20, 2020, 3:05 AM
19 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

Op­po­site attractions

KatjaGraceDec 19, 2020, 9:30 PM
17 points
2 comments2 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Hier­ar­chi­cal plan­ning: con­text agents

Charlie SteinerDec 19, 2020, 11:24 AM
22 points
6 comments9 min readLW link

We des­per­ately need to talk more about hu­man challenge tri­als.

DirectedEvolutionDec 19, 2020, 10:00 AM
29 points
25 comments4 min readLW link

Theasauring

KatjaGraceDec 19, 2020, 8:20 AM
5 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Ex­trap­o­lat­ing GPT-N performance

Lukas FinnvedenDec 18, 2020, 9:41 PM
112 points
31 comments22 min readLW link1 review

Notes on Duty

David GrossDec 18, 2020, 6:54 PM
17 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Prob­a­bil­ity the­ory im­plies Oc­cam’s razor

Maxwell PetersonDec 18, 2020, 7:48 AM
8 points
4 comments6 min readLW link

Ge­netic magic

KatjaGraceDec 18, 2020, 5:20 AM
18 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Thread for mak­ing 2019 Re­view ac­countabil­ity commitments

Bird ConceptDec 18, 2020, 5:07 AM
46 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

[LIVE!!] LW/​EA New Year’s Ul­tra Party

RubyDec 18, 2020, 4:49 AM
67 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Adapt­ing to Means Testing

jefftkDec 18, 2020, 3:30 AM
12 points
4 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Do I have to trust past ex­pe­rience be­cause past ex­pe­rience tells me that?

znajdDec 18, 2020, 2:43 AM
1 point
3 comments1 min readLW link

No, Newspeak Won’t Make You Stupid

MikkWDec 18, 2020, 12:56 AM
21 points
38 comments7 min readLW link

Luna Love­g­ood and the Cham­ber of Se­crets—Part 8

lsusrDec 17, 2020, 10:29 PM
74 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

Ideal Chess—drop chess perfected

MikkWDec 17, 2020, 8:03 PM
23 points
23 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] How long till In­verse AlphaFold?

Daniel KokotajloDec 17, 2020, 7:56 PM
41 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Notes on Dignity

David GrossDec 17, 2020, 3:46 PM
11 points
1 comment7 min readLW link

Covid 12/​17: The First Dose

ZviDec 17, 2020, 2:20 PM
76 points
29 comments19 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Some things I’m look­ing for­ward to in 2021: prob­a­ble post-pan­demic edition

KatjaGraceDec 17, 2020, 8:20 AM
23 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

It turns out that group meet­ings are mostly a ter­rible way to make decisions

Ian David MossDec 17, 2020, 3:30 AM
61 points
14 comments5 min readLW link
(medium.com)

Hard work is irritating

OldmanrahulDec 17, 2020, 1:04 AM
12 points
6 comments3 min readLW link
(oldmanrahul.com)

[Question] Are there any sys­tem­atic ways to choose eval­u­a­tion crite­ria?

Aman PatelDec 17, 2020, 1:03 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Two Explorations

alkjashDec 16, 2020, 9:27 PM
63 points
8 comments9 min readLW link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

FHI pa­per pub­lished in Science: in­ter­ven­tions against COVID-19

SoerenMindDec 16, 2020, 9:19 PM
119 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

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

Rohin ShahDec 16, 2020, 6:10 PM
14 points
1 comment7 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Beta test GPT-3 based re­search assistant

jungofthewonDec 16, 2020, 1:42 PM
34 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Ma­chine learn­ing could be fun­da­men­tally unexplainable

George3d6Dec 16, 2020, 1:32 PM
26 points
15 comments15 min readLW link
(cerebralab.com)

In­cen­tiviz­ing fore­cast­ing via so­cial media

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

Why I love stand up comedy

Adam ZernerDec 16, 2020, 9:34 AM
20 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

What is it good for? But ac­tu­ally?

KatjaGraceDec 16, 2020, 9:20 AM
44 points
17 comments2 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

How to Compliment

less_penguinyDec 16, 2020, 8:25 AM
13 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Bad reductionism

Adam ZernerDec 16, 2020, 8:21 AM
12 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

De­bug­ging the student

Adam ZernerDec 16, 2020, 7:07 AM
46 points
7 comments4 min readLW link

Notes on Courtesy

David GrossDec 16, 2020, 4:08 AM
11 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

Less Ba­sic In­framea­sure Theory

DiffractorDec 16, 2020, 3:52 AM
22 points
1 comment61 min readLW link

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

Bird ConceptDec 16, 2020, 3:22 AM
30 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Ho­mo­gene­ity vs. het­ero­gene­ity in AI take­off scenarios

evhubDec 16, 2020, 1:37 AM
98 points
48 comments4 min readLW link