Great minds might not think alike

Eric Neyman26 Dec 2020 19:51 UTC
304 points
45 comments11 min readLW link
(ericneyman.wordpress.com)

Mo­ral in­tu­itions are sur­pris­ingly variable

Bob Baker26 Dec 2020 19:50 UTC
22 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

An open Christ­mas card to my brothers

KatjaGrace26 Dec 2020 12:00 UTC
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Can we model tech­nolog­i­cal sin­gu­lar­ity as the phase tran­si­tion?

Valentin202626 Dec 2020 3:20 UTC
4 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] What ev­i­dence will tell us about the new strain? How are you up­dat­ing?

Zvi25 Dec 2020 21:37 UTC
83 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are the un­writ­ten rules of academia?

Yitz25 Dec 2020 15:33 UTC
16 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What trade should we make if we’re all get­ting the new COVID strain?

Jacob Falkovich25 Dec 2020 7:09 UTC
79 points
73 comments1 min readLW link

Open Christ­mas card to my father

KatjaGrace25 Dec 2020 6:40 UTC
7 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Net­flix’s “Start-Up” and sincere work dramatization

Maxwell Peterson25 Dec 2020 5:32 UTC
17 points
3 comments6 min readLW link

Notes on Moder­a­tion, Balance, & Harmony

David Gross25 Dec 2020 2:44 UTC
9 points
1 comment7 min readLW link

A few predictions

Tim Liptrot25 Dec 2020 1:27 UTC
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are in­tu­itive ways for pre­sent­ing cer­tainty/​con­fi­dence in con­tin­u­ous vari­able in­fer­ences (i.e. nu­mer­i­cal pre­dic­tions)?

George3d625 Dec 2020 0:55 UTC
4 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

A break­down of pri­ors and pos­te­ri­ors—an ex­am­ple from medicine

masasin24 Dec 2020 23:35 UTC
8 points
4 comments5 min readLW link
(old.reddit.com)

De­fus­ing AGI Danger

Mark Xu24 Dec 2020 22:58 UTC
48 points
9 comments9 min readLW link

Oper­a­tional­iz­ing com­pat­i­bil­ity with strat­egy-stealing

evhub24 Dec 2020 22:36 UTC
41 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

The med­i­cal test para­dox: Can re­design­ing Bayes rule help?

habryka24 Dec 2020 22:08 UTC
34 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.youtube.com)

Episte­mol­ogy Vol­ume of “A Map That Reflects the Ter­ri­tory” Set—My Per­sonal Commentary

hamnox24 Dec 2020 21:34 UTC
20 points
1 comment8 min readLW link

TAPs for Tutoring

Mark Xu24 Dec 2020 20:46 UTC
27 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

The First Sam­ple Gives the Most Information

Mark Xu24 Dec 2020 20:39 UTC
134 points
16 comments1 min readLW link1 review
(markxu.com)

[AN #130]: A new AI x-risk pod­cast, and re­views of the field

Rohin Shah24 Dec 2020 18:20 UTC
8 points
0 comments7 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Covid 12/​24: We’re F***ed, It’s Over

Zvi24 Dec 2020 15:10 UTC
276 points
135 comments31 min readLW link2 reviews
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Luna Love­g­ood and the Cham­ber of Se­crets—Part 10

lsusr24 Dec 2020 8:33 UTC
64 points
22 comments3 min readLW link

Open Christ­mas card to my mother

KatjaGrace24 Dec 2020 7:00 UTC
36 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

[Question] How to prac­tice ra­tio­nal­ity?

warrenjordan23 Dec 2020 23:15 UTC
5 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

My fa­vorite es­says of life advice

benkuhn23 Dec 2020 23:00 UTC
81 points
17 comments7 min readLW link
(www.benkuhn.net)

Sunzi’s《Meth­ods of War》- Plan­ning Attacks

lsusr23 Dec 2020 21:52 UTC
36 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

MIRI: 2020 Up­dates and Strategy

Rob Bensinger23 Dec 2020 21:27 UTC
77 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(intelligence.org)

New Bucket Bri­gade UI

jefftk23 Dec 2020 20:30 UTC
12 points
1 comment2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

An­nounc­ing AXRP, the AI X-risk Re­search Podcast

DanielFilan23 Dec 2020 20:00 UTC
54 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(danielfilan.com)

2019 Re­view Rewrite: Seek­ing Power is Often Ro­bustly In­stru­men­tal in MDPs

TurnTrout23 Dec 2020 17:16 UTC
35 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(www.lesswrong.com)

Notes on Pa­tience & Forbearance

David Gross23 Dec 2020 16:31 UTC
11 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Mo­ral moralizing

KatjaGrace23 Dec 2020 6:50 UTC
12 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Se­cond Sols­tice** (Europe)

Raemon23 Dec 2020 5:44 UTC
24 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Will AGI have “hu­man” flaws?

Agustinus Theodorus23 Dec 2020 3:43 UTC
1 point
2 comments1 min readLW link

De­bate up­date: Obfus­cated ar­gu­ments problem

Beth Barnes23 Dec 2020 3:24 UTC
135 points
24 comments16 min readLW link

Whole­hearted choices and “moral­ity as taxes”

Joe Carlsmith23 Dec 2020 2:21 UTC
36 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

An ap­peal for vi­tamin D sup­ple­men­ta­tion as a pro­phy­lac­tic for coro­n­aviruses and in­fluenza and a sim­ple evolu­tion­ary the­ory for why this is plau­si­ble.

Michael A22 Dec 2020 19:40 UTC
11 points
1 comment9 min readLW link

TAI Safety Biblio­graphic Database

JessRiedel22 Dec 2020 17:42 UTC
76 points
12 comments17 min readLW link

100 Tips for a Bet­ter Life

Ideopunk22 Dec 2020 14:30 UTC
446 points
130 comments9 min readLW link1 review

What is food like?

KatjaGrace22 Dec 2020 12:30 UTC
19 points
2 comments2 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

The Best Vi­su­al­iza­tions on Every Subject

ryan_b21 Dec 2020 22:51 UTC
62 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Con­scious­ness of abstraction

Richard_Kennaway21 Dec 2020 21:35 UTC
20 points
1 comment8 min readLW link

In­take Rum­ble Spew

Willa21 Dec 2020 21:25 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

When life was liter­ally full of crap

jasoncrawford21 Dec 2020 21:16 UTC
60 points
4 comments5 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

How Less­wrong helped me make $25K: A ra­tio­nal pric­ing strategy

kareemabukhadra21 Dec 2020 20:20 UTC
50 points
21 comments3 min readLW link

par­ent­ing rules

Dave Orr21 Dec 2020 19:48 UTC
155 points
9 comments5 min readLW link

New Eliezer Yud­kowsky in­ter­view on We Want MoR, the HPMOR Podcast

moridinamael21 Dec 2020 17:21 UTC
41 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Notes on Fitness

David Gross21 Dec 2020 16:51 UTC
18 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Bab­ble Challenge: Not-So-Fu­ture Co­or­di­na­tion Tech

abramdemski21 Dec 2020 16:48 UTC
29 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How Hard Would It Be To Make A COVID Vac­cine For One­self?

johnswentworth21 Dec 2020 16:19 UTC
117 points
29 comments2 min readLW link