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Cognitive mistakes I’ve made about COVID-19
DanielFilan
Dec 27, 2020, 12:50 AM
45
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(danielfilan.com)
Great minds might not think alike
Eric Neyman
Dec 26, 2020, 7:51 PM
310
points
45
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(ericneyman.wordpress.com)
Moral intuitions are surprisingly variable
Bob Baker
Dec 26, 2020, 7:50 PM
22
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
An open Christmas card to my brothers
KatjaGrace
Dec 26, 2020, 12:00 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
Can we model technological singularity as the phase transition?
Valentin2026
Dec 26, 2020, 3:20 AM
4
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What evidence will tell us about the new strain? How are you updating?
Zvi
Dec 25, 2020, 9:37 PM
83
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are the unwritten rules of academia?
Yitz
Dec 25, 2020, 3:33 PM
16
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What trade should we make if we’re all getting the new COVID strain?
Jacob Falkovich
Dec 25, 2020, 7:09 AM
79
points
73
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Christmas card to my father
KatjaGrace
Dec 25, 2020, 6:40 AM
7
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
Netflix’s “Start-Up” and sincere work dramatization
Maxwell Peterson
Dec 25, 2020, 5:32 AM
17
points
3
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Notes on Moderation, Balance, & Harmony
David Gross
Dec 25, 2020, 2:44 AM
9
points
1
comment
8
min read
LW
link
A few predictions
Tim Liptrot
Dec 25, 2020, 1:27 AM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are intuitive ways for presenting certainty/confidence in continuous variable inferences (i.e. numerical predictions)?
George3d6
Dec 25, 2020, 12:55 AM
4
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A breakdown of priors and posteriors—an example from medicine
masasin
Dec 24, 2020, 11:35 PM
8
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(old.reddit.com)
Defusing AGI Danger
Mark Xu
Dec 24, 2020, 10:58 PM
48
points
9
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Operationalizing compatibility with strategy-stealing
evhub
Dec 24, 2020, 10:36 PM
41
points
6
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The medical test paradox: Can redesigning Bayes rule help?
habryka
Dec 24, 2020, 10:08 PM
34
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.youtube.com)
Epistemology Volume of “A Map That Reflects the Territory” Set—My Personal Commentary
hamnox
Dec 24, 2020, 9:34 PM
20
points
1
comment
8
min read
LW
link
TAPs for Tutoring
Mark Xu
Dec 24, 2020, 8:46 PM
28
points
3
comments
5
min read
LW
link
The First Sample Gives the Most Information
Mark Xu
Dec 24, 2020, 8:39 PM
150
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
1
review
(markxu.com)
[AN #130]: A new AI x-risk podcast, and reviews of the field
Rohin Shah
Dec 24, 2020, 6:20 PM
8
points
0
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Covid 12/24: We’re F***ed, It’s Over
Zvi
Dec 24, 2020, 3:10 PM
276
points
134
comments
31
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Luna Lovegood and the Chamber of Secrets—Part 10
lsusr
Dec 24, 2020, 8:33 AM
67
points
24
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Open Christmas card to my mother
KatjaGrace
Dec 24, 2020, 7:00 AM
36
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
[Question]
How to practice rationality?
warrenjordan
Dec 23, 2020, 11:15 PM
5
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
My favorite essays of life advice
benkuhn
Dec 23, 2020, 11:00 PM
83
points
17
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(www.benkuhn.net)
Sunzi’s《Methods of War》- Planning Attacks
lsusr
Dec 23, 2020, 9:52 PM
36
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
MIRI: 2020 Updates and Strategy
Rob Bensinger
Dec 23, 2020, 9:27 PM
77
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(intelligence.org)
New Bucket Brigade UI
jefftk
Dec 23, 2020, 8:30 PM
12
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Announcing AXRP, the AI X-risk Research Podcast
DanielFilan
Dec 23, 2020, 8:00 PM
54
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(danielfilan.com)
2019 Review Rewrite: Seeking Power is Often Robustly Instrumental in MDPs
TurnTrout
Dec 23, 2020, 5:16 PM
35
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(www.lesswrong.com)
Notes on Patience & Forbearance
David Gross
Dec 23, 2020, 4:31 PM
11
points
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Moral moralizing
KatjaGrace
Dec 23, 2020, 6:50 AM
12
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
Second Solstice** (Europe)
Raemon
Dec 23, 2020, 5:44 AM
24
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Will AGI have “human” flaws?
Agustinus Theodorus
Dec 23, 2020, 3:43 AM
1
point
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Debate update: Obfuscated arguments problem
Beth Barnes
Dec 23, 2020, 3:24 AM
136
points
24
comments
16
min read
LW
link
Wholehearted choices and “morality as taxes”
Joe Carlsmith
Dec 23, 2020, 2:21 AM
36
points
6
comments
4
min read
LW
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 A
Dec 22, 2020, 7:40 PM
11
points
1
comment
9
min read
LW
link
TAI Safety Bibliographic Database
JessRiedel
Dec 22, 2020, 5:42 PM
76
points
12
comments
17
min read
LW
link
100 Tips for a Better Life
Ideopunk
Dec 22, 2020, 2:30 PM
456
points
130
comments
9
min read
LW
link
1
review
What is food like?
KatjaGrace
Dec 22, 2020, 12:30 PM
19
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
The Best Visualizations on Every Subject
ryan_b
Dec 21, 2020, 10:51 PM
63
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Consciousness of abstraction
Richard_Kennaway
21 Dec 2020 21:35 UTC
20
points
1
comment
8
min read
LW
link
Intake Rumble Spew
Willa
21 Dec 2020 21:25 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
When life was literally full of crap
jasoncrawford
21 Dec 2020 21:16 UTC
60
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
How Lesswrong helped me make $25K: A rational pricing strategy
kareemabukhadra
21 Dec 2020 20:20 UTC
50
points
21
comments
3
min read
LW
link
parenting rules
Dave Orr
21 Dec 2020 19:48 UTC
158
points
9
comments
5
min read
LW
link
New Eliezer Yudkowsky interview on We Want MoR, the HPMOR Podcast
moridinamael
21 Dec 2020 17:21 UTC
41
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Notes on Fitness
David Gross
21 Dec 2020 16:51 UTC
18
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Babble Challenge: Not-So-Future Coordination Tech
abramdemski
21 Dec 2020 16:48 UTC
29
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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