Beyond 175 billion pa­ram­e­ters: Can we an­ti­ci­pate fu­ture GPT-X Ca­pa­bil­ities?

bakztfutureDec 4, 2020, 11:42 PM
−1 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

On­line Meetup for the Meetup Or­ga­niz­ers (Sun, 20th De­cem­ber)

RubyDec 4, 2020, 11:30 PM
21 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup Or­ga­niz­ers, Our Vir­tual Gar­den is at Your Disposal

RubyDec 4, 2020, 11:29 PM
59 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

The Hard Prob­lem of Magic

enaumovDec 4, 2020, 6:51 PM
7 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Com­mit­ment and cred­i­bil­ity in mul­ti­po­lar AI scenarios

anni_leskelaDec 4, 2020, 6:48 PM
31 points
3 comments18 min readLW link

Post­mortem on my Com­ment Challenge

adamShimiDec 4, 2020, 2:15 PM
46 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

The Dar­win Game—Conclusion

lsusrDec 4, 2020, 8:06 AM
94 points
30 comments2 min readLW link

How a billion­aire could spend their money to help the dis­ad­van­taged: 7 ideas from the top of my head

YitzDec 4, 2020, 6:09 AM
12 points
12 comments6 min readLW link

Teacher’s Pass­word: The LessWrong Mys­tery Hunt Team

Dec 4, 2020, 12:04 AM
25 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

Notes on Integrity

David GrossDec 3, 2020, 11:42 PM
18 points
1 comment8 min readLW link

Luna Love­g­ood and the Cham­ber of Se­crets—Part 4

lsusrDec 3, 2020, 11:42 PM
89 points
21 comments4 min readLW link

LW Sun­days: All Things “Eval­u­a­tion” – De­cem­ber 6th, 12:00PM (PT)

RubyDec 3, 2020, 11:11 PM
35 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Novem­ber 2020 gw­ern.net newsletter

gwernDec 3, 2020, 10:47 PM
14 points
5 commentsLW link
(www.gwern.net)

Real-Life Ex­am­ples of Pre­dic­tion Sys­tems In­terfer­ing with the Real World (Pre­dict-O-Matic Prob­lems)

NunoSempereDec 3, 2020, 10:00 PM
126 points
28 comments9 min readLW link

In Ad­di­tion to Rage­bait and Doomscrolling

mike_hawkeDec 3, 2020, 6:26 PM
73 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] From be­hind the vale of ig­no­rance, would you pre­fer fo­cused pro­tec­tion or the cur­rent Covid policy in the US

Tim LiptrotDec 3, 2020, 2:54 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 12/​3: Land of Confusion

ZviDec 3, 2020, 2:20 PM
79 points
34 comments23 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Gifts as free exploration

willbradshawDec 3, 2020, 10:51 AM
33 points
2 comments6 min readLW link
(apomorphic.com)

Why Re­cent Protein Fold­ing Ad­vance­ments Should Change Your Per­sonal Health Strategy

lisperatiDec 3, 2020, 2:39 AM
11 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Lo­gis­tics for the 2020 on­line Sec­u­lar Sols­tice*

Dec 3, 2020, 12:08 AM
56 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

How I Write

Jacob FalkovichDec 2, 2020, 11:17 PM
68 points
8 comments5 min readLW link

Notes on Simplicity

David GrossDec 2, 2020, 11:14 PM
9 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] Is it safe to spend time with peo­ple who already re­cov­ered from COVID?

TurnTroutDec 2, 2020, 10:06 PM
7 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Are in­dex funds still a good in­vest­ment?

Kaj_SotalaDec 2, 2020, 9:31 PM
38 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

How We Failed COVID-19

LukeOnlineDec 2, 2020, 9:29 PM
16 points
7 comments7 min readLW link

Fol­low Up: Pre­dic­tions as a Sub­sti­tute For Reviews

ElizabethDec 2, 2020, 7:40 PM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

[AN #127]: Re­think­ing agency: Carte­sian frames as a for­mal­iza­tion of ways to carve up the world into an agent and its environment

Rohin ShahDec 2, 2020, 6:20 PM
53 points
0 comments13 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Re­cur­sive Quan­tiliz­ers II

abramdemskiDec 2, 2020, 3:26 PM
30 points
15 comments13 min readLW link

Prizes for Last Year’s 2018 Review

RaemonDec 2, 2020, 11:21 AM
72 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

The LessWrong 2019 Review

habrykaDec 2, 2020, 11:21 AM
113 points
47 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] Should I take glu­cosamine?

gilchDec 2, 2020, 5:20 AM
26 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Eth2 Stak­ing ex­plained as a Fi­nan­cial Instrument

AnnapurnaDec 2, 2020, 3:33 AM
18 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Poll: Any in­ter­est in an edit­ing buddy sys­tem?

dynomightDec 2, 2020, 2:18 AM
17 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] In a mul­ti­po­lar sce­nario, how do peo­ple ex­pect sys­tems to be trained to in­ter­act with sys­tems de­vel­oped by other labs?

JesseCliftonDec 1, 2020, 8:04 PM
14 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Open & Wel­come Thread—De­cem­ber 2020

PatternDec 1, 2020, 5:03 PM
9 points
50 comments1 min readLW link

Fore­cast­ing Newslet­ter: Novem­ber 2020

NunoSempereDec 1, 2020, 5:00 PM
29 points
5 comments12 min readLW link

Luna Love­g­ood and the Cham­ber of Se­crets—Part 3

lsusrDec 1, 2020, 12:43 PM
133 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

Book Re­view: ‘His­tory Has Be­gun: The Birth of a New Amer­ica’ by Bruno Maçães

tonyoconnorDec 1, 2020, 11:47 AM
3 points
2 comments10 min readLW link

My Fear Heuristic

lsusrDec 1, 2020, 8:00 AM
117 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

The LessWrong 2018 Book is Available for Pre-order

Dec 1, 2020, 8:00 AM
187 points
110 comments10 min readLW link

Notes on Sincer­ity and such

David GrossDec 1, 2020, 5:09 AM
9 points
2 comments10 min readLW link

What is “pro­tein fold­ing”? A brief explanation

jasoncrawfordDec 1, 2020, 2:46 AM
75 points
8 comments4 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Links for Nov 2020

ikeDec 1, 2020, 1:31 AM
6 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.facebook.com)

Giv­ing Tues­day 2020

jefftkNov 30, 2020, 10:30 PM
28 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Non-Book Re­view: Pat­terns of Conflict

johnswentworthNov 30, 2020, 9:05 PM
38 points
2 comments7 min readLW link

SETI Predictions

hippkeNov 30, 2020, 8:09 PM
23 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Ideal­ized Fac­tored Cognition

Rafael HarthNov 30, 2020, 6:49 PM
34 points
6 comments11 min readLW link

Pre­face to the Se­quence on Fac­tored Cognition

Rafael HarthNov 30, 2020, 6:49 PM
35 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

[Linkpost] AlphaFold: a solu­tion to a 50-year-old grand challenge in biology

adamShimiNov 30, 2020, 5:33 PM
54 points
22 comments1 min readLW link
(deepmind.com)

[Question] Why did the Ming trea­sure voy­ages end in 1433?

ChristianKlNov 30, 2020, 1:30 PM
15 points
0 comments1 min readLW link