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[Question]
[Meta] Do you want AIS Webinars?
Linda Linsefors
Mar 21, 2020, 4:01 PM
18
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
mRNA vaccine development for COVID-19
ChristianKl
Mar 21, 2020, 3:17 PM
18
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Would a tax on AI products be useful?
Mati_Roy
Mar 21, 2020, 4:00 AM
7
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What would be the consequences of commoditizing AI?
Mati_Roy
Mar 21, 2020, 3:56 AM
4
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What’s the present value of the Future?
Mati_Roy
Mar 21, 2020, 3:35 AM
4
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Near-term planning for secondary impacts of coronavirus lockdowns [assuming things don’t blow up]
VipulNaik
Mar 21, 2020, 2:43 AM
102
points
1
comment
8
min read
LW
link
March 19th: Daily Coronavirus Links
habryka
and
Ben Pace
Mar 21, 2020, 12:00 AM
18
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
What is the impact of a pandemic on the world economy? Or what is the impact of the economy on the spread of a virus? The limits of human networks
HansNauj
Mar 20, 2020, 10:33 PM
0
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
Mediation From a Distance
johnswentworth
Mar 20, 2020, 10:02 PM
16
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How does one run an organization remotely, effectively?
Raemon
Mar 20, 2020, 8:26 PM
17
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Hammer and the Dance
Chris_Leong
Mar 20, 2020, 4:09 PM
48
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(medium.com)
[Question]
SARS-CoV-2 pool-testing algorithm puzzle
Steven Byrnes
Mar 20, 2020, 1:22 PM
41
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Preprint says R0=~5 (!) / infection fatality ratio=~0.1%. Thoughts?
Hauke Hillebrandt
Mar 20, 2020, 11:37 AM
6
points
29
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Online Fun LW/SSC Meetup, March 24
JoshuaFox
Mar 20, 2020, 10:26 AM
11
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What information, apart from the connectome, is necessary to simulate a brain?
Richard_Ngo
Mar 20, 2020, 2:03 AM
17
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Sarah Constantin: Oxygen Supplementation 101
habryka
Mar 20, 2020, 1:00 AM
15
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(srconstantin.github.io)
Thinking About Filtered Evidence Is (Very!) Hard
abramdemski
Mar 19, 2020, 11:20 PM
97
points
32
comments
14
min read
LW
link
March 18th: Daily Coronavirus Links
habryka
and
Ben Pace
Mar 19, 2020, 10:20 PM
12
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Alignment as Translation
johnswentworth
Mar 19, 2020, 9:40 PM
66
points
40
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Cost of a COVID-19 test that uses shotgun RNA sequencing?
ChristianKl
Mar 19, 2020, 9:33 PM
10
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
My Bet Log
philh
Mar 19, 2020, 9:10 PM
16
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(reasonableapproximation.net)
[Question]
How to optimize my time fighting COVID-19?
Ian David Moss
Mar 19, 2020, 7:15 PM
28
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Robin Hanson on whether governments can squash COVID-19
DanielFilan
Mar 19, 2020, 6:23 PM
10
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(www.overcomingbias.com)
[Question]
Is the Covid-19 crisis a good time for x-risk outreach?
Adam Zerner
Mar 19, 2020, 4:14 PM
17
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
North Korea and COVID-19
jmh
Mar 19, 2020, 3:51 PM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Covid-19 Points of Leverage, Travel Bans and Eradication
Roko
Mar 19, 2020, 9:08 AM
87
points
48
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Should we build thermometer substitutes?
RobertM
Mar 19, 2020, 7:43 AM
5
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Abstraction = Information at a Distance
johnswentworth
Mar 19, 2020, 12:19 AM
28
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are good ways of convincing someone to rethink an impossible dream?
aarongertler
Mar 19, 2020, 12:06 AM
14
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is the coronavirus the most important thing to be focusing on right now?
Adam Zerner
Mar 18, 2020, 10:48 PM
49
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[UPDATED] COVID-19 cabin secondary attack rates on Diamond Princess
Bucky
Mar 18, 2020, 10:36 PM
50
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
March 17th: Daily Coronavirus Links
habryka
and
Ben Pace
Mar 18, 2020, 8:55 PM
12
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
My Functor is Rich!
adamShimi
Mar 18, 2020, 6:58 PM
10
points
0
comments
17
min read
LW
link
Welcome to the Haskell Jungle
adamShimi
Mar 18, 2020, 6:58 PM
16
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How can we protect economies during massive public health crises?
kithpendragon
Mar 18, 2020, 6:56 PM
7
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Does the 14-month vaccine safety test make sense for COVID-19?
orthonormal
Mar 18, 2020, 6:41 PM
60
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[AN #91]: Concepts, implementations, problems, and a benchmark for impact measurement
Rohin Shah
Mar 18, 2020, 5:10 PM
15
points
10
comments
13
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Request for Comments on Online LessWrong/SSC Meetup—Rump Session
JoshuaFox
Mar 18, 2020, 4:51 PM
29
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Can we use Variolation to deal with the Coronavirus?
FactorialCode
Mar 18, 2020, 2:40 PM
11
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Ubiquitous Far-Ultraviolet Light Could Control the Spread of Covid-19 and Other Pandemics
avturchin
and
Roko
Mar 18, 2020, 12:44 PM
79
points
39
comments
7
min read
LW
link
International Conflict X-Risk in the Era of COVID-19
eapache
Mar 18, 2020, 11:42 AM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Makeshift face touch warner
rmoehn
Mar 18, 2020, 9:38 AM
15
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Assorted thoughts on the coronavirus
Adam Zerner
Mar 18, 2020, 7:08 AM
11
points
11
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What should we do once infected with COVID-19?
Elizabeth
Mar 18, 2020, 4:50 AM
62
points
58
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Where can we donate time and money to avert coronavirus deaths?
Elizabeth
Mar 18, 2020, 4:50 AM
33
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How can we estimate how many people are C19 infected in an area?
Elizabeth
Mar 18, 2020, 4:49 AM
20
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
LessWrong Coronavirus Agenda
Elizabeth
Mar 18, 2020, 4:48 AM
136
points
65
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Zeynep Tufekci on Why Telling People They Don’t Need Masks Backfired
Zack_M_Davis
Mar 18, 2020, 4:34 AM
27
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.nytimes.com)
March 16th: Daily Coronavirus Links
habryka
and
Ben Pace
Mar 18, 2020, 12:00 AM
15
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What is Interpretability?
RobertKirk
,
Tomáš Gavenčiak
and
Ada Böhm
Mar 17, 2020, 8:23 PM
39
points
1
comment
11
min read
LW
link
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