“No ev­i­dence” as a Valley of Bad Rationality

Adam Zerner28 Mar 2020 23:45 UTC
106 points
21 comments2 min readLW link1 review

Rob Bens­inger’s COVID-19 overview

habryka28 Mar 2020 21:47 UTC
40 points
11 comments45 min readLW link
(docs.google.com)

Coron­avirus Virol­ogy: A Begin­ner’s Guide

brook28 Mar 2020 20:47 UTC
25 points
7 comments5 min readLW link

Pro­gram­ming: Cas­cad­ing Failure chains

Donald Hobson28 Mar 2020 19:22 UTC
8 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Ice­land’s COVID-19 ran­dom sam­pling re­sults: C19 similar to Influenza

jacob_cannell28 Mar 2020 18:26 UTC
0 points
44 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Will gro­cery stores thwart so­cial dis­tanc­ing, and when should I eat my food stock­pile?

Patrick Long28 Mar 2020 18:20 UTC
7 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Solip­sism is Underrated

scasper28 Mar 2020 18:09 UTC
11 points
30 comments3 min readLW link

Bo­gus Exam Questions

Donald Hobson28 Mar 2020 12:56 UTC
18 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Re­minder: Blog Post Day II to­day!

Daniel Kokotajlo28 Mar 2020 11:35 UTC
16 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] What soft­ware pro­jects would be helpful for differ­ent groups?

davelaing28 Mar 2020 7:50 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

mind viruses about body viruses

nostalgebraist28 Mar 2020 4:20 UTC
52 points
12 comments10 min readLW link
(nostalgebraist.tumblr.com)

The case for C19 be­ing widespread

Hauke Hillebrandt28 Mar 2020 0:07 UTC
16 points
64 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] What are the best on­line tools for mee­tups and meet­ings?

Raemon27 Mar 2020 22:58 UTC
26 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is donat­ing to AMF and malaria in­ter­ven­tions the most cost-effec­tive way to save lives from COVID-19?

warrenjordan27 Mar 2020 22:25 UTC
5 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What can we call the mis­taken be­lief that some­thing can’t be mea­sured?

yhoiseth27 Mar 2020 22:10 UTC
3 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Coron­avirus Re­search Ideas for EAs

habryka27 Mar 2020 22:10 UTC
14 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

[Question] Has the effec­tive­ness of fever screen­ing de­clined?

Vaughn Papenhausen27 Mar 2020 22:07 UTC
8 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

COVID-19 growth rates vs interventions

Bucky27 Mar 2020 21:33 UTC
28 points
13 comments7 min readLW link

Some ex­am­ples of tech­nol­ogy timelines

NunoSempere27 Mar 2020 18:13 UTC
24 points
0 comments16 min readLW link

Rus­sian x-risks newslet­ter March 2020 – coro­n­avirus update

avturchin27 Mar 2020 18:06 UTC
11 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

When to as­sume neu­ral net­works can solve a problem

George3d627 Mar 2020 17:52 UTC
13 points
12 comments15 min readLW link
(blog.cerebralab.com)

[Question] Ex­plana­tory power of C el­e­gans neu­ral models

sjonany27 Mar 2020 17:30 UTC
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Over­head of MessageChannel

jefftk27 Mar 2020 17:10 UTC
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

March 25: Daily Coron­avirus Updates

27 Mar 2020 4:32 UTC
10 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Char­ity to help peo­ple get US stim­u­lus pay­ments?

skybrian27 Mar 2020 3:16 UTC
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Coron­avirus: the four lev­els of so­cial dis­tanc­ing, and when and why we might tran­si­tion be­tween them

VipulNaik27 Mar 2020 3:07 UTC
46 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] Alter­na­tive mask materials

Dmitry Vaintrob27 Mar 2020 1:22 UTC
7 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

TikTok Recom­men­da­tion Al­gorithm Optimizations

Xodarap27 Mar 2020 1:03 UTC
12 points
2 comments7 min readLW link

LW Team Up­dates: Pan­demic Edi­tion (March 2020)

Ruby26 Mar 2020 23:55 UTC
37 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

Han­son vs Mow­show­itz LiveStream De­bate: “Should we ex­pose the youth to coro­n­avirus?” (Mar 29th)

Ben Pace26 Mar 2020 23:46 UTC
42 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are the most plau­si­ble “AI Safety warn­ing shot” sce­nar­ios?

Daniel Kokotajlo26 Mar 2020 20:59 UTC
35 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

How im­por­tant are MDPs for AGI (Safety)?

michaelcohen26 Mar 2020 20:32 UTC
14 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What is the safe in-per­son dis­tance for COVID-19?

Raemon26 Mar 2020 20:29 UTC
33 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

March 24th: Daily Coron­avirus Link Updates

26 Mar 2020 2:22 UTC
8 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Price Goug­ing and Spec­u­la­tive Costs

jefftk26 Mar 2020 1:50 UTC
61 points
16 comments3 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

AGI in a vuln­er­a­ble world

26 Mar 2020 0:10 UTC
42 points
21 comments1 min readLW link
(aiimpacts.org)

ODE to Joy: In­sights from ‘A First Course in Or­di­nary Differ­en­tial Equa­tions’

TurnTrout25 Mar 2020 20:03 UTC
39 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Tales From the Borderlands

Jacob Falkovich25 Mar 2020 19:11 UTC
60 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

[AN #92]: Learn­ing good rep­re­sen­ta­tions with con­trastive pre­dic­tive coding

Rohin Shah25 Mar 2020 17:20 UTC
18 points
1 comment10 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

True Habits

MartinB25 Mar 2020 14:00 UTC
23 points
1 comment6 min readLW link
(martinbern.org)

[Question] LW-re­lated iOS Short­cuts?

JasperGeh25 Mar 2020 12:08 UTC
4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

3 In­ter­view-like Al­gorithm Ques­tions for Programmers

lsusr25 Mar 2020 9:05 UTC
0 points
18 comments2 min readLW link

Author­i­ties and Amateurs

jefftk25 Mar 2020 3:40 UTC
146 points
30 comments3 min readLW link1 review
(www.jefftk.com)

March 22nd & 23rd: Coron­avirus Link Updates

habryka25 Mar 2020 1:08 UTC
8 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Are HEPA filters likely to pull COVID-19 out of the air?

John_Maxwell25 Mar 2020 1:07 UTC
13 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Ad­vice on re­duc­ing other risks dur­ing Coron­avirus?

eapache24 Mar 2020 23:30 UTC
13 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

An­nounce­ment: LessWrong Coron­avirus Links Database 2.0

Ben Pace24 Mar 2020 22:07 UTC
28 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

How to Con­tribute to the Coron­avirus Re­sponse on LessWrong

Ben Pace24 Mar 2020 22:04 UTC
37 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Ad­ding Up To Normality

orthonormal24 Mar 2020 21:53 UTC
84 points
22 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] How do you study a math text­book?

Rudi C24 Mar 2020 18:43 UTC
21 points
3 comments1 min readLW link