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[Question]
Idea: Create a podcast of admin tagged posts using AI TTS like Amazon Polly
Rudi C
Apr 8, 2020, 10:07 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Would 2014-2016 Ebola ring the alarm bell?
DirectedEvolution
Apr 8, 2020, 2:01 AM
16
points
7
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Problems with p-values
lifelonglearner
Apr 8, 2020, 12:58 AM
10
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(mlu.red)
Hanson & Mowshowitz Debate: COVID-19 Variolation
Ben Pace
Apr 8, 2020, 12:07 AM
38
points
3
comments
77
min read
LW
link
On R0
Zvi
Apr 7, 2020, 11:20 PM
63
points
6
comments
15
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
An Orthodox Case Against Utility Functions
abramdemski
Apr 7, 2020, 7:18 PM
154
points
66
comments
8
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
Body Mass and Risk from COVID-19 and Influenza
Radford Neal
Apr 7, 2020, 6:18 PM
30
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(radfordneal.wordpress.com)
Mosh
jefftk
Apr 7, 2020, 5:40 PM
17
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
[Question]
What are the Nth Order Effects of the Coronavirus?
Yoav Ravid
Apr 7, 2020, 1:55 PM
8
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How do you do fit-testing for KN95/N95/FFP2/FFP3 masks?
ChristianKl
Apr 7, 2020, 8:46 AM
15
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Would 2009 H1N1 (Swine Flu) ring the alarm bell?
DirectedEvolution
Apr 7, 2020, 7:16 AM
32
points
13
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Kids Ear Protection
jefftk
Apr 7, 2020, 1:40 AM
12
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Being right isn’t enough. Confidence is very important.
mako yass
Apr 7, 2020, 1:10 AM
12
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Self-priming
Connor_Flexman
Apr 7, 2020, 12:54 AM
25
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Choosing the Zero Point
orthonormal
Apr 6, 2020, 11:44 PM
176
points
24
comments
3
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
The Origin of Consciousness Reading Companion, Part 1
Jacob Falkovich
Apr 6, 2020, 10:07 PM
21
points
1
comment
9
min read
LW
link
LW Coronavirus Agenda Update 4/6
Elizabeth
Apr 6, 2020, 5:53 PM
24
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Looking for AGI philosopher co-author on Draft Article: ‘Optimising Peace to Constrain Risk of War from an Artificial Superintelligence’
JohnCDraper
Apr 6, 2020, 4:50 PM
2
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How can we quantify the good done of donating PPEs vs ventilators?
BrianTan
Apr 6, 2020, 2:41 PM
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What is going on in Singapore and the Philippines?
jmh
Apr 6, 2020, 11:27 AM
13
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Confessions of a Transhumanist: On Life in Known Space
Slimepriestess
Apr 6, 2020, 9:59 AM
11
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(hivewired.wordpress.com)
Transportation as a Constraint
johnswentworth
Apr 6, 2020, 4:58 AM
183
points
34
comments
6
min read
LW
link
1
review
An alarm bell for the next pandemic
DirectedEvolution
Apr 6, 2020, 1:35 AM
48
points
23
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Rhythm Stage Setup v3
jefftk
Apr 6, 2020, 12:30 AM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Conflict vs. mistake in non-zero-sum games
Nisan
Apr 5, 2020, 10:22 PM
169
points
40
comments
2
min read
LW
link
1
review
Truth value as magnitude of predictions
George3d6
Apr 5, 2020, 9:57 PM
3
points
1
comment
15
min read
LW
link
(blog.cerebralab.com)
[Question]
What is the impact of varying infectious dose of COVID-19?
Elizabeth
Apr 5, 2020, 9:40 PM
29
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What is the maximum number of COVID-19 tests which could be performed until the end of the year?
Roko Jelavić
Apr 5, 2020, 7:19 PM
5
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Seeking opinions on the pros and cons of various telepresence tools
mingyuan
Apr 5, 2020, 6:22 PM
9
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Hydroxychloroquine: the day science stopped
Filipe Marchesini
Apr 5, 2020, 6:09 PM
20
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What messy problems do you see Deep Reinforcement Learning applicable to?
Riccardo Volpato
Apr 5, 2020, 5:43 PM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What to draw from Macintyre et al 2015?
ChristianKl
Apr 5, 2020, 4:56 PM
11
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How strong is the evidence for hydroxychloroquine?
Chris_Leong
Apr 5, 2020, 9:32 AM
35
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Life as metaphor for everything else.
Charlie Steiner
Apr 5, 2020, 7:21 AM
29
points
11
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Partying over Internet: Technological Aspects
Martin Sustrik
Apr 5, 2020, 6:20 AM
30
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(250bpm.com)
Resources for AI Alignment Cartography
Gyrodiot
Apr 4, 2020, 2:20 PM
45
points
8
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Announcing Web-TAISU, May 13-17
Linda Linsefors
Apr 4, 2020, 11:48 AM
19
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Referencing the Unreferencable
Chris_Leong
Apr 4, 2020, 10:42 AM
16
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Peter Attia Drive podcast episode #102: Michael Osterholm, Ph.D.: COVID-19—Lessons learned, challenges ahead, and reasons for optimism and concern
Kenny
Apr 4, 2020, 5:19 AM
7
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(peterattiamd.com)
A Kernel of Truth: Insights from ‘A Friendly Approach to Functional Analysis’
TurnTrout
Apr 4, 2020, 3:38 AM
32
points
3
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Self-Experiment: Does Working More Hours Increase My Output?
lynettebye
Apr 3, 2020, 9:36 PM
53
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
How Long Can People Usefully Work?
lynettebye
Apr 3, 2020, 9:35 PM
151
points
8
comments
12
min read
LW
link
1
review
“Preparing for a Pandemic: Stage 3: Grow Food if You Can [COVID-19, hort, US, Patreon]”
Kenny
Apr 3, 2020, 5:57 PM
7
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(siderea.dreamwidth.org)
Takeaways from safety by default interviews
AI Impacts
and
abergal
Apr 3, 2020, 5:20 PM
28
points
2
comments
13
min read
LW
link
(aiimpacts.org)
[Question]
Research on repurposing filter products for masks?
TurnTrout
Apr 3, 2020, 4:32 PM
42
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Solar Arc Faults
jefftk
Apr 3, 2020, 3:00 PM
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
How About a Remote Variolation Study?
Liron
Apr 3, 2020, 12:04 PM
25
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Has LessWrong been a good early alarm bell for the pandemic?
DirectedEvolution
Apr 3, 2020, 9:44 AM
18
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How credible is the theory that COVID19 escaped from a Wuhan Lab?
Alexander Gietelink Oldenziel
Apr 3, 2020, 6:47 AM
22
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Which books provide a good overview of modern human prehistory?
ChosunOne
Apr 3, 2020, 6:44 AM
7
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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