Helping the kids post

jefftkApr 17, 2020, 9:40 PM
87 points
9 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Bet­ter name for “Heavy-tailed­ness of the world?”

Daniel KokotajloApr 17, 2020, 8:50 PM
28 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

My Covid-19 Think­ing: 4/​17

ZviApr 17, 2020, 7:50 PM
65 points
6 comments16 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

COVID-19: An op­por­tu­nity to help by mod­el­ling test­ing and trac­ing to in­form the UK government

JustinShovelainApr 17, 2020, 5:21 PM
14 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] How much mo­ti­va­tion do you de­rive from cu­ri­os­ity alone in your work/​re­search?

NaiveTortoiseApr 17, 2020, 2:04 PM
25 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

How su­perfore­cast­ing could be manipulated

DirectedEvolutionApr 17, 2020, 6:47 AM
24 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

Two-player Catan

jefftkApr 17, 2020, 12:50 AM
10 points
1 comment2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

In­te­grat­ing Hid­den Vari­ables Im­proves Approximation

johnswentworthApr 16, 2020, 9:43 PM
15 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Treat­ments cor­re­lated with harm

Connor_FlexmanApr 16, 2020, 9:02 PM
40 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Doors and Corners

SlimepriestessApr 16, 2020, 6:32 PM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(hivewired.wordpress.com)

Eval­u­at­ing Pre­dic­tions in Hindsight

ZviApr 16, 2020, 5:20 PM
55 points
8 comments27 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Dem­i­na­tal­ist To­tal Utilitarianism

Vanessa KosoyApr 16, 2020, 3:53 PM
69 points
56 comments5 min readLW link

Lead­ers sup­port global truce to turn fire on coronavirus

JohnCDraperApr 16, 2020, 2:49 PM
3 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Brief Re­sponse to Sus­pended Rea­son on Par­allels Between Skyrms on Sig­nal­ing and Yud­kowsky on Lan­guage and Evidence

Zack_M_DavisApr 16, 2020, 3:44 AM
20 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

AI Align­ment Pod­cast: An Overview of Tech­ni­cal AI Align­ment in 2018 and 2019 with Buck Sh­legeris and Ro­hin Shah

Palus AstraApr 16, 2020, 12:50 AM
58 points
27 comments89 min readLW link

Noise Simplifies

johnswentworthApr 15, 2020, 7:48 PM
28 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Prob­a­bil­is­tic Blue-Eyed Islanders

johnswentworthApr 15, 2020, 5:55 PM
26 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[AN #95]: A frame­work for think­ing about how to make AI go well

Rohin ShahApr 15, 2020, 5:10 PM
20 points
2 comments10 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Linkpost: A Com­pre­hen­sive Re­view of Iko­ria, Lair of Behemoths

ZviApr 15, 2020, 3:10 PM
12 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The Archety­pal Ra­tional and Post-Rational

OuroborusApr 15, 2020, 9:40 AM
21 points
1 comment2 min readLW link
(ouroborusdotblog.wordpress.com)

The one where Quir­rell is an egg

Ben PaceApr 15, 2020, 6:02 AM
17 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(www.reddit.com)

[Question] What does the curve look like for coro­n­avirus on a sur­face?

eapacheApr 15, 2020, 2:07 AM
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Just Top Post

jefftkApr 15, 2020, 1:00 AM
4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Ham­mer and Mask - Wide spread use of reusable par­ti­cle fil­ter­ing masks as a SARS-CoV-2 erad­i­ca­tion strategy

EGIApr 14, 2020, 10:32 PM
31 points
8 comments12 min readLW link

De­cid­ing Well in Tu­mul­tuous Times

Ian David MossApr 14, 2020, 8:53 PM
2 points
0 comments15 min readLW link
(medium.com)

Far-Ul­travi­o­let Light in Public Spaces to Fight Pan­demic is a Good Idea but Premature

Kirby SikesApr 14, 2020, 8:27 PM
42 points
35 comments12 min readLW link

[Question] Pop­u­lar pa­pers to be scru­ti­nized?

alyosha_the_potApr 14, 2020, 7:50 PM
13 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is this vi­able physics?

Daniel KokotajloApr 14, 2020, 7:29 PM
59 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

One Hun­dred Billion Chil­dren’s Sky

SlimepriestessApr 14, 2020, 4:33 PM
19 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(hivewired.wordpress.com)

Look­ing for a Team to Par­ti­ci­pate on a Competition

Filipe MarchesiniApr 14, 2020, 12:29 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why don’t we tape sur­gi­cal masks to the face to seal them air­tight?

ChristianKlApr 14, 2020, 8:33 AM
16 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Scrap­ing web­sites cur­rently free due to coronavirus

emmabApr 14, 2020, 7:37 AM
15 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

The World Ac­cord­ing to Do­minic Cummings

Chris_LeongApr 14, 2020, 5:05 AM
69 points
14 comments7 min readLW link

Math­e­mat­i­cal In­tu­ition­ism and the Flow of Time

PolytoposApr 14, 2020, 12:25 AM
9 points
5 comments6 min readLW link

Dis­con­tin­u­ous progress in his­tory: an update

KatjaGraceApr 14, 2020, 12:00 AM
190 points
25 comments31 min readLW link1 review
(aiimpacts.org)

Pre­ma­ture death paradox

bfinnApr 13, 2020, 11:15 PM
8 points
21 comments3 min readLW link

The Unilat­er­al­ist’s “Curse” Is Mostly Good

David HornbeinApr 13, 2020, 10:48 PM
93 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Coron­avirus: Jus­tified Key In­sights Thread

Ben PaceApr 13, 2020, 10:40 PM
50 points
33 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] The Sa­mu­rai and the Daimyo: A Use­ful Dy­namic?

SlimepriestessApr 13, 2020, 10:38 PM
35 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

Where should LessWrong go on COVID?

ElizabethApr 13, 2020, 9:39 PM
60 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

What is Your Goal Hive?

SlimepriestessApr 13, 2020, 5:51 PM
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(hivewired.wordpress.com)

Reflec­tions on Ar­gu­ing about Politics

PontorApr 13, 2020, 5:33 PM
11 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

“How con­ser­va­tive” should the par­tial max­imisers be?

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 13, 2020, 3:50 PM
30 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

The Typ­ing Game

jefftkApr 13, 2020, 3:30 PM
13 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Are there any pre­dic­tion mar­kets for Covid-19?

devasApr 13, 2020, 2:47 PM
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

In my cul­ture: the re­spon­si­bil­ities of open source maintainers

philhApr 13, 2020, 1:40 PM
43 points
3 comments8 min readLW link
(reasonableapproximation.net)

[Question] Are there any nat­u­rally oc­cur­ring heat pumps?

FactorialCodeApr 13, 2020, 5:24 AM
21 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Col­lege ad­vice for peo­ple who are ex­actly like me

benkuhnApr 13, 2020, 1:30 AM
43 points
4 comments7 min readLW link
(www.benkuhn.net)

Nar­ra­tive Direc­tion and Rebellion

eapacheApr 13, 2020, 1:07 AM
8 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Wor­ld­wide “Port­land” Slate Star Codex Meetup

Noah WaltonApr 12, 2020, 9:58 PM
10 points
0 comments1 min readLW link