Wired Head­sets for Video Calls

jefftkApr 21, 2020, 10:10 PM
22 points
6 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] What are good defense mechanisms against dan­ger­ous bul­let bit­ing?

Mati_RoyApr 21, 2020, 8:51 PM
16 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Databases of hu­man be­havi­our and prefer­ences?

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 21, 2020, 6:06 PM
10 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Train­ing Regime Day 17: Deflinch­ing and Lines of Retreat

Mark XuApr 21, 2020, 5:45 PM
25 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

So­lar sys­tem colon­i­sa­tion might not be driven by economics

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 21, 2020, 5:10 PM
26 points
44 comments2 min readLW link

Don’t Use Face­book Blocking

Davis_KingsleyApr 21, 2020, 3:50 PM
2 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Equil­ibrium point of the so­cial evolu­tion un­der the se­lec­tive pres­sure of COVID-19?

Yandong ZhangApr 21, 2020, 3:06 PM
−2 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are some fun ways to spend $100,000?

Sausage Vector MachineApr 20, 2020, 10:45 PM
7 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

In­tu­itions on Univer­sal Be­hav­ior of In­for­ma­tion at a Distance

johnswentworthApr 20, 2020, 9:44 PM
21 points
3 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] What are the ex­ter­nal­ities of pre­dic­tions on wars?

Mati_RoyApr 20, 2020, 5:37 PM
6 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Train­ing Regime Day 16: Ham­ming Questions

Mark XuApr 20, 2020, 2:51 PM
17 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

AI Ser­vices as a Re­search Paradigm

VojtaKovarikApr 20, 2020, 1:00 PM
30 points
12 comments4 min readLW link
(docs.google.com)

[Question] What con­fi­dence in­ter­val should one re­port?

JsevillamolApr 20, 2020, 10:31 AM
4 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

covid-19 notes, 4/​19/​20

nostalgebraistApr 20, 2020, 5:30 AM
29 points
1 comment9 min readLW link
(nostalgebraist.tumblr.com)

[Question] What are habits that a lot of peo­ple have and don’t tend to have ever ques­tioned?

Mati_RoyApr 20, 2020, 5:26 AM
13 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

What Hap­pens Dur­ing a Recession

ElizabethApr 20, 2020, 3:03 AM
50 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

Bass Whis­tle in the Browser

jefftkApr 20, 2020, 2:10 AM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Database of ex­is­ten­tial risk estimates

MichaelAApr 20, 2020, 1:08 AM
24 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

Every sys­tem seems ran­dom from the inside

eapacheApr 19, 2020, 11:02 PM
11 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­plain­ing the Ra­tion­al­ist Move­ment to the Uninitiated

MellivoraApr 19, 2020, 8:53 PM
5 points
5 comments6 min readLW link

The Ham­mer and the Mask—A call to action

Simon FischerApr 19, 2020, 1:36 PM
18 points
49 comments1 min readLW link

Web Au­dio Echo?

jefftkApr 19, 2020, 2:30 AM
8 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Link Sum­mary: Top 10 Repli­cated Find­ings from Be­hav­ioral Genetics

ErickBallApr 19, 2020, 1:32 AM
16 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] My dad got stung by a bee, and is mildly aller­gic. What are the trade­offs in­volved in de­cid­ing whether to have him go the the emer­gency room?

Eli TyreApr 18, 2020, 10:12 PM
10 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Na­tional Se­cu­rity Com­mis­sion on Ar­tifi­cial In­tel­li­gence. (2019). In­terim Re­port. Wash­ing­ton, DC: Author.

JohnCDraperApr 18, 2020, 8:54 AM
1 point
2 comments1 min readLW link

My stum­ble on COVID-19

DirectedEvolutionApr 18, 2020, 4:32 AM
39 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

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