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[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 Tyre
Apr 18, 2020, 10:12 PM
10
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence. (2019). Interim Report. Washington, DC: Author.
JohnCDraper
Apr 18, 2020, 8:54 AM
1
point
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
My stumble on COVID-19
DirectedEvolution
Apr 18, 2020, 4:32 AM
39
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Helping the kids post
jefftk
Apr 17, 2020, 9:40 PM
87
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
[Question]
Better name for “Heavy-tailedness of the world?”
Daniel Kokotajlo
Apr 17, 2020, 8:50 PM
28
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
My Covid-19 Thinking: 4/17
Zvi
Apr 17, 2020, 7:50 PM
65
points
6
comments
16
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
COVID-19: An opportunity to help by modelling testing and tracing to inform the UK government
JustinShovelain
Apr 17, 2020, 5:21 PM
14
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How much motivation do you derive from curiosity alone in your work/research?
NaiveTortoise
Apr 17, 2020, 2:04 PM
25
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How superforecasting could be manipulated
DirectedEvolution
Apr 17, 2020, 6:47 AM
24
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Two-player Catan
jefftk
Apr 17, 2020, 12:50 AM
10
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Integrating Hidden Variables Improves Approximation
johnswentworth
Apr 16, 2020, 9:43 PM
15
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Treatments correlated with harm
Connor_Flexman
Apr 16, 2020, 9:02 PM
40
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Doors and Corners
Slimepriestess
Apr 16, 2020, 6:32 PM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(hivewired.wordpress.com)
Evaluating Predictions in Hindsight
Zvi
Apr 16, 2020, 5:20 PM
55
points
8
comments
27
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Deminatalist Total Utilitarianism
Vanessa Kosoy
Apr 16, 2020, 3:53 PM
69
points
56
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Leaders support global truce to turn fire on coronavirus
JohnCDraper
Apr 16, 2020, 2:49 PM
3
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Brief Response to Suspended Reason on Parallels Between Skyrms on Signaling and Yudkowsky on Language and Evidence
Zack_M_Davis
Apr 16, 2020, 3:44 AM
20
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
AI Alignment Podcast: An Overview of Technical AI Alignment in 2018 and 2019 with Buck Shlegeris and Rohin Shah
Palus Astra
Apr 16, 2020, 12:50 AM
58
points
27
comments
89
min read
LW
link
Noise Simplifies
johnswentworth
Apr 15, 2020, 7:48 PM
28
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Probabilistic Blue-Eyed Islanders
johnswentworth
Apr 15, 2020, 5:55 PM
26
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[AN #95]: A framework for thinking about how to make AI go well
Rohin Shah
Apr 15, 2020, 5:10 PM
20
points
2
comments
10
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Linkpost: A Comprehensive Review of Ikoria, Lair of Behemoths
Zvi
Apr 15, 2020, 3:10 PM
12
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
The Archetypal Rational and Post-Rational
Ouroborus
Apr 15, 2020, 9:40 AM
21
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
(ouroborusdotblog.wordpress.com)
The one where Quirrell is an egg
Ben Pace
Apr 15, 2020, 6:02 AM
17
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.reddit.com)
[Question]
What does the curve look like for coronavirus on a surface?
eapache
Apr 15, 2020, 2:07 AM
4
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Just Top Post
jefftk
Apr 15, 2020, 1:00 AM
4
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Hammer and Mask - Wide spread use of reusable particle filtering masks as a SARS-CoV-2 eradication strategy
EGI
Apr 14, 2020, 10:32 PM
31
points
8
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Deciding Well in Tumultuous Times
Ian David Moss
Apr 14, 2020, 8:53 PM
2
points
0
comments
15
min read
LW
link
(medium.com)
Far-Ultraviolet Light in Public Spaces to Fight Pandemic is a Good Idea but Premature
Kirby Sikes
Apr 14, 2020, 8:27 PM
42
points
35
comments
12
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Popular papers to be scrutinized?
alyosha_the_pot
Apr 14, 2020, 7:50 PM
13
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is this viable physics?
Daniel Kokotajlo
Apr 14, 2020, 7:29 PM
59
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
One Hundred Billion Children’s Sky
Slimepriestess
Apr 14, 2020, 4:33 PM
19
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(hivewired.wordpress.com)
Looking for a Team to Participate on a Competition
Filipe Marchesini
Apr 14, 2020, 12:29 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Why don’t we tape surgical masks to the face to seal them airtight?
ChristianKl
Apr 14, 2020, 8:33 AM
16
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Scraping websites currently free due to coronavirus
emmab
Apr 14, 2020, 7:37 AM
15
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The World According to Dominic Cummings
Chris_Leong
Apr 14, 2020, 5:05 AM
69
points
14
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Mathematical Intuitionism and the Flow of Time
Polytopos
Apr 14, 2020, 12:25 AM
9
points
5
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Discontinuous progress in history: an update
KatjaGrace
Apr 14, 2020, 12:00 AM
190
points
25
comments
31
min read
LW
link
1
review
(aiimpacts.org)
Premature death paradox
bfinn
Apr 13, 2020, 11:15 PM
8
points
21
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Unilateralist’s “Curse” Is Mostly Good
David Hornbein
Apr 13, 2020, 10:48 PM
93
points
16
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Coronavirus: Justified Key Insights Thread
Ben Pace
Apr 13, 2020, 10:40 PM
50
points
33
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
The Samurai and the Daimyo: A Useful Dynamic?
Slimepriestess
Apr 13, 2020, 10:38 PM
35
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Where should LessWrong go on COVID?
Elizabeth
Apr 13, 2020, 9:39 PM
60
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What is Your Goal Hive?
Slimepriestess
Apr 13, 2020, 5:51 PM
9
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(hivewired.wordpress.com)
Reflections on Arguing about Politics
Pontor
Apr 13, 2020, 5:33 PM
11
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
“How conservative” should the partial maximisers be?
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 13, 2020, 3:50 PM
30
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Typing Game
jefftk
Apr 13, 2020, 3:30 PM
13
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
[Question]
Are there any prediction markets for Covid-19?
devas
Apr 13, 2020, 2:47 PM
4
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
In my culture: the responsibilities of open source maintainers
philh
Apr 13, 2020, 1:40 PM
43
points
3
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(reasonableapproximation.net)
[Question]
Are there any naturally occurring heat pumps?
FactorialCode
Apr 13, 2020, 5:24 AM
21
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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