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My Covid-19 Thinking: 4/23 pre-Cuomo Data
Zvi
Apr 23, 2020, 9:40 PM
25
points
5
comments
20
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
[Question]
Do you trust the research on handwriting vs. typing for notes?
NaiveTortoise
Apr 23, 2020, 8:49 PM
25
points
18
comments
2
min read
LW
link
My experience with the “rationalist uncanny valley”
Thomas Kwa
Apr 23, 2020, 8:27 PM
66
points
18
comments
5
min read
LW
link
What’s Hard About Long Tails?
johnswentworth
Apr 23, 2020, 4:32 PM
24
points
18
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Sex, Lies, and Canaanites
Jacob Falkovich
Apr 23, 2020, 4:26 PM
16
points
2
comments
14
min read
LW
link
Analysis of COVID-19 superspread events (linkpost)
Jay Molstad
Apr 23, 2020, 4:17 PM
4
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Training Regime Day 19: Hamming Questions for Potted Plants
Mark Xu
Apr 23, 2020, 4:00 PM
47
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
Modular empirical science
yhoiseth
Apr 23, 2020, 11:22 AM
5
points
0
comments
LW
link
(yngve.hoiseth.net)
Is ethics a memetic trap ?
George3d6
Apr 23, 2020, 10:49 AM
6
points
6
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(blog.cerebralab.com)
Covid 19 as a Fermi Paradox Zoo Hypothesis Subset (Laboratory Hypothesis) Nudge Point
JohnCDraper
Apr 23, 2020, 9:39 AM
−4
points
34
comments
3
min read
LW
link
How four guys helped redirect Japan’s coronavirus policy
Taran
Apr 23, 2020, 9:22 AM
32
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(www.kalzumeus.com)
Online Meetup: Forecasting workshop
JoshuaFox
Apr 23, 2020, 8:07 AM
9
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
DeepMind team on specification gaming
JoshuaFox
Apr 23, 2020, 8:01 AM
30
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(deepmind.com)
Tag Relevance Systems (Feedback Requested)
Raemon
Apr 23, 2020, 1:29 AM
25
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Problem relaxation as a tactic
TurnTrout
Apr 22, 2020, 11:44 PM
119
points
8
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Validity>Soundness in Creative Writing
OpportunisticBot
Apr 22, 2020, 10:57 PM
1
point
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Holiday Pitch: Reflecting on Covid and Connection
Raemon
Apr 22, 2020, 7:50 PM
58
points
14
comments
12
min read
LW
link
(secularsolstice.com)
[AN #96]: Buck and I discuss/argue about AI Alignment
Rohin Shah
Apr 22, 2020, 5:20 PM
17
points
4
comments
10
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Description vs simulated prediction
Richard Korzekwa
Apr 22, 2020, 4:40 PM
26
points
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(aiimpacts.org)
[Question]
Poll: ask anything to an all-knowing demon edition
aiiixiii
Apr 22, 2020, 4:28 PM
6
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Training Regime Day 18: Negative Visualization
Mark Xu
Apr 22, 2020, 4:06 PM
13
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Could city design impact spread of infections?
jmh
Apr 22, 2020, 2:57 PM
3
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Inner alignment in the brain
Steven Byrnes
Apr 22, 2020, 1:14 PM
79
points
16
comments
16
min read
LW
link
Last chance for assessing Kurzweil
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 22, 2020, 11:51 AM
12
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How likely is the COVID-19 apocalyptic scenario?
Roko Jelavić
Apr 22, 2020, 10:28 AM
14
points
18
comments
2
min read
LW
link
On Platitudes
Ouroborus
Apr 22, 2020, 5:55 AM
28
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(ouroborusdotblog.wordpress.com)
[Site Meta] Feature Update: More Tags! (Experimental)
Ruby
Apr 22, 2020, 2:12 AM
68
points
59
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Wired Headsets for Video Calls
jefftk
Apr 21, 2020, 10:10 PM
22
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
[Question]
What are good defense mechanisms against dangerous bullet biting?
Mati_Roy
Apr 21, 2020, 8:51 PM
16
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Databases of human behaviour and preferences?
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 21, 2020, 6:06 PM
10
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Training Regime Day 17: Deflinching and Lines of Retreat
Mark Xu
Apr 21, 2020, 5:45 PM
25
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Solar system colonisation might not be driven by economics
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 21, 2020, 5:10 PM
26
points
44
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Don’t Use Facebook Blocking
Davis_Kingsley
Apr 21, 2020, 3:50 PM
2
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Equilibrium point of the social evolution under the selective pressure of COVID-19?
Yandong Zhang
Apr 21, 2020, 3:06 PM
−2
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are some fun ways to spend $100,000?
Sausage Vector Machine
Apr 20, 2020, 10:45 PM
7
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Intuitions on Universal Behavior of Information at a Distance
johnswentworth
Apr 20, 2020, 9:44 PM
21
points
3
comments
9
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are the externalities of predictions on wars?
Mati_Roy
Apr 20, 2020, 5:37 PM
6
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Training Regime Day 16: Hamming Questions
Mark Xu
Apr 20, 2020, 2:51 PM
17
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
AI Services as a Research Paradigm
VojtaKovarik
Apr 20, 2020, 1:00 PM
30
points
12
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(docs.google.com)
[Question]
What confidence interval should one report?
Jsevillamol
Apr 20, 2020, 10:31 AM
4
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
covid-19 notes, 4/19/20
nostalgebraist
Apr 20, 2020, 5:30 AM
29
points
1
comment
9
min read
LW
link
(nostalgebraist.tumblr.com)
[Question]
What are habits that a lot of people have and don’t tend to have ever questioned?
Mati_Roy
Apr 20, 2020, 5:26 AM
13
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What Happens During a Recession
Elizabeth
Apr 20, 2020, 3:03 AM
50
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Bass Whistle in the Browser
jefftk
Apr 20, 2020, 2:10 AM
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Database of existential risk estimates
MichaelA
Apr 20, 2020, 1:08 AM
24
points
3
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Every system seems random from the inside
eapache
Apr 19, 2020, 11:02 PM
11
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Explaining the Rationalist Movement to the Uninitiated
Mellivora
Apr 19, 2020, 8:53 PM
5
points
5
comments
6
min read
LW
link
The Hammer and the Mask—A call to action
Simon Fischer
Apr 19, 2020, 1:36 PM
18
points
49
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Web Audio Echo?
jefftk
Apr 19, 2020, 2:30 AM
8
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Link Summary: Top 10 Replicated Findings from Behavioral Genetics
ErickBall
Apr 19, 2020, 1:32 AM
16
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
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