Con­flict vs. mis­take in non-zero-sum games

NisanApr 5, 2020, 10:22 PM
169 points
40 comments2 min readLW link1 review

Truth value as mag­ni­tude of predictions

George3d6Apr 5, 2020, 9:57 PM
3 points
1 comment15 min readLW link
(blog.cerebralab.com)

[Question] What is the im­pact of vary­ing in­fec­tious dose of COVID-19?

ElizabethApr 5, 2020, 9:40 PM
29 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What is the max­i­mum num­ber of COVID-19 tests which could be performed un­til the end of the year?

Roko JelavićApr 5, 2020, 7:19 PM
5 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Seek­ing opinions on the pros and cons of var­i­ous telep­res­ence tools

mingyuanApr 5, 2020, 6:22 PM
9 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Hy­drox­y­chloro­quine: the day sci­ence stopped

Filipe MarchesiniApr 5, 2020, 6:09 PM
20 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What messy prob­lems do you see Deep Re­in­force­ment Learn­ing ap­pli­ca­ble to?

Riccardo VolpatoApr 5, 2020, 5:43 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What to draw from Mac­in­tyre et al 2015?

ChristianKlApr 5, 2020, 4:56 PM
11 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How strong is the ev­i­dence for hy­drox­y­chloro­quine?

Chris_LeongApr 5, 2020, 9:32 AM
35 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Life as metaphor for ev­ery­thing else.

Charlie SteinerApr 5, 2020, 7:21 AM
29 points
11 comments4 min readLW link

Par­ty­ing over In­ter­net: Tech­nolog­i­cal Aspects

Martin SustrikApr 5, 2020, 6:20 AM
30 points
2 comments5 min readLW link
(250bpm.com)

Re­sources for AI Align­ment Cartography

GyrodiotApr 4, 2020, 2:20 PM
45 points
8 comments9 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing Web-TAISU, May 13-17

Linda LinseforsApr 4, 2020, 11:48 AM
19 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Referenc­ing the Unreferencable

Chris_LeongApr 4, 2020, 10:42 AM
16 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

The Peter At­tia Drive pod­cast epi­sode #102: Michael Oster­holm, Ph.D.: COVID-19—Les­sons learned, challenges ahead, and rea­sons for op­ti­mism and concern

KennyApr 4, 2020, 5:19 AM
7 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(peterattiamd.com)

A Ker­nel of Truth: In­sights from ‘A Friendly Ap­proach to Func­tional Anal­y­sis’

TurnTroutApr 4, 2020, 3:38 AM
32 points
3 comments9 min readLW link

Self-Ex­per­i­ment: Does Work­ing More Hours In­crease My Out­put?

lynettebyeApr 3, 2020, 9:36 PM
53 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

How Long Can Peo­ple Use­fully Work?

lynettebyeApr 3, 2020, 9:35 PM
151 points
8 comments12 min readLW link1 review

“Prepar­ing for a Pan­demic: Stage 3: Grow Food if You Can [COVID-19, hort, US, Pa­treon]”

KennyApr 3, 2020, 5:57 PM
7 points
9 comments1 min readLW link
(siderea.dreamwidth.org)

Take­aways from safety by de­fault interviews

Apr 3, 2020, 5:20 PM
28 points
2 comments13 min readLW link
(aiimpacts.org)

[Question] Re­search on re­pur­pos­ing filter prod­ucts for masks?

TurnTroutApr 3, 2020, 4:32 PM
42 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

So­lar Arc Faults

jefftkApr 3, 2020, 3:00 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

How About a Re­mote Var­i­o­la­tion Study?

LironApr 3, 2020, 12:04 PM
25 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Has LessWrong been a good early alarm bell for the pan­demic?

DirectedEvolutionApr 3, 2020, 9:44 AM
18 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How cred­ible is the the­ory that COVID19 es­caped from a Wuhan Lab?

Alexander Gietelink OldenzielApr 3, 2020, 6:47 AM
22 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Which books provide a good overview of mod­ern hu­man pre­his­tory?

ChosunOneApr 3, 2020, 6:44 AM
7 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

March 2020 gw­ern.net newsletter

gwernApr 3, 2020, 2:16 AM
13 points
1 commentLW link
(www.gwern.net)

Mask wear­ing: do the op­po­site of what the CDC/​WHO has been say­ing?

ShmiApr 2, 2020, 10:10 PM
11 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Im­pli­ca­tions of the Dooms­day Ar­gu­ment for x-risk reduction

maximkazhenkovApr 2, 2020, 9:42 PM
6 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Equil­ibrium and prior se­lec­tion prob­lems in mul­ti­po­lar deployment

JesseCliftonApr 2, 2020, 8:06 PM
21 points
11 comments10 min readLW link

[Question] What should you do re­gard­ing footwear to pro­tect against COVID-19?

ChristianKlApr 2, 2020, 7:28 PM
19 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Peter’s COVID Con­soli­dated Brief for 2 April

Peter WildefordApr 2, 2020, 5:00 PM
53 points
9 comments18 min readLW link

[Question] What is the sub­jec­tive ex­pe­rience of free will for agents?

Gordon Seidoh WorleyApr 2, 2020, 3:53 PM
10 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Where should I give spare com­put­ing power, as an as­piring ra­tio­nal­ist/​al­tru­ist?

[Error communicating with LW2 server]Apr 2, 2020, 3:31 PM
0 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Call for vol­un­teers: as­sess­ing Kurzweil, 2019

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 2, 2020, 12:07 PM
26 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Atari early

KatjaGraceApr 2, 2020, 6:10 AM
86 points
4 comments5 min readLW link
(aiimpacts.org)

Build­ing Toe Buttons

jefftkApr 1, 2020, 6:10 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[AN #93]: The Precipice we’re stand­ing at, and how we can back away from it

Rohin ShahApr 1, 2020, 5:10 PM
24 points
0 comments7 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

The at­tack rate es­ti­ma­tion is more im­por­tant than CFR

avturchinApr 1, 2020, 4:23 PM
10 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

A quick and crude com­par­i­son of epi­demiolog­i­cal ex­pert fore­casts ver­sus Me­tac­u­lus fore­casts for COVID-19

Jotto999Apr 1, 2020, 1:59 PM
46 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Tak­ing Ini­tial Viral Load Seriously

ZviApr 1, 2020, 10:50 AM
94 points
45 comments17 min readLW link1 review
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] What achieve­ments have peo­ple claimed will be warn­ing signs for AGI?

Richard_NgoApr 1, 2020, 10:24 AM
17 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Two Alter­na­tives to Log­i­cal Counterfactuals

jessicataApr 1, 2020, 9:48 AM
39 points
61 comments5 min readLW link
(unstableontology.com)

April Fools: An­nounc­ing LessWrong 3.0 – Now in VR!

Apr 1, 2020, 8:00 AM
94 points
19 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What’s the ex­pected QALY (qual­ity-ad­justed life years) loss per cap­ita due to SARS-COV-2? QALY gain of in­creas­ing ICU ca­pac­ity? Of buy­ing new ven­tila­tors?

CheerfulWarriorApr 1, 2020, 5:42 AM
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Ne­ces­sity and Warrant

namespaceApr 1, 2020, 3:12 AM
27 points
1 comment8 min readLW link
(www.thelastrationalist.com)

How spe­cial are hu­man brains among an­i­mal brains?

zhukeepaApr 1, 2020, 1:35 AM
79 points
38 comments7 min readLW link

FLI Pod­cast: The Precipice: Ex­is­ten­tial Risk and the Fu­ture of Hu­man­ity with Toby Ord

Palus AstraApr 1, 2020, 1:02 AM
7 points
1 comment46 min readLW link

Meta-prefer­ences two ways: gen­er­a­tor vs. patch

Charlie SteinerApr 1, 2020, 12:51 AM
18 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Re­quest­ing ex­am­ples of suc­cess­ful re­mote re­search col­lab­o­ra­tions, and in­for­ma­tion on what made it work?

Linda LinseforsMar 31, 2020, 11:31 PM
7 points
1 comment1 min readLW link