Con­jec­ture Workshop

johnswentworthMay 15, 2020, 10:41 PM
35 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] How to choose a PhD with AI Safety in mind

kwiat.devMay 15, 2020, 10:19 PM
10 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Mov­able Hous­ing for Scal­able Cities

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 15, 2020, 9:21 PM
124 points
28 comments21 min readLW link

The EMH Aten’t Dead

Richard MeadowsMay 15, 2020, 8:44 PM
197 points
88 comments19 min readLW link

Dish­washer Filter

jefftkMay 15, 2020, 8:30 PM
6 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Crav­ing, suffer­ing, and pre­dic­tive pro­cess­ing (three char­ac­ter­is­tics se­ries)

Kaj_SotalaMay 15, 2020, 1:21 PM
96 points
56 comments19 min readLW link

How should AIs up­date a prior over hu­man prefer­ences?

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 15, 2020, 1:14 PM
17 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Sub­space optima

Chris van MerwijkMay 15, 2020, 12:38 PM
61 points
7 comments1 min readLW link1 review

Dist­in­guish­ing lo­gis­tic curves

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 15, 2020, 11:38 AM
24 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

Dist­in­guish­ing lo­gis­tic curves: visual

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 15, 2020, 10:33 AM
17 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are Michael Vas­sar’s be­liefs?

Chris_LeongMay 15, 2020, 6:15 AM
21 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Song for a Red Planet

SlimepriestessMay 15, 2020, 5:30 AM
8 points
2 comments2 min readLW link
(hivewired.wordpress.com)

[Question] What was your rea­son­ing for de­cid­ing whether to raise chil­dren?

Mati_RoyMay 15, 2020, 3:53 AM
4 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

“It’s Okay”, In­struc­tions, Fo­cus­ing, Ex­pe­rienc­ing and Frames

OuroborusMay 15, 2020, 12:49 AM
16 points
6 comments7 min readLW link
(ouroborusdotblog.wordpress.com)

Covid 5/​21: Limbo Under

ZviMay 14, 2020, 10:30 PM
15 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Ad­ding a House­mate Un­der Covid

jefftkMay 14, 2020, 9:30 PM
16 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] How to avoid Schel­ling points?

cwg1g16May 14, 2020, 7:37 PM
29 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Utility need not be bounded

Richard_KennawayMay 14, 2020, 6:10 PM
30 points
34 comments2 min readLW link

Sugges­tions for mak­ing re­search as trust­wor­thy, in­tel­ligible and quickly available as possible

mickofemsworthMay 14, 2020, 2:47 PM
3 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

What newslet­ters are you sub­scribed to, and why?

Rudi CMay 14, 2020, 2:47 PM
8 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Small Data

lsusrMay 14, 2020, 4:29 AM
27 points
13 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] What work of fic­tion ex­plore in­creased trans­parency in the world?

Mati_RoyMay 13, 2020, 9:15 PM
5 points
8 commentsLW link

[Question] What are ar­ti­cles on “lifel­og­ging as life ex­ten­sion”?

Mati_RoyMay 13, 2020, 8:35 PM
10 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Will the world hit 10 mil­lion recorded cases of COVID-19? If so when?

jmhMay 13, 2020, 5:26 PM
6 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Run­ning Wired Ethernet

jefftkMay 13, 2020, 5:20 PM
11 points
6 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[AN #99]: Dou­bling times for the effi­ciency of AI algorithms

Rohin ShahMay 13, 2020, 5:20 PM
29 points
0 comments10 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Le­gends of Runeterra: Early Review

ZviMay 13, 2020, 10:50 AM
13 points
12 comments11 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Stud­ies On Slack

Scott AlexanderMay 13, 2020, 5:00 AM
165 points
34 comments24 min readLW link1 review
(slatestarcodex.com)

[Question] What do you be­lieve are the most crit­i­cal open ques­tions/​hy­pothe­ses that could in­form a more effec­tive COVID re­sponse?

nonzerosumMay 12, 2020, 5:46 PM
1 point
0 commentsLW link

Kids and Time

jefftkMay 12, 2020, 11:40 AM
30 points
2 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] What would flour­ish­ing look like in Con­way’s Game of Life?

sudhanshu_kasewaMay 12, 2020, 11:22 AM
27 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

162 benefits of coronavirus

bfinnMay 12, 2020, 11:19 AM
41 points
20 comments8 min readLW link

COVID-19 es­ti­mated test de­tec­tion win­dows for IgG, IgM and nasal PCR tests

nonzerosumMay 11, 2020, 10:39 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Avoid­ing coro­n­avirus spread from fam­ily mem­bers, room­mates, ex­tended fam­ily and close friends

nonzerosumMay 11, 2020, 10:38 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Set­tle In­vest­ment Trades Only Daily an im­prove­ment? True or False

jmhMay 11, 2020, 9:56 PM
5 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Help im­prove rea­son­ing eval­u­a­tion in in­tel­li­gence organisations

LThorburnMay 11, 2020, 8:26 PM
8 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

Set­ting up a new Mac

jefftkMay 11, 2020, 11:50 AM
10 points
3 comments3 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Book re­port: The­ory of Games and Eco­nomic Be­hav­ior (von Neu­mann & Mor­gen­stern)

NisanMay 11, 2020, 9:47 AM
38 points
4 comments6 min readLW link

A hi­er­ar­chy of truth

aelwoodMay 11, 2020, 9:23 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(pursuingreality.com)

Zoom Tech­nolo­gies, Inc. vs. the Effi­cient Mar­kets Hypothesis

Zack_M_DavisMay 11, 2020, 6:00 AM
72 points
47 comments4 min readLW link

Covid-19: Comorbidity

ZviMay 10, 2020, 9:30 PM
42 points
7 comments7 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Is AI safety re­search less par­alleliz­able than AI re­search?

Mati_RoyMay 10, 2020, 8:43 PM
9 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

The Great­est Host

trentbrickMay 10, 2020, 8:28 PM
33 points
8 comments14 min readLW link

[Question] Do nasal de­con­ges­tants in­crease risk as­so­ci­ated with car­dio­vas­cu­lar (and res­pi­ra­tory via sec­ond-or­der effects) symp­toms from COVID-19?

DorikkaMay 10, 2020, 7:17 PM
12 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Really Fresh Baking

jefftkMay 10, 2020, 11:40 AM
26 points
9 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

The Mind: Board Game Review

AlexeiMay 10, 2020, 12:45 AM
26 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

Why COVID-19 pre­ven­tion at the mar­gin might be bad for most LWers

KenoubiMay 10, 2020, 12:19 AM
21 points
23 comments2 min readLW link

Liter­a­ture Re­view For Aca­demic Out­siders: What, How, and Why

namespaceMay 9, 2020, 10:58 PM
195 points
6 comments15 min readLW link
(www.thelastrationalist.com)

Pro­ject Pro­posal: Gears of Aging

johnswentworthMay 9, 2020, 6:47 PM
58 points
43 comments7 min readLW link

Why there’s an ethanol glut and san­i­tizer short­age (WSJ)

William WalkerMay 9, 2020, 3:08 PM
0 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.wsj.com)