[Question] If bac­te­ria gave us a tool for bio en­g­ineer­ing, have viruses given us a de­liv­ery mechanism?

jmhMay 20, 2020, 10:31 PM
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is there a way to repli­cate pho­to­syn­the­sis ar­tifi­cially?

basu_enterpriseMay 20, 2020, 7:45 PM
−2 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Com­ment on “En­doge­nous Epistemic Fac­tion­al­iza­tion”

Zack_M_DavisMay 20, 2020, 6:04 PM
158 points
8 comments7 min readLW link

[AN #100]: What might go wrong if you learn a re­ward func­tion while acting

Rohin ShahMay 20, 2020, 5:30 PM
33 points
2 comments12 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Prob­a­bil­ities, weights, sums: pretty much the same for re­ward functions

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 20, 2020, 3:19 PM
11 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Race for the Galaxy: 9 Choose 6

jefftkMay 20, 2020, 12:10 PM
12 points
3 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Meta] Three small sug­ges­tions for the LW-website

B JacobsMay 20, 2020, 11:18 AM
9 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Source code size vs learned model size in ML and in hu­mans?

riceissaMay 20, 2020, 8:47 AM
11 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How to learn from a stronger ra­tio­nal­ist in daily life?

Thomas KwaMay 20, 2020, 4:55 AM
16 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Sig­nal­ing: Why Peo­ple Have Conversations

liam_hinzmanMay 20, 2020, 3:18 AM
15 points
21 comments3 min readLW link
(liamhinzman.com)

An­nounc­ing Progress Stud­ies for Young Schol­ars, an on­line sum­mer pro­gram in the his­tory of technology

jasoncrawfordMay 20, 2020, 12:52 AM
19 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

[Question] How to con­vince Y that X has com­mit­ted a mur­der with >0.999999 prob­a­bil­ity?

Colin TangMay 19, 2020, 10:55 PM
1 point
34 comments1 min readLW link

Haskenthetical

philhMay 19, 2020, 10:00 PM
18 points
9 comments14 min readLW link
(reasonableapproximation.net)

A Prob­lem With Patternism

B JacobsMay 19, 2020, 8:16 PM
5 points
52 comments1 min readLW link

Bag-Dry­ing Clips

jefftkMay 19, 2020, 2:00 PM
11 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Learn­ing and ma­nipu­lat­ing learning

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 19, 2020, 1:02 PM
39 points
5 comments10 min readLW link

Point­ing to a Flower

johnswentworthMay 18, 2020, 6:54 PM
61 points
18 comments9 min readLW link

Why Artists Study Anatomy

Sisi ChengMay 18, 2020, 6:44 PM
98 points
10 comments2 min readLW link1 review

Ex­tract­ing Value from Inad­e­quate Equilibria

eapacheMay 18, 2020, 5:25 PM
51 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

The Mechanis­tic and Nor­ma­tive Struc­ture of Agency

Gordon Seidoh WorleyMay 18, 2020, 4:03 PM
15 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(philpapers.org)

Re­ward func­tions and up­dat­ing as­sump­tions can hide a mul­ti­tude of sins

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 18, 2020, 3:18 PM
16 points
2 comments9 min readLW link

English Bread Regulations

jefftkMay 18, 2020, 1:20 PM
33 points
12 comments6 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

“Star­wink” by Alicorn

Zack_M_DavisMay 18, 2020, 8:17 AM
47 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(alicorn.elcenia.com)

[Question] Isn’t Tesla stock highly un­der­val­ued?

LironMay 18, 2020, 1:56 AM
31 points
41 comments2 min readLW link

Repli­ca­tion Dy­nam­ics Bridge to RL in Ther­mo­dy­namic Limit

Past AccountMay 18, 2020, 1:02 AM
6 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

Effec­tive al­tru­ism and crit­i­cism to­ward ac­tivism: An­swer to a paradox

Arthur MilchiorMay 17, 2020, 9:15 PM
9 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

Why you should min­i­max in two-player zero-sum games

NisanMay 17, 2020, 8:48 PM
17 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Out­build­ing Thoughts

jefftkMay 17, 2020, 12:10 PM
11 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Learn­ing to build conviction

benkuhnMay 16, 2020, 11:30 PM
36 points
1 comment5 min readLW link
(www.benkuhn.net)

[Question] Do any mam­mal species ex­hibit an im­mune re­sponse in some of the herd in re­sponse to the in­fec­tion in other herd mem­bers?

jmhMay 16, 2020, 5:33 PM
5 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are your great­est one-shot life im­prove­ments?

Mark XuMay 16, 2020, 4:53 PM
118 points
171 comments1 min readLW link

Mak­ing a Crow­dac­tion platform

B JacobsMay 16, 2020, 4:08 PM
25 points
9 comments5 min readLW link

Learn­ing Rhythms

jefftkMay 16, 2020, 11:00 AM
9 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[link] Biosta­sis /​ Cry­op­reser­va­tion Sur­vey 2020

Mati_RoyMay 16, 2020, 7:20 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Multi-agent safety

Richard_NgoMay 16, 2020, 1:59 AM
31 points
8 comments5 min readLW link

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)