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Against strong bayesianism
Richard_Ngo
Apr 30, 2020, 10:48 AM
59
points
65
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Optimising Society to Constrain Risk of War from an Artificial Superintelligence
JohnCDraper
Apr 30, 2020, 10:47 AM
4
points
1
comment
51
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What is the alternative to intent alignment called?
Richard_Ngo
Apr 30, 2020, 2:16 AM
12
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Since the “Will COVID-19 survivors suffer lasting disability at a high rate?” thread was posted, has new information emerged that may update those estimates?
nonzerosum
Apr 29, 2020, 9:40 PM
12
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
List of prompts for brainstorming COVID response project ideas
nonzerosum
Apr 29, 2020, 9:39 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Melting democracy
Richard_Ngo
Apr 29, 2020, 8:10 PM
30
points
6
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)
Why anything that can be for-profit, should be
jasoncrawford
Apr 29, 2020, 8:00 PM
51
points
39
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
On “COVID-19 Superspreader Events in 28 Countries: Critical Patterns and Lessons”
Zvi
Apr 29, 2020, 7:40 PM
67
points
12
comments
10
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Training Regime Day 25: Recursive Self-Improvement
Mark Xu
Apr 29, 2020, 6:22 PM
15
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Motivating Abstraction-First Decision Theory
johnswentworth
Apr 29, 2020, 5:47 PM
43
points
16
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[AN #97]: Are there historical examples of large, robust discontinuities?
Rohin Shah
Apr 29, 2020, 5:30 PM
15
points
0
comments
10
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Facebook AI: A state-of-the-art open source chatbot
FactorialCode
Apr 29, 2020, 5:21 PM
9
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(ai.facebook.com)
Peter’s COVID Consolidated Brief − 29 Apr
Peter Wildeford
Apr 29, 2020, 3:27 PM
54
points
5
comments
32
min read
LW
link
I do not like math
lsusr
Apr 29, 2020, 11:27 AM
34
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Negative Feedback and Simulacra
Elizabeth
Apr 29, 2020, 2:00 AM
156
points
24
comments
9
min read
LW
link
1
review
(acesounderglass.com)
[Question]
Estimates of COVID risk rankings for different activities when together with people in the same household?
nonzerosum
Apr 29, 2020, 1:13 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Chris Masterjohn on Coronavirus, Part 2
philh
Apr 28, 2020, 9:50 PM
6
points
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(reasonableapproximation.net)
Training Regime Day 24: Resolve Cycles 2
Mark Xu
Apr 28, 2020, 7:00 PM
20
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A Book Review
Zack_M_Davis
Apr 28, 2020, 5:43 PM
15
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(unremediatedgender.space)
UAP and Global Catastrophic Risks
avturchin
Apr 28, 2020, 1:07 PM
8
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Growth mindset for better sex
agentydragon
Apr 28, 2020, 8:49 AM
7
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A speculative incentive design: self-determined price commitments as a way of averting monopoly
mako yass
Apr 28, 2020, 7:44 AM
5
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Emergency Central Planning
jefftk
Apr 28, 2020, 12:50 AM
16
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Market-shaping approaches to accelerate COVID-19 response: a role for option-based guarantees?
DerekF
and
Davidmanheim
Apr 27, 2020, 10:43 PM
38
points
2
comments
6
min read
LW
link
1
review
The Best Virtual Worlds for “Hanging Out”
Raemon
Apr 27, 2020, 9:54 PM
60
points
31
comments
10
min read
LW
link
1
review
[Link] COVID-19 causing deadly blood clots in younger people
orthonormal
Apr 27, 2020, 9:02 PM
46
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Editted for removal]
kungfuhobbit
Apr 27, 2020, 8:59 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What physical trigger-action plans did you implement?
Mati_Roy
Apr 27, 2020, 8:10 PM
5
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What social trigger-action plans did you implement?
Mati_Roy
Apr 27, 2020, 8:08 PM
5
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What cognitive trigger-action plans did you implement?
Mati_Roy
Apr 27, 2020, 7:58 PM
4
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Training Regime Day 23: TAPs 2
Mark Xu
Apr 27, 2020, 5:37 PM
15
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A Brief Update on Updates
Slimepriestess
Apr 27, 2020, 5:30 PM
15
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(hivewired.wordpress.com)
Cambridge
Virtual LW/SSC Meetup
NoSignalNoNoise
Apr 27, 2020, 3:41 AM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Helping Lily Make Dinner
jefftk
Apr 27, 2020, 2:10 AM
15
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
It’s Not About The Nail
eapache
Apr 26, 2020, 11:50 PM
30
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Training Regime Day 22: Murphyjitsu 2
Mark Xu
Apr 26, 2020, 8:18 PM
13
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Should we be reassessing the argument for globalization?
jmh
Apr 26, 2020, 1:52 PM
5
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Post/meta-skepticism I
Ouroborus
Apr 26, 2020, 12:18 AM
8
points
10
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(ouroborusdotblog.wordpress.com)
Training Regime Day 21: Executing Intentions
Mark Xu
Apr 25, 2020, 10:16 PM
13
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are your favorite examples of distillation?
NaiveTortoise
Apr 25, 2020, 5:06 PM
49
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
On New York’s Antibody Tests
Zvi
Apr 25, 2020, 3:20 PM
31
points
1
comment
12
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Fast Takeoff in Biological Intelligence
eapache
Apr 25, 2020, 12:21 PM
14
points
21
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Why is my (our?) reasoning process noisy?
emanuele ascani
Apr 25, 2020, 12:19 PM
9
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Chilling Effect of Confiscation
jefftk
Apr 25, 2020, 2:50 AM
39
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
What makes counterfactuals comparable?
Chris_Leong
Apr 24, 2020, 10:47 PM
11
points
6
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are the relative speeds of AI capabilities and AI safety?
NunoSempere
Apr 24, 2020, 6:21 PM
8
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Training Regime Day 20: OODA Loop
Mark Xu
Apr 24, 2020, 6:11 PM
27
points
2
comments
7
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Why do you have a personal rationalist blog instead of using LessWrong? Why don’t you cross-post all your relevant blog posts?
Mati_Roy
Apr 24, 2020, 5:54 PM
11
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Should theories have a control group
George3d6
Apr 24, 2020, 2:45 PM
5
points
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(blog.cerebralab.com)
The Puzzling Linearity of COVID-19
Radford Neal
Apr 24, 2020, 2:09 PM
19
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(radfordneal.wordpress.com)
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