Named Distri­bu­tions as Artifacts

George3d6May 4, 2020, 8:54 AM
22 points
9 comments15 min readLW link
(blog.cerebralab.com)

[AN #98]: Un­der­stand­ing neu­ral net train­ing by see­ing which gra­di­ents were helpful

Rohin ShahMay 6, 2020, 5:10 PM
22 points
3 comments9 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Post-crash mar­ket effi­ciency 1696-2020

bfinnMay 22, 2020, 2:13 PM
22 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Orthogonality

lsusrMay 21, 2020, 3:17 AM
21 points
3 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

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

Pre­dicted Land Value Tax: a bet­ter tax than an unim­proved land value tax

michaelcohenMay 27, 2020, 1:40 PM
21 points
49 comments3 min readLW link

Hate Crime Statistics

jefftkMay 3, 2020, 10:30 PM
21 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] How should po­ten­tial AI al­ign­ment re­searchers gauge whether the field is right for them?

TurnTroutMay 6, 2020, 12:24 PM
20 points
5 commentsLW link

[Question] How does iter­ated am­plifi­ca­tion ex­ceed hu­man abil­ities?

riceissaMay 2, 2020, 11:44 PM
19 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

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)

Ra­tion­al­ity vs. Taleb’s Antifragilism

MellivoraMay 2, 2020, 2:07 PM
18 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

What Is The Cost of Your At­ten­tion?

Ari LewisMay 2, 2020, 8:50 PM
18 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Haskenthetical

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

An ad­den­dum on effec­tive pop­u­la­tion size

willbradshawMay 25, 2020, 12:35 PM
18 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(apomorphic.com)

[Question] Is there any sci­en­tific ev­i­dence for benefits of med­i­ta­tion?

CheerfulWarriorMay 9, 2020, 8:53 AM
18 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Kurzweil’s pre­dic­tions’ in­di­vi­d­ual scores

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 7, 2020, 5:10 PM
17 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Dist­in­guish­ing lo­gis­tic curves: visual

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

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

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

Con­sis­tent Glo­ma­riza­tion should be feasible

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 4, 2020, 10:06 AM
17 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Open & Wel­come Thread—May 2020

rolandMay 1, 2020, 12:01 PM
17 points
50 comments1 min readLW link

Wrist Issues

jefftkMay 28, 2020, 4:50 PM
16 points
11 comments4 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

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

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

[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

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

Ad­ding a House­mate Un­der Covid

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

Med­i­ta­tion skill: Sur­fing the Urge

Max HodgesMay 7, 2020, 5:30 PM
16 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Covid-19: New York’s An­ti­body Tests 2

ZviMay 6, 2020, 5:40 PM
16 points
0 comments10 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] What is your in­ter­net search method­ol­ogy ?

George3d6May 23, 2020, 8:33 PM
16 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 5/​21: Limbo Under

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

Sig­nal­ing: Why Peo­ple Have Conversations

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

The Mechanis­tic and Nor­ma­tive Struc­ture of Agency

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

[Question] What are the best tools for record­ing pre­dic­tions?

RaemonMay 24, 2020, 7:15 PM
15 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

[AN #101]: Why we should rigor­ously mea­sure and fore­cast AI progress

Rohin ShahMay 27, 2020, 5:20 PM
15 points
0 comments10 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Con­struc­tive Definitions

Chris_LeongMay 4, 2020, 11:50 PM
15 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Topolog­i­cal meta­physics: re­lat­ing point-set topol­ogy and lo­cale theory

jessicataMay 1, 2020, 3:57 AM
14 points
6 comments3 min readLW link
(unstableontology.com)

Up­dated Hier­ar­chy of Disagreement

B JacobsMay 28, 2020, 3:57 PM
14 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What in­for­ma­tion on (or rele­vant to) modal im­mor­tal­ity do you recom­mend?

Mati_RoyMay 4, 2020, 11:30 AM
14 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Model­ing nat­u­ral­ized de­ci­sion prob­lems in lin­ear logic

jessicataMay 6, 2020, 12:15 AM
14 points
2 comments6 min readLW link
(unstableontology.com)

Le­gends of Runeterra: Early Review

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

In­tro­duc­tion to fore­cast­ing work­sheet

edoaradMay 6, 2020, 1:54 PM
13 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.foretold.io)

AI Safety Dis­cus­sion Days

Linda LinseforsMay 27, 2020, 4:54 PM
13 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

TFW No Incels

Jacob FalkovichMay 3, 2020, 4:56 PM
13 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

[Meta] Find­ing free en­ergy in karma

eapacheMay 24, 2020, 2:47 PM
13 points
4 comments1 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)

In­ter­view with Aubrey de Grey, chief sci­ence officer of the SENS Re­search Foundation

emanuele ascaniMay 1, 2020, 9:04 AM
12 points
6 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

Mul­ti­ple Ar­gu­ments, Mul­ti­ple Comments

lcMay 7, 2020, 9:30 AM
12 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Should we stop us­ing the term ‘Ra­tion­al­ist’?

B JacobsMay 29, 2020, 3:11 PM
12 points
42 comments1 min readLW link