My pre­dic­tion for Covid-19

TheMajorMay 31, 2020, 11:25 PM
17 points
11 comments6 min readLW link

Pos­si­ble take­aways from the coro­n­avirus pan­demic for slow AI takeoff

VikaMay 31, 2020, 5:51 PM
135 points
36 comments3 min readLW link1 review

Covid-19: My Cur­rent Model

ZviMay 31, 2020, 5:40 PM
188 points
73 comments19 min readLW link1 review
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The Pre­sump­tu­ous Philoso­pher, self-lo­cat­ing in­for­ma­tion, and Solomonoff induction

Charlie SteinerMay 31, 2020, 4:35 PM
58 points
28 comments3 min readLW link

Sim­plify­ing Board Games

jefftkMay 31, 2020, 2:10 PM
28 points
3 comments3 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Fore­cast­ing Newslet­ter: May 2020.

NunoSempereMay 31, 2020, 12:35 PM
9 points
1 comment20 min readLW link

[Question] Will the many protests through­out the USA prove to be good test cases for re­open­ing?

jmhMay 31, 2020, 12:15 PM
9 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Any­one recom­mend a video course on the the­ory of com­pu­ta­tion?

Eli TyreMay 30, 2020, 7:52 PM
8 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

How to (not) do a liter­a­ture review

Katarina SlamaMay 30, 2020, 12:11 AM
79 points
7 comments6 min readLW link
(katarinaslama.github.io)

Shut­ting Down RegularlyScheduled

jefftkMay 29, 2020, 10:50 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Why take notes: what I get from note­tak­ing and my desider­ata for note­tak­ing systems

philip_bMay 29, 2020, 9:46 PM
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(github.com)

Covid-19 5/​29: Dumb Reopening

ZviMay 29, 2020, 9:00 PM
26 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

An overview of 11 pro­pos­als for build­ing safe ad­vanced AI

evhubMay 29, 2020, 8:38 PM
220 points
37 comments38 min readLW link2 reviews

GPT-3: a dis­ap­point­ing paper

nostalgebraistMay 29, 2020, 7:06 PM
65 points
43 comments8 min readLW link1 review

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

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

On the con­struc­tion of the self

Kaj_SotalaMay 29, 2020, 1:04 PM
77 points
18 comments17 min readLW link

Our Need for Need

eapacheMay 29, 2020, 11:12 AM
32 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

OpenAI an­nounces GPT-3

gwernMay 29, 2020, 1:49 AM
67 points
23 commentsLW link
(arxiv.org)

Trust-Build­ing: The New Ra­tion­al­ity Project

DirectedEvolutionMay 28, 2020, 10:53 PM
39 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

The prin­ci­ple of no non-Apologies

agentydragonMay 28, 2020, 7:58 PM
26 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] look­ing for name/​fur­ther read­ing on fal­lacy I came across

YitzMay 28, 2020, 6:01 PM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

Wrist Issues

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

Spec­u­la­tions on the Fu­ture of Fic­tion Writing

johnswentworthMay 28, 2020, 4:34 PM
35 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

Up­dated Hier­ar­chy of Disagreement

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

One sys­temic failure in particular

MoritzGMay 28, 2020, 5:25 AM
−3 points
8 comments6 min readLW link

Shut­tling be­tween sci­ence and invention

jasoncrawfordMay 27, 2020, 9:25 PM
61 points
1 comment6 min readLW link1 review
(rootsofprogress.org)

A tax­on­omy of Cruxes

Eli TyreMay 27, 2020, 5:25 PM
44 points
4 comments8 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)

AI Safety Dis­cus­sion Days

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

[Job ad] Lead an am­bi­tious COVID-19 fore­cast­ing pro­ject [Dead­line ex­tended: June 10th]

Bird ConceptMay 27, 2020, 4:38 PM
54 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

Ob­sidian: A Mind Map­ping Mark­down Editor

lifelonglearnerMay 27, 2020, 4:26 PM
12 points
15 comments1 min readLW link
(obsidian.md)

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

Your ab­strac­tion isn’t wrong, it’s just re­ally bad

George3d6May 26, 2020, 8:14 PM
25 points
17 comments17 min readLW link
(blog.cerebralab.com)

Why We Age, Part 2: Non-adap­tive theories

willbradshawMay 26, 2020, 5:41 PM
89 points
22 comments11 min readLW link
(apomorphic.com)

Is fake news bul­lshit or ly­ing?

HarperSachsMay 26, 2020, 4:55 PM
22 points
8 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Why aren’t we test­ing gen­eral in­tel­li­gence dis­tri­bu­tion?

B JacobsMay 26, 2020, 4:07 PM
25 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Spoiler-Free Re­view: As­sas­sin’s Creed Odyssey

ZviMay 26, 2020, 2:10 PM
7 points
0 comments6 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Should I self-var­i­o­late to COVID-19

Eli TyreMay 25, 2020, 8:29 PM
46 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

A Taijitu sym­bol for Moloch and Slack

B JacobsMay 25, 2020, 8:03 PM
91 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Bak­ing is Not a Ritual

Sisi ChengMay 25, 2020, 6:08 PM
125 points
28 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] What is a de­ci­sion the­ory as a math­e­mat­i­cal ob­ject?

Erik JennerMay 25, 2020, 1:44 PM
28 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

An ad­den­dum on effec­tive pop­u­la­tion size

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

Why Ra­tion­al­ists Shouldn’t be In­ter­ested in To­pos Theory

jollybardMay 25, 2020, 5:35 AM
77 points
15 comments5 min readLW link

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

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

[Meta] Find­ing free en­ergy in karma

eapacheMay 24, 2020, 2:47 PM
13 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Plague in As­sas­sin’s Creed Odyssey

ZviMay 24, 2020, 12:00 PM
41 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Why We Age, Part 1: What age­ing is and is not

willbradshawMay 24, 2020, 9:06 AM
55 points
5 comments7 min readLW link
(apomorphic.com)

LessWrong v2.0 Anti-Kib­itzer (hides com­ment au­thors and vote counts)

MarcelloMay 23, 2020, 11:44 PM
59 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Op­pos­ing a hi­er­ar­chy does not im­ply egalitarianism

ViliamMay 23, 2020, 8:51 PM
7 points
5 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] What is your in­ter­net search method­ol­ogy ?

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