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My prediction for Covid-19

TheMajor31 May 2020 23:25 UTC

17 points

11 comments6 min readLW link

Possible takeaways from the coronavirus pandemic for slow AI takeoff

Vika31 May 2020 17:51 UTC

135 points

36 comments3 min readLW link 1 review

Covid-19: My Current Model

Zvi31 May 2020 17:40 UTC

188 points

73 comments19 min readLW link 1 review

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

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

Charlie Steiner31 May 2020 16:35 UTC

58 points

28 comments3 min readLW link

Simplifying Board Games

jefftk31 May 2020 14:10 UTC

28 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Forecasting Newsletter: May 2020.

NunoSempere31 May 2020 12:35 UTC

9 points

1 comment20 min readLW link

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

jmh31 May 2020 12:15 UTC

9 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

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

Eli Tyre30 May 2020 19:52 UTC

8 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

How to (not) do a literature review

Katarina Slama30 May 2020 0:11 UTC

79 points

7 comments6 min readLW link

(katarinaslama.github.io)

Shutting Down RegularlyScheduled

jefftk29 May 2020 22:50 UTC

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_b29 May 2020 21:46 UTC

9 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(github.com)

Covid-19 5/29: Dumb Reopening

Zvi29 May 2020 21:00 UTC

26 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

An overview of 11 proposals for building safe advanced AI

evhub29 May 2020 20:38 UTC

213 points

36 comments38 min readLW link 2 reviews

GPT-3: a disappointing paper

nostalgebraist29 May 2020 19:06 UTC

65 points

43 comments8 min readLW link 1 review

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

B Jacobs29 May 2020 15:11 UTC

12 points

42 comments1 min readLW link

On the construction of the self

Kaj_Sotala29 May 2020 13:04 UTC

71 points

18 comments17 min readLW link

Our Need for Need

eapache29 May 2020 11:12 UTC

32 points

1 comment4 min readLW link

OpenAI announces GPT-3

gwern29 May 2020 1:49 UTC

67 points

23 comments1 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

Trust-Building: The New Rationality Project

DirectedEvolution28 May 2020 22:53 UTC

39 points

15 comments2 min readLW link

The principle of no non-Apologies

agentydragon28 May 2020 19:58 UTC

26 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

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

Yitz28 May 2020 18:01 UTC

1 point

1 comment1 min readLW link

Wrist Issues

jefftk28 May 2020 16:50 UTC

16 points

11 comments4 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Speculations on the Future of Fiction Writing

johnswentworth28 May 2020 16:34 UTC

35 points

14 comments2 min readLW link

Updated Hierarchy of Disagreement

B Jacobs28 May 2020 15:57 UTC

14 points

13 comments2 min readLW link

One systemic failure in particular

MoritzG28 May 2020 5:25 UTC

−3 points

8 comments6 min readLW link

Shuttling between science and invention

jasoncrawford27 May 2020 21:25 UTC

61 points

1 comment6 min readLW link 1 review

(rootsofprogress.org)

A taxonomy of Cruxes

Eli Tyre27 May 2020 17:25 UTC

43 points

4 comments8 min readLW link

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

Rohin Shah27 May 2020 17:20 UTC

15 points

0 comments10 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

AI Safety Discussion Days

Linda Linsefors27 May 2020 16:54 UTC

13 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

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

jacobjacob27 May 2020 16:38 UTC

54 points

1 comment6 min readLW link

Obsidian: A Mind Mapping Markdown Editor

lifelonglearner27 May 2020 16:26 UTC

12 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

(obsidian.md)

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

michaelcohen27 May 2020 13:40 UTC

21 points

49 comments3 min readLW link

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

George3d626 May 2020 20:14 UTC

25 points

17 comments17 min readLW link

(blog.cerebralab.com)

Why We Age, Part 2: Non-adaptive theories

willbradshaw26 May 2020 17:41 UTC

89 points

22 comments11 min readLW link

(apomorphic.com)

Is fake news bullshit or lying?

HarperSachs26 May 2020 16:55 UTC

22 points

8 comments4 min readLW link

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

B Jacobs26 May 2020 16:07 UTC

25 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Spoiler-Free Review: Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

Zvi26 May 2020 14:10 UTC

7 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

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

Eli Tyre25 May 2020 20:29 UTC

46 points

19 comments2 min readLW link

A Taijitu symbol for Moloch and Slack

B Jacobs25 May 2020 20:03 UTC

91 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Baking is Not a Ritual

Sisi Cheng25 May 2020 18:08 UTC

125 points

28 comments4 min readLW link

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

Erik Jenner25 May 2020 13:44 UTC

26 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

An addendum on effective population size

willbradshaw25 May 2020 12:35 UTC

18 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

(apomorphic.com)

Why Rationalists Shouldn’t be Interested in Topos Theory

jollybard25 May 2020 5:35 UTC

77 points

15 comments5 min readLW link

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

Raemon24 May 2020 19:15 UTC

15 points

17 comments1 min readLW link

[Meta] Finding free energy in karma

eapache24 May 2020 14:47 UTC

13 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Plague in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

Zvi24 May 2020 12:00 UTC

41 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

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

willbradshaw24 May 2020 9:06 UTC

55 points

5 comments7 min readLW link

(apomorphic.com)

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

Marcello23 May 2020 23:44 UTC

59 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Opposing a hierarchy does not imply egalitarianism

Viliam23 May 2020 20:51 UTC

7 points

5 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] What is your internet search methodology ?

George3d623 May 2020 20:33 UTC

16 points

13 comments1 min readLW link