Self-Pre­dict­ing Markets

eapacheJun 10, 2020, 10:39 PM
26 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Can Covid-19 spread by sur­face trans­mis­sion?

RaemonJun 10, 2020, 10:09 PM
65 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

[AN #103]: ARCHES: an agenda for ex­is­ten­tial safety, and com­bin­ing nat­u­ral lan­guage with deep RL

Rohin ShahJun 10, 2020, 5:20 PM
29 points
0 comments10 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

[Question] Max­i­miz­ing im­pact at startup with high EA po­ten­tial?

kniteJun 10, 2020, 6:25 AM
8 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What past highly-up­voted posts are over­rated to­day?

Thomas KwaJun 9, 2020, 9:25 PM
14 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

BBE W1: HMCM and Note­tak­ing Systems

SpiracularJun 9, 2020, 7:20 PM
26 points
7 comments5 min readLW link

BBE W1: Per­sonal Note­tak­ing Desider­ata Walkthrough

SpiracularJun 9, 2020, 7:19 PM
17 points
5 comments6 min readLW link

Build a Bet­ter Exo­brain: Week 0 Overview

SpiracularJun 9, 2020, 7:09 PM
20 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Public Static: What is Ab­strac­tion?

johnswentworthJun 9, 2020, 6:36 PM
97 points
18 comments11 min readLW link

More on dis­am­biguat­ing “dis­con­ti­nu­ity”

Aryeh EnglanderJun 9, 2020, 3:16 PM
16 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

[Question] Are there good ways to find ex­pert re­views of pop­u­lar sci­ence books?

Kaj_SotalaJun 9, 2020, 2:54 PM
22 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

A Prac­ti­cal Guide to Con­flict Re­s­olu­tion: Communication

eapacheJun 9, 2020, 1:04 AM
12 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Goal-di­rect­ed­ness is be­hav­ioral, not structural

adamShimiJun 8, 2020, 11:05 PM
6 points
12 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What does “tor­ture vs. dust specks” im­ply for in­sect suffer­ing?

Tejas SubramaniamJun 8, 2020, 8:37 PM
10 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

GAN Discrim­i­na­tors Don’t Gen­er­al­ize?

tryactionsJun 8, 2020, 8:36 PM
18 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

The “hard” prob­lem of con­scious­ness is the least in­ter­est­ing prob­lem of consciousness

HazardJun 8, 2020, 7:00 PM
17 points
45 comments5 min readLW link

COVID-19: The Illu­sion of Stability

PeterMcCluskeyJun 8, 2020, 6:46 PM
32 points
1 comment5 min readLW link
(www.bayesianinvestor.com)

We’ve built Con­nected Papers—a vi­sual tool for re­searchers to find and ex­plore aca­demic papers

discordyJun 8, 2020, 6:44 PM
209 points
39 comments2 min readLW link

Leg­i­bil­ity: Notes on “Man as a Ra­tion­al­ist An­i­mal”

HazardJun 8, 2020, 2:18 AM
13 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

An Illus­trated Proof of the No Free Lunch Theorem

lifelonglearnerJun 8, 2020, 1:54 AM
19 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(mlu.red)

Grow­ing Independence

jefftkJun 7, 2020, 8:20 PM
186 points
27 comments10 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Quaran­tine Bub­bles Re­quire Direct­ness, and Tol­er­ance of Rudeness

RaemonJun 7, 2020, 7:52 PM
37 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Con­scious­ness as Me­taphor: What Jaynes Has to Offer

HazardJun 7, 2020, 6:41 PM
15 points
4 comments9 min readLW link

Es­ti­mat­ing COVID-19 Mor­tal­ity Rates

BenquoJun 7, 2020, 3:45 PM
8 points
27 comments2 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Self-help, hard and soft

technicalitiesJun 7, 2020, 3:39 PM
16 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Wire­less is a trap

benkuhnJun 7, 2020, 3:30 PM
158 points
13 comments7 min readLW link1 review
(www.benkuhn.net)

Philos­o­phy in the Dark­est Timeline: Ba­sics of the Evolu­tion of Meaning

Zack_M_DavisJun 7, 2020, 7:52 AM
132 points
16 comments14 min readLW link

Every­day Les­sons from High-Di­men­sional Optimization

johnswentworthJun 6, 2020, 8:57 PM
165 points
44 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Most re­li­able news sources?

Eli TyreJun 6, 2020, 8:24 PM
37 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Your best fu­ture self

RaemonJun 6, 2020, 7:10 PM
37 points
24 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Con­se­quen­tial­ism and Accidents

Rodrigo FernandesJun 6, 2020, 6:29 PM
0 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

A Prac­ti­cal Guide to Con­flict Re­s­olu­tion: Attitude

eapacheJun 6, 2020, 12:29 PM
16 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What is Ra?

Chris_LeongJun 6, 2020, 4:29 AM
18 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Ba­sic Mindsets

ExCephJun 6, 2020, 12:44 AM
2 points
5 comments13 min readLW link

Pas­teur’s quadrant

jasoncrawfordJun 5, 2020, 5:47 PM
36 points
2 comments5 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Emer­gence and Con­trol: An ex­am­i­na­tion of our abil­ity to gov­ern the be­hav­ior of in­tel­li­gent systems

meanderingmooseJun 5, 2020, 5:10 PM
1 point
0 comments6 min readLW link

Re­ply to Paul Chris­ti­ano on Inac­cessible Information

Alex FlintJun 5, 2020, 9:10 AM
77 points
15 comments6 min readLW link

Three char­ac­ter­is­tics: impermanence

Kaj_SotalaJun 5, 2020, 7:48 AM
73 points
4 comments18 min readLW link

[Question] Does tak­ing ex­treme mea­sures to avoid the coro­n­avirus make sense when you fac­tor in the pos­si­bil­ity of a re­ally long life?

Adam ZernerJun 5, 2020, 12:58 AM
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Think­ing About Su­per-Hu­man AI: An Ex­am­i­na­tion of Likely Paths and Ul­ti­mate Constitution

meanderingmooseJun 4, 2020, 11:22 PM
−3 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] How to val­i­date re­search ideas?

kwiat.devJun 4, 2020, 9:37 PM
12 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

FHI pa­per on COVID-19 gov­ern­ment countermeasures

Bird ConceptJun 4, 2020, 9:06 PM
47 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(doi.org)

Covid-19 6/​4: The Eye of the Storm

ZviJun 4, 2020, 8:50 PM
33 points
7 comments6 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Vi­sual Bab­ble and Prune

DirectedEvolutionJun 4, 2020, 6:49 PM
46 points
2 comments8 min readLW link

Pantry Sta­ples for DIY

jefftkJun 4, 2020, 6:10 PM
16 points
1 comment2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Why isn’t as­sas­si­na­tion/​sab­o­tage more com­mon?

Rudi CJun 4, 2020, 6:04 PM
8 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

The Skill of Notic­ing Emotions

Neel NandaJun 4, 2020, 5:48 PM
84 points
6 comments17 min readLW link

Rus­sian x-risks newslet­ter spring 2020

avturchinJun 4, 2020, 2:27 PM
16 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

The Stopped Clock Problem

eapacheJun 4, 2020, 12:07 PM
30 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

A Prac­ti­cal Guide to Con­flict Re­s­olu­tion: Introduction

eapacheJun 4, 2020, 1:03 AM
15 points
0 comments3 min readLW link