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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 link 1 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

A History Of Universalist Greed

namespaceJun 4, 2020, 12:22 AM

56 points

0 comments29 min readLW link

(www.thelastrationalist.com)

[Question] Is a near-term, self-sustaining Mars colony impossible?

ESRogsJun 3, 2020, 10:43 PM

13 points

17 comments1 min readLW link

Status-Regulating Emotions

lsusrJun 3, 2020, 10:32 PM

42 points

10 comments2 min readLW link

Focus: you are allowed to be bad at accomplishing your goals

adamShimiJun 3, 2020, 9:04 PM

19 points

17 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Effective children education

kotrfaJun 3, 2020, 8:35 PM

49 points

31 comments2 min readLW link

Spoiler-Free Review: CrossCells

ZviJun 3, 2020, 6:30 PM

8 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[AN #102]: Meta learning by GPT-3, and a list of full proposals for AI alignment

Rohin ShahJun 3, 2020, 5:20 PM

38 points

6 comments10 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)