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[Question]
What do drafts look like?
SarahNibs
Jun 15, 2020, 4:02 PM
21
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
If the reproduction number is socially “controlled” to its inflection point 1, what are the ethical and predictive implications?
Tim Liptrot
Jun 15, 2020, 4:01 PM
1
point
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Simulacra Levels and their Interactions
Zvi
Jun 15, 2020, 1:10 PM
202
points
51
comments
17
min read
LW
link
1
review
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Achieving AI alignment through deliberate uncertainty in multiagent systems
Florian Dietz
Jun 15, 2020, 12:19 PM
3
points
10
comments
7
min read
LW
link
The Economic Consequences of Noise Traders
FactorialCode
Jun 14, 2020, 5:14 PM
45
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.nber.org)
How alienated should you be?
Vaniver
Jun 14, 2020, 3:55 PM
35
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
List of public predictions of what GPT-X can or can’t do?
Daniel Kokotajlo
Jun 14, 2020, 2:25 PM
20
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Second Wave?
jefftk
Jun 14, 2020, 2:00 PM
25
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
[Question]
What are some Civilizational Sanity Interventions?
Eli Tyre
Jun 14, 2020, 1:38 AM
34
points
27
comments
4
min read
LW
link
You Can Do Futarchy Yourself
Tetraspace
Jun 14, 2020, 12:16 AM
60
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Preparing for “The Talk” with AI projects
Daniel Kokotajlo
Jun 13, 2020, 11:01 PM
64
points
16
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Coronavirus as a test-run for X-risks
Sammy Martin
Jun 13, 2020, 9:00 PM
71
points
11
comments
18
min read
LW
link
Testing Hanson’s hypothesis about the uselessness of health care.
JoshuaFox
Jun 13, 2020, 6:34 PM
28
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
A Practical Guide to Conflict Resolution: Comprehension
eapache
Jun 13, 2020, 3:08 PM
30
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How do you find good content on Youtube?
Rudi C
Jun 13, 2020, 12:29 PM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Reminder: Blog Post Day III today
Daniel Kokotajlo
Jun 13, 2020, 10:28 AM
14
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Intuitive Lagrangian Mechanics
lsusr
Jun 13, 2020, 9:19 AM
27
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.lsusr.com)
Thomas Kwa’s Bounty List
Thomas Kwa
Jun 13, 2020, 12:03 AM
12
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Short essays on various things I’ve watched
philh
Jun 12, 2020, 10:50 PM
9
points
6
comments
12
min read
LW
link
(reasonableapproximation.net)
[Link] “Will He Go?” book review (Scott Aaronson)
ioannes
Jun 12, 2020, 10:16 PM
15
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why do all out attacks actually work?
lc
Jun 12, 2020, 8:33 PM
44
points
9
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
For moderately well-resourced people in the US, how quickly will things go from “uncomfortable” to “too late to exit”?
Dagon
Jun 12, 2020, 4:59 PM
76
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Pragmatism and Completeness
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Jun 12, 2020, 4:34 PM
16
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Down with Solomonoff Induction, up with the Presumptuous Philosopher
Charlie Steiner
Jun 12, 2020, 9:44 AM
13
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
An online prediction market with reputation points
kickboxer
Jun 12, 2020, 9:29 AM
11
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What gripes do you have with Mustachianism?
Adam Zerner
Jun 11, 2020, 11:42 PM
12
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Turns Out Interruptions Are Bad, Who Knew?
Elizabeth
Jun 11, 2020, 11:10 PM
74
points
15
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(acesounderglass.com)
Covid-19 6/11: Bracing For a Second Wave
Zvi
Jun 11, 2020, 9:30 PM
61
points
6
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
2020 LessWrong Demographics Survey
B Jacobs
Jun 11, 2020, 8:05 PM
20
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cartesian Boundary as Abstraction Boundary
johnswentworth
Jun 11, 2020, 5:38 PM
35
points
3
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Two Kinds of Mistake Theorists
DirectedEvolution
Jun 11, 2020, 2:49 PM
8
points
7
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is there something like a “meta-encyclopedia”?
Pablo
Jun 11, 2020, 12:16 PM
19
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Does equanimity prevent negative utility?
Chris_Leong
Jun 11, 2020, 7:00 AM
14
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Ideology/narrative stabilizes path-dependent equilibria
Eli Tyre
Jun 11, 2020, 2:50 AM
22
points
5
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Good and bad ways to think about downside risks
MichaelA
and
JustinShovelain
Jun 11, 2020, 1:38 AM
19
points
12
comments
11
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Karma fluctuations?
eapache
Jun 11, 2020, 12:33 AM
7
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Keep: Move checked items to bottom
jefftk
Jun 11, 2020, 12:30 AM
10
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Self-Predicting Markets
eapache
Jun 10, 2020, 10:39 PM
26
points
19
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Can Covid-19 spread by surface transmission?
Raemon
Jun 10, 2020, 10:09 PM
65
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[AN #103]: ARCHES: an agenda for existential safety, and combining natural language with deep RL
Rohin Shah
Jun 10, 2020, 5:20 PM
29
points
0
comments
10
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
[Question]
Maximizing impact at startup with high EA potential?
knite
Jun 10, 2020, 6:25 AM
8
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What past highly-upvoted posts are overrated today?
Thomas Kwa
Jun 9, 2020, 9:25 PM
14
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
BBE W1: HMCM and Notetaking Systems
Spiracular
Jun 9, 2020, 7:20 PM
26
points
7
comments
5
min read
LW
link
BBE W1: Personal Notetaking Desiderata Walkthrough
Spiracular
9 Jun 2020 19:19 UTC
17
points
5
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Build a Better Exobrain: Week 0 Overview
Spiracular
9 Jun 2020 19:09 UTC
20
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Public Static: What is Abstraction?
johnswentworth
9 Jun 2020 18:36 UTC
97
points
18
comments
11
min read
LW
link
More on disambiguating “discontinuity”
Aryeh Englander
9 Jun 2020 15:16 UTC
16
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Are there good ways to find expert reviews of popular science books?
Kaj_Sotala
9 Jun 2020 14:54 UTC
22
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Practical Guide to Conflict Resolution: Communication
eapache
9 Jun 2020 1:04 UTC
12
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Goal-directedness is behavioral, not structural
adamShimi
8 Jun 2020 23:05 UTC
6
points
12
comments
3
min read
LW
link
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