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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

Notes about psychopharmacology

kseniaMay 23, 2020, 7:31 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(n2t.net)

Mazes Se­quence Summary

ZviMay 23, 2020, 4:40 PM
81 points
2 comments7 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Evolu­tion is sam­pling error

willbradshawMay 23, 2020, 4:21 PM
37 points
2 comments6 min readLW link
(apomorphic.com)

How can In­ter­pretabil­ity help Align­ment?

RobertKirk and Tomáš Gavenčiak
May 23, 2020, 4:16 PM
37 points
3 comments9 min readLW link

In Search of Slack

Martin SustrikMay 23, 2020, 11:20 AM
47 points
3 comments6 min readLW link
(250bpm.com)

[Question] Is tak­ing ba­copa good for life ex­ten­sion?

Mati_RoyMay 23, 2020, 8:54 AM
8 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

AGIs as collectives

Richard_NgoMay 22, 2020, 8:36 PM
24 points
23 comments4 min readLW link

High­lights of Com­par­a­tive and Evolu­tion­ary Aging

johnswentworthMay 22, 2020, 5:01 PM
56 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

The Oil Cri­sis of 1973

ElizabethMay 22, 2020, 3:50 PM
79 points
10 comments3 min readLW link1 review
(acesounderglass.com)

Post-crash mar­ket effi­ciency 1696-2020

bfinnMay 22, 2020, 2:13 PM
22 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Help wanted: Im­prov­ing COVID-19 con­tact-trac­ing by es­ti­mat­ing res­pi­ra­tory droplets

Steven ByrnesMay 22, 2020, 2:05 PM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(github.com)

Get It Done Now

ZviMay 22, 2020, 12:20 PM
57 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

From self to crav­ing (three char­ac­ter­is­tics se­ries)

Kaj_SotalaMay 22, 2020, 12:16 PM
63 points
21 comments11 min readLW link

[Question] Pre­dic­tions/​ques­tions about con­quis­ta­dors?

Daniel KokotajloMay 22, 2020, 11:43 AM
7 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Wikipe­dia Edit War Update

jefftkMay 22, 2020, 11:30 AM
55 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] What as­pects of the world emo­tion­ally both­ers you on an im­me­di­ate per­sonal level on a daily ba­sis?

Mati_RoyMay 22, 2020, 6:27 AM
8 points
16 commentsLW link

The Devil You Know

SlimepriestessMay 21, 2020, 9:50 PM
5 points
1 comment3 min readLW link
(hivewired.wordpress.com)

Reflec­tive Complaints

RaemonMay 21, 2020, 9:11 PM
37 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are ob­jects that have made your life bet­ter?

Mark XuMay 21, 2020, 8:59 PM
30 points
54 comments1 min readLW link

Wrap­ping and Centering

jefftkMay 21, 2020, 2:30 PM
11 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] How does pub­lish­ing a pa­per work?

LironMay 21, 2020, 12:14 PM
42 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Com­par­ing re­ward learn­ing/​re­ward tam­per­ing formalisms

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 21, 2020, 12:03 PM
9 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Orthogonality

lsusrMay 21, 2020, 3:17 AM
21 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What was your rea­son­ing for de­cid­ing to have ‘your own’/​ nat­u­ral-birthed chil­dren?

R LMay 21, 2020, 1:30 AM
2 points
3 commentsLW link

[Question] If bac­te­ria gave us a tool for bio en­g­ineer­ing, have viruses given us a de­liv­ery mechanism?

jmhMay 20, 2020, 10:31 PM
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is there a way to repli­cate pho­to­syn­the­sis ar­tifi­cially?

basu_enterpriseMay 20, 2020, 7:45 PM
−2 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Com­ment on “En­doge­nous Epistemic Fac­tion­al­iza­tion”

Zack_M_DavisMay 20, 2020, 6:04 PM
158 points
8 comments7 min readLW link

[AN #100]: What might go wrong if you learn a re­ward func­tion while acting

Rohin ShahMay 20, 2020, 5:30 PM
33 points
2 comments12 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Prob­a­bil­ities, weights, sums: pretty much the same for re­ward functions

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 20, 2020, 3:19 PM
11 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Race for the Galaxy: 9 Choose 6

jefftkMay 20, 2020, 12:10 PM
12 points
3 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Meta] Three small sug­ges­tions for the LW-website

B JacobsMay 20, 2020, 11:18 AM
9 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Source code size vs learned model size in ML and in hu­mans?

riceissaMay 20, 2020, 8:47 AM
11 points
6 comments1 min readLW link