BBE W1: HMCM and Note­tak­ing Systems

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

Self-Pre­dict­ing Markets

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

Types of Knowledge

ElizabethJun 20, 2020, 5:20 PM
25 points
11 comments2 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Se­cond Wave?

jefftkJun 14, 2020, 2:00 PM
25 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Me­di­a­tors of History

johnswentworthJun 27, 2020, 7:55 PM
25 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

[AN #105]: The eco­nomic tra­jec­tory of hu­man­ity, and what we might mean by optimization

Rohin ShahJun 24, 2020, 5:30 PM
24 points
3 comments11 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Fight the Power

Jacob FalkovichJun 22, 2020, 2:19 AM
23 points
3 comments7 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

Ide­ol­ogy/​nar­ra­tive sta­bi­lizes path-de­pen­dent equilibria

Eli TyreJun 11, 2020, 2:50 AM
22 points
5 comments5 min readLW link

Public Po­si­tions and Pri­vate Guts

Jun 26, 2020, 11:00 PM
22 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

Models, myths, dreams, and Cheshire cat grins

Stuart_ArmstrongJun 24, 2020, 10:50 AM
21 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

Per­sonal ex­pe­rience of coffee as nootropic

ryan wongJun 23, 2020, 12:00 PM
21 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What do drafts look like?

SarahNibsJun 15, 2020, 4:02 PM
21 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What is meant by Si­mul­cra Levels?

Chris_LeongJun 17, 2020, 2:20 AM
21 points
17 comments1 min readLW link1 review

Re­search snap-shot: ques­tion about Global Workspace Theory

HazardJun 15, 2020, 9:00 PM
21 points
12 comments7 min readLW link

High-School Alge­bra for Data Structures

johnswentworthJun 17, 2020, 6:09 PM
21 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Build a Bet­ter Exo­brain: Week 0 Overview

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

[Question] If AI is based on GPT, how to en­sure its safety?

avturchinJun 18, 2020, 8:33 PM
20 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

2020 LessWrong De­mo­graph­ics Survey

B JacobsJun 11, 2020, 8:05 PM
20 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Pre­view On Hover

jefftkJun 24, 2020, 10:20 PM
20 points
22 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

GPT-3: A Summary

leogaoJun 2, 2020, 6:14 PM
20 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(leogao.dev)

[Question] List of pub­lic pre­dic­tions of what GPT-X can or can’t do?

Daniel KokotajloJun 14, 2020, 2:25 PM
20 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is there some­thing like a “meta-en­cy­clo­pe­dia”?

PabloJun 11, 2020, 12:16 PM
19 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Does NYT have poli­cies?

Douglas_KnightJun 24, 2020, 4:06 AM
19 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Good and bad ways to think about down­side risks

Jun 11, 2020, 1:38 AM
19 points
12 comments11 min readLW link

Quick Look #1 Dio­phan­tus of Alexandria

SebastianG Jun 24, 2020, 7:12 PM
19 points
0 comments2 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)

Set image di­men­sions us­ing markdown

Alex FlintJun 17, 2020, 12:37 PM
19 points
3 comments1 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

[AN #104]: The per­ils of in­ac­cessible in­for­ma­tion, and what we can learn about AI al­ign­ment from COVID

Rohin ShahJun 18, 2020, 5:10 PM
19 points
5 comments8 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Open & Wel­come Thread—June 2020

habrykaJun 2, 2020, 6:19 PM
19 points
101 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are some good pub­lic con­tri­bu­tion op­por­tu­ni­ties? (100$ bounty)

GurkenglasJun 18, 2020, 2:47 PM
18 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

GAN Discrim­i­na­tors Don’t Gen­er­al­ize?

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

Gary Mar­cus vs Cor­ti­cal Uniformity

Steven ByrnesJun 28, 2020, 6:18 PM
18 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] What is Ra?

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

Black Death at the Golden Gate (book re­view)

PeterMcCluskeyJun 26, 2020, 4:09 PM
17 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(www.bayesianinvestor.com)

Coron­avirus and Rents

jefftkJun 20, 2020, 4:20 PM
17 points
3 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

BBE W1: Per­sonal Note­tak­ing Desider­ata Walkthrough

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

Thoughts as open tabs

ryan wongJun 29, 2020, 12:13 PM
17 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

Self-help, hard and soft

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

Pantry Sta­ples for DIY

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

Rus­sian x-risks newslet­ter spring 2020

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

More on dis­am­biguat­ing “dis­con­ti­nu­ity”

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

Lo­cal­ity of goals

adamShimiJun 22, 2020, 9:56 PM
16 points
8 comments6 min readLW link

On­line Cu­rated LessWrong Talks

Ben PaceJun 19, 2020, 2:16 AM
16 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Prag­ma­tism and Completeness

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJun 12, 2020, 4:34 PM
16 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Don’t pun­ish your­self for bad luck

SherrinfordJun 24, 2020, 9:52 PM
16 points
9 comments3 min readLW link

A Prac­ti­cal Guide to Con­flict Re­s­olu­tion: Attitude

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

How do take­off speeds af­fect the prob­a­bil­ity of bad out­comes from AGI?

KRJun 29, 2020, 10:06 PM
15 points
2 comments8 min readLW link