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Cost/Benefit analysis of School Closures in the US

anna.becca.g@gmail.comJul 10, 2020, 11:35 PM

9 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

Your Prioritization is Underspecified

romeostevensitJul 10, 2020, 8:48 PM

85 points

13 comments5 min readLW link

Was a PhD necessary to solve outstanding math problems?

DirectedEvolutionJul 10, 2020, 6:43 PM

22 points

27 comments3 min readLW link

Talk: Key Issues In Near-Term AI Safety Research

Aryeh EnglanderJul 10, 2020, 6:36 PM

22 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] When is evolutionary psychology useful?

snog toddgrassJul 10, 2020, 6:22 PM

3 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

A space of proposals for building safe advanced AI

Richard_NgoJul 10, 2020, 4:58 PM

55 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Should I take an IQ test, why or why not?

snog toddgrassJul 10, 2020, 4:52 PM

2 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

Mesa-Optimizers vs “Steered Optimizers”

Steven ByrnesJul 10, 2020, 4:49 PM

45 points

7 comments8 min readLW link

Born as the seventh month dies …

Rudi CJul 10, 2020, 3:07 PM

6 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

Frankenstein Delenda Est

eapacheJul 10, 2020, 2:38 PM

11 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Decolonizing Evidence-Based Decision-Making

Ian David MossJul 10, 2020, 2:30 PM

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(medium.com)

Was a terminal degree necessary for inventing Boyle’s desiderata?

DirectedEvolutionJul 10, 2020, 4:47 AM

35 points

18 comments5 min readLW link

As Few As Possible

DeciusJul 10, 2020, 4:37 AM

1 point

13 comments2 min readLW link

Kelly Bet on Everything

Jacob FalkovichJul 10, 2020, 2:48 AM

101 points

20 comments5 min readLW link 2 reviews

[Question] How far along are you on the Lesswrong Path?

AiresJLJul 9, 2020, 9:41 PM

10 points

15 comments4 min readLW link

Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley’s War Against the Media

PointlessOneJul 9, 2020, 7:20 PM

6 points

2 comments LW link

(www.newyorker.com)

Why is the impact penalty time-inconsistent?

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 9, 2020, 5:26 PM

16 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Featured Tags: July 2020

RubyJul 9, 2020, 5:00 PM

16 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Arguments against myopic training

Richard_NgoJul 9, 2020, 4:07 PM

62 points

39 comments12 min readLW link

Covid 7/9: Lies, Damn Lies and Death Rates

ZviJul 9, 2020, 1:40 PM

56 points

13 comments15 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] [Resource Request] What are good resources for best practice for creating bureaucracy?

ChristianKlJul 9, 2020, 12:05 PM

11 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Why does “deep abstraction” lose it’s usefulness in the far past and future?

Garrett BakerJul 9, 2020, 7:12 AM

1 point

1 comment1 min readLW link

The New Frontpage Design & Opening Tag Creation!

habrykaJul 9, 2020, 4:37 AM

52 points

25 comments3 min readLW link

AI Research Considerations for Human Existential Safety (ARCHES)

habrykaJul 9, 2020, 2:49 AM

60 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

Survival in the immoral maze of college

DirectedEvolutionJul 8, 2020, 9:27 PM

40 points

15 comments6 min readLW link

What does it mean to apply decision theory?

abramdemskiJul 8, 2020, 8:31 PM

54 points

6 comments8 min readLW link

Nicotinamide riboside vs. SARS-coV-2 update

William WalkerJul 8, 2020, 7:50 PM

10 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] How “honest” is GPT-3?

abramdemskiJul 8, 2020, 7:38 PM

72 points

18 comments5 min readLW link

UML IV: Linear Predictors

Rafael HarthJul 8, 2020, 7:06 PM

15 points

0 comments9 min readLW link

Something about the Pinker Cancellation seems Suspicious

Virgil KurkjianJul 8, 2020, 6:08 PM

9 points

34 comments5 min readLW link

Anti-epistemology: an explanation

Basil MarteJul 8, 2020, 4:34 PM

3 points

12 comments3 min readLW link

Partially Stepping Down Isolation

jefftkJul 8, 2020, 11:40 AM

18 points

10 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Learning flirting with an acting coach—thoughts?

snog toddgrassJul 8, 2020, 4:34 AM

−1 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What problem would you like to see Reinforcement Learning applied to?

Julian SchrittwieserJul 8, 2020, 2:40 AM

43 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Sunday July 12 — talks by Scott Garrabrant, Alexflint, alexei, Stuart_Armstrong

Bird Concept and Ben Pace

Jul 8, 2020, 12:27 AM

19 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Was SARS-CoV-2 actually present in March 2019 wastewater samples?

Jeffrey LadishJul 7, 2020, 11:08 PM

4 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

[Question] Does 3-2-1 Voting work using a six point scale?

TGetschmanJul 7, 2020, 9:06 PM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Antitrust-Compliant AI Industry Self-Regulation

CullenJul 7, 2020, 8:53 PM

9 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(cullenokeefe.com)

Models of Value of Learning

johnswentworthJul 7, 2020, 7:08 PM

24 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

Breaking Questions Down

ElizabethJul 7, 2020, 6:10 PM

31 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

[Question] What are the risks of permanent injury from COVID?

Daniel KokotajloJul 7, 2020, 4:30 PM

41 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

The Equation of Knowledge

Lê Nguyên HoangJul 7, 2020, 4:09 PM

58 points

3 comments7 min readLW link

Translate music intonation into words using color semantics (as a means of communication)

Alexey SmirnovJul 7, 2020, 3:26 PM

3 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

Spoiler-Free Review: Horizon Zero Dawn

ZviJul 7, 2020, 1:20 PM

10 points

1 comment7 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Dynamic inconsistency of the inaction and initial state baseline

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 7, 2020, 12:02 PM

30 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] [Reference request] Can Love be Explained?

Alexander Gietelink OldenzielJul 7, 2020, 10:09 AM

5 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What is the scientific status of ‘Muscle Memory’?

Alexander Gietelink OldenzielJul 7, 2020, 9:57 AM

2 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] When a status symbol loses its plausible deniability, how much power does it lose?

Mati_RoyJul 7, 2020, 12:48 AM

5 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

DARPA Digital Tutor: Four Months to Total Technical Expertise?

SebastianG Jul 6, 2020, 11:34 PM

220 points

22 comments7 min readLW link

Short (2.5 min) intro to Effective Altruism for busy people

dominicqJul 6, 2020, 7:53 PM

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link