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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

[Question] What are your thoughts on rational wiki

snog toddgrassJul 6, 2020, 7:10 PM

9 points

20 comments1 min readLW link

AI Benefits Post 3: Direct and Indirect Approaches to AI Benefits

CullenJul 6, 2020, 6:48 PM

8 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] (answered: yes) Has anyone written up a consideration of Downs’s “Paradox of Voting” from the perspective of MIRI-ish decision theories (UDT, FDT, or even just EDT)?

Jameson QuinnJul 6, 2020, 6:26 PM

10 points

24 comments1 min readLW link

Quantifying Household Transmission of COVID-19

Owain_EvansJul 6, 2020, 11:19 AM

35 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

What should we do about network-effect monopolies?

benkuhnJul 6, 2020, 12:40 AM

51 points

17 comments1 min readLW link

(www.benkuhn.net)

The Echo Fallacy

Mati_RoyJul 5, 2020, 11:00 PM

11 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Better priors as a safety problem

paulfchristianoJul 5, 2020, 9:20 PM

66 points

7 comments5 min readLW link

(ai-alignment.com)

Learning the prior

paulfchristianoJul 5, 2020, 9:00 PM

92 points

28 comments8 min readLW link

(ai-alignment.com)

[Question] How far is AGI?

Roko JelavićJul 5, 2020, 5:58 PM

6 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How do you visualize the Poisson PDF?

Rudi CJul 5, 2020, 3:54 PM

6 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

July 5: Anders Sandberg on Information Hazards (SSC Online Meetup)

JoshuaFoxJul 5, 2020, 8:46 AM

9 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Could Nixon going to China be a cause for the big stagnation?

ChristianKlJul 5, 2020, 6:58 AM

16 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How to Get Off the Hedonic Treadmill?

simbadJul 5, 2020, 5:23 AM

2 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Spoiler-Free Review: Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (plus a Spoilerific section)

ZviJul 4, 2020, 11:10 PM

14 points

2 comments17 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Classifying games like the Prisoner’s Dilemma

philhJul 4, 2020, 5:10 PM

111 points

28 comments6 min readLW link 1 review

(reasonableapproximation.net)

Causality and its harms

George3d6Jul 4, 2020, 2:42 PM

16 points

19 comments11 min readLW link

(blog.cerebralab.com)

Tradeoff between desirable properties for baseline choices in impact measures

VikaJul 4, 2020, 11:56 AM

37 points

24 comments5 min readLW link

AI-Feynman as a benchmark for what we should be aiming for

Faustus2Jul 4, 2020, 9:24 AM

8 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

[Question] Replicated cognitive bias list?

moderockJul 4, 2020, 4:15 AM

12 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Let There be Sound: A Fristonian Meditation on Creativity

jollybardJul 4, 2020, 3:33 AM

3 points

2 comments LW link

(jollybard.wordpress.com)

The silence is deafening – Devon Zuegel

Ben PaceJul 4, 2020, 2:30 AM

27 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

(devonzuegel.com)

Site Redesign Feedback Requested

RaemonJul 3, 2020, 10:28 PM

46 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

AI Unsafety via Non-Zero-Sum Debate

VojtaKovarikJul 3, 2020, 10:03 PM

25 points

10 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] If someone you loved was experiencing unremitting suffering (related to a constellation of multi-dimensional factors and processes, those of which include anomalous states of consciousness and an iatrogenic mental health system), what would you think and what would you do?

Sara CJul 3, 2020, 9:02 PM

20 points

6 comments4 min readLW link

[Crowdfunding] LessWrong podcast

Mati_RoyJul 3, 2020, 8:59 PM

9 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

High Stock Prices Make Sense Right Now

johnswentworthJul 3, 2020, 8:16 PM

83 points

27 comments4 min readLW link

Splitting Debate up into Two Subsystems

NandiJul 3, 2020, 8:11 PM

13 points

5 comments4 min readLW link

Research ideas to study humans with AI Safety in mind

Riccardo VolpatoJul 3, 2020, 4:01 PM

23 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

Poly Domestic Partnerships

jefftkJul 3, 2020, 2:10 PM

18 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

The Book of HPMOR Fanfics

Mati_RoyJul 3, 2020, 1:32 PM

41 points

18 comments1 min readLW link

Open & Welcome Thread—July 2020

habrykaJul 2, 2020, 10:41 PM

15 points

80 comments1 min readLW link

The allegory of the hospital

Sunny from QADJul 2, 2020, 9:46 PM

5 points

20 comments2 min readLW link

(questionsanddaylight.com)

Covid 7/2: It Could Be Worse

ZviJul 2, 2020, 8:20 PM

85 points

13 comments16 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] How to decide to get a nosejob or not?

snog toddgrassJul 2, 2020, 5:54 PM

3 points

9 comments1 min readLW link