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[Question]
How should AI debate be judged?
abramdemski
Jul 15, 2020, 10:20 PM
49
points
26
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Automatically Turning Off Computer at Night
Raemon
Jul 15, 2020, 8:42 PM
19
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Public Figures Contracting COVID-19 as Positive Event
mc
Jul 15, 2020, 7:56 PM
−11
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Divergence causes isolated demands for rigor
George3d6
Jul 15, 2020, 6:59 PM
14
points
4
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(blog.cerebralab.com)
[Question]
What do we now know about long-term consequences of a COVID-19 infection?
ChristianKl
Jul 15, 2020, 2:42 PM
14
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
New paper: AGI Agent Safety by Iteratively Improving the Utility Function
Koen.Holtman
Jul 15, 2020, 2:05 PM
21
points
2
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Education 2.0 — A brand new education system
aryan
Jul 15, 2020, 10:09 AM
−8
points
3
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Classification of AI alignment research: deconfusion, “good enough” non-superintelligent AI alignment, superintelligent AI alignment
philip_b
Jul 14, 2020, 10:48 PM
35
points
25
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Mazes and Duality
johnswentworth
and
Bird Concept
Jul 14, 2020, 7:54 PM
62
points
10
comments
6
min read
LW
link
The Goldbach conjecture is probably correct; so was Fermat’s last theorem
Stuart_Armstrong
Jul 14, 2020, 7:30 PM
82
points
28
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Dremeling
Czynski
Jul 14, 2020, 7:23 PM
64
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Calibration Practice: Retrodictions on Metaculus
Raemon
Jul 14, 2020, 6:35 PM
34
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AI Benefits Post 4: Outstanding Questions on Selecting Benefits
Cullen
Jul 14, 2020, 5:26 PM
4
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Rationality Vienna Meetup July 2020
Laszlo_Treszkai
Jul 14, 2020, 1:06 PM
2
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Limits of Current US Prediction Markets (PredictIt Case Study)
aphyer
Jul 14, 2020, 7:24 AM
210
points
50
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Algorithmic Intent: A Hansonian Generalized Anti-Zombie Principle
Zack_M_Davis
Jul 14, 2020, 6:03 AM
51
points
20
comments
12
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are the mostly likely ways AGI will emerge?
Craig Quiter
Jul 14, 2020, 12:58 AM
3
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How to persuade people/groups out of sunk cost fallacy?
vernamcipher
Jul 13, 2020, 10:51 PM
3
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Life Through Quantum Annealing: How a quantum computing technique could shape existence
ChrisM
Jul 13, 2020, 10:48 PM
2
points
1
comment
16
min read
LW
link
[Question]
3-P Group optimal for discussion?
AiresJL
Jul 13, 2020, 10:23 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Book Review: Fooled by Randomness
Sherrinford
Jul 13, 2020, 9:02 PM
34
points
10
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Roll for Sanity
eapache
Jul 13, 2020, 4:39 PM
16
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Null-boxing Newcomb’s Problem
Yitz
Jul 13, 2020, 4:32 PM
33
points
9
comments
4
min read
LW
link
2020 LessWrong Demographics Survey Results
B Jacobs
Jul 13, 2020, 1:53 PM
18
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What You Are
Jarred Filmer
Jul 13, 2020, 11:35 AM
2
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Update more slowly!
Davidmanheim
Jul 13, 2020, 7:10 AM
51
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
In praise of contributing examples, analogies and lingo
Adam Zerner
Jul 13, 2020, 6:43 AM
37
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Six economics misconceptions of mine which I’ve resolved over the last few years
Buck
Jul 13, 2020, 3:01 AM
196
points
59
comments
9
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What is the current state of knowledge around COVID-19 at-home remedies?
Dorikka
Jul 12, 2020, 10:50 PM
10
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What counts as defection?
TurnTrout
Jul 12, 2020, 10:03 PM
81
points
21
comments
5
min read
LW
link
1
review
Possible new pneumonia in Kazahkstan (July 2020)
Jay
Jul 12, 2020, 8:41 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
School Has It Backwards
proshowersinger
Jul 12, 2020, 7:24 PM
33
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What is the current process for increases testing?
jmh
Jul 12, 2020, 5:21 PM
5
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Budapest meetup Margit Sziget, 7/19 2pm
Timothy Underwood
Jul 12, 2020, 2:07 PM
3
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Science eats its young
George3d6
Jul 12, 2020, 12:32 PM
14
points
13
comments
10
min read
LW
link
(cerebralab.com)
Gödel Incompleteness: For Dummies
jollybard
Jul 12, 2020, 9:13 AM
9
points
6
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Covid-19: Analysis of Mortality Data
Zvi
Jul 11, 2020, 9:30 PM
32
points
12
comments
12
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
[Question]
How well can the GPT architecture solve the parity task?
FactorialCode
Jul 11, 2020, 7:02 PM
19
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Canonical forms
sen
Jul 11, 2020, 6:53 PM
8
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(www.fimfiction.net)
Lurking More Before Joining Complex Conversations
Raemon
Jul 11, 2020, 5:11 PM
42
points
11
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meta Programming GPT: A route to Superintelligence?
dmtea
Jul 11, 2020, 2:51 PM
10
points
7
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Hierarchy of Evidence
B Jacobs
Jul 11, 2020, 12:54 PM
7
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Maximal Ventilation
jefftk
Jul 11, 2020, 1:20 AM
31
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Mod Note: Tagging Activity is Not Private
Ruby
Jul 11, 2020, 12:56 AM
31
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cost/Benefit analysis of School Closures in the US
anna.becca.g@gmail.com
Jul 10, 2020, 11:35 PM
9
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Your Prioritization is Underspecified
romeostevensit
Jul 10, 2020, 8:48 PM
85
points
13
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Was a PhD necessary to solve outstanding math problems?
DirectedEvolution
Jul 10, 2020, 6:43 PM
22
points
27
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Talk: Key Issues In Near-Term AI Safety Research
Aryeh Englander
Jul 10, 2020, 6:36 PM
22
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
When is evolutionary psychology useful?
snog toddgrass
Jul 10, 2020, 6:22 PM
3
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A space of proposals for building safe advanced AI
Richard_Ngo
Jul 10, 2020, 4:58 PM
55
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
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