Writ­ing Pi­ano Songs: A Journey

Logan RiggsAug 10, 2020, 9:50 PM
24 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

So­cial Dynamics

curiAug 10, 2020, 7:29 PM
7 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] UK Pre­dicted Grades

cwg1g16Aug 10, 2020, 5:36 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] What’s the ev­i­dence on fal­ling testos­teron and sperm counts in men?

Alexander Gietelink OldenzielAug 10, 2020, 8:58 AM
3 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Fore­cast­ing AI Progress: A Re­search Agenda

rossgAug 10, 2020, 1:04 AM
39 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Effect of Numpy

jefftkAug 10, 2020, 1:00 AM
9 points
10 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Fan­tasy-For­bid­ding Ex­pert Opinion

yamabikoAug 10, 2020, 12:01 AM
18 points
9 comments3 min readLW link

The Law of Least Effort Con­tributes to the Con­junc­tion Fallacy

curiAug 9, 2020, 7:38 PM
7 points
53 comments3 min readLW link

So­cial Interfaces

thoughtfulmadisonAug 9, 2020, 6:13 PM
14 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Ex­is­ten­tial Risk is a sin­gle category

Rafael HarthAug 9, 2020, 5:47 PM
31 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Can we ex­pect more value from AI al­ign­ment than from an ASI with the goal of run­ning al­ter­nate tra­jec­to­ries of our uni­verse?

Maxime RichéAug 9, 2020, 5:17 PM
2 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] 10/​50/​90% chance of GPT-N Trans­for­ma­tive AI?

human_generated_textAug 9, 2020, 12:10 AM
24 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Towards a For­mal­i­sa­tion of Log­i­cal Counterfactuals

BunthutAug 8, 2020, 10:14 PM
6 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

The Fu­sion Power Gen­er­a­tor Scenario

johnswentworthAug 8, 2020, 6:31 PM
155 points
30 comments3 min readLW link

Eval­u­at­ing Opus

jefftkAug 8, 2020, 4:40 PM
20 points
5 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] How much is known about the “in­fer­ence rules” of log­i­cal in­duc­tion?

Eigil RischelAug 8, 2020, 10:45 AM
11 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

The Man­ual Economy

eapacheAug 7, 2020, 10:29 PM
14 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

[Question] Is Wire­cut­ter still good?

Ben PaceAug 7, 2020, 9:54 PM
46 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Are Amer­i­cans Be­com­ing More De­pressed?

caleboAug 7, 2020, 3:57 PM
26 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] I’m look­ing for re­search look­ing at the in­fluence of fic­tion on chang­ing elite/​pub­lic be­hav­iors and opinions

Timothy UnderwoodAug 7, 2020, 1:49 PM
6 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are some low-in­for­ma­tion pri­ors that you find prac­ti­cally use­ful for think­ing about the world?

LinchAug 7, 2020, 4:37 AM
27 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­plor­ing Two-Level Vi­sual Mnemonic Compression

armaturesAug 6, 2020, 11:58 PM
11 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

[Question] Why is ag­ing re­search our pri­mary at­tempt at im­mor­tal­ity?

sd1Aug 6, 2020, 11:47 PM
1 point
2 comments1 min readLW link

Sun­day Au­gust 9, 1pm (PDT) — talks by eli­tyre, ja­cob­ja­cob, Ruby

Aug 6, 2020, 10:50 PM
31 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

An­a­lyz­ing the Prob­lem GPT-3 is Try­ing to Solve

adamShimiAug 6, 2020, 9:58 PM
16 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

Asch Con­for­mity Could Ex­plain the Con­junc­tion Fallacy

curiAug 6, 2020, 9:46 PM
7 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

Covid 8/​6: The Case of the Miss­ing Data

ZviAug 6, 2020, 9:40 PM
43 points
3 comments15 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Pro­cras­ti­na­tion Para­doxes: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

scasperAug 6, 2020, 7:47 PM
21 points
4 comments10 min readLW link

Mar­ket norms and So­cial norms

TruetoThisAug 6, 2020, 6:27 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How do you or­ganise your read­ing?

brookAug 6, 2020, 2:54 PM
20 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Open & Wel­come Thread—Au­gust 2020

habrykaAug 6, 2020, 6:16 AM
13 points
101 comments1 min readLW link

Zen and Ra­tion­al­ity: Don’t Know Mind

Gordon Seidoh WorleyAug 6, 2020, 4:33 AM
25 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

The Iso­la­tion As­sump­tion of Ex­pected Utility Maximization

Pedro OliboniAug 6, 2020, 4:05 AM
7 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

[Question] Ti­tan (the Wealth­front of ac­tive stock pick­ing) - What’s the catch?

LironAug 6, 2020, 1:06 AM
10 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What should an Ein­stein-like figure in Ma­chine Learn­ing do?

RaziedAug 5, 2020, 11:52 PM
7 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Di­a­gram­ming “Re­plac­ing Guilt,” Part 1

armaturesAug 5, 2020, 11:36 PM
34 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

Mea­sur­ing hard­ware overhang

hippkeAug 5, 2020, 7:59 PM
116 points
14 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Which COVID-19 serol­ogy (an­ti­body) test is best?

kniteAug 5, 2020, 6:54 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[AN #111]: The Cir­cuits hy­pothe­ses for deep learning

Rohin ShahAug 5, 2020, 5:40 PM
23 points
0 comments9 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

[Question] Can So­cial Dy­nam­ics Ex­plain Con­junc­tion Fal­lacy Ex­per­i­men­tal Re­sults?

curiAug 5, 2020, 8:50 AM
8 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Tools for keep­ing focused

benkuhnAug 5, 2020, 2:10 AM
130 points
26 comments4 min readLW link
(www.benkuhn.net)

The Golden Age of Data

CollisteruAug 4, 2020, 9:35 PM
5 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

My pa­per was sig­nal­ling the whole time—Robin Han­son wins again

Tim LiptrotAug 4, 2020, 9:13 PM
49 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

Bos­ton/​Cam­bridge LW Han­gout, Sun­day 8/​16/​20

ItsGiustoAug 4, 2020, 8:43 PM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

In­finite Data/​Com­pute Ar­gu­ments in Alignment

johnswentworthAug 4, 2020, 8:21 PM
50 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Prop­erty as Co­or­di­na­tion Minimization

VaniverAug 4, 2020, 7:24 PM
38 points
35 comments4 min readLW link

In­ter­pretabil­ity in ML: A Broad Overview

lifelonglearnerAug 4, 2020, 7:03 PM
53 points
5 comments15 min readLW link

Bu­dapest Meetup on Mar­git Sziget

Timothy UnderwoodAug 4, 2020, 12:29 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

RT-LAMP is the right way to scale di­ag­nos­tic test­ing for the coronavirus

KevinAug 4, 2020, 10:05 AM
35 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

A sketch of ‘Si­mu­lacra Levels and their In­ter­ac­tions’

Yoav RavidAug 4, 2020, 9:13 AM
44 points
2 comments1 min readLW link