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The Law of Least Effort Contributes to the Conjunction Fallacy
curi
Aug 9, 2020, 7:38 PM
7
points
53
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Social Interfaces
thoughtfulmadison
Aug 9, 2020, 6:13 PM
14
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Existential Risk is a single category
Rafael Harth
Aug 9, 2020, 5:47 PM
31
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
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 Riché
Aug 9, 2020, 5:17 PM
2
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
10/50/90% chance of GPT-N Transformative AI?
human_generated_text
Aug 9, 2020, 12:10 AM
24
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Towards a Formalisation of Logical Counterfactuals
Bunthut
Aug 8, 2020, 10:14 PM
6
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Fusion Power Generator Scenario
johnswentworth
Aug 8, 2020, 6:31 PM
155
points
30
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Evaluating Opus
jefftk
Aug 8, 2020, 4:40 PM
20
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
[Question]
How much is known about the “inference rules” of logical induction?
Eigil Rischel
Aug 8, 2020, 10:45 AM
11
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Manual Economy
eapache
Aug 7, 2020, 10:29 PM
14
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is Wirecutter still good?
Ben Pace
Aug 7, 2020, 9:54 PM
46
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Are Americans Becoming More Depressed?
calebo
Aug 7, 2020, 3:57 PM
26
points
3
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
I’m looking for research looking at the influence of fiction on changing elite/public behaviors and opinions
Timothy Underwood
Aug 7, 2020, 1:49 PM
6
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are some low-information priors that you find practically useful for thinking about the world?
Linch
Aug 7, 2020, 4:37 AM
27
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Exploring Two-Level Visual Mnemonic Compression
armatures
Aug 6, 2020, 11:58 PM
11
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Why is aging research our primary attempt at immortality?
sd1
Aug 6, 2020, 11:47 PM
1
point
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Sunday August 9, 1pm (PDT) — talks by elityre, jacobjacob, Ruby
Bird Concept
and
Ben Pace
Aug 6, 2020, 10:50 PM
31
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Analyzing the Problem GPT-3 is Trying to Solve
adamShimi
Aug 6, 2020, 9:58 PM
16
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Asch Conformity Could Explain the Conjunction Fallacy
curi
Aug 6, 2020, 9:46 PM
7
points
1
comment
5
min read
LW
link
Covid 8/6: The Case of the Missing Data
Zvi
Aug 6, 2020, 9:40 PM
43
points
3
comments
15
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Procrastination Paradoxes: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
scasper
Aug 6, 2020, 7:47 PM
21
points
4
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Market norms and Social norms
TruetoThis
Aug 6, 2020, 6:27 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How do you organise your reading?
brook
Aug 6, 2020, 2:54 PM
20
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open & Welcome Thread—August 2020
habryka
Aug 6, 2020, 6:16 AM
13
points
101
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Zen and Rationality: Don’t Know Mind
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Aug 6, 2020, 4:33 AM
25
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
The Isolation Assumption of Expected Utility Maximization
Pedro Oliboni
Aug 6, 2020, 4:05 AM
7
points
1
comment
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Titan (the Wealthfront of active stock picking) - What’s the catch?
Liron
Aug 6, 2020, 1:06 AM
10
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What should an Einstein-like figure in Machine Learning do?
Razied
Aug 5, 2020, 11:52 PM
7
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Diagramming “Replacing Guilt,” Part 1
armatures
Aug 5, 2020, 11:36 PM
34
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Measuring hardware overhang
hippke
Aug 5, 2020, 7:59 PM
116
points
14
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Which COVID-19 serology (antibody) test is best?
knite
Aug 5, 2020, 6:54 PM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[AN #111]: The Circuits hypotheses for deep learning
Rohin Shah
Aug 5, 2020, 5:40 PM
23
points
0
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
[Question]
Can Social Dynamics Explain Conjunction Fallacy Experimental Results?
curi
Aug 5, 2020, 8:50 AM
8
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Tools for keeping focused
benkuhn
Aug 5, 2020, 2:10 AM
130
points
26
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(www.benkuhn.net)
The Golden Age of Data
Collisteru
Aug 4, 2020, 9:35 PM
5
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
My paper was signalling the whole time—Robin Hanson wins again
Tim Liptrot
Aug 4, 2020, 9:13 PM
49
points
19
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Boston/Cambridge LW Hangout, Sunday 8/16/20
ItsGiusto
Aug 4, 2020, 8:43 PM
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Infinite Data/Compute Arguments in Alignment
johnswentworth
Aug 4, 2020, 8:21 PM
50
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Property as Coordination Minimization
Vaniver
Aug 4, 2020, 7:24 PM
38
points
35
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Interpretability in ML: A Broad Overview
lifelonglearner
Aug 4, 2020, 7:03 PM
53
points
5
comments
15
min read
LW
link
Budapest Meetup on Margit Sziget
Timothy Underwood
Aug 4, 2020, 12:29 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
RT-LAMP is the right way to scale diagnostic testing for the coronavirus
Kevin
Aug 4, 2020, 10:05 AM
35
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A sketch of ‘Simulacra Levels and their Interactions’
Yoav Ravid
Aug 4, 2020, 9:13 AM
44
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What is filling the hole left by religion?
Philosophistry
Aug 4, 2020, 6:48 AM
13
points
14
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
RFC: COVID-19 Statistical Guilt
Erhannis
4 Aug 2020 6:46 UTC
3
points
4
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(Ir)rationality of Pascal’s wager
filozof3377@gmial.com
3 Aug 2020 20:57 UTC
3
points
10
comments
4
min read
LW
link
is gpt-3 few-shot ready for real applications?
nostalgebraist
3 Aug 2020 19:50 UTC
31
points
5
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(nostalgebraist.tumblr.com)
Solving Key Alignment Problems Group
Logan Riggs
3 Aug 2020 19:30 UTC
19
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Cryonics Cost-Benefit Analysis
niplav
3 Aug 2020 17:30 UTC
46
points
8
comments
32
min read
LW
link
Three mental images from thinking about AGI debate & corrigibility
Steven Byrnes
3 Aug 2020 14:29 UTC
55
points
35
comments
4
min read
LW
link
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