Chart­ing Is Mostly Superstition

gilchAug 23, 2020, 8:26 PM
37 points
18 comments7 min readLW link

Pos­tel’s Prin­ci­ple as Mo­ral Aphorism

eapacheAug 23, 2020, 7:36 PM
15 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

How to set up foot pedals

jefftkAug 23, 2020, 4:40 PM
19 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

SlateS­tarCodex On­line Meetup: Dr David Man­heim on Co­op­er­a­tion for AI

JoshuaFoxAug 23, 2020, 10:00 AM
13 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(forms.gle)

[Geo: Cal­ifor­nia/​Bay Area] Mini-Re­search of 2020 Fire Situation

RubyAug 23, 2020, 5:13 AM
71 points
13 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Cur­rent guidance for COVID-19 self-care?

kniteAug 23, 2020, 2:10 AM
20 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

A trick for Safer GPT-N

RaziedAug 23, 2020, 12:39 AM
7 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Maybe Ly­ing Can’t Ex­ist?!

Zack_M_DavisAug 23, 2020, 12:36 AM
58 points
16 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Why don’t coun­tries, like com­pa­nies, more of­ten merge?

Vishrut AryaAug 22, 2020, 11:56 PM
15 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

Effi­cient Mar­ket Frontier

AlexeiAug 22, 2020, 11:52 PM
19 points
3 comments10 min readLW link

Tag­ging Progress at 100%! (Party & Cel­e­bra­tory Talk w/​ Ja­son Crawford, Habryka on Sun, Aug 30th, 12pm PDT)

RubyAug 22, 2020, 4:45 PM
54 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Ex­po­sure or Con­tacts?

jefftkAug 22, 2020, 1:00 PM
15 points
4 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Sun­day Au­gust 23rd, 12pm (PDT) – Dou­ble Crux with Buck Sh­legeris and Oliver Habryka on Slow vs. Fast AI Takeoff

Ben PaceAug 22, 2020, 6:37 AM
33 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What posts on fi­nance would your find helpful or in­ter­est­ing?

AlexeiAug 22, 2020, 4:31 AM
32 points
48 comments1 min readLW link

“The Holy Grail” of port­fo­lio management

AlexeiAug 22, 2020, 4:25 AM
51 points
7 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Fore­cast­ing Thread: AI Timelines

Aug 22, 2020, 2:33 AM
135 points
98 comments2 min readLW link

[Oops, there is ac­tu­ally an event] No­tice: No LW event this weekend

Ben PaceAug 22, 2020, 1:26 AM
11 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] What price would you pay for the RadVac Vac­cine and why?

Ben GoldhaberAug 22, 2020, 12:17 AM
30 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

The Ant Farm

JimBalerAug 21, 2020, 11:25 PM
3 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Thoughts on the Fea­si­bil­ity of Pro­saic AGI Align­ment?

iamthouthouartiAug 21, 2020, 11:25 PM
8 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What’s a De­com­pos­able Align­ment Topic?

Logan RiggsAug 21, 2020, 10:57 PM
26 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Epistemic Com­par­i­son: First Prin­ci­ples Land vs. Mime­sis Land

ozziegooenAug 21, 2020, 10:28 PM
33 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

Live a life you feel ex­cited about

Neel NandaAug 21, 2020, 7:16 PM
20 points
3 comments8 min readLW link
(www.neelnanda.io)

Univer­sal­ity Unwrapped

adamShimiAug 21, 2020, 6:53 PM
29 points
2 comments18 min readLW link

[Question] How much can sur­gi­cal masks help with wild­fire smoke?

Gordon Seidoh WorleyAug 21, 2020, 3:46 PM
9 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What am I miss­ing? (quan­tum physics)

kithpendragonAug 21, 2020, 12:39 PM
10 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Coron­avirus and Rents II

jefftkAug 21, 2020, 2:30 AM
11 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

An­a­lyz­ing Black­mail Be­ing Ille­gal (Han­son and Mow­show­itz re­lated)

curiAug 20, 2020, 6:56 PM
0 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

July 2020 gw­ern.net newsletter

gwernAug 20, 2020, 4:39 PM
29 points
0 commentsLW link
(www.gwern.net)

How More Knowl­edge is Mak­ing Us Dumber

jdcampolargoAug 20, 2020, 3:08 PM
1 point
4 comments3 min readLW link

“Tech­nol­ogy and the Fu­ture of Per­sons”, by Lynne Rud­der Baker (2013)

CallmesalticidaeAug 20, 2020, 2:31 PM
5 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

Covid 8/​20: A Lit­tle Progress

ZviAug 20, 2020, 2:30 PM
47 points
6 comments15 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Mar­ket Misconceptions

gilchAug 20, 2020, 4:46 AM
27 points
8 comments4 min readLW link

High­lights from the Black­mail De­bate (Robin Han­son vs Zvi Mow­show­itz)

Ben PaceAug 20, 2020, 12:49 AM
48 points
37 comments9 min readLW link

The Bayesian Tyrant

abramdemskiAug 20, 2020, 12:08 AM
143 points
21 comments6 min readLW link1 review

[Question] Should we write more about so­cial life?

DirectedEvolutionAug 19, 2020, 8:07 PM
13 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

[AN #113]: Check­ing the eth­i­cal in­tu­itions of large lan­guage models

Rohin ShahAug 19, 2020, 5:10 PM
23 points
0 comments9 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Alex Ir­pan: “My AI Timelines Have Sped Up”

VaniverAug 19, 2020, 4:23 PM
43 points
20 comments1 min readLW link
(www.alexirpan.com)

The US Already Has A Wealth Tax

jefftkAug 19, 2020, 2:50 PM
46 points
14 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Which way should we up­date about un­cer­tain events, over time?

MiltonAug 19, 2020, 12:18 PM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

AI safety as feather­less bipeds *with broad flat nails*

Stuart_ArmstrongAug 19, 2020, 10:22 AM
38 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Sur­vey Re­sults: 10 Fun Ques­tions for LWers

Ben PaceAug 19, 2020, 6:10 AM
42 points
21 comments3 min readLW link

On Defin­ing your Terms

Chris_LeongAug 19, 2020, 3:30 AM
13 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Look­ing for ad­ver­sar­ial col­lab­o­ra­tors to test our De­bate protocol

Beth BarnesAug 19, 2020, 3:15 AM
52 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Sta­tus for sta­tus sake is a fact of poli­ti­cal life

Tim LiptrotAug 18, 2020, 10:06 PM
10 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Rad­i­cal Probabilism

abramdemskiAug 18, 2020, 9:14 PM
182 points
49 comments35 min readLW link1 review

Mesa-Search vs Mesa-Control

abramdemskiAug 18, 2020, 6:51 PM
55 points
45 comments7 min readLW link

Up­dat­ing My LW Com­ment­ing Policy

curiAug 18, 2020, 4:48 PM
7 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

Bayesi­ance (Filk)

Gordon Seidoh WorleyAug 18, 2020, 4:30 PM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

WordPress De­stroys Edit­ing Pro­cess, Seek­ing Alternatives

ZviAug 18, 2020, 3:50 PM
25 points
20 comments1 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)