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[Question]
What is the interpretation of the do() operator?
Bunthut
Aug 26, 2020, 9:54 PM
10
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Introduction To The Infra-Bayesianism Sequence
Diffractor
and
Vanessa Kosoy
Aug 26, 2020, 8:31 PM
110
points
62
comments
13
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
WebBundles and URL Randomization
jefftk
Aug 26, 2020, 5:50 PM
10
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
[AN #114]: Theory-inspired safety solutions for powerful Bayesian RL agents
Rohin Shah
Aug 26, 2020, 5:20 PM
21
points
3
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Excusing a Failure to Adjust
Ronny Fernandez
Aug 26, 2020, 1:51 PM
14
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
nostalgebraist: Recursive Goodhart’s Law
Kaj_Sotala
Aug 26, 2020, 11:07 AM
53
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(nostalgebraist.tumblr.com)
On Suddenly Not Being Able to Work
Jacob Falkovich
Aug 25, 2020, 10:14 PM
35
points
11
comments
4
min read
LW
link
I Started a Sports and Gambling Substack
Zvi
Aug 25, 2020, 9:30 PM
17
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
A Refutation of (Global) “Happiness Maximization”
fare
Aug 25, 2020, 8:33 PM
−1
points
5
comments
15
min read
LW
link
Sunday, 20/8/30, 12pm PDT – Tagging Celebration: Habryka/Crawford + Party
Ruby
Aug 25, 2020, 8:21 PM
49
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Mathematical Inconsistency in Solomonoff Induction?
curi
Aug 25, 2020, 5:09 PM
7
points
15
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Best Toy In The Park
jefftk
Aug 25, 2020, 2:30 PM
27
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
[Question]
Why hasn’t there been research on the effectiveness of zinc for Covid-19?
Rudi C
Aug 24, 2020, 8:58 PM
12
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Socially-distanced outdoor Petrov Day ceremonial manual
jchan
Aug 24, 2020, 2:11 PM
8
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
When can Fiction Change the World?
Timothy Underwood
Aug 24, 2020, 1:47 PM
79
points
18
comments
11
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Do you vote based on what you think total karma should be?
Rafael Harth
Aug 24, 2020, 1:37 PM
44
points
57
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is ‘satificing’ optimisation?
Riccardo Volpato
Aug 24, 2020, 11:51 AM
5
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Learning human preferences: black-box, white-box, and structured white-box access
Stuart_Armstrong
Aug 24, 2020, 11:42 AM
26
points
9
comments
6
min read
LW
link
“Good judgement” and its components
owencb
Aug 24, 2020, 10:32 AM
27
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Split-a-Dollar Game
Martin Sustrik
Aug 24, 2020, 4:54 AM
29
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Investment is a useful societal mechanism for getting new things made. Stock trading shares some functionality with investment, but seems very very inefficient, at that?
mako yass
Aug 24, 2020, 1:18 AM
10
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Empathetic vs Intrinsic Oof
Ronny Fernandez
Aug 24, 2020, 12:12 AM
8
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Charting Is Mostly Superstition
gilch
Aug 23, 2020, 8:26 PM
37
points
18
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Postel’s Principle as Moral Aphorism
eapache
Aug 23, 2020, 7:36 PM
15
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
How to set up foot pedals
jefftk
Aug 23, 2020, 4:40 PM
19
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
SlateStarCodex Online Meetup: Dr David Manheim on Cooperation for AI
JoshuaFox
Aug 23, 2020, 10:00 AM
13
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(forms.gle)
[Geo: California/Bay Area] Mini-Research of 2020 Fire Situation
Ruby
Aug 23, 2020, 5:13 AM
71
points
13
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Current guidance for COVID-19 self-care?
knite
Aug 23, 2020, 2:10 AM
20
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A trick for Safer GPT-N
Razied
Aug 23, 2020, 12:39 AM
7
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Maybe Lying Can’t Exist?!
Zack_M_Davis
Aug 23, 2020, 12:36 AM
58
points
16
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Why don’t countries, like companies, more often merge?
Vishrut Arya
Aug 22, 2020, 11:56 PM
15
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Efficient Market Frontier
Alexei
Aug 22, 2020, 11:52 PM
19
points
3
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Tagging Progress at 100%! (Party & Celebratory Talk w/ Jason Crawford, Habryka on Sun, Aug 30th, 12pm PDT)
Ruby
Aug 22, 2020, 4:45 PM
54
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Exposure or Contacts?
jefftk
Aug 22, 2020, 1:00 PM
15
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Sunday August 23rd, 12pm (PDT) – Double Crux with Buck Shlegeris and Oliver Habryka on Slow vs. Fast AI Takeoff
Ben Pace
Aug 22, 2020, 6:37 AM
33
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What posts on finance would your find helpful or interesting?
Alexei
Aug 22, 2020, 4:31 AM
32
points
48
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“The Holy Grail” of portfolio management
Alexei
Aug 22, 2020, 4:25 AM
51
points
7
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Forecasting Thread: AI Timelines
Amandango
,
Daniel Kokotajlo
and
Ben Pace
Aug 22, 2020, 2:33 AM
135
points
98
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Oops, there is actually an event] Notice: No LW event this weekend
Ben Pace
Aug 22, 2020, 1:26 AM
11
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What price would you pay for the RadVac Vaccine and why?
Ben Goldhaber
Aug 22, 2020, 12:17 AM
30
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Ant Farm
JimBaler
Aug 21, 2020, 11:25 PM
3
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Thoughts on the Feasibility of Prosaic AGI Alignment?
iamthouthouarti
Aug 21, 2020, 11:25 PM
8
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What’s a Decomposable Alignment Topic?
Logan Riggs
Aug 21, 2020, 10:57 PM
26
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Epistemic Comparison: First Principles Land vs. Mimesis Land
ozziegooen
Aug 21, 2020, 10:28 PM
33
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Live a life you feel excited about
Neel Nanda
Aug 21, 2020, 7:16 PM
20
points
3
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(www.neelnanda.io)
Universality Unwrapped
adamShimi
Aug 21, 2020, 6:53 PM
29
points
2
comments
18
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How much can surgical masks help with wildfire smoke?
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Aug 21, 2020, 3:46 PM
9
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What am I missing? (quantum physics)
kithpendragon
Aug 21, 2020, 12:39 PM
10
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Coronavirus and Rents II
jefftk
Aug 21, 2020, 2:30 AM
11
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Analyzing Blackmail Being Illegal (Hanson and Mowshowitz related)
curi
Aug 20, 2020, 6:56 PM
0
points
4
comments
8
min read
LW
link
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