Cry­on­ics Cost-Benefit Analysis

niplavAug 3, 2020, 5:30 PM
46 points
8 comments32 min readLW link

Gen­er­al­ized Effi­cient Mar­kets in Poli­ti­cal Power

johnswentworthAug 1, 2020, 4:49 AM
45 points
6 comments8 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

[Question] Do you vote based on what you think to­tal karma should be?

Rafael HarthAug 24, 2020, 1:37 PM
44 points
57 comments1 min readLW link

Are We Right about How Effec­tive Mock­ery Is?

Ronny FernandezAug 27, 2020, 10:48 AM
44 points
12 comments9 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)

Map­ping Out Alignment

Aug 15, 2020, 1:02 AM
43 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Alex Ir­pan: “My AI Timelines Have Sped Up”

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

On Sys­tems—Liv­ing a life of zero willpower

Neel NandaAug 16, 2020, 4:44 PM
42 points
9 comments13 min readLW link
(www.neelnanda.io)

Sur­vey Re­sults: 10 Fun Ques­tions for LWers

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

The Best Ed­u­ca­tional In­sti­tu­tion in the World

SamuelKnocheAug 14, 2020, 5:18 PM
41 points
13 comments9 min readLW link

Fore­cast­ing AI Progress: A Re­search Agenda

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

Ba­sic In­framea­sure Theory

DiffractorAug 27, 2020, 8:02 AM
39 points
19 comments25 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

Prop­erty as Co­or­di­na­tion Minimization

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

Chart­ing Is Mostly Superstition

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

Dis­solv­ing the “Is the Effi­cient Mar­ket Hy­poth­e­sis Dead?” Question

AlexeiAug 2, 2020, 4:46 AM
37 points
4 comments7 min readLW link

How to Lose a Fair Game

gilchAug 14, 2020, 6:41 PM
36 points
15 comments7 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

Tear­ing down the Ch­ester­ton’s Fence principle

DirectedEvolutionAug 2, 2020, 4:56 AM
35 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

On Sud­denly Not Be­ing Able to Work

Jacob FalkovichAug 25, 2020, 10:14 PM
35 points
11 comments4 min readLW link

Di­a­gram­ming “Re­plac­ing Guilt,” Part 1

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

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

Epistemic Com­par­i­son: First Prin­ci­ples Land vs. Mime­sis Land

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

An In­vi­ta­tion to the Guild of the Rose — Alpha (formerly the Guild of Ser­vants)

moridinamaelAug 14, 2020, 7:03 PM
32 points
0 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

Power as Easily Ex­ploitable Opportunities

TurnTroutAug 1, 2020, 2:14 AM
32 points
5 comments6 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

is gpt-3 few-shot ready for real ap­pli­ca­tions?

nostalgebraistAug 3, 2020, 7:50 PM
31 points
5 comments9 min readLW link
(nostalgebraist.tumblr.com)

Ex­is­ten­tial Risk is a sin­gle category

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

19th-cen­tury progress studies

jasoncrawfordAug 27, 2020, 2:28 AM
30 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Split-a-Dol­lar Game

Martin SustrikAug 24, 2020, 4:54 AM
29 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

July 2020 gw­ern.net newsletter

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

Univer­sal­ity Unwrapped

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

When Gears Go Wrong

Matt GoldenbergAug 2, 2020, 6:21 AM
28 points
6 comments6 min readLW link

My guide to lifelogging

Matthew BarnettAug 28, 2020, 9:34 PM
28 points
8 comments7 min readLW link

The Best Toy In The Park

jefftkAug 25, 2020, 2:30 PM
27 points
15 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[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

Mar­ket Misconceptions

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

Sun­day Au­gust 16, 12pm (PDT) — talks by Ozzie Gooen, habryka, Ben Pace

Aug 14, 2020, 6:32 PM
27 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

“Good judge­ment” and its components

owencbAug 24, 2020, 10:32 AM
27 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

Learn­ing hu­man prefer­ences: op­ti­mistic and pes­simistic scenarios

Stuart_ArmstrongAug 18, 2020, 1:05 PM
27 points
6 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Money cre­ation and debt

AnthonyCAug 12, 2020, 8:30 PM
27 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are you look­ing for in a Less Wrong post?

adamShimiAug 1, 2020, 6:00 PM
27 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

Are Amer­i­cans Be­com­ing More De­pressed?

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

Learn­ing hu­man prefer­ences: black-box, white-box, and struc­tured white-box access

Stuart_ArmstrongAug 24, 2020, 11:42 AM
26 points
9 comments6 min readLW link

[AN #112]: Eng­ineer­ing a Safer World

Rohin ShahAug 13, 2020, 5:20 PM
26 points
2 comments12 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

[Question] What’s a De­com­pos­able Align­ment Topic?

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

The Hu­man Condition

Martin SustrikAug 16, 2020, 5:23 AM
25 points
2 comments5 min readLW link