Cap­tur­ing Ideas

abramdemski9 Sep 2020 21:20 UTC
74 points
12 comments9 min readLW link

Safer sand­box­ing via col­lec­tive separation

Richard_Ngo9 Sep 2020 19:49 UTC
26 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

[AN #116]: How to make ex­pla­na­tions of neu­rons compositional

Rohin Shah9 Sep 2020 17:20 UTC
21 points
2 comments9 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Loneli­ness and the para­dox of choice

DirectedEvolution9 Sep 2020 16:30 UTC
17 points
4 comments6 min readLW link

Bu­dapest Meetup at Moved On­line due to Corona, Sept 20 at 2pm

Timothy Underwood9 Sep 2020 16:07 UTC
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Les­lie’s Firing Squad Can’t Save The Fine-Tun­ing Argument

dadadarren9 Sep 2020 15:21 UTC
11 points
6 comments4 min readLW link
(www.sleepingbeautyproblem.com)

[Question] What’s the CFAR po­si­tion on how the work­book can be used?

ChristianKl9 Sep 2020 13:56 UTC
14 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

How To Fermi Model

9 Sep 2020 5:13 UTC
86 points
9 comments11 min readLW link2 reviews

Up­dates Thread

Adam Zerner9 Sep 2020 4:34 UTC
56 points
41 comments1 min readLW link

CTWTB: Paths of Com­pu­ta­tion State

johnswentworth8 Sep 2020 20:44 UTC
41 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

Indig­na­tion in re­sponse to the 1890 census

jasoncrawford8 Sep 2020 20:14 UTC
26 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Es­ca­la­tion Out­side the System

jefftk8 Sep 2020 18:20 UTC
25 points
11 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Austin Petrov Day: 6:30pm 9/​26

jchan8 Sep 2020 14:23 UTC
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Effi­cacy of Vi­tamin D in helping with COVID

df fd8 Sep 2020 10:49 UTC
16 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Loneliness

DirectedEvolution8 Sep 2020 8:14 UTC
18 points
0 comments12 min readLW link

Luna First, But Not To Live There

NathanielMRouth8 Sep 2020 3:14 UTC
21 points
21 comments5 min readLW link
(nathanielmrouth.wordpress.com)

[Question] De­ci­sion the­ory anal­y­sis of whether vac­cines should be dis­tributed prior to the com­ple­tion of stage three tri­als please

Tim Liptrot7 Sep 2020 23:50 UTC
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

“Learn­ing to Sum­ma­rize with Hu­man Feed­back”—OpenAI

[deleted]7 Sep 2020 17:59 UTC
57 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

A Toy Model of Hingeyness

B Jacobs7 Sep 2020 17:38 UTC
16 points
10 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] How long does it takes to read the se­quences?

nick lacombe7 Sep 2020 17:19 UTC
12 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Changes in Reality

eapache7 Sep 2020 16:18 UTC
5 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

The Four Chil­dren of the Seder as the Si­mu­lacra Levels

Zvi7 Sep 2020 15:00 UTC
82 points
17 comments16 min readLW link1 review
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Refer­ence Classes

Chris_Leong7 Sep 2020 12:52 UTC
10 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

Shed Wall Plans

jefftk6 Sep 2020 22:20 UTC
6 points
2 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

The ethics of breed­ing to kill

George3d66 Sep 2020 20:12 UTC
−4 points
24 comments6 min readLW link

Read­ing Dis­cus­sion Group

NoSignalNoNoise6 Sep 2020 18:49 UTC
8 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Ice

Slimepriestess6 Sep 2020 18:30 UTC
42 points
1 comment6 min readLW link
(hivewired.wordpress.com)

De­sign thoughts for build­ing a bet­ter kind of so­cial space with many webs of trust

mako yass6 Sep 2020 2:08 UTC
54 points
41 comments11 min readLW link
(makopool.com)

Petrov Day celebration

Bae's Theorem6 Sep 2020 1:09 UTC
4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Stop press­ing the Try Harder button

Neel Nanda5 Sep 2020 9:10 UTC
45 points
5 comments3 min readLW link
(www.neelnanda.io)

Li and Vi­tanyi’s bad scholarship

alanf5 Sep 2020 8:07 UTC
−1 points
11 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] MOOCS That teach this stuff?

Periergo5 Sep 2020 5:36 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Con­flict, the Rules of En­gage­ment, and Professionalism

habryka5 Sep 2020 5:04 UTC
47 points
3 comments7 min readLW link

Mul­ti­vari­ate es­ti­ma­tion & the Squig­gly language

ozziegooen5 Sep 2020 4:35 UTC
44 points
5 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] When should I be con­cerned about my Oura mea­sure­ments in­di­cat­ing COVID-19?

ChristianKl4 Sep 2020 22:15 UTC
11 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Hello or­di­nary folks, I’m the Cho­sen One

dadadarren4 Sep 2020 19:59 UTC
31 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Why would code/​English or low-ab­strac­tion/​high-ab­strac­tion sim­plic­ity or brevity cor­re­spond?

curi4 Sep 2020 19:46 UTC
2 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Open & Wel­come Thread—Septem­ber 2020

habryka4 Sep 2020 18:14 UTC
12 points
73 comments1 min readLW link

Es­ti­mat­ing the ROI of Insulation

jefftk3 Sep 2020 20:30 UTC
13 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Us­ing GPT-N to Solve In­ter­pretabil­ity of Neu­ral Net­works: A Re­search Agenda

3 Sep 2020 18:27 UTC
68 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

Emo­tional valence vs RL re­ward: a video game analogy

Steven Byrnes3 Sep 2020 15:28 UTC
12 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

Covid 9/​3: Meet the New CDC

Zvi3 Sep 2020 13:40 UTC
49 points
9 comments11 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

“How to Talk About Books You Haven’t Read”, by Pierre Bayard

Callmesalticidae3 Sep 2020 13:05 UTC
11 points
2 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] What’s the best overview of com­mon Micro­morts?

Raemon3 Sep 2020 2:39 UTC
37 points
8 comments1 min readLW link1 review

Sun­day Septem­ber 6, 12pm (PT) — Ca­sual hang­ing out with the LessWrong community

habryka3 Sep 2020 2:08 UTC
34 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Study Group for Progress – 50% off for LessWrongers

jasoncrawford3 Sep 2020 0:17 UTC
14 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[AN #115]: AI safety re­search prob­lems in the AI-GA framework

Rohin Shah2 Sep 2020 17:10 UTC
19 points
16 comments6 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

[Question] If there were an in­ter­ac­tive soft­ware teach­ing Yud­kowskian ra­tio­nal­ity, what con­cepts would you want to see it teach?

MikkW2 Sep 2020 5:37 UTC
25 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

The Box Spread Trick: Get rich slightly faster

Thomas Kwa1 Sep 2020 21:41 UTC
43 points
44 comments6 min readLW link

Au­gust 2020 gw­ern.net newsletter

gwern1 Sep 2020 21:04 UTC
25 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(www.gwern.net)