Choose sim­plic­ity and struc­ture.

DirectedEvolution10 Sep 2020 21:45 UTC
7 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

“In the Dust of This Planet,” by Eu­gene Thacker

Callmesalticidae10 Sep 2020 19:50 UTC
2 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

Sun­day Septem­ber 13, 12:00PM (PT) — talks by John Went­worth, Liron and more

habryka10 Sep 2020 19:49 UTC
19 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 9/​10: Vi­tamin D

Zvi10 Sep 2020 19:00 UTC
113 points
50 comments15 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] So­cial Cap­i­tal Paradoxes

abramdemski10 Sep 2020 18:44 UTC
69 points
24 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Do mesa-op­ti­mizer risk ar­gu­ments rely on the train-test paradigm?

Ben Cottier10 Sep 2020 15:36 UTC
12 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

On Ch­ester­ton’s Fence

trentbrick10 Sep 2020 15:10 UTC
21 points
3 comments10 min readLW link

[Question] In 1 year and 5 years what do you see as “the nor­mal” world.

jmh10 Sep 2020 12:47 UTC
8 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Tak­ing Ham­mer­time Fi­nal Exam by efim

efim10 Sep 2020 10:18 UTC
5 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Safety via se­lec­tion for obedience

Richard_Ngo10 Sep 2020 10:04 UTC
31 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

[Question] Is there a way to view “read” LessWrong posts?

BeanSprugget10 Sep 2020 3:58 UTC
11 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Re­sist epistemic (and emo­tional) learned hel­pless­ness!

DirectedEvolution10 Sep 2020 2:58 UTC
7 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

How eas­ily can we sep­a­rate a friendly AI in de­sign space from one which would bring about a hy­per­ex­is­ten­tial catas­tro­phe?

Anirandis10 Sep 2020 0:40 UTC
20 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

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