Book Re­view: Work­ing With Contracts

johnswentworthSep 14, 2020, 11:22 PM
167 points
27 comments11 min readLW link

A case study in simu­lacra lev­els and the Four Chil­dren of the Seder

DirectedEvolutionSep 14, 2020, 10:31 PM
32 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

Most Pri­soner’s Dilem­mas are Stag Hunts; Most Stag Hunts are Schel­ling Problems

abramdemskiSep 14, 2020, 10:13 PM
176 points
36 comments10 min readLW link3 reviews

Com­par­ing Utilities

abramdemskiSep 14, 2020, 8:56 PM
72 points
31 comments17 min readLW link

[Question] If Star­ship works, how much would it cost to cre­ate a sys­tem of rotable space mir­rors that re­duces tem­per­a­tures on earth by 1° C?

ChristianKlSep 14, 2020, 6:46 PM
13 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Out­come Ter­minol­ogy?

DachSep 14, 2020, 6:04 PM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

On Nice­ness: Look­ing for Pos­i­tive Externalities

Neel NandaSep 14, 2020, 6:03 PM
32 points
0 comments10 min readLW link
(www.neelnanda.io)

[Link] Five Years and One Week of Less Wrong

abramdemskiSep 14, 2020, 4:49 PM
22 points
2 comments2 min readLW link
(slatestarcodex.com)

Free Money at Pre­dic­tIt: 2020 Gen­eral Election

ZviSep 14, 2020, 2:40 PM
18 points
3 comments10 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

What hap­pens if you drink ace­tone?

dynomightSep 14, 2020, 2:22 PM
82 points
13 comments1 min readLW link2 reviews
(dyno-might.github.io)

My com­pu­ta­tional frame­work for the brain

Steven ByrnesSep 14, 2020, 2:19 PM
157 points
26 comments13 min readLW link1 review

Against boots theory

philhSep 14, 2020, 1:20 PM
55 points
15 comments6 min readLW link
(reasonableapproximation.net)

SlateS­tarCodex on­line meetup: In­te­grat­ing evolu­tion­ary psy­chol­ogy and behaviorism

Joshua_FoxSep 14, 2020, 10:33 AM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Are there non-AI pro­jects fo­cused on defeat­ing Moloch globally?

eapacheSep 14, 2020, 2:13 AM
13 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

De­ci­sion The­ory is multifaceted

Michele CampoloSep 13, 2020, 10:30 PM
9 points
12 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] Have you tried hiIQpro.com’s cog­ni­tive train­ing or coach­ing?

Randomized, ControlledSep 13, 2020, 10:05 PM
3 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

A Brief Chat on World Government

eapacheSep 13, 2020, 6:33 PM
4 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Egan’s The­o­rem?

johnswentworthSep 13, 2020, 5:47 PM
24 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Does turn­ing on the shower help re­duce wild­fire smoke in the air?

cauliflowerSep 13, 2020, 2:39 AM
1 point
8 comments1 min readLW link

Gems from the Wiki: Acausal Trade

Sep 13, 2020, 12:23 AM
42 points
8 comments7 min readLW link
(www.lesswrong.com)

Progress: Fluke or trend?

jasoncrawfordSep 13, 2020, 12:21 AM
16 points
19 comments2 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Notes on good judge­ment and how to de­velop it (80,000 Hours)

habrykaSep 12, 2020, 5:51 PM
15 points
16 comments2 min readLW link
(80000hours.org)

[Question] The uni­ver­sal­ity of com­pu­ta­tion and mind de­sign space

alanfSep 12, 2020, 2:58 PM
1 point
7 comments1 min readLW link

How Much Com­pu­ta­tional Power Does It Take to Match the Hu­man Brain?

habrykaSep 12, 2020, 6:38 AM
44 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

Com­par­a­tive ad­van­tage and when to blow up your island

dynomightSep 12, 2020, 6:20 AM
145 points
39 comments1 min readLW link
(dynomight.net)

Ra­tion­al­ity and playfulness

DirectedEvolutionSep 12, 2020, 5:14 AM
42 points
1 comment11 min readLW link

The Wiki is Dead, Long Live the Wiki! [help wanted]

RubySep 12, 2020, 3:34 AM
70 points
32 comments3 min readLW link

on “learn­ing to sum­ma­rize”

nostalgebraistSep 12, 2020, 3:20 AM
25 points
13 comments8 min readLW link
(nostalgebraist.tumblr.com)

What’s Wrong with So­cial Science and How to Fix It: Reflec­tions After Read­ing 2578 Papers

habrykaSep 12, 2020, 1:46 AM
107 points
22 comments2 min readLW link
(fantasticanachronism.com)

Zen and Ra­tion­al­ity: Map and Territory

Gordon Seidoh WorleySep 12, 2020, 12:45 AM
16 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

‘Ugh fields’, or why you can’t even bear to think about that task (Rob Wiblin)

habrykaSep 11, 2020, 8:31 PM
26 points
17 comments2 min readLW link
(medium.com)

The Short Case for Verificationism

ikeSep 11, 2020, 6:48 PM
6 points
57 comments1 min readLW link

Should some var­i­ant of longter­mism iden­tify as a re­li­gion?

mako yassSep 11, 2020, 5:02 AM
23 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

Choose sim­plic­ity and struc­ture.

DirectedEvolutionSep 10, 2020, 9:45 PM
7 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

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

CallmesalticidaeSep 10, 2020, 7:50 PM
2 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

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

habrykaSep 10, 2020, 7:49 PM
19 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 9/​10: Vi­tamin D

ZviSep 10, 2020, 7:00 PM
113 points
50 comments15 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] So­cial Cap­i­tal Paradoxes

abramdemskiSep 10, 2020, 6:44 PM
69 points
24 comments4 min readLW link

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

Ben CottierSep 10, 2020, 3:36 PM
12 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

On Ch­ester­ton’s Fence

trentbrickSep 10, 2020, 3:10 PM
21 points
3 comments10 min readLW link

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

jmhSep 10, 2020, 12:47 PM
8 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Tak­ing Ham­mer­time Fi­nal Exam by efim

efimSep 10, 2020, 10:18 AM
5 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Safety via se­lec­tion for obedience

Richard_NgoSep 10, 2020, 10:04 AM
31 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

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

BeanSpruggetSep 10, 2020, 3:58 AM
11 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Re­sist epistemic (and emo­tional) learned hel­pless­ness!

DirectedEvolutionSep 10, 2020, 2:58 AM
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?

AnirandisSep 10, 2020, 12:40 AM
20 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

Cap­tur­ing Ideas

abramdemskiSep 9, 2020, 9:20 PM
74 points
12 comments9 min readLW link

Safer sand­box­ing via col­lec­tive separation

Richard_NgoSep 9, 2020, 7:49 PM
26 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

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

Rohin ShahSep 9, 2020, 5:20 PM
21 points
2 comments9 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Loneli­ness and the para­dox of choice

DirectedEvolutionSep 9, 2020, 4:30 PM
17 points
4 comments6 min readLW link