[Question] Ra­tion­al­ity for Kids?

goose000Sep 16, 2020, 10:58 PM
51 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

What Does “Sig­nal­ling” Mean?

abramdemskiSep 16, 2020, 9:19 PM
38 points
18 comments3 min readLW link

[AN #117]: How neu­ral nets would fare un­der the TEVV framework

Rohin ShahSep 16, 2020, 5:20 PM
27 points
0 comments7 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Spoiler-Free Re­view: Orwell

ZviSep 16, 2020, 1:30 PM
11 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Ap­ply­ing the Coun­ter­fac­tual Pri­soner’s Dilemma to Log­i­cal Uncertainty

Chris_LeongSep 16, 2020, 10:34 AM
9 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Effec­tive Altru­ism and Ra­tion­al­ist Philos­o­phy Dis­cus­sion Group

Chris_LeongSep 16, 2020, 2:45 AM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Me­moriz­ing a Deck of Cards

ToflySep 16, 2020, 1:31 AM
27 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

The Ax­iolog­i­cal Treadmill

eapacheSep 15, 2020, 6:36 PM
6 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

Low hang­ing fruits (LWCW 2020)

Arthur MilchiorSep 15, 2020, 6:15 PM
17 points
11 comments3 min readLW link

God in the Loop: How a Causal Loop Could Shape Existence

ChrisMSep 15, 2020, 2:40 PM
1 point
4 comments17 min readLW link

AI Safety Dis­cus­sion Day

Linda LinseforsSep 15, 2020, 2:40 PM
20 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Gems from the Wiki: Para­noid Debating

Sep 15, 2020, 3:51 AM
30 points
1 comment3 min readLW link
(www.lesswrong.com)

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