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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

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

Timothy UnderwoodSep 9, 2020, 4:07 PM

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

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

dadadarrenSep 9, 2020, 3:21 PM

11 points

6 comments4 min readLW link

(www.sleepingbeautyproblem.com)

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

ChristianKlSep 9, 2020, 1:56 PM

14 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

How To Fermi Model

habryka and Eli Tyre

Sep 9, 2020, 5:13 AM

86 points

9 comments11 min readLW link 2 reviews

Updates Thread

Adam ZernerSep 9, 2020, 4:34 AM

56 points

41 comments1 min readLW link

CTWTB: Paths of Computation State

johnswentworthSep 8, 2020, 8:44 PM

41 points

1 comment4 min readLW link

Indignation in response to the 1890 census

jasoncrawfordSep 8, 2020, 8:14 PM

26 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Escalation Outside the System

jefftkSep 8, 2020, 6:20 PM

25 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Austin Petrov Day: 6:30pm 9/26

jchanSep 8, 2020, 2:23 PM

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Efficacy of Vitamin D in helping with COVID

df fdSep 8, 2020, 10:49 AM

16 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Loneliness

DirectedEvolutionSep 8, 2020, 8:14 AM

18 points

0 comments12 min readLW link

Luna First, But Not To Live There

NathanielMRouthSep 8, 2020, 3:14 AM

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 LiptrotSep 7, 2020, 11:50 PM

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

“Learning to Summarize with Human Feedback”—OpenAI

[deleted]Sep 7, 2020, 5:59 PM

57 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

A Toy Model of Hingeyness

B JacobsSep 7, 2020, 5:38 PM

16 points

10 comments4 min readLW link

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

nick lacombeSep 7, 2020, 5:19 PM

12 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Changes in Reality

eapacheSep 7, 2020, 4:18 PM

5 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

The Four Children of the Seder as the Simulacra Levels

ZviSep 7, 2020, 3:00 PM

84 points

17 comments16 min readLW link 1 review

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Reference Classes

Chris_LeongSep 7, 2020, 12:52 PM

10 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

Shed Wall Plans

jefftkSep 6, 2020, 10:20 PM

6 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

The ethics of breeding to kill

George3d6Sep 6, 2020, 8:12 PM

−4 points

24 comments6 min readLW link

Reading Discussion Group

NoSignalNoNoiseSep 6, 2020, 6:49 PM

8 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Ice

SlimepriestessSep 6, 2020, 6:30 PM

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 yassSep 6, 2020, 2:08 AM

54 points

41 comments11 min readLW link

(makopool.com)

Petrov Day celebration

Bae's TheoremSep 6, 2020, 1:09 AM

4 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Stop pressing the Try Harder button

Neel NandaSep 5, 2020, 9:10 AM

45 points

5 comments3 min readLW link

(www.neelnanda.io)

Li and Vitanyi’s bad scholarship

alanfSep 5, 2020, 8:07 AM

−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