On “Not Screw­ing Up Ri­tual Can­dles”

RaemonSep 27, 2020, 9:55 PM
48 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What to do with imi­ta­tion hu­mans, other than ask­ing them what the right thing to do is?

Charlie SteinerSep 27, 2020, 9:51 PM
10 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are good ra­tio­nal­ity ex­er­cises?

Ben PaceSep 27, 2020, 9:25 PM
54 points
25 comments1 min readLW link1 review

Puz­zle Games

Scott GarrabrantSep 27, 2020, 9:14 PM
57 points
70 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] What hard sci­ence fic­tion sto­ries also got the so­cial sci­ences right?

Mati_RoySep 27, 2020, 8:37 PM
15 points
30 comments1 min readLW link

Tips for the most im­mer­sive video calls

benkuhnSep 27, 2020, 8:36 PM
65 points
9 comments15 min readLW link
(www.benkuhn.net)

A long re­ply to Ben Garfinkel on Scru­ti­niz­ing Clas­sic AI Risk Arguments

Søren ElverlinSep 27, 2020, 5:51 PM
17 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Not all com­mu­ni­ca­tion is ma­nipu­la­tion: Chap­er­ones don’t ma­nipu­late proteins

ChristianKlSep 27, 2020, 4:45 PM
35 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

Numer­acy ne­glect—A per­sonal postmortem

vlad.proexSep 27, 2020, 3:12 PM
81 points
29 comments9 min readLW link

San­der Ver­haegh on Quine’s Naturalism

Chris_LeongSep 27, 2020, 10:58 AM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.sanderverhaegh.nl)

The whirlpool of reality

Gordon Seidoh WorleySep 27, 2020, 2:36 AM
9 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Blog posts as epistemic trust builders

Adam ZernerSep 27, 2020, 1:47 AM
18 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

Distributed pub­lic goods provision

paulfchristianoSep 26, 2020, 9:20 PM
27 points
3 comments5 min readLW link
(sideways-view.com)

Note­book for gen­er­at­ing fore­cast­ing bets

AmandangoSep 26, 2020, 8:36 PM
25 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Sur­viv­ing Petrov Day

Mati_RoySep 26, 2020, 4:40 PM
35 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

Petrov Day is not about unilat­eral action

senSep 26, 2020, 1:41 PM
25 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What is com­plex­ity sci­ence? (Not com­pu­ta­tional com­plex­ity the­ory) How use­ful is it? What ar­eas is it re­lated to?

philip_bSep 26, 2020, 9:15 AM
7 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

Honor­ing Petrov Day on LessWrong, in 2020

Ben PaceSep 26, 2020, 8:01 AM
117 points
100 comments3 min readLW link

[Link] Where did you get that idea in the first place? | Meaningness

KennySep 25, 2020, 3:38 PM
7 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Up close and per­sonal with the world

dominicqSep 25, 2020, 6:52 AM
12 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Hu­man Bi­ases that Ob­scure AI Progress

Danielle EnsignSep 25, 2020, 12:24 AM
42 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

Los­ing the for­est for the trees with grid drawings

Adam ZernerSep 24, 2020, 9:13 PM
19 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Petrov Event Roundup 2020

RaemonSep 24, 2020, 9:07 PM
43 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Vi­su­al­iz­ing the text­book for fun and profit

DirectedEvolutionSep 24, 2020, 7:37 PM
26 points
4 comments6 min readLW link

Shittests are ac­tu­ally good

snog toddgrassSep 24, 2020, 5:20 PM
−11 points
23 comments2 min readLW link

Schedul­ing Al­gorithm for a PhD Student

Tim LiptrotSep 24, 2020, 4:10 PM
7 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Covid 9/​24: Un­til Mo­rale Improves

ZviSep 24, 2020, 3:40 PM
95 points
16 comments11 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Spoiler-Free Re­view: The Stan­ley Parable

ZviSep 24, 2020, 2:40 PM
27 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Should it be a re­search pa­per or a blog post?

SherrinfordSep 24, 2020, 8:09 AM
15 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] David Deutsch on Univer­sal Ex­plain­ers and AI

alanfSep 24, 2020, 7:50 AM
4 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

I have dis­cov­ered a new kind of un­em­ploy­ment.

Nathan BrooksSep 24, 2020, 1:04 AM
12 points
4 comments2 min readLW link
(seekingalpha.com)

The ra­tio­nal­ist com­mu­nity’s lo­ca­tion problem

mingyuanSep 23, 2020, 6:39 PM
169 points
142 comments4 min readLW link

[AN #118]: Risks, solu­tions, and pri­ori­ti­za­tion in a world with many AI systems

Rohin ShahSep 23, 2020, 6:20 PM
15 points
6 comments10 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Petrov Day Ri­tual: Coron­avirus Edition

mingyuanSep 23, 2020, 4:41 PM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(thingofthings.wordpress.com)

De­hu­man­i­sa­tion *er­rors*

Stuart_ArmstrongSep 23, 2020, 9:51 AM
13 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The new Editor

habrykaSep 23, 2020, 2:25 AM
58 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

New Tag­ging Power Tools: Dash­board + Up­graded Tag Edit­ing Experience

RubySep 23, 2020, 1:49 AM
20 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

AI Ad­van­tages [Gems from the Wiki]

Sep 22, 2020, 10:44 PM
22 points
7 comments2 min readLW link
(www.lesswrong.com)

Sun­day Septem­ber 27, 12:00PM (PT) — talks by Alex Flint, Alex Zhu and more

habrykaSep 22, 2020, 9:59 PM
11 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Com­par­a­tive Ad­van­tage is Not About Trade

johnswentworthSep 22, 2020, 6:43 PM
89 points
26 comments3 min readLW link

The Haters Gonna Hate Fallacy

Kaj_SotalaSep 22, 2020, 12:20 PM
47 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

An­thro­po­mor­phi­sa­tion vs value learn­ing: type 1 vs type 2 errors

Stuart_ArmstrongSep 22, 2020, 10:46 AM
16 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Empti­ness and Form

lsusrSep 22, 2020, 4:20 AM
9 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Fore­cast­ing Thread: Ex­is­ten­tial Risk

AmandangoSep 22, 2020, 3:44 AM
43 points
39 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What AI com­pa­nies would be most likely to have a pos­i­tive long-term im­pact on the world as a re­sult of in­vest­ing in them?

MikkWSep 21, 2020, 11:41 PM
11 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Pre­pare for COVID-19 Hu­man Challenge Tri­als — A Pe­ti­tion in Canada (and soon, the UK)

abierohrigSep 21, 2020, 7:38 PM
6 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] How of­ten do se­ries C star­tups fail to exit?

Jessica ShuSep 21, 2020, 7:37 PM
14 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Needed: AI in­fo­haz­ard policy

Vanessa KosoySep 21, 2020, 3:26 PM
68 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Has any­one writ­ten sto­ries hap­pen­ing in Han­son’s em world?

Mati_RoySep 21, 2020, 2:37 PM
16 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Zen and Ra­tion­al­ity: Just This Is It

Gordon Seidoh WorleySep 20, 2020, 10:31 PM
36 points
6 comments2 min readLW link1 review