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Bets, Bonds, and Kindergarteners

jefftkJan 3, 2021, 9:20 PM
423 points
35 comments2 min readLW link1 review
(www.jefftk.com)

Les­sons I’ve Learned from Self-Teaching

TurnTroutJan 23, 2021, 7:00 PM
360 points
76 comments9 min readLW link1 review

Leaky Del­e­ga­tion: You are not a Commodity

DarmaniJan 25, 2021, 2:04 AM
310 points
38 comments15 min readLW link1 review

Science in a High-Di­men­sional World

johnswentworthJan 8, 2021, 5:52 PM
295 points
53 comments7 min readLW link1 review

Birds, Brains, Planes, and AI: Against Ap­peals to the Com­plex­ity/​Mys­te­ri­ous­ness/​Effi­ciency of the Brain

Daniel KokotajloJan 18, 2021, 12:08 PM
196 points
86 comments13 min readLW link1 review

Tech­nolog­i­cal stag­na­tion: Why I came around

jasoncrawfordJan 23, 2021, 10:05 PM
193 points
79 comments8 min readLW link1 review
(rootsofprogress.org)

Si­mu­lacrum 3 As Stag-Hunt Strategy

johnswentworthJan 26, 2021, 7:40 PM
183 points
37 comments4 min readLW link3 reviews

[Link] Still Alive—As­tral Codex Ten

jimrandomhJan 21, 2021, 11:20 PM
169 points
10 comments1 min readLW link
(astralcodexten.substack.com)

Pseu­do­ran­dom­ness con­test: prizes, re­sults, and analysis

Eric NeymanJan 15, 2021, 6:24 AM
164 points
22 comments20 min readLW link
(ericneyman.wordpress.com)

Covid 1/​7: The Fire of a Thou­sand Suns

ZviJan 7, 2021, 5:00 PM
157 points
56 comments27 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Cry­on­ics signup guide #1: Overview

mingyuanJan 6, 2021, 12:25 AM
150 points
34 comments6 min readLW link1 review

Covid 1/​21: Turn­ing the Corner

ZviJan 21, 2021, 4:40 PM
136 points
41 comments26 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Matt Lev­ine on “Fraud is no fun with­out friends.”

RaemonJan 19, 2021, 6:23 PM
120 points
24 comments4 min readLW link
(www.bloomberg.com)

Catch­ing the Spark

LoganStrohlJan 30, 2021, 11:23 PM
117 points
21 comments36 min readLW link1 review

Les­sons from “The Book of My Life”

bmgarfinkelJan 6, 2021, 10:40 PM
114 points
3 comments16 min readLW link
(benmgarfinkel.wordpress.com)

Covid 1/​14: To Launch a Thou­sand Shipments

ZviJan 14, 2021, 5:30 PM
108 points
35 comments22 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Fourth Wave Covid Toy Modeling

ZviJan 6, 2021, 6:30 PM
108 points
22 comments14 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Imi­ta­tive Gen­er­al­i­sa­tion (AKA ‘Learn­ing the Prior’)

Beth BarnesJan 10, 2021, 12:30 AM
107 points
15 comments11 min readLW link1 review

Avoid Un­nec­es­sar­ily Poli­ti­cal Examples

RaemonJan 11, 2021, 5:41 AM
106 points
42 comments3 min readLW link

DALL-E by OpenAI

Daniel KokotajloJan 5, 2021, 8:05 PM
97 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 1/​28: Mud­dling Through

ZviJan 28, 2021, 4:50 PM
97 points
18 comments35 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Ex­er­cise: Ta­boo “Should”

johnswentworthJan 22, 2021, 9:02 PM
96 points
28 comments9 min readLW link2 reviews

#3: Choos­ing a cry­on­ics provider

mingyuanJan 20, 2021, 1:47 AM
95 points
21 comments18 min readLW link

Ten­ta­tive covid sur­face risk estimates

KatjaGraceJan 25, 2021, 9:40 AM
92 points
8 comments2 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Ra­tion­alWiki on face masks

ViliamJan 15, 2021, 1:55 AM
92 points
27 comments3 min readLW link

What is go­ing on in the world?

KatjaGraceJan 17, 2021, 11:30 AM
90 points
48 comments3 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

A few thought on the in­ner ring

KatjaGraceJan 21, 2021, 3:40 AM
90 points
23 comments4 min readLW link1 review
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Un­nat­u­ral Cat­e­gories Are Op­ti­mized for Deception

Zack_M_DavisJan 8, 2021, 8:54 PM
89 points
29 comments33 min readLW link1 review

A vastly faster vac­cine rollout

KatjaGraceJan 12, 2021, 7:40 AM
86 points
37 comments5 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Ac­tu­ally pos­si­ble: thoughts on Utopia

Joe CarlsmithJan 18, 2021, 8:27 AM
86 points
7 comments13 min readLW link

Tak­ing money seriously

dominicqJan 28, 2021, 12:53 PM
85 points
8 comments5 min readLW link

Re­view of Soft Take­off Can Still Lead to DSA

Daniel KokotajloJan 10, 2021, 6:10 PM
85 points
16 comments6 min readLW link

Thoughts on be­ing mortal

Joe CarlsmithJan 1, 2021, 7:17 PM
84 points
5 comments6 min readLW link

Liter­a­ture Re­view on Goal-Directedness

adamShimi, Michele Campolo and Joe Collman
Jan 18, 2021, 11:15 AM
80 points
21 comments31 min readLW link

Luna Love­g­ood and the Cham­ber of Se­crets—Part 13

lsusrJan 1, 2021, 8:01 AM
79 points
23 comments2 min readLW link

Reflec­tions on Larks’ 2020 AI al­ign­ment liter­a­ture review

Alex FlintJan 1, 2021, 10:53 PM
79 points
7 comments6 min readLW link

How to Write Like Kaj Sotala

Matt GoldenbergJan 7, 2021, 7:33 PM
79 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

Eight claims about multi-agent AGI safety

Richard_NgoJan 7, 2021, 1:34 PM
79 points
18 comments5 min readLW link

For Bet­ter Com­ment­ing, Avoid PONDS

DirectedEvolutionJan 20, 2021, 1:11 AM
77 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

Why I’m ex­cited about Debate

Richard_NgoJan 15, 2021, 11:37 PM
75 points
12 comments7 min readLW link

Covid: The Ques­tion of Im­mu­nity From Infection

ZviJan 20, 2021, 3:50 PM
68 points
9 comments2 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Group house norms re­ally do seem toxic to many peo­ple.

sapphireJan 11, 2021, 11:42 PM
66 points
31 comments3 min readLW link

Ret­ro­spec­tive on Teach­ing Ra­tion­al­ity Workshops

Neel NandaJan 3, 2021, 5:15 PM
66 points
2 comments31 min readLW link

The Prob­lem of the Criterion

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJan 21, 2021, 3:05 PM
64 points
63 comments10 min readLW link

Un­pop­u­lar­ity of efficiency

KatjaGraceJan 28, 2021, 8:30 AM
64 points
20 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Over­all num­bers won’t show the English strain coming

Eric NeymanJan 1, 2021, 11:00 PM
63 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

Every­thing Okay

ZviJan 23, 2021, 2:50 PM
62 points
13 comments7 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Why Pro­duc­tivity Sys­tems Don’t Stick

Matt GoldenbergJan 16, 2021, 5:45 PM
62 points
22 comments3 min readLW link

On clinging

Joe CarlsmithJan 24, 2021, 11:25 PM
61 points
11 comments8 min readLW link

The Poin­t­ers Prob­lem: Clar­ifi­ca­tions/​Variations

abramdemskiJan 5, 2021, 5:29 PM
61 points
16 comments18 min readLW link