Why I’m ex­cited about Debate

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

Med­i­ta­tions on faith

Richard_NgoJan 15, 2021, 10:20 PM
31 points
9 comments6 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

The Fu­ture of Biolog­i­cal Warfare

lsusrJan 15, 2021, 9:47 PM
26 points
7 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Are there ex­am­ples of ra­tio­nal­ists get­ting cen­sored for COVID-19 re­lated com­mu­ni­ca­tion?

ChristianKlJan 15, 2021, 6:46 PM
15 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

San Fran­cisco outing

KatjaGraceJan 15, 2021, 11:40 AM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

De­con­di­tion­ing Aver­sion to Dislike

lsusrJan 15, 2021, 7:57 AM
14 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Alie­na­tion and meta-ethics (or: is it pos­si­ble you should max­i­mize he­lium?)

Joe CarlsmithJan 15, 2021, 7:07 AM
13 points
1 comment10 min readLW link

Pseu­do­ran­dom­ness con­test: prizes, re­sults, and analysis

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

How to solve the ar­gu­ment about what the al­gorithm should do

Yoav RavidJan 15, 2021, 6:08 AM
22 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

The Great Karma Reckoning

habrykaJan 15, 2021, 5:19 AM
50 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Grey Goo Re­quires AI

harsimonyJan 15, 2021, 4:45 AM
8 points
11 comments4 min readLW link
(harsimony.wordpress.com)

[Question] What char­i­ties can I donate to for pre­vent­ing an­other pan­demic?

calsemJan 15, 2021, 4:45 AM
1 point
2 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­alWiki on face masks

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

[Question] Any ra­tio­nal­ist judges?

kjzJan 14, 2021, 11:31 PM
8 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Thun­der­dome and Re­view Co-Vot­ing (Meetup Sun­day 12pm PT)

RaemonJan 14, 2021, 11:04 PM
21 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 1/​14: To Launch a Thou­sand Shipments

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

Thoughts on Ia­son Gabriel’s Ar­tifi­cial In­tel­li­gence, Values, and Alignment

Alex FlintJan 14, 2021, 12:58 PM
35 points
14 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Ge­netic Eng­ineer­ing: How would you change your DNA?

Felix KargJan 14, 2021, 11:43 AM
2 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Dis­cus­sion on the choice of concepts

KatjaGraceJan 14, 2021, 4:00 AM
41 points
4 comments2 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Some re­cent sur­vey pa­pers on (mostly near-term) AI safety, se­cu­rity, and assurance

Aryeh EnglanderJan 13, 2021, 9:50 PM
13 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

What is the cur­rency of the fu­ture? 5 sug­ges­tions.

MrThinkJan 13, 2021, 9:10 PM
18 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] How to iden­tify “pivotal chap­ters” in HtRaB?

habitmelonJan 13, 2021, 8:46 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Notes on Gratitude

David GrossJan 13, 2021, 8:37 PM
11 points
0 comments19 min readLW link

An Ex­plo­ra­tory Toy AI Take­off Model

niplavJan 13, 2021, 6:13 PM
10 points
6 comments12 min readLW link

[AN #133]: Build­ing ma­chines that can co­op­er­ate (with hu­mans, in­sti­tu­tions, or other ma­chines)

Rohin ShahJan 13, 2021, 6:10 PM
14 points
0 comments9 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

[Question] Any ex­am­ples of peo­ple an­a­lyz­ing/​cri­tiquing sci­en­tific stud­ies or pa­pers?

warrenjordanJan 13, 2021, 6:00 PM
3 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

What’s good about haikus?

KatjaGraceJan 13, 2021, 8:10 AM
14 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

The im­pact merge

Joe CarlsmithJan 13, 2021, 7:26 AM
48 points
11 comments4 min readLW link

“If” is in the map

Chris_LeongJan 13, 2021, 3:09 AM
8 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Vot­ing Phase for 2019 Review

RaemonJan 13, 2021, 1:33 AM
53 points
18 comments3 min readLW link

#2: Neu­ro­cry­op­reser­va­tion vs whole-body preservation

Jan 13, 2021, 1:18 AM
59 points
26 comments12 min readLW link

[Question] How much harder is it to re­vive a neuro-only cry­on­ics pa­tient?

Mati_RoyJan 12, 2021, 11:24 PM
20 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Zen and Ra­tion­al­ity: Karma

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJan 12, 2021, 8:56 PM
11 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

AI Align­ment Us­ing Re­v­erse Simulation

Sven NilsenJan 12, 2021, 8:48 PM
0 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The True Face of the Enemy

Space L ClotteyJan 12, 2021, 10:03 AM
35 points
77 comments10 min readLW link

A vastly faster vac­cine rollout

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

Physi­cist’s dissociation

Mateusz MazurkiewiczJan 12, 2021, 4:40 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Re­view of ‘De­bate on In­stru­men­tal Con­ver­gence be­tween LeCun, Rus­sell, Ben­gio, Zador, and More’

TurnTroutJan 12, 2021, 3:57 AM
40 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

[Question] Base rate of RCT from de­vel­op­ing coun­tries find­ing un­ex­pected effects

MichaelLoweJan 12, 2021, 1:57 AM
18 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What skills or habits have last­ing value through time?

DuffJan 12, 2021, 1:54 AM
7 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

D&D.Sci II: The Sorceror’s Per­sonal Shopper

abstractapplicJan 12, 2021, 1:38 AM
60 points
29 comments2 min readLW link

Group house norms re­ally do seem toxic to many peo­ple.

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

Trans­parency and AGI safety

jylin04Jan 11, 2021, 6:51 PM
54 points
12 comments30 min readLW link

In Defense of Twit­ter’s De­ci­sion to Ban Trump

ragintumbleweedJan 11, 2021, 6:08 PM
4 points
21 comments5 min readLW link

The time I got re­ally into poker

KatjaGraceJan 11, 2021, 1:00 PM
23 points
4 comments2 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Shouldn’t it mat­ter to the vic­tim?

Joe CarlsmithJan 11, 2021, 7:16 AM
5 points
2 comments15 min readLW link

Avoid Un­nec­es­sar­ily Poli­ti­cal Examples

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

Mini thoughts on mintheism

CraigMichaelJan 11, 2021, 5:14 AM
14 points
3 comments7 min readLW link

Effi­ciency Wages: A Dou­ble-Edged Sword

Aaron BergmanJan 11, 2021, 4:43 AM
6 points
7 comments5 min readLW link
(aaronbergman.substack.com)

Pre­dic­tion: The Defense Depart­ment Will Blame Trump for the Slow Re­sponse on Jan. 7, 2021

Tim LiptrotJan 11, 2021, 1:02 AM
2 points
5 comments2 min readLW link