Watch­ing themselves

jefftkFeb 12, 2021, 10:20 PM
48 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Po­ten­tial fac­tors in Bell Labs’ in­tel­lec­tual progress, Pt. 1

RubyFeb 12, 2021, 7:26 PM
50 points
6 comments8 min readLW link

Tour­ne­sol, YouTube and AI Risk

adamShimiFeb 12, 2021, 6:56 PM
36 points
13 comments4 min readLW link

Su­per-fore­cast­ers as a ser­vice

frcassarinoFeb 12, 2021, 1:35 PM
6 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(federicorcassarino.substack.com)

[Question] What does the FDA ac­tu­ally do be­tween get­ting the trial re­sults and hav­ing their meet­ing?

ChristianKlFeb 12, 2021, 1:08 PM
28 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

Map­ping the Con­cep­tual Ter­ri­tory in AI Ex­is­ten­tial Safety and Alignment

jbkjrFeb 12, 2021, 7:55 AM
15 points
0 comments27 min readLW link

The art of car­ing what peo­ple think

KatjaGraceFeb 12, 2021, 5:40 AM
43 points
7 comments3 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

John Went­worth on “Ta­boo­ing ‘Should’ Ex­er­cise” [Sun­day Meetup 1pm]

RaemonFeb 11, 2021, 10:40 PM
14 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

In­sti­tute for As­sured Au­ton­omy (IAA) newsletter

Aryeh EnglanderFeb 11, 2021, 9:48 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Par­ti­ci­pat­ing in a Covid-19 Vac­cine Trial

ejacobFeb 11, 2021, 8:35 PM
37 points
14 comments7 min readLW link
(eidan.substack.com)

The dan­gers of digi­tal vaccines

canaveroeFeb 11, 2021, 6:39 PM
−8 points
18 comments3 min readLW link

Covid 2/​11: As Expected

ZviFeb 11, 2021, 6:30 PM
101 points
79 comments21 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Has at­tempt been made to iden­tify all mechanisms which al­lowed hu­man species to come this in terms of value al­ign­ment?

Thomas BrownFeb 11, 2021, 6:16 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Speedrun­ning my Morn­ing Makes the Coffee Taste Weird

kithpendragonFeb 11, 2021, 5:06 PM
13 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

In bal­ance and flux

KatjaGraceFeb 11, 2021, 3:40 PM
13 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Un­wit­ting cult leaders

Kaj_SotalaFeb 11, 2021, 11:10 AM
119 points
9 comments3 min readLW link1 review
(kajsotala.fi)

[AN #137]: Quan­tify­ing the benefits of pre­train­ing on down­stream task performance

Rohin ShahFeb 10, 2021, 6:10 PM
18 points
0 comments8 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

We got what’s needed for COVID-19 vac­ci­na­tion com­pletely wrong

ChristianKlFeb 10, 2021, 7:59 AM
61 points
32 comments4 min readLW link

A great hard day

KatjaGraceFeb 10, 2021, 7:00 AM
54 points
2 comments2 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Notes on Schel­ling’s “Strat­egy of Con­flict” (1960)

MichaelAFeb 10, 2021, 2:48 AM
25 points
8 comments8 min readLW link

Fix­ing The Good Reg­u­la­tor Theorem

johnswentworthFeb 9, 2021, 8:30 PM
147 points
39 comments8 min readLW link1 review

Book re­view: The Geog­ra­phy of Thought

PeterMcCluskeyFeb 9, 2021, 6:47 PM
73 points
37 comments5 min readLW link
(www.bayesianinvestor.com)

Still Not in Charge

ZviFeb 9, 2021, 4:00 PM
46 points
24 comments8 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

We Need Browsers as Platforms

jefftkFeb 9, 2021, 3:40 PM
15 points
8 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Episte­mol­ogy of HCH

adamShimiFeb 9, 2021, 11:46 AM
17 points
2 comments10 min readLW link

How would free pre­dic­tion mar­kets have al­tered the pan­demic?

mike_hawkeFeb 9, 2021, 10:55 AM
10 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Against but­terfly effect

ForensicOceanographyFeb 9, 2021, 7:46 AM
5 points
10 comments1 min readLW link
(forensicoceanography.wordpress.com)

Evolu­tion from dis­tinc­tion difference

KatjaGraceFeb 9, 2021, 5:20 AM
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Pro­mot­ing Pre­dic­tion Mar­kets With Mean­ingless In­ter­net-Point Badges

1a3ornFeb 8, 2021, 7:03 PM
59 points
21 comments2 min readLW link

Micro­morts vs. Life Expectancy

Young BuckFeb 8, 2021, 7:03 PM
5 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What met­rics should I track when ex­per­i­ment­ing with sleep?

CheerfulWarriorFeb 8, 2021, 5:22 PM
10 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Were the Great Tragedies of His­tory “Mere Rip­ples”?

philosophytorresFeb 8, 2021, 3:35 PM
−24 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

The dis­tinc­tion distance

KatjaGraceFeb 8, 2021, 7:40 AM
24 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Quadratic, not logarithmic

Valentin2026Feb 8, 2021, 3:42 AM
84 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Sin­gu­lar­ity&phase tran­si­tion-2. A pri­ori prob­a­bil­ity and ways to check.

Valentin2026Feb 8, 2021, 2:21 AM
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link

Met­ric se­lec­tion bias: why Moore’s law is less im­por­tant than you think

Aaron BergmanFeb 8, 2021, 12:21 AM
18 points
10 comments6 min readLW link
(aaronbergman.substack.com)

Killing the ants

Joe CarlsmithFeb 7, 2021, 11:17 PM
76 points
27 comments8 min readLW link1 review

Mak­ing Ex­per­tise Leg­ible: Be­ing right should make you re­spected, not the other way around

ejacobFeb 7, 2021, 11:15 PM
6 points
11 comments3 min readLW link
(eidan.substack.com)

Timeline of AI safety

riceissaFeb 7, 2021, 10:29 PM
73 points
6 comments2 min readLW link
(timelines.issarice.com)

His­tory of the Public Suffix List

jefftkFeb 7, 2021, 10:20 PM
11 points
3 comments3 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Book re­view: Sleight of Mind (Matt Cook)

Bob BakerFeb 7, 2021, 9:44 PM
4 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] How do you op­ti­mize pro­duc­tivity with re­spect to your men­strual cy­cle?

just_browsingFeb 7, 2021, 9:39 PM
97 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Why I Am Not in Charge

ZviFeb 7, 2021, 6:20 PM
145 points
23 comments25 min readLW link1 review
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

#un­clogth­eFDA: a twit­ter storm to ap­prove vaccines

Tim LiptrotFeb 7, 2021, 2:39 PM
45 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Short, Ex­treme, For­got­ten Tor­ture vs Death

burritoFeb 7, 2021, 9:31 AM
2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Democ­racy, Bureau­cracy, Cen­tral Banking

Martin SustrikFeb 7, 2021, 8:54 AM
19 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Mas­sive consequences

KatjaGraceFeb 7, 2021, 5:30 AM
23 points
15 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Bring Back Free-Flow Valves

jefftkFeb 7, 2021, 3:50 AM
12 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

O2 Curve Re­view: Well Worth the Money

eapacheFeb 6, 2021, 10:35 PM
14 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

What it means to be lucky

Amir BolousFeb 6, 2021, 5:40 PM
7 points
6 comments5 min readLW link