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January 2021 gwern.net newsletter

gwern4 Feb 2021 20:12 UTC

18 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.gwern.net)

Covid 2/4: Safe and Effective Vaccines Aplenty

Zvi4 Feb 2021 14:50 UTC

90 points

25 comments25 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Early career choices to maximise learning?

Evzen4 Feb 2021 13:37 UTC

6 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

OpenAI: “Scaling Laws for Transfer”, Hernandez et al.

Lukas Finnveden4 Feb 2021 12:49 UTC

14 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

[Question] A silly question

Leafcraft4 Feb 2021 10:22 UTC

8 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

A Gentle Introduction on How to Use Anki to Improve Your Memory

simbyotic4 Feb 2021 9:59 UTC

18 points

2 comments14 min readLW link

Introduction to Heel-Toe Drumming

jefftk4 Feb 2021 2:00 UTC

8 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Making Vaccine

johnswentworth3 Feb 2021 20:24 UTC

579 points

249 comments6 min readLW link 3 reviews

[AN #136]: How well will GPT-N perform on downstream tasks?

Rohin Shah3 Feb 2021 18:10 UTC

21 points

2 comments9 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Speaking of the efficiency of utopia

KatjaGrace3 Feb 2021 17:10 UTC

8 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Late-talking kids and “Einstein syndrome”

Steven Byrnes3 Feb 2021 15:16 UTC

35 points

30 comments6 min readLW link

Counterfactual Planning in AGI Systems

Koen.Holtman3 Feb 2021 13:54 UTC

10 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Does anyone else sometimes “run out of gas” when trying to think?

Sunny from QAD3 Feb 2021 12:57 UTC

7 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

Distinguishing claims about training vs deployment

Richard_Ngo3 Feb 2021 11:30 UTC

68 points

29 comments9 min readLW link

A Critique of Non-Obstruction

Joe Collman3 Feb 2021 8:45 UTC

13 points

9 comments4 min readLW link

Covid cafes

KatjaGrace3 Feb 2021 8:20 UTC

24 points

9 comments3 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Browser Audio Latency

jefftk3 Feb 2021 2:40 UTC

10 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Reflections on the cryonics sequence

mingyuan3 Feb 2021 1:17 UTC

100 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Has there been any work done on the ethics of changing people’s minds?

mcorvin3 Feb 2021 1:03 UTC

1 point

1 comment1 min readLW link

Bayesian inference on 1st order logic

Daniel Abolafia3 Feb 2021 1:03 UTC

11 points

6 comments18 min readLW link

#6: Optional additional steps

mingyuan2 Feb 2021 23:57 UTC

43 points

4 comments9 min readLW link

#5: Making your cryonics arrangements official

mingyuan2 Feb 2021 23:54 UTC

37 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

[Question] Is the influence of money pervasive, even on LessWrong?

shanen2 Feb 2021 20:22 UTC

−1 points

33 comments1 min readLW link

The World is Full of Wasted Motion

Neel Nanda2 Feb 2021 19:02 UTC

33 points

4 comments10 min readLW link

(www.neelnanda.io)

[Question] Has anybody used quantification over utility functions to define “how good a model is”?

Eigil Rischel2 Feb 2021 15:14 UTC

5 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

Elephant seal 2

KatjaGrace2 Feb 2021 9:40 UTC

58 points

5 comments1 min readLW link 2 reviews

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Vaccinated Socializing

jefftk2 Feb 2021 3:20 UTC

29 points

12 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Deepmind has made a general inductor (“Making sense of sensory input”)

mako yass2 Feb 2021 2:54 UTC

49 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

(www.sciencedirect.com)

[Question] Lean Startup Reading Comprehension Quiz

Raemon2 Feb 2021 1:03 UTC

22 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Links for January 2021

ike1 Feb 2021 23:54 UTC

8 points

1 comment5 min readLW link

(www.facebook.com)

Forecasting Newsletter: January 2021

NunoSempere1 Feb 2021 23:07 UTC

21 points

2 comments7 min readLW link

Prisoner’s Dilemmas : Altruism :: Battles of the Sexes : Convention

michaelcohen1 Feb 2021 10:39 UTC

11 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

Feedback for learning

KatjaGrace1 Feb 2021 9:40 UTC

20 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Believing in things you cannot see

Joe Carlsmith1 Feb 2021 7:26 UTC

20 points

0 comments10 min readLW link

The 10,000-Hour Rule is a myth

lynettebye1 Feb 2021 4:47 UTC

52 points

25 comments6 min readLW link

2019 Review: Voting Results!

Raemon and habryka

1 Feb 2021 3:10 UTC

99 points

36 comments7 min readLW link

Smuggled frames

Artyom Kazak1 Feb 2021 1:22 UTC

70 points

2 comments6 min readLW link

Self-Criticism Can Be Wrong And Harmful

DirectedEvolution1 Feb 2021 1:07 UTC

12 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

How to Absorb a Shared Success Script (while also thinking you’re living without one)

Hazard31 Jan 2021 20:17 UTC

62 points

6 comments16 min readLW link

Oceans of snails

KatjaGrace31 Jan 2021 11:20 UTC

14 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Clarifications on tech stagnation

jasoncrawford31 Jan 2021 0:59 UTC

20 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Researching and Reasoning About Bardiya

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)31 Jan 2021 0:24 UTC

19 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] For those who advocate Anki

jmh31 Jan 2021 0:01 UTC

20 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

Catching the Spark

LoganStrohl30 Jan 2021 23:23 UTC

117 points

21 comments36 min readLW link 1 review

Notes on Judgment and Righteous Anger

David Gross30 Jan 2021 19:31 UTC

13 points

1 comment7 min readLW link

Fight Akrasia and Decision Fatigue with DIY Productivity Software

DanB30 Jan 2021 18:38 UTC

25 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

AISU 2021

Linda Linsefors30 Jan 2021 17:40 UTC

28 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Limiting Causality by Complexity Class

Bunthut30 Jan 2021 12:18 UTC

18 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Calibrated estimation of workload

kerspoon30 Jan 2021 12:15 UTC

12 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

Play with neural net

KatjaGrace30 Jan 2021 10:50 UTC

17 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)