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

[Question] How could nat­u­ral lan­guage look like if it hadn’t evolved from speech?

newroscientistFeb 6, 2021, 4:31 PM
5 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Fake Frame­works for Zen Med­i­ta­tion (Sum­mary of Sek­ida’s Zen Train­ing)

Gordon Seidoh WorleyFeb 6, 2021, 3:38 PM
54 points
11 comments10 min readLW link

Cur­rent cry­on­ics impressions

KatjaGraceFeb 6, 2021, 10:00 AM
63 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Is the world be­com­ing bet­ter?

invertedpassionFeb 6, 2021, 9:28 AM
34 points
7 comments5 min readLW link

In­tu­itions about utilities

mingyuanFeb 6, 2021, 12:12 AM
32 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

The Fear Experiments

Tim LyonsFeb 5, 2021, 10:57 PM
10 points
2 comments6 min readLW link

Learn­ing Nor­ma­tivity: Language

BunthutFeb 5, 2021, 10:26 PM
14 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

Open & Wel­come Thread – Fe­bru­ary 2021

mingyuanFeb 5, 2021, 9:38 PM
13 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

Three Sto­ries about not Think­ing too Hard

ejacobFeb 5, 2021, 7:51 PM
25 points
1 comment3 min readLW link
(eidan.substack.com)

Evolu­tions Build­ing Evolu­tions: Lay­ers of Gen­er­ate and Test

plexFeb 5, 2021, 6:21 PM
12 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

Notes on Frugality

David GrossFeb 5, 2021, 4:54 PM
15 points
3 comments12 min readLW link

[Link] Sarah Con­stantin on RaDVaC

OrbordeFeb 5, 2021, 4:08 PM
38 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(twitter.com)

[Question] What does flow feel like for “men­tal ac­tivi­ties”?

HazardFeb 5, 2021, 2:33 PM
9 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Creat­ing AGI Safety Interlocks

Koen.HoltmanFeb 5, 2021, 12:01 PM
7 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

Meetup: Daniel Koko­taljo on Com­mit­ment Races (Sun­day Feb 7th, 12pm PT)

RaemonFeb 5, 2021, 9:34 AM
17 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Any layper­son-ac­cessible refer­ence posts on how to op­er­a­tional­ize be­liefs ?

Optimization ProcessFeb 5, 2021, 7:26 AM
18 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ways of be­ing with you

KatjaGraceFeb 5, 2021, 7:00 AM
7 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

The Story of the Reichstag

Martin SustrikFeb 5, 2021, 5:51 AM
95 points
21 comments2 min readLW link

Net­work­ing and Ex­pert Con­sult­ing As Ra­tion­al­ity Bottlenecks

DirectedEvolutionFeb 5, 2021, 5:41 AM
33 points
2 comments7 min readLW link

Look­ing at RSS User-Agents

jefftkFeb 5, 2021, 2:10 AM
8 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Why are clini­cal tri­als so ex­pen­sive?

ChristianKlFeb 5, 2021, 12:10 AM
23 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Jan­uary 2021 gw­ern.net newsletter

gwernFeb 4, 2021, 8:12 PM
18 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.gwern.net)

Covid 2/​4: Safe and Effec­tive Vac­cines Aplenty

ZviFeb 4, 2021, 2:50 PM
90 points
25 comments25 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Early ca­reer choices to max­imise learn­ing?

EvzenFeb 4, 2021, 1:37 PM
6 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

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

Lukas FinnvedenFeb 4, 2021, 12:49 PM
14 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

[Question] A silly question

LeafcraftFeb 4, 2021, 10:22 AM
8 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

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

simbyoticFeb 4, 2021, 9:59 AM
18 points
2 comments14 min readLW link

In­tro­duc­tion to Heel-Toe Drumming

jefftkFeb 4, 2021, 2:00 AM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Mak­ing Vaccine

johnswentworthFeb 3, 2021, 8:24 PM
579 points
249 comments6 min readLW link3 reviews

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

Rohin ShahFeb 3, 2021, 6:10 PM
21 points
2 comments9 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Speak­ing of the effi­ciency of utopia

KatjaGraceFeb 3, 2021, 5:10 PM
8 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Late-talk­ing kids and “Ein­stein syn­drome”

Steven ByrnesFeb 3, 2021, 3:16 PM
35 points
30 comments6 min readLW link

Coun­ter­fac­tual Plan­ning in AGI Systems

Koen.HoltmanFeb 3, 2021, 1:54 PM
10 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

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

Sunny from QADFeb 3, 2021, 12:57 PM
7 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Dist­in­guish­ing claims about train­ing vs deployment

Richard_NgoFeb 3, 2021, 11:30 AM
68 points
29 comments9 min readLW link

A Cri­tique of Non-Obstruction

Joe CollmanFeb 3, 2021, 8:45 AM
13 points
9 comments4 min readLW link

Covid cafes

KatjaGraceFeb 3, 2021, 8:20 AM
24 points
9 comments3 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Browser Au­dio Latency

jefftkFeb 3, 2021, 2:40 AM
10 points
2 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Reflec­tions on the cry­on­ics sequence

mingyuanFeb 3, 2021, 1:17 AM
100 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

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

mcorvinFeb 3, 2021, 1:03 AM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

Bayesian in­fer­ence on 1st or­der logic

Daniel AbolafiaFeb 3, 2021, 1:03 AM
11 points
6 comments18 min readLW link

#6: Op­tional ad­di­tional steps

mingyuanFeb 2, 2021, 11:57 PM
43 points
4 comments9 min readLW link

#5: Mak­ing your cry­on­ics ar­range­ments official

mingyuanFeb 2, 2021, 11:54 PM
37 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

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

shanenFeb 2, 2021, 8:22 PM
−1 points
33 comments1 min readLW link

The World is Full of Wasted Motion

Neel NandaFeb 2, 2021, 7:02 PM
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 RischelFeb 2, 2021, 3:14 PM
5 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Elephant seal 2

KatjaGraceFeb 2, 2021, 9:40 AM
60 points
8 comments1 min readLW link2 reviews
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Vac­ci­nated Socializing

jefftkFeb 2, 2021, 3:20 AM
29 points
12 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)