How to end stag­na­tion?

jasoncrawfordMar 1, 2021, 7:42 PM
36 points
35 comments4 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Rus­sian x-risks newslet­ter win­ter 2020-2021: free vac­cines for for­eign­ers, bird flu out­break, one more nu­clear near-miss in the past and one now, new AGI in­sti­tute.

avturchinMar 1, 2021, 4:35 PM
14 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Fo­cus­mate: Cry­on­ics sign up

Mati_RoyMar 1, 2021, 3:41 PM
13 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Idea selection

krbouchardMar 1, 2021, 2:07 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Fun with +12 OOMs of Compute

Daniel KokotajloMar 1, 2021, 1:30 PM
227 points
86 comments12 min readLW link2 reviews

Full-time AGI Safety!

Steven ByrnesMar 1, 2021, 12:42 PM
118 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Sub­jec­tivism and moral authority

Joe CarlsmithMar 1, 2021, 9:02 AM
22 points
4 comments14 min readLW link

We should not raise awareness

lsusrMar 1, 2021, 8:46 AM
36 points
21 comments2 min readLW link

AIDun­geon 3.1

Yair HalberstadtMar 1, 2021, 5:56 AM
2 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Links for Feb 2021

ikeMar 1, 2021, 5:13 AM
6 points
0 comments6 min readLW link
(misinfounderload.substack.com)

Take­aways from one year of lockdown

mingyuanMar 1, 2021, 3:53 AM
193 points
87 comments6 min readLW link

In­tro­duc­tion to Re­in­force­ment Learning

Dr. BirdbrainFeb 28, 2021, 11:03 PM
4 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

When I left Google

jefftkFeb 28, 2021, 9:40 PM
10 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

The Puce Tribe

mike_hawkeFeb 28, 2021, 9:11 PM
9 points
8 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] How do you run a fit-test for a mask at home when you don’t have fancy equip­ment?

ChristianKlFeb 28, 2021, 8:30 PM
21 points
33 comments1 min readLW link

02/​28/​2021 - Myan­mar Diaries; Context

Tim LiptrotFeb 28, 2021, 8:00 PM
33 points
7 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] How might cryp­tocur­ren­cies af­fect AGI timelines?

Dawn DrescherFeb 28, 2021, 7:16 PM
14 points
40 comments2 min readLW link

“If You’re Not a Holy Mad­man, You’re Not Try­ing”

abramdemskiFeb 28, 2021, 6:56 PM
106 points
26 comments3 min readLW link

Ar­row grid game

KatjaGraceFeb 28, 2021, 9:50 AM
4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Pri­vacy vs proof of character

DanielFilanFeb 28, 2021, 2:03 AM
15 points
10 comments4 min readLW link

Sus­pected rea­son that kids usu­ally hate vegetables

Andrew VlahosFeb 27, 2021, 11:52 PM
8 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Boot­strapped Alignment

Gordon Seidoh WorleyFeb 27, 2021, 3:46 PM
20 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

Par­ti­ci­pat­ing in a Covid-19 Vac­cine Trial #2: We pretty much knew it would work the whole time

ejacobFeb 27, 2021, 12:47 AM
7 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

The sailor’s wife

krbouchardFeb 27, 2021, 12:23 AM
4 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Can you be 100% con­fi­dent in your moral be­liefs?

MaxGFeb 27, 2021, 12:23 AM
3 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why aren’t we all us­ing Taf­fix?

ChristianKlFeb 26, 2021, 11:09 PM
63 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Differ­ent kinds of lan­guage proficiency

Kaj_SotalaFeb 26, 2021, 6:20 PM
34 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

RadVac Com­mer­cial An­ti­body Test Results

johnswentworthFeb 26, 2021, 6:04 PM
243 points
30 comments3 min readLW link1 review

[Question] “New EA cause area: vot­ing”; or, “what’s wrong with this calcu­la­tion?”

Optimization ProcessFeb 26, 2021, 4:50 PM
18 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Use­less knowl­edge; why peo­ple re­sist ed­u­ca­tion improvement

Andrew VlahosFeb 26, 2021, 3:43 AM
11 points
22 comments4 min readLW link

What is the VIX?

AnnapurnaFeb 26, 2021, 1:05 AM
21 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Anna and Oliver dis­cuss Chil­dren and X-Risk

RaemonFeb 26, 2021, 12:07 AM
54 points
44 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are a ra­tio­nal­ist’s best tools for bet­ter de­ci­sion mak­ing?

acomeyerFeb 25, 2021, 10:06 PM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Is there any se­ri­ous at­tempt to cre­ate a sys­tem to figure out the CEV of hu­man­ity and if not, why haven’t we started yet?

Jonas HallgrenFeb 25, 2021, 10:06 PM
5 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

My Thoughts on the Ap­per­cep­tion Engine

J BostockFeb 25, 2021, 7:43 PM
5 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

Com­pro­mis­ing with Compulsion

matejsuchyFeb 25, 2021, 4:43 PM
4 points
1 comment8 min readLW link

Covid 2/​25: Hold­ing Pattern

ZviFeb 25, 2021, 2:30 PM
67 points
16 comments9 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Never Go Full Kelly

SimonMFeb 25, 2021, 12:53 PM
51 points
7 comments8 min readLW link

The In­ner Work­ings of Resourcefulness

Nora_AmmannFeb 25, 2021, 9:15 AM
22 points
3 comments8 min readLW link

Against un­stop­pable crypto pre­dic­tion markets

lemonhopeFeb 25, 2021, 6:02 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Tsuyoku Naritai

RubyFeb 25, 2021, 5:40 AM
21 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Above the Narrative

Jacob FalkovichFeb 25, 2021, 4:37 AM
23 points
12 comments7 min readLW link

Texas Freeze Ret­ro­spec­tive & Emer­gency Plan­ning (Non-Tex­ans Wel­come!)

jchanFeb 25, 2021, 12:05 AM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Men­tor­ship, Man­age­ment, and Mys­te­ri­ous Old Wizards

RaemonFeb 24, 2021, 10:00 PM
92 points
13 comments3 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Suffer­ing-Fo­cused Ethics in the In­finite Uni­verse. How can we re­deem our­selves if Mul­ti­verse Im­mor­tal­ity is real and sub­jec­tive death is im­pos­si­ble.

Szymon KucharskiFeb 24, 2021, 9:02 PM
−2 points
4 comments70 min readLW link

[Question] Are there good ne­go­ti­a­tion classes?

shenkevFeb 24, 2021, 7:24 PM
6 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

[AN #139]: How the sim­plic­ity of re­al­ity ex­plains the suc­cess of neu­ral nets

Rohin ShahFeb 24, 2021, 6:30 PM
26 points
6 comments12 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

A No-Non­sense Guide to Early Retirement

tryactionsFeb 24, 2021, 4:37 PM
75 points
46 comments28 min readLW link

[Question] Are mul­ti­ple shorter ex­po­sures less likely to re­duce in in­fec­tions of COVID-19 then one larger ex­po­sure?

ChristianKlFeb 24, 2021, 1:14 PM
10 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Read­ing recom­men­da­tions on so­cial tech­nol­ogy: look­ing for the third way be­tween tech­noc­racy and populism

QuinnFeb 24, 2021, 11:48 AM
5 points
10 comments1 min readLW link