What’s your peace plan?

CraigMichaelMay 26, 2021, 11:26 PM
8 points
10 comments7 min readLW link

The Anti-Carter Basilisk

Jon GilbertMay 26, 2021, 10:56 PM
0 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Is (“Chem­i­cal Im­bal­ance” ⇒ De­pres­sion) an ex­am­ple of fake causal­ity?

const LIZARDMANMay 26, 2021, 10:55 PM
3 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] List of good AI safety pro­ject ideas?

Aryeh EnglanderMay 26, 2021, 10:36 PM
24 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Dal­las SSC Meetup #11

DacynMay 26, 2021, 10:19 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

An­tifrag­ility in Games of Chance, Re­search, and Debate

DirectedEvolutionMay 26, 2021, 5:51 PM
13 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

[Pre­dic­tion] What war be­tween the USA and China would look like in 2050

lsusrMay 26, 2021, 6:24 AM
76 points
55 comments8 min readLW link

The Prac­tice & Virtue of Discernment

ozziegooenMay 26, 2021, 12:34 AM
41 points
11 comments11 min readLW link

MDP mod­els are de­ter­mined by the agent ar­chi­tec­ture and the en­vi­ron­men­tal dynamics

TurnTroutMay 26, 2021, 12:14 AM
23 points
34 comments3 min readLW link

The BTC equil­ibriu­mat­ing and the ETH one-eightening

Randomized, ControlledMay 25, 2021, 9:32 PM
22 points
7 comments13 min readLW link

[Question] Is there a term for ‘the mis­take of mak­ing a de­ci­sion based on av­er­ages when you could cherry picked in­stead’?

freedomandutilityMay 25, 2021, 7:18 PM
6 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

De­cou­pling de­liber­a­tion from competition

paulfchristianoMay 25, 2021, 6:50 PM
84 points
17 comments9 min readLW link1 review
(ai-alignment.com)

Knowl­edge is not just map/​ter­ri­tory resemblance

Alex FlintMay 25, 2021, 5:58 PM
28 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

Ab­strac­tion Talk

johnswentworthMay 25, 2021, 4:45 PM
38 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Start­ing a Ra­tion­al­ist Meetup dur­ing Lockdown

Felix KargMay 25, 2021, 3:43 PM
29 points
2 comments11 min readLW link

Or­a­cles, In­form­ers, and Controllers

ozziegooenMay 25, 2021, 2:16 PM
15 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

We should prob­a­bly buy ADA?

mako yassMay 24, 2021, 11:58 PM
15 points
41 comments9 min readLW link

Books on In­fant and Early Child­hood Devel­op­ment?

moderockMay 24, 2021, 11:44 PM
14 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Ques­tions are tools to help an­swer­ers op­ti­mize utility

ozziegooenMay 24, 2021, 7:30 PM
33 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

A.D&D.Sci May 2021 Eval­u­a­tion and Ruleset

abstractapplicMay 24, 2021, 4:25 PM
19 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

Prob­lems fac­ing a cor­re­spon­dence the­ory of knowledge

Alex FlintMay 24, 2021, 4:02 PM
30 points
22 comments6 min readLW link

Con­trol­ling In­tel­li­gent Agents The Only Way We Know How: Ideal Bureau­cratic Struc­ture (IBS)

Justin BullockMay 24, 2021, 12:53 PM
14 points
15 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] If in­di­vi­d­ual perfor­mance is Pareto dis­tributed, how should we re­form ed­u­ca­tion?

yhoisethMay 24, 2021, 12:22 PM
27 points
26 comments2 min readLW link

Sig­nal­ling lack of fa­mil­iar­ity with out­siders or out­side knowl­edge, to raise sta­tus among your in-group peers?

orthogenesisMay 24, 2021, 3:42 AM
11 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Don’t feel bad about not know­ing ba­sic things

Adam ZernerMay 24, 2021, 1:49 AM
89 points
33 comments4 min readLW link

Is nu­clear war in­deed un­likely?

Valentin2026May 23, 2021, 11:14 PM
2 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

Burmese Days #4 Tar­geted costs

Tim LiptrotMay 23, 2021, 8:54 PM
13 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

Finite Fac­tored Sets

Scott GarrabrantMay 23, 2021, 8:52 PM
148 points
95 comments24 min readLW link1 review

Book re­view: Sub­tract: The Un­tapped Science of Less

Aaron BergmanMay 23, 2021, 8:21 PM
27 points
3 comments22 min readLW link
(aaronbergman.substack.com)

[Question] What’s your prob­a­bil­ity that the con­cept of prob­a­bil­ity makes sense?

Mati_RoyMay 22, 2021, 9:53 PM
3 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

I’m Sorry Fluttershy

sapphireMay 22, 2021, 8:09 PM
138 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Kids NCurses Messenger

jefftkMay 22, 2021, 5:50 PM
40 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] What is the biggest crypto news of the past year?

mike_hawkeMay 22, 2021, 2:01 AM
0 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Tri­an­gle SSC (Vir­tual) Meetup-May 27th

willbobagginsMay 21, 2021, 11:40 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Web is Turn­ing into Cable TV

mattoMay 21, 2021, 11:06 PM
17 points
7 comments4 min readLW link

[Event] Weekly Align­ment Re­search Coffee Time (05/​24)

adamShimiMay 21, 2021, 5:45 PM
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Ree­bok effect

Jan Christian RefsgaardMay 21, 2021, 5:11 PM
13 points
14 comments1 min readLW link
(statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu)

AI Safety Re­search Pro­ject Ideas

Owain_EvansMay 21, 2021, 1:39 PM
58 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Get your gun license

Alex HollowMay 21, 2021, 12:44 PM
5 points
19 comments2 min readLW link
(alexhollow.wordpress.com)

The Ar­gu­ment For Spoilers

abramdemskiMay 21, 2021, 12:23 PM
21 points
24 comments4 min readLW link

Book Re­view of 5 Ap­plied Bayesian Statis­tics Books

Jan Christian RefsgaardMay 21, 2021, 10:23 AM
67 points
8 comments4 min readLW link

Bayeswatch 5: Hivemind

lsusrMay 21, 2021, 7:35 AM
50 points
18 comments2 min readLW link

Covid 5/​20: The Great Unmasking

ZviMay 21, 2021, 12:30 AM
49 points
15 comments15 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

So­cial Calibration

SimulatedCrowMay 20, 2021, 11:22 PM
3 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

Did the In­dus­trial Revolu­tion de­crease costs or in­crease qual­ity?

jasoncrawfordMay 20, 2021, 9:10 PM
73 points
5 comments4 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

It’s like po­etry, they rhyme: Lanier and Yud­kowsky, Glen and Scott

CraigMichaelMay 20, 2021, 6:48 PM
23 points
5 comments18 min readLW link

Sa­bien on “work-life” balance

Rob BensingerMay 20, 2021, 6:33 PM
57 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

Re­sponse to “What does the uni­ver­sal prior ac­tu­ally look like?”

michaelcohenMay 20, 2021, 4:12 PM
37 points
33 comments18 min readLW link

Time & Memory

abramdemskiMay 20, 2021, 3:16 PM
23 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

How I Learned to Stop Wor­ry­ing and Love MUM

WaddingtonMay 20, 2021, 7:57 AM
2 points
0 comments3 min readLW link