[Question] Can some­one help me un­der­stand the ar­row of time?

Yair HalberstadtJun 15, 2021, 5:26 PM
6 points
47 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] If in­stead of giv­ing out div­i­dends, pub­lic com­pa­nies bought to­tal mar­ket in­dex funds, which com­pa­nies would be the biggest?

Mati_RoyJun 15, 2021, 5:07 PM
9 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Vignettes Work­shop (AI Im­pacts)

Daniel KokotajloJun 15, 2021, 12:05 PM
47 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Stan­ford EA Con­fu­sion Din­ner

Jack RJun 15, 2021, 10:49 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Book­club Dis­cus­sion: The Precipice (In­tro + Chap. 1 − 2) (1/​4)

Aditya KediaJun 15, 2021, 5:12 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Knowl­edge is not just digi­tal ab­strac­tion layers

Alex FlintJun 15, 2021, 3:49 AM
21 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Any­one have ex­pe­rience with metabolic net­work mod­el­ling that would be will­ing to help me out?

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

(Another) Us­ing a Me­mory Palace to Me­morize a Textbook

Spencer_GreenJun 14, 2021, 10:12 PM
14 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

Avoid News, Part 2: What the Stock Mar­ket Taught Me about News

PeterMcCluskeyJun 14, 2021, 8:54 PM
42 points
2 comments5 min readLW link
(www.bayesianinvestor.com)

A Break­down of AI Chip Companies

Tomás B.Jun 14, 2021, 7:25 PM
20 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(geohot.github.io)

[Question] Are there any ex­ist­ing open source hu­man evolu­tion mod­els?

ChristianKlJun 14, 2021, 5:28 PM
10 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

An In­tro­duc­tion to Pre­dic­tion Markets

AnnapurnaJun 14, 2021, 4:43 PM
9 points
12 comments4 min readLW link

Walk­ing to School

jefftkJun 14, 2021, 3:30 PM
36 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Dooms­day, Sam­pling As­sump­tions, and Bayes

Yair HalberstadtJun 14, 2021, 12:41 PM
6 points
2 comments11 min readLW link

A lat­eral way of think­ing about Cause X: barely visi­ble but po­ten­tially enor­mous cat­e­gories of value

WriterJun 14, 2021, 11:44 AM
6 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

Coron­avirus crash vs history

bfinnJun 14, 2021, 10:55 AM
39 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Which ra­tio­nal­ists faced sig­nifi­cant side-effects from COVID-19 vac­ci­na­tion?

ChristianKlJun 14, 2021, 9:39 AM
18 points
45 comments1 min readLW link

The value of low-con­scien­tious­ness peo­ple on teams

CraigMichaelJun 14, 2021, 2:06 AM
60 points
12 comments6 min readLW link

Five Sugges­tions For Ra­tion­al­ity Re­search and Devel­op­ment

LoganStrohlJun 14, 2021, 1:09 AM
64 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Precognition

jasoncrawfordJun 14, 2021, 12:38 AM
234 points
35 comments2 min readLW link1 review
(jasoncrawford.org)

Shall we count the liv­ing or the dead?

Anders_HJun 14, 2021, 12:38 AM
30 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

Look­ing Deeper at Deconfusion

adamShimiJun 13, 2021, 9:29 PM
62 points
13 comments15 min readLW link

[Question] What other prob­lems would a suc­cess­ful AI safety al­gorithm solve?

DirectedEvolutionJun 13, 2021, 9:07 PM
12 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Avoid­ing the in­stru­men­tal policy by hid­ing in­for­ma­tion about humans

paulfchristianoJun 13, 2021, 8:00 PM
31 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

An­swer­ing ques­tions hon­estly given world-model mismatches

paulfchristianoJun 13, 2021, 6:00 PM
34 points
2 comments16 min readLW link
(ai-alignment.com)

Ex­per­i­ments with a ran­dom clock

MalmesburyJun 13, 2021, 5:08 PM
58 points
12 comments7 min readLW link
(www.telescopic-turnip.net)

The Cult Deficit: Anal­y­sis and Speculation

rogersbaconJun 13, 2021, 5:33 AM
18 points
11 comments13 min readLW link

Covid vac­cine safety: how cor­rect are these alle­ga­tions?

DPiepgrassJun 13, 2021, 3:08 AM
45 points
93 comments19 min readLW link

The Moon is Down; I have not heard the clock

chemslugJun 13, 2021, 1:40 AM
52 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

A sys­tem­atic er­ror that lead to a bad policy re­sponse to COVID-19

ChristianKlJun 12, 2021, 7:56 PM
23 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Why do pa­tients in men­tal in­sti­tu­tions get so lit­tle at­ten­tion in the pub­lic dis­course?

ChristianKlJun 12, 2021, 5:37 PM
41 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

In­ter­nal Memo from Bleggs Universal

kithpendragonJun 12, 2021, 4:44 PM
24 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Some peo­ple just won’t get it

Amir BolousJun 12, 2021, 3:10 PM
3 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Is the length of the Covid-19 in­cu­ba­tion pe­riod likely to be af­fected by whether you are vac­ci­nated?

Josh JacobsonJun 12, 2021, 3:27 AM
9 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Does any­one have any Data Sid­e­quests?

abstractapplicJun 11, 2021, 11:40 PM
18 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Com­ment on the lab leak hypothesis

Jeffrey LadishJun 11, 2021, 10:49 PM
63 points
14 comments4 min readLW link

Overview of Re­think Pri­ori­ties’ work on risks from nu­clear weapons

MichaelAJun 11, 2021, 8:05 PM
12 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Self-study ideas for micro-pro­jects in “ab­stract” sub­jects?

DirectedEvolutionJun 11, 2021, 7:09 PM
13 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Am I anti-so­cial if I get vac­ci­nated now?

FlorianHJun 11, 2021, 3:42 PM
5 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Alarms Are Bet­ter Than Chivvying

jefftkJun 11, 2021, 3:30 PM
21 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Oh No My AI (Filk)

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJun 11, 2021, 3:05 PM
42 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

May 2021 Gw­ern.net newsletter

gwernJun 11, 2021, 2:13 PM
31 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.gwern.net)

Daniel M. In­gram at the As­tralCodexTen On­line Meetup

JoshuaFoxJun 11, 2021, 11:35 AM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Would you like me to de­bug your math?

GurkenglasJun 11, 2021, 10:54 AM
63 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are the best ways to im­prove re­siliency?

Nicole RossJun 11, 2021, 3:22 AM
16 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How do you keep track of your own learn­ing?

DirectedEvolutionJun 10, 2021, 8:25 PM
8 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 6/​10: Some­body Else’s Problem

ZviJun 10, 2021, 1:10 PM
57 points
26 comments24 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] ML is now au­tomat­ing parts of chip R&D. How big a deal is this?

Daniel KokotajloJun 10, 2021, 9:51 AM
45 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

“Ne­c­es­sary Claims”: A tech­nique to struc­ture com­plex decisions

fgrosseholz@yahoo.comJun 10, 2021, 5:16 AM
15 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

Re­ply to Nate Soares on Dolphins

Zack_M_DavisJun 10, 2021, 4:53 AM
46 points
49 comments5 min readLW link