En­vi­ron­men­tal Struc­ture Can Cause In­stru­men­tal Convergence

TurnTroutJun 22, 2021, 10:26 PM
71 points
43 comments16 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

Hard­ware for Trans­for­ma­tive AI

MrThinkJun 22, 2021, 6:13 PM
17 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

The Point of Trade

Eliezer YudkowskyJun 22, 2021, 5:56 PM
175 points
77 comments4 min readLW link1 review

Less Wrong needs footnotes

Chris_LeongJun 22, 2021, 12:08 PM
7 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

D&D.Sci(-Fi) June 2021: The Duel with Earwax

abstractapplicJun 22, 2021, 11:48 AM
26 points
28 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Is there work look­ing at the im­pli­ca­tions of many wor­lds QM for ex­is­ten­tial risk?

Quintin PopeJun 22, 2021, 6:06 AM
−2 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Burst work or steady work?

Nicholas / Heather KrossJun 22, 2021, 5:36 AM
27 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Scal­ing Net­works of Trust

Henrik KarlssonJun 22, 2021, 4:57 AM
92 points
21 comments10 min readLW link

The home­work as­sign­ment in­cen­tives, and why it’s now so extreme

Andrew VlahosJun 22, 2021, 4:19 AM
22 points
19 comments3 min readLW link

I’m no longer sure that I buy dutch book ar­gu­ments and this makes me skep­ti­cal of the “util­ity func­tion” abstraction

Eli TyreJun 22, 2021, 3:53 AM
41 points
29 comments4 min readLW link

On the limits of ideal­ized values

Joe CarlsmithJun 22, 2021, 2:10 AM
116 points
20 comments35 min readLW link

An an­i­mated in­tro­duc­tion to longter­mism (feat. Robert Miles)

WriterJun 21, 2021, 7:24 PM
18 points
4 comments4 min readLW link
(youtu.be)

To the Robobassinet and Progress

jefftkJun 21, 2021, 6:20 PM
33 points
1 comment3 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Idea: Give the No­bel peace prize to in­sti­tu­tion designers

Tim LiptrotJun 21, 2021, 5:22 PM
29 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Self-Responsibility

hathJun 21, 2021, 4:17 PM
27 points
7 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] How can there be a god­less moral world ?

momom2Jun 21, 2021, 12:34 PM
7 points
79 comments1 min readLW link

Re­in­forc­ing Habits

lynettebyeJun 21, 2021, 10:41 AM
50 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

Four Com­po­nents of Au­dac­ity

lsusrJun 21, 2021, 4:49 AM
24 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Ham­mer­time Fi­nal Exam: Pledges, Ac­ti­va­tion En­ergy and Eval­u­at­ing Productivity

Towards_KeeperhoodJun 20, 2021, 11:59 PM
12 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Why did the UK switch to a 12 week dos­ing sched­ule for COVID-19 vac­cines?

Eli TyreJun 20, 2021, 9:57 PM
30 points
22 comments3 min readLW link

Ir­ra­tional Modesty

Tomás B.Jun 20, 2021, 7:38 PM
142 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Ar­gu­ments against con­struc­tivism (in ed­u­ca­tion)?

ViliamJun 20, 2021, 1:49 PM
18 points
22 comments3 min readLW link

Maybe An­tivirals aren’t a Use­ful Pri­or­ity for Pan­demics?

DavidmanheimJun 20, 2021, 10:04 AM
24 points
13 comments4 min readLW link

10 Deadly Viruses And Bac­te­ria Created In Labs − 6 SARS 2.0

ChristianKlJun 19, 2021, 10:29 PM
14 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(listverse.com)

Vi­su­al­iz­ing in 5 dimensions

TekhneMakreJun 19, 2021, 6:15 PM
16 points
14 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Ques­tions about mul­ti­vi­tam­ins, es­pe­cially manganese

ryan_greenblattJun 19, 2021, 4:09 PM
8 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Pa­ram­e­ter counts in Ma­chine Learning

Jun 19, 2021, 4:04 PM
47 points
18 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] Up-to-date ad­vice about what to do upon get­ting COVID?

DanielFilanJun 19, 2021, 2:37 AM
31 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why did no LessWrong dis­course on gain of func­tion re­search de­velop in 2013/​2014?

ChristianKlJun 18, 2021, 11:35 PM
56 points
45 comments1 min readLW link

Knowl­edge is not just pre­cip­i­ta­tion of action

Alex FlintJun 18, 2021, 11:26 PM
21 points
6 comments7 min readLW link

Notes on War: Grand Strategy

johnswentworthJun 18, 2021, 10:55 PM
55 points
16 comments8 min readLW link

Con­di­tional offers and low pri­ors: the prob­lem with 1-box­ing New­comb’s dilemma

Andrew VlahosJun 18, 2021, 9:50 PM
2 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are ex­am­ples of the op­po­site of per­verse in­cen­tives?

JohnGreerJun 18, 2021, 4:04 PM
3 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

As­sume long serv­ing poli­ti­ci­ans are ra­tio­nally max­i­miz­ing their careers

Tim LiptrotJun 18, 2021, 3:15 PM
18 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Are bread crusts healthier?

Yair HalberstadtJun 18, 2021, 3:12 PM
13 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Non-poi­sonous cake: an­thropic up­dates are normal

Stuart_ArmstrongJun 18, 2021, 2:51 PM
28 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

Fauci’s Emails and the Lab Leak Hypothesis

ChristianKlJun 18, 2021, 1:55 PM
53 points
12 comments14 min readLW link

You can now ap­ply to EA Funds any­time! (LTFF & EAIF only)

Jonas VJun 18, 2021, 1:40 PM
41 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

[Question] Biotech to make hu­mans afraid of AI

Donald HobsonJun 18, 2021, 8:19 AM
−20 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

A Rea­son to Ex­pect Repub­lics to Perform Bet­ter than Ab­solute Monar­chies in the Long-Term

MikkWJun 17, 2021, 10:22 PM
9 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Thoughts on a “Se­quences In­spired” PhD Topic

goose000Jun 17, 2021, 8:36 PM
7 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Pros and cons of work­ing on near-term tech­ni­cal AI safety and assurance

Aryeh EnglanderJun 17, 2021, 8:17 PM
11 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

[Question] What is your coro­n­avirus pre­dic­tion for Is­rael?

Yair HalberstadtJun 17, 2021, 7:10 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 6/​17: One Last Scare

ZviJun 17, 2021, 6:40 PM
86 points
42 comments11 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The ad­u­canumab approval

ChristianKlJun 17, 2021, 2:05 PM
18 points
15 comments1 min readLW link
(blogs.sciencemag.org)

Who wants to run a B2B SaaS startup?

jefftkJun 17, 2021, 1:40 PM
12 points
9 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

The Ap­pren­tice Thread

ZviJun 17, 2021, 1:10 PM
139 points
59 comments3 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Epony­mous Laws Part I: Laws of the Internet

rogersbaconJun 17, 2021, 12:22 PM
7 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

How to make er­rands fun

dominicqJun 17, 2021, 11:27 AM
24 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Ta­boo “Out­side View”

Daniel KokotajloJun 17, 2021, 9:36 AM
350 points
33 comments8 min readLW link3 reviews