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D&D.Sci August 2021: The Oracle and the Monk
abstractapplic
13 Aug 2021 22:36 UTC
33
points
23
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Fudging Work and Rationalization
J Bostock
13 Aug 2021 19:51 UTC
9
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A deeper look at doxepin and the FDA
DirectedEvolution
13 Aug 2021 18:59 UTC
22
points
7
comments
4
min read
LW
link
You are invited to apply to the Guild of the ROSE
moridinamael
13 Aug 2021 18:25 UTC
29
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Guild of the ROSE Mixer
moridinamael
13 Aug 2021 18:11 UTC
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
In Most Markets, Lower Risk Means Higher Reward
dawangy
13 Aug 2021 17:32 UTC
33
points
13
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[AN #160]: Building AIs that learn and think like people
Rohin Shah
13 Aug 2021 17:10 UTC
28
points
6
comments
10
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
OpenAI Codex: First Impressions
specbug
13 Aug 2021 16:52 UTC
49
points
8
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(sixeleven.in)
[Question]
How would the Scaling Hypothesis change things?
Aryeh Englander
13 Aug 2021 15:42 UTC
4
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Coase’s “Nature of the Firm” on Polyamory
1a3orn
13 Aug 2021 13:15 UTC
101
points
34
comments
1
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
A review of “Agents and Devices”
adamShimi
13 Aug 2021 8:42 UTC
21
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is microCOVID “badness” superlinear?
Optimization Process
13 Aug 2021 6:37 UTC
4
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Effective Altruism Virtual Programs Sep-Oct 2021
Yi-Yang
13 Aug 2021 2:55 UTC
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Technical Predictions Related to AI Safety
lsusr
13 Aug 2021 0:29 UTC
29
points
12
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Power-seeking for successive choices
adamShimi
12 Aug 2021 20:37 UTC
11
points
9
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Obesity Epidemic Explained in 0.9 Subway Cookies
tinyanon
12 Aug 2021 15:45 UTC
8
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Jaynes-Cox Probability: Are plausibilities objective?
Haziq Muhammad
12 Aug 2021 14:23 UTC
9
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Covid 8/12: The Worst Is Over
Zvi
12 Aug 2021 13:30 UTC
79
points
66
comments
26
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
New GPT-3 competitor
Quintin Pope
12 Aug 2021 7:05 UTC
32
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
SL4 in more legible format
Richard_Ngo
12 Aug 2021 6:36 UTC
13
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Combining the best of Georgian and Harberger taxes
Yair Halberstadt
12 Aug 2021 5:55 UTC
23
points
30
comments
10
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Framing Practicum: Bistability
johnswentworth
12 Aug 2021 4:51 UTC
37
points
19
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Erratum for “From AI to Zombies”
Valentin2026
12 Aug 2021 4:39 UTC
12
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Response to A Contamination Theory of the Obesity Epidemic
skot523
12 Aug 2021 4:23 UTC
82
points
36
comments
10
min read
LW
link
(goodtosell.substack.com)
Some criteria for sandwiching projects
dmz
12 Aug 2021 3:40 UTC
18
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
Request for comment on a novel reference work of understanding
ender
12 Aug 2021 0:06 UTC
3
points
0
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Might intelligence decrease among humanity?
throwawayaccount111
12 Aug 2021 0:05 UTC
−3
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
What is the problem?
Carlos Ramirez
11 Aug 2021 22:33 UTC
7
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Automating Auditing: An ambitious concrete technical research proposal
evhub
11 Aug 2021 20:32 UTC
88
points
13
comments
14
min read
LW
link
1
review
Don’t walk through the fire! Walk through the fire!
Icarus Gallagher
11 Aug 2021 19:38 UTC
4
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Founding a rationalist group at the University of Michigan
DirectedEvolution
11 Aug 2021 19:07 UTC
30
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Dangerous Virtual Worlds
Davis_Kingsley
11 Aug 2021 12:53 UTC
10
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Purple Lipstick
lsusr
11 Aug 2021 9:36 UTC
16
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Halpern’s paper—A refutation of Cox’s theorem?
Haziq Muhammad
11 Aug 2021 9:25 UTC
13
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What is the name of this fallacy?
mukashi
11 Aug 2021 2:10 UTC
6
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Interest in Biostasis: Much More Than You Wanted to Know. (Results from the ACX 2021 Biostasis/Cryonics Survey)
Synaptic
11 Aug 2021 0:43 UTC
30
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(synopticz.github.io)
For God’s sake, Google it.
Aaron Bergman
10 Aug 2021 23:52 UTC
19
points
16
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(aaronbergman.substack.com)
Free course review — Reliable and Interpretable Artificial Intelligence (ETH Zurich)
Jan Czechowski
10 Aug 2021 16:36 UTC
7
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Dopamine-supervised learning in mammals & fruit flies
Steven Byrnes
10 Aug 2021 16:13 UTC
18
points
6
comments
9
min read
LW
link
The two-headed bacterium
Malmesbury
10 Aug 2021 15:28 UTC
66
points
4
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Rationality Vienna Meetup 2021 August
Laszlo_Treszkai
10 Aug 2021 7:45 UTC
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
A Qualitative and Intuitive Explanation of Expected Value
Adam Zerner
10 Aug 2021 3:31 UTC
11
points
9
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Outline of Galef’s “Scout Mindset”
Rob Bensinger
10 Aug 2021 0:16 UTC
163
points
17
comments
14
min read
LW
link
Book Review: The Beginning of Infinity
Sam Enright
9 Aug 2021 21:53 UTC
38
points
16
comments
32
min read
LW
link
Eight Hundred Slightly Poisoned Word Games
Scott Alexander
9 Aug 2021 20:17 UTC
110
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Fermi Fingers
Optimization Process
9 Aug 2021 19:56 UTC
28
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Implicature Conflation
abramdemski
9 Aug 2021 19:48 UTC
54
points
5
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Calculated Clairvoyance
Space L Clottey
9 Aug 2021 19:46 UTC
14
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Combining two posts: Blankface (Scott Aa) and Is Science Slowing Down? (Scott Al)
William Gasarch
9 Aug 2021 17:37 UTC
10
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Framing Practicum: Stable Equilibrium
johnswentworth
9 Aug 2021 17:28 UTC
57
points
42
comments
4
min read
LW
link
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