Tran­si­tive Tol­er­ance Means Intolerance

orthonormalAug 14, 2021, 5:52 PM
39 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

Stay­ing Grounded

johnswentworthAug 14, 2021, 5:43 PM
66 points
15 comments4 min readLW link

Per­haps vastly more peo­ple should be on FDA-ap­proved weight loss medication

25HourAug 14, 2021, 5:22 PM
57 points
30 comments8 min readLW link

Ap­proaches to gra­di­ent hacking

adamShimiAug 14, 2021, 3:16 PM
16 points
8 comments8 min readLW link

NJ Still Has Silly Ro­tary Rules

jefftkAug 14, 2021, 2:00 AM
9 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Ab­sent-Minded Driver and Self-Lo­cat­ing Probabilities

dadadarrenAug 14, 2021, 12:09 AM
12 points
16 comments4 min readLW link
(www.sleepingbeautyproblem.com)

D&D.Sci Au­gust 2021: The Or­a­cle and the Monk

abstractapplicAug 13, 2021, 10:36 PM
33 points
23 comments2 min readLW link

Fudg­ing Work and Rationalization

J BostockAug 13, 2021, 7:51 PM
9 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

A deeper look at dox­epin and the FDA

DirectedEvolutionAug 13, 2021, 6:59 PM
22 points
7 comments4 min readLW link

You are in­vited to ap­ply to the Guild of the ROSE

moridinamaelAug 13, 2021, 6:25 PM
29 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Guild of the ROSE Mixer

moridinamaelAug 13, 2021, 6:11 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

In Most Mar­kets, Lower Risk Means Higher Reward

dawangyAug 13, 2021, 5:32 PM
33 points
13 comments4 min readLW link

[AN #160]: Build­ing AIs that learn and think like people

Rohin ShahAug 13, 2021, 5:10 PM
28 points
6 comments10 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

OpenAI Codex: First Impressions

specbugAug 13, 2021, 4:52 PM
49 points
8 comments4 min readLW link
(sixeleven.in)

[Question] How would the Scal­ing Hy­poth­e­sis change things?

Aryeh EnglanderAug 13, 2021, 3:42 PM
4 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Coase’s “Na­ture of the Firm” on Polyamory

1a3ornAug 13, 2021, 1:15 PM
101 points
34 comments1 min readLW link2 reviews

A re­view of “Agents and De­vices”

adamShimiAug 13, 2021, 8:42 AM
21 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Is microCOVID “bad­ness” su­per­lin­ear?

Optimization ProcessAug 13, 2021, 6:37 AM
4 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Effec­tive Altru­ism Vir­tual Pro­grams Sep-Oct 2021

Yi-YangAug 13, 2021, 2:55 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Tech­ni­cal Pre­dic­tions Re­lated to AI Safety

lsusrAug 13, 2021, 12:29 AM
29 points
12 comments8 min readLW link

Power-seek­ing for suc­ces­sive choices

adamShimiAug 12, 2021, 8:37 PM
11 points
9 comments4 min readLW link

Obe­sity Epi­demic Ex­plained in 0.9 Sub­way Cookies

tinyanonAug 12, 2021, 3:45 PM
8 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Jaynes-Cox Prob­a­bil­ity: Are plau­si­bil­ities ob­jec­tive?

Haziq MuhammadAug 12, 2021, 2:23 PM
9 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 8/​12: The Worst Is Over

ZviAug 12, 2021, 1:30 PM
79 points
66 comments26 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

New GPT-3 competitor

Quintin PopeAug 12, 2021, 7:05 AM
32 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] SL4 in more leg­ible format

Richard_NgoAug 12, 2021, 6:36 AM
13 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Com­bin­ing the best of Ge­or­gian and Har­berger taxes

Yair HalberstadtAug 12, 2021, 5:55 AM
23 points
30 comments10 min readLW link

[Question] Fram­ing Practicum: Bistability

johnswentworthAug 12, 2021, 4:51 AM
37 points
19 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Er­ra­tum for “From AI to Zom­bies”

Valentin2026Aug 12, 2021, 4:39 AM
12 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

A Re­sponse to A Con­tam­i­na­tion The­ory of the Obe­sity Epidemic

skot523Aug 12, 2021, 4:23 AM
82 points
36 comments10 min readLW link
(goodtosell.substack.com)

Some crite­ria for sand­wich­ing projects

dmzAug 12, 2021, 3:40 AM
18 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

Re­quest for com­ment on a novel refer­ence work of understanding

enderAug 12, 2021, 12:06 AM
3 points
0 comments9 min readLW link

Might in­tel­li­gence de­crease among hu­man­ity?

throwawayaccount111Aug 12, 2021, 12:05 AM
−3 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

What is the prob­lem?

Carlos RamirezAug 11, 2021, 10:33 PM
7 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

Au­tomat­ing Au­dit­ing: An am­bi­tious con­crete tech­ni­cal re­search proposal

evhubAug 11, 2021, 8:32 PM
88 points
13 comments14 min readLW link1 review

Don’t walk through the fire! Walk through the fire!

Icarus GallagherAug 11, 2021, 7:38 PM
4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Found­ing a ra­tio­nal­ist group at the Univer­sity of Michigan

DirectedEvolutionAug 11, 2021, 7:07 PM
30 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Danger­ous Vir­tual Worlds

Davis_KingsleyAug 11, 2021, 12:53 PM
10 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Pur­ple Lipstick

lsusrAug 11, 2021, 9:36 AM
16 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Halpern’s pa­per—A re­fu­ta­tion of Cox’s the­o­rem?

Haziq MuhammadAug 11, 2021, 9:25 AM
13 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What is the name of this fal­lacy?

mukashiAug 11, 2021, 2:10 AM
6 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

In­ter­est in Biosta­sis: Much More Than You Wanted to Know. (Re­sults from the ACX 2021 Biosta­sis/​Cry­on­ics Sur­vey)

SynapticAug 11, 2021, 12:43 AM
30 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(synopticz.github.io)

For God’s sake, Google it.

Aaron BergmanAug 10, 2021, 11:52 PM
19 points
16 comments4 min readLW link
(aaronbergman.substack.com)

Free course re­view — Reli­able and In­ter­pretable Ar­tifi­cial In­tel­li­gence (ETH Zurich)

Jan CzechowskiAug 10, 2021, 4:36 PM
7 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Dopamine-su­per­vised learn­ing in mam­mals & fruit flies

Steven ByrnesAug 10, 2021, 4:13 PM
18 points
6 comments9 min readLW link

The two-headed bacterium

MalmesburyAug 10, 2021, 3:28 PM
66 points
4 comments7 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Vienna Meetup 2021 August

Laszlo_TreszkaiAug 10, 2021, 7:45 AM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

A Qual­i­ta­tive and In­tu­itive Ex­pla­na­tion of Ex­pected Value

Adam ZernerAug 10, 2021, 3:31 AM
11 points
9 comments8 min readLW link

Out­line of Galef’s “Scout Mind­set”

Rob BensingerAug 10, 2021, 12:16 AM
163 points
17 comments14 min readLW link

Book Re­view: The Begin­ning of Infinity

Sam EnrightAug 9, 2021, 9:53 PM
39 points
16 comments32 min readLW link