[Question] Is iter­ated am­plifi­ca­tion re­ally more pow­er­ful than imi­ta­tion?

ChantielAug 2, 2021, 11:20 PM
5 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

The Myth of the Myth of the Lone Genius

rogersbaconAug 2, 2021, 8:55 PM
53 points
24 comments9 min readLW link

How Many Afford­able Units?

jefftkAug 2, 2021, 4:20 PM
12 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] What made the UK COVID-19 case count drop?

ChristianKlAug 2, 2021, 1:01 PM
38 points
39 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Do Bayesi­ans like Bayesian model Aver­ag­ing?

Haziq MuhammadAug 2, 2021, 12:24 PM
4 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Refer­en­tial Information

Jack RAug 1, 2021, 9:07 PM
4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Who de­cides what should be worked on?

Aglaya IvanovnaAug 1, 2021, 5:26 PM
39 points
8 comments4 min readLW link

Fore­cast­ing Newslet­ter: July 2021

NunoSempereAug 1, 2021, 5:00 PM
21 points
6 comments8 min readLW link

De­stroy­ing Inse­cu­rity and Boost­ing Con­fi­dence Through Your In­ter­ests and Values

OlitnessAug 1, 2021, 2:34 PM
21 points
4 comments5 min readLW link
(olitness.wordpress.com)

[Question] Tor­ture vs Specks: Sadist version

andrew sauerJul 31, 2021, 11:33 PM
11 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Cog­ni­tive Im­pacts of Co­caine Use

XodarapJul 31, 2021, 9:53 PM
25 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Very Un­nat­u­ral Tasks?

OrfeasJul 31, 2021, 9:22 PM
4 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Cherry Pit Storage

jefftkJul 31, 2021, 5:30 PM
11 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

The World is Con­tin­u­ous, Not Discrete

Anshul JainJul 31, 2021, 2:26 AM
5 points
2 comments2 min readLW link
(www.anshuljain.me)

A Frame­work for Disagreements

Anshul JainJul 31, 2021, 1:51 AM
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link
(www.anshuljain.me)

Uncer­tainty can De­fuse Log­i­cal Explosions

J BostockJul 30, 2021, 12:36 PM
13 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

Pre­dic­tion-based-Medicine in­stead of E̵v̵i̵d̵e̵n̵c̵e̵ ̵b̵a̵s̵e̵d̵ ̵M̵e̵d̵i̵c̵i̵n̵e̵ Author­ity-based-Medicine

ChristianKlJul 30, 2021, 10:42 AM
11 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What weird treat­ments should peo­ple who lost their taste from COVID try?

Maxwell PetersonJul 30, 2021, 2:51 AM
11 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What’s your per­sonal TAP setup?

Raj ThimmiahJul 29, 2021, 10:38 PM
3 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Brief thoughts on in­effi­cient writ­ing systems

Srdjan MileticJul 29, 2021, 8:20 PM
22 points
36 comments2 min readLW link

[AN #158]: Should we be op­ti­mistic about gen­er­al­iza­tion?

Rohin ShahJul 29, 2021, 5:20 PM
20 points
0 comments8 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Covid 7/​29: You Play to Win the Game

ZviJul 29, 2021, 4:10 PM
97 points
25 comments23 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Slack Has Pos­i­tive Ex­ter­nal­ities For Groups

johnswentworthJul 29, 2021, 3:03 PM
97 points
11 comments5 min readLW link2 reviews

Gam­ing Incentives

JozdienJul 29, 2021, 1:51 PM
10 points
4 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Did they or didn’t they learn tool use?

Daniel KokotajloJul 29, 2021, 1:26 PM
16 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How to bayesian up­date on mul­ti­ple covid tests?

rchplgJul 29, 2021, 1:15 PM
13 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Im­por­tance of Ideas and Peo­ple We Disagree With

OlitnessJul 29, 2021, 11:50 AM
−1 points
4 comments7 min readLW link
(olitness.wordpress.com)

[Question] How much com­pute was used to train Deep­Mind’s gen­er­ally ca­pa­ble agents?

Daniel KokotajloJul 29, 2021, 11:34 AM
32 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Violent Un­rav­el­ing: Suici­dal Majoritarianism

mako yassJul 29, 2021, 9:29 AM
6 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Do we have a term for the is­sue with quan­tify­ing policy effect Scott Alexan­der stum­bled on mul­ti­ple times?

yhoisethJul 29, 2021, 8:45 AM
11 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

An Ap­pren­tice Ex­per­i­ment in Python Pro­gram­ming, Part 2

Jul 29, 2021, 7:39 AM
30 points
18 comments10 min readLW link

Ev­i­dence that adds up

TekhneMakreJul 29, 2021, 3:27 AM
6 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Risk Premiums vs Pre­dic­tion Markets

SimonMJul 28, 2021, 11:03 PM
35 points
6 comments6 min readLW link

Delta Strain: Fact Dump and Some Policy Takeaways

Connor_FlexmanJul 28, 2021, 3:38 AM
119 points
60 comments16 min readLW link

[Question] How much do vari­a­tions in diet qual­ity de­ter­mine in­di­vi­d­ual pro­duc­tivity?

NatáliaJul 28, 2021, 3:05 AM
37 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

A rea­son­able de­bate about Ivermectin

CraigMichaelJul 27, 2021, 10:31 PM
7 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

Black ravens and red herrings

Matthew BarnettJul 27, 2021, 5:46 PM
52 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Deep­Mind: Gen­er­ally ca­pa­ble agents emerge from open-ended play

Daniel KokotajloJul 27, 2021, 2:19 PM
247 points
53 comments2 min readLW link
(deepmind.com)

In Praise (and Defence) of The People

OlitnessJul 27, 2021, 7:13 AM
−8 points
4 comments14 min readLW link
(olitness.wordpress.com)

More Use­ful Way of An­swer­ing “Mind vs. Body” Problem

OlitnessJul 27, 2021, 7:13 AM
9 points
4 comments2 min readLW link
(olitness.wordpress.com)

A con­ver­sa­tion about cook­ing, sci­ence, and creativity

DirectedEvolutionJul 27, 2021, 5:00 AM
16 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

Neu­ro­science things that con­fuse me right now

Steven ByrnesJul 26, 2021, 9:01 PM
16 points
5 comments9 min readLW link

Re­fac­tor­ing Align­ment (at­tempt #2)

abramdemskiJul 26, 2021, 8:12 PM
46 points
17 comments8 min readLW link

Wanted: Foom-scared al­ign­ment re­search partner

Icarus GallagherJul 26, 2021, 7:23 PM
42 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What does know­ing the her­i­ta­bil­ity of a trait tell me in prac­tice?

Kaj_SotalaJul 26, 2021, 4:29 PM
58 points
22 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Is there a the­o­ret­i­cal up­per limit on the R0 of Covid var­i­ants?

CraigMichaelJul 26, 2021, 6:53 AM
11 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

When writ­ing trig­gers mem­ory reconsolidation

Adam ZernerJul 25, 2021, 10:10 PM
34 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

Can I teach my­self sci­en­tific cre­ativity?

DirectedEvolutionJul 25, 2021, 8:15 PM
13 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

When Ar­gu­ing Defi­ni­tions is Ar­gu­ing Decisions

HazardJul 25, 2021, 4:45 PM
28 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Come Build Afford­able Hous­ing!

jefftkJul 25, 2021, 2:10 PM
24 points
8 comments4 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)