An anal­ogy as the mid­wife of thermodynamics

adamShimiFeb 16, 2022, 9:34 PM
30 points
10 comments7 min readLW link

[Link] Eric Sch­midt’s new AI2050 Fund

Aryeh EnglanderFeb 16, 2022, 9:21 PM
32 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Con­voy Continued

ZviFeb 16, 2022, 2:40 PM
28 points
15 comments16 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Com­pute Trends Across Three eras of Ma­chine Learning

Feb 16, 2022, 2:18 PM
94 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

[In­tro to brain-like-AGI safety] 4. The “short-term pre­dic­tor”

Steven ByrnesFeb 16, 2022, 1:12 PM
64 points
11 comments13 min readLW link

Why Doesn’t Health­care Im­prove Health?

George3d6Feb 16, 2022, 11:28 AM
63 points
19 comments12 min readLW link
(www.epistem.ink)

[Question] How do you think about mildly tech­ni­cal peo­ple try­ing to ad­vance sci­ence and tech­nol­ogy?

CuiFeb 16, 2022, 3:43 AM
7 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Acous­tic vs Elec­tric Mandolin

jefftkFeb 16, 2022, 2:20 AM
9 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Man­i­festo: The Land is our Birthright (in­spired by the Lars Doucet Ge­or­gism book re­view)

taleloreFeb 15, 2022, 11:50 PM
−21 points
7 comments7 min readLW link

REPL’s: a type sig­na­ture for agents

scottviteriFeb 15, 2022, 10:57 PM
25 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

The Three Lit­tle Pig­gies of Rationality

Sam EnrightFeb 15, 2022, 8:36 PM
13 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Bazant: An al­ter­nate covid calculator

ElizabethFeb 15, 2022, 7:50 PM
24 points
3 comments2 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

The Territory

LoganStrohlFeb 15, 2022, 6:56 PM
134 points
12 comments5 min readLW link

How harm­ful are im­prove­ments in AI? + Poll

Feb 15, 2022, 6:16 PM
15 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

Defend­ing One-Di­men­sional Ethics

HoldenKarnofskyFeb 15, 2022, 5:20 PM
16 points
9 comments17 min readLW link
(www.cold-takes.com)

Paradigm-build­ing: Con­clu­sion and prac­ti­cal takeaways

Cameron BergFeb 15, 2022, 4:11 PM
5 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Pro­duc­tivity Notes I

mattoFeb 15, 2022, 1:08 PM
9 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

Be­com­ing Stronger as Episte­mol­o­gist: Introduction

adamShimiFeb 15, 2022, 6:15 AM
30 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

ACX Mon­treal Meetup Feb 27 2022 **Venue Changed**

EFeb 15, 2022, 3:47 AM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Does Impedance Mat­ter?

jefftkFeb 15, 2022, 3:10 AM
9 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Ep­silon is not a prob­a­bil­ity, it’s a cop-out

ShmiFeb 15, 2022, 2:48 AM
23 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

Is ELK enough? Di­a­mond, Ma­trix and Child AI

adamShimiFeb 15, 2022, 2:29 AM
17 points
10 comments4 min readLW link

Some Hacky ELK Ideas

johnswentworthFeb 15, 2022, 2:27 AM
37 points
8 comments5 min readLW link

What Does The Nat­u­ral Ab­strac­tion Frame­work Say About ELK?

johnswentworthFeb 15, 2022, 2:27 AM
35 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

Ob­ser­va­tions about writ­ing and com­ment­ing on the internet

dynomightFeb 15, 2022, 12:02 AM
94 points
10 comments11 min readLW link
(dynomight.net)

[Question] Ana­log rewritable tablet

NormanPerlmutterFeb 14, 2022, 11:41 PM
4 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Why Par­ents Should Let Their Chil­dren Play More Video Games

Anna YurovskikhFeb 14, 2022, 9:53 PM
4 points
7 comments5 min readLW link

A com­pila­tion of mi­suses of statistics

Younes KamelFeb 14, 2022, 9:53 PM
4 points
11 comments13 min readLW link
(youneskamel.substack.com)

[Question] Have you no­ticed costs of be­ing an­ti­ci­pa­tory?

Jack RFeb 14, 2022, 7:15 PM
9 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Ques­tion 5: The timeline hyperparameter

Cameron BergFeb 14, 2022, 4:38 PM
8 points
3 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] Fram­ing Practicum: Gen­eral Factor

tailcalledFeb 14, 2022, 4:35 PM
22 points
9 comments7 min readLW link

Goal-di­rect­ed­ness: ex­plor­ing explanations

Morgan_RogersFeb 14, 2022, 4:20 PM
13 points
3 comments18 min readLW link

Paper is True

ZviFeb 14, 2022, 2:10 PM
35 points
2 comments6 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Rock is Strong

ZviFeb 14, 2022, 2:00 PM
59 points
13 comments26 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Some limi­ta­tions of re­duc­tion­ism about epistemology

Richard_NgoFeb 14, 2022, 8:50 AM
19 points
7 comments4 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

Strevens on sci­en­tific explanation

Richard_NgoFeb 14, 2022, 8:10 AM
17 points
5 comments7 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

Me­mory de­cay in hu­man brains from op­tions pric­ing theory

Jalex SFeb 14, 2022, 7:52 AM
14 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

Book re­view: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

Richard_NgoFeb 14, 2022, 7:50 AM
34 points
5 comments4 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

[Question] Are there any pre­ven­tive steps some­one can take af­ter be­ing ex­posed to strep throat?

Maxwell PetersonFeb 14, 2022, 3:01 AM
8 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Some thoughts on veg­e­tar­i­anism and veganism

Richard_NgoFeb 14, 2022, 2:40 AM
37 points
23 comments4 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

Some ideas for in­ter­act­ing with reporters

mike_hawkeFeb 14, 2022, 12:38 AM
1 point
9 comments1 min readLW link

The metaphor you want is “color blind­ness,” not “blind spot.”

Duncan Sabien (Inactive)Feb 14, 2022, 12:28 AM
150 points
17 comments3 min readLW link2 reviews

Re­turns on cog­ni­tion of differ­ent board games

MorpheusFeb 13, 2022, 8:40 PM
6 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Whence the sexes?

Richard_NgoFeb 13, 2022, 8:40 PM
61 points
35 comments3 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

Ques­tion 4: Im­ple­ment­ing the con­trol proposals

Cameron BergFeb 13, 2022, 5:12 PM
6 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

Knowing

LoganStrohlFeb 13, 2022, 7:53 AM
97 points
11 comments5 min readLW link

In­tro to Nat­u­ral­ism: Orientation

Feb 13, 2022, 7:52 AM
187 points
23 comments7 min readLW link2 reviews

Ab­strac­tions as Re­dun­dant Information

johnswentworthFeb 13, 2022, 4:17 AM
69 points
9 comments14 min readLW link

The in­no­cent self

Richard_NgoFeb 13, 2022, 3:10 AM
27 points
5 comments3 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

World’s First Oc­to­pus Farm—Linkpost to a Linkpost

PatternFeb 12, 2022, 11:31 PM
11 points
0 comments1 min readLW link