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A scheme for sampling durable goods first-hand before making a purchase
riceissa
Feb 17, 2022, 11:36 PM
29
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is the competition/cooperation between symbolic AI and statistical AI (ML) about historical approach to research / engineering, or is it more fundamentally about what intelligent agents “are”?
Edward Hammond
Feb 17, 2022, 11:11 PM
1
point
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
The Kindness Project
soth02
Feb 17, 2022, 8:24 PM
4
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Interlude: On Realness
LoganStrohl
Feb 17, 2022, 7:02 PM
63
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Covid 2/17/22: Coasting Downwards
Zvi
Feb 17, 2022, 3:20 PM
32
points
10
comments
28
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Twitter thread on postrationalists
Eli Tyre
Feb 17, 2022, 9:02 AM
143
points
32
comments
5
min read
LW
link
REPL’s and ELK
scottviteri
Feb 17, 2022, 1:14 AM
9
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
An analogy as the midwife of thermodynamics
adamShimi
Feb 16, 2022, 9:34 PM
30
points
10
comments
7
min read
LW
link
[Link] Eric Schmidt’s new AI2050 Fund
Aryeh Englander
Feb 16, 2022, 9:21 PM
32
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Convoy Continued
Zvi
Feb 16, 2022, 2:40 PM
28
points
15
comments
16
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Compute Trends Across Three eras of Machine Learning
Jsevillamol
,
Pablo Villalobos
,
lennart
,
Marius Hobbhahn
,
Tamay Besiroglu
and
anson.ho
Feb 16, 2022, 2:18 PM
94
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Intro to brain-like-AGI safety] 4. The “short-term predictor”
Steven Byrnes
Feb 16, 2022, 1:12 PM
64
points
11
comments
13
min read
LW
link
Why Doesn’t Healthcare Improve Health?
George3d6
Feb 16, 2022, 11:28 AM
63
points
19
comments
12
min read
LW
link
(www.epistem.ink)
[Question]
How do you think about mildly technical people trying to advance science and technology?
Cui
Feb 16, 2022, 3:43 AM
7
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Acoustic vs Electric Mandolin
jefftk
Feb 16, 2022, 2:20 AM
9
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Manifesto: The Land is our Birthright (inspired by the Lars Doucet Georgism book review)
talelore
Feb 15, 2022, 11:50 PM
−21
points
7
comments
7
min read
LW
link
REPL’s: a type signature for agents
scottviteri
Feb 15, 2022, 10:57 PM
25
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Three Little Piggies of Rationality
Sam Enright
Feb 15, 2022, 8:36 PM
13
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Bazant: An alternate covid calculator
Elizabeth
Feb 15, 2022, 7:50 PM
24
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(acesounderglass.com)
The Territory
LoganStrohl
Feb 15, 2022, 6:56 PM
134
points
12
comments
5
min read
LW
link
How harmful are improvements in AI? + Poll
tilmanr
and
Marius Hobbhahn
Feb 15, 2022, 6:16 PM
15
points
4
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Defending One-Dimensional Ethics
HoldenKarnofsky
Feb 15, 2022, 5:20 PM
16
points
9
comments
17
min read
LW
link
(www.cold-takes.com)
Paradigm-building: Conclusion and practical takeaways
Cameron Berg
Feb 15, 2022, 4:11 PM
5
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Productivity Notes I
matto
Feb 15, 2022, 1:08 PM
9
points
1
comment
5
min read
LW
link
Becoming Stronger as Epistemologist: Introduction
adamShimi
Feb 15, 2022, 6:15 AM
30
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
ACX Montreal Meetup Feb 27 2022 **Venue Changed**
E
Feb 15, 2022, 3:47 AM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Does Impedance Matter?
jefftk
Feb 15, 2022, 3:10 AM
9
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Epsilon is not a probability, it’s a cop-out
Shmi
Feb 15, 2022, 2:48 AM
23
points
35
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Is ELK enough? Diamond, Matrix and Child AI
adamShimi
Feb 15, 2022, 2:29 AM
17
points
10
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Some Hacky ELK Ideas
johnswentworth
Feb 15, 2022, 2:27 AM
37
points
8
comments
5
min read
LW
link
What Does The Natural Abstraction Framework Say About ELK?
johnswentworth
Feb 15, 2022, 2:27 AM
35
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Observations about writing and commenting on the internet
dynomight
Feb 15, 2022, 12:02 AM
94
points
10
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(dynomight.net)
[Question]
Analog rewritable tablet
NormanPerlmutter
Feb 14, 2022, 11:41 PM
4
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why Parents Should Let Their Children Play More Video Games
Anna Yurovskikh
Feb 14, 2022, 9:53 PM
4
points
7
comments
5
min read
LW
link
A compilation of misuses of statistics
Younes Kamel
Feb 14, 2022, 9:53 PM
4
points
11
comments
13
min read
LW
link
(youneskamel.substack.com)
[Question]
Have you noticed costs of being anticipatory?
Jack R
Feb 14, 2022, 7:15 PM
9
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Question 5: The timeline hyperparameter
Cameron Berg
Feb 14, 2022, 4:38 PM
8
points
3
comments
7
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Framing Practicum: General Factor
tailcalled
Feb 14, 2022, 4:35 PM
22
points
9
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Goal-directedness: exploring explanations
Morgan_Rogers
Feb 14, 2022, 4:20 PM
13
points
3
comments
18
min read
LW
link
Paper is True
Zvi
Feb 14, 2022, 2:10 PM
35
points
2
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Rock is Strong
Zvi
Feb 14, 2022, 2:00 PM
59
points
13
comments
26
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Some limitations of reductionism about epistemology
Richard_Ngo
Feb 14, 2022, 8:50 AM
19
points
7
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)
Strevens on scientific explanation
Richard_Ngo
Feb 14, 2022, 8:10 AM
17
points
5
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)
Memory decay in human brains from options pricing theory
Jalex S
14 Feb 2022 7:52 UTC
14
points
0
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Book review: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
Richard_Ngo
14 Feb 2022 7:50 UTC
34
points
5
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)
[Question]
Are there any preventive steps someone can take after being exposed to strep throat?
Maxwell Peterson
14 Feb 2022 3:01 UTC
8
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Some thoughts on vegetarianism and veganism
Richard_Ngo
14 Feb 2022 2:40 UTC
37
points
23
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)
Some ideas for interacting with reporters
mike_hawke
14 Feb 2022 0:38 UTC
1
point
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The metaphor you want is “color blindness,” not “blind spot.”
Duncan Sabien (Inactive)
14 Feb 2022 0:28 UTC
150
points
17
comments
3
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
Returns on cognition of different board games
Morpheus
13 Feb 2022 20:40 UTC
6
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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