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[Question]
Reverse engineering of the simulation
Jan Betley
Feb 7, 2022, 9:36 PM
1
point
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Solution to the Desire-Action Conundrum
ship_shlap
Feb 7, 2022, 6:00 PM
3
points
12
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Building cars we don’t understand
pchvykov
Feb 7, 2022, 4:55 PM
3
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The case for “mental strength”
VipulNaik
Feb 7, 2022, 3:43 PM
39
points
9
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Decreasing Isolation Further
jefftk
Feb 7, 2022, 2:00 PM
15
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Soup design: Everyone likes it, but few know how
tomdekan
Feb 7, 2022, 11:32 AM
2
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[untitled post]
superads91
Feb 6, 2022, 8:39 PM
−5
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Predictions for 2050?
FinalFormal2
Feb 6, 2022, 8:33 PM
−2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Misleading Boiler Error Message
jefftk
Feb 6, 2022, 7:50 PM
8
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Experimenting with microsolidarity crews
Jarred Filmer
Feb 6, 2022, 11:41 AM
50
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Uncompetitive programming with GPT-3
Bezzi
Feb 6, 2022, 10:19 AM
7
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Fundamental Uncertainty: Prelude
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Feb 6, 2022, 2:26 AM
19
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Sledding Is Underrated
jefftk
Feb 5, 2022, 9:10 PM
35
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
A modest spelling reform to increase autologicity, symmetry, and readability.
Randomized, Controlled
Feb 5, 2022, 9:09 PM
19
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Miscellaneous thoughts on handling a stressful life
VipulNaik
Feb 5, 2022, 5:48 PM
19
points
0
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Practical Decision-Making Course: A Retrospective
moridinamael
,
Bae's Theorem
and
noldodan
Feb 5, 2022, 4:25 PM
20
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(guildoftherose.org)
[Question]
Are fully google translated (my own) posts permitted?
EniScien
Feb 5, 2022, 3:00 PM
3
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Computability and Complexity
Ege Erdil
and
Metaculus
Feb 5, 2022, 2:53 PM
21
points
5
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(www.metaculus.com)
Bryan Caplan meets Socrates
Sam Enright
Feb 5, 2022, 12:24 PM
93
points
7
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Phonology | Sekko
Zmavli Caimle
Feb 5, 2022, 11:59 AM
4
points
8
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Why I want to make a logical language
Zmavli Caimle
Feb 5, 2022, 11:52 AM
23
points
13
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Confidence intervals seem to be rarely useful, in and of themselves
anorangicc
Feb 5, 2022, 11:23 AM
1
point
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Real Reality
ship_shlap
Feb 5, 2022, 4:13 AM
22
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Why will AI be dangerous?
Legionnaire
Feb 4, 2022, 11:41 PM
40
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Anti-Parfit’s Hitchhiker
k64
Feb 4, 2022, 11:37 PM
2
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is it rational to modify one’s utility function?
k64
Feb 4, 2022, 11:37 PM
6
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Blog dedicated to rebuilding technology from civ collapse?
Casey_
Feb 4, 2022, 11:28 PM
4
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Alignment versus AI Alignment
Alex Flint
Feb 4, 2022, 10:59 PM
88
points
15
comments
22
min read
LW
link
A Quick Look At 20% Time
Elizabeth
Feb 4, 2022, 10:10 PM
86
points
8
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(acesounderglass.com)
What is a “philosophy of progress?”
jasoncrawford
Feb 4, 2022, 10:02 PM
10
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Convoy
Zvi
Feb 4, 2022, 9:40 PM
28
points
18
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
[Question]
Can you prove that 0 = 1?
purplelight
Feb 4, 2022, 9:31 PM
−10
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Expectations Influence Reality (and AI)
purplelight
Feb 4, 2022, 9:31 PM
0
points
3
comments
7
min read
LW
link
AI Writeup Part 1
SNl
Feb 4, 2022, 9:16 PM
8
points
1
comment
18
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Do mesa-optimization problems correlate with low-slack?
sudo
Feb 4, 2022, 9:11 PM
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Impactful Forecasting Prize for forecast writeups on curated Metaculus questions
elifland
,
sam_atis
and
yagudin
Feb 4, 2022, 8:06 PM
41
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[untitled post]
superads91
Feb 4, 2022, 7:03 PM
14
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Money-generating environments vs. wealth-building environments (or “my thoughts on the stock market”)
Nicole Dieker
Feb 4, 2022, 5:37 PM
7
points
9
comments
7
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Transferring credence without transferring evidence?
Kaarel
Feb 4, 2022, 8:11 AM
11
points
6
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Positly covid survey 2: controlled productivity data
KatjaGrace
Feb 4, 2022, 7:30 AM
15
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
Playing With a Talk Box
jefftk
Feb 4, 2022, 2:50 AM
9
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
[Question]
How can I see a daily count of all words I type?
Alex_Altair
Feb 4, 2022, 2:05 AM
8
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Covid 2/3/22: Loosening Bounds
Zvi
Feb 3, 2022, 11:00 PM
53
points
4
comments
16
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Forecasting Newsletter: January 2022
NunoSempere
Feb 3, 2022, 7:22 PM
17
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
The Urgency of Normal: An Exercise in Bounded Distrust
Zvi
Feb 3, 2022, 6:10 PM
46
points
3
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
QNR prospects are important for AI alignment research
Eric Drexler
Feb 3, 2022, 3:20 PM
94
points
12
comments
11
min read
LW
link
1
review
On Bounded Distrust
Zvi
Feb 3, 2022, 2:50 PM
137
points
19
comments
56
min read
LW
link
1
review
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Why Do I Think I Have Values?
J Bostock
Feb 3, 2022, 1:35 PM
22
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Trying harder works, sometimes
Kaveh-Sedghi
Feb 3, 2022, 5:04 AM
6
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Observed patterns around major technological advancements
Richard Korzekwa
Feb 3, 2022, 12:30 AM
44
points
15
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(aiimpacts.org)
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