May I Speak?

RaythenMar 14, 2022, 10:57 PM
−8 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

ELK con­test sub­mis­sion: route un­der­stand­ing through the hu­man ontology

Mar 14, 2022, 9:42 PM
21 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] MicroCOVID risk lev­els in­ac­cu­rate due to un­der­count­ing in data sources vs wastew­a­ter data?

SameerishereMar 14, 2022, 8:04 PM
6 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

One pos­si­ble ap­proach to de­velop the best pos­si­ble gen­eral learn­ing algorithm

martillopartMar 14, 2022, 7:24 PM
3 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

The Mean­ingless­ness of it all

foxaccMar 14, 2022, 5:56 PM
−9 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Eth­i­cal­ity Be­hind Break­ing the Glass Ceiling

foxaccMar 14, 2022, 5:56 PM
31 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

Tech­nolog­i­cal Re­s­ur­rec­tion: Two Pos­si­ble Approaches

Alex PolischukMar 14, 2022, 5:53 PM
−3 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Omicron #16: Danger in China

ZviMar 14, 2022, 3:50 PM
58 points
10 comments4 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Ukraine #3: De­ci­sion The­ory, Mad­man The­ory and the Mafioso Nature

ZviMar 14, 2022, 2:50 PM
35 points
25 comments19 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Linkpost] Growth in FLOPS used to train ML models

Derek M. JonesMar 14, 2022, 11:28 AM
3 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Shot­gun Book Re­views: Against Method, The Knowl­edge Ma­chine and Un­der­stand­ing Nature

adamShimiMar 14, 2022, 8:13 AM
28 points
2 comments8 min readLW link

Alex Tabar­rok ad­vo­cates for crowd­fund­ing sys­tems with *Re­fund Bonuses*. I think this might be a nat­u­ral oc­cur­rence of a money pump against Causal De­ci­sion The­ory pledgers

mako yassMar 14, 2022, 7:27 AM
17 points
13 comments1 min readLW link
(marginalrevolution.com)

Challenges to Yud­kowsky’s Pro­noun Re­form Proposal

Zack_M_DavisMar 13, 2022, 8:38 PM
50 points
56 comments39 min readLW link1 review
(unremediatedgender.space)

War-prompted Disaster Planning

jefftkMar 13, 2022, 8:10 PM
20 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Whence the de­ter­mi­nant?

Ege ErdilMar 13, 2022, 7:38 PM
28 points
27 comments6 min readLW link

Food man­u­fac­tur­ers are out to get you

jwrayMar 13, 2022, 7:36 PM
27 points
6 comments5 min readLW link

Game the­ory, sanc­tions, and Ukraine

Dumbledore's ArmyMar 13, 2022, 5:45 PM
27 points
36 comments3 min readLW link

How to Lu­me­nate (UK Edi­tion)

chanamessingerMar 13, 2022, 1:43 PM
49 points
17 comments5 min readLW link

New GPT3 Im­pres­sive Ca­pa­bil­ities—In­struc­tGPT3 [1/​2]

simeon_cMar 13, 2022, 10:58 AM
72 points
10 comments7 min readLW link

Anec­dotes Can Be Strong Ev­i­dence and Bayes The­o­rem Proves It

FCCCMar 13, 2022, 4:06 AM
16 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

Com­pute Trends — Com­par­i­son to OpenAI’s AI and Compute

Mar 12, 2022, 6:09 PM
23 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Ex­pe­rience Res­tart­ing Contra

jefftkMar 12, 2022, 3:00 PM
16 points
5 comments3 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Is there a good dataset for the mo­ments of the in­come dis­tri­bu­tion through­out his­tory?

Ege ErdilMar 12, 2022, 1:26 PM
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Why Rome?

Erich_GrunewaldMar 12, 2022, 11:29 AM
19 points
7 comments8 min readLW link
(www.erichgrunewald.com)

Bear Sur­prise Free­dom Network

CraigMichaelMar 12, 2022, 10:15 AM
26 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

Book re­view of “Mengzi”

AnonymousMar 12, 2022, 4:54 AM
33 points
2 comments12 min readLW link

[Question] If some­one with suffi­cient ca­pa­bil­ities de­cides to de­liber­ately cre­ate an Unal­igned AGI, is there any­thing any­one can ac­tu­ally DO, to stop them?

nx2059Mar 12, 2022, 12:01 AM
−4 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Your Fu­ture Self’s Cre­dences Should Be Un­pre­dictable to You

David UdellMar 11, 2022, 11:33 PM
6 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

Ar­gu­ments are good for helping peo­ple rea­son about things

AprilSRMar 11, 2022, 11:02 PM
28 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Is There a Valley of Bad Civ­i­liza­tional Ad­e­quacy?

lbThingrbMar 11, 2022, 7:49 PM
13 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Rhythm Stage Setup v4

jefftkMar 11, 2022, 7:40 PM
9 points
0 comments5 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Deep Dives: My Ad­vice for Pur­su­ing Work in Re­search

scasperMar 11, 2022, 5:56 PM
33 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

If your solu­tion doesn’t work, make it work

Ege ErdilMar 11, 2022, 4:10 PM
17 points
7 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Ways to in­vest your wealth if you be­lieve in a high-var­i­ance fu­ture?

Alex_AltairMar 11, 2022, 4:07 PM
51 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

A Longlist of The­o­ries of Im­pact for Interpretability

Neel NandaMar 11, 2022, 2:55 PM
127 points
41 comments5 min readLW link2 reviews

Beyond micromarriages

Richard_NgoMar 11, 2022, 3:40 AM
91 points
13 comments3 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

On con­tin­u­ous de­ci­sion boundaries

eeegnuMar 11, 2022, 3:36 AM
2 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Book re­view: The Dawn of Everything

PeterMcCluskeyMar 11, 2022, 1:56 AM
24 points
1 comment7 min readLW link
(www.bayesianinvestor.com)

[Question] Are there any im­pos­si­bil­ity the­o­rems for strong and safe AI?

David JohnstonMar 11, 2022, 1:41 AM
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Al­gorith­mic Mea­sure of Emer­gence v2.0

intersticeMar 10, 2022, 8:26 PM
15 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

I left Rus­sia on March 8

avturchinMar 10, 2022, 8:05 PM
127 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

What’s the chance a smart Lon­don res­i­dent dies of a Rus­sian nuke in the next month?

DanielFilanMar 10, 2022, 7:20 PM
40 points
8 comments4 min readLW link
(danielfilan.com)

[Question] What’s the best ra­tio for Afri­cans to starve com­pared to Ukraini­ans not dy­ing in the war?

ChristianKlMar 10, 2022, 6:52 PM
9 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] In­fo­haz­ards, hack­ing, and Brick­ing—how to for­mal­ize these con­cepts?

YitzMar 10, 2022, 4:42 PM
6 points
10 comments4 min readLW link

Ukraine Post #2: Options

ZviMar 10, 2022, 4:10 PM
84 points
55 comments24 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 3/​10/​22: We Have a Plan

ZviMar 10, 2022, 4:10 PM
37 points
3 comments12 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Treat Ex­am­ples as World-Building

adamShimiMar 10, 2022, 3:09 PM
19 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Best LessWrong posts for un­der­stand­ing sci­en­tific stud­ies.

Sean McAnenyMar 10, 2022, 1:13 PM
10 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Dona­tions, The First Year

jennMar 10, 2022, 3:57 AM
21 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(jenn.site)

Pro­gram­ming note

HoldenKarnofskyMar 9, 2022, 9:20 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.cold-takes.com)