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Why Agent Foundations? An Overly Abstract Explanation
johnswentworth
Mar 25, 2022, 11:17 PM
302
points
58
comments
8
min read
LW
link
1
review
My mistake about the war in Ukraine
Ege Erdil
Mar 25, 2022, 11:04 PM
40
points
35
comments
3
min read
LW
link
An outline of an ironic LessWrong post
Yitz
Mar 25, 2022, 10:51 PM
−6
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Summary: “How to write a thesis” by Umberto Eco
Pablo Repetto
Mar 25, 2022, 9:40 PM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(pabloernesto.github.io)
Is Metaculus Slow to Update?
SimonM
Mar 25, 2022, 7:44 PM
75
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Ukraine Post #6: More Data and Peace Terms
Zvi
Mar 25, 2022, 6:20 PM
59
points
21
comments
21
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Duels & D.Sci March 2022: It’s time for D-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-data!
aphyer
Mar 25, 2022, 4:55 PM
51
points
38
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Contextual Self
ACrackedPot
Mar 25, 2022, 3:39 PM
2
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
Fake Journal Club proposal
gwern
Mar 25, 2022, 2:23 PM
25
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.gwern.net)
Chesterton’s Fence vs The Onion in the Varnish
Joel Burget
Mar 24, 2022, 9:20 PM
7
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Covid 3/24/22: Respite
Zvi
Mar 24, 2022, 3:00 PM
23
points
4
comments
13
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
The Ontics and The Decouplers
hawkebia
Mar 24, 2022, 2:04 PM
11
points
1
comment
6
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What if fiat money was created at a fixed rate and given to government?
MrThink
Mar 24, 2022, 1:02 PM
3
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Christopher Alexander’s architecture for learning
Henrik Karlsson
Mar 24, 2022, 9:11 AM
44
points
8
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(escapingflatland.substack.com)
Experimental longtermism: theory needs data
Jan_Kulveit
and
technicalities
Mar 24, 2022, 8:23 AM
52
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)
On expected utility, part 4: Dutch books, Cox, and Complete Class
Joe Carlsmith
Mar 24, 2022, 7:51 AM
20
points
2
comments
19
min read
LW
link
Applied Rationality Meetup
Raj Thimmiah
Mar 24, 2022, 7:40 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
In the very near future the internet will answer all of our questions and that makes me sad
David Gross
Mar 24, 2022, 3:55 AM
24
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A survey of tool use and workflows in alignment research
Logan Riggs
,
Jan
,
janus
and
jacquesthibs
Mar 23, 2022, 11:44 PM
45
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rational and irrational infinite integers
Viliam
Mar 23, 2022, 11:12 PM
36
points
28
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Research on how pattern-finding contributes to memorization?
DirectedEvolution
Mar 23, 2022, 9:42 PM
9
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why Miracles Should Not Be Used as a Reason to Believe in a Religion
Yitz
Mar 23, 2022, 8:53 PM
−1
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Announcing research
Pablo Repetto
Mar 23, 2022, 8:43 PM
2
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(pabloernesto.github.io)
Flywheels of progress
jasoncrawford
Mar 23, 2022, 8:42 PM
30
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
[Closed] Job Offering: Help Communicate Infrabayesianism
abramdemski
,
Vanessa Kosoy
and
Diffractor
Mar 23, 2022, 6:35 PM
129
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Wanted: Executive Assistant to help build the progress movement
jasoncrawford
Mar 23, 2022, 6:19 PM
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Circular Counterfactuals “Only that which Happens is Possible”
SebastianG
Mar 23, 2022, 2:40 PM
4
points
15
comments
9
min read
LW
link
[Intro to brain-like-AGI safety] 9. Takeaways from neuro 2/2: On AGI motivation
Steven Byrnes
Mar 23, 2022, 12:48 PM
46
points
11
comments
22
min read
LW
link
Cyberwar escalation
ChristianKl
Mar 23, 2022, 11:29 AM
35
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Albert Hirschman on liberalism and nationalism
David Hugh-Jones
Mar 23, 2022, 10:08 AM
6
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(wyclif.substack.com)
Different Is The Generator, Not A Side Effect
George3d6
Mar 23, 2022, 9:31 AM
9
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
(www.epistem.ink)
Lessons After a Couple Months of Trying to Do ML Research
KevinRoWang
Mar 22, 2022, 11:45 PM
70
points
8
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Progress Report 1: interpretability experiments & learning, testing compression hypotheses
Nathan Helm-Burger
Mar 22, 2022, 8:12 PM
11
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Brain preservation to prevent involuntary death: a possible cause area
Andy_McKenzie
Mar 22, 2022, 12:36 PM
39
points
1
comment
10
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Searching for post on Community Takeover
Søren Elverlin
Mar 22, 2022, 9:42 AM
7
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
On expected utility, part 3: VNM, separability, and more
Joe Carlsmith
Mar 22, 2022, 3:05 AM
10
points
4
comments
28
min read
LW
link
Responsible AI communication survey
Anca G. Rusu
Mar 22, 2022, 12:19 AM
0
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Research Hamming Questions
johnswentworth
Mar 22, 2022, 12:16 AM
86
points
7
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Even more curated conversations with brilliant rationalists
spencerg
Mar 21, 2022, 11:49 PM
59
points
0
comments
15
min read
LW
link
Counter-theses on Sleep
Natália
Mar 21, 2022, 11:21 PM
447
points
135
comments
15
min read
LW
link
1
review
Jetlag, Nausea, and Diarrhea are Largely Optional
Thomas Kwa
Mar 21, 2022, 10:40 PM
94
points
32
comments
2
min read
LW
link
We cannot directly choose an AGI’s utility function
azsantosk
Mar 21, 2022, 10:08 PM
13
points
18
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Why will an AGI be rational?
azsantosk
Mar 21, 2022, 9:54 PM
4
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Ukraine Post #5: Bits of Information
Zvi
Mar 21, 2022, 2:00 PM
71
points
33
comments
27
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
The Dawn of Everything: a review
David Hugh-Jones
Mar 21, 2022, 12:53 PM
32
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(wyclif.substack.com)
[CANCELLED] ACX meetup [April]
sallatik
Mar 21, 2022, 9:49 AM
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Searching for outliers
benkuhn
Mar 21, 2022, 2:40 AM
169
points
16
comments
18
min read
LW
link
1
review
(www.benkuhn.net)
How to ventilate
jefftk
Mar 21, 2022, 1:20 AM
16
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Civilization as Self-Restraint
Duncan Sabien (Deactivated)
Mar 21, 2022, 12:31 AM
60
points
11
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Trusting groups over individuals
castor07
Mar 20, 2022, 6:47 PM
0
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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