[Question] When peo­ple ask for your P(doom), do you give them your in­side view or your bet­ting odds?

Vivek HebbarMar 26, 2022, 11:08 PM
11 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

A Primer on God, Liber­al­ism and the End of History

Mahdi ComplexMar 26, 2022, 8:07 PM
33 points
2 comments14 min readLW link

Agency and Coherence

David UdellMar 26, 2022, 7:25 PM
25 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Magic, tricks, and high-di­men­sional con­figu­ra­tion spaces

pchvykovMar 26, 2022, 7:14 PM
8 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Com­pute Gover­nance: The Role of Com­mod­ity Hardware

JanMar 26, 2022, 10:08 AM
14 points
7 comments7 min readLW link
(universalprior.substack.com)

Game that might im­prove re­search productivity

Jack RMar 26, 2022, 7:00 AM
21 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

You must on av­er­age be im­prov­ing to not guaran­tee failure.

eeegnuMar 26, 2022, 5:28 AM
3 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Your risk of de­vel­op­ing long COVID is prob­a­bly high

SiebeMar 26, 2022, 4:10 AM
25 points
16 comments3 min readLW link

Prim­i­tive Per­spec­tives and Sleep­ing Beauty

dadadarrenMar 26, 2022, 1:55 AM
21 points
14 comments6 min readLW link

[ASoT] Ob­ser­va­tions about ELK

leogaoMar 26, 2022, 12:42 AM
34 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Les­son Plan: Bi­ases in Quan­tity Estimation

abstractapplicMar 26, 2022, 12:23 AM
9 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

Why Agent Foun­da­tions? An Overly Ab­stract Explanation

johnswentworthMar 25, 2022, 11:17 PM
302 points
58 comments8 min readLW link1 review

My mis­take about the war in Ukraine

Ege ErdilMar 25, 2022, 11:04 PM
40 points
35 comments3 min readLW link

An out­line of an ironic LessWrong post

YitzMar 25, 2022, 10:51 PM
−6 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Sum­mary: “How to write a the­sis” by Um­berto Eco

Pablo RepettoMar 25, 2022, 9:40 PM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(pabloernesto.github.io)

Is Me­tac­u­lus Slow to Up­date?

SimonMMar 25, 2022, 7:44 PM
75 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Ukraine Post #6: More Data and Peace Terms

ZviMar 25, 2022, 6:20 PM
59 points
21 comments21 min readLW 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!

aphyerMar 25, 2022, 4:55 PM
51 points
38 comments4 min readLW link

Con­tex­tual Self

ACrackedPotMar 25, 2022, 3:39 PM
2 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

Fake Jour­nal Club proposal

gwernMar 25, 2022, 2:23 PM
25 points
8 comments1 min readLW link
(www.gwern.net)

Ch­ester­ton’s Fence vs The Onion in the Varnish

Joel BurgetMar 24, 2022, 9:20 PM
7 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 3/​24/​22: Respite

ZviMar 24, 2022, 3:00 PM
23 points
4 comments13 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The On­tics and The Decouplers

hawkebiaMar 24, 2022, 2:04 PM
11 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

[Question] What if fiat money was cre­ated at a fixed rate and given to gov­ern­ment?

MrThinkMar 24, 2022, 1:02 PM
3 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Christo­pher Alexan­der’s ar­chi­tec­ture for learning

Henrik KarlssonMar 24, 2022, 9:11 AM
44 points
8 comments9 min readLW link
(escapingflatland.substack.com)

Ex­per­i­men­tal longter­mism: the­ory needs data

Mar 24, 2022, 8:23 AM
52 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

On ex­pected util­ity, part 4: Dutch books, Cox, and Com­plete Class

Joe CarlsmithMar 24, 2022, 7:51 AM
20 points
2 comments19 min readLW link

Ap­plied Ra­tion­al­ity Meetup

Raj ThimmiahMar 24, 2022, 7:40 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

In the very near fu­ture the in­ter­net will an­swer all of our ques­tions and that makes me sad

David GrossMar 24, 2022, 3:55 AM
24 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

A sur­vey of tool use and work­flows in al­ign­ment research

Mar 23, 2022, 11:44 PM
45 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tional and ir­ra­tional in­finite integers

ViliamMar 23, 2022, 11:12 PM
36 points
28 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Re­search on how pat­tern-find­ing con­tributes to mem­o­riza­tion?

DirectedEvolutionMar 23, 2022, 9:42 PM
9 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Why Mir­a­cles Should Not Be Used as a Rea­son to Believe in a Religion

YitzMar 23, 2022, 8:53 PM
−1 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing research

Pablo RepettoMar 23, 2022, 8:43 PM
2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(pabloernesto.github.io)

Fly­wheels of progress

jasoncrawfordMar 23, 2022, 8:42 PM
30 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

[Closed] Job Offer­ing: Help Com­mu­ni­cate Infrabayesianism

Mar 23, 2022, 6:35 PM
129 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

Wanted: Ex­ec­u­tive As­sis­tant to help build the progress movement

jasoncrawfordMar 23, 2022, 6:19 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Cir­cu­lar Coun­ter­fac­tu­als “Only that which Hap­pens is Pos­si­ble”

SebastianG Mar 23, 2022, 2:40 PM
4 points
15 comments9 min readLW link

[In­tro to brain-like-AGI safety] 9. Take­aways from neuro 2/​2: On AGI motivation

Steven ByrnesMar 23, 2022, 12:48 PM
46 points
11 comments22 min readLW link

Cy­ber­war escalation

ChristianKlMar 23, 2022, 11:29 AM
35 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Albert Hirschman on liber­al­ism and nationalism

David Hugh-JonesMar 23, 2022, 10:08 AM
6 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(wyclif.substack.com)

Differ­ent Is The Gen­er­a­tor, Not A Side Effect

George3d6Mar 23, 2022, 9:31 AM
9 points
1 comment4 min readLW link
(www.epistem.ink)

Les­sons After a Cou­ple Months of Try­ing to Do ML Research

KevinRoWangMar 22, 2022, 11:45 PM
70 points
8 comments6 min readLW link

Progress Re­port 1: in­ter­pretabil­ity ex­per­i­ments & learn­ing, test­ing com­pres­sion hypotheses

Nathan Helm-BurgerMar 22, 2022, 8:12 PM
11 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Brain preser­va­tion to pre­vent in­vol­un­tary death: a pos­si­ble cause area

Andy_McKenzieMar 22, 2022, 12:36 PM
39 points
1 comment10 min readLW link

[Question] Search­ing for post on Com­mu­nity Takeover

Søren ElverlinMar 22, 2022, 9:42 AM
7 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

On ex­pected util­ity, part 3: VNM, sep­a­ra­bil­ity, and more

Joe CarlsmithMar 22, 2022, 3:05 AM
10 points
4 comments28 min readLW link

Re­spon­si­ble AI com­mu­ni­ca­tion survey

Anca G. RusuMar 22, 2022, 12:19 AM
0 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Re­search Ham­ming Questions

johnswentworthMar 22, 2022, 12:16 AM
86 points
7 comments4 min readLW link

Even more cu­rated con­ver­sa­tions with brilli­ant rationalists

spencergMar 21, 2022, 11:49 PM
59 points
0 comments15 min readLW link