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Case Study

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A post looking at a particular idea through a real-world example or examples.

What Cost for Ir­ra­tional­ity?

Kaj_SotalaJul 1, 2010, 6:25 PM
93 points
119 comments7 min readLW link

Swim­ming Up­stream: A Case Study in In­stru­men­tal Rationality

TurnTroutJun 3, 2018, 3:16 AM
76 points
7 comments8 min readLW link

When Giv­ing Peo­ple Money Doesn’t Help

ZviJul 7, 2022, 1:00 PM
58 points
12 comments10 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

An akra­sia case study

[deleted]Dec 10, 2011, 8:46 PM
44 points
29 comments3 min readLW link

When sci­en­tists con­sider whether their re­search will end the world

HarlanDec 19, 2023, 3:47 AM
30 points
4 comments11 min readLW link
(blog.aiimpacts.org)

Raw Post: Talk­ing With My Brother

DirectedEvolutionJul 13, 2019, 2:57 AM
23 points
6 comments5 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Case Study—Ad-36

PerplexedSep 22, 2010, 6:32 PM
32 points
54 comments1 min readLW link

Non­mind­kil­ling open questions

Scott AlexanderMar 23, 2012, 4:23 PM
32 points
113 comments1 min readLW link

Open loops in fiction

Kaj_SotalaMar 14, 2021, 8:50 AM
70 points
13 comments2 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

Case Study: the Death Note Script and Bayes

gwernJan 4, 2013, 4:33 AM
34 points
44 comments1 min readLW link

I’m cre­at­ing a deep dive pod­cast epi­sode about the origi­nal Lev­er­age Re­search—would you like to take part?

spencergSep 22, 2024, 2:03 PM
37 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

In­ner Op­ti­miza­tion Mechanisms in Neu­ral Nets

ProgramCrafterMay 12, 2024, 5:52 PM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
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