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Wei Dai

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I think I need more practice talking with people in real time (about intellectual topics). (I’ve gotten much more used to text chat/​comments, which I like because it puts less time pressure on me to think and respond quickly, but I feel like I now incur a large cost due to excessively shying away from talking to people, hence the desire for practice.) If anyone wants to have a voice chat with me about a topic that I’m interested in (see my recent post/​comment history to get a sense), please contact me via PM.

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Wei Dai’s Shortform

Wei DaiMar 1, 2024, 8:43 PM
10 points
148 commentsLW link

Manag­ing risks while try­ing to do good

Wei DaiFeb 1, 2024, 6:08 PM
63 points
26 commentsLW link

AI do­ing philos­o­phy = AI gen­er­at­ing hands?

Wei DaiJan 15, 2024, 9:04 AM
46 points
23 commentsLW link

UDT shows that de­ci­sion the­ory is more puz­zling than ever

Wei DaiSep 13, 2023, 12:26 PM
218 points
56 comments1 min readLW link

Meta Ques­tions about Metaphilosophy

Wei DaiSep 1, 2023, 1:17 AM
161 points
80 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Why doesn’t China (or didn’t any­one) en­courage/​man­date elas­tomeric res­pi­ra­tors to con­trol COVID?

Wei DaiSep 17, 2022, 3:07 AM
34 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How to bet against civ­i­liza­tional ad­e­quacy?

Wei DaiAug 12, 2022, 11:33 PM
54 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

AI ethics vs AI alignment

Wei DaiJul 26, 2022, 1:08 PM
5 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

A broad basin of at­trac­tion around hu­man val­ues?

Wei DaiApr 12, 2022, 5:15 AM
114 points
18 comments2 min readLW link

Mo­ral­ity is Scary

Wei DaiDec 2, 2021, 6:35 AM
228 points
116 comments4 min readLW link1 review

(USA) N95 masks are available on Amazon

Wei DaiJan 18, 2021, 10:37 AM
53 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Anti-EMH Ev­i­dence (and a plea for help)

Wei DaiDec 5, 2020, 6:29 PM
93 points
44 comments5 min readLW link

A tale from Com­mu­nist China

Wei DaiOct 18, 2020, 5:37 PM
281 points
65 comments2 min readLW link1 review

Every­thing I Know About Elite Amer­ica I Learned From ‘Fresh Prince’ and ‘West Wing’

Wei DaiOct 11, 2020, 6:07 PM
44 points
18 comments1 min readLW link
(www.nytimes.com)

[Question] Tips/​tricks/​notes on op­ti­miz­ing investments

Wei DaiMay 6, 2020, 11:21 PM
83 points
68 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Have epistemic con­di­tions always been this bad?

Wei DaiJan 25, 2020, 4:42 AM
210 points
106 comments4 min readLW link1 review

Against Pre­ma­ture Ab­strac­tion of Poli­ti­cal Issues

Wei DaiDec 18, 2019, 8:19 PM
93 points
22 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What de­ter­mines the bal­ance be­tween in­tel­li­gence sig­nal­ing and virtue sig­nal­ing?

Wei DaiDec 9, 2019, 12:11 AM
70 points
37 comments2 min readLW link

Ways that China is sur­pass­ing the US

Wei DaiNov 4, 2019, 9:45 AM
59 points
19 comments2 min readLW link
(palladiummag.com)

List of re­solved con­fu­sions about IDA

Wei DaiSep 30, 2019, 8:03 PM
97 points
18 comments3 min readLW link