April Coronavirus Open Thread

31 Mar 2020 16:48 UTC

33 points

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An Equilibrium of No Free Energy

Eliezer Yudkowsky

31 Oct 2017 21:27 UTC

150 points

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Mask wearing: do the opposite of what the CDC/WHO has been saying?

2 Apr 2020 22:10 UTC

11 points

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“Preparing for a Pandemic: Stage 3: Grow Food if You Can [COVID-19, hort, US, Patreon]”

3 Apr 2020 17:57 UTC

8 points

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(siderea.dreamwidth.org)

Rohin Shah on reasons for AI optimism

31 Oct 2019 12:10 UTC

42 points

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(aiimpacts.org)

Has LessWrong been a good early alarm bell for the pandemic?

AllAmericanBreakfast

3 Apr 2020 9:44 UTC

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[Question] What are the costs, benefits, and logistics of opening up new vaccine facilities?

31 Mar 2020 16:43 UTC

32 points

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Takeaways from safety by default interviews

AI Impacts and abergal

3 Apr 2020 17:20 UTC

19 points

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(aiimpacts.org)

[Question] Implications of the Doomsday Argument for x-risk reduction

2 Apr 2020 21:42 UTC

5 points

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Taking Initial Viral Load Seriously

1 Apr 2020 10:50 UTC

90 points

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(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Why don’t singularitarians bet on the creation of AGI by buying stocks?

11 Mar 2020 16:27 UTC

30 points

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[Question] Research on repurposing filter products for masks?

3 Apr 2020 16:32 UTC

27 points

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A Kernel of Truth: Insights from ‘A Friendly Approach to Functional Analysis’

4 Apr 2020 3:38 UTC

9 points

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The horse-sized duck: a theory of innovation, individuals and society

2 Apr 2020 18:52 UTC

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[Question] Has the effectiveness of fever screening declined?

27 Mar 2020 22:07 UTC

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Two Alternatives to Logical Counterfactuals

1 Apr 2020 9:48 UTC

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(unstableontology.com)

Self-Experiment: Does Working More Hours Increase My Output?

3 Apr 2020 21:36 UTC

31 points

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How Long Can People Usefully Work?

3 Apr 2020 21:35 UTC

33 points

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[Question] Which books provide a good overview of modern human prehistory?

3 Apr 2020 6:44 UTC

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How About a Remote Variolation Study?

3 Apr 2020 12:04 UTC

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