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Do we know if spaced repetition can be used with randomized content?
Kinrany
Nov 17, 2019, 6:01 PM
10
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How common is it for one entity to have a 3+ year technological lead on its nearest competitor?
Daniel Kokotajlo
Nov 17, 2019, 3:23 PM
49
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AGI safety and losing electricity/industry resilience cost-effectiveness
rosstieman
Nov 17, 2019, 6:48 AM
10
points
2
comments
38
min read
LW
link
Matthew Walker’s “Why We Sleep” Is Riddled with Scientific and Factual Errors
habryka
Nov 16, 2019, 8:27 PM
72
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(guzey.com)
[Productivity] Task vs. time delimitation
aaq
Nov 16, 2019, 4:27 PM
14
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
EA Forum AMA—MIRI’s Buck Shlegeris
Rob Bensinger
Nov 15, 2019, 11:27 PM
30
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)
[Question]
Hard to find factors messing up experiments: Examples?
Hazard
Nov 15, 2019, 5:46 PM
32
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Lazy Compost is Worse Than Landfill
jefftk
Nov 15, 2019, 4:20 PM
35
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
A Good Posture - Muscles & Self-Awareness.
leggi
Nov 15, 2019, 9:19 AM
10
points
3
comments
7
min read
LW
link
[Personal Experiment] Counterbalancing Risk-Aversion
lsusr
Nov 15, 2019, 8:34 AM
31
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Math] Vision problems
aaq
Nov 15, 2019, 3:30 AM
11
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Reconsolidation Through Questioning
Matt Goldenberg
Nov 14, 2019, 11:22 PM
11
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
[LW Team] Request for User-Interviews about Tagging/Search/Wikis
Ruby
Nov 14, 2019, 10:16 PM
14
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
October 2019 gwern.net newsletter
gwern
Nov 14, 2019, 8:26 PM
13
points
0
comments
LW
link
(www.gwern.net)
[Question]
Books/Literature on resolving technical disagreements?
Hazard
Nov 14, 2019, 5:30 PM
13
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Arguing about housing
jefftk
Nov 14, 2019, 5:00 PM
18
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Genesis
Jacob Falkovich
Nov 14, 2019, 4:20 PM
12
points
1
comment
6
min read
LW
link
Three on Two: Temur Walkers, Elk Blade, Goblin Blade and Dino Blade
Zvi
Nov 14, 2019, 4:20 PM
11
points
1
comment
11
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
South Bay Meetup
David Friedman
Nov 14, 2019, 7:20 AM
1
point
0
comments
LW
link
Evolution of Modularity
johnswentworth
Nov 14, 2019, 6:49 AM
190
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
1
review
Autism And Intelligence: Much More Than You Wanted To Know
Scott Alexander
Nov 14, 2019, 5:30 AM
76
points
12
comments
7
min read
LW
link
1
review
(slatestarcodex.com)
[Link] John Carmack working on AGI
Ben Goldhaber
Nov 14, 2019, 12:08 AM
15
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Instant stone (just add water!)
jasoncrawford
Nov 13, 2019, 10:33 PM
99
points
27
comments
5
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
(rootsofprogress.org)
Robin Hanson on the futurist focus on AI
abergal
Nov 13, 2019, 9:50 PM
31
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(aiimpacts.org)
[Link] (EA Podcast) Social Status: The Key to the Matrix Part I
Daniel_Gambacorta
Nov 13, 2019, 9:09 PM
9
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Reconsolidation Through Experience
Matt Goldenberg
Nov 13, 2019, 8:04 PM
13
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Hierarchy of Memory Reconsolidation Techniques
Matt Goldenberg
Nov 13, 2019, 8:02 PM
12
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Practical Guidelines for Memory Reconsolidation
Matt Goldenberg
Nov 13, 2019, 7:54 PM
34
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A Practical Theory of Memory Reconsolidation
Matt Goldenberg
Nov 13, 2019, 7:52 PM
16
points
16
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[AN #73]: Detecting catastrophic failures by learning how agents tend to break
Rohin Shah
Nov 13, 2019, 6:10 PM
11
points
0
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Insights from the randomness/ignorance model are genuine
Rafael Harth
Nov 13, 2019, 4:18 PM
6
points
23
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Mosquito Net Fishing
jefftk
Nov 13, 2019, 1:30 PM
15
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
SSC Madison: Neuroscience
marywang
Nov 13, 2019, 7:06 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Is the Orthogonality Thesis Defensible? (Qualia Computing)
ioannes
Nov 13, 2019, 3:59 AM
−1
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What I’ll be doing at MIRI
evhub
Nov 12, 2019, 11:19 PM
112
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Platonic rewards, reward features, and rewards as information
Stuart_Armstrong
Nov 12, 2019, 7:38 PM
20
points
2
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Attach Receipts to Credit Card Transactions
jefftk
Nov 12, 2019, 4:30 PM
6
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
An optimal stopping paradox
Yuxi_Liu
Nov 12, 2019, 8:51 AM
11
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Can indifference methods redeem person-affecting views?
David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)
Nov 12, 2019, 4:23 AM
10
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Operationalizing Newcomb’s Problem
ErickBall
Nov 11, 2019, 10:52 PM
34
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
SSC Dublin Meetup—Atypical Minds and Book Recommendations
Dan Valentine
Nov 11, 2019, 9:07 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Health] [Math] Proofs, forgetting, and an eldritch god
aaq
Nov 11, 2019, 6:31 PM
7
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The randomness/ignorance model solves many anthropic problems
Rafael Harth
Nov 11, 2019, 5:02 PM
9
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Ban the London Mulligan
Zvi
11 Nov 2019 11:10 UTC
12
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Pieces of time
KatjaGrace
11 Nov 2019 7:00 UTC
43
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(meteuphoric.com)
Epistemic Spot Check: Unconditional Parenting
Elizabeth
10 Nov 2019 20:10 UTC
22
points
6
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(acesounderglass.com)
Copenhagen/Malmö meetup
Laural
10 Nov 2019 17:41 UTC
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Experiments and Consent
jefftk
10 Nov 2019 14:50 UTC
30
points
45
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Indescribable
lsusr
10 Nov 2019 13:31 UTC
14
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Ethical experimentation
KatjaGrace
10 Nov 2019 8:00 UTC
15
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(meteuphoric.com)
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