Karate Kid and Real­is­tic Ex­pec­ta­tions for Disagree­ment Resolution

RaemonDec 4, 2019, 11:25 PM
103 points
23 comments4 min readLW link

Re­cent Progress in the The­ory of Neu­ral Networks

intersticeDec 4, 2019, 11:11 PM
83 points
9 comments9 min readLW link

Paper-Read­ing for Gears

johnswentworthDec 4, 2019, 9:02 PM
165 points
6 comments4 min readLW link1 review

On de­ci­sion-pre­dic­tion fixed points

jollybardDec 4, 2019, 8:49 PM
5 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—Oc­to­ber 2020

NoctDec 4, 2019, 8:17 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—Au­gust 2020

NoctDec 4, 2019, 8:16 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—Septem­ber 2020

NoctDec 4, 2019, 8:14 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—July 2020

NoctDec 4, 2019, 8:13 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—June 2020

NoctDec 4, 2019, 8:12 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What ad­di­tional fea­tures would you like on LessWrong?

Mati_RoyDec 4, 2019, 7:41 PM
6 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

[AN #76]: How dataset size af­fects ro­bust­ness, and bench­mark­ing safe ex­plo­ra­tion by mea­sur­ing con­straint violations

Rohin ShahDec 4, 2019, 6:10 PM
14 points
6 comments9 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

2019 Win­ter Sols­tice Collection

dspeyerDec 4, 2019, 5:25 PM
31 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

“Fully” acausal trade

Stuart_ArmstrongDec 4, 2019, 4:39 PM
16 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] If giv­ing un­so­lic­ited feed­back was a so­cial norm, what feed­back would you of­ten give?

Mati_RoyDec 4, 2019, 1:11 PM
10 points
15 commentsLW link

[Question] In which ways have you self-im­proved that made you feel bad for not hav­ing done it ear­lier?

Mati_RoyDec 4, 2019, 12:33 PM
13 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

A let­ter on op­ti­mism about hu­man progress

jasoncrawfordDec 4, 2019, 4:21 AM
34 points
3 comments3 min readLW link
(letter.wiki)

Sym­biotic Conflicts

lsusrDec 4, 2019, 12:06 AM
29 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Long-last­ing Effects of Sus­pen­sions?

jefftkDec 3, 2019, 8:40 PM
20 points
1 comment3 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

(Rein­vent­ing wheels) Maybe our world has be­come more peo­ple-shaped.

aaqDec 3, 2019, 8:23 PM
5 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Rus­sian x-risks newslet­ter #2, fall 2019

avturchinDec 3, 2019, 4:54 PM
22 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Search­ing Along the Trail of Crumbs

ZviDec 3, 2019, 1:10 PM
8 points
0 comments31 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The De­cem­ber SSC AtlantaMeetup

Steve FrenchDec 3, 2019, 12:14 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—May 2020

NoctDec 3, 2019, 4:00 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—April 2020

NoctDec 3, 2019, 3:59 AM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—March 2020

NoctDec 3, 2019, 3:57 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—Fe­bru­ary 2020

NoctDec 3, 2019, 3:55 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—Jan­uary 2020

NoctDec 3, 2019, 3:53 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

MIRI’s 2019 Fundraiser

MaloDec 3, 2019, 1:16 AM
55 points
0 comments9 min readLW link

Open & Wel­come Thread—De­cem­ber 2019

habrykaDec 3, 2019, 12:00 AM
14 points
56 comments1 min readLW link

Call for re­sources on the link be­tween cau­sa­tion and ontology

aaqDec 2, 2019, 10:03 PM
8 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Nov 2019 gw­ern.net newsletter

gwernDec 2, 2019, 9:16 PM
15 points
0 commentsLW link
(www.gwern.net)

A list of good heuris­tics that the case for AI x-risk fails

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Dec 2, 2019, 7:26 PM
43 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

What I talk about when I talk about AI x-risk: 3 core claims I want ma­chine learn­ing re­searchers to ad­dress.

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Dec 2, 2019, 6:20 PM
29 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

Is the rate of sci­en­tific progress slow­ing down? (by Tyler Cowen and Ben South­wood)

Ben PaceDec 2, 2019, 3:45 AM
49 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(docs.google.com)

The his­tory of smal­l­pox and the ori­gins of vaccines

philhDec 1, 2019, 8:51 PM
14 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Two Bay Area Win­ter Sols­tice Events

Chelsea VossDec 1, 2019, 6:49 PM
19 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Have you ex­pe­rienced a pu­rity norm around learn­ing “from first prin­ci­ples”?

aaqDec 1, 2019, 3:56 PM
5 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Vo­cal Range

jefftkDec 1, 2019, 3:50 PM
17 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

{Math} A times ta­bles mem­ory.

aaqDec 1, 2019, 3:40 PM
19 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Pre-Sols­tice Un­con­fer­ence 2019

Chelsea VossDec 1, 2019, 5:34 AM
11 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Bay Area Win­ter Sols­tice 2019

Chelsea VossDec 1, 2019, 3:17 AM
32 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Learn­ing Ab­stract Math from First Prin­ci­ples?

TeachDec 1, 2019, 12:41 AM
8 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why aren’t as­surance con­tracts widely used?

Daniel KokotajloDec 1, 2019, 12:20 AM
34 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Epistemic Spot Check: Fa­tigue and the Cen­tral Gover­nor Module

ElizabethDec 1, 2019, 12:10 AM
19 points
2 comments5 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

CO2 Strip­per Post­mortem Thoughts

DiffractorNov 30, 2019, 9:20 PM
113 points
37 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] What’s been writ­ten about the na­ture of “son-of-CDT”?

Liam DonovanNov 30, 2019, 9:03 PM
16 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

How To Change a Dance

jefftkNov 30, 2019, 1:40 PM
11 points
7 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Coun­ter­fac­tu­als as a mat­ter of So­cial Convention

Chris_LeongNov 30, 2019, 10:35 AM
10 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Use­ful Does Not Mean Secure

Ben PaceNov 30, 2019, 2:05 AM
46 points
12 comments11 min readLW link

Neu­ral An­neal­ing: Toward a Neu­ral The­ory of Every­thing (cross­post)

Michael Edward JohnsonNov 29, 2019, 5:31 PM
86 points
29 comments40 min readLW link3 reviews