All 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 201820192020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

All JanFebMar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 121314 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Layers of Expertise and the Curse of Curiosity

GyrodiotFeb 12, 2019, 11:41 PM

19 points

1 comment6 min readLW link

Nuances with ascription universality

evhubFeb 12, 2019, 11:38 PM

20 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Learning preferences by looking at the world

Rohin ShahFeb 12, 2019, 10:25 PM

43 points

10 comments7 min readLW link

(bair.berkeley.edu)

Functional silence: communication that minimizes change of receiver’s beliefs

chaosmageFeb 12, 2019, 9:32 PM

27 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

Arguments for moral indefinability

Richard_NgoFeb 12, 2019, 10:40 AM

51 points

10 comments7 min readLW link

(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

Art: A Rationalist’s Take?

schrodingartFeb 12, 2019, 5:07 AM

2 points

4 comments6 min readLW link

Language, the Key to Everything

chris82179Feb 12, 2019, 5:06 AM

−2 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

Triangle SSC Meetup-February

willbobagginsFeb 12, 2019, 3:07 AM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Would I think for ten thousand years?

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 11, 2019, 7:37 PM

25 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

“Normative assumptions” need not be complex

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 11, 2019, 7:03 PM

11 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Emotional Climate Change—an inconvenient idea

marcus_gablerFeb 11, 2019, 5:55 PM

−30 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

Coherent behaviour in the real world is an incoherent concept

Richard_NgoFeb 11, 2019, 5:00 PM

51 points

17 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] Why do you reject negative utilitarianism?

Teo AjantaivalFeb 11, 2019, 3:38 PM

32 points

27 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How important is it that LW has an unlimited supply of karma?

Bird ConceptFeb 11, 2019, 1:41 AM

27 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

Minimize Use of Standard Internet Food Delivery

ZviFeb 10, 2019, 7:50 PM

−18 points

28 comments2 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Propositional Logic, Syntactic Implication

Donald HobsonFeb 10, 2019, 6:12 PM

5 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Fighting the allure of depressive realism

aaqFeb 10, 2019, 4:46 PM

19 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

Structured Concurrency Cross-language Forum

Martin SustrikFeb 10, 2019, 9:20 AM

12 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(250bpm.com)

Probability space has 2 metrics

Donald HobsonFeb 10, 2019, 12:28 AM

89 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Some Thoughts on Metaphilosophy

Wei DaiFeb 10, 2019, 12:28 AM

82 points

42 comments4 min readLW link

The Argument from Philosophical Difficulty

Wei DaiFeb 10, 2019, 12:28 AM

66 points

31 comments1 min readLW link

Dojo on stress

EloFeb 9, 2019, 10:49 PM

13 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] When should we expect the education bubble to pop? How can we short it?

Bird ConceptFeb 9, 2019, 9:39 PM

35 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

The Cake is a Lie, Part 2.

IncomprehensibleManeFeb 9, 2019, 8:07 PM

−27 points

7 comments9 min readLW link

The Case for a Bigger Audience

John_MaxwellFeb 9, 2019, 7:22 AM

68 points

58 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Can someone design this Google Sheets bug list template for me?

Bae's TheoremFeb 9, 2019, 6:55 AM

4 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Reinforcement Learning in the Iterated Amplification Framework

William_SFeb 9, 2019, 12:56 AM

25 points

12 comments4 min readLW link

HCH is not just Mechanical Turk

William_SFeb 9, 2019, 12:46 AM

42 points

6 comments3 min readLW link

Friendly SSC and LW meetup

Sean AubinFeb 9, 2019, 12:20 AM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

The Hamming Question

RaemonFeb 8, 2019, 7:34 PM

64 points

38 comments3 min readLW link

Make an appointment with your saner self

MalcolmOceanFeb 8, 2019, 5:05 AM

28 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] What is learning?

Pee DoomFeb 8, 2019, 3:18 AM

11 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Is this how I choose to show up?

EloFeb 8, 2019, 12:30 AM

5 points

3 comments5 min readLW link

Sad!

nwsFeb 7, 2019, 7:42 PM

−1 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread February 2019

ryan_bFeb 7, 2019, 6:00 PM

19 points

19 comments1 min readLW link

EA grants available (to individuals)

Jameson QuinnFeb 7, 2019, 3:17 PM

34 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

X-risks are a tragedies of the commons

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Feb 7, 2019, 2:48 AM

9 points

19 comments1 min readLW link

Do Science and Technology Lead to a Fall in Human Values?

jayshi19Feb 7, 2019, 1:53 AM

1 point

1 comment1 min readLW link

(techandhumanity.com)

Test Cases for Impact Regularisation Methods

DanielFilanFeb 6, 2019, 9:50 PM

72 points

5 comments13 min readLW link

(danielfilan.com)

A tentative solution to a certain mythological beast of a problem

Edward KnoxFeb 6, 2019, 8:42 PM

−11 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

AI Alignment is Alchemy.

JeevanFeb 6, 2019, 8:32 PM

−9 points

20 comments1 min readLW link

My use of the phrase “Super-Human Feedback”

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Feb 6, 2019, 7:11 PM

13 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Thoughts on Ben Garfinkel’s “How sure are we about this AI stuff?”

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Feb 6, 2019, 7:09 PM

25 points

17 comments1 min readLW link

Show LW: (video) how to remember everything you learn

ArthurLidiaFeb 6, 2019, 7:02 PM

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Does the EA community do “basic science” grants? How do I get one?

Jameson QuinnFeb 6, 2019, 6:10 PM

7 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Is the World Getting Better? A brief summary of recent debate

ErickBallFeb 6, 2019, 5:38 PM

35 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

(capx.co)

Security amplification

paulfchristianoFeb 6, 2019, 5:28 PM

21 points

2 comments13 min readLW link

Alignment Newsletter #44

Rohin ShahFeb 6, 2019, 8:30 AM

18 points

0 comments9 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

South Bay Meetup March 2nd

David FriedmanFeb 6, 2019, 6:48 AM

1 point

0 comments LW link

[Question] If Rationality can be likened to a ‘Martial Art’, what would be the Forms?

Bae's TheoremFeb 6, 2019, 5:48 AM

21 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Keyboard shortcuts

Keys shown in yellow (e.g., ]) are accesskeys, and require a browser-specific modifier key (or keys).

Keys shown in grey (e.g., ?) do not require any modifier keys.

General
? Show keyboard shortcuts
Esc Hide keyboard shortcuts

Site navigation
h Go to Home (a.k.a. “Frontpage”) view
f Go to Featured (a.k.a. “Curated”) view
a Go to All (a.k.a. “Community”) view
m Go to Meta view
v Go to Tags view
c Go to Recent Comments view
r Go to Archive view
q Go to Sequences view
t Go to About page
u Go to User or Login page
o Go to Inbox page

Page navigation
, Jump up to top of page
. Jump down to bottom of page
/ Jump to top of comments section
s Search

Page actions
n New post or comment
e Edit current post

Post/comment list views
. Focus next entry in list
, Focus previous entry in list
; Cycle between links in focused entry
Enter Go to currently focused entry
Esc Unfocus currently focused entry
] Go to next page
[ Go to previous page
\ Go to first page
e Edit currently focused post

Editor
k Bold text
i Italic text
l Insert hyperlink
q Blockquote text

Appearance
= Increase text size
- Decrease text size
0 Reset to default text size
′ Cycle through content width settings
1 Switch to default theme [A]
2 Switch to dark theme [B]
3 Switch to grey theme [C]
4 Switch to ultramodern theme [D]
5 Switch to simple theme [E]
6 Switch to brutalist theme [F]
7 Switch to ReadTheSequences theme [G]
8 Switch to classic Less Wrong theme [H]
9 Switch to modern Less Wrong theme [I]
; Open theme tweaker
Enter Save changes and close theme tweaker
Esc Close theme tweaker (without saving)

Slide shows
l Start/resume slideshow
Esc Exit slideshow
→↓ Next slide
←↑ Previous slide
Space Reset slide zoom

Miscellaneous
x Switch to next view on user page
z Switch to previous view on user page
` Toggle compact comment list view
g Toggle anti-kibitzer