[Question] What’s the best ap­proach to cu­rat­ing a news­feed to max­i­mize use­ful con­trast­ing POV?

Ben GoldhaberApr 26, 2019, 5:29 PM
25 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Speak­ing for my­self (re: how the LW2.0 team com­mu­ni­cates)

RubyApr 25, 2019, 10:39 PM
56 points
20 comments2 min readLW link

Asym­met­ric Justice

ZviApr 25, 2019, 4:00 PM
236 points
105 comments5 min readLW link2 reviews
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] What would Fem­totech­nol­ogy, at­totech­nol­ogy, yoc­totech­nol­ogy and planck level tech­nol­ogy be the­o­ret­i­cally ca­pa­ble of ?

Orange Apple JuiceApr 25, 2019, 7:45 AM
−7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Strate­gic im­pli­ca­tions of AIs’ abil­ity to co­or­di­nate at low cost, for ex­am­ple by merging

Wei DaiApr 25, 2019, 5:08 AM
69 points
46 comments2 min readLW link1 review

Against Street Epistemology

EponymApr 25, 2019, 5:01 AM
17 points
28 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] Why does cat­e­gory the­ory ex­ist?

Ben PaceApr 25, 2019, 4:54 AM
37 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

“Tsuyoku Nar­i­tai!” (the ‘be­com­ing stronger’ pod­cast): Epi­sode 2 - Yoda Timers

Bae's TheoremApr 25, 2019, 4:37 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Femtotechnology

Orange Apple JuiceApr 24, 2019, 11:43 PM
−17 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

When is ra­tio­nal­ity use­ful?

Richard_NgoApr 24, 2019, 10:40 PM
28 points
26 comments3 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

[Question] What are re­li­able ways to make a state­ment in such a way that I will be able to prove in the fu­ture that I had made that state­ment?

Mati_RoyApr 24, 2019, 4:26 PM
5 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

In­ter­view with Putanumonit

Jacob FalkovichApr 24, 2019, 2:53 PM
15 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Airportpourri

Jacob FalkovichApr 24, 2019, 2:51 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

[Question] How good are chat­bots?

bipoloApr 24, 2019, 2:17 PM
2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Show LW: De­bate on Philos­o­phy be­ing dead

CaiwitzAzariaApr 24, 2019, 1:35 PM
4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(youtube.com)

Many maps, Lightly held

EloApr 24, 2019, 2:25 AM
19 points
7 comments4 min readLW link

Mo­ral Weight Doesn’t Ac­crue Linearly

bgaesopApr 23, 2019, 10:14 PM
12 points
42 comments1 min readLW link

[An­swer] Why wasn’t sci­ence in­vented in China?

RubyApr 23, 2019, 9:47 PM
96 points
46 comments21 min readLW link1 review

The Prin­ci­ple of Pre­dicted Improvement

Ronny FernandezApr 23, 2019, 9:21 PM
80 points
17 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] De­gree of du­pli­ca­tion and co­or­di­na­tion in pro­jects that ex­am­ine com­put­ing prices, AI progress, and re­lated top­ics?

riceissaApr 23, 2019, 12:27 PM
26 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

[Question] How to make plans?

Pee DoomApr 23, 2019, 8:29 AM
24 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

1960: The Year The Sin­gu­lar­ity Was Cancelled

Scott AlexanderApr 23, 2019, 1:30 AM
104 points
15 comments11 min readLW link1 review
(slatestarcodex.com)

Book re­view: The Sleep­walk­ers by Arthur Koestler

Richard_NgoApr 23, 2019, 12:10 AM
68 points
26 comments9 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

Pas­cal’s Mug­ging and One-shot Problems

MathildeApr 22, 2019, 10:12 PM
2 points
12 comments4 min readLW link

May 2019 Nashville SSC Meetup

Dude McDudeApr 22, 2019, 4:38 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

IRL 8/​8: Gen­er­a­tive Ad­ver­sar­ial Imi­ta­tion Learning

RAISEApr 22, 2019, 3:02 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(app.grasple.com)

Coun­ter­fac­tu­als about So­cial Media

ZviApr 22, 2019, 12:20 PM
53 points
23 comments6 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

On the Na­ture of Pro­gram­ming Languages

Martin SustrikApr 22, 2019, 10:50 AM
20 points
13 comments4 min readLW link
(250bpm.com)

[Question] Nutri­tional Sup­ple­ments: A Pot­ted Guide?

pcm50Apr 22, 2019, 9:51 AM
4 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

AI Align­ment Prob­lem: “Hu­man Values” don’t Ac­tu­ally Exist

avturchinApr 22, 2019, 9:23 AM
45 points
29 comments43 min readLW link

NYC Spring SSC Meetup 5/​4

Rachel ShuApr 22, 2019, 3:58 AM
10 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo

Bae's TheoremApr 22, 2019, 3:26 AM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Ev­i­dence other than evolu­tion for op­ti­miza­tion dae­mons?

Liam DonovanApr 21, 2019, 8:50 PM
5 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Any re­but­tals of Chris­ti­ano and AI Im­pacts on take­off speeds?

SoerenMindApr 21, 2019, 8:39 PM
67 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

Pass­ing through St. Louis

Bae's TheoremApr 21, 2019, 12:44 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Stack Overflow of Fac­tored Cognition

rmoehnApr 21, 2019, 12:19 PM
4 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

He­len Toner on China, CSET, and AI

Rob BensingerApr 21, 2019, 4:10 AM
68 points
4 comments7 min readLW link
(rationallyspeakingpodcast.org)

[Question] Gen­er­at­ing a nov­elty scale

Three-Monkey MindApr 20, 2019, 9:54 AM
7 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Mov­ing to a World Beyond “p < 0.05”

lifelonglearnerApr 19, 2019, 11:09 PM
23 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(www.tandfonline.com)

Reflec­tions on Duo Standard

ZviApr 18, 2019, 11:20 PM
7 points
0 comments16 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Align­ment Newslet­ter #53

Rohin ShahApr 18, 2019, 5:20 PM
20 points
0 comments8 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Liar Para­dox Revisited

Chris_LeongApr 17, 2019, 11:02 PM
9 points
17 comments3 min readLW link

Epi­sode 1 of “Tsuyoku Nar­i­tai!” (the ‘be­com­ing stronger’ pod­cast/​YT se­ries).

Bae's TheoremApr 17, 2019, 9:58 PM
11 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Crypto quant trad­ing: Intro

AlexeiApr 17, 2019, 8:52 PM
62 points
17 comments5 min readLW link

Role play­ing game based on HPMOR in Moscow

Alexander230Apr 17, 2019, 7:19 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

StrongerByS­cience: a ra­tio­nal strength train­ing website

ryan_bApr 17, 2019, 6:12 PM
18 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.strongerbyscience.com)

No Safe AI and Creat­ing Optionality

SebastianG Apr 17, 2019, 2:08 PM
6 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Reflec­tions on the Mythic Invitational

ZviApr 17, 2019, 11:50 AM
10 points
0 comments19 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Open Prob­lems in Archipelago

RaemonApr 16, 2019, 10:57 PM
44 points
14 comments3 min readLW link

Robin Han­son on Sim­ple, Ev­i­dence Backed Models

RaemonApr 16, 2019, 10:22 PM
36 points
11 comments1 min readLW link
(www.overcomingbias.com)