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Counterspells
Virgil Kurkjian
Apr 27, 2019, 11:37 PM
100
points
24
comments
10
min read
LW
link
10 Good Things about Antifragile: a positivist book review
SebastianG
Apr 27, 2019, 6:22 PM
21
points
4
comments
7
min read
LW
link
“Everything is Correlated”: An Anthology of the Psychology Debate
gwern
Apr 27, 2019, 1:48 PM
41
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.gwern.net)
[Question]
What’s the best approach to curating a newsfeed to maximize useful contrasting POV?
Ben Goldhaber
Apr 26, 2019, 5:29 PM
25
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Speaking for myself (re: how the LW2.0 team communicates)
Ruby
Apr 25, 2019, 10:39 PM
56
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Asymmetric Justice
Zvi
Apr 25, 2019, 4:00 PM
236
points
105
comments
5
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
[Question]
What would Femtotechnology, attotechnology, yoctotechnology and planck level technology be theoretically capable of ?
Orange Apple Juice
Apr 25, 2019, 7:45 AM
−7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Strategic implications of AIs’ ability to coordinate at low cost, for example by merging
Wei Dai
Apr 25, 2019, 5:08 AM
69
points
46
comments
2
min read
LW
link
1
review
Against Street Epistemology
Eponym
Apr 25, 2019, 5:01 AM
17
points
28
comments
7
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Why does category theory exist?
Ben Pace
Apr 25, 2019, 4:54 AM
37
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“Tsuyoku Naritai!” (the ‘becoming stronger’ podcast): Episode 2 - Yoda Timers
Bae's Theorem
Apr 25, 2019, 4:37 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Femtotechnology
Orange Apple Juice
Apr 24, 2019, 11:43 PM
−17
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
When is rationality useful?
Richard_Ngo
Apr 24, 2019, 10:40 PM
28
points
26
comments
3
min read
LW
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_Roy
Apr 24, 2019, 4:26 PM
5
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Interview with Putanumonit
Jacob Falkovich
Apr 24, 2019, 2:53 PM
15
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Airportpourri
Jacob Falkovich
Apr 24, 2019, 2:51 PM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
[Question]
How good are chatbots?
bipolo
Apr 24, 2019, 2:17 PM
2
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Show LW: Debate on Philosophy being dead
CaiwitzAzaria
Apr 24, 2019, 1:35 PM
4
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(youtube.com)
Many maps, Lightly held
Elo
Apr 24, 2019, 2:25 AM
19
points
7
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Moral Weight Doesn’t Accrue Linearly
bgaesop
Apr 23, 2019, 10:14 PM
12
points
42
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Answer] Why wasn’t science invented in China?
Ruby
Apr 23, 2019, 9:47 PM
96
points
46
comments
21
min read
LW
link
1
review
The Principle of Predicted Improvement
Ronny Fernandez
Apr 23, 2019, 9:21 PM
80
points
17
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Degree of duplication and coordination in projects that examine computing prices, AI progress, and related topics?
riceissa
Apr 23, 2019, 12:27 PM
26
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How to make plans?
Pee Doom
Apr 23, 2019, 8:29 AM
24
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
1960: The Year The Singularity Was Cancelled
Scott Alexander
Apr 23, 2019, 1:30 AM
104
points
15
comments
11
min read
LW
link
1
review
(slatestarcodex.com)
Book review: The Sleepwalkers by Arthur Koestler
Richard_Ngo
Apr 23, 2019, 12:10 AM
68
points
26
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)
Pascal’s Mugging and One-shot Problems
Mathilde
Apr 22, 2019, 10:12 PM
2
points
12
comments
4
min read
LW
link
May 2019 Nashville SSC Meetup
Dude McDude
Apr 22, 2019, 4:38 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
IRL 8/8: Generative Adversarial Imitation Learning
RAISE
22 Apr 2019 15:02 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(app.grasple.com)
Counterfactuals about Social Media
Zvi
22 Apr 2019 12:20 UTC
53
points
23
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
On the Nature of Programming Languages
Martin Sustrik
22 Apr 2019 10:50 UTC
20
points
13
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(250bpm.com)
[Question]
Nutritional Supplements: A Potted Guide?
pcm50
22 Apr 2019 9:51 UTC
4
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AI Alignment Problem: “Human Values” don’t Actually Exist
avturchin
22 Apr 2019 9:23 UTC
45
points
29
comments
43
min read
LW
link
NYC Spring SSC Meetup 5/4
Rachel Shu
22 Apr 2019 3:58 UTC
10
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Dojo
Bae's Theorem
22 Apr 2019 3:26 UTC
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Evidence other than evolution for optimization daemons?
Liam Donovan
21 Apr 2019 20:50 UTC
5
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Any rebuttals of Christiano and AI Impacts on takeoff speeds?
SoerenMind
21 Apr 2019 20:39 UTC
67
points
26
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Passing through St. Louis
Bae's Theorem
21 Apr 2019 12:44 UTC
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Stack Overflow of Factored Cognition
rmoehn
21 Apr 2019 12:19 UTC
4
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Helen Toner on China, CSET, and AI
Rob Bensinger
21 Apr 2019 4:10 UTC
68
points
4
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(rationallyspeakingpodcast.org)
[Question]
Generating a novelty scale
Three-Monkey Mind
20 Apr 2019 9:54 UTC
7
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Moving to a World Beyond “p < 0.05”
lifelonglearner
19 Apr 2019 23:09 UTC
23
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.tandfonline.com)
Reflections on Duo Standard
Zvi
18 Apr 2019 23:20 UTC
7
points
0
comments
16
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Alignment Newsletter #53
Rohin Shah
18 Apr 2019 17:20 UTC
20
points
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Liar Paradox Revisited
Chris_Leong
17 Apr 2019 23:02 UTC
9
points
17
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Episode 1 of “Tsuyoku Naritai!” (the ‘becoming stronger’ podcast/YT series).
Bae's Theorem
17 Apr 2019 21:58 UTC
11
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Crypto quant trading: Intro
Alexei
17 Apr 2019 20:52 UTC
62
points
17
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Role playing game based on HPMOR in Moscow
Alexander230
17 Apr 2019 19:19 UTC
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
StrongerByScience: a rational strength training website
ryan_b
17 Apr 2019 18:12 UTC
18
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.strongerbyscience.com)
No Safe AI and Creating Optionality
SebastianG
17 Apr 2019 14:08 UTC
6
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
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