[Question] Could hu­man­ity ac­com­plish ev­ery­thing which na­ture has? Why might this not be the case?

RubyMay 21, 2019, 9:03 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Could hu­man­ity ever achieve atom­i­cally pre­cise man­u­fac­tur­ing (APM)? What about a much-smarter-than-hu­man-level in­tel­li­gence?

RubyMay 21, 2019, 9:00 PM
8 points
0 commentsLW link

TAISU—Tech­ni­cal AI Safety Unconference

Linda LinseforsMay 21, 2019, 6:34 PM
15 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Go Do Something

Davis_KingsleyMay 21, 2019, 3:42 PM
38 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

More Notes on Sim­ple Rules

ZviMay 21, 2019, 2:50 PM
34 points
1 comment6 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

By de­fault, avoid am­bigu­ous dis­tant situations

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 21, 2019, 2:48 PM
33 points
17 comments3 min readLW link

Hunt­ing­ton’s Disease; power and duty of par­ents over offsprings

Yuxi_LiuMay 21, 2019, 9:42 AM
6 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

[AN #56] Should ML re­searchers stop run­ning ex­per­i­ments be­fore mak­ing hy­pothe­ses?

Rohin ShahMay 21, 2019, 2:20 AM
21 points
8 comments9 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Why long-term AI safety is not an is­sue (IMHO)

bommiMay 21, 2019, 1:48 AM
−10 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

The con­cept of ev­i­dence as hu­man­ity cur­rently uses it is a bit of a crutch.

TheSkewardMay 20, 2019, 11:09 PM
8 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Ethics as War­fare: Me­ta­physics and Mo­ral­ity of the Era of Transhumanism

DubioustunicMay 20, 2019, 8:28 PM
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Would an op­tion to pub­lish to AF users only be a use­ful fea­ture?

Richard_NgoMay 20, 2019, 11:04 AM
13 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Min­i­max Search and the Struc­ture of Cog­ni­tion!

Zack_M_DavisMay 20, 2019, 5:25 AM
15 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(zackmdavis.net)

Com­ment sec­tion from 05/​19/​2019

habrykaMay 20, 2019, 12:51 AM
23 points
139 comments1 min readLW link

Get­ting Out of the Filter Bub­ble Out­side Your Filter Bubble

Evan_GaensbauerMay 20, 2019, 12:15 AM
21 points
29 comments6 min readLW link

Naked mole-rats: A case study in biolog­i­cal weirdness

eukaryoteMay 19, 2019, 6:40 PM
95 points
14 comments3 min readLW link
(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

Sim­ple Rules of Law

ZviMay 19, 2019, 12:10 AM
59 points
24 comments28 min readLW link1 review
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] What are good prac­tices for us­ing Google Scholar to re­search an­swers to LessWrong Ques­tions?

Pee DoomMay 18, 2019, 9:44 PM
28 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Si­mu­la­tion Ty­pol­ogy and Ter­mi­na­tion Risks

avturchinMay 18, 2019, 12:42 PM
12 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

Yes Re­quires the Pos­si­bil­ity of No

Scott GarrabrantMay 17, 2019, 10:39 PM
290 points
55 comments2 min readLW link2 reviews

“One Man’s Mo­dus Po­nens Is Another Man’s Mo­dus Tol­lens”

gwernMay 17, 2019, 10:03 PM
33 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(www.gwern.net)

An­nounc­ing my YouTube channel

Samo BurjaMay 17, 2019, 5:50 PM
40 points
1 comment3 min readLW link
(medium.com)

[Question] What makes a sci­en­tific fact ‘ripe for dis­cov­ery’?

Matt GoldenbergMay 17, 2019, 9:01 AM
8 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why ex­actly is the song ‘Baby Shark’ so catchy?

Pee DoomMay 17, 2019, 6:26 AM
6 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What is good liter­a­ture on learned hel­pless­ness?

Pee DoomMay 17, 2019, 3:15 AM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are some good ex­am­ples of gam­ing that is hard to de­tect?

SoerenMindMay 16, 2019, 4:10 PM
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Offer of col­lab­o­ra­tion and/​or mentorship

Vanessa KosoyMay 16, 2019, 2:16 PM
76 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Which sci­en­tific dis­cov­ery was most ahead of its time?

Richard_NgoMay 16, 2019, 12:58 PM
38 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Euro­pean Com­mu­nity Week­end 2019

DreamFlasherMay 16, 2019, 11:44 AM
38 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Kevin Sim­ler’s “Go­ing Crit­i­cal”

habrykaMay 16, 2019, 4:36 AM
57 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.meltingasphalt.com)

[Question] How do you know it’s time for a break?

ElizabethMay 16, 2019, 4:33 AM
30 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

What is this new (?) Less Wrong fea­ture? (“hid­den re­lated ques­tion”)

Said AchmizMay 15, 2019, 11:51 PM
14 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Fea­ture Re­quest: Self-im­posed Time Restrictions

Adam ZernerMay 15, 2019, 10:35 PM
22 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Why I’ve started us­ing NoScript

benwrMay 15, 2019, 9:32 PM
17 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

Emo­tional valence as cog­ni­tion mu­ta­tor (not a bug, but a fea­ture)

SliderMay 15, 2019, 12:49 PM
11 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

DC LW: Psychedelics

rusalkiiMay 15, 2019, 3:14 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

MIRI Sum­mer Fel­lows Program

colmMay 15, 2019, 12:28 AM
49 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Data Anal­y­sis of LW: Ac­tivity Levels + Age Distri­bu­tion of User Accounts

RubyMay 14, 2019, 11:53 PM
27 points
13 comments6 min readLW link

Boo votes, Yay NPS

Gordon Seidoh WorleyMay 14, 2019, 7:07 PM
29 points
19 comments6 min readLW link

Eight Books To Read

Samo BurjaMay 14, 2019, 5:40 PM
69 points
11 comments6 min readLW link
(medium.com)

[Question] Flash­cards for AI Safety?

Søren ElverlinMay 14, 2019, 2:37 PM
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

In­te­grat­ing dis­agree­ing subagents

Kaj_SotalaMay 14, 2019, 2:06 PM
148 points
15 comments21 min readLW link

[Question] How to im­prove at crit­i­cal think­ing on sci­ence/​med­i­cal liter­a­ture?

hereisonehandMay 14, 2019, 11:58 AM
14 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Epistea Sum­mer Experiment

Jan_KulveitMay 13, 2019, 9:29 PM
25 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Think­ing Fast and Hard

Jacob FalkovichMay 13, 2019, 7:58 PM
26 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Phys­i­cal linguistics

Yuxi_LiuMay 13, 2019, 7:30 PM
16 points
10 comments3 min readLW link

In sup­port of the in­side view and a counter to mod­est episte­mol­ogy

solomon alonMay 13, 2019, 3:21 PM
−7 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Cam­bridge LessWrong /​ SSC Meetup

NoSignalNoNoiseMay 13, 2019, 1:56 AM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ed Boy­den on the State of Science

Ben PaceMay 13, 2019, 1:54 AM
62 points
2 comments10 min readLW link

[Question] What are some “Com­mu­ni­ties and Cul­tures Differ­ent From Our Own?”

RaemonMay 12, 2019, 10:03 PM
29 points
3 comments1 min readLW link