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Results of LW Technical Background Survey
johnswentworth
Jul 26, 2019, 5:33 PM
41
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How many researchers does a new paper reach?
Slider
Jul 26, 2019, 4:14 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Old Man Jevons Can’t Save You Now (Part 2/2)
Closed Limelike Curves
Jul 26, 2019, 3:51 AM
12
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(thelimelike.wordpress.com)
[Question]
Can you summarize highlights from Vernon’s Creativity?
Raemon
Jul 26, 2019, 1:12 AM
14
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How often are new ideas discovered in old papers?
TurnTrout
Jul 26, 2019, 1:00 AM
23
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Ought: why it matters and ways to help
paulfchristiano
Jul 25, 2019, 6:00 PM
89
points
7
comments
5
min read
LW
link
On the purposes of decision theory research
Wei Dai
Jul 25, 2019, 7:18 AM
64
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Metaphorical extensions and conceptual figure-ground inversions
jessicata
Jul 24, 2019, 6:21 AM
38
points
7
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(unstableontology.com)
AI Safety Debate and Its Applications
VojtaKovarik
Jul 23, 2019, 10:31 PM
38
points
5
comments
11
min read
LW
link
How to take smart notes (Ahrens, 2017)
Yuxi_Liu
Jul 23, 2019, 3:34 PM
72
points
12
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Prediction as coordination
Bird Concept
Jul 23, 2019, 6:19 AM
42
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The Real Rules Have No Exceptions
Said Achmiz
Jul 23, 2019, 3:38 AM
136
points
57
comments
1
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
“Shortform” vs “Scratchpad” or other names
Raemon
Jul 23, 2019, 1:21 AM
14
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cambridge LW/SSC Meetup
NoSignalNoNoise
Jul 23, 2019, 12:47 AM
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Where is the Meaning?
Hazard
Jul 22, 2019, 8:18 PM
21
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The Self-Unaware AI Oracle
Steven Byrnes
Jul 22, 2019, 7:04 PM
21
points
38
comments
8
min read
LW
link
APL AI Safety Conference
Aryeh Englander
Jul 22, 2019, 6:18 PM
12
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[AN #60] A new AI challenge: Minecraft agents that assist human players in creative mode
Rohin Shah
Jul 22, 2019, 5:00 PM
23
points
6
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
[Question]
Solving for X instead of 3 in love triangles?
Eruvnal
Jul 22, 2019, 4:35 PM
2
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Self-experiment Protocol: Effect of Chocolate on Sleep
NoSignalNoNoise
Jul 22, 2019, 3:32 AM
30
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How Much Do Different Users Really Care About Upvotes?
Evan_Gaensbauer
Jul 22, 2019, 2:31 AM
14
points
12
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Should I wear wrist-weights while playing Beat Saber?
Raemon
Jul 21, 2019, 7:56 PM
8
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cross-Validation vs Bayesian Model Comparison
johnswentworth
Jul 21, 2019, 6:14 PM
28
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Learning to Learn and Navigating Moods
calebo
Jul 21, 2019, 3:53 PM
22
points
13
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Bayes’ Theorem in three pictures
Sunny from QAD
Jul 21, 2019, 7:01 AM
30
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What questions about the future would influence people’s actions today if they were informed by a prediction market?
Mati_Roy
Jul 21, 2019, 5:26 AM
20
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Do you fear the rock or the hard place?
Ruby
Jul 20, 2019, 10:01 PM
77
points
10
comments
5
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
Bayesian Model Testing Comparisons
johnswentworth
Jul 20, 2019, 4:40 PM
15
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Book review: The Technology Trap
Richard_Ngo
Jul 20, 2019, 12:40 PM
28
points
1
comment
5
min read
LW
link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)
The Costs of Reliability
sarahconstantin
Jul 20, 2019, 1:20 AM
154
points
13
comments
3
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)
Appeal to Consequence, Value Tensions, And Robust Organizations
Matt Goldenberg
Jul 19, 2019, 10:09 PM
45
points
90
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Watch Elon Musk’s Neuralink presentation
Alexei
Jul 19, 2019, 9:48 PM
9
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.youtube.com)
[Question]
When does adding food make an organism reliably better?
Slider
Jul 19, 2019, 9:22 PM
9
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Scope Insensitivity Judo
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Jul 19, 2019, 5:33 PM
22
points
3
comments
6
min read
LW
link
From Laplace to BIC
johnswentworth
Jul 19, 2019, 4:52 PM
21
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Against Excessive Apologising
Chris_Leong
Jul 19, 2019, 3:00 PM
7
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Intro to causal inference by Michael Nielsen (2012)
yagudin
Jul 19, 2019, 12:19 PM
29
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
When does adding more people reliably make a system better?
Bird Concept
Jul 19, 2019, 4:21 AM
30
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Robust Agency for People and Organizations
Raemon
Jul 19, 2019, 1:18 AM
65
points
10
comments
12
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What do you think of cognitive types and MBTI? What type are you? What do you think is the percentage of the 16 different personality types on LessWrong?
NikoTM
Jul 18, 2019, 8:20 PM
1
point
6
comments
LW
link
Thoughts on the 5-10 Problem
Tofly
Jul 18, 2019, 6:56 PM
18
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Prereq: Question Substitution
Hazard
Jul 18, 2019, 5:35 PM
28
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence Wants You (to submit essays and articles on the future of government AI policy)
quanticle
Jul 18, 2019, 5:21 PM
31
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(warontherocks.com)
Laplace Approximation
johnswentworth
Jul 18, 2019, 3:23 PM
30
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Normalising utility as willingness to pay
Stuart_Armstrong
Jul 18, 2019, 11:44 AM
17
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Dialogue on Appeals to Consequences
jessicata
Jul 18, 2019, 2:34 AM
33
points
87
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(unstableontology.com)
Why it feels like everything is a trade-off
Sunny from QAD
Jul 18, 2019, 1:33 AM
35
points
15
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Prereq: Cognitive Fusion
Hazard
Jul 17, 2019, 7:04 PM
18
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Why did we wait so long for the bicycle?
Ruby
Jul 17, 2019, 6:45 PM
47
points
10
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
1st Athena Rationality Workshop—Retrospective
Linda Linsefors
Jul 17, 2019, 4:51 PM
26
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
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