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Why Subagents?

johnswentworthAug 1, 2019, 10:17 PM

175 points

48 comments7 min readLW link 1 review

Sleeping Beauty: Is Disagreement While Sharing All Information Possible in Anthropic Problems?

dadadarrenAug 1, 2019, 8:10 PM

7 points

32 comments10 min readLW link

Understanding Batch Normalization

Matthew BarnettAug 1, 2019, 5:56 PM

19 points

3 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Would refining the question a bit be better in terms of getting to answers?

jmhAug 1, 2019, 4:25 PM

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

July 2019 gwern.net newsletter

gwernAug 1, 2019, 4:19 PM

23 points

0 comments LW link

(www.gwern.net)

The Internet: Burning Questions

HazardAug 1, 2019, 2:46 PM

13 points

3 comments4 min readLW link

Occam’s Razor: In need of sharpening?

Jimdrix_HendriAug 1, 2019, 1:36 PM

0 points

45 comments1 min readLW link

Mistake Versus Conflict Theory of Against Billionaire Philanthropy

ZviAug 1, 2019, 1:10 PM

37 points

34 comments3 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] How much time do you spend on twitter?

HazardAug 1, 2019, 12:41 PM

7 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are the best and worst affordances of twitter as a technology and as a social ecosystem?

HazardAug 1, 2019, 12:38 PM

6 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Do you use twitter for intellectual engagement? Do you like it?

HazardAug 1, 2019, 12:35 PM

16 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

The Importance of Those Who Aren’t Here

Davis_KingsleyJul 31, 2019, 11:33 PM

42 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

Gathering thoughts on Distillation

RaemonJul 31, 2019, 7:48 PM

33 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Contest: $1,000 for good questions to ask to an Oracle AI

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 31, 2019, 6:48 PM

59 points

154 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Another case of “common sense” not being common?

jmhJul 31, 2019, 5:15 PM

6 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Walkthrough: The Transformer Architecture [Part 2/2]

Matthew BarnettJul 31, 2019, 1:54 PM

13 points

5 comments12 min readLW link

How to Ignore Your Emotions (while also thinking you’re awesome at emotions)

HazardJul 31, 2019, 1:34 PM

378 points

79 comments4 min readLW link 4 reviews

Drive-By Low-Effort Criticism

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)Jul 31, 2019, 11:51 AM

32 points

61 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Will autonomous cars be more economical/efficient as shared urban transit than busses or trains, and by how much? What’s some good research on this?

mako yassJul 31, 2019, 12:16 AM

9 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

Western Massachusetts SSC meetup

a_liebJul 30, 2019, 6:43 PM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Forum participation as a research strategy

Wei DaiJul 30, 2019, 6:09 PM

153 points

45 comments3 min readLW link 1 review

Walkthrough: The Transformer Architecture [Part 1/2]

Matthew BarnettJul 30, 2019, 1:54 PM

35 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

Conversation on forecasting with Vaniver and Ozzie Gooen

Bird Concept, Vaniver and ozziegooen

Jul 30, 2019, 11:16 AM

41 points

18 comments32 min readLW link

[Question] Does improved introspection cause rationalisation to become less noticeable?

Bird ConceptJul 30, 2019, 10:03 AM

37 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

When Having Friends is More Alluring than Being Right (by Ferrett Steinmetz)

CronoDASJul 30, 2019, 9:58 AM

19 points

8 comments LW link

(www.theferrett.com)

On Framing Political Opinions to Quickly Assess the Crux of Disagreement

TukJul 30, 2019, 3:07 AM

8 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Information empathy

Sunny from QADJul 30, 2019, 1:32 AM

13 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Does it become easier, or harder, for the world to coordinate around not building AGI as time goes on?

Eli TyreJul 29, 2019, 10:59 PM

86 points

31 comments3 min readLW link 2 reviews

Toy model piece #1: Partial preferences revisited

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 29, 2019, 4:35 PM

12 points

18 comments5 min readLW link

Mapping of enneagram to MTG personality types

AlexeiJul 29, 2019, 3:20 PM

3 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What woo to read?

caleboJul 29, 2019, 3:19 PM

6 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is there neuroscience research on cognitive biases?

Yoav RavidJul 29, 2019, 7:45 AM

5 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Compilers/PLs book recommendation?

johnswentworthJul 28, 2019, 3:49 PM

10 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Arguments for the existence of qualia

Chris_LeongJul 28, 2019, 10:52 AM

3 points

63 comments5 min readLW link

Applying Overoptimization to Selection vs. Control (Optimizing and Goodhart Effects—Clarifying Thoughts, Part 3)

DavidmanheimJul 28, 2019, 9:32 AM

18 points

4 comments3 min readLW link

What does Optimization Mean, Again? (Optimizing and Goodhart Effects—Clarifying Thoughts, Part 2)

DavidmanheimJul 28, 2019, 9:30 AM

26 points

7 comments4 min readLW link

Keep Your Beliefs Cruxy

RaemonJul 28, 2019, 1:18 AM

54 points

34 comments3 min readLW link

The wisdom of the Crowd

Jason GeringerJul 27, 2019, 11:14 PM

−2 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is this info on zinc lozenges accurate?

philhJul 27, 2019, 10:05 PM

40 points

24 comments5 min readLW link

Shortform Beta Launch

RaemonJul 27, 2019, 8:09 PM

67 points

18 comments2 min readLW link

The Artificial Intentional Stance

Charlie SteinerJul 27, 2019, 7:00 AM

12 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Results of LW Technical Background Survey

johnswentworthJul 26, 2019, 5:33 PM

41 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How many researchers does a new paper reach?

SliderJul 26, 2019, 4:14 AM

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Old Man Jevons Can’t Save You Now (Part 2/2)

Closed Limelike Curves26 Jul 2019 3:51 UTC

12 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

(thelimelike.wordpress.com)

[Question] Can you summarize highlights from Vernon’s Creativity?

Raemon26 Jul 2019 1:12 UTC

14 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How often are new ideas discovered in old papers?

TurnTrout26 Jul 2019 1:00 UTC

23 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Ought: why it matters and ways to help

paulfchristiano25 Jul 2019 18:00 UTC

89 points

7 comments5 min readLW link

On the purposes of decision theory research

Wei Dai25 Jul 2019 7:18 UTC

64 points

14 comments2 min readLW link

Metaphorical extensions and conceptual figure-ground inversions

jessicata24 Jul 2019 6:21 UTC

38 points

7 comments3 min readLW link

(unstableontology.com)

AI Safety Debate and Its Applications

VojtaKovarik23 Jul 2019 22:31 UTC

38 points

5 comments11 min readLW link