[Question] Do you have al­gorithms for pass­ing time pro­duc­tively with only your own mind?

Rudi CSep 7, 2019, 8:48 PM
8 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Age gaps and Birth or­der: Reanalysis

BuckySep 7, 2019, 7:33 PM
48 points
4 comments9 min readLW link

Age gaps and Birth or­der: Failed re­pro­duc­tion of results

BuckySep 7, 2019, 7:22 PM
59 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

Are min­i­mal cir­cuits de­cep­tive?

evhubSep 7, 2019, 6:11 PM
78 points
11 comments8 min readLW link

Are we liv­ing at the most in­fluen­tial time in his­tory?

jpSep 7, 2019, 6:09 PM
14 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

In­te­grat­ing the Lindy Effect

lsusrSep 7, 2019, 5:38 PM
54 points
11 comments2 min readLW link1 review

Lis­bon SSC Meetup #2

tamkin&popkinSep 7, 2019, 1:17 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Rus­sian x-risks newslet­ter, sum­mer 2019

avturchinSep 7, 2019, 9:50 AM
39 points
5 comments4 min readLW link

AI Safety “Suc­cess Sto­ries”

Wei DaiSep 7, 2019, 2:54 AM
126 points
27 comments4 min readLW link1 review

[Question] What are con­crete ex­am­ples of po­ten­tial “lock-in” in AI re­search?

Grue_SlinkySep 6, 2019, 11:39 PM
19 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Con­crete ex­per­i­ments in in­ner alignment

evhubSep 6, 2019, 10:16 PM
74 points
12 comments6 min readLW link

Run­ning Effec­tive Struc­tured Fore­cast­ing Sessions

Sep 6, 2019, 9:30 PM
21 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Poli­ti­cal Violence and Dis­trac­tion Theories

Ben PaceSep 6, 2019, 8:21 PM
17 points
0 comments34 min readLW link

Copen­hagen SSC/​LW Meetup

Søren ElverlinSep 6, 2019, 7:21 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Does any­one else feel LessWrong is slow?

lifelonglearnerSep 6, 2019, 7:20 PM
11 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­am­ples of Examples

LironSep 6, 2019, 2:04 PM
19 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Somerville Hous­ing Units

jefftkSep 6, 2019, 2:00 PM
7 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Who To Root For: 2019 Col­lege Foot­ball Edition

ZviSep 6, 2019, 8:10 AM
11 points
2 comments43 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

SSC Mee­tups Every­where: Com­mu­nity Map on front­page this month

habrykaSep 5, 2019, 11:49 PM
22 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Seven habits to­wards highly effec­tive minds

Richard_NgoSep 5, 2019, 11:10 PM
38 points
11 comments2 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

How to Throw Away Information

johnswentworthSep 5, 2019, 9:10 PM
18 points
5 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] How im­por­tant are model sizes to your timeline pre­dic­tions?

SoerenMindSep 5, 2019, 5:34 PM
11 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Utility ≠ Reward

Vlad MikulikSep 5, 2019, 5:28 PM
131 points
24 comments1 min readLW link2 reviews

Log­i­cal Coun­ter­fac­tu­als and Propo­si­tion graphs, Part 3

Donald HobsonSep 5, 2019, 3:03 PM
6 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Somerville Hous­ing Over Time

jefftkSep 5, 2019, 2:40 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Liv­ing the Berkeley idealism

Yuxi_LiuSep 4, 2019, 10:20 PM
12 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Sto­ries About Education

Ben PaceSep 4, 2019, 7:53 PM
38 points
1 comment13 min readLW link

Kansas City SSC meetup

Bae's TheoremSep 4, 2019, 3:27 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Power to Judge Startup Ideas

LironSep 4, 2019, 3:07 PM
94 points
28 comments8 min readLW link

SSC Paris meetup

fbretonSep 4, 2019, 9:33 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Cach­ing on Suc­cess

pcm50Sep 4, 2019, 6:34 AM
14 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Coun­ter­fac­tu­als are an An­swer, Not a Question

Chris_LeongSep 3, 2019, 3:36 PM
14 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

How to write good AI fore­cast­ing ques­tions + Ques­tion Database (Fore­cast­ing in­fras­truc­ture, part 3)

Sep 3, 2019, 2:50 PM
29 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

How Speci­fic­ity Works

LironSep 3, 2019, 12:11 PM
90 points
47 comments7 min readLW link

[Ham­mer­time Fi­nal Exam] Quan­tum Walk, Or­a­cles and Sunk Meaning

silentbobSep 3, 2019, 11:59 AM
22 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

AIXSU—AI and X-risk Strat­egy Unconference

David_KristofferssonSep 3, 2019, 11:35 AM
24 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Book Re­view: Ages Of Discord

Scott AlexanderSep 3, 2019, 6:30 AM
36 points
1 comment21 min readLW link
(slatestarcodex.com)

Open & Wel­come Thread—Septem­ber 2019

RubySep 3, 2019, 2:53 AM
9 points
37 comments1 min readLW link

The Trans­par­ent So­ciety: A rad­i­cal trans­for­ma­tion that we should prob­a­bly undergo

mako yassSep 3, 2019, 2:27 AM
12 points
26 comments8 min readLW link

One Way to Think About ML Transparency

Matthew BarnettSep 2, 2019, 11:27 PM
26 points
28 comments5 min readLW link

Joy in Dis­cov­ery: Galois theory

Eigil RischelSep 2, 2019, 7:16 PM
30 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Sto­ries About Academia

Ben PaceSep 2, 2019, 6:40 PM
34 points
1 comment19 min readLW link

Best util­ity nor­mal­i­sa­tion method to date?

Stuart_ArmstrongSep 2, 2019, 6:24 PM
19 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

South Bay Meetup, San Jose, CA

DavidFriedmanSep 2, 2019, 6:23 PM
2 points
0 commentsLW link

[Question] What hap­pened to Lev­er­age Re­search?

ChristianKlSep 2, 2019, 5:45 PM
19 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

The Power to De­mol­ish Bad Arguments

LironSep 2, 2019, 12:57 PM
100 points
84 comments11 min readLW link6 reviews

Speci­fic­ity: Your Brain’s Superpower

LironSep 2, 2019, 12:53 PM
85 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

How Much is Your Time Worth?

lynettebyeSep 2, 2019, 6:19 AM
79 points
22 comments6 min readLW link1 review

Kate Stil­lwell Talk—Berkeley Effec­tive Altru­ism Meetup at REACH

hamnoxSep 1, 2019, 8:12 PM
0 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Meetup at REACH (Grat­i­tudes)

hamnoxSep 1, 2019, 8:07 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link