Sto­ries About Progress

Ben Pace8 Sep 2019 23:07 UTC
28 points
1 comment19 min readLW link

The Power to Make Scien­tific Breakthroughs

Liron8 Sep 2019 4:14 UTC
22 points
2 comments6 min readLW link

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

Rudi C7 Sep 2019 20:48 UTC
8 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Age gaps and Birth or­der: Reanalysis

Bucky7 Sep 2019 19:33 UTC
48 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

Age gaps and Birth or­der: Failed re­pro­duc­tion of results

Bucky7 Sep 2019 19:22 UTC
57 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

Are min­i­mal cir­cuits de­cep­tive?

evhub7 Sep 2019 18:11 UTC
77 points
11 comments8 min readLW link

Are we liv­ing at the most in­fluen­tial time in his­tory?

jp7 Sep 2019 18:09 UTC
14 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

In­te­grat­ing the Lindy Effect

lsusr7 Sep 2019 17:38 UTC
53 points
11 comments2 min readLW link1 review

Lis­bon SSC Meetup #2

tamkin&popkin7 Sep 2019 13:17 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Rus­sian x-risks newslet­ter, sum­mer 2019

avturchin7 Sep 2019 9:50 UTC
39 points
5 comments4 min readLW link

AI Safety “Suc­cess Sto­ries”

Wei Dai7 Sep 2019 2:54 UTC
117 points
27 comments4 min readLW link1 review

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

Grue_Slinky6 Sep 2019 23:39 UTC
19 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Con­crete ex­per­i­ments in in­ner alignment

evhub6 Sep 2019 22:16 UTC
71 points
12 comments6 min readLW link

Run­ning Effec­tive Struc­tured Fore­cast­ing Sessions

6 Sep 2019 21:30 UTC
21 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Poli­ti­cal Violence and Dis­trac­tion Theories

Ben Pace6 Sep 2019 20:21 UTC
17 points
0 comments34 min readLW link

Copen­hagen SSC/​LW Meetup

Søren Elverlin6 Sep 2019 19:21 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Does any­one else feel LessWrong is slow?

lifelonglearner6 Sep 2019 19:20 UTC
11 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­am­ples of Examples

Liron6 Sep 2019 14:04 UTC
19 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Somerville Hous­ing Units

jefftk6 Sep 2019 14:00 UTC
7 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Who To Root For: 2019 Col­lege Foot­ball Edition

Zvi6 Sep 2019 8:10 UTC
11 points
2 comments43 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

SSC Mee­tups Every­where: Com­mu­nity Map on front­page this month

habryka5 Sep 2019 23:49 UTC
22 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Seven habits to­wards highly effec­tive minds

Richard_Ngo5 Sep 2019 23:10 UTC
38 points
11 comments2 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

How to Throw Away Information

johnswentworth5 Sep 2019 21:10 UTC
18 points
5 comments5 min readLW link

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

SoerenMind5 Sep 2019 17:34 UTC
11 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Utility ≠ Reward

Vlad Mikulik5 Sep 2019 17:28 UTC
122 points
24 comments1 min readLW link2 reviews

Log­i­cal Coun­ter­fac­tu­als and Propo­si­tion graphs, Part 3

Donald Hobson5 Sep 2019 15:03 UTC
6 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Somerville Hous­ing Over Time

jefftk5 Sep 2019 14:40 UTC
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Liv­ing the Berkeley idealism

Yuxi_Liu4 Sep 2019 22:20 UTC
11 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Sto­ries About Education

Ben Pace4 Sep 2019 19:53 UTC
38 points
1 comment13 min readLW link

Kansas City SSC meetup

Bae's Theorem4 Sep 2019 15:27 UTC
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Power to Judge Startup Ideas

Liron4 Sep 2019 15:07 UTC
93 points
28 comments8 min readLW link

SSC Paris meetup

fbreton4 Sep 2019 9:33 UTC
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Cach­ing on Suc­cess

pcm504 Sep 2019 6:34 UTC
14 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Coun­ter­fac­tu­als are an An­swer, Not a Question

Chris_Leong3 Sep 2019 15:36 UTC
14 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

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

3 Sep 2019 14:50 UTC
29 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

How Speci­fic­ity Works

Liron3 Sep 2019 12:11 UTC
88 points
47 comments7 min readLW link

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

silentbob3 Sep 2019 11:59 UTC
22 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

AIXSU—AI and X-risk Strat­egy Unconference

David_Kristoffersson3 Sep 2019 11:35 UTC
24 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Book Re­view: Ages Of Discord

Scott Alexander3 Sep 2019 6:30 UTC
35 points
1 comment21 min readLW link
(slatestarcodex.com)

Open & Wel­come Thread—Septem­ber 2019

Ruby3 Sep 2019 2:53 UTC
9 points
37 comments1 min readLW link

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

mako yass3 Sep 2019 2:27 UTC
14 points
25 comments8 min readLW link

One Way to Think About ML Transparency

Matthew Barnett2 Sep 2019 23:27 UTC
26 points
28 comments5 min readLW link

Joy in Dis­cov­ery: Galois theory

Eigil Rischel2 Sep 2019 19:16 UTC
30 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Sto­ries About Academia

Ben Pace2 Sep 2019 18:40 UTC
34 points
1 comment19 min readLW link

Best util­ity nor­mal­i­sa­tion method to date?

Stuart_Armstrong2 Sep 2019 18:24 UTC
19 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

South Bay Meetup, San Jose, CA

DavidFriedman2 Sep 2019 18:23 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What hap­pened to Lev­er­age Re­search?

ChristianKl2 Sep 2019 17:45 UTC
19 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

The Power to De­mol­ish Bad Arguments

Liron2 Sep 2019 12:57 UTC
97 points
83 comments11 min readLW link6 reviews

Speci­fic­ity: Your Brain’s Superpower

Liron2 Sep 2019 12:53 UTC
82 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

How Much is Your Time Worth?

lynettebye2 Sep 2019 6:19 UTC
77 points
22 comments6 min readLW link1 review