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[Question] As a Washed Up Former Data Scientist and Machine Learning Researcher What Direction Should I Go In Now?

DarklightOct 19, 2020, 8:13 PM

13 points

7 comments3 min readLW link

It’s hard to use utility maximization to justify creating new sentient beings

dynomightOct 19, 2020, 7:45 PM

10 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

(dynomight.net)

Group debugging guidelines & thoughts

Kaj_SotalaOct 19, 2020, 11:02 AM

65 points

3 comments11 min readLW link

[Question] What colour were the shadows?

Mary ChernyshenkoOct 19, 2020, 9:11 AM

3 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

Cambridge, MA Rationalist Reading Group

NoSignalNoNoiseOct 19, 2020, 4:01 AM

6 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What posts do you want written?

Mark XuOct 19, 2020, 3:00 AM

47 points

41 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Retain flexibility with habits?

vroomerifyOct 18, 2020, 10:58 PM

12 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

PredictIt: Presidential Market is Increasingly Wrong

ZviOct 18, 2020, 10:40 PM

37 points

28 comments4 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

You have recovered from SARS-CoV-2. Now what?

AnnapurnaOct 18, 2020, 5:52 PM

15 points

1 comment5 min readLW link

A tale from Communist China

Wei DaiOct 18, 2020, 5:37 PM

281 points

65 comments2 min readLW link 1 review

Bet On Biden

sapphireOct 17, 2020, 10:03 PM

42 points

89 comments2 min readLW link

[Link] “Where are all the successful rationalists?”

ioannesOct 17, 2020, 7:58 PM

7 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Sunday October 18, 12:00PM (PT) — Garden Party

Ben Pace and Raemon

Oct 17, 2020, 7:36 PM

33 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Things are allowed to be good and bad at the same time

Kaj_SotalaOct 17, 2020, 8:00 AM

52 points

15 comments2 min readLW link

(kajsotala.fi)

[Question] GPT-3 + GAN

stick109Oct 17, 2020, 7:58 AM

4 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are some beautiful, rationalist artworks?

Bird ConceptOct 17, 2020, 6:32 AM

155 points

140 comments1 min readLW link 1 review

Moloch games

Chris van MerwijkOct 16, 2020, 3:19 PM

80 points

9 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Is frequentism compatible with the principle of indifference in any meaningful sense?

MiltonOct 16, 2020, 8:26 AM

3 points

2 comments LW link

Journal article: “The Mythical Taboo on Race and Intelligence”

CronoDASOct 16, 2020, 2:58 AM

−17 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

(journals.sagepub.com)

Election Preparation

jefftkOct 15, 2020, 8:30 PM

18 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Covid 10/15: Playtime is Over

ZviOct 15, 2020, 2:30 PM

74 points

21 comments17 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Evaluating expertise: a clear box model

JustinShovelainOct 15, 2020, 2:18 PM

36 points

3 comments5 min readLW link

Babble & Prune Thoughts

abramdemskiOct 15, 2020, 1:46 PM

80 points

6 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Babble challenge: 50 ways of hiding Einstein’s pen for fifty years

Bird ConceptOct 15, 2020, 7:23 AM

31 points

45 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Is Stupidity Expanding? Some Hypotheses.

David GrossOct 15, 2020, 3:28 AM

71 points

42 comments5 min readLW link

The Colliding Exponentials of AI

VermillionOct 14, 2020, 11:31 PM

28 points

16 comments5 min readLW link

Legalize Blackmail: An Example

Tim LiptrotOct 14, 2020, 9:18 PM

0 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Libertarianism, Neoliberalism and Medicare for All?

Logan ZoellnerOct 14, 2020, 9:06 PM

5 points

13 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Has Eliezer ever retracted his statements about weight loss?

CheerfulWarriorOct 14, 2020, 7:04 PM

−14 points

32 comments1 min readLW link

[AN #121]: Forecasting transformative AI timelines using biological anchors

Rohin ShahOct 14, 2020, 5:20 PM

28 points

5 comments14 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

[Question] What is your electronic drawing set up?

ElizabethOct 14, 2020, 5:42 AM

18 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

The Solomonoff Prior is Malign

Mark XuOct 14, 2020, 1:33 AM

179 points

52 comments16 min readLW link 3 reviews

Toy Problem: Detective Story Alignment

johnswentworthOct 13, 2020, 9:02 PM

34 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

Technology and its side effects

jasoncrawfordOct 13, 2020, 8:07 PM

17 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Knowledge, manipulation, and free will

Stuart_ArmstrongOct 13, 2020, 5:47 PM

33 points

15 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What should experienced rationalists know?

sapphireOct 13, 2020, 5:32 PM

89 points

18 comments2 min readLW link

A prior for technological discontinuities

NunoSempereOct 13, 2020, 4:51 PM

71 points

17 comments6 min readLW link

A study on depression

vlad.proexOct 13, 2020, 3:43 PM

21 points

1 comment9 min readLW link

[Question] Does anyone worry about A.I. forums like this where they reinforce each other’s biases/ are led by big tech?

misabella16Oct 13, 2020, 3:14 PM

4 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

The Achilles Heel Hypothesis for AI

scasperOct 13, 2020, 2:35 PM

20 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What features would you like a prediction platform to have?

Mati_RoyOct 13, 2020, 12:48 AM

11 points

6 comments LW link

[Question] Have the lockdowns been worth it?

Ben Pace and zhukeepa

Oct 12, 2020, 11:35 PM

70 points

32 comments1 min readLW link

Police violence: The veil of darkness

dynomightOct 12, 2020, 9:32 PM

4 points

28 comments1 min readLW link

(dyno-might.github.io)

The Sun Room

Jarred FilmerOct 12, 2020, 9:08 PM

20 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

A full explanation to Newcomb’s paradox.

solomon alonOct 12, 2020, 4:48 PM

−6 points

12 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] How much to worry about the US election unrest?

NoSignalNoNoiseOct 12, 2020, 3:39 AM

23 points

21 comments1 min readLW link

Msg Len

Zack_M_DavisOct 12, 2020, 3:35 AM

66 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Everything I Know About Elite America I Learned From ‘Fresh Prince’ and ‘West Wing’

Wei DaiOct 11, 2020, 6:07 PM

44 points

18 comments1 min readLW link

(www.nytimes.com)

All Lesswrong Posts by Yudkowsky in one .epub

sone3dOct 11, 2020, 1:17 PM

23 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Charisma is a Force Multiplier

Davis_KingsleyOct 11, 2020, 10:21 AM

39 points

10 comments2 min readLW link