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A Correspondence Theorem

johnswentworthOct 26, 2020, 11:28 PM

30 points

7 votes

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6 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] Top Time Travel Interventions?

abramdemskiOct 26, 2020, 11:25 PM

44 points

14 votes

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33 comments2 min readLW link

Is Success the Enemy of Freedom? (Full)

alkjashOct 26, 2020, 8:25 PM

314 points

187 votes

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69 comments9 min readLW link 1 review

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Does playing hard to get work? AB testing for romance

amplemapleOct 26, 2020, 3:29 PM

17 points

16 votes

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26 comments5 min readLW link

Additive Operations on Cartesian Frames

Scott GarrabrantOct 26, 2020, 3:12 PM

62 points

19 votes

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6 comments11 min readLW link

Supervised learning of outputs in the brain

Steven ByrnesOct 26, 2020, 2:32 PM

28 points

12 votes

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9 comments10 min readLW link

September 2020 gwern.net newsletter

gwernOct 26, 2020, 1:38 PM

17 points

5 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.gwern.net)

Defensible positions

Chris_LeongOct 26, 2020, 10:37 AM

5 points

2 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Sam Altman at SlateStarCodex Online Meetup

JoshuaFoxOct 26, 2020, 10:26 AM

24 points

6 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

But what kinds of puppets are we?

KatjaGraceOct 26, 2020, 8:40 AM

13 points

6 votes

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2 comments2 min readLW link

(meteuphoric.com)

[Question] Models predicting significant violence in the US?

kdbscottOct 25, 2020, 6:45 PM

54 points

24 votes

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6 comments3 min readLW link

Some criticisms of polling

Jimdrix_HendriOct 25, 2020, 6:45 PM

4 points

5 votes

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4 comments3 min readLW link

Reply to Jebari and Lundborg on Artificial Superintelligence

Richard_NgoOct 25, 2020, 1:50 PM

31 points

11 votes

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4 comments5 min readLW link

(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

Increasing Isolation Again

jefftkOct 25, 2020, 1:10 PM

11 points

3 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Yet another world spirit sock puppet

KatjaGraceOct 25, 2020, 5:30 AM

13 points

6 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

(meteuphoric.com)

[Question] Which headlines and narratives are mostly clickbait?

PontorOct 25, 2020, 1:19 AM

5 points

8 votes

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5 comments2 min readLW link

Why Huntington-Hill?

jefftkOct 25, 2020, 12:50 AM

17 points

6 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Notes on Courage

David GrossOct 24, 2020, 10:32 PM

16 points

10 votes

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3 comments8 min readLW link

“Prediction” and “explanation” are not causation

jasoncrawfordOct 24, 2020, 6:55 PM

12 points

5 votes

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5 comments1 min readLW link

(twitter.com)

Karlsruhe Rationalist Meetup

wilmOct 24, 2020, 8:23 AM

6 points

6 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

The Darwin Game—Rounds 0 to 10

lsusrOct 24, 2020, 2:17 AM

107 points

43 votes

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34 comments4 min readLW link

Babble and Prune : 5 new ideas

Teja PrabhuOct 23, 2020, 11:42 PM

3 points

2 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What is our true life expectancy?

Adam ZernerOct 23, 2020, 11:17 PM

15 points

7 votes

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23 comments1 min readLW link

No Causation without Reification

Gordon Seidoh WorleyOct 23, 2020, 8:28 PM

21 points

21 votes

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38 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Desperately looking for the right person to discuss an alignment related idea with. (and some general thoughts for others with similar problems)

Rasmus EideOct 23, 2020, 7:42 PM

5 points

6 votes

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9 comments3 min readLW link

Local Solar Time

jefftkOct 23, 2020, 7:40 PM

16 points

7 votes

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5 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Adjusting probabilities for the passage of time, using Squiggle

NunoSempereOct 23, 2020, 6:55 PM

19 points

9 votes

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2 comments3 min readLW link

Humans are stunningly rational and stunningly irrational

Stuart_ArmstrongOct 23, 2020, 2:13 PM

23 points

10 votes

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4 comments2 min readLW link

Powerless Moral Evaluation

SocratesDissatisfiedOct 23, 2020, 10:44 AM

5 points

4 votes

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2 comments4 min readLW link

The bads of ads

KatjaGraceOct 23, 2020, 5:50 AM

108 points

65 votes

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38 comments2 min readLW link

(meteuphoric.com)

[Question] Should we use qualifiers in speech?

Adam ZernerOct 23, 2020, 4:46 AM

35 points

13 votes

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34 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What is the current bottleneck on genetic engineering of human embryos for improved IQ

Eli TyreOct 23, 2020, 2:36 AM

36 points

14 votes

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13 comments1 min readLW link

Finding Leverage: System Thinking & Change Management

JASmithyOct 22, 2020, 11:31 PM

4 points

3 votes

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0 comments6 min readLW link

The Trouble With Babbles

DirectedEvolutionOct 22, 2020, 9:31 PM

15 points

8 votes

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5 comments1 min readLW link

Changing the size of Congress

jefftkOct 22, 2020, 8:50 PM

4 points

3 votes

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2 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Should I prefer to get a tax refund, or not to?

MichaelDickensOct 22, 2020, 8:21 PM

1 point

1 vote

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6 comments1 min readLW link

An Open Letter On Love

nromanOct 22, 2020, 8:21 PM

11 points

6 votes

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1 comment5 min readLW link

Effective Epidemiology

Mike HarrisOct 22, 2020, 7:45 PM

26 points

9 votes

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13 comments9 min readLW link

My case for starting blogging

Neel NandaOct 22, 2020, 5:43 PM

37 points

20 votes

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2 comments16 min readLW link

(www.neelnanda.io)

Covid 10/22: Europe in Crisis

ZviOct 22, 2020, 3:40 PM

80 points

31 votes

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12 comments15 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

GPT-X, Paperclip Maximizer? Analyzing AGI and Final Goals

meanderingmooseOct 22, 2020, 2:33 PM

8 points

5 votes

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1 comment6 min readLW link

Introduction to Cartesian Frames

Scott GarrabrantOct 22, 2020, 1:00 PM

155 points

57 votes

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32 comments22 min readLW link 1 review

“Little glimpses of empathy” as the foundation for social emotions

Steven ByrnesOct 22, 2020, 11:02 AM

33 points

13 votes

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1 comment6 min readLW link

The date of AI Takeover is not the day the AI takes over

Daniel KokotajloOct 22, 2020, 10:41 AM

154 points

87 votes

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32 comments2 min readLW link 1 review

Sydney Rationality Dojo—December 2021

NextOct 22, 2020, 8:45 AM

1 point

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Learning is (Asymptotically) Computationally Inefficient, Choose Your Exponents Wisely

ShmiOct 22, 2020, 5:30 AM

16 points

8 votes

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3 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Babble challenge: 50 ways of solving a problem in your life

Bird ConceptOct 22, 2020, 4:49 AM

34 points

13 votes

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29 comments2 min readLW link

Virtue ethics and why the rationalist community might care about it.

David GrossOct 22, 2020, 3:53 AM

36 points

18 votes

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2 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Rationalist Town Hall: Pandemic Edition

Ben PaceOct 21, 2020, 11:54 PM

50 points

14 votes

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33 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Malicious link!

bmeachamOct 21, 2020, 11:24 PM

6 points

5 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

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