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Mark Manson and Evidence-Based Personal Development
Chris_Leong
Nov 23, 2020, 5:13 AM
31
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Committing, Assuming, Externalizing, and Internalizing
Scott Garrabrant
Nov 9, 2020, 4:59 PM
31
points
25
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Syntax, semantics, and symbol grounding, simplified
Stuart_Armstrong
Nov 23, 2020, 4:12 PM
30
points
4
comments
9
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What could one do with truly unlimited computational power?
Yitz
Nov 11, 2020, 10:03 AM
30
points
22
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Babble Challenge: 50 thoughts on stable, cooperative institutions
Bird Concept
Nov 5, 2020, 6:38 AM
29
points
12
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Convolution as smoothing
Maxwell Peterson
Nov 25, 2020, 6:00 AM
29
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Hiding Complexity
Rafael Harth
Nov 20, 2020, 4:35 PM
29
points
14
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Information Charts
Rafael Harth
Nov 13, 2020, 4:12 PM
29
points
6
comments
13
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What considerations influence whether I have more influence over short or long timelines?
Daniel Kokotajlo
Nov 5, 2020, 7:56 PM
28
points
30
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cartesian Frames Definitions
Rob Bensinger
Nov 8, 2020, 12:44 PM
28
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Tips on organizing online meetups
JoshuaFox
Nov 12, 2020, 8:02 PM
27
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Extortion beats brinksmanship, but the audience matters
Stuart_Armstrong
Nov 16, 2020, 9:13 PM
27
points
15
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Don’t read news
Eli_
Nov 4, 2020, 6:14 PM
27
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How the Moderna vaccine works, and a note about mRNA vaccines
masasin
Nov 17, 2020, 5:22 PM
27
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Simpson’s paradox and the tyranny of strata
dynomight
Nov 19, 2020, 5:46 PM
27
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(dyno-might.github.io)
Should we postpone AGI until we reach safety?
otto.barten
Nov 18, 2020, 3:43 PM
27
points
36
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Darwin Game—Rounds 21-500
lsusr
Nov 21, 2020, 12:58 AM
27
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Darwin Game—Rounds 10 to 20
lsusr
Nov 17, 2020, 1:14 AM
26
points
7
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Transparent Technologies
lsusr
Nov 25, 2020, 2:19 AM
26
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
“model scores” is a questionable concept
Maxwell Peterson
Nov 6, 2020, 3:19 AM
26
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Notes on Benevolence
David Gross
Nov 26, 2020, 2:43 AM
25
points
2
comments
8
min read
LW
link
[AN #125]: Neural network scaling laws across multiple modalities
Rohin Shah
Nov 11, 2020, 6:20 PM
25
points
7
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
The Darwin Game—Rounds 3 to 9
lsusr
Nov 14, 2020, 2:26 AM
25
points
6
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Should students be allowed to give good teachers a bonus?
DirectedEvolution
Nov 2, 2020, 12:19 AM
25
points
28
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Generalize Kelly to Account for # Iterations?
abramdemski
Nov 2, 2020, 4:36 PM
24
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
October 2020 gwern.net newsletter
gwern
Nov 1, 2020, 9:38 PM
24
points
0
comments
LW
link
(www.gwern.net)
Tweet markets for impersonal truth tracking?
KatjaGrace
Nov 10, 2020, 7:10 AM
24
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(meteuphoric.com)
Propinquity Cities So Far
mako yass
Nov 16, 2020, 11:12 PM
24
points
48
comments
20
min read
LW
link
The Exploitability/Explainability Frontier
ike
Nov 26, 2020, 12:59 AM
24
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[AN #126]: Avoiding wireheading by decoupling action feedback from action effects
Rohin Shah
Nov 26, 2020, 11:20 PM
24
points
1
comment
10
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
[Question]
What is the right phrase for “theoretical evidence”?
Adam Zerner
Nov 1, 2020, 8:43 PM
23
points
41
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Predictions made by Mati Roy in early 2020
Mati_Roy
Nov 21, 2020, 3:24 AM
23
points
6
comments
16
min read
LW
link
Examples of Measures
Maxwell Peterson
Nov 15, 2020, 1:44 AM
23
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Notes on Compassion
David Gross
Nov 1, 2020, 7:10 PM
23
points
2
comments
18
min read
LW
link
Defining capability and alignment in gradient descent
Edouard Harris
Nov 5, 2020, 2:36 PM
22
points
6
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Sunday November 29th, 12:00PM (PT) — Andreas Stuhlmüller on Combining GPT-3 and Forecasting
habryka
Nov 26, 2020, 10:14 PM
22
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How Roodman’s GWP model translates to TAI timelines
Daniel Kokotajlo
Nov 16, 2020, 2:05 PM
22
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Teach People to Recognize the Sound of Covid?
jefftk
Nov 6, 2020, 2:30 PM
21
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Notes on Honor
David Gross
Nov 17, 2020, 5:25 AM
20
points
4
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Nash Score for Voting Techniques
abramdemski
Nov 26, 2020, 7:29 PM
20
points
12
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Additive and Multiplicative Subagents
Scott Garrabrant
Nov 6, 2020, 2:26 PM
20
points
7
comments
12
min read
LW
link
[Link] Digital Democracy Is Within Reach
Alexei
Nov 11, 2020, 10:12 PM
20
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(your-undivided-attention.simplecast.com)
Theory Of Change As A Hypothesis: Choosing A High-Impact Path When You’re Uncertain
lynettebye
Nov 28, 2020, 4:38 AM
19
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Notes on Ambition
David Gross
Nov 22, 2020, 7:53 PM
19
points
1
comment
8
min read
LW
link
Sunday 22nd: The Coordination Frontier
Raemon
Nov 19, 2020, 10:09 PM
19
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Frequentist practice incorporates prior information all the time
Maxwell Peterson
Nov 7, 2020, 8:43 PM
18
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Yes to Feature Requests, No to Entitlement
jefftk
Nov 11, 2020, 3:50 AM
18
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Notes on Humility
David Gross
Nov 29, 2020, 7:50 PM
18
points
4
comments
10
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is this a good way to bet on short timelines?
Daniel Kokotajlo
Nov 28, 2020, 12:51 PM
18
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are some good examples of fake beliefs?
Adam Zerner
Nov 14, 2020, 7:40 AM
18
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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