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[Question] My dad got stung by a bee, and is mildly allergic. What are the tradeoffs involved in deciding whether to have him go the the emergency room?

Eli TyreApr 18, 2020, 10:12 PM

10 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence. (2019). Interim Report. Washington, DC: Author.

JohnCDraperApr 18, 2020, 8:54 AM

1 point

2 comments1 min readLW link

My stumble on COVID-19

DirectedEvolutionApr 18, 2020, 4:32 AM

39 points

5 comments3 min readLW link

Helping the kids post

jefftkApr 17, 2020, 9:40 PM

87 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Better name for “Heavy-tailedness of the world?”

Daniel KokotajloApr 17, 2020, 8:50 PM

28 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

My Covid-19 Thinking: 4/17

ZviApr 17, 2020, 7:50 PM

65 points

6 comments16 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

COVID-19: An opportunity to help by modelling testing and tracing to inform the UK government

JustinShovelainApr 17, 2020, 5:21 PM

14 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] How much motivation do you derive from curiosity alone in your work/research?

NaiveTortoiseApr 17, 2020, 2:04 PM

25 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

How superforecasting could be manipulated

DirectedEvolutionApr 17, 2020, 6:47 AM

24 points

4 comments5 min readLW link

Two-player Catan

jefftkApr 17, 2020, 12:50 AM

10 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Integrating Hidden Variables Improves Approximation

johnswentworthApr 16, 2020, 9:43 PM

15 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Treatments correlated with harm

Connor_FlexmanApr 16, 2020, 9:02 PM

40 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

Doors and Corners

SlimepriestessApr 16, 2020, 6:32 PM

6 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(hivewired.wordpress.com)

Evaluating Predictions in Hindsight

ZviApr 16, 2020, 5:20 PM

55 points

8 comments27 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Deminatalist Total Utilitarianism

Vanessa KosoyApr 16, 2020, 3:53 PM

69 points

56 comments5 min readLW link

Leaders support global truce to turn fire on coronavirus

JohnCDraperApr 16, 2020, 2:49 PM

3 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Brief Response to Suspended Reason on Parallels Between Skyrms on Signaling and Yudkowsky on Language and Evidence

Zack_M_DavisApr 16, 2020, 3:44 AM

20 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

AI Alignment Podcast: An Overview of Technical AI Alignment in 2018 and 2019 with Buck Shlegeris and Rohin Shah

Palus AstraApr 16, 2020, 12:50 AM

58 points

27 comments89 min readLW link

Noise Simplifies

johnswentworthApr 15, 2020, 7:48 PM

28 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Probabilistic Blue-Eyed Islanders

johnswentworthApr 15, 2020, 5:55 PM

26 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

[AN #95]: A framework for thinking about how to make AI go well

Rohin ShahApr 15, 2020, 5:10 PM

20 points

2 comments10 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Linkpost: A Comprehensive Review of Ikoria, Lair of Behemoths

ZviApr 15, 2020, 3:10 PM

12 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The Archetypal Rational and Post-Rational

OuroborusApr 15, 2020, 9:40 AM

21 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

(ouroborusdotblog.wordpress.com)

The one where Quirrell is an egg

Ben PaceApr 15, 2020, 6:02 AM

17 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(www.reddit.com)

[Question] What does the curve look like for coronavirus on a surface?

eapacheApr 15, 2020, 2:07 AM

4 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Just Top Post

jefftkApr 15, 2020, 1:00 AM

4 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Hammer and Mask - Wide spread use of reusable particle filtering masks as a SARS-CoV-2 eradication strategy

EGIApr 14, 2020, 10:32 PM

31 points

8 comments12 min readLW link

Deciding Well in Tumultuous Times

Ian David MossApr 14, 2020, 8:53 PM

2 points

0 comments15 min readLW link

(medium.com)

Far-Ultraviolet Light in Public Spaces to Fight Pandemic is a Good Idea but Premature

Kirby SikesApr 14, 2020, 8:27 PM

42 points

35 comments12 min readLW link

[Question] Popular papers to be scrutinized?

alyosha_the_potApr 14, 2020, 7:50 PM

13 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is this viable physics?

Daniel KokotajloApr 14, 2020, 7:29 PM

59 points

28 comments1 min readLW link

One Hundred Billion Children’s Sky

SlimepriestessApr 14, 2020, 4:33 PM

19 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(hivewired.wordpress.com)

Looking for a Team to Participate on a Competition

Filipe MarchesiniApr 14, 2020, 12:29 PM

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why don’t we tape surgical masks to the face to seal them airtight?

ChristianKlApr 14, 2020, 8:33 AM

16 points

23 comments1 min readLW link

Scraping websites currently free due to coronavirus

emmabApr 14, 2020, 7:37 AM

15 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

The World According to Dominic Cummings

Chris_LeongApr 14, 2020, 5:05 AM

69 points

14 comments7 min readLW link

Mathematical Intuitionism and the Flow of Time

PolytoposApr 14, 2020, 12:25 AM

9 points

5 comments6 min readLW link

Discontinuous progress in history: an update

KatjaGraceApr 14, 2020, 12:00 AM

190 points

25 comments31 min readLW link 1 review

(aiimpacts.org)

Premature death paradox

bfinnApr 13, 2020, 11:15 PM

8 points

21 comments3 min readLW link

The Unilateralist’s “Curse” Is Mostly Good

David HornbeinApr 13, 2020, 10:48 PM

93 points

16 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Coronavirus: Justified Key Insights Thread

Ben PaceApr 13, 2020, 10:40 PM

50 points

33 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] The Samurai and the Daimyo: A Useful Dynamic?

SlimepriestessApr 13, 2020, 10:38 PM

35 points

10 comments2 min readLW link

Where should LessWrong go on COVID?

ElizabethApr 13, 2020, 9:39 PM

60 points

22 comments1 min readLW link

What is Your Goal Hive?

SlimepriestessApr 13, 2020, 5:51 PM

9 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(hivewired.wordpress.com)

Reflections on Arguing about Politics

PontorApr 13, 2020, 5:33 PM

11 points

4 comments3 min readLW link

“How conservative” should the partial maximisers be?

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 13, 2020, 3:50 PM

30 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

The Typing Game

jefftkApr 13, 2020, 3:30 PM

13 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Are there any prediction markets for Covid-19?

devasApr 13, 2020, 2:47 PM

4 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

In my culture: the responsibilities of open source maintainers

philhApr 13, 2020, 1:40 PM

43 points

3 comments8 min readLW link

(reasonableapproximation.net)

[Question] Are there any naturally occurring heat pumps?

FactorialCodeApr 13, 2020, 5:24 AM

21 points

13 comments1 min readLW link