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Self-Experiment: Does Working More Hours Increase My Output?

lynettebyeApr 3, 2020, 9:36 PM

54 points

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How Long Can People Usefully Work?

lynettebyeApr 3, 2020, 9:35 PM

155 points

83 votes

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8 comments12 min readLW link 1 review

“Preparing for a Pandemic: Stage 3: Grow Food if You Can [COVID-19, hort, US, Patreon]”

KennyApr 3, 2020, 5:57 PM

7 points

5 votes

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9 comments1 min readLW link

(siderea.dreamwidth.org)

Takeaways from safety by default interviews

AI Impacts and abergal

Apr 3, 2020, 5:20 PM

28 points

11 votes

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2 comments13 min readLW link

(aiimpacts.org)

[Question] Research on repurposing filter products for masks?

TurnTroutApr 3, 2020, 4:32 PM

42 points

8 votes

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12 comments1 min readLW link

Solar Arc Faults

jefftkApr 3, 2020, 3:00 PM

8 points

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(www.jefftk.com)

How About a Remote Variolation Study?

LironApr 3, 2020, 12:04 PM

25 points

8 votes

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24 comments1 min readLW link

Has LessWrong been a good early alarm bell for the pandemic?

DirectedEvolutionApr 3, 2020, 9:44 AM

18 points

17 votes

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20 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How credible is the theory that COVID19 escaped from a Wuhan Lab?

Alexander Gietelink OldenzielApr 3, 2020, 6:47 AM

22 points

8 votes

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16 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Which books provide a good overview of modern human prehistory?

ChosunOneApr 3, 2020, 6:44 AM

7 points

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4 comments1 min readLW link

March 2020 gwern.net newsletter

gwernApr 3, 2020, 2:16 AM

13 points

2 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.gwern.net)

Mask wearing: do the opposite of what the CDC/WHO has been saying?

ShmiApr 2, 2020, 10:10 PM

11 points

5 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Implications of the Doomsday Argument for x-risk reduction

maximkazhenkovApr 2, 2020, 9:42 PM

6 points

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17 comments1 min readLW link

Equilibrium and prior selection problems in multipolar deployment

JesseCliftonApr 2, 2020, 8:06 PM

21 points

11 votes

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11 comments10 min readLW link

[Question] What should you do regarding footwear to protect against COVID-19?

ChristianKlApr 2, 2020, 7:28 PM

19 points

6 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Peter’s COVID Consolidated Brief for 2 April

Peter WildefordApr 2, 2020, 5:00 PM

53 points

16 votes

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9 comments18 min readLW link

[Question] What is the subjective experience of free will for agents?

Gordon Seidoh WorleyApr 2, 2020, 3:53 PM

10 points

3 votes

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19 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Where should I give spare computing power, as an aspiring rationalist/altruist?

1point7point4Apr 2, 2020, 3:31 PM

0 points

2 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

Call for volunteers: assessing Kurzweil, 2019

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 2, 2020, 12:07 PM

26 points

9 votes

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21 comments1 min readLW link

Atari early

KatjaGraceApr 2, 2020, 6:10 AM

86 points

41 votes

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4 comments5 min readLW link

(aiimpacts.org)

Building Toe Buttons

jefftkApr 1, 2020, 6:10 PM

5 points

2 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[AN #93]: The Precipice we’re standing at, and how we can back away from it

Rohin ShahApr 1, 2020, 5:10 PM

24 points

6 votes

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0 comments7 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

The attack rate estimation is more important than CFR

avturchinApr 1, 2020, 4:23 PM

10 points

4 votes

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3 comments3 min readLW link

A quick and crude comparison of epidemiological expert forecasts versus Metaculus forecasts for COVID-19

Jotto999Apr 1, 2020, 1:59 PM

46 points

13 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

Taking Initial Viral Load Seriously

ZviApr 1, 2020, 10:50 AM

94 points

37 votes

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45 comments17 min readLW link 1 review

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] What achievements have people claimed will be warning signs for AGI?

Richard_NgoApr 1, 2020, 10:24 AM

17 points

7 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

Two Alternatives to Logical Counterfactuals

jessicataApr 1, 2020, 9:48 AM

39 points

14 votes

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61 comments5 min readLW link

(unstableontology.com)

April Fools: Announcing LessWrong 3.0 – Now in VR!

habryka and Ben Pace

Apr 1, 2020, 8:00 AM

94 points

35 votes

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19 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What’s the expected QALY (quality-adjusted life years) loss per capita due to SARS-COV-2? QALY gain of increasing ICU capacity? Of buying new ventilators?

CheerfulWarriorApr 1, 2020, 5:42 AM

5 points

3 votes

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3 comments1 min readLW link

Necessity and Warrant

namespaceApr 1, 2020, 3:12 AM

27 points

9 votes

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1 comment8 min readLW link

(www.thelastrationalist.com)

How special are human brains among animal brains?

zhukeepaApr 1, 2020, 1:35 AM

79 points

30 votes

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38 comments7 min readLW link

FLI Podcast: The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity with Toby Ord

Palus AstraApr 1, 2020, 1:02 AM

7 points

3 votes

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1 comment46 min readLW link

Meta-preferences two ways: generator vs. patch

Charlie SteinerApr 1, 2020, 12:51 AM

18 points

6 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Requesting examples of successful remote research collaborations, and information on what made it work?

Linda LinseforsMar 31, 2020, 11:31 PM

7 points

3 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

LW Coronavirus Agenda Update 3/31

ElizabethMar 31, 2020, 9:40 PM

31 points

8 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Outperforming the human Atari benchmark

VaniverMar 31, 2020, 7:33 PM

58 points

23 votes

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5 comments1 min readLW link

(deepmind.com)

Rational Manifesto

ld97Mar 31, 2020, 5:03 PM

4 points

5 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

April Coronavirus Open Thread

ElizabethMar 31, 2020, 4:48 PM

34 points

11 votes

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140 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are the costs, benefits, and logistics of opening up new vaccine facilities?

ElizabethMar 31, 2020, 4:43 PM

30 points

6 votes

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10 comments1 min readLW link

Blog Post Day II Retrospective

Daniel KokotajloMar 31, 2020, 3:03 PM

16 points

8 votes

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9 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are some good / fun / informative treatises on good governance?

james_tMar 31, 2020, 12:06 PM

14 points

5 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] What is the literature on effects of vaccines on the central nervous system?

Rudi CMar 31, 2020, 8:43 AM

4 points

2 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs PS3 Review

jefftkMar 31, 2020, 2:20 AM

4 points

4 votes

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4 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] What will happen to supply chains in the era of COVID-19?

ElizabethMar 31, 2020, 1:57 AM

34 points

6 votes

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27 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How will this recession differ from the last two?

ElizabethMar 31, 2020, 1:32 AM

35 points

12 votes

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22 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What happens in a recession anyway?

ElizabethMar 31, 2020, 1:16 AM

30 points

7 votes

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13 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why do we have offices?

Mati_RoyMar 31, 2020, 1:01 AM

10 points

5 votes

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6 comments1 min readLW link

Three Kinds of Competitiveness

Daniel KokotajloMar 31, 2020, 1:00 AM

36 points

11 votes

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19 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] What marginal returns now?

jmhMar 30, 2020, 11:12 PM

7 points

2 votes

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5 comments1 min readLW link

Openness Norms in AGI Development

SublationMar 30, 2020, 7:02 PM

22 points

9 votes

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4 comments10 min readLW link

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