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[Question] Should I self-variolate to COVID-19

Eli TyreMay 25, 2020, 8:29 PM

46 points

19 comments2 min readLW link

A Taijitu symbol for Moloch and Slack

B JacobsMay 25, 2020, 8:03 PM

91 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Baking is Not a Ritual

Sisi ChengMay 25, 2020, 6:08 PM

125 points

28 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] What is a decision theory as a mathematical object?

Erik JennerMay 25, 2020, 1:44 PM

28 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

An addendum on effective population size

willbradshawMay 25, 2020, 12:35 PM

18 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

(apomorphic.com)

Why Rationalists Shouldn’t be Interested in Topos Theory

jollybardMay 25, 2020, 5:35 AM

77 points

15 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] What are the best tools for recording predictions?

RaemonMay 24, 2020, 7:15 PM

15 points

17 comments1 min readLW link

[Meta] Finding free energy in karma

eapacheMay 24, 2020, 2:47 PM

13 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Plague in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

ZviMay 24, 2020, 12:00 PM

41 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Why We Age, Part 1: What ageing is and is not

willbradshawMay 24, 2020, 9:06 AM

55 points

5 comments7 min readLW link

(apomorphic.com)

LessWrong v2.0 Anti-Kibitzer (hides comment authors and vote counts)

MarcelloMay 23, 2020, 11:44 PM

59 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Opposing a hierarchy does not imply egalitarianism

ViliamMay 23, 2020, 8:51 PM

7 points

5 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] What is your internet search methodology ?

George3d6May 23, 2020, 8:33 PM

16 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

Notes about psychopharmacology

kseniaMay 23, 2020, 7:31 PM

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(n2t.net)

Mazes Sequence Summary

ZviMay 23, 2020, 4:40 PM

81 points

2 comments7 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Evolution is sampling error

willbradshawMay 23, 2020, 4:21 PM

37 points

2 comments6 min readLW link

(apomorphic.com)

How can Interpretability help Alignment?

RobertKirk and Tomáš Gavenčiak

May 23, 2020, 4:16 PM

37 points

3 comments9 min readLW link

In Search of Slack

Martin SustrikMay 23, 2020, 11:20 AM

47 points

3 comments6 min readLW link

(250bpm.com)

[Question] Is taking bacopa good for life extension?

Mati_RoyMay 23, 2020, 8:54 AM

8 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

AGIs as collectives

Richard_NgoMay 22, 2020, 8:36 PM

24 points

23 comments4 min readLW link

Highlights of Comparative and Evolutionary Aging

johnswentworthMay 22, 2020, 5:01 PM

56 points

10 comments2 min readLW link

The Oil Crisis of 1973

ElizabethMay 22, 2020, 3:50 PM

79 points

10 comments3 min readLW link 1 review

(acesounderglass.com)

Post-crash market efficiency 1696-2020

bfinnMay 22, 2020, 2:13 PM

22 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

Help wanted: Improving COVID-19 contact-tracing by estimating respiratory droplets

Steven ByrnesMay 22, 2020, 2:05 PM

7 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(github.com)

Get It Done Now

ZviMay 22, 2020, 12:20 PM

57 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

From self to craving (three characteristics series)

Kaj_SotalaMay 22, 2020, 12:16 PM

63 points

21 comments11 min readLW link

[Question] Predictions/questions about conquistadors?

Daniel KokotajloMay 22, 2020, 11:43 AM

7 points

18 comments1 min readLW link

Wikipedia Edit War Update

jefftkMay 22, 2020, 11:30 AM

55 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] What aspects of the world emotionally bothers you on an immediate personal level on a daily basis?

Mati_RoyMay 22, 2020, 6:27 AM

8 points

16 comments LW link

The Devil You Know

SlimepriestessMay 21, 2020, 9:50 PM

5 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

(hivewired.wordpress.com)

Reflective Complaints

RaemonMay 21, 2020, 9:11 PM

37 points

20 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are objects that have made your life better?

Mark XuMay 21, 2020, 8:59 PM

30 points

54 comments1 min readLW link

Wrapping and Centering

jefftkMay 21, 2020, 2:30 PM

11 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] How does publishing a paper work?

LironMay 21, 2020, 12:14 PM

42 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Comparing reward learning/reward tampering formalisms

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 21, 2020, 12:03 PM

9 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

Orthogonality

lsusrMay 21, 2020, 3:17 AM

21 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What was your reasoning for deciding to have ‘your own’/ natural-birthed children?

R LMay 21, 2020, 1:30 AM

2 points

3 comments LW link

[Question] If bacteria gave us a tool for bio engineering, have viruses given us a delivery mechanism?

jmhMay 20, 2020, 10:31 PM

5 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is there a way to replicate photosynthesis artificially?

basu_enterpriseMay 20, 2020, 7:45 PM

−2 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Comment on “Endogenous Epistemic Factionalization”

Zack_M_DavisMay 20, 2020, 6:04 PM

158 points

8 comments7 min readLW link

[AN #100]: What might go wrong if you learn a reward function while acting

Rohin ShahMay 20, 2020, 5:30 PM

33 points

2 comments12 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Probabilities, weights, sums: pretty much the same for reward functions

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 20, 2020, 3:19 PM

11 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Race for the Galaxy: 9 Choose 6

jefftkMay 20, 2020, 12:10 PM

12 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Meta] Three small suggestions for the LW-website

B JacobsMay 20, 2020, 11:18 AM

9 points

18 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Source code size vs learned model size in ML and in humans?

riceissaMay 20, 2020, 8:47 AM

11 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How to learn from a stronger rationalist in daily life?

Thomas KwaMay 20, 2020, 4:55 AM

16 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Signaling: Why People Have Conversations

liam_hinzmanMay 20, 2020, 3:18 AM

15 points

21 comments3 min readLW link

(liamhinzman.com)

Announcing Progress Studies for Young Scholars, an online summer program in the history of technology

jasoncrawfordMay 20, 2020, 12:52 AM

19 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

[Question] How to convince Y that X has committed a murder with >0.999999 probability?

Colin TangMay 19, 2020, 10:55 PM

1 point

34 comments1 min readLW link

Haskenthetical

philhMay 19, 2020, 10:00 PM

18 points

9 comments14 min readLW link

(reasonableapproximation.net)