[Question] Any­one recom­mend a video course on the the­ory of com­pu­ta­tion?

Eli Tyre30 May 2020 19:52 UTC
8 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

How to (not) do a liter­a­ture review

Katarina Slama30 May 2020 0:11 UTC
78 points
7 comments6 min readLW link
(katarinaslama.github.io)

Shut­ting Down RegularlyScheduled

jefftk29 May 2020 22:50 UTC
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Why take notes: what I get from note­tak­ing and my desider­ata for note­tak­ing systems

philip_b29 May 2020 21:46 UTC
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(github.com)

Covid-19 5/​29: Dumb Reopening

Zvi29 May 2020 21:00 UTC
26 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

An overview of 11 pro­pos­als for build­ing safe ad­vanced AI

evhub29 May 2020 20:38 UTC
205 points
36 comments38 min readLW link2 reviews

GPT-3: a dis­ap­point­ing paper

nostalgebraist29 May 2020 19:06 UTC
65 points
43 comments8 min readLW link1 review

[Question] Should we stop us­ing the term ‘Ra­tion­al­ist’?

B Jacobs29 May 2020 15:11 UTC
12 points
42 comments1 min readLW link

On the con­struc­tion of the self

Kaj_Sotala29 May 2020 13:04 UTC
66 points
18 comments17 min readLW link

Our Need for Need

eapache29 May 2020 11:12 UTC
31 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

OpenAI an­nounces GPT-3

gwern29 May 2020 1:49 UTC
67 points
23 comments1 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

Trust-Build­ing: The New Ra­tion­al­ity Project

DirectedEvolution28 May 2020 22:53 UTC
39 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

The prin­ci­ple of no non-Apologies

agentydragon28 May 2020 19:58 UTC
24 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] look­ing for name/​fur­ther read­ing on fal­lacy I came across

Yitz28 May 2020 18:01 UTC
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

Wrist Issues

jefftk28 May 2020 16:50 UTC
16 points
11 comments4 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Spec­u­la­tions on the Fu­ture of Fic­tion Writing

johnswentworth28 May 2020 16:34 UTC
35 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

Up­dated Hier­ar­chy of Disagreement

B Jacobs28 May 2020 15:57 UTC
14 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

One sys­temic failure in particular

MoritzG28 May 2020 5:25 UTC
−3 points
8 comments6 min readLW link

Shut­tling be­tween sci­ence and invention

jasoncrawford27 May 2020 21:25 UTC
61 points
1 comment6 min readLW link1 review
(rootsofprogress.org)

A tax­on­omy of Cruxes

Eli Tyre27 May 2020 17:25 UTC
43 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

[AN #101]: Why we should rigor­ously mea­sure and fore­cast AI progress

Rohin Shah27 May 2020 17:20 UTC
15 points
0 comments10 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

AI Safety Dis­cus­sion Days

Linda Linsefors27 May 2020 16:54 UTC
13 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

[Job ad] Lead an am­bi­tious COVID-19 fore­cast­ing pro­ject [Dead­line ex­tended: June 10th]

jacobjacob27 May 2020 16:38 UTC
54 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

Ob­sidian: A Mind Map­ping Mark­down Editor

lifelonglearner27 May 2020 16:26 UTC
12 points
15 comments1 min readLW link
(obsidian.md)

Pre­dicted Land Value Tax: a bet­ter tax than an unim­proved land value tax

michaelcohen27 May 2020 13:40 UTC
21 points
49 comments3 min readLW link

Your ab­strac­tion isn’t wrong, it’s just re­ally bad

George3d626 May 2020 20:14 UTC
25 points
17 comments17 min readLW link
(blog.cerebralab.com)

Why We Age, Part 2: Non-adap­tive theories

willbradshaw26 May 2020 17:41 UTC
89 points
22 comments11 min readLW link
(apomorphic.com)

Is fake news bul­lshit or ly­ing?

HarperSachs26 May 2020 16:55 UTC
22 points
8 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Why aren’t we test­ing gen­eral in­tel­li­gence dis­tri­bu­tion?

B Jacobs26 May 2020 16:07 UTC
25 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Spoiler-Free Re­view: As­sas­sin’s Creed Odyssey

Zvi26 May 2020 14:10 UTC
7 points
0 comments6 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

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

Eli Tyre25 May 2020 20:29 UTC
46 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

A Taijitu sym­bol for Moloch and Slack

B Jacobs25 May 2020 20:03 UTC
88 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Bak­ing is Not a Ritual

Sisi Cheng25 May 2020 18:08 UTC
125 points
28 comments4 min readLW link

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

Erik Jenner25 May 2020 13:44 UTC
26 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

An ad­den­dum on effec­tive pop­u­la­tion size

willbradshaw25 May 2020 12:35 UTC
18 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(apomorphic.com)

Why Ra­tion­al­ists Shouldn’t be In­ter­ested in To­pos Theory

jollybard25 May 2020 5:35 UTC
75 points
14 comments5 min readLW link

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

Raemon24 May 2020 19:15 UTC
14 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

[Meta] Find­ing free en­ergy in karma

eapache24 May 2020 14:47 UTC
13 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Plague in As­sas­sin’s Creed Odyssey

Zvi24 May 2020 12:00 UTC
40 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

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

willbradshaw24 May 2020 9:06 UTC
55 points
5 comments7 min readLW link
(apomorphic.com)

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

Marcello23 May 2020 23:44 UTC
59 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Op­pos­ing a hi­er­ar­chy does not im­ply egalitarianism

Viliam23 May 2020 20:51 UTC
7 points
5 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] What is your in­ter­net search method­ol­ogy ?

George3d623 May 2020 20:33 UTC
16 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Notes about psychopharmacology

ksenia23 May 2020 19:31 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(n2t.net)

Mazes Se­quence Summary

Zvi23 May 2020 16:40 UTC
80 points
2 comments7 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Evolu­tion is sam­pling error

willbradshaw23 May 2020 16:21 UTC
37 points
2 comments6 min readLW link
(apomorphic.com)

How can In­ter­pretabil­ity help Align­ment?

23 May 2020 16:16 UTC
37 points
3 comments9 min readLW link

In Search of Slack

Martin Sustrik23 May 2020 11:20 UTC
47 points
3 comments6 min readLW link
(250bpm.com)

[Question] Is tak­ing ba­copa good for life ex­ten­sion?

Mati_Roy23 May 2020 8:54 UTC
8 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

AGIs as collectives

Richard_Ngo22 May 2020 20:36 UTC
22 points
23 comments4 min readLW link