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The ground of optimization

Alex FlintJun 20, 2020, 12:38 AM

248 points

80 comments27 min readLW link 1 review

We’ve built Connected Papers—a visual tool for researchers to find and explore academic papers

discordyJun 8, 2020, 6:44 PM

209 points

39 comments2 min readLW link

Simulacra Levels and their Interactions

ZviJun 15, 2020, 1:10 PM

202 points

51 comments17 min readLW link 1 review

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Growing Independence

jefftkJun 7, 2020, 8:20 PM

186 points

27 comments10 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Everyday Lessons from High-Dimensional Optimization

johnswentworthJun 6, 2020, 8:57 PM

165 points

44 comments6 min readLW link

A Personal (Interim) COVID-19 Postmortem

DavidmanheimJun 25, 2020, 6:10 PM

163 points

41 comments9 min readLW link 1 review

Wireless is a trap

benkuhnJun 7, 2020, 3:30 PM

158 points

13 comments7 min readLW link 1 review

(www.benkuhn.net)

New York Times, Please Do Not Threaten The Safety of Scott Alexander By Revealing His True Name

ZviJun 23, 2020, 12:20 PM

153 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

A revolution in philosophy: the rise of conceptual engineering

Suspended ReasonJun 2, 2020, 6:30 PM

141 points

50 comments21 min readLW link

Five Ways To Prioritize Better

lynettebyeJun 27, 2020, 6:40 PM

136 points

7 comments20 min readLW link 1 review

Philosophy in the Darkest Timeline: Basics of the Evolution of Meaning

Zack_M_DavisJun 7, 2020, 7:52 AM

132 points

16 comments14 min readLW link

Self-sacrifice is a scarce resource

mingyuanJun 28, 2020, 5:08 AM

129 points

18 comments5 min readLW link

DontDoxScottAlexander.com—A Petition

Ben Pace, Bird Concept and Rob Bensinger

Jun 25, 2020, 5:44 AM

120 points

32 comments1 min readLW link

(DontDoxScottAlexander.com)

Covid 6/25: The Dam Breaks

ZviJun 25, 2020, 6:30 PM

116 points

21 comments8 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Our take on CHAI’s research agenda in under 1500 words

Alex FlintJun 17, 2020, 12:24 PM

113 points

18 comments5 min readLW link

Optimized Propaganda with Bayesian Networks: Comment on “Articulating Lay Theories Through Graphical Models”

Zack_M_DavisJun 29, 2020, 2:45 AM

105 points

10 comments4 min readLW link

Betting with Mandatory Post-Mortem

abramdemskiJun 24, 2020, 8:04 PM

105 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

Public Static: What is Abstraction?

johnswentworthJun 9, 2020, 6:36 PM

97 points

18 comments11 min readLW link

A reply to Agnes Callard

VaniverJun 28, 2020, 3:25 AM

91 points

36 comments3 min readLW link

SlateStarCodex deleted because NYT wants to dox Scott

Rudi CJun 23, 2020, 7:51 AM

89 points

93 comments1 min readLW link

Plausible cases for HRAD work, and locating the crux in the “realism about rationality” debate

riceissaJun 22, 2020, 1:10 AM

85 points

15 comments10 min readLW link

The Skill of Noticing Emotions

Neel NandaJun 4, 2020, 5:48 PM

84 points

6 comments17 min readLW link

Inaccessible information

paulfchristianoJun 3, 2020, 5:10 AM

83 points

17 comments14 min readLW link 2 reviews

(ai-alignment.com)

Reply to Paul Christiano on Inaccessible Information

Alex FlintJun 5, 2020, 9:10 AM

77 points

15 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] For moderately well-resourced people in the US, how quickly will things go from “uncomfortable” to “too late to exit”?

DagonJun 12, 2020, 4:59 PM

76 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

What’s Your Cognitive Algorithm?

RaemonJun 18, 2020, 10:16 PM

75 points

23 comments13 min readLW link

Turns Out Interruptions Are Bad, Who Knew?

ElizabethJun 11, 2020, 11:10 PM

74 points

15 comments2 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

Three characteristics: impermanence

Kaj_SotalaJun 5, 2020, 7:48 AM

73 points

4 comments18 min readLW link

AI safety via market making

evhubJun 26, 2020, 11:07 PM

72 points

45 comments1 min readLW link

My weekly review habit

benkuhnJun 21, 2020, 2:40 PM

71 points

7 comments4 min readLW link

(www.benkuhn.net)

Coronavirus as a test-run for X-risks

Sammy MartinJun 13, 2020, 9:00 PM

71 points

11 comments18 min readLW link

Prediction = Compression [Transcript]

alkjash and Ben Pace

Jun 22, 2020, 11:54 PM

69 points

13 comments8 min readLW link

[Personal Experiment] One Year without Junk Media: Six-Month Update

lsusrJun 18, 2020, 4:34 PM

69 points

21 comments1 min readLW link

Where to Start Research?

ElizabethJun 16, 2020, 6:10 PM

68 points

4 comments3 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

Creating better infrastructure for controversial discourse

Rudi CJun 16, 2020, 3:17 PM

66 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Can Covid-19 spread by surface transmission?

RaemonJun 10, 2020, 10:09 PM

65 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Life at Three Tails of the Bell Curve

lsusrJun 27, 2020, 8:49 AM

65 points

10 comments4 min readLW link

Preparing for “The Talk” with AI projects

Daniel KokotajloJun 13, 2020, 11:01 PM

64 points

16 comments3 min readLW link

Half-Baked Products and Idea Kernels

LironJun 24, 2020, 1:00 AM

64 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

GPT-3 Fiction Samples

gwernJun 25, 2020, 4:12 PM

63 points

15 comments LW link

(www.gwern.net)

Using a memory palace to memorize a textbook.

DirectedEvolutionJun 19, 2020, 2:09 AM

62 points

16 comments6 min readLW link 1 review

Covid-19 6/11: Bracing For a Second Wave

ZviJun 11, 2020, 9:30 PM

61 points

6 comments5 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Don’t Make Your Problems Hide

orthonormalJun 27, 2020, 8:24 PM

61 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

Results of $1,000 Oracle contest!

Stuart_ArmstrongJun 17, 2020, 5:44 PM

60 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

You Can Do Futarchy Yourself

TetraspaceJun 14, 2020, 12:16 AM

60 points

4 comments5 min readLW link

A History Of Universalist Greed

namespaceJun 4, 2020, 12:22 AM

56 points

0 comments29 min readLW link

(www.thelastrationalist.com)

Covid-19 6/18: The Virus Goes South

ZviJun 18, 2020, 8:10 PM

55 points

5 comments6 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Building brain-inspired AGI is infinitely easier than understanding the brain

Steven ByrnesJun 2, 2020, 2:13 PM

53 points

14 comments7 min readLW link

Relating HCH and Logical Induction

abramdemskiJun 16, 2020, 10:08 PM

50 points

4 comments5 min readLW link

Sunday June 21st – talks by Abram Demski, alkjash, orthonormal, eukaryote, Vaniver

Ben Pace and Bird Concept

Jun 18, 2020, 8:10 PM

49 points

4 comments1 min readLW link