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[Question]
Restricted Diet and Longevity, does eating pattern matter?
jmh
Jun 1, 2020, 9:28 PM
7
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
You See The Territory or Nothing at All
calebo
Jun 1, 2020, 3:24 PM
7
points
4
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Blog Post Day III
Daniel Kokotajlo
Jun 1, 2020, 1:56 PM
33
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Sparsity and interpretability?
Ada Böhm
,
RobertKirk
and
Tomáš Gavenčiak
Jun 1, 2020, 1:25 PM
41
points
3
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Feedback is central to agency
Alex Flint
Jun 1, 2020, 12:56 PM
29
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
Overcorrecting As Deliberate Practice
lifelonglearner
Jun 1, 2020, 6:26 AM
29
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
How rational is the path of least resistance?
TruetoThis
Jun 1, 2020, 1:34 AM
3
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
My prediction for Covid-19
TheMajor
May 31, 2020, 11:25 PM
17
points
11
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Possible takeaways from the coronavirus pandemic for slow AI takeoff
Vika
May 31, 2020, 5:51 PM
135
points
36
comments
3
min read
LW
link
1
review
Covid-19: My Current Model
Zvi
May 31, 2020, 5:40 PM
188
points
73
comments
19
min read
LW
link
1
review
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
The Presumptuous Philosopher, self-locating information, and Solomonoff induction
Charlie Steiner
May 31, 2020, 4:35 PM
58
points
28
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Simplifying Board Games
jefftk
May 31, 2020, 2:10 PM
28
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Forecasting Newsletter: May 2020.
NunoSempere
May 31, 2020, 12:35 PM
9
points
1
comment
20
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Will the many protests throughout the USA prove to be good test cases for reopening?
jmh
May 31, 2020, 12:15 PM
9
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Anyone recommend a video course on the theory of computation?
Eli Tyre
May 30, 2020, 7:52 PM
8
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How to (not) do a literature review
Katarina Slama
May 30, 2020, 12:11 AM
79
points
7
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(katarinaslama.github.io)
Shutting Down RegularlyScheduled
jefftk
May 29, 2020, 10:50 PM
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Why take notes: what I get from notetaking and my desiderata for notetaking systems
philip_b
May 29, 2020, 9:46 PM
9
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(github.com)
Covid-19 5/29: Dumb Reopening
Zvi
May 29, 2020, 9:00 PM
26
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
An overview of 11 proposals for building safe advanced AI
evhub
May 29, 2020, 8:38 PM
220
points
37
comments
38
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
GPT-3: a disappointing paper
nostalgebraist
May 29, 2020, 7:06 PM
65
points
43
comments
8
min read
LW
link
1
review
[Question]
Should we stop using the term ‘Rationalist’?
B Jacobs
May 29, 2020, 3:11 PM
12
points
42
comments
1
min read
LW
link
On the construction of the self
Kaj_Sotala
May 29, 2020, 1:04 PM
77
points
18
comments
17
min read
LW
link
Our Need for Need
eapache
May 29, 2020, 11:12 AM
32
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
OpenAI announces GPT-3
gwern
May 29, 2020, 1:49 AM
67
points
23
comments
LW
link
(arxiv.org)
Trust-Building: The New Rationality Project
DirectedEvolution
May 28, 2020, 10:53 PM
39
points
15
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The principle of no non-Apologies
agentydragon
May 28, 2020, 7:58 PM
26
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
looking for name/further reading on fallacy I came across
Yitz
May 28, 2020, 6:01 PM
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Wrist Issues
jefftk
May 28, 2020, 4:50 PM
16
points
11
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Speculations on the Future of Fiction Writing
johnswentworth
May 28, 2020, 4:34 PM
35
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Updated Hierarchy of Disagreement
B Jacobs
May 28, 2020, 3:57 PM
14
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
One systemic failure in particular
MoritzG
May 28, 2020, 5:25 AM
−3
points
8
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Shuttling between science and invention
jasoncrawford
May 27, 2020, 9:25 PM
61
points
1
comment
6
min read
LW
link
1
review
(rootsofprogress.org)
A taxonomy of Cruxes
Eli Tyre
May 27, 2020, 5:25 PM
44
points
4
comments
8
min read
LW
link
[AN #101]: Why we should rigorously measure and forecast AI progress
Rohin Shah
May 27, 2020, 5:20 PM
15
points
0
comments
10
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
AI Safety Discussion Days
Linda Linsefors
May 27, 2020, 4:54 PM
13
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
[Job ad] Lead an ambitious COVID-19 forecasting project [Deadline extended: June 10th]
Bird Concept
May 27, 2020, 4:38 PM
54
points
1
comment
6
min read
LW
link
Obsidian: A Mind Mapping Markdown Editor
lifelonglearner
May 27, 2020, 4:26 PM
12
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(obsidian.md)
Predicted Land Value Tax: a better tax than an unimproved land value tax
michaelcohen
May 27, 2020, 1:40 PM
21
points
49
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Your abstraction isn’t wrong, it’s just really bad
George3d6
May 26, 2020, 8:14 PM
25
points
17
comments
17
min read
LW
link
(blog.cerebralab.com)
Why We Age, Part 2: Non-adaptive theories
willbradshaw
May 26, 2020, 5:41 PM
89
points
22
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(apomorphic.com)
Is fake news bullshit or lying?
HarperSachs
May 26, 2020, 4:55 PM
22
points
8
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Why aren’t we testing general intelligence distribution?
B Jacobs
May 26, 2020, 4:07 PM
25
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Spoiler-Free Review: Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
Zvi
May 26, 2020, 2:10 PM
7
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
[Question]
Should I self-variolate to COVID-19
Eli Tyre
May 25, 2020, 8:29 PM
46
points
19
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A Taijitu symbol for Moloch and Slack
B Jacobs
May 25, 2020, 8:03 PM
91
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Baking is Not a Ritual
Sisi Cheng
May 25, 2020, 6:08 PM
125
points
28
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What is a decision theory as a mathematical object?
Erik Jenner
May 25, 2020, 1:44 PM
28
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
An addendum on effective population size
willbradshaw
May 25, 2020, 12:35 PM
18
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(apomorphic.com)
Why Rationalists Shouldn’t be Interested in Topos Theory
jollybard
May 25, 2020, 5:35 AM
77
points
15
comments
5
min read
LW
link
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