On Sud­denly Not Be­ing Able to Work

Jacob Falkovich25 Aug 2020 22:14 UTC
35 points
11 comments4 min readLW link

I Started a Sports and Gam­bling Substack

Zvi25 Aug 2020 21:30 UTC
17 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

A Re­fu­ta­tion of (Global) “Hap­piness Max­i­miza­tion”

fare25 Aug 2020 20:33 UTC
−2 points
4 comments15 min readLW link

Sun­day, 20/​8/​30, 12pm PDT – Tag­ging Cel­e­bra­tion: Habryka/​Crawford + Party

Ruby25 Aug 2020 20:21 UTC
49 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Math­e­mat­i­cal In­con­sis­tency in Solomonoff In­duc­tion?

curi25 Aug 2020 17:09 UTC
7 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

The Best Toy In The Park

jefftk25 Aug 2020 14:30 UTC
25 points
15 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Why hasn’t there been re­search on the effec­tive­ness of zinc for Covid-19?

Rudi C24 Aug 2020 20:58 UTC
12 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

So­cially-dis­tanced out­door Petrov Day cer­e­mo­nial manual

jchan24 Aug 2020 14:11 UTC
8 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

When can Fic­tion Change the World?

Timothy Underwood24 Aug 2020 13:47 UTC
79 points
18 comments11 min readLW link

[Question] Do you vote based on what you think to­tal karma should be?

Rafael Harth24 Aug 2020 13:37 UTC
43 points
57 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is ‘sat­ific­ing’ op­ti­mi­sa­tion?

Riccardo Volpato24 Aug 2020 11:51 UTC
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Learn­ing hu­man prefer­ences: black-box, white-box, and struc­tured white-box access

Stuart_Armstrong24 Aug 2020 11:42 UTC
26 points
9 comments6 min readLW link

“Good judge­ment” and its components

owencb24 Aug 2020 10:32 UTC
27 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

Split-a-Dol­lar Game

Martin Sustrik24 Aug 2020 4:54 UTC
27 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] In­vest­ment is a use­ful so­cietal mechanism for get­ting new things made. Stock trad­ing shares some func­tion­al­ity with in­vest­ment, but seems very very in­effi­cient, at that?

mako yass24 Aug 2020 1:18 UTC
10 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Em­pa­thetic vs In­trin­sic Oof

Ronny Fernandez24 Aug 2020 0:12 UTC
8 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

Chart­ing Is Mostly Superstition

gilch23 Aug 2020 20:26 UTC
33 points
18 comments7 min readLW link

Pos­tel’s Prin­ci­ple as Mo­ral Aphorism

eapache23 Aug 2020 19:36 UTC
15 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

How to set up foot pedals

jefftk23 Aug 2020 16:40 UTC
19 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

SlateS­tarCodex On­line Meetup: Dr David Man­heim on Co­op­er­a­tion for AI

JoshuaFox23 Aug 2020 10:00 UTC
13 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(forms.gle)

[Geo: Cal­ifor­nia/​Bay Area] Mini-Re­search of 2020 Fire Situation

Ruby23 Aug 2020 5:13 UTC
71 points
13 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Cur­rent guidance for COVID-19 self-care?

knite23 Aug 2020 2:10 UTC
20 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

A trick for Safer GPT-N

Razied23 Aug 2020 0:39 UTC
7 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Maybe Ly­ing Can’t Ex­ist?!

Zack_M_Davis23 Aug 2020 0:36 UTC
58 points
16 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Why don’t coun­tries, like com­pa­nies, more of­ten merge?

Vishrut Arya22 Aug 2020 23:56 UTC
13 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

Effi­cient Mar­ket Frontier

Alexei22 Aug 2020 23:52 UTC
19 points
3 comments10 min readLW link

Tag­ging Progress at 100%! (Party & Cel­e­bra­tory Talk w/​ Ja­son Crawford, Habryka on Sun, Aug 30th, 12pm PDT)

Ruby22 Aug 2020 16:45 UTC
54 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Ex­po­sure or Con­tacts?

jefftk22 Aug 2020 13:00 UTC
15 points
4 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Sun­day Au­gust 23rd, 12pm (PDT) – Dou­ble Crux with Buck Sh­legeris and Oliver Habryka on Slow vs. Fast AI Takeoff

Ben Pace22 Aug 2020 6:37 UTC
33 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What posts on fi­nance would your find helpful or in­ter­est­ing?

Alexei22 Aug 2020 4:31 UTC
32 points
48 comments1 min readLW link

“The Holy Grail” of port­fo­lio management

Alexei22 Aug 2020 4:25 UTC
51 points
7 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Fore­cast­ing Thread: AI Timelines

22 Aug 2020 2:33 UTC
134 points
98 comments2 min readLW link

[Oops, there is ac­tu­ally an event] No­tice: No LW event this weekend

Ben Pace22 Aug 2020 1:26 UTC
11 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] What price would you pay for the RadVac Vac­cine and why?

bgold22 Aug 2020 0:17 UTC
30 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

The Ant Farm

JimBaler21 Aug 2020 23:25 UTC
3 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Thoughts on the Fea­si­bil­ity of Pro­saic AGI Align­ment?

iamthouthouarti21 Aug 2020 23:25 UTC
8 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What’s a De­com­pos­able Align­ment Topic?

Logan Riggs21 Aug 2020 22:57 UTC
26 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Epistemic Com­par­i­son: First Prin­ci­ples Land vs. Mime­sis Land

ozziegooen21 Aug 2020 22:28 UTC
33 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

Live a life you feel ex­cited about

Neel Nanda21 Aug 2020 19:16 UTC
18 points
3 comments8 min readLW link
(www.neelnanda.io)

Univer­sal­ity Unwrapped

adamShimi21 Aug 2020 18:53 UTC
29 points
2 comments18 min readLW link

[Question] How much can sur­gi­cal masks help with wild­fire smoke?

Gordon Seidoh Worley21 Aug 2020 15:46 UTC
9 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What am I miss­ing? (quan­tum physics)

kithpendragon21 Aug 2020 12:39 UTC
10 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Coron­avirus and Rents II

jefftk21 Aug 2020 2:30 UTC
11 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

An­a­lyz­ing Black­mail Be­ing Ille­gal (Han­son and Mow­show­itz re­lated)

curi20 Aug 2020 18:56 UTC
0 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

July 2020 gw­ern.net newsletter

gwern20 Aug 2020 16:39 UTC
29 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.gwern.net)

How More Knowl­edge is Mak­ing Us Dumber

jdcampolargo20 Aug 2020 15:08 UTC
1 point
4 comments3 min readLW link

“Tech­nol­ogy and the Fu­ture of Per­sons”, by Lynne Rud­der Baker (2013)

Callmesalticidae20 Aug 2020 14:31 UTC
5 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

Covid 8/​20: A Lit­tle Progress

Zvi20 Aug 2020 14:30 UTC
47 points
6 comments15 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Mar­ket Misconceptions

gilch20 Aug 2020 4:46 UTC
27 points
8 comments4 min readLW link

High­lights from the Black­mail De­bate (Robin Han­son vs Zvi Mow­show­itz)

Ben Pace20 Aug 2020 0:49 UTC
48 points
37 comments9 min readLW link