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The Case for Human Genetic Engineering

GeneSmith28 Aug 2020 22:21 UTC

50 points

19 comments12 min readLW link

My guide to lifelogging

Matthew Barnett28 Aug 2020 21:34 UTC

28 points

8 comments7 min readLW link

How to teach things well

Neel Nanda28 Aug 2020 16:44 UTC

106 points

16 comments15 min readLW link 1 review

(www.neelnanda.io)

[Question] How hard would it be to change GPT-3 in a way that allows audio?

ChristianKl28 Aug 2020 14:42 UTC

9 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Zibbaldone With It All

Randomini28 Aug 2020 11:37 UTC

24 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Is there a possibility of being subjected to eternal torture by aliens?

onevoyager28 Aug 2020 5:37 UTC

1 point

14 comments2 min readLW link

Cambridge Virtual LW/SSC Meetup

NoSignalNoNoise28 Aug 2020 2:45 UTC

6 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

“On Bullshit” and “On Truth,” by Harry Frankfurt

Callmesalticidae28 Aug 2020 0:44 UTC

20 points

3 comments6 min readLW link

Preface to the sequence on economic growth

Matthew Barnett27 Aug 2020 20:29 UTC

51 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Notes on “The Anthropology of Childhood”

juliawise27 Aug 2020 17:11 UTC

183 points

10 comments45 min readLW link

Covid 8/27: The Fall of the CDC

Zvi27 Aug 2020 14:10 UTC

85 points

16 comments12 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Technical model refinement formalism

Stuart_Armstrong27 Aug 2020 11:54 UTC

19 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

Model splintering: moving from one imperfect model to another

Stuart_Armstrong27 Aug 2020 11:53 UTC

79 points

10 comments33 min readLW link

Are We Right about How Effective Mockery Is?

Ronny Fernandez27 Aug 2020 10:48 UTC

44 points

12 comments9 min readLW link

Basic Inframeasure Theory

Diffractor27 Aug 2020 8:02 UTC

36 points

19 comments25 min readLW link

Belief Functions And Decision Theory

Diffractor27 Aug 2020 8:00 UTC

17 points

7 comments39 min readLW link

Proofs Section 1.1 (Initial results to LF-duality)

Diffractor27 Aug 2020 7:59 UTC

8 points

0 comments20 min readLW link

Proofs Section 1.2 (Mixtures, Updates, Pushforwards)

Diffractor27 Aug 2020 7:57 UTC

8 points

0 comments14 min readLW link

Proofs Section 2.1 (Theorem 1, Lemmas)

Diffractor27 Aug 2020 7:54 UTC

8 points

0 comments36 min readLW link

Proofs Section 2.2 (Isomorphism to Expectations)

Diffractor27 Aug 2020 7:52 UTC

8 points

0 comments46 min readLW link

Proofs Section 2.3 (Updates, Decision Theory)

Diffractor27 Aug 2020 7:49 UTC

8 points

0 comments31 min readLW link

19th-century progress studies

jasoncrawford27 Aug 2020 2:28 UTC

30 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

[Question] What is the interpretation of the do() operator?

Bunthut26 Aug 2020 21:54 UTC

10 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Introduction To The Infra-Bayesianism Sequence

Diffractor and Vanessa Kosoy

26 Aug 2020 20:31 UTC

109 points

62 comments14 min readLW link 2 reviews

WebBundles and URL Randomization

jefftk26 Aug 2020 17:50 UTC

10 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[AN #114]: Theory-inspired safety solutions for powerful Bayesian RL agents

Rohin Shah26 Aug 2020 17:20 UTC

21 points

3 comments8 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Excusing a Failure to Adjust

Ronny Fernandez26 Aug 2020 13:51 UTC

12 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

nostalgebraist: Recursive Goodhart’s Law

Kaj_Sotala26 Aug 2020 11:07 UTC

53 points

27 comments1 min readLW link

(nostalgebraist.tumblr.com)

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