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Choose simplicity and structure.

DirectedEvolution10 Sep 2020 21:45 UTC

7 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

“In the Dust of This Planet,” by Eugene Thacker

Callmesalticidae10 Sep 2020 19:50 UTC

4 points

0 comments10 min readLW link

Sunday September 13, 12:00PM (PT) — talks by John Wentworth, Liron and more

habryka10 Sep 2020 19:49 UTC

19 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 9/10: Vitamin D

Zvi10 Sep 2020 19:00 UTC

113 points

50 comments15 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Social Capital Paradoxes

abramdemski10 Sep 2020 18:44 UTC

68 points

24 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Do mesa-optimizer risk arguments rely on the train-test paradigm?

Ben Cottier10 Sep 2020 15:36 UTC

12 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

On Chesterton’s Fence

trentbrick10 Sep 2020 15:10 UTC

21 points

3 comments10 min readLW link

[Question] In 1 year and 5 years what do you see as “the normal” world.

jmh10 Sep 2020 12:47 UTC

8 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

Taking Hammertime Final Exam by efim

efim10 Sep 2020 10:18 UTC

5 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

Safety via selection for obedience

Richard_Ngo10 Sep 2020 10:04 UTC

31 points

1 comment5 min readLW link

[Question] Is there a way to view “read” LessWrong posts?

BeanSprugget10 Sep 2020 3:58 UTC

11 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Resist epistemic (and emotional) learned helplessness!

DirectedEvolution10 Sep 2020 2:58 UTC

7 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

How easily can we separate a friendly AI in design space from one which would bring about a hyperexistential catastrophe?

Anirandis10 Sep 2020 0:40 UTC

20 points

19 comments2 min readLW link

Capturing Ideas

abramdemski9 Sep 2020 21:20 UTC

73 points

12 comments9 min readLW link

Safer sandboxing via collective separation

Richard_Ngo9 Sep 2020 19:49 UTC

26 points

6 comments4 min readLW link

[AN #116]: How to make explanations of neurons compositional

Rohin Shah9 Sep 2020 17:20 UTC

21 points

2 comments9 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Loneliness and the paradox of choice

DirectedEvolution9 Sep 2020 16:30 UTC

17 points

4 comments6 min readLW link

Budapest Meetup at Moved Online due to Corona, Sept 20 at 2pm

Timothy Underwood9 Sep 2020 16:07 UTC

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Leslie’s Firing Squad Can’t Save The Fine-Tuning Argument

dadadarren9 Sep 2020 15:21 UTC

10 points

6 comments4 min readLW link

(www.sleepingbeautyproblem.com)

[Question] What’s the CFAR position on how the workbook can be used?

ChristianKl9 Sep 2020 13:56 UTC

14 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

How To Fermi Model

habryka and Eli Tyre

9 Sep 2020 5:13 UTC

86 points

9 comments11 min readLW link 2 reviews

Updates Thread

Adam Zerner9 Sep 2020 4:34 UTC

56 points

41 comments1 min readLW link

CTWTB: Paths of Computation State

johnswentworth8 Sep 2020 20:44 UTC

40 points

1 comment4 min readLW link

Indignation in response to the 1890 census

jasoncrawford8 Sep 2020 20:14 UTC

26 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Escalation Outside the System

jefftk8 Sep 2020 18:20 UTC

25 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Austin Petrov Day: 6:30pm 9/26

jchan8 Sep 2020 14:23 UTC

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Efficacy of Vitamin D in helping with COVID

df fd8 Sep 2020 10:49 UTC

16 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Loneliness

DirectedEvolution8 Sep 2020 8:14 UTC

17 points

0 comments12 min readLW link

Luna First, But Not To Live There

NathanielMRouth8 Sep 2020 3:14 UTC

21 points

21 comments5 min readLW link

(nathanielmrouth.wordpress.com)

[Question] Decision theory analysis of whether vaccines should be distributed prior to the completion of stage three trials please

Tim Liptrot7 Sep 2020 23:50 UTC

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

“Learning to Summarize with Human Feedback”—OpenAI

[deleted]7 Sep 2020 17:59 UTC

57 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

A Toy Model of Hingeyness

B Jacobs7 Sep 2020 17:38 UTC

16 points

10 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] How long does it takes to read the sequences?

Nicolas Lacombe7 Sep 2020 17:19 UTC

12 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Changes in Reality

eapache7 Sep 2020 16:18 UTC

5 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

The Four Children of the Seder as the Simulacra Levels

Zvi7 Sep 2020 15:00 UTC

81 points

17 comments16 min readLW link 1 review

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Reference Classes

Chris_Leong7 Sep 2020 12:52 UTC

10 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

Shed Wall Plans

jefftk6 Sep 2020 22:20 UTC

6 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

The ethics of breeding to kill

George3d66 Sep 2020 20:12 UTC

−4 points

24 comments6 min readLW link

Reading Discussion Group

NoSignalNoNoise6 Sep 2020 18:49 UTC

8 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Ice

Slimepriestess6 Sep 2020 18:30 UTC

35 points

1 comment6 min readLW link

(hivewired.wordpress.com)

Design thoughts for building a better kind of social space with many webs of trust

mako yass6 Sep 2020 2:08 UTC

54 points

41 comments11 min readLW link

(makopool.com)

Petrov Day celebration

Bae's Theorem6 Sep 2020 1:09 UTC

4 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Stop pressing the Try Harder button

Neel Nanda5 Sep 2020 9:10 UTC

45 points

5 comments3 min readLW link

(www.neelnanda.io)

Li and Vitanyi’s bad scholarship

alanf5 Sep 2020 8:07 UTC

−1 points

11 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] MOOCS That teach this stuff?

Periergo5 Sep 2020 5:36 UTC

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Conflict, the Rules of Engagement, and Professionalism

habryka5 Sep 2020 5:04 UTC

47 points

3 comments7 min readLW link

Multivariate estimation & the Squiggly language

ozziegooen5 Sep 2020 4:35 UTC

44 points

5 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] When should I be concerned about my Oura measurements indicating COVID-19?

ChristianKl4 Sep 2020 22:15 UTC

11 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Hello ordinary folks, I’m the Chosen One

dadadarren4 Sep 2020 19:59 UTC

29 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Why would code/English or low-abstraction/high-abstraction simplicity or brevity correspond?

curi4 Sep 2020 19:46 UTC

2 points

15 comments1 min readLW link