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Book Review: Working With Contracts

johnswentworth14 Sep 2020 23:22 UTC

166 points

26 comments11 min readLW link

A case study in simulacra levels and the Four Children of the Seder

DirectedEvolution14 Sep 2020 22:31 UTC

32 points

1 comment4 min readLW link

Most Prisoner’s Dilemmas are Stag Hunts; Most Stag Hunts are Schelling Problems

abramdemski14 Sep 2020 22:13 UTC

177 points

36 comments10 min readLW link 3 reviews

Comparing Utilities

abramdemski14 Sep 2020 20:56 UTC

70 points

31 comments17 min readLW link

[Question] If Starship works, how much would it cost to create a system of rotable space mirrors that reduces temperatures on earth by 1° C?

ChristianKl14 Sep 2020 18:46 UTC

13 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Outcome Terminology?

Dach14 Sep 2020 18:04 UTC

6 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

On Niceness: Looking for Positive Externalities

Neel Nanda14 Sep 2020 18:03 UTC

31 points

0 comments10 min readLW link

(www.neelnanda.io)

[Link] Five Years and One Week of Less Wrong

abramdemski14 Sep 2020 16:49 UTC

21 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

(slatestarcodex.com)

Free Money at PredictIt: 2020 General Election

Zvi14 Sep 2020 14:40 UTC

20 points

3 comments10 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

What happens if you drink acetone?

dynomight14 Sep 2020 14:22 UTC

82 points

13 comments1 min readLW link 2 reviews

(dyno-might.github.io)

My computational framework for the brain

Steven Byrnes14 Sep 2020 14:19 UTC

150 points

26 comments13 min readLW link 1 review

Against boots theory

philh14 Sep 2020 13:20 UTC

42 points

15 comments6 min readLW link

(reasonableapproximation.net)

SlateStarCodex online meetup: Integrating evolutionary psychology and behaviorism

Joshua_Fox14 Sep 2020 10:33 UTC

3 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Are there non-AI projects focused on defeating Moloch globally?

eapache14 Sep 2020 2:13 UTC

13 points

19 comments1 min readLW link

Decision Theory is multifaceted

Michele Campolo13 Sep 2020 22:30 UTC

9 points

12 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] Have you tried hiIQpro.com’s cognitive training or coaching?

Randomized, Controlled13 Sep 2020 22:05 UTC

3 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

A Brief Chat on World Government

eapache13 Sep 2020 18:33 UTC

4 points

6 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Egan’s Theorem?

johnswentworth13 Sep 2020 17:47 UTC

17 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Does turning on the shower help reduce wildfire smoke in the air?

cauliflower13 Sep 2020 2:39 UTC

1 point

8 comments1 min readLW link

Gems from the Wiki: Acausal Trade

habryka and JoshuaFox

13 Sep 2020 0:23 UTC

42 points

8 comments7 min readLW link

(www.lesswrong.com)

Progress: Fluke or trend?

jasoncrawford13 Sep 2020 0:21 UTC

16 points

19 comments2 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Notes on good judgement and how to develop it (80,000 Hours)

habryka12 Sep 2020 17:51 UTC

15 points

16 comments2 min readLW link

(80000hours.org)

[Question] The universality of computation and mind design space

alanf12 Sep 2020 14:58 UTC

1 point

7 comments1 min readLW link

How Much Computational Power Does It Take to Match the Human Brain?

habryka12 Sep 2020 6:38 UTC

44 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.openphilanthropy.org)

Comparative advantage and when to blow up your island

dynomight12 Sep 2020 6:20 UTC

145 points

39 comments1 min readLW link

(dynomight.net)

Rationality and playfulness

DirectedEvolution12 Sep 2020 5:14 UTC

42 points

1 comment11 min readLW link

The Wiki is Dead, Long Live the Wiki! [help wanted]

Ruby12 Sep 2020 3:34 UTC

70 points

32 comments3 min readLW link

on “learning to summarize”

nostalgebraist12 Sep 2020 3:20 UTC

25 points

13 comments8 min readLW link

(nostalgebraist.tumblr.com)

What’s Wrong with Social Science and How to Fix It: Reflections After Reading 2578 Papers

habryka12 Sep 2020 1:46 UTC

107 points

22 comments2 min readLW link

(fantasticanachronism.com)

Zen and Rationality: Map and Territory

Gordon Seidoh Worley12 Sep 2020 0:45 UTC

16 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

‘Ugh fields’, or why you can’t even bear to think about that task (Rob Wiblin)

habryka11 Sep 2020 20:31 UTC

25 points

17 comments2 min readLW link

(medium.com)

The Short Case for Verificationism

ike11 Sep 2020 18:48 UTC

6 points

57 comments1 min readLW link

Should some variant of longtermism identify as a religion?

mako yass11 Sep 2020 5:02 UTC

23 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

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