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my new shortsight reminder

mike_hawkeOct 11, 2021, 8:06 PM

9 points

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1 comment1 min readLW link

Amman, Jordan – ACX Meetups Everywhere 2021

mingyuanOct 11, 2021, 8:03 PM

8 points

2 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Yet Another Covid Risk Calculator

Thomas ColthurstOct 11, 2021, 7:24 PM

3 points

2 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Book Review: Free Will

Ape in the coatOct 11, 2021, 6:41 PM

29 points

17 votes

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23 comments8 min readLW link

NVIDIA and Microsoft releases 530B parameter transformer model, Megatron-Turing NLG

OzyrusOct 11, 2021, 3:28 PM

51 points

26 votes

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36 comments1 min readLW link

(developer.nvidia.com)

Detroit Third ACX Meetup

MattArnoldOct 11, 2021, 1:32 PM

1 point

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

On Solving Problems Before They Appear: The Weird Epistemologies of Alignment

adamShimiOct 11, 2021, 8:20 AM

110 points

41 votes

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10 comments15 min readLW link

Cup-Stacking Skills (or, Reflexive Involuntary Mental Motions)

Duncan Sabien (Inactive)Oct 11, 2021, 7:16 AM

153 points

95 votes

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36 comments8 min readLW link 2 reviews

Outdoor dancing is likely very safe

jefftkOct 11, 2021, 1:40 AM

14 points

4 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Book Review: Existential Risk and Growth

jkim2Oct 11, 2021, 1:07 AM

9 points

4 votes

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1 comment7 min readLW link

[Question] Does anyone have an anki deck on ageing / rejuvenation biotechnology that they could share?

freedomandutilityOct 10, 2021, 4:54 PM

1 point

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Budapest Less Wrong/ SSC

Timothy UnderwoodOct 10, 2021, 4:14 PM

5 points

2 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Secure homes for digital people

paulfchristianoOct 10, 2021, 3:50 PM

162 points

75 votes

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37 comments9 min readLW link 1 review

(sideways-view.com)

The evaluation function of an AI is not its aim

Yair HalberstadtOct 10, 2021, 2:52 PM

13 points

9 votes

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5 comments3 min readLW link

Book Review: Open Borders

Sam EnrightOct 10, 2021, 12:27 PM

26 points

15 votes

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19 comments12 min readLW link

Without a phone for 10 days

Benjamin SpiegelOct 10, 2021, 5:19 AM

19 points

11 votes

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7 comments1 min readLW link

The Extrapolation Problem

lsusrOct 10, 2021, 5:11 AM

26 points

15 votes

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8 comments2 min readLW link

The S&P 500 Will Drop Below 3029 Before July 16 (65 percent confidence)

FCCCOct 10, 2021, 4:02 AM

9 points

15 votes

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36 comments9 min readLW link

Bayeswatch 12: The Singularity War

lsusrOct 10, 2021, 1:04 AM

42 points

23 votes

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8 comments2 min readLW link

Debugging Writer’s Block

mattoOct 9, 2021, 7:04 PM

10 points

6 votes

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10 comments4 min readLW link

Book Review: Churchill and Orwell

Sammy MartinOct 9, 2021, 7:01 PM

47 points

19 votes

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5 comments11 min readLW link

ACX Atlanta Meetup Oct 23rd, 2021

Steve FrenchOct 9, 2021, 5:50 PM

1 point

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Intelligence or Evolution?

Ramana KumarOct 9, 2021, 5:14 PM

56 points

20 votes

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15 comments3 min readLW link

Apprenticeship Online

Henrik KarlssonOct 9, 2021, 1:50 PM

54 points

31 votes

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20 comments11 min readLW link

(escapingflatland.substack.com)

[Question] How to think about and deal with OpenAI

Rafael HarthOct 9, 2021, 1:10 PM

110 points

60 votes

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67 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Do you like excessive sugar?

momom2Oct 9, 2021, 10:40 AM

3 points

6 votes

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11 comments1 min readLW link

Bayeswatch 11: Parabellum

lsusrOct 9, 2021, 7:08 AM

40 points

21 votes

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12 comments2 min readLW link

Steelman arguments against the idea that AGI is inevitable and will arrive soon

RomanSOct 9, 2021, 6:22 AM

20 points

12 votes

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12 comments5 min readLW link

Shoulder Advisors 101

Duncan Sabien (Inactive)Oct 9, 2021, 5:30 AM

204 points

118 votes

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124 comments14 min readLW link 2 reviews

Book Review: Why Everyone (Else) Is a Hypocrite

PeterMcCluskeyOct 9, 2021, 3:31 AM

26 points

9 votes

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7 comments3 min readLW link

(www.bayesianinvestor.com)

[Question] Booster shots from same vs different vaccines

Aryeh EnglanderOct 9, 2021, 2:56 AM

11 points

7 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

Why Not a Natural Gas Generator?

jefftkOct 9, 2021, 1:40 AM

8 points

1 vote

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14 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[AN #166]: Is it crazy to claim we’re in the most important century?

Rohin ShahOct 8, 2021, 5:30 PM

52 points

14 votes

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5 comments8 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Questions about YIMBY

Sam EnrightOct 8, 2021, 12:48 PM

18 points

9 votes

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2 comments6 min readLW link

“Eating Dirt Benefits Kids” is Basically Made Up

ElizabethOct 8, 2021, 8:30 AM

72 points

42 votes

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13 comments3 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

Glen Weyl: “Why I Was Wrong to Demonize Rationalism”

Zack_M_DavisOct 8, 2021, 5:36 AM

46 points

23 votes

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12 comments1 min readLW link

(www.radicalxchange.org)

Noragami

lsusrOct 8, 2021, 5:11 AM

25 points

16 votes

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5 comments2 min readLW link

How much slower is remote work?

jsteinhardtOct 8, 2021, 2:00 AM

108 points

61 votes

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11 comments3 min readLW link

(bounded-regret.ghost.io)

Perceptual dexterity: a case study

Duncan Sabien (Inactive)Oct 7, 2021, 10:25 PM

66 points

29 votes

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19 comments4 min readLW link

(Book Review) The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality

XylitolOct 7, 2021, 10:21 PM

25 points

19 votes

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11 comments17 min readLW link

No Really, There Are No Rules!

J BostockOct 7, 2021, 10:08 PM

57 points

32 votes

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13 comments2 min readLW link

What Do GDP Growth Curves Really Mean?

johnswentworthOct 7, 2021, 9:58 PM

222 points

111 votes

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64 comments8 min readLW link 2 reviews

Book summary: Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids

Optimization ProcessOct 7, 2021, 8:19 PM

24 points

20 votes

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11 comments4 min readLW link

Safety-capabilities tradeoff dials are inevitable in AGI

Steven ByrnesOct 7, 2021, 7:03 PM

58 points

19 votes

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4 comments3 min readLW link

Blog Post Day IV (Impromptu)

Daniel KokotajloOct 7, 2021, 5:17 PM

11 points

4 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 10/7: Steady as She Goes

ZviOct 7, 2021, 12:10 PM

58 points

33 votes

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26 comments7 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Effective Altruism Virtual Programs Nov-Dec 2021

Yi-YangOct 7, 2021, 10:37 AM

3 points

3 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

Towards a Bayesian model for Empirical Science

Yair HalberstadtOct 7, 2021, 5:38 AM

11 points

4 votes

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7 comments7 min readLW link

Cheap food causes cooperative ethics

lsusrOct 7, 2021, 1:52 AM

73 points

55 votes

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18 comments2 min readLW link

Automated Fact Checking: A Look at the Field

HoagyOct 6, 2021, 11:52 PM

12 points

8 votes

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0 comments8 min readLW link

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