[Question] Are there any es­says on what scares us? A study of fear, so-to-speak.

sunokthinksNov 4, 2021, 9:12 PM
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Covid 11/​4: The After Times

ZviNov 4, 2021, 3:20 PM
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Baby Sister Numbers

jefftkNov 4, 2021, 1:10 AM
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De­po­si­tions and Rationality

Pablo RepettoNov 4, 2021, 12:10 AM
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[Question] If I have a strong prefer­ence for re­mote work, should I fo­cus my ca­reer on AI or on blockchain?

Malleable_shapeNov 3, 2021, 11:03 PM
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The Opt-Out Clause

Raymond DouglasNov 3, 2021, 10:02 PM
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Ap­ply to the ML for Align­ment Boot­camp (MLAB) in Berkeley [Jan 3 - Jan 22]

Nov 3, 2021, 6:22 PM
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Rockville Din­ner Meetup

rocurleyNov 3, 2021, 2:15 AM
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[Question] Why isn’t there more ra­tio­nal­ist punk rock?

CraigMichaelNov 3, 2021, 1:06 AM
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Paths For­ward: Scal­ing the Shar­ing of In­for­ma­tion and Solutions

ZviNov 2, 2021, 11:50 PM
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[Question] What’s the differ­ence be­tween newer Atari-play­ing AI and the older Deep­mind one (from 2014)?

RaemonNov 2, 2021, 11:36 PM
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Austin LW/​SSC Meetup: Roots of Progress Crossover

SilasBartaNov 2, 2021, 11:12 PM
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Tran­script: “You Should Read HPMOR”

TurnTroutNov 2, 2021, 6:20 PM
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Why we need proso­cial agents

Akbir KhanNov 2, 2021, 3:19 PM
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Fore­cast­ing Newslet­ter: Oc­to­ber 2021.

NunoSempereNov 2, 2021, 2:07 PM
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Vac­cine Re­quire­ments, Age, and Fairness

jefftkNov 2, 2021, 12:10 PM
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Models Model­ing Models

Charlie SteinerNov 2, 2021, 7:08 AM
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[Question] Can homo-sapi­ens sus­tain an econ­omy par­allel to AI’s?

qbolecNov 2, 2021, 7:03 AM
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[Book Re­view] “The Bell Curve” by Charles Murray

lsusrNov 2, 2021, 5:49 AM
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2020 PhilPapers Sur­vey Results

Rob BensingerNov 2, 2021, 5:00 AM
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Notes on Shame

David GrossNov 2, 2021, 4:33 AM
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Effi­cien­tZero: hu­man ALE sam­ple-effi­ciency w/​MuZero+self-supervised

gwernNov 2, 2021, 2:32 AM
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[Question] Does it make sense to get 2 flu vac­cines?

dawangyNov 2, 2021, 1:48 AM
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Effec­tive Evil

lsusrNov 2, 2021, 12:26 AM
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Great-Filter Hard-Step Math, Ex­plained Intuitively

Daniel_EthNov 1, 2021, 11:45 PM
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Open & Wel­come Thread Novem­ber 2021

RubyNov 1, 2021, 11:43 PM
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[Question] May I ask for some help get­ting started with crypto?

SlainLadyMondegreenNov 1, 2021, 9:52 PM
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Mi­ami ACX Novem­ber Meetup

eric135Nov 1, 2021, 8:12 PM
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What is the most evil AI that we could build, to­day?

ThomasJNov 1, 2021, 7:58 PM
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Is ge­net­ics “dark”?

David Hugh-JonesNov 1, 2021, 6:23 PM
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Com­par­ing Op­tions For Safer Events

jefftkNov 1, 2021, 4:30 PM
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Money Stuff

Jacob FalkovichNov 1, 2021, 4:08 PM
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The Anx­ious Philoso­pher King

Jacob FalkovichNov 1, 2021, 4:05 PM
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Fea­ture Selection

Zack_M_DavisNov 1, 2021, 12:22 AM
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Nate Soares on the Ul­ti­mate New­comb’s Problem

Rob BensingerOct 31, 2021, 7:42 PM
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Re­s­ur­rect­ing all hu­mans ever lived as a tech­ni­cal problem

RomanSOct 31, 2021, 6:08 PM
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[Question] Where do you live?

DPiepgrassOct 31, 2021, 5:07 PM
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Both or Nothing

Chris_LeongOct 31, 2021, 7:33 AM
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In­door danc­ing is safe enough

jefftkOct 31, 2021, 1:30 AM
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[Question] Which of our on­line writ­ings was used to train GPT-3?

Mati_RoyOct 30, 2021, 9:52 PM
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Why the Prob­lem of the Cri­te­rion Matters

Gordon Seidoh WorleyOct 30, 2021, 8:44 PM
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Bu­dapest Less Wrong/​ SSC

Timothy UnderwoodOct 30, 2021, 6:27 PM
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Quick gen­eral thoughts on suffer­ing and consciousness

Rob BensingerOct 30, 2021, 6:05 PM
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Must true AI sleep?

YimbyGeorgeOct 30, 2021, 4:47 PM
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How Much is a Sweet?

jefftkOct 30, 2021, 3:50 PM
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God Is Great

Mahdi ComplexOct 30, 2021, 1:03 PM
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We Live in a Post-Scarcity Society

lsusrOct 30, 2021, 12:05 PM
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Tell the Truth

lsusrOct 30, 2021, 10:27 AM
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A Roadmap to a Post-Scarcity Economy

lorepieriOct 30, 2021, 9:04 AM
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Start with a Title

lsusrOct 30, 2021, 8:59 AM
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