D&D.Sci II: The Sorceror’s Per­sonal Shopper

abstractapplicJan 12, 2021, 1:38 AM
60 points
29 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] How good are our mouse mod­els (psy­chol­ogy, biol­ogy, medicine, etc.), ig­nor­ing trans­la­tion into hu­mans, just in terms of un­der­stand­ing mice? (Same ques­tion for drosophila.)

RubyJan 22, 2021, 8:45 PM
60 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

The Multi-Tower Study Strategy

DirectedEvolutionJan 21, 2021, 8:42 AM
60 points
8 comments8 min readLW link

#2: Neu­ro­cry­op­reser­va­tion vs whole-body preservation

Jan 13, 2021, 1:18 AM
59 points
26 comments12 min readLW link

Re­view of ‘But ex­actly how com­plex and frag­ile?’

TurnTroutJan 6, 2021, 6:39 PM
57 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

The Prob­lem of the Criterion

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJan 21, 2021, 3:05 PM
55 points
63 comments10 min readLW link

The GameS­top Si­tu­a­tion: Sim­plified

AnnapurnaJan 29, 2021, 5:55 PM
55 points
13 comments4 min readLW link

Trans­parency and AGI safety

jylin04Jan 11, 2021, 6:51 PM
54 points
12 comments30 min readLW link

Cre­dence polls for 26 claims from the 2019 Review

Bird ConceptJan 9, 2021, 7:13 AM
54 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Grokking illusionism

Joe CarlsmithJan 6, 2021, 5:50 AM
53 points
50 comments9 min readLW link

(USA) N95 masks are available on Amazon

Wei DaiJan 18, 2021, 10:37 AM
53 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Vot­ing Phase for 2019 Review

RaemonJan 13, 2021, 1:33 AM
53 points
18 comments3 min readLW link

Word­tune review

KatjaGraceJan 26, 2021, 9:40 AM
52 points
9 comments2 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

The Great Karma Reckoning

habrykaJan 15, 2021, 5:19 AM
50 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are some real life Inad­e­quate Equil­ibria?

Eli TyreJan 29, 2021, 12:17 PM
50 points
63 comments3 min readLW link

The im­pact merge

Joe CarlsmithJan 13, 2021, 7:26 AM
48 points
11 comments4 min readLW link

#4: In­tro­duc­tion to life in­surance for cryonics

mingyuanJan 22, 2021, 8:58 PM
48 points
10 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] What cur­rents of thought on LessWrong do you want to see dis­til­led?

ryan_bJan 8, 2021, 9:43 PM
48 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

The Case for a Jour­nal of AI Alignment

adamShimiJan 9, 2021, 6:13 PM
45 points
32 comments4 min readLW link

Sta­tus as a Ser­vice (Done Quick)

SarahNibsJan 16, 2021, 11:25 PM
44 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

Dis­cus­sion on the choice of concepts

KatjaGraceJan 14, 2021, 4:00 AM
41 points
4 comments2 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

The Sense-Mak­ing Web

Chris_LeongJan 4, 2021, 6:17 AM
41 points
21 comments6 min readLW link

D&D.Sci II Eval­u­a­tion and Ruleset

abstractapplicJan 17, 2021, 4:58 PM
41 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

Re­view of ‘De­bate on In­stru­men­tal Con­ver­gence be­tween LeCun, Rus­sell, Ben­gio, Zador, and More’

TurnTroutJan 12, 2021, 3:57 AM
40 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

#4.1: Types of life insurance

mingyuanJan 26, 2021, 7:55 PM
40 points
13 comments11 min readLW link

The Up­per Limit of Value

DavidmanheimJan 27, 2021, 2:13 PM
40 points
25 comments3 min readLW link1 review

Public selves

KatjaGraceJan 18, 2021, 9:10 PM
40 points
14 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Qualia Re­search In­sti­tute: His­tory & 2021 Strategy

andzuckJan 25, 2021, 9:46 PM
39 points
10 comments11 min readLW link

COVID-19: home stretch and fourth wave Q&A

habrykaJan 6, 2021, 10:44 PM
39 points
29 comments12 min readLW link

Li’l pots

KatjaGraceJan 24, 2021, 12:40 PM
39 points
4 comments5 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Covid: Bill Gates and Vac­cine Production

ZviJan 28, 2021, 3:00 PM
38 points
18 comments7 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] How likely is it that SARS-CoV-2 origi­nated in a lab­o­ra­tory?

CTVKenneyJan 25, 2021, 8:22 PM
38 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

Who should you ex­pect to spend your life with?

KatjaGraceJan 23, 2021, 9:00 AM
38 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Prac­ti­cal post on 4 #ProRep meth­ods (Pro­por­tional Rep­re­sen­ta­tion)

Jameson QuinnJan 9, 2021, 2:56 PM
37 points
12 comments11 min readLW link

Con­fir­ma­tion Bias in Action

Jacob FalkovichJan 24, 2021, 5:38 PM
37 points
1 comment13 min readLW link

What if we all just stayed at home and didn’t get covid for two weeks?

KatjaGraceJan 22, 2021, 9:10 AM
37 points
12 comments3 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

#4.3: Cry­on­ics-friendly in­surance agents

mingyuanJan 27, 2021, 9:13 PM
37 points
5 comments6 min readLW link

Ex­cerpt from Ar­bital Solomonoff in­duc­tion dialogue

Richard_NgoJan 17, 2021, 3:49 AM
36 points
6 comments5 min readLW link
(arbital.com)

Help your ri­vals when they are numerous

lsusrJan 22, 2021, 8:51 PM
36 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Define Your Learn­ing Goal: Com­pe­tence Or Broad Knowledge

DirectedEvolutionJan 25, 2021, 8:47 PM
36 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

Lifelong investments

jefftkJan 23, 2021, 3:40 AM
36 points
5 comments3 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Thoughts on Ia­son Gabriel’s Ar­tifi­cial In­tel­li­gence, Values, and Alignment

Alex FlintJan 14, 2021, 12:58 PM
35 points
14 comments4 min readLW link

[U.S. spe­cific] PPP: free money for self-em­ployed & orgs (time-sen­si­tive)

Steven ByrnesJan 9, 2021, 7:53 PM
35 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Jo­hannes Ke­pler, Sun Worshipper

RubyJan 9, 2021, 7:09 AM
35 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Change My View: In­cum­bent re­li­gions still get too much leeway

mike_hawkeJan 7, 2021, 7:44 PM
35 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

Col­lAc­tion his­tory and les­sons learned

RonJan 17, 2021, 3:01 PM
35 points
6 comments8 min readLW link

The True Face of the Enemy

Space L ClotteyJan 12, 2021, 10:03 AM
35 points
77 comments10 min readLW link

Some thoughts on risks from nar­row, non-agen­tic AI

Richard_NgoJan 19, 2021, 12:04 AM
35 points
21 comments16 min readLW link

You are Dis­so­ci­at­ing (prob­a­bly)

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJan 4, 2021, 2:37 PM
34 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

2019 Re­view Cowork­ing Party [Wed 7pm PT]

RaemonJan 5, 2021, 11:22 PM
34 points
9 comments1 min readLW link