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[AN #137]: Quantifying the benefits of pretraining on downstream task performance

Rohin ShahFeb 10, 2021, 6:10 PM

18 points

0 comments8 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

We got what’s needed for COVID-19 vaccination completely wrong

ChristianKlFeb 10, 2021, 7:59 AM

61 points

32 comments4 min readLW link

A great hard day

KatjaGraceFeb 10, 2021, 7:00 AM

54 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Notes on Schelling’s “Strategy of Conflict” (1960)

MichaelAFeb 10, 2021, 2:48 AM

25 points

8 comments8 min readLW link

Fixing The Good Regulator Theorem

johnswentworthFeb 9, 2021, 8:30 PM

147 points

39 comments8 min readLW link 1 review

Book review: The Geography of Thought

PeterMcCluskeyFeb 9, 2021, 6:47 PM

73 points

37 comments5 min readLW link

(www.bayesianinvestor.com)

Still Not in Charge

ZviFeb 9, 2021, 4:00 PM

46 points

24 comments8 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

We Need Browsers as Platforms

jefftkFeb 9, 2021, 3:40 PM

15 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Epistemology of HCH

adamShimiFeb 9, 2021, 11:46 AM

17 points

2 comments10 min readLW link

How would free prediction markets have altered the pandemic?

mike_hawkeFeb 9, 2021, 10:55 AM

10 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Against butterfly effect

ForensicOceanographyFeb 9, 2021, 7:46 AM

5 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

(forensicoceanography.wordpress.com)

Evolution from distinction difference

KatjaGraceFeb 9, 2021, 5:20 AM

9 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Promoting Prediction Markets With Meaningless Internet-Point Badges

1a3ornFeb 8, 2021, 7:03 PM

59 points

21 comments2 min readLW link

Micromorts vs. Life Expectancy

Young BuckFeb 8, 2021, 7:03 PM

5 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What metrics should I track when experimenting with sleep?

CheerfulWarriorFeb 8, 2021, 5:22 PM

10 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

Were the Great Tragedies of History “Mere Ripples”?

philosophytorresFeb 8, 2021, 3:35 PM

−24 points

16 comments1 min readLW link

The distinction distance

KatjaGraceFeb 8, 2021, 7:40 AM

24 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Quadratic, not logarithmic

Valentin2026Feb 8, 2021, 3:42 AM

84 points

23 comments1 min readLW link

Singularity&phase transition-2. A priori probability and ways to check.

Valentin2026Feb 8, 2021, 2:21 AM

1 point

0 comments3 min readLW link

Metric selection bias: why Moore’s law is less important than you think

Aaron BergmanFeb 8, 2021, 12:21 AM

18 points

10 comments6 min readLW link

(aaronbergman.substack.com)

Killing the ants

Joe CarlsmithFeb 7, 2021, 11:17 PM

76 points

27 comments8 min readLW link 1 review

Making Expertise Legible: Being right should make you respected, not the other way around

ejacobFeb 7, 2021, 11:15 PM

6 points

11 comments3 min readLW link

(eidan.substack.com)

Timeline of AI safety

riceissaFeb 7, 2021, 10:29 PM

73 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

(timelines.issarice.com)

History of the Public Suffix List

jefftkFeb 7, 2021, 10:20 PM

11 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Book review: Sleight of Mind (Matt Cook)

Bob BakerFeb 7, 2021, 9:44 PM

4 points

10 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] How do you optimize productivity with respect to your menstrual cycle?

just_browsingFeb 7, 2021, 9:39 PM

97 points

24 comments1 min readLW link

Why I Am Not in Charge

ZviFeb 7, 2021, 6:20 PM

145 points

23 comments25 min readLW link 1 review

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

#unclogtheFDA: a twitter storm to approve vaccines

Tim LiptrotFeb 7, 2021, 2:39 PM

45 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

Short, Extreme, Forgotten Torture vs Death

burritoFeb 7, 2021, 9:31 AM

2 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Democracy, Bureaucracy, Central Banking

Martin SustrikFeb 7, 2021, 8:54 AM

19 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

Massive consequences

KatjaGraceFeb 7, 2021, 5:30 AM

23 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Bring Back Free-Flow Valves

jefftkFeb 7, 2021, 3:50 AM

12 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

O2 Curve Review: Well Worth the Money

eapacheFeb 6, 2021, 10:35 PM

14 points

4 comments5 min readLW link

What it means to be lucky

Amir BolousFeb 6, 2021, 5:40 PM

7 points

6 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] How could natural language look like if it hadn’t evolved from speech?

newroscientistFeb 6, 2021, 4:31 PM

5 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

Fake Frameworks for Zen Meditation (Summary of Sekida’s Zen Training)

Gordon Seidoh WorleyFeb 6, 2021, 3:38 PM

54 points

11 comments10 min readLW link

Current cryonics impressions

KatjaGraceFeb 6, 2021, 10:00 AM

63 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Is the world becoming better?

invertedpassionFeb 6, 2021, 9:28 AM

34 points

7 comments5 min readLW link

Intuitions about utilities

mingyuanFeb 6, 2021, 12:12 AM

32 points

3 comments4 min readLW link

The Fear Experiments

Tim LyonsFeb 5, 2021, 10:57 PM

10 points

2 comments6 min readLW link

Learning Normativity: Language

BunthutFeb 5, 2021, 10:26 PM

14 points

4 comments8 min readLW link

Open & Welcome Thread – February 2021

mingyuanFeb 5, 2021, 9:38 PM

13 points

28 comments1 min readLW link

Three Stories about not Thinking too Hard

ejacobFeb 5, 2021, 7:51 PM

25 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

(eidan.substack.com)

Evolutions Building Evolutions: Layers of Generate and Test

plexFeb 5, 2021, 6:21 PM

12 points

1 comment6 min readLW link

Notes on Frugality

David GrossFeb 5, 2021, 4:54 PM

15 points

3 comments12 min readLW link

[Link] Sarah Constantin on RaDVaC

OrbordeFeb 5, 2021, 4:08 PM

38 points

4 comments LW link

(twitter.com)

[Question] What does flow feel like for “mental activities”?

HazardFeb 5, 2021, 2:33 PM

9 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Creating AGI Safety Interlocks

Koen.HoltmanFeb 5, 2021, 12:01 PM

7 points

4 comments8 min readLW link

Meetup: Daniel Kokotaljo on Commitment Races (Sunday Feb 7th, 12pm PT)

RaemonFeb 5, 2021, 9:34 AM

17 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Any layperson-accessible reference posts on how to operationalize beliefs ?

Optimization ProcessFeb 5, 2021, 7:26 AM

18 points

0 comments1 min readLW link