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The Fear Experiments

Tim LyonsFeb 5, 2021, 10:57 PM
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Learn­ing Nor­ma­tivity: Language

BunthutFeb 5, 2021, 10:26 PM
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Open & Wel­come Thread – Fe­bru­ary 2021

mingyuanFeb 5, 2021, 9:38 PM
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Three Sto­ries about not Think­ing too Hard

ejacobFeb 5, 2021, 7:51 PM
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Evolu­tions Build­ing Evolu­tions: Lay­ers of Gen­er­ate and Test

plexFeb 5, 2021, 6:21 PM
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Notes on Frugality

David GrossFeb 5, 2021, 4:54 PM
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[Link] Sarah Con­stantin on RaDVaC

OrbordeFeb 5, 2021, 4:08 PM
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[Question] What does flow feel like for “men­tal ac­tivi­ties”?

HazardFeb 5, 2021, 2:33 PM
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Creat­ing AGI Safety Interlocks

Koen.HoltmanFeb 5, 2021, 12:01 PM
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Meetup: Daniel Koko­taljo on Com­mit­ment Races (Sun­day Feb 7th, 12pm PT)

RaemonFeb 5, 2021, 9:34 AM
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[Question] Any layper­son-ac­cessible refer­ence posts on how to op­er­a­tional­ize be­liefs ?

Optimization ProcessFeb 5, 2021, 7:26 AM
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Ways of be­ing with you

KatjaGraceFeb 5, 2021, 7:00 AM
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The Story of the Reichstag

Martin SustrikFeb 5, 2021, 5:51 AM
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Net­work­ing and Ex­pert Con­sult­ing As Ra­tion­al­ity Bottlenecks

DirectedEvolutionFeb 5, 2021, 5:41 AM
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Look­ing at RSS User-Agents

jefftkFeb 5, 2021, 2:10 AM
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[Question] Why are clini­cal tri­als so ex­pen­sive?

ChristianKlFeb 5, 2021, 12:10 AM
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Jan­uary 2021 gw­ern.net newsletter

gwernFeb 4, 2021, 8:12 PM
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Covid 2/​4: Safe and Effec­tive Vac­cines Aplenty

ZviFeb 4, 2021, 2:50 PM
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[Question] Early ca­reer choices to max­imise learn­ing?

EvzenFeb 4, 2021, 1:37 PM
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OpenAI: “Scal­ing Laws for Trans­fer”, Her­nan­dez et al.

Lukas FinnvedenFeb 4, 2021, 12:49 PM
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[Question] A silly question

LeafcraftFeb 4, 2021, 10:22 AM
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A Gen­tle In­tro­duc­tion on How to Use Anki to Im­prove Your Memory

simbyoticFeb 4, 2021, 9:59 AM
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In­tro­duc­tion to Heel-Toe Drumming

jefftkFeb 4, 2021, 2:00 AM
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Mak­ing Vaccine

johnswentworthFeb 3, 2021, 8:24 PM
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[AN #136]: How well will GPT-N perform on down­stream tasks?

Rohin ShahFeb 3, 2021, 6:10 PM
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Speak­ing of the effi­ciency of utopia

KatjaGraceFeb 3, 2021, 5:10 PM
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Late-talk­ing kids and “Ein­stein syn­drome”

Steven ByrnesFeb 3, 2021, 3:16 PM
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Coun­ter­fac­tual Plan­ning in AGI Systems

Koen.HoltmanFeb 3, 2021, 1:54 PM
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[Question] Does any­one else some­times “run out of gas” when try­ing to think?

Sunny from QADFeb 3, 2021, 12:57 PM
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Dist­in­guish­ing claims about train­ing vs deployment

Richard_NgoFeb 3, 2021, 11:30 AM
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A Cri­tique of Non-Obstruction

Joe CollmanFeb 3, 2021, 8:45 AM
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Covid cafes

KatjaGraceFeb 3, 2021, 8:20 AM
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Browser Au­dio Latency

jefftkFeb 3, 2021, 2:40 AM
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Reflec­tions on the cry­on­ics sequence

mingyuanFeb 3, 2021, 1:17 AM
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[Question] Has there been any work done on the ethics of chang­ing peo­ple’s minds?

mcorvinFeb 3, 2021, 1:03 AM
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Bayesian in­fer­ence on 1st or­der logic

Daniel AbolafiaFeb 3, 2021, 1:03 AM
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#6: Op­tional ad­di­tional steps

mingyuanFeb 2, 2021, 11:57 PM
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#5: Mak­ing your cry­on­ics ar­range­ments official

mingyuanFeb 2, 2021, 11:54 PM
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[Question] Is the in­fluence of money per­va­sive, even on LessWrong?

shanenFeb 2, 2021, 8:22 PM
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The World is Full of Wasted Motion

Neel NandaFeb 2, 2021, 7:02 PM
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[Question] Has any­body used quan­tifi­ca­tion over util­ity func­tions to define “how good a model is”?

Eigil RischelFeb 2, 2021, 3:14 PM
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Elephant seal 2

KatjaGraceFeb 2, 2021, 9:40 AM
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Vac­ci­nated Socializing

jefftkFeb 2, 2021, 3:20 AM
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Deep­mind has made a gen­eral in­duc­tor (“Mak­ing sense of sen­sory in­put”)

mako yassFeb 2, 2021, 2:54 AM
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[Question] Lean Startup Read­ing Com­pre­hen­sion Quiz

RaemonFeb 2, 2021, 1:03 AM
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Links for Jan­uary 2021

ikeFeb 1, 2021, 11:54 PM
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Fore­cast­ing Newslet­ter: Jan­uary 2021

NunoSempereFeb 1, 2021, 11:07 PM
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Pri­soner’s Dilem­mas : Altru­ism :: Bat­tles of the Sexes : Convention

michaelcohenFeb 1, 2021, 10:39 AM
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Feed­back for learning

KatjaGraceFeb 1, 2021, 9:40 AM
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Believ­ing in things you can­not see

Joe CarlsmithFeb 1, 2021, 7:26 AM
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