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How poor is US vaccine response by comparison to other countries?
aphyer
Feb 17, 2021, 2:57 AM
24
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Scott and Rohin doublecrux on AI with human models
Raemon
Feb 20, 2021, 7:33 AM
24
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The distinction distance
KatjaGrace
Feb 8, 2021, 7:40 AM
24
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
Covid cafes
KatjaGrace
Feb 3, 2021, 8:20 AM
24
points
9
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
Triumph & Hope: How Far Humanity Has Come
Ruby
Feb 21, 2021, 6:07 PM
23
points
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(jesswhittlestone.com)
Above the Narrative
Jacob Falkovich
Feb 25, 2021, 4:37 AM
23
points
12
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Massive consequences
KatjaGrace
Feb 7, 2021, 5:30 AM
23
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
[Question]
Are we prepared for Solar Storms?
Alexander Gietelink Oldenziel
Feb 17, 2021, 3:38 PM
23
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Why are clinical trials so expensive?
ChristianKl
Feb 5, 2021, 12:10 AM
23
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Remarks on morality, shuddering, judging, friendship and the law
KatjaGrace
Feb 21, 2021, 8:10 AM
22
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
The Median is Less than the Average
lsusr
Feb 15, 2021, 2:28 AM
22
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Disentangling Corrigibility: 2015-2021
Koen.Holtman
Feb 16, 2021, 6:01 PM
22
points
20
comments
9
min read
LW
link
The Inner Workings of Resourcefulness
Nora_Ammann
Feb 25, 2021, 9:15 AM
22
points
3
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Utilitarian doppelgangers vs. making everything smell like bananas
Rob Bensinger
Feb 20, 2021, 11:57 PM
22
points
11
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Lean Startup Reading Comprehension Quiz
Raemon
Feb 2, 2021, 1:03 AM
22
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Semaglutide is cool, but no one wants to talk about b. animalis ssp. lactis?
CraigMichael
Feb 15, 2021, 9:50 AM
21
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is MIRI actually hiring and does Buck Shlegeris still work for you?
seed
Feb 13, 2021, 10:26 AM
21
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Tsuyoku Naritai
Ruby
Feb 25, 2021, 5:40 AM
21
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
What is the VIX?
Annapurna
Feb 26, 2021, 1:05 AM
21
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Reasonable ways for an average LW retail investor to get upside risk?
Randomized, Controlled
Feb 16, 2021, 7:44 PM
21
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Forecasting Newsletter: January 2021
NunoSempere
Feb 1, 2021, 11:07 PM
21
points
2
comments
7
min read
LW
link
[AN #136]: How well will GPT-N perform on downstream tasks?
Rohin Shah
Feb 3, 2021, 6:10 PM
21
points
2
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Cartesian frames as generalised models
Stuart_Armstrong
Feb 16, 2021, 4:09 PM
20
points
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Believing in things you cannot see
Joe Carlsmith
Feb 1, 2021, 7:26 AM
20
points
0
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Bootstrapped Alignment
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Feb 27, 2021, 3:46 PM
20
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Feedback for learning
KatjaGrace
Feb 1, 2021, 9:40 AM
20
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
Coffee trucks: a brilliant idea that someone should do?
KatjaGrace
Feb 20, 2021, 7:50 AM
20
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
Democracy, Bureaucracy, Central Banking
Martin Sustrik
Feb 7, 2021, 8:54 AM
19
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A Gentle Introduction on How to Use Anki to Improve Your Memory
simbyotic
Feb 4, 2021, 9:59 AM
19
points
2
comments
14
min read
LW
link
Notes on Henrich’s “The WEIRDest People in the World” (2020)
MichaelA
Feb 14, 2021, 8:40 AM
19
points
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Experientialist Theories of Well-Being
andzuck
Feb 19, 2021, 10:04 PM
18
points
1
comment
11
min read
LW
link
On the Nature of Reputation
Martin Sustrik
Feb 20, 2021, 12:50 PM
18
points
3
comments
9
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Any layperson-accessible reference posts on how to operationalize beliefs ?
Optimization Process
Feb 5, 2021, 7:26 AM
18
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How Should We Respond to Cade Metz?
DirectedEvolution
Feb 13, 2021, 4:11 PM
18
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
January 2021 gwern.net newsletter
gwern
Feb 4, 2021, 8:12 PM
18
points
0
comments
LW
link
(www.gwern.net)
Metric selection bias: why Moore’s law is less important than you think
Aaron Bergman
Feb 8, 2021, 12:21 AM
18
points
10
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(aaronbergman.substack.com)
[Question]
“New EA cause area: voting”; or, “what’s wrong with this calculation?”
Optimization Process
Feb 26, 2021, 4:50 PM
18
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Neck abacus
KatjaGrace
Feb 18, 2021, 7:40 AM
18
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
[AN #137]: Quantifying the benefits of pretraining on downstream task performance
Rohin Shah
Feb 10, 2021, 6:10 PM
18
points
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Heliocentrism in the ancient era
ForensicOceanography
Feb 16, 2021, 8:34 AM
17
points
6
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(forensicoceanography.wordpress.com)
Overcoming Helplessness
Neel Nanda
Feb 22, 2021, 3:03 PM
17
points
1
comment
10
min read
LW
link
(neelnanda.io)
Epistemology of HCH
adamShimi
Feb 9, 2021, 11:46 AM
17
points
2
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Meetup: Daniel Kokotaljo on Commitment Races (Sunday Feb 7th, 12pm PT)
Raemon
Feb 5, 2021, 9:34 AM
17
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Training sweetness
KatjaGrace
Feb 17, 2021, 7:00 AM
16
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)
Bedtime reminiscences
Kaj_Sotala
Feb 19, 2021, 11:50 AM
16
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(kajsotala.fi)
Notes on Amiability
David Gross
Feb 15, 2021, 7:34 PM
16
points
9
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Notes on Frugality
David Gross
Feb 5, 2021, 4:54 PM
15
points
3
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
Kaj_Sotala
Feb 20, 2021, 1:54 PM
15
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
(iep.utm.edu)
Shortcuts With Chained Probabilities
jefftk
Feb 18, 2021, 2:00 AM
15
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
We Need Browsers as Platforms
jefftk
Feb 9, 2021, 3:40 PM
15
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
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