How poor is US vac­cine re­sponse by com­par­i­son to other coun­tries?

aphyerFeb 17, 2021, 2:57 AM
24 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Scott and Ro­hin dou­ble­crux on AI with hu­man models

RaemonFeb 20, 2021, 7:33 AM
24 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

The dis­tinc­tion distance

KatjaGraceFeb 8, 2021, 7:40 AM
24 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Covid cafes

KatjaGraceFeb 3, 2021, 8:20 AM
24 points
9 comments3 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Triumph & Hope: How Far Hu­man­ity Has Come

RubyFeb 21, 2021, 6:07 PM
23 points
0 comments5 min readLW link
(jesswhittlestone.com)

Above the Narrative

Jacob FalkovichFeb 25, 2021, 4:37 AM
23 points
12 comments7 min readLW link

Mas­sive consequences

KatjaGraceFeb 7, 2021, 5:30 AM
23 points
15 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

[Question] Are we pre­pared for So­lar Storms?

Alexander Gietelink OldenzielFeb 17, 2021, 3:38 PM
23 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why are clini­cal tri­als so ex­pen­sive?

ChristianKlFeb 5, 2021, 12:10 AM
23 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Re­marks on moral­ity, shud­der­ing, judg­ing, friend­ship and the law

KatjaGraceFeb 21, 2021, 8:10 AM
22 points
1 comment4 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

The Me­dian is Less than the Average

lsusrFeb 15, 2021, 2:28 AM
22 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Disen­tan­gling Cor­rigi­bil­ity: 2015-2021

Koen.HoltmanFeb 16, 2021, 6:01 PM
22 points
20 comments9 min readLW link

The In­ner Work­ings of Resourcefulness

Nora_AmmannFeb 25, 2021, 9:15 AM
22 points
3 comments8 min readLW link

Utili­tar­ian dop­pel­gangers vs. mak­ing ev­ery­thing smell like bananas

Rob BensingerFeb 20, 2021, 11:57 PM
22 points
11 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Lean Startup Read­ing Com­pre­hen­sion Quiz

RaemonFeb 2, 2021, 1:03 AM
22 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Semaglu­tide is cool, but no one wants to talk about b. an­i­malis ssp. lac­tis?

CraigMichaelFeb 15, 2021, 9:50 AM
21 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Is MIRI ac­tu­ally hiring and does Buck Sh­legeris still work for you?

seedFeb 13, 2021, 10:26 AM
21 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Tsuyoku Naritai

RubyFeb 25, 2021, 5:40 AM
21 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

What is the VIX?

AnnapurnaFeb 26, 2021, 1:05 AM
21 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Rea­son­able ways for an av­er­age LW re­tail in­vestor to get up­side risk?

Randomized, ControlledFeb 16, 2021, 7:44 PM
21 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

Fore­cast­ing Newslet­ter: Jan­uary 2021

NunoSempereFeb 1, 2021, 11:07 PM
21 points
2 comments7 min readLW link

[AN #136]: How well will GPT-N perform on down­stream tasks?

Rohin ShahFeb 3, 2021, 6:10 PM
21 points
2 comments9 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Carte­sian frames as gen­er­al­ised models

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 16, 2021, 4:09 PM
20 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Believ­ing in things you can­not see

Joe CarlsmithFeb 1, 2021, 7:26 AM
20 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

Boot­strapped Alignment

Gordon Seidoh WorleyFeb 27, 2021, 3:46 PM
20 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

Feed­back for learning

KatjaGraceFeb 1, 2021, 9:40 AM
20 points
3 comments2 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Coffee trucks: a brilli­ant idea that some­one should do?

KatjaGraceFeb 20, 2021, 7:50 AM
20 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Democ­racy, Bureau­cracy, Cen­tral Banking

Martin SustrikFeb 7, 2021, 8:54 AM
19 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

A Gen­tle In­tro­duc­tion on How to Use Anki to Im­prove Your Memory

simbyoticFeb 4, 2021, 9:59 AM
19 points
2 comments14 min readLW link

Notes on Hen­rich’s “The WEIRDest Peo­ple in the World” (2020)

MichaelAFeb 14, 2021, 8:40 AM
19 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

Ex­pe­ri­en­tial­ist The­o­ries of Well-Being

andzuckFeb 19, 2021, 10:04 PM
18 points
1 comment11 min readLW link

On the Na­ture of Reputation

Martin SustrikFeb 20, 2021, 12:50 PM
18 points
3 comments9 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

How Should We Re­spond to Cade Metz?

DirectedEvolutionFeb 13, 2021, 4:11 PM
18 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Jan­uary 2021 gw­ern.net newsletter

gwernFeb 4, 2021, 8:12 PM
18 points
0 commentsLW link
(www.gwern.net)

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)

[Question] “New EA cause area: vot­ing”; or, “what’s wrong with this calcu­la­tion?”

Optimization ProcessFeb 26, 2021, 4:50 PM
18 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Neck abacus

KatjaGraceFeb 18, 2021, 7:40 AM
18 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

[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)

He­lio­cen­trism in the an­cient era

ForensicOceanographyFeb 16, 2021, 8:34 AM
17 points
6 comments6 min readLW link
(forensicoceanography.wordpress.com)

Over­com­ing Helplessness

Neel NandaFeb 22, 2021, 3:03 PM
17 points
1 comment10 min readLW link
(neelnanda.io)

Episte­mol­ogy of HCH

adamShimiFeb 9, 2021, 11:46 AM
17 points
2 comments10 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

Train­ing sweetness

KatjaGraceFeb 17, 2021, 7:00 AM
16 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Bed­time reminiscences

Kaj_SotalaFeb 19, 2021, 11:50 AM
16 points
5 comments2 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

Notes on Amiability

David GrossFeb 15, 2021, 7:34 PM
16 points
9 comments6 min readLW link

Notes on Frugality

David GrossFeb 5, 2021, 4:54 PM
15 points
3 comments12 min readLW link

In­ter­net En­cy­clo­pe­dia of Philos­o­phy on Ethics of Ar­tifi­cial Intelligence

Kaj_SotalaFeb 20, 2021, 1:54 PM
15 points
1 comment4 min readLW link
(iep.utm.edu)

Short­cuts With Chained Probabilities

jefftkFeb 18, 2021, 2:00 AM
15 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

We Need Browsers as Platforms

jefftkFeb 9, 2021, 3:40 PM
15 points
8 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)