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Trapped Priors As A Basic Problem Of Rationality

Scott AlexanderMar 12, 2021, 8:02 PM

151 points

33 comments14 min readLW link 3 reviews

Covid 3/12: New CDC Guidelines Available

ZviMar 12, 2021, 5:20 PM

101 points

28 comments24 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

“Beliefs” vs. “Notions”

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Mar 12, 2021, 4:04 PM

12 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Rigorous political science?

abramdemskiMar 12, 2021, 3:30 PM

23 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

How can we stop talking past each other when it comes to postrationality?

ChristianKlMar 12, 2021, 3:15 PM

−21 points

19 comments2 min readLW link

Can a Vegan Diet Be Healthy? A Literature Review

Erich_GrunewaldMar 12, 2021, 12:47 PM

27 points

0 comments11 min readLW link

(www.erichgrunewald.com)

How I come up with ideas

lsusrMar 12, 2021, 9:01 AM

38 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Where does the phrase “central example” come from?

Alex_AltairMar 12, 2021, 5:57 AM

6 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Kelly Betting Discussion

RaemonMar 12, 2021, 12:10 AM

20 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Impact of delaying vaccinations on the total number of deaths

qbolecMar 11, 2021, 11:49 PM

5 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

I want to die in an infinite universe. How philosophy led me to the deepest heights of indifferent despair.

Szymon KucharskiMar 11, 2021, 11:16 PM

−1 points

2 comments20 min readLW link

[Question] What’s a good way to test basic machine learning code?

KennyMar 11, 2021, 9:27 PM

5 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

Learn and practice using Occam’s Razor with exercises

icompetetowinMar 11, 2021, 8:29 PM

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(newsletter.decisionschool.org)

Killing Moloch with “Nudge tech”?

nathanlippiMar 11, 2021, 8:28 PM

0 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Four Motivations for Learning Normativity

abramdemskiMar 11, 2021, 8:13 PM

42 points

7 comments5 min readLW link

Resolutions to the Challenge of Resolving Forecasts

DavidmanheimMar 11, 2021, 7:08 PM

58 points

13 comments6 min readLW link

Partnership

RubyMar 11, 2021, 5:17 PM

17 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

Community

RubyMar 11, 2021, 5:14 PM

20 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

[recurrent] Focusmate: cryonics and lifelogging

Mati_RoyMar 11, 2021, 4:28 PM

14 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Parameter vs Synapse?

Tomás B.Mar 11, 2021, 3:30 PM

19 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Behavioral Sufficient Statistics for Goal-Directedness

adamShimiMar 11, 2021, 3:01 PM

21 points

12 comments9 min readLW link

Animal faces

KatjaGraceMar 11, 2021, 8:50 AM

45 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Are dogs bad?

qbolecMar 11, 2021, 8:11 AM

18 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Tom Chivers, author of “The AI Does Not Hate You”, is running an AMA on the EA Forum

aarongertlerMar 11, 2021, 6:22 AM

14 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

TASP Ep 3 - Optimal Policies Tend to Seek Power

QuinnMar 11, 2021, 1:44 AM

24 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(technical-ai-safety.libsyn.com)

Responses and Testimonies on EA Growth

AppliedDivinityStudiesMar 10, 2021, 10:57 PM

67 points

3 comments15 min readLW link

Open Problems with Myopia

Mark Xu and evhub

Mar 10, 2021, 6:38 PM

66 points

16 comments8 min readLW link

[AN #141]: The case for practicing alignment work on GPT-3 and other large models

Rohin ShahMar 10, 2021, 6:30 PM

27 points

4 comments8 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

[Link] Whittlestone et al., The Societal Implications of Deep Reinforcement Learning

Aryeh EnglanderMar 10, 2021, 6:13 PM

11 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(jair.org)

Extended Picture Theory or Models inside Models inside Models

Chris_LeongMar 10, 2021, 1:24 PM

13 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What is the low hanging fruit of things we could be doing to improve society?

davidgasquezMar 10, 2021, 1:03 PM

5 points

41 comments1 min readLW link

Quarantine variety

KatjaGraceMar 10, 2021, 8:40 AM

12 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Even Inflationary Currencies Should Have Fixed Total Supply

MikkWMar 10, 2021, 5:41 AM

0 points

13 comments2 min readLW link

AXRP Episode 5 - Infra-Bayesianism with Vanessa Kosoy

DanielFilanMar 10, 2021, 4:30 AM

35 points

12 comments36 min readLW link

The Cost of a Sixth Seat

jefftkMar 10, 2021, 3:20 AM

16 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

A Primer on United States Treasuries

AnnapurnaMar 10, 2021, 3:08 AM

14 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

Deflationism isn’t the solution to philosophy’s woes

Rob BensingerMar 10, 2021, 12:20 AM

63 points

44 comments8 min readLW link

[Prediction] The Consequences of Radical Reform

lsusrMar 9, 2021, 11:05 PM

36 points

16 comments5 min readLW link

Defending the non-central fallacy

Matthew BarnettMar 9, 2021, 9:42 PM

140 points

38 comments6 min readLW link

De-confusing myself about Pascal’s Mugging and Newcomb’s Problem

DirectedEvolutionMar 9, 2021, 8:45 PM

7 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of Goal-Directedness

Mark XuMar 9, 2021, 8:17 PM

46 points

1 comment5 min readLW link

Why does Applied Divinity Studies think EA hasn’t grown since 2015?

KatjaGraceMar 9, 2021, 10:10 AM

51 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Will Martian G be enough to make healthy baseline babies?

Randomized, ControlledMar 9, 2021, 3:30 AM

4 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

CLR’s recent work on multi-agent systems

JesseCliftonMar 9, 2021, 2:28 AM

54 points

2 comments13 min readLW link

Why Hasn’t Effective Altruism Grown Since 2015?

AppliedDivinityStudiesMar 9, 2021, 1:43 AM

64 points

28 comments9 min readLW link

D&D.Sci III Evaluation and Ruleset

abstractapplicMar 8, 2021, 11:01 PM

16 points

4 comments3 min readLW link

Epistemological Framing for AI Alignment Research

adamShimiMar 8, 2021, 10:05 PM

58 points

7 comments9 min readLW link

What I’d change about different philosophy fields

Rob BensingerMar 8, 2021, 6:25 PM

56 points

52 comments4 min readLW link

[Lecture Club] Awakening from the Meaning Crisis

VaniverMar 8, 2021, 3:22 PM

72 points

207 comments2 min readLW link

If you’ve learned from the best, you’re doing it wrong

George3d6Mar 8, 2021, 1:14 PM

36 points

18 comments6 min readLW link

(cerebralab.com)

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