“In­fra-Bayesi­anism with Vanessa Kosoy” – Watch/​Dis­cuss Party

Ben PaceMar 22, 2021, 11:44 PM
27 points
45 comments1 min readLW link

Canada Covid Up­date: think­ing out loud

MalcolmOceanMar 22, 2021, 9:39 PM
35 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Thirty-three ran­domly se­lected bioethics papers

Rob BensingerMar 22, 2021, 9:38 PM
115 points
46 comments50 min readLW link

My re­search methodology

paulfchristianoMar 22, 2021, 9:20 PM
159 points
38 comments16 min readLW link1 review
(ai-alignment.com)

A Ret­ro­spec­tive Look at the Guild of Ser­vants: Alpha Phase

moridinamaelMar 22, 2021, 8:34 PM
76 points
8 comments11 min readLW link

On fu­ture peo­ple, look­ing back at 21st cen­tury longtermism

Joe CarlsmithMar 22, 2021, 8:23 AM
40 points
3 comments12 min readLW link

Gen­er­al­iz­ing POWER to multi-agent games

Mar 22, 2021, 2:41 AM
52 points
16 comments7 min readLW link

Mov­ing Data Around is Slow

SatvikBeriMar 22, 2021, 2:36 AM
35 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

Burmese Days, Mar 22; Rules of the Game and Prefer­ence Falsifi­ca­tion in the Army

Tim LiptrotMar 22, 2021, 12:12 AM
17 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Six-Door Cars

jefftkMar 21, 2021, 7:30 PM
20 points
8 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

De­mand offsetting

paulfchristianoMar 21, 2021, 6:20 PM
133 points
41 comments5 min readLW link
(sideways-view.com)

A parable of brightspots and blindspots

RemmeltMar 21, 2021, 6:18 PM
4 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

[event] Cry­on­ics icebreaker

Mati_RoyMar 21, 2021, 5:44 PM
16 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Pro­cess Orientation

lincolnquirkMar 21, 2021, 3:21 PM
31 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

Gossip

Yoav RavidMar 21, 2021, 1:36 PM
12 points
7 comments11 min readLW link

[Book Re­view] Destiny Disrupted

lsusrMar 21, 2021, 7:09 AM
58 points
4 comments9 min readLW link

A dash­board for progress

jasoncrawfordMar 21, 2021, 3:51 AM
24 points
9 comments2 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

“Med­i­ta­tion for skep­tics” – a re­view of two books, and some thoughts

SherrinfordMar 20, 2021, 11:35 PM
16 points
4 comments12 min readLW link

Con­spicu­ous saving

Matthew BarnettMar 20, 2021, 8:59 PM
50 points
42 comments2 min readLW link
(matthewbarnett.substack.com)

Trust sta­tus sigmoidally

DirectedEvolutionMar 20, 2021, 7:50 PM
15 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Un­nec­es­sary Bore­dom Bias

MathiscoMar 20, 2021, 7:29 PM
8 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

On LessWrong/​Ra­tion­al­ity and Poli­ti­cal Debates

sophia_xuMar 20, 2021, 6:26 PM
22 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

Vows & Declaration

RubyMar 20, 2021, 5:21 PM
24 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Open, Free, Safe: Choose Two

jaspaxMar 20, 2021, 4:42 PM
108 points
17 comments5 min readLW link

Fish­e­rian Ru­n­away as a de­ci­sion-the­o­retic problem

BunthutMar 20, 2021, 4:34 PM
11 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What are the best re­sources to point peo­ple who are skep­ti­cal of get­ting vac­ci­nated for COVID-19 to?

ChristianKlMar 20, 2021, 11:18 AM
13 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Jean Mon­net: The Guerilla Bureaucrat

Martin SustrikMar 20, 2021, 10:37 AM
177 points
25 comments18 min readLW link1 review

[Question] Is Jan­uary AI a real thing?

EricfMar 20, 2021, 12:10 AM
9 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Bab­ble Challenge: 50 Ways to Over­come Im­pos­tor Syndrome

Tim LiptrotMar 19, 2021, 6:21 PM
15 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Feel­ings of Ad­mira­tion, Ruby ⇔ Miranda

RubyMar 19, 2021, 4:12 PM
26 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Some blindspots in ra­tio­nal­ity and effec­tive altruism

RemmeltMar 19, 2021, 11:40 AM
37 points
44 comments14 min readLW link

Ads are ev­ery­where, and it’s not okay

damiensnyderMar 19, 2021, 5:43 AM
6 points
11 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Ask­ing ques­tions to fulfill expectations

erkenbrandMar 19, 2021, 2:27 AM
3 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

“You and Your Re­search” – Ham­ming Watch/​Dis­cuss Party

Ben PaceMar 19, 2021, 12:16 AM
45 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Vot­ing-like mechanisms which ad­dress size of prefer­ences?

abramdemskiMar 18, 2021, 11:23 PM
36 points
29 comments8 min readLW link

Chaos In­duces Abstractions

johnswentworthMar 18, 2021, 8:08 PM
100 points
13 comments7 min readLW link

The EMH is False—Spe­cific Strong Evidence

sapphireMar 18, 2021, 6:38 PM
62 points
83 comments6 min readLW link

Why sig­moids are so hard to predict

Stuart_ArmstrongMar 18, 2021, 6:21 PM
56 points
7 comments5 min readLW link

Book Club: Soft­ware De­sign for Flexibility

stuhlmuellerMar 18, 2021, 3:42 PM
43 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Acetyl­choline = Learn­ing rate (aka plas­tic­ity)

Steven ByrnesMar 18, 2021, 1:57 PM
38 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

Is RL in­volved in sen­sory pro­cess­ing?

Steven ByrnesMar 18, 2021, 1:57 PM
21 points
21 comments5 min readLW link

Learn and prac­tice us­ing the Cir­cle of Com­pe­tence with exercises

icompetetowinMar 18, 2021, 1:56 PM
1 point
4 commentsLW link
(newsletter.decisionschool.org)

Covid 3/​18: An Ex­pected Quan­tity of Blood Clots

ZviMar 18, 2021, 1:50 PM
74 points
25 comments15 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Spirits vs Terms as Ar­bi­tra­tion Norms

raiMar 18, 2021, 5:07 AM
20 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What are fun lit­tle puz­zles /​ games /​ ex­er­cises to learn in­ter­est­ing con­cepts?

Mati_RoyMar 18, 2021, 3:26 AM
18 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

The best things are of­ten free or cheap

Adam ZernerMar 18, 2021, 2:57 AM
25 points
15 comments3 min readLW link

Product orientation

DirectedEvolutionMar 18, 2021, 12:41 AM
14 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

The Age of Imag­i­na­tive Machines

Yuli_BanMar 18, 2021, 12:35 AM
10 points
1 comment11 min readLW link

“Ob­jec­tive vs So­cial Real­ity” vs “Si­mu­lacra 1/​3″

RaemonMar 17, 2021, 10:15 PM
27 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

As­traZeneca vac­cine shows no pro­tec­tion against Covid-19 var­i­ant from Africa

Gytis DaujotasMar 17, 2021, 6:45 PM
13 points
1 comment1 min readLW link