Some things I’ve learned in college

Aaron BergmanMar 25, 2021, 9:30 PM
22 points
1 comment7 min readLW link
(aaronbergman.substack.com)

Use your ra­tio­nal­ity or it’s useless

XxXMar 25, 2021, 9:23 PM
4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Money Buys Happiness

XxXMar 25, 2021, 9:02 PM
0 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Call to the tech­ni­cal sup­port of reality

bayesyatinaMar 25, 2021, 8:05 PM
8 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

The dan­ger of er­ror descriptions

gistyaMar 25, 2021, 8:05 PM
−1 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Austin Vir­tual Meetup 3/​27: Cal­ibra­tion prac­tice with Wits and Wagers

SilasBartaMar 25, 2021, 5:53 PM
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

On lan­guage mod­el­ing and fu­ture ab­stract rea­son­ing research

alexlyzhovMar 25, 2021, 5:43 PM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(docs.google.com)

[Question] Is a Self-Iter­at­ing AGI Vuln­er­a­ble to Thomp­son-style Tro­jans?

sxaeMar 25, 2021, 2:46 PM
15 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Covid 3/​25: Own Goals

ZviMar 25, 2021, 1:50 PM
80 points
17 comments19 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

My AGI Threat Model: Misal­igned Model-Based RL Agent

Steven ByrnesMar 25, 2021, 1:45 PM
74 points
40 comments16 min readLW link

The Strange Case of the Amar­illo Option

adaminoueMar 25, 2021, 6:16 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(inoue.substack.com)

The best fre­quently don’t rise to the top

Adam ZernerMar 25, 2021, 6:10 AM
34 points
37 comments4 min readLW link

Cu­ri­os­ity needs courage

Amir BolousMar 25, 2021, 3:38 AM
24 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

Why 1-box­ing doesn’t im­ply back­wards causation

Chris_LeongMar 25, 2021, 2:32 AM
7 points
14 comments4 min readLW link

Write a busi­ness plan already

bfinnMar 25, 2021, 12:13 AM
18 points
14 comments7 min readLW link

How You Can Gain Self Con­trol Without “Self-Con­trol”

spencergMar 24, 2021, 11:38 PM
109 points
41 comments23 min readLW link

Magic Shoes

onurMar 24, 2021, 9:14 PM
11 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Why is COVID re­in­fec­tion rate still so un­cer­tain.

glebMar 24, 2021, 9:12 PM
1 point
4 comments1 min readLW link

[AN #143]: How to make em­bed­ded agents that rea­son prob­a­bil­is­ti­cally about their environments

Rohin ShahMar 24, 2021, 5:20 PM
13 points
3 comments8 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

[Question] What does the re­ac­tion to NFTs tell us about how peo­ple eval­u­ate ecolog­i­cal dam­age?

sxaeMar 24, 2021, 4:01 PM
1 point
5 comments2 min readLW link

The Price Of Space Is Friendship

sxaeMar 24, 2021, 11:27 AM
13 points
19 comments3 min readLW link

Toy model of prefer­ence, bias, and ex­tra information

Stuart_ArmstrongMar 24, 2021, 10:14 AM
9 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Sel­ling At­ten­tion for Money

MikkWMar 24, 2021, 6:24 AM
24 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

Another RadVac Test­ing Update

johnswentworthMar 23, 2021, 5:29 PM
140 points
19 comments5 min readLW link

Mary and the Black And White Me­mory Implant

sxaeMar 23, 2021, 4:48 PM
−2 points
24 comments2 min readLW link

Prefer­ences and bi­ases, the in­for­ma­tion argument

Stuart_ArmstrongMar 23, 2021, 12:44 PM
14 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Against evolu­tion as an anal­ogy for how hu­mans will cre­ate AGI

Steven ByrnesMar 23, 2021, 12:29 PM
65 points
25 comments25 min readLW link

“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