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The Price Of Space Is Friendship
sxae
Mar 24, 2021, 11:27 AM
13
points
19
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Toy model of preference, bias, and extra information
Stuart_Armstrong
Mar 24, 2021, 10:14 AM
9
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Selling Attention for Money
MikkW
Mar 24, 2021, 6:24 AM
24
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Another RadVac Testing Update
johnswentworth
Mar 23, 2021, 5:29 PM
140
points
19
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Mary and the Black And White Memory Implant
sxae
Mar 23, 2021, 4:48 PM
−2
points
24
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Preferences and biases, the information argument
Stuart_Armstrong
Mar 23, 2021, 12:44 PM
14
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Against evolution as an analogy for how humans will create AGI
Steven Byrnes
Mar 23, 2021, 12:29 PM
65
points
25
comments
25
min read
LW
link
“Infra-Bayesianism with Vanessa Kosoy” – Watch/Discuss Party
Ben Pace
Mar 22, 2021, 11:44 PM
27
points
45
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Canada Covid Update: thinking out loud
MalcolmOcean
Mar 22, 2021, 9:39 PM
35
points
6
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Thirty-three randomly selected bioethics papers
Rob Bensinger
Mar 22, 2021, 9:38 PM
115
points
46
comments
50
min read
LW
link
My research methodology
paulfchristiano
Mar 22, 2021, 9:20 PM
159
points
38
comments
16
min read
LW
link
1
review
(ai-alignment.com)
A Retrospective Look at the Guild of Servants: Alpha Phase
moridinamael
Mar 22, 2021, 8:34 PM
76
points
8
comments
11
min read
LW
link
On future people, looking back at 21st century longtermism
Joe Carlsmith
Mar 22, 2021, 8:23 AM
40
points
3
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Generalizing POWER to multi-agent games
midco
and
TurnTrout
Mar 22, 2021, 2:41 AM
52
points
16
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Moving Data Around is Slow
SatvikBeri
Mar 22, 2021, 2:36 AM
35
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Burmese Days, Mar 22; Rules of the Game and Preference Falsification in the Army
Tim Liptrot
Mar 22, 2021, 12:12 AM
17
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Six-Door Cars
jefftk
Mar 21, 2021, 7:30 PM
20
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Demand offsetting
paulfchristiano
Mar 21, 2021, 6:20 PM
133
points
41
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(sideways-view.com)
A parable of brightspots and blindspots
Remmelt
Mar 21, 2021, 6:18 PM
4
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[event] Cryonics icebreaker
Mati_Roy
Mar 21, 2021, 5:44 PM
16
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Process Orientation
lincolnquirk
Mar 21, 2021, 3:21 PM
31
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Gossip
Yoav Ravid
Mar 21, 2021, 1:36 PM
12
points
7
comments
11
min read
LW
link
[Book Review] Destiny Disrupted
lsusr
Mar 21, 2021, 7:09 AM
58
points
4
comments
9
min read
LW
link
A dashboard for progress
jasoncrawford
Mar 21, 2021, 3:51 AM
26
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
“Meditation for skeptics” – a review of two books, and some thoughts
Sherrinford
Mar 20, 2021, 11:35 PM
16
points
4
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Conspicuous saving
Matthew Barnett
Mar 20, 2021, 8:59 PM
50
points
42
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(matthewbarnett.substack.com)
Trust status sigmoidally
DirectedEvolution
Mar 20, 2021, 7:50 PM
15
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Unnecessary Boredom Bias
Mathisco
Mar 20, 2021, 7:29 PM
8
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
On LessWrong/Rationality and Political Debates
sophia_xu
Mar 20, 2021, 6:26 PM
22
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Vows & Declaration
Ruby
Mar 20, 2021, 5:21 PM
24
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open, Free, Safe: Choose Two
jaspax
Mar 20, 2021, 4:42 PM
108
points
17
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Fisherian Runaway as a decision-theoretic problem
Bunthut
Mar 20, 2021, 4:34 PM
11
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are the best resources to point people who are skeptical of getting vaccinated for COVID-19 to?
ChristianKl
Mar 20, 2021, 11:18 AM
13
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Jean Monnet: The Guerilla Bureaucrat
Martin Sustrik
Mar 20, 2021, 10:37 AM
177
points
25
comments
18
min read
LW
link
1
review
[Question]
Is January AI a real thing?
Ericf
Mar 20, 2021, 12:10 AM
9
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Babble Challenge: 50 Ways to Overcome Impostor Syndrome
Tim Liptrot
Mar 19, 2021, 6:21 PM
15
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Feelings of Admiration, Ruby ⇔ Miranda
Ruby
Mar 19, 2021, 4:12 PM
26
points
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Some blindspots in rationality and effective altruism
Remmelt
Mar 19, 2021, 11:40 AM
37
points
44
comments
14
min read
LW
link
Ads are everywhere, and it’s not okay
damiensnyder
Mar 19, 2021, 5:43 AM
6
points
11
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Asking questions to fulfill expectations
erkenbrand
Mar 19, 2021, 2:27 AM
3
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“You and Your Research” – Hamming Watch/Discuss Party
Ben Pace
Mar 19, 2021, 12:16 AM
45
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Voting-like mechanisms which address size of preferences?
abramdemski
Mar 18, 2021, 11:23 PM
36
points
29
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Chaos Induces Abstractions
johnswentworth
Mar 18, 2021, 8:08 PM
100
points
13
comments
7
min read
LW
link
The EMH is False—Specific Strong Evidence
sapphire
Mar 18, 2021, 6:38 PM
62
points
83
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Why sigmoids are so hard to predict
Stuart_Armstrong
Mar 18, 2021, 6:21 PM
56
points
7
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Book Club: Software Design for Flexibility
stuhlmueller
Mar 18, 2021, 3:42 PM
43
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Acetylcholine = Learning rate (aka plasticity)
Steven Byrnes
Mar 18, 2021, 1:57 PM
38
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Is RL involved in sensory processing?
Steven Byrnes
Mar 18, 2021, 1:57 PM
21
points
21
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Learn and practice using the Circle of Competence with exercises
icompetetowin
Mar 18, 2021, 1:56 PM
1
point
4
comments
LW
link
(newsletter.decisionschool.org)
Covid 3/18: An Expected Quantity of Blood Clots
Zvi
Mar 18, 2021, 1:50 PM
74
points
25
comments
15
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
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