[Question] Is there any­thing that can stop AGI de­vel­op­ment in the near term?

Wulky WilkinsenApr 22, 2021, 8:37 PM
5 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Prin­ci­plesYou—Seems to be a new per­son­al­ity as­sess­ment tool

jmhApr 22, 2021, 7:20 PM
2 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Have an idea for an in­ter­ac­tive learn­ing mod­ule? Con­sider ap­ply­ing for a Clear­erThink­ing.org micro grant!

spencergApr 22, 2021, 6:13 PM
21 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Two Designs

SatvikBeriApr 22, 2021, 4:32 PM
31 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Covid 4/​22: Cri­sis in India

ZviApr 22, 2021, 1:40 PM
100 points
25 comments12 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Löb’s the­o­rem sim­ply shows that Peano ar­ith­metic can­not prove its own soundness

Adrià Garriga-alonsoApr 22, 2021, 9:17 AM
5 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Faerie Ring: A Small Gather.Town Call

hamnoxApr 22, 2021, 6:02 AM
6 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

NTK/​GP Models of Neu­ral Nets Can’t Learn Features

intersticeApr 22, 2021, 3:01 AM
33 points
33 comments3 min readLW link

What books are for: a re­sponse to “Why books don’t work.”

Aaron BergmanApr 21, 2021, 11:18 PM
35 points
16 comments6 min readLW link
(aaronbergman.substack.com)

Faerie Rings

hamnoxApr 21, 2021, 9:47 PM
15 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

In Defence of Spock

Zac Hatfield-DoddsApr 21, 2021, 9:34 PM
37 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

A Crack­pot Physics: Time, Spe­cial Rel­a­tivity, and Why Bother?

ACrackedPotApr 21, 2021, 8:17 PM
−3 points
5 comments12 min readLW link

[AN #147]: An overview of the in­ter­pretabil­ity landscape

Rohin ShahApr 21, 2021, 5:10 PM
14 points
2 comments7 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Where are in­ten­tions to be found?

Alex FlintApr 21, 2021, 12:51 AM
44 points
12 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] Why don’t we vac­ci­nate peo­ple against smal­l­pox any more?

maximkazhenkovApr 21, 2021, 12:08 AM
14 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

What am I fight­ing for?

QuinnApr 20, 2021, 11:27 PM
12 points
1 comment13 min readLW link

Gra­da­tions of In­ner Align­ment Obstacles

abramdemskiApr 20, 2021, 10:18 PM
84 points
22 comments9 min readLW link

Thiel on se­crets and indefiniteness

Rob BensingerApr 20, 2021, 9:59 PM
60 points
7 comments9 min readLW link

Why “put down your phone and go out­side” is Bad Ad­vice.

madilynHexApr 20, 2021, 7:05 PM
12 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Hard vs Soft in fields as at­ti­tudes to­wards model collision

J BostockApr 20, 2021, 6:57 PM
13 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Young kids catch­ing COVID: how much to worry?

Steven ByrnesApr 20, 2021, 6:03 PM
55 points
22 comments6 min readLW link

SMBC about Eliezer

IrenicTruthApr 20, 2021, 5:28 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

A Crack­pot Physics: Issues

ACrackedPotApr 20, 2021, 5:07 PM
−1 points
2 comments6 min readLW link

Types of generalism

Nora_AmmannApr 20, 2021, 8:22 AM
24 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Does an app/​group for per­sonal fore­cast­ing ex­ist?

DirectedEvolutionApr 20, 2021, 5:04 AM
19 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[Let­ter] Ad­vice for High School #1

lsusrApr 20, 2021, 4:09 AM
93 points
28 comments4 min readLW link

Iter­ated Trust Kickstarters

RaemonApr 20, 2021, 3:18 AM
74 points
19 comments10 min readLW link

Quick ex­am­i­na­tion of miles per micro­mort for US drivers, with ad­just­ments for safety-in­creas­ing behavior

Josh JacobsonApr 19, 2021, 11:19 PM
44 points
15 comments1 min readLW link
(docs.google.com)

How can we in­crease the fre­quency of rare in­sights?

MichaelDickensApr 19, 2021, 10:54 PM
19 points
10 comments5 min readLW link

Wanted: Re­search As­sis­tant for The Roots of Progress

jasoncrawfordApr 19, 2021, 7:03 PM
31 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

You Can Now Embed Flash­card Quizzes in Your LessWrong posts!

spencergApr 19, 2021, 1:44 PM
58 points
25 comments4 min readLW link

D&D.Sci April 2021 Eval­u­a­tion and Ruleset

abstractapplicApr 19, 2021, 1:26 PM
48 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Pa­ram­e­ter count of ML sys­tems through time?

JsevillamolApr 19, 2021, 12:54 PM
31 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Prob­lems of evil

Joe CarlsmithApr 19, 2021, 8:06 AM
29 points
16 comments17 min readLW link

the fat baker principle

faint reminderApr 19, 2021, 7:58 AM
−6 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Bel­l­man’s Curse on Advice

nibnalinApr 19, 2021, 2:30 AM
2 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Are there good classes (or just ar­ti­cles) on blog writ­ing?

Brendan LongApr 19, 2021, 1:10 AM
14 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Up­dat­ing the Lot­tery Ticket Hypothesis

johnswentworthApr 18, 2021, 9:45 PM
73 points
41 comments2 min readLW link

Anger

lsusrApr 18, 2021, 4:14 PM
38 points
23 comments2 min readLW link

Ris­ing rents and ap­pro­pri­ate responses

dominicqApr 18, 2021, 2:05 PM
10 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

The hour I first alieved

matejsuchyApr 17, 2021, 5:02 PM
5 points
0 comments8 min readLW link
(matejsuchy.substack.com)

Defin­ing “op­ti­mizer”

ChantielApr 17, 2021, 3:38 PM
9 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Book re­view and policy dis­cus­sion: di­ver­sity and complexity

victorsintnicolaasApr 17, 2021, 11:36 AM
11 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] How long should I de­lay my sec­ond shot?

purgeApr 17, 2021, 8:51 AM
8 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Net­works of Meaning

Erich_GrunewaldApr 17, 2021, 7:30 AM
21 points
1 comment10 min readLW link
(www.erichgrunewald.com)

[Question] Are there any good ways to place a bet on Rad­i­calXChange and/​or re­lated ideas/​mechanisms tak­ing off in a big way? e.g. is there some­thing to in­vest $$$ in?

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Apr 17, 2021, 6:58 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Alex Flint on “A soft­ware en­g­ineer’s per­spec­tive on log­i­cal in­duc­tion”

RaemonApr 17, 2021, 6:56 AM
21 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

All is fair in love and war, on Zero-sum games in life

RatiosApr 17, 2021, 2:11 AM
−6 points
22 comments4 min readLW link

On Sleep Pro­cras­ti­na­tion: Go­ing To Bed At A Rea­son­able Hour

emily.fanApr 17, 2021, 2:10 AM
22 points
22 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] What does vac­cine effec­tive­ness as a func­tion of time look like?

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Apr 17, 2021, 12:36 AM
18 points
8 comments1 min readLW link