Be­ware over-use of the agent model

Alex FlintApr 25, 2021, 10:19 PM
28 points
10 comments5 min readLW link1 review

“Who I am” is an ax­iom.

dadadarrenApr 25, 2021, 9:59 PM
7 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Would robots care about Mean­ing and Re­lat­ing?

RaemonApr 25, 2021, 9:17 PM
33 points
24 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] For mRNA vac­cines, is (short-term) effi­cacy re­ally higher af­ter the sec­ond dose?

Sam MarksApr 25, 2021, 8:21 PM
27 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Is there a good soft­ware solu­tion for math­e­mat­i­cal ques­tions?

ChristianKlApr 25, 2021, 6:03 PM
9 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

[May – weekly] Fo­cus­mate: iden­tity preservation

Mati_RoyApr 25, 2021, 5:58 PM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Fall of Rome, III: Progress Did Not Exist

LukeOnlineApr 25, 2021, 5:54 AM
30 points
18 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Best em­piri­cal ev­i­dence on bet­ter than SP500 in­vest­ment re­turns?

bluefalconApr 25, 2021, 5:13 AM
12 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Mal­i­cious non-state ac­tors and AI safety

ketiApr 25, 2021, 3:21 AM
2 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Es­ti­mat­ing COVID cases & deaths in In­dia over the com­ing months

GeneSmithApr 24, 2021, 9:35 PM
33 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Iden­tity in What You Are Not

Gordon Seidoh WorleyApr 24, 2021, 8:11 PM
11 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

Nat­u­ral­ism and AI alignment

Michele CampoloApr 24, 2021, 4:16 PM
5 points
12 comments8 min readLW link

Paper re­view: A Cryp­to­graphic Solu­tion to a Game The­o­retic Problem

victorsintnicolaasApr 24, 2021, 11:54 AM
23 points
4 comments6 min readLW link

Elec­tion re­sults in Cen­tral Europe match some pre-WW1 borders

ForensicOceanographyApr 24, 2021, 6:24 AM
19 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] How to test tiny skills?

Nicholas KrossApr 24, 2021, 5:02 AM
5 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Apps /​ tools for com­bat­ting sleep pro­cras­ti­na­tion?

emily.fanApr 24, 2021, 1:40 AM
3 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Vac­ci­na­tion and House Rules

jefftkApr 24, 2021, 1:00 AM
33 points
8 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Let’s Re­name Our­selves The “Me­tacog­ni­tive Move­ment”

DirectedEvolutionApr 23, 2021, 9:06 PM
52 points
47 comments7 min readLW link

How to Play a Sup­port Role in Re­search Conversations

johnswentworthApr 23, 2021, 8:57 PM
105 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

The Fall of Rome, II: En­ergy Prob­lems?

LukeOnlineApr 23, 2021, 5:58 PM
29 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

The Fall of Rome: Why It’s Rele­vant, And Why We’re Mistaken

LukeOnlineApr 23, 2021, 12:15 PM
40 points
33 comments3 min readLW link

Prob­a­bil­ity the­ory and log­i­cal in­duc­tion as lenses

Alex FlintApr 23, 2021, 2:41 AM
43 points
7 comments6 min readLW link

[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)