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Beware over-use of the agent model
Alex Flint
Apr 25, 2021, 10:19 PM
28
points
10
comments
5
min read
LW
link
1
review
“Who I am” is an axiom.
dadadarren
Apr 25, 2021, 9:59 PM
7
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Would robots care about Meaning and Relating?
Raemon
Apr 25, 2021, 9:17 PM
33
points
24
comments
7
min read
LW
link
[Question]
For mRNA vaccines, is (short-term) efficacy really higher after the second dose?
Sam Marks
Apr 25, 2021, 8:21 PM
27
points
13
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is there a good software solution for mathematical questions?
ChristianKl
Apr 25, 2021, 6:03 PM
9
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[May – weekly] Focusmate: identity preservation
Mati_Roy
Apr 25, 2021, 5:58 PM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Fall of Rome, III: Progress Did Not Exist
LukeOnline
Apr 25, 2021, 5:54 AM
30
points
18
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Best empirical evidence on better than SP500 investment returns?
bluefalcon
Apr 25, 2021, 5:13 AM
12
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Malicious non-state actors and AI safety
keti
Apr 25, 2021, 3:21 AM
2
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Estimating COVID cases & deaths in India over the coming months
GeneSmith
Apr 24, 2021, 9:35 PM
33
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Identity in What You Are Not
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Apr 24, 2021, 8:11 PM
11
points
1
comment
6
min read
LW
link
Naturalism and AI alignment
Michele Campolo
Apr 24, 2021, 4:16 PM
5
points
12
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Paper review: A Cryptographic Solution to a Game Theoretic Problem
victorsintnicolaas
Apr 24, 2021, 11:54 AM
23
points
4
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Election results in Central Europe match some pre-WW1 borders
ForensicOceanography
Apr 24, 2021, 6:24 AM
19
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How to test tiny skills?
Nicholas Kross
Apr 24, 2021, 5:02 AM
5
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Apps / tools for combatting sleep procrastination?
emily.fan
Apr 24, 2021, 1:40 AM
3
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Vaccination and House Rules
jefftk
Apr 24, 2021, 1:00 AM
33
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Let’s Rename Ourselves The “Metacognitive Movement”
DirectedEvolution
Apr 23, 2021, 9:06 PM
52
points
47
comments
7
min read
LW
link
How to Play a Support Role in Research Conversations
johnswentworth
Apr 23, 2021, 8:57 PM
105
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
The Fall of Rome, II: Energy Problems?
LukeOnline
Apr 23, 2021, 5:58 PM
29
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Fall of Rome: Why It’s Relevant, And Why We’re Mistaken
LukeOnline
Apr 23, 2021, 12:15 PM
40
points
33
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Probability theory and logical induction as lenses
Alex Flint
Apr 23, 2021, 2:41 AM
43
points
7
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is there anything that can stop AGI development in the near term?
Wulky Wilkinsen
Apr 22, 2021, 8:37 PM
5
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
PrinciplesYou—Seems to be a new personality assessment tool
jmh
Apr 22, 2021, 7:20 PM
2
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Have an idea for an interactive learning module? Consider applying for a ClearerThinking.org micro grant!
spencerg
Apr 22, 2021, 6:13 PM
21
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Two Designs
SatvikBeri
Apr 22, 2021, 4:32 PM
31
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Covid 4/22: Crisis in India
Zvi
Apr 22, 2021, 1:40 PM
100
points
25
comments
12
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Löb’s theorem simply shows that Peano arithmetic cannot prove its own soundness
Adrià Garriga-alonso
Apr 22, 2021, 9:17 AM
5
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Faerie Ring: A Small Gather.Town Call
hamnox
Apr 22, 2021, 6:02 AM
6
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
NTK/GP Models of Neural Nets Can’t Learn Features
interstice
Apr 22, 2021, 3:01 AM
33
points
33
comments
3
min read
LW
link
What books are for: a response to “Why books don’t work.”
Aaron Bergman
Apr 21, 2021, 11:18 PM
35
points
16
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(aaronbergman.substack.com)
Faerie Rings
hamnox
Apr 21, 2021, 9:47 PM
15
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
In Defence of Spock
Zac Hatfield-Dodds
Apr 21, 2021, 9:34 PM
37
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Crackpot Physics: Time, Special Relativity, and Why Bother?
ACrackedPot
Apr 21, 2021, 8:17 PM
−3
points
5
comments
12
min read
LW
link
[AN #147]: An overview of the interpretability landscape
Rohin Shah
Apr 21, 2021, 5:10 PM
14
points
2
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Where are intentions to be found?
Alex Flint
Apr 21, 2021, 12:51 AM
44
points
12
comments
9
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Why don’t we vaccinate people against smallpox any more?
maximkazhenkov
Apr 21, 2021, 12:08 AM
14
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What am I fighting for?
Quinn
Apr 20, 2021, 11:27 PM
12
points
1
comment
13
min read
LW
link
Gradations of Inner Alignment Obstacles
abramdemski
Apr 20, 2021, 10:18 PM
84
points
22
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Thiel on secrets and indefiniteness
Rob Bensinger
Apr 20, 2021, 9:59 PM
60
points
7
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Why “put down your phone and go outside” is Bad Advice.
madilynHex
Apr 20, 2021, 7:05 PM
12
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Hard vs Soft in fields as attitudes towards model collision
J Bostock
Apr 20, 2021, 6:57 PM
13
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Young kids catching COVID: how much to worry?
Steven Byrnes
Apr 20, 2021, 6:03 PM
55
points
22
comments
6
min read
LW
link
SMBC about Eliezer
IrenicTruth
Apr 20, 2021, 5:28 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Crackpot Physics: Issues
ACrackedPot
Apr 20, 2021, 5:07 PM
−1
points
2
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Types of generalism
Nora_Ammann
Apr 20, 2021, 8:22 AM
24
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Does an app/group for personal forecasting exist?
DirectedEvolution
Apr 20, 2021, 5:04 AM
19
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Letter] Advice for High School #1
lsusr
Apr 20, 2021, 4:09 AM
93
points
28
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Iterated Trust Kickstarters
Raemon
Apr 20, 2021, 3:18 AM
74
points
19
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Quick examination of miles per micromort for US drivers, with adjustments for safety-increasing behavior
Josh Jacobson
Apr 19, 2021, 11:19 PM
44
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(docs.google.com)
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