Why “is ev­i­dence for” is a sym­met­ric relation

alex_hhr29 Apr 2021 21:26 UTC
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[Question] Where do LessWrong ra­tio­nal­ists de­bate?

Viliam29 Apr 2021 21:23 UTC
44 points
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Scott Alexan­der 2021 pre­dic­tions: cal­ibra­tion and up­dat­ing exercise

Rob Bensinger29 Apr 2021 19:15 UTC
19 points
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We need a ca­reer path for invention

jasoncrawford29 Apr 2021 18:11 UTC
51 points
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(rootsofprogress.org)

25 Min Talk on Me­taEth­i­cal.AI with Ques­tions from Stu­art Armstrong

June Ku29 Apr 2021 15:38 UTC
21 points
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On Ch­ester­ton’s Fence

Martin Sustrik29 Apr 2021 14:56 UTC
2 points
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Covid 4/​29: Vac­ci­na­tion Slowdown

Zvi29 Apr 2021 13:50 UTC
55 points
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(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Draft re­port on ex­is­ten­tial risk from power-seek­ing AI

Joe Carlsmith28 Apr 2021 21:41 UTC
85 points
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Notes on Robert McIn­tyre’s Brain Preser­va­tion Talk at the Long Now Foundation

JohnGreer28 Apr 2021 20:47 UTC
8 points
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AMA: Paul Chris­ti­ano, al­ign­ment researcher

paulfchristiano28 Apr 2021 18:55 UTC
117 points
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[Question] Is sit­ting in the sun much bet­ter than sit­ting in the shade?

just_browsing28 Apr 2021 18:48 UTC
16 points
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[AN #148]: An­a­lyz­ing gen­er­al­iza­tion across more axes than just ac­cu­racy or loss

Rohin Shah28 Apr 2021 18:30 UTC
24 points
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(mailchi.mp)

Face­book is Si­mu­lacra Level 3, An­dreessen is Level 4

Ben Pace28 Apr 2021 17:38 UTC
50 points
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When Should the Fire Alarm Go Off: A model for op­ti­mal thresholds

peterbarnett28 Apr 2021 12:27 UTC
40 points
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(peterbarnett.org)

Bet­ter air is the eas­iest way not to die

digital_carver28 Apr 2021 10:24 UTC
23 points
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(dynomight.net)

Nam­ing and poin­ter thickness

Adam Zerner28 Apr 2021 6:35 UTC
22 points
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Talk­ers and doers

Amir Bolous28 Apr 2021 4:26 UTC
−1 points
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A ca­sual in­tro to Geo­met­ric Algebra

Orfeas28 Apr 2021 0:00 UTC
24 points
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Faerie Ring meet #2: At Gather.Town

hamnox27 Apr 2021 23:17 UTC
15 points
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Ra­tion­al­ity Cardinality

jimrandomh27 Apr 2021 22:27 UTC
56 points
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Pit­falls of the agent model

Alex Flint27 Apr 2021 22:19 UTC
24 points
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[Question] Covid-19 in In­dia: Why didn’t it hap­pen ear­lier?

Sherrinford27 Apr 2021 19:13 UTC
14 points
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Jaan Tal­linn’s 2020 Philan­thropy Overview

jaan27 Apr 2021 16:22 UTC
113 points
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(jaan.online)

Scott Alexan­der 2021 Pre­dic­tions: Mar­ket Prices

SimonM27 Apr 2021 14:03 UTC
51 points
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Modern Mone­tary The­ory for Dummies

theflowerpot27 Apr 2021 13:11 UTC
7 points
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[Question] Can you im­prove IQ by prac­tic­ing IQ tests?

ForensicOceanography27 Apr 2021 11:28 UTC
8 points
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Agents Over Carte­sian World Models

27 Apr 2021 2:06 UTC
66 points
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[Question] What top­ics are on Dath Ilan’s civics exam?

jimrandomh27 Apr 2021 0:59 UTC
47 points
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Scott Alexan­der 2021 Pre­dic­tions: Buy/​Sell/​Hold

Zvi27 Apr 2021 0:40 UTC
42 points
39 comments12 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

An­nounc­ing the Align­ment Re­search Center

paulfchristiano26 Apr 2021 23:30 UTC
178 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(ai-alignment.com)

[Linkpost] Treach­er­ous turns in the wild

Mark Xu26 Apr 2021 22:51 UTC
31 points
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(lukemuehlhauser.com)

FAQ: Ad­vice for AI Align­ment Researchers

Rohin Shah26 Apr 2021 18:59 UTC
67 points
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(rohinshah.com)

Spoiler-Free Re­views: Mon­ster Slay­ers, Dream Quest and Loop Hero

Zvi26 Apr 2021 15:00 UTC
15 points
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(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Bayesian and Fre­quen­tists Ap­proaches to Statis­ti­cal Analysis

Christopher Clark26 Apr 2021 0:18 UTC
4 points
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Be­ware over-use of the agent model

Alex Flint25 Apr 2021 22:19 UTC
28 points
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“Who I am” is an ax­iom.

dadadarren25 Apr 2021 21:59 UTC
7 points
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Would robots care about Mean­ing and Re­lat­ing?

Raemon25 Apr 2021 21:17 UTC
29 points
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[Question] For mRNA vac­cines, is (short-term) effi­cacy re­ally higher af­ter the sec­ond dose?

Sam Marks25 Apr 2021 20:21 UTC
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[Question] Is there a good soft­ware solu­tion for math­e­mat­i­cal ques­tions?

ChristianKl25 Apr 2021 18:03 UTC
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[May – weekly] Fo­cus­mate: iden­tity preservation

Mati_Roy25 Apr 2021 17:58 UTC
6 points
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The Fall of Rome, III: Progress Did Not Exist

LukeOnline25 Apr 2021 5:54 UTC
29 points
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[Question] Best em­piri­cal ev­i­dence on bet­ter than SP500 in­vest­ment re­turns?

bluefalcon25 Apr 2021 5:13 UTC
12 points
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Mal­i­cious non-state ac­tors and AI safety

keti25 Apr 2021 3:21 UTC
2 points
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[Question] Es­ti­mat­ing COVID cases & deaths in In­dia over the com­ing months

GeneSmith24 Apr 2021 21:35 UTC
33 points
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Iden­tity in What You Are Not

Gordon Seidoh Worley24 Apr 2021 20:11 UTC
11 points
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Nat­u­ral­ism and AI alignment

Michele Campolo24 Apr 2021 16:16 UTC
5 points
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Paper re­view: A Cryp­to­graphic Solu­tion to a Game The­o­retic Problem

victorsintnicolaas24 Apr 2021 11:54 UTC
23 points
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Elec­tion re­sults in Cen­tral Europe match some pre-WW1 borders

ForensicOceanography24 Apr 2021 6:24 UTC
19 points
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[Question] How to test tiny skills?

NicholasKross24 Apr 2021 5:02 UTC
5 points
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[Question] Apps /​ tools for com­bat­ting sleep pro­cras­ti­na­tion?

emily.fan24 Apr 2021 1:40 UTC
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