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2 innovative life extension approaches using cryonics technology
Mati_Roy
Apr 2, 2021, 12:54 AM
41
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
“AI and Compute” trend isn’t predictive of what is happening
alexlyzhov
Apr 2, 2021, 12:44 AM
133
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Examples of Acausal Trade with an Alien Universe?
MikkW
Apr 1, 2021, 6:10 PM
5
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
April drafts
AI Impacts
Apr 1, 2021, 6:10 PM
49
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(aiimpacts.org)
Forecasting Newsletter: March 2021
NunoSempere
Apr 1, 2021, 5:12 PM
23
points
3
comments
9
min read
LW
link
A new acausal trading platform: RobinShould
Matthew Barnett
Apr 1, 2021, 4:56 PM
116
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How Crypto Crosses the Moat
adaminoue
Apr 1, 2021, 3:26 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.inoue.today)
Covid 4/1: Vaccine Passports
Zvi
Apr 1, 2021, 12:10 PM
50
points
52
comments
27
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Center for Applied Postrationality: An Update
Pee Doom
Apr 1, 2021, 8:13 AM
78
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
AI and the Probability of Conflict
tonyoconnor
Apr 1, 2021, 7:00 AM
8
points
10
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Why We Launched LessWrong.SubStack
Ben Pace
Apr 1, 2021, 6:34 AM
131
points
44
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What specific decision, event, or action significantly improved an aspect of your life in a value-congruent way? How?
Willa
Apr 1, 2021, 4:26 AM
9
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Bridging Two Esoteric 4-Value Logics Using Quantum Physics: Answered Modal Logic vs Catuṣkoṭi
Sven Nilsen
Apr 1, 2021, 12:34 AM
3
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Where can one draw the line between sentience and the state of being just a random bunch of quarks? At what point is the ‘conscience’ generated?
Astaroth07
Apr 1, 2021, 12:30 AM
1
point
6
comments
LW
link
[Question]
What is the semantics of assigning probabilities to future events?
Michal
Apr 1, 2021, 12:29 AM
12
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What Multipolar Failure Looks Like, and Robust Agent-Agnostic Processes (RAAPs)
Andrew_Critch
Mar 31, 2021, 11:50 PM
285
points
65
comments
22
min read
LW
link
1
review
What Do We Know About The Consciousness, Anyway?
SurvivalBias
Mar 31, 2021, 11:30 PM
13
points
49
comments
24
min read
LW
link
Could billions spacially disconnected “Boltzmann neurons” give rise to consciousness?
Szymon Kucharski
Mar 31, 2021, 7:58 PM
5
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Unification seems to be a way to avoid infinitarian paralysis in consequentialist aggregative ethics.
Szymon Kucharski
Mar 31, 2021, 7:04 PM
1
point
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[April – weekly] Focusmate: biostasis, lifelogging, death-focus ethics
Mati_Roy
Mar 31, 2021, 4:49 PM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Menstrual cycle effects—Clue study summary and commentary
just_browsing
Mar 31, 2021, 4:28 PM
79
points
3
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Should I advocate for people to not buy Ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19 in the Philippines for now?
BrianTan
Mar 31, 2021, 1:59 PM
8
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Jaan Tallinn at the Slate Star Codex Online Meetup
JoshuaFox
Mar 31, 2021, 8:04 AM
5
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Speculations Concerning the First Free-ish Prediction Market
mike_hawke
Mar 31, 2021, 3:20 AM
29
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A use for Classical AI—Expert Systems
Glpusna
Mar 31, 2021, 2:37 AM
1
point
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Goldfish Reading
DirectedEvolution
Mar 31, 2021, 1:04 AM
20
points
8
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Hardware is already ready for the singularity. Algorithm knowledge is the only barrier.
Andrew Vlahos
Mar 30, 2021, 10:48 PM
17
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Optimization, speculations on the X and only X problem.
Donald Hobson
Mar 30, 2021, 9:38 PM
10
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
A command-line grammar of graphics
philh
Mar 30, 2021, 8:30 PM
21
points
10
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(reasonableapproximation.net)
[Question]
How many micromorts do you get per UV-index-hour?
David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)
Mar 30, 2021, 5:23 PM
20
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Many methods of causal inference try to identify a “safe” subset of variation
tailcalled
Mar 30, 2021, 2:36 PM
13
points
6
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Rationalism before the Sequences
Eric Raymond
Mar 30, 2021, 2:04 PM
597
points
83
comments
11
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
[Question]
TAI?
Logan Zoellner
Mar 30, 2021, 12:41 PM
10
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Infohazard Discussion with Anders Sandberg
Linda Linsefors
Mar 30, 2021, 10:12 AM
18
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How do we prepare for final crunch time?
Eli Tyre
Mar 30, 2021, 5:47 AM
121
points
30
comments
8
min read
LW
link
1
review
Logan Strohl on exercise norms
Rob Bensinger
Mar 30, 2021, 4:28 AM
64
points
30
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Julia Galef and Matt Yglesias on bioethics and “ethics expertise”
Rob Bensinger
Mar 30, 2021, 3:06 AM
45
points
10
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Progressive Highlighting: Picking What To Make Into Flashcards
DirectedEvolution
Mar 29, 2021, 10:57 PM
52
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Some Complaint-Action Gaps
mike_hawke
Mar 29, 2021, 9:15 PM
40
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Systematizing Epistemics: Principles for Resolving Forecasts
Davidmanheim
Mar 29, 2021, 8:46 PM
33
points
8
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Bureaucracy is a world of magic
dominicq
Mar 29, 2021, 12:41 PM
73
points
32
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The importance of how you weigh it
Joe Carlsmith
Mar 29, 2021, 4:59 AM
35
points
1
comment
12
min read
LW
link
Agreeing to Disagree: towards a better understanding of agreeableness
Aaron Bergman
Mar 29, 2021, 3:14 AM
11
points
1
comment
8
min read
LW
link
(aaronbergman.substack.com)
Scenarios and Warning Signs for Ajeya’s Aggressive, Conservative, and Best Guess AI Timelines
Kevin Liu
29 Mar 2021 1:38 UTC
25
points
1
comment
9
min read
LW
link
(kliu.io)
Notes on effective-altruism-related research, writing, testing fit, learning, and the EA Forum
MichaelA
28 Mar 2021 23:43 UTC
14
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Transparency Trichotomy
Mark Xu
28 Mar 2021 20:26 UTC
25
points
2
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Improvement for pundit prediction comparisons
orthonormal
28 Mar 2021 18:50 UTC
16
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Point of Easy Progress
silentbob
28 Mar 2021 16:38 UTC
59
points
6
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Review of “Fun with +12 OOMs of Compute”
adamShimi
,
Joe Collman
and
Gyrodiot
28 Mar 2021 14:55 UTC
65
points
21
comments
8
min read
LW
link
1
review
Buying a house and making friends in unexpected places
dominicq
28 Mar 2021 14:35 UTC
28
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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