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Arguing from a Gap of Perspective
ideenrun
May 1, 2021, 10:42 PM
6
points
1
comment
19
min read
LW
link
Follow-up to Julia Wise on “Don’t Shoot The Dog”
Alex Flint
May 1, 2021, 7:07 PM
19
points
4
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Death by Red Tape
abramdemski
May 1, 2021, 6:03 PM
38
points
15
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Forecasting Newsletter: April 2021
NunoSempere
May 1, 2021, 4:07 PM
9
points
0
comments
10
min read
LW
link
April 2021 Deep Dive: Transformers and GPT-3
adamShimi
May 1, 2021, 11:18 AM
31
points
6
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Your Dog is Even Smarter Than You Think
StyleOfDog
May 1, 2021, 5:16 AM
254
points
108
comments
9
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
[ACX Linkpost] A Modest Proposal for Republicans
mike_hawke
Apr 30, 2021, 6:43 PM
9
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(astralcodexten.substack.com)
Review of “Why AI is Harder Than We Think”
electroswing
Apr 30, 2021, 6:14 PM
40
points
10
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Mindfulness as debugging
pchvykov
Apr 30, 2021, 4:59 PM
21
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Moral Privilege
ACrackedPot
Apr 30, 2021, 2:54 PM
13
points
21
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Letter] Advice for High School #2
lsusr
Apr 30, 2021, 8:42 AM
38
points
16
comments
13
min read
LW
link
[Question]
When’s the best time to get the 2nd dose of Pfizer Vaccine?
David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)
Apr 30, 2021, 5:11 AM
5
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
On silence
Aaron Bergman
Apr 30, 2021, 3:15 AM
48
points
16
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(aaronbergman.substack.com)
[Question]
How do you solicit feedback effectively?
Raj Thimmiah
Apr 30, 2021, 12:16 AM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Low-stakes alignment
paulfchristiano
Apr 30, 2021, 12:10 AM
87
points
11
comments
7
min read
LW
link
1
review
(ai-alignment.com)
Why “is evidence for” is a symmetric relation
alex_hhr
Apr 29, 2021, 9:26 PM
0
points
0
comments
LW
link
(raginrayguns.tumblr.com)
[Question]
Where do LessWrong rationalists debate?
Viliam
Apr 29, 2021, 9:23 PM
44
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Scott Alexander 2021 predictions: calibration and updating exercise
Rob Bensinger
Apr 29, 2021, 7:15 PM
19
points
2
comments
7
min read
LW
link
We need a career path for invention
jasoncrawford
Apr 29, 2021, 6:11 PM
51
points
18
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
25 Min Talk on MetaEthical.AI with Questions from Stuart Armstrong
June Ku
Apr 29, 2021, 3:38 PM
21
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
On Chesterton’s Fence
Martin Sustrik
Apr 29, 2021, 2:56 PM
3
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Covid 4/29: Vaccination Slowdown
Zvi
Apr 29, 2021, 1:50 PM
55
points
19
comments
15
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Draft report on existential risk from power-seeking AI
Joe Carlsmith
Apr 28, 2021, 9:41 PM
85
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Notes on Robert McIntyre’s Brain Preservation Talk at the Long Now Foundation
JohnGreer
Apr 28, 2021, 8:47 PM
14
points
2
comments
13
min read
LW
link
AMA: Paul Christiano, alignment researcher
paulfchristiano
Apr 28, 2021, 6:55 PM
117
points
197
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is sitting in the sun much better than sitting in the shade?
just_browsing
Apr 28, 2021, 6:48 PM
16
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[AN #148]: Analyzing generalization across more axes than just accuracy or loss
Rohin Shah
Apr 28, 2021, 6:30 PM
24
points
5
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Facebook is Simulacra Level 3, Andreessen is Level 4
Ben Pace
Apr 28, 2021, 5:38 PM
52
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
When Should the Fire Alarm Go Off: A model for optimal thresholds
peterbarnett
Apr 28, 2021, 12:27 PM
40
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(peterbarnett.org)
Better air is the easiest way not to die
digital_carver
Apr 28, 2021, 10:24 AM
23
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(dynomight.net)
Naming and pointer thickness
Adam Zerner
Apr 28, 2021, 6:35 AM
22
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Talkers and doers
Amir Bolous
Apr 28, 2021, 4:26 AM
−1
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A casual intro to Geometric Algebra
Orfeas
Apr 28, 2021, 12:00 AM
24
points
2
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Faerie Ring meet #2: At Gather.Town
hamnox
Apr 27, 2021, 11:17 PM
15
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Cardinality
jimrandomh
Apr 27, 2021, 10:27 PM
57
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Pitfalls of the agent model
Alex Flint
Apr 27, 2021, 10:19 PM
25
points
5
comments
20
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Covid-19 in India: Why didn’t it happen earlier?
Sherrinford
Apr 27, 2021, 7:13 PM
14
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Jaan Tallinn’s 2020 Philanthropy Overview
jaan
Apr 27, 2021, 4:22 PM
113
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(jaan.online)
Scott Alexander 2021 Predictions: Market Prices
SimonM
Apr 27, 2021, 2:03 PM
51
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Modern Monetary Theory for Dummies
theflowerpot
Apr 27, 2021, 1:11 PM
7
points
5
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Can you improve IQ by practicing IQ tests?
ForensicOceanography
Apr 27, 2021, 11:28 AM
8
points
43
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Agents Over Cartesian World Models
Mark Xu
and
evhub
Apr 27, 2021, 2:06 AM
67
points
4
comments
27
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What topics are on Dath Ilan’s civics exam?
jimrandomh
Apr 27, 2021, 12:59 AM
49
points
38
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Scott Alexander 2021 Predictions: Buy/Sell/Hold
Zvi
Apr 27, 2021, 12:40 AM
42
points
39
comments
12
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Announcing the Alignment Research Center
paulfchristiano
26 Apr 2021 23:30 UTC
178
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(ai-alignment.com)
[Linkpost] Treacherous turns in the wild
Mark Xu
26 Apr 2021 22:51 UTC
31
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(lukemuehlhauser.com)
FAQ: Advice for AI Alignment Researchers
Rohin Shah
26 Apr 2021 18:59 UTC
67
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(rohinshah.com)
Spoiler-Free Reviews: Monster Slayers, Dream Quest and Loop Hero
Zvi
26 Apr 2021 15:00 UTC
16
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Bayesian and Frequentists Approaches to Statistical Analysis
Christopher Clark
26 Apr 2021 0:18 UTC
4
points
2
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Beware over-use of the agent model
Alex Flint
25 Apr 2021 22:19 UTC
28
points
10
comments
5
min read
LW
link
1
review
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