[Question] What’s your prob­a­bil­ity that the con­cept of prob­a­bil­ity makes sense?

Mati_RoyMay 22, 2021, 9:53 PM
3 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

I’m Sorry Fluttershy

sapphireMay 22, 2021, 8:09 PM
140 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Kids NCurses Messenger

jefftkMay 22, 2021, 5:50 PM
40 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] What is the biggest crypto news of the past year?

mike_hawkeMay 22, 2021, 2:01 AM
0 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Tri­an­gle SSC (Vir­tual) Meetup-May 27th

willbobagginsMay 21, 2021, 11:40 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Web is Turn­ing into Cable TV

mattoMay 21, 2021, 11:06 PM
17 points
7 comments4 min readLW link

[Event] Weekly Align­ment Re­search Coffee Time (05/​24)

adamShimiMay 21, 2021, 5:45 PM
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Ree­bok effect

Jan Christian RefsgaardMay 21, 2021, 5:11 PM
13 points
14 comments1 min readLW link
(statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu)

AI Safety Re­search Pro­ject Ideas

Owain_EvansMay 21, 2021, 1:39 PM
58 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Get your gun license

Alex HollowMay 21, 2021, 12:44 PM
5 points
19 comments2 min readLW link
(alexhollow.wordpress.com)

The Ar­gu­ment For Spoilers

abramdemskiMay 21, 2021, 12:23 PM
21 points
24 comments4 min readLW link

Book Re­view of 5 Ap­plied Bayesian Statis­tics Books

Jan Christian RefsgaardMay 21, 2021, 10:23 AM
68 points
8 comments4 min readLW link

Bayeswatch 5: Hivemind

lsusrMay 21, 2021, 7:35 AM
50 points
18 comments2 min readLW link

Covid 5/​20: The Great Unmasking

ZviMay 21, 2021, 12:30 AM
49 points
15 comments15 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

So­cial Calibration

SimulatedCrowMay 20, 2021, 11:22 PM
3 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

Did the In­dus­trial Revolu­tion de­crease costs or in­crease qual­ity?

jasoncrawfordMay 20, 2021, 9:10 PM
73 points
5 comments4 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

It’s like po­etry, they rhyme: Lanier and Yud­kowsky, Glen and Scott

CraigMichaelMay 20, 2021, 6:48 PM
23 points
5 comments18 min readLW link

Sa­bien on “work-life” balance

Rob BensingerMay 20, 2021, 6:33 PM
57 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

Re­sponse to “What does the uni­ver­sal prior ac­tu­ally look like?”

michaelcohenMay 20, 2021, 4:12 PM
37 points
33 comments18 min readLW link

Time & Memory

abramdemskiMay 20, 2021, 3:16 PM
23 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

How I Learned to Stop Wor­ry­ing and Love MUM

WaddingtonMay 20, 2021, 7:57 AM
2 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Ab­strac­tions and translation

Amir BolousMay 20, 2021, 2:45 AM
5 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

So­lar Pro­duc­tion Data

jefftkMay 20, 2021, 1:30 AM
10 points
3 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Is Ray Kurzweil’s pre­dic­tion ac­cu­racy still be­ing tracked?

CraigMichaelMay 20, 2021, 12:06 AM
9 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How re­fined is your art of note-tak­ing?

DirectedEvolutionMay 19, 2021, 10:12 PM
23 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

Re: Fierce Nerds

lsusrMay 19, 2021, 8:18 PM
36 points
18 comments5 min readLW link
(paulgraham.com)

[AN #151]: How spar­sity in the fi­nal layer makes a neu­ral net debuggable

Rohin ShahMay 19, 2021, 5:20 PM
19 points
2 comments6 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

[Question] What should we ex­pect from ARPA-H?

ChristianKlMay 19, 2021, 12:21 PM
7 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Bayeswatch 4: Mousetrap

lsusrMay 19, 2021, 3:17 AM
47 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

There is no No Evidence

MalcolmOceanMay 19, 2021, 2:44 AM
49 points
17 comments4 min readLW link

This Sun­day, 12PM PT: Scott Garrabrant on “Finite Fac­tored Sets”

RaemonMay 19, 2021, 1:48 AM
33 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Func­tional Trade-offs

weathersystemsMay 19, 2021, 1:06 AM
5 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

SGD’s Bias

johnswentworthMay 18, 2021, 11:19 PM
63 points
16 comments3 min readLW link

Does NASA Take Alien Life Se­ri­ously?

ejacobMay 18, 2021, 9:36 PM
5 points
7 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Are there any meth­ods for NNs or other ML sys­tems to get in­for­ma­tion from knock­out-like or as­say-like ex­per­i­ments?

J BostockMay 18, 2021, 9:33 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Sav­ing Time

Scott GarrabrantMay 18, 2021, 8:11 PM
162 points
20 comments4 min readLW link1 review

Are PS5 scalpers ac­tu­ally bad?

willbradshawMay 18, 2021, 12:27 PM
23 points
28 comments3 min readLW link

Knowl­edge Neu­rons in Pre­trained Transformers

evhubMay 17, 2021, 10:54 PM
100 points
7 comments2 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

What Would You Store to Max­i­mize Value in 100 Years? A Thought Experiment

JohnGreerMay 17, 2021, 8:46 PM
10 points
26 comments4 min readLW link

Love on Carte­sian Planes

bksilv3rMay 17, 2021, 7:19 PM
36 points
6 comments23 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing the UK Covid-19 Crowd Fore­cast­ing Challenge

nikosMay 17, 2021, 5:29 PM
7 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

New Magic Post: The Pro Tour Was Magic

ZviMay 17, 2021, 4:40 PM
23 points
10 comments1 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

A.D&D.Sci May 2021: In­ter­di­men­sional Mon­ster Car­cass Auction

abstractapplicMay 17, 2021, 3:54 PM
29 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

SpaceX should provide IPFS prox­ies with Starlink

ChristianKlMay 17, 2021, 3:05 PM
11 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] How to de­ter­mine the value of op­tion­al­ity?

sphericaltreeMay 17, 2021, 2:19 AM
2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How con­cerned are you about LW rep­u­ta­tion man­age­ment?

DirectedEvolutionMay 17, 2021, 2:11 AM
42 points
48 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What will 2040 prob­a­bly look like as­sum­ing no sin­gu­lar­ity?

Daniel KokotajloMay 16, 2021, 10:10 PM
122 points
86 comments4 min readLW link1 review

Op­ti­miz­ers: To Define or not to Define

J BostockMay 16, 2021, 7:55 PM
4 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Against Against Boredom

Logan ZoellnerMay 16, 2021, 6:19 PM
5 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

Why Glen Weyl is a technocrat

ChristianKlMay 16, 2021, 6:01 PM
11 points
6 comments2 min readLW link