10 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Did they use serological testing for COVID vaccine trials?

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)4 May 2021 21:48 UTC

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

April 15, 2040

Nisan4 May 2021 21:18 UTC

97 points

25 comments2 min readLW link

Loud Voices as Accessible Anecdotes

ACrackedPot4 May 2021 21:13 UTC

3 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] [timeboxed exercise] write me your model of AI human-existential safety and the alignment problems in 15 minutes

Quinn4 May 2021 19:10 UTC

6 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Mundane solutions to exotic problems

paulfchristiano4 May 2021 18:20 UTC

56 points

8 comments5 min readLW link

(ai-alignment.com)

Parsing Abram on Gradations of Inner Alignment Obstacles

Alex Flint4 May 2021 17:44 UTC

22 points

4 comments6 min readLW link

[Linkpost] If You Can Be Bad, You Can Also Be Good

MaxG4 May 2021 6:26 UTC

5 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(astralcodexten.substack.com)

Why I Work on Ads

jefftk3 May 2021 21:00 UTC

82 points

93 comments5 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Bayeswatch 1: Jewish Space Laser

lsusr3 May 2021 20:15 UTC

89 points

13 comments4 min readLW link

Consistencies as (meta-)preferences

Stuart_Armstrong3 May 2021 15:10 UTC

17 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s and Mitochondria Part 3: Predictions and Retrospective

J Bostock3 May 2021 14:47 UTC

10 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s and Mitochondria Part 2: Glucose Metabolism

J Bostock3 May 2021 14:47 UTC

9 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s and Mitochondria Part 1: Turnover Rates

J Bostock3 May 2021 14:46 UTC

10 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

The Schelling Game (a.k.a. the Coordination Game)

jchan3 May 2021 14:31 UTC

31 points

13 comments3 min readLW link

Maps of Maps, and Empty Expectations

Nora_Ammann3 May 2021 9:59 UTC

29 points

5 comments14 min readLW link

Open and Welcome Thread—May 2021

habryka3 May 2021 7:58 UTC

25 points

82 comments1 min readLW link

Small and Vulnerable

sapphire3 May 2021 4:55 UTC

158 points

17 comments4 min readLW link

Sexual Dimorphism in Yudkowsky’s Sequences, in Relation to My Gender Problems

Zack_M_Davis3 May 2021 4:31 UTC

54 points

29 comments1 min readLW link

(unremediatedgender.space)

There’s no such thing as a tree (phylogenetically)

eukaryote3 May 2021 3:47 UTC

333 points

58 comments8 min readLW link 2 reviews

(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

Thoughts on Re-reading Brave New World

chemslug3 May 2021 3:28 UTC

10 points

9 comments5 min readLW link

The Neuralink Monkey Demo

scroogemcduck13 May 2021 2:29 UTC

19 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

[Weekly Event] Alignment Researcher Coffee Time (in Walled Garden)

adamShimi2 May 2021 12:59 UTC

37 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Linkpost] Teaching Paradox, Europa Univeralis IV, Part I: State of Play

adamShimi2 May 2021 9:02 UTC

17 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(acoup.blog)

Car Seats Three Across

jefftk2 May 2021 2:00 UTC

16 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Arguing from a Gap of Perspective

ideenrun1 May 2021 22:42 UTC

6 points

1 comment19 min readLW link

Follow-up to Julia Wise on “Don’t Shoot The Dog”

Alex Flint1 May 2021 19:07 UTC

19 points

4 comments8 min readLW link

Death by Red Tape

abramdemski1 May 2021 18:03 UTC

38 points

15 comments3 min readLW link

Forecasting Newsletter: April 2021

NunoSempere1 May 2021 16:07 UTC

9 points

0 comments10 min readLW link

April 2021 Deep Dive: Transformers and GPT-3

adamShimi1 May 2021 11:18 UTC

31 points

6 comments7 min readLW link

Your Dog is Even Smarter Than You Think

StyleOfDog1 May 2021 5:16 UTC

256 points

108 comments9 min readLW link 2 reviews

[ACX Linkpost] A Modest Proposal for Republicans

mike_hawke30 Apr 2021 18:43 UTC

9 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(astralcodexten.substack.com)

Review of “Why AI is Harder Than We Think”

electroswing30 Apr 2021 18:14 UTC

40 points

10 comments8 min readLW link

Mindfulness as debugging

pchvykov30 Apr 2021 16:59 UTC

19 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

Moral Privilege

ACrackedPot30 Apr 2021 14:54 UTC

13 points

21 comments3 min readLW link

[Letter] Advice for High School #2

lsusr30 Apr 2021 8:42 UTC

37 points

16 comments13 min readLW link

[Question] When’s the best time to get the 2nd dose of Pfizer Vaccine?

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)30 Apr 2021 5:11 UTC

5 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

On silence

Aaron Bergman30 Apr 2021 3:15 UTC

48 points

16 comments9 min readLW link

(aaronbergman.substack.com)

[Question] How do you solicit feedback effectively?

Raj Thimmiah30 Apr 2021 0:16 UTC

2 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Low-stakes alignment

paulfchristiano30 Apr 2021 0:10 UTC

82 points

10 comments7 min readLW link 1 review

(ai-alignment.com)

Why “is evidence for” is a symmetric relation

alex_hhr29 Apr 2021 21:26 UTC

0 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(raginrayguns.tumblr.com)

[Question] Where do LessWrong rationalists debate?

Viliam29 Apr 2021 21:23 UTC

44 points

14 comments2 min readLW link

Scott Alexander 2021 predictions: calibration and updating exercise

Rob Bensinger29 Apr 2021 19:15 UTC

19 points

2 comments7 min readLW link

We need a career path for invention

jasoncrawford29 Apr 2021 18:11 UTC

51 points

18 comments4 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

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

June Ku29 Apr 2021 15:38 UTC

21 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

On Chesterton’s Fence

Martin Sustrik29 Apr 2021 14:56 UTC

2 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

Covid 4/29: Vaccination Slowdown

Zvi29 Apr 2021 13:50 UTC

55 points

19 comments15 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Draft report on existential risk from power-seeking AI

Joe Carlsmith28 Apr 2021 21:41 UTC

85 points

23 comments1 min readLW link

Notes on Robert McIntyre’s Brain Preservation Talk at the Long Now Foundation

JohnGreer28 Apr 2021 20:47 UTC

8 points

2 comments13 min readLW link

AMA: Paul Christiano, alignment researcher

paulfchristiano28 Apr 2021 18:55 UTC

117 points

197 comments1 min readLW link