De­con­tex­tu­al­iz­ing Morality

ACrackedPotMay 5, 2021, 8:25 PM
0 points
11 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] What are your fa­vorite ex­am­ples of adults in and around this com­mu­nity pub­li­cly chang­ing their minds?

nimMay 5, 2021, 7:26 PM
13 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

[AN #149]: The newslet­ter’s ed­i­to­rial policy

Rohin ShahMay 5, 2021, 5:10 PM
19 points
3 comments8 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Frac­tal Con­ver­sa­tions vs Holis­tic Response

abramdemskiMay 5, 2021, 3:04 PM
43 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

[link] If some­thing seems un­usu­ally hard for you, see if you’re miss­ing a minor insight

Kaj_SotalaMay 5, 2021, 10:23 AM
48 points
19 comments1 min readLW link
(drmaciver.substack.com)

Bayeswatch 2: Puppy Muffins

lsusrMay 5, 2021, 5:42 AM
79 points
11 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What are the great­est near-fu­ture risks or dan­gers to you as an in­di­vi­d­ual?

nimMay 5, 2021, 4:02 AM
17 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Si­mu­la­tion the­ol­ogy: prac­ti­cal as­pect.

Valentin2026May 5, 2021, 2:20 AM
11 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What do the re­ported lev­els of pro­tec­tion offered by var­i­ous vac­cines mean?

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)May 4, 2021, 10:06 PM
10 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

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

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)May 4, 2021, 9:48 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

April 15, 2040

NisanMay 4, 2021, 9:18 PM
97 points
25 comments2 min readLW link

Loud Voices as Ac­cessible Anecdotes

ACrackedPotMay 4, 2021, 9:13 PM
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

QuinnMay 4, 2021, 7:10 PM
6 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Mun­dane solu­tions to ex­otic problems

paulfchristianoMay 4, 2021, 6:20 PM
56 points
8 comments5 min readLW link
(ai-alignment.com)

Pars­ing Abram on Gra­da­tions of In­ner Align­ment Obstacles

Alex FlintMay 4, 2021, 5:44 PM
22 points
4 comments6 min readLW link

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

MaxGMay 4, 2021, 6:26 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(astralcodexten.substack.com)

Why I Work on Ads

jefftkMay 3, 2021, 9:00 PM
83 points
93 comments5 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Bayeswatch 1: Jewish Space Laser

lsusrMay 3, 2021, 8:15 PM
90 points
13 comments4 min readLW link

Con­sis­ten­cies as (meta-)preferences

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 3, 2021, 3:10 PM
17 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

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

J BostockMay 3, 2021, 2:47 PM
10 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

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

J BostockMay 3, 2021, 2:47 PM
9 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

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

J BostockMay 3, 2021, 2:46 PM
10 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

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

jchanMay 3, 2021, 2:31 PM
31 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

Maps of Maps, and Empty Expectations

Nora_AmmannMay 3, 2021, 9:59 AM
29 points
5 comments14 min readLW link

Open and Wel­come Thread—May 2021

habrykaMay 3, 2021, 7:58 AM
25 points
82 comments1 min readLW link

Small and Vulnerable

sapphireMay 3, 2021, 4:55 AM
162 points
17 comments4 min readLW link

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

Zack_M_DavisMay 3, 2021, 4:31 AM
54 points
29 comments1 min readLW link
(unremediatedgender.space)

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

eukaryoteMay 3, 2021, 3:47 AM
340 points
60 comments8 min readLW link2 reviews
(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

Thoughts on Re-read­ing Brave New World

chemslugMay 3, 2021, 3:28 AM
10 points
9 comments5 min readLW link

The Neu­ral­ink Mon­key Demo

XelaPMay 3, 2021, 2:29 AM
19 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

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

adamShimiMay 2, 2021, 12:59 PM
37 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

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

adamShimiMay 2, 2021, 9:02 AM
17 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(acoup.blog)

Car Seats Three Across

jefftkMay 2, 2021, 2:00 AM
16 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Ar­gu­ing from a Gap of Perspective

ideenrunMay 1, 2021, 10:42 PM
6 points
1 comment19 min readLW link

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

Alex FlintMay 1, 2021, 7:07 PM
19 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

Death by Red Tape

abramdemskiMay 1, 2021, 6:03 PM
38 points
15 comments3 min readLW link

Fore­cast­ing Newslet­ter: April 2021

NunoSempereMay 1, 2021, 4:07 PM
9 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

April 2021 Deep Dive: Trans­form­ers and GPT-3

adamShimiMay 1, 2021, 11:18 AM
31 points
6 comments7 min readLW link

Your Dog is Even Smarter Than You Think

StyleOfDogMay 1, 2021, 5:16 AM
254 points
108 comments9 min readLW link2 reviews

[ACX Linkpost] A Modest Pro­posal for Republicans

mike_hawkeApr 30, 2021, 6:43 PM
9 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(astralcodexten.substack.com)

Re­view of “Why AI is Harder Than We Think”

electroswingApr 30, 2021, 6:14 PM
40 points
10 comments8 min readLW link

Mind­ful­ness as debugging

pchvykovApr 30, 2021, 4:59 PM
21 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Mo­ral Privilege

ACrackedPotApr 30, 2021, 2:54 PM
13 points
21 comments3 min readLW link

[Let­ter] Ad­vice for High School #2

lsusrApr 30, 2021, 8:42 AM
38 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)Apr 30, 2021, 5:11 AM
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

On silence

Aaron BergmanApr 30, 2021, 3:15 AM
48 points
16 comments9 min readLW link
(aaronbergman.substack.com)

[Question] How do you so­licit feed­back effec­tively?

Raj ThimmiahApr 30, 2021, 12:16 AM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Low-stakes alignment

paulfchristianoApr 30, 2021, 12:10 AM
87 points
11 comments7 min readLW link1 review
(ai-alignment.com)

Why “is ev­i­dence for” is a sym­met­ric relation

alex_hhrApr 29, 2021, 9:26 PM
0 points
0 commentsLW link
(raginrayguns.tumblr.com)

[Question] Where do LessWrong ra­tio­nal­ists de­bate?

ViliamApr 29, 2021, 9:23 PM
44 points
14 comments2 min readLW link