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MIRI location optimization (and related topics) discussion
Rob Bensinger
May 8, 2021, 11:12 PM
141
points
163
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Android Video with External Microphone
jefftk
May 8, 2021, 10:30 PM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Munich SSC/ACX (+LW) (online) meetup May 2021
vi21maobk9vp
May 8, 2021, 8:04 PM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Prediction and Calibration—Part 1
Jan Christian Refsgaard
May 8, 2021, 7:48 PM
6
points
10
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(www.badprior.com)
a visual explanation of Bayesian updating
Jan Christian Refsgaard
May 8, 2021, 7:45 PM
21
points
7
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(www.badprior.com)
Pre-Training + Fine-Tuning Favors Deception
Mark Xu
May 8, 2021, 6:36 PM
27
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Migraine hallucinations, phenomenology, and cognition
Richard_Kennaway
May 8, 2021, 3:56 PM
38
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Interview with Christine M. Korsgaard: Animal Ethics, Kantianism, Utilitarianism
Erich_Grunewald
May 8, 2021, 11:44 AM
11
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.erichgrunewald.com)
Crowdfunding Vaccine Development
River
May 8, 2021, 4:10 AM
1
point
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
D&D.Sci May 2021: Monster Carcass Auction
abstractapplic
May 7, 2021, 7:33 PM
28
points
25
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Why quantitative finance is so hard
lsusr
May 7, 2021, 7:29 PM
44
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Life and expanding steerable consequences
Alex Flint
May 7, 2021, 6:33 PM
46
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Zero to One: A Minimum Viable Review
dominicq
May 7, 2021, 5:45 PM
11
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Occam’s Guillotine
Slimepriestess
May 7, 2021, 4:30 PM
5
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(hivewired.wordpress.com)
Domain Theory and the Prisoner’s Dilemma: FairBot
Gurkenglas
May 7, 2021, 7:33 AM
22
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Bayeswatch 3: A Study in Scarlet
lsusr
May 7, 2021, 5:29 AM
55
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Taking the outside view on code quality
Adam Zerner
May 7, 2021, 4:16 AM
11
points
17
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Dumb dichotomies in ethics, part 2: instrumental vs. intrinsic values
Aaron Bergman
May 7, 2021, 2:31 AM
7
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(aaronbergman.substack.com)
Less Realistic Tales of Doom
Mark Xu
May 6, 2021, 11:01 PM
113
points
13
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Parsing Chris Mingard on Neural Networks
Alex Flint
May 6, 2021, 10:16 PM
69
points
26
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Covid 5/6: Vaccine Patent Suspension
Zvi
May 6, 2021, 8:20 PM
87
points
58
comments
18
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
[Question]
What questions should we ask ourselves when trying to improve something?
weathersystems
May 6, 2021, 7:03 PM
3
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Why are the websites of major companies so bad at core functionality?
ChristianKl
May 6, 2021, 4:02 PM
13
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Could MMRPGs be used to test economic theories?
Yair Halberstadt
May 6, 2021, 2:26 PM
7
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Anthropics: different probabilities, different questions
Stuart_Armstrong
May 6, 2021, 1:14 PM
25
points
10
comments
15
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What do we know about how much protection COVID vaccines provide against transmitting the virus to others?
David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)
May 6, 2021, 7:39 AM
9
points
0
comments
LW
link
[Question]
What do we know about how much protection COVID vaccines provide against long COVID?
David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)
May 6, 2021, 7:39 AM
8
points
0
comments
LW
link
Let’s Go Back To Normal
Connor_Flexman
May 6, 2021, 3:10 AM
60
points
18
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Thoughts on Ad Blocking
jefftk
May 6, 2021, 2:50 AM
19
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
My Journey to the Dark Side
Slimepriestess
May 6, 2021, 12:27 AM
22
points
58
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(hivewired.wordpress.com)
Decontextualizing Morality
ACrackedPot
May 5, 2021, 8:25 PM
0
points
11
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are your favorite examples of adults in and around this community publicly changing their minds?
nim
May 5, 2021, 7:26 PM
13
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[AN #149]: The newsletter’s editorial policy
Rohin Shah
May 5, 2021, 5:10 PM
19
points
3
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Fractal Conversations vs Holistic Response
abramdemski
May 5, 2021, 3:04 PM
43
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[link] If something seems unusually hard for you, see if you’re missing a minor insight
Kaj_Sotala
May 5, 2021, 10:23 AM
48
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(drmaciver.substack.com)
Bayeswatch 2: Puppy Muffins
lsusr
May 5, 2021, 5:42 AM
79
points
11
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are the greatest near-future risks or dangers to you as an individual?
nim
May 5, 2021, 4:02 AM
17
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Simulation theology: practical aspect.
Valentin2026
May 5, 2021, 2:20 AM
11
points
6
comments
3
min read
LW
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
comments
1
min read
LW
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
comments
1
min read
LW
link
April 15, 2040
Nisan
May 4, 2021, 9:18 PM
97
points
25
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Loud Voices as Accessible Anecdotes
ACrackedPot
May 4, 2021, 9:13 PM
3
points
0
comments
7
min read
LW
link
[Question]
[timeboxed exercise] write me your model of AI human-existential safety and the alignment problems in 15 minutes
Quinn
May 4, 2021, 7:10 PM
6
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Mundane solutions to exotic problems
paulfchristiano
4 May 2021 18:20 UTC
56
points
8
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(ai-alignment.com)
Parsing Abram on Gradations of Inner Alignment Obstacles
Alex Flint
4 May 2021 17:44 UTC
22
points
4
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[Linkpost] If You Can Be Bad, You Can Also Be Good
MaxG
4 May 2021 6:26 UTC
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(astralcodexten.substack.com)
Why I Work on Ads
jefftk
3 May 2021 21:00 UTC
83
points
93
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Bayeswatch 1: Jewish Space Laser
lsusr
3 May 2021 20:15 UTC
90
points
13
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Consistencies as (meta-)preferences
Stuart_Armstrong
3 May 2021 15:10 UTC
17
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s and Mitochondria Part 3: Predictions and Retrospective
J Bostock
3 May 2021 14:47 UTC
10
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
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