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[Question]
Can someone help me understand the arrow of time?
Yair Halberstadt
Jun 15, 2021, 5:26 PM
6
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
If instead of giving out dividends, public companies bought total market index funds, which companies would be the biggest?
Mati_Roy
Jun 15, 2021, 5:07 PM
9
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Vignettes Workshop (AI Impacts)
Daniel Kokotajlo
Jun 15, 2021, 12:05 PM
48
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Stanford EA Confusion Dinner
Jack R
Jun 15, 2021, 10:49 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Bookclub Discussion: The Precipice (Intro + Chap. 1 − 2) (1/4)
Aditya Kedia
Jun 15, 2021, 5:12 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Knowledge is not just digital abstraction layers
Alex Flint
Jun 15, 2021, 3:49 AM
21
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Anyone have experience with metabolic network modelling that would be willing to help me out?
CraigMichael
Jun 14, 2021, 10:40 PM
3
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(Another) Using a Memory Palace to Memorize a Textbook
Spencer_Green
Jun 14, 2021, 10:12 PM
14
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Avoid News, Part 2: What the Stock Market Taught Me about News
PeterMcCluskey
Jun 14, 2021, 8:54 PM
42
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(www.bayesianinvestor.com)
A Breakdown of AI Chip Companies
Tomás B.
Jun 14, 2021, 7:25 PM
20
points
4
comments
LW
link
(geohot.github.io)
[Question]
Are there any existing open source human evolution models?
ChristianKl
Jun 14, 2021, 5:28 PM
10
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
An Introduction to Prediction Markets
Annapurna
Jun 14, 2021, 4:43 PM
9
points
12
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Walking to School
jefftk
Jun 14, 2021, 3:30 PM
36
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Doomsday, Sampling Assumptions, and Bayes
Yair Halberstadt
Jun 14, 2021, 12:41 PM
6
points
2
comments
11
min read
LW
link
A lateral way of thinking about Cause X: barely visible but potentially enormous categories of value
Writer
Jun 14, 2021, 11:44 AM
6
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Coronavirus crash vs history
bfinn
Jun 14, 2021, 10:55 AM
39
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Which rationalists faced significant side-effects from COVID-19 vaccination?
ChristianKl
Jun 14, 2021, 9:39 AM
18
points
45
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The value of low-conscientiousness people on teams
CraigMichael
Jun 14, 2021, 2:06 AM
60
points
16
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Five Suggestions For Rationality Research and Development
LoganStrohl
Jun 14, 2021, 1:09 AM
64
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Precognition
jasoncrawford
Jun 14, 2021, 12:38 AM
234
points
35
comments
2
min read
LW
link
1
review
(jasoncrawford.org)
Shall we count the living or the dead?
Anders_H
Jun 14, 2021, 12:38 AM
30
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Looking Deeper at Deconfusion
adamShimi
Jun 13, 2021, 9:29 PM
63
points
13
comments
15
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What other problems would a successful AI safety algorithm solve?
DirectedEvolution
Jun 13, 2021, 9:07 PM
12
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Avoiding the instrumental policy by hiding information about humans
paulfchristiano
Jun 13, 2021, 8:00 PM
31
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Answering questions honestly given world-model mismatches
paulfchristiano
Jun 13, 2021, 6:00 PM
34
points
2
comments
16
min read
LW
link
(ai-alignment.com)
Experiments with a random clock
Malmesbury
Jun 13, 2021, 5:08 PM
58
points
12
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(www.telescopic-turnip.net)
The Cult Deficit: Analysis and Speculation
rogersbacon
Jun 13, 2021, 5:33 AM
18
points
11
comments
13
min read
LW
link
Covid vaccine safety: how correct are these allegations?
DPiepgrass
Jun 13, 2021, 3:08 AM
45
points
93
comments
19
min read
LW
link
The Moon is Down; I have not heard the clock
chemslug
Jun 13, 2021, 1:40 AM
52
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A systematic error that lead to a bad policy response to COVID-19
ChristianKl
Jun 12, 2021, 7:56 PM
23
points
6
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Why do patients in mental institutions get so little attention in the public discourse?
ChristianKl
Jun 12, 2021, 5:37 PM
41
points
29
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Internal Memo from Bleggs Universal
kithpendragon
Jun 12, 2021, 4:44 PM
24
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Some people just won’t get it
Amir Bolous
Jun 12, 2021, 3:10 PM
3
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is the length of the Covid-19 incubation period likely to be affected by whether you are vaccinated?
Josh Jacobson
Jun 12, 2021, 3:27 AM
9
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Does anyone have any Data Sidequests?
abstractapplic
Jun 11, 2021, 11:40 PM
18
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Comment on the lab leak hypothesis
Jeffrey Ladish
Jun 11, 2021, 10:49 PM
63
points
14
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Overview of Rethink Priorities’ work on risks from nuclear weapons
MichaelA
Jun 11, 2021, 8:05 PM
12
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Self-study ideas for micro-projects in “abstract” subjects?
DirectedEvolution
Jun 11, 2021, 7:09 PM
14
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Am I anti-social if I get vaccinated now?
FlorianH
Jun 11, 2021, 3:42 PM
5
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Alarms Are Better Than Chivvying
jefftk
Jun 11, 2021, 3:30 PM
21
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Oh No My AI (Filk)
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Jun 11, 2021, 3:05 PM
42
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
May 2021 Gwern.net newsletter
gwern
Jun 11, 2021, 2:13 PM
31
points
0
comments
LW
link
(www.gwern.net)
Daniel M. Ingram at the AstralCodexTen Online Meetup
JoshuaFox
Jun 11, 2021, 11:35 AM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Would you like me to debug your math?
Gurkenglas
11 Jun 2021 10:54 UTC
65
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are the best ways to improve resiliency?
Nicole Ross
11 Jun 2021 3:22 UTC
16
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How do you keep track of your own learning?
DirectedEvolution
10 Jun 2021 20:25 UTC
8
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Covid 6/10: Somebody Else’s Problem
Zvi
10 Jun 2021 13:10 UTC
57
points
26
comments
24
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
[Question]
ML is now automating parts of chip R&D. How big a deal is this?
Daniel Kokotajlo
10 Jun 2021 9:51 UTC
45
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“Necessary Claims”: A technique to structure complex decisions
fgrosseholz@yahoo.com
10 Jun 2021 5:16 UTC
15
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Reply to Nate Soares on Dolphins
Zack_M_Davis
10 Jun 2021 4:53 UTC
46
points
49
comments
5
min read
LW
link
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