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[Question] Why did no LessWrong discourse on gain of function research develop in 2013/2014?

ChristianKlJun 18, 2021, 11:35 PM

56 points

45 comments1 min readLW link

Knowledge is not just precipitation of action

Alex FlintJun 18, 2021, 11:26 PM

21 points

6 comments7 min readLW link

Notes on War: Grand Strategy

johnswentworthJun 18, 2021, 10:55 PM

55 points

16 comments8 min readLW link

Conditional offers and low priors: the problem with 1-boxing Newcomb’s dilemma

Andrew VlahosJun 18, 2021, 9:50 PM

2 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are examples of the opposite of perverse incentives?

JohnGreerJun 18, 2021, 4:04 PM

3 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Assume long serving politicians are rationally maximizing their careers

Tim LiptrotJun 18, 2021, 3:15 PM

18 points

16 comments1 min readLW link

Are bread crusts healthier?

Yair HalberstadtJun 18, 2021, 3:12 PM

13 points

16 comments1 min readLW link

Non-poisonous cake: anthropic updates are normal

Stuart_ArmstrongJun 18, 2021, 2:51 PM

28 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

Fauci’s Emails and the Lab Leak Hypothesis

ChristianKlJun 18, 2021, 1:55 PM

53 points

12 comments14 min readLW link

You can now apply to EA Funds anytime! (LTFF & EAIF only)

Jonas VJun 18, 2021, 1:40 PM

41 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

[Question] Biotech to make humans afraid of AI

Donald HobsonJun 18, 2021, 8:19 AM

−20 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

A Reason to Expect Republics to Perform Better than Absolute Monarchies in the Long-Term

MikkWJun 17, 2021, 10:22 PM

9 points

16 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Thoughts on a “Sequences Inspired” PhD Topic

goose000Jun 17, 2021, 8:36 PM

7 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Pros and cons of working on near-term technical AI safety and assurance

Aryeh EnglanderJun 17, 2021, 8:17 PM

11 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

[Question] What is your coronavirus prediction for Israel?

Yair HalberstadtJun 17, 2021, 7:10 PM

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 6/17: One Last Scare

ZviJun 17, 2021, 6:40 PM

86 points

42 comments11 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The aducanumab approval

ChristianKlJun 17, 2021, 2:05 PM

18 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

(blogs.sciencemag.org)

Who wants to run a B2B SaaS startup?

jefftkJun 17, 2021, 1:40 PM

12 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

The Apprentice Thread

ZviJun 17, 2021, 1:10 PM

139 points

59 comments3 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Eponymous Laws Part I: Laws of the Internet

rogersbaconJun 17, 2021, 12:22 PM

7 points

3 comments4 min readLW link

How to make errands fun

dominicqJun 17, 2021, 11:27 AM

24 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Taboo “Outside View”

Daniel KokotajloJun 17, 2021, 9:36 AM

351 points

33 comments8 min readLW link 3 reviews

Washington DC Meeetup: Reading Discussion

rocurleyJun 16, 2021, 11:54 PM

6 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Neo-Mohism

Bae's TheoremJun 16, 2021, 9:57 PM

5 points

11 comments7 min readLW link

Variables Don’t Represent The Physical World (And That’s OK)

johnswentworthJun 16, 2021, 7:05 PM

42 points

16 comments3 min readLW link

[AN #152]: How we’ve overestimated few-shot learning capabilities

Rohin ShahJun 16, 2021, 5:20 PM

22 points

6 comments8 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Announcing the Nuclear Risk Forecasting Tournament

MichaelAJun 16, 2021, 4:16 PM

16 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

AI-Based Code Generation Using GPT-J-6B

Tomás B.Jun 16, 2021, 3:05 PM

22 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

(minimaxir.com)

Insufficient Values

Jozdien, Jacob Abraham and Abraham Francis

Jun 16, 2021, 2:33 PM

31 points

16 comments6 min readLW link

Reward Is Not Enough

Steven ByrnesJun 16, 2021, 1:52 PM

124 points

19 comments10 min readLW link 1 review

[Question] Open problem: how can we quantify player alignment in 2x2 normal-form games?

TurnTroutJun 16, 2021, 2:09 AM

23 points

59 comments1 min readLW link

Three Paths to Existential Risk from AI

harsimonyJun 16, 2021, 1:37 AM

3 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(harsimony.wordpress.com)

Unbundling Humans, or, Unbundling Human Creation.

Sajith PaiJun 16, 2021, 12:03 AM

10 points

3 comments6 min readLW link

Escaping the Löbian Obstacle

Morgan_RogersJun 16, 2021, 12:02 AM

14 points

10 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] Can someone help me understand the arrow of time?

Yair HalberstadtJun 15, 2021, 5:26 PM

6 points

47 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] If instead of giving out dividends, public companies bought total market index funds, which companies would be the biggest?

Mati_RoyJun 15, 2021, 5:07 PM

9 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Vignettes Workshop (AI Impacts)

Daniel KokotajloJun 15, 2021, 12:05 PM

48 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Stanford EA Confusion Dinner

Jack RJun 15, 2021, 10:49 AM

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Bookclub Discussion: The Precipice (Intro + Chap. 1 − 2) (1/4)

Aditya KediaJun 15, 2021, 5:12 AM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Knowledge is not just digital abstraction layers

Alex FlintJun 15, 2021, 3:49 AM

21 points

4 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Anyone have experience with metabolic network modelling that would be willing to help me out?

CraigMichaelJun 14, 2021, 10:40 PM

3 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(Another) Using a Memory Palace to Memorize a Textbook

Spencer_GreenJun 14, 2021, 10:12 PM

14 points

4 comments5 min readLW link

Avoid News, Part 2: What the Stock Market Taught Me about News

PeterMcCluskeyJun 14, 2021, 8:54 PM

42 points

2 comments5 min readLW 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?

ChristianKlJun 14, 2021, 5:28 PM

10 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

An Introduction to Prediction Markets

AnnapurnaJun 14, 2021, 4:43 PM

9 points

12 comments4 min readLW link

Walking to School

jefftkJun 14, 2021, 3:30 PM

36 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Doomsday, Sampling Assumptions, and Bayes

Yair HalberstadtJun 14, 2021, 12:41 PM

6 points

2 comments11 min readLW link

A lateral way of thinking about Cause X: barely visible but potentially enormous categories of value

WriterJun 14, 2021, 11:44 AM

6 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

Coronavirus crash vs history

bfinnJun 14, 2021, 10:55 AM

39 points

3 comments2 min readLW link