Causes of a Debt Cri­sis—Economic

Connor_FlexmanJul 1, 2021, 10:46 PM
39 points
11 comments8 min readLW link

Fore­cast­ing Newslet­ter: June 2021

NunoSempereJul 1, 2021, 9:35 PM
13 points
2 comments14 min readLW link

On­line LessWrong Com­mu­nity Weekend

EGIJul 1, 2021, 7:28 PM
53 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­per­i­men­tally eval­u­at­ing whether hon­esty generalizes

paulfchristianoJul 1, 2021, 5:47 PM
103 points
24 comments9 min readLW link1 review

Covid 7/​1: Don’t Panic

ZviJul 1, 2021, 12:30 PM
53 points
35 comments9 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Could Ad­vanced AI Drive Ex­plo­sive Eco­nomic Growth?

Matthew BarnettJun 30, 2021, 10:17 PM
15 points
4 comments2 min readLW link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

Thoughts on safety in pre­dic­tive learning

Steven ByrnesJun 30, 2021, 7:17 PM
20 points
17 comments19 min readLW link

Mus­ings on gen­eral sys­tems alignment

Alex FlintJun 30, 2021, 6:16 PM
31 points
11 comments3 min readLW link

[AN #154]: What eco­nomic growth the­ory has to say about trans­for­ma­tive AI

Rohin ShahJun 30, 2021, 5:20 PM
12 points
0 comments9 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Progress on Causal In­fluence Diagrams

tom4everittJun 30, 2021, 3:34 PM
73 points
6 comments9 min readLW link

Si­mu­lacrum Levels of Trust

alkexrJun 30, 2021, 10:14 AM
21 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

[Question] Is it true that most stud­ies in Kah­ne­man’s ‘Think­ing fast and slow’ are not repli­ca­ble and the book is largely not sup­ported by ev­i­dence?

Davy JonesJun 30, 2021, 7:14 AM
18 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Do in­co­her­ent en­tities have stronger rea­son to be­come more co­her­ent than less?

KatjaGraceJun 30, 2021, 5:50 AM
46 points
5 comments4 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

[Question] How do the iver­mectin meta-re­views come to so differ­ent con­clu­sions?

ChristianKlJun 29, 2021, 10:34 PM
39 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

D&D.Sci(-Fi) June 2021 Eval­u­a­tion and Ruleset

abstractapplicJun 29, 2021, 9:02 PM
30 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

Search by abstraction

p.b.Jun 29, 2021, 8:56 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Why did we wait so long for the thresh­ing ma­chine?

jasoncrawfordJun 29, 2021, 7:55 PM
104 points
20 comments12 min readLW link1 review
(rootsofprogress.org)

[Question] Is there a “co­her­ent de­ci­sions im­ply con­sis­tent util­ities”-style ar­gu­ment for non-lex­i­co­graphic prefer­ences?

TetraspaceJun 29, 2021, 7:14 PM
4 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

Try­ing to ap­prox­i­mate Statis­ti­cal Models as Scor­ing Tables

JsevillamolJun 29, 2021, 5:20 PM
18 points
2 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] How will OpenAI + GitHub’s Copi­lot af­fect pro­gram­ming?

smountjoyJun 29, 2021, 4:42 PM
55 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Opinionated Uncertainty

DirectedEvolutionJun 29, 2021, 12:11 AM
10 points
1 comment11 min readLW link

In­tro to Debt Crises

Connor_FlexmanJun 28, 2021, 11:50 PM
59 points
5 comments10 min readLW link

A quan­ti­ta­tive in­tro­duc­tion to churning

electroswingJun 28, 2021, 10:21 PM
19 points
4 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] How much in­ter­est would there be in a fringe the­o­ries wiki?

Matthew BarnettJun 28, 2021, 9:03 PM
14 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

How teams went about their re­search at AI Safety Camp edi­tion 5

RemmeltJun 28, 2021, 3:15 PM
24 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

Epony­mous Laws Part 2: Laws of Pro­gram­ming and Soft­ware Development

rogersbaconJun 28, 2021, 12:46 PM
3 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Voic­ing Voice

WillaJun 28, 2021, 4:29 AM
6 points
16 comments4 min readLW link

Op­ti­mism about So­cial Technology

mike_hawkeJun 27, 2021, 11:35 PM
23 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

In­ten­tion­ally Mak­ing Close Friends

Neel NandaJun 27, 2021, 11:06 PM
290 points
35 comments18 min readLW link1 review
(www.neelnanda.io)

Brute force search­ing for alignment

Donald HobsonJun 27, 2021, 9:54 PM
23 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What pre­cau­tions should fully-vac­ci­nated peo­ple still be tak­ing?

SameerishereJun 27, 2021, 7:10 PM
32 points
48 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] What are some claims or opinions about multi-multi del­e­ga­tion you’ve seen in the meme­plex that you think de­serve scrutiny?

QuinnJun 27, 2021, 5:44 PM
17 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Finite Fac­tored Sets: LW tran­script with run­ning commentary

Jun 27, 2021, 4:02 PM
30 points
0 comments51 min readLW link

Nu­clear Strat­egy in a Semi-Vuln­er­a­ble World

Jackson WagnerJun 27, 2021, 8:17 AM
7 points
1 comment17 min readLW link

The Un­ex­pected Hang­ing Paradox

Chris_LeongJun 27, 2021, 6:17 AM
17 points
11 comments4 min readLW link

Sam Alt­man and Ezra Klein on the AI Revolution

Zack_M_DavisJun 27, 2021, 4:53 AM
38 points
17 comments1 min readLW link
(www.nytimes.com)

The Lan­guage of Bird

johnswentworthJun 27, 2021, 4:44 AM
45 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Deep limi­ta­tions? Ex­am­in­ing ex­pert dis­agree­ment over deep learning

Richard_NgoJun 27, 2021, 12:55 AM
18 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(link.springer.com)

[Question] What will be the af­ter­math of the US in­tel­li­gence lab leak re­port?

ChristianKlJun 26, 2021, 8:33 PM
20 points
33 comments1 min readLW link

[AN #153]: Ex­per­i­ments that demon­strate failures of ob­jec­tive robustness

Rohin ShahJun 26, 2021, 5:10 PM
25 points
1 comment8 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Im­prov­ing par­li­a­men­tary in­for­ma­tion processing

victorsintnicolaasJun 26, 2021, 4:11 PM
2 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Cliffnotes to Craft of Re­search parts I, II, and III

QuinnJun 26, 2021, 2:00 PM
7 points
1 comment17 min readLW link

Why you should try a live read­ing session

Nihal MJun 26, 2021, 8:30 AM
13 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

An­throp­ics and Embed­ded Agency

dadadarren26 Jun 2021 1:45 UTC
7 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

In­ter­nal In­for­ma­tion Cascades

JenniferRM25 Jun 2021 16:35 UTC
45 points
8 comments10 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing the Re­plac­ing Guilt audiobook

gianlucatruda25 Jun 2021 13:38 UTC
65 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

I Will Or­ga­nize Mee­tups in Norfolk, Virginia [Hamp­ton Roads Metro Area]

Willa25 Jun 2021 2:41 UTC
12 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

A Some­what Ra­tion­al­ist Baptism

ZorbaTHut25 Jun 2021 0:39 UTC
12 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

AXRP Epi­sode 9 - Finite Fac­tored Sets with Scott Garrabrant

DanielFilan24 Jun 2021 22:10 UTC
59 points
2 comments59 min readLW link

[Question] How do the side effects of No­vavax com­pare to other COVID-19 vac­cines?

ChristianKl24 Jun 2021 16:36 UTC
14 points
7 comments1 min readLW link