A rea­son­able de­bate about Ivermectin

CraigMichaelJul 27, 2021, 10:31 PM
7 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

Black ravens and red herrings

Matthew BarnettJul 27, 2021, 5:46 PM
52 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Deep­Mind: Gen­er­ally ca­pa­ble agents emerge from open-ended play

Daniel KokotajloJul 27, 2021, 2:19 PM
247 points
53 comments2 min readLW link
(deepmind.com)

In Praise (and Defence) of The People

OlitnessJul 27, 2021, 7:13 AM
−8 points
4 comments14 min readLW link
(olitness.wordpress.com)

More Use­ful Way of An­swer­ing “Mind vs. Body” Problem

OlitnessJul 27, 2021, 7:13 AM
9 points
4 comments2 min readLW link
(olitness.wordpress.com)

A con­ver­sa­tion about cook­ing, sci­ence, and creativity

DirectedEvolutionJul 27, 2021, 5:00 AM
16 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

Neu­ro­science things that con­fuse me right now

Steven ByrnesJul 26, 2021, 9:01 PM
16 points
5 comments9 min readLW link

Re­fac­tor­ing Align­ment (at­tempt #2)

abramdemskiJul 26, 2021, 8:12 PM
46 points
17 comments8 min readLW link

Wanted: Foom-scared al­ign­ment re­search partner

Icarus GallagherJul 26, 2021, 7:23 PM
42 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What does know­ing the her­i­ta­bil­ity of a trait tell me in prac­tice?

Kaj_SotalaJul 26, 2021, 4:29 PM
61 points
22 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Is there a the­o­ret­i­cal up­per limit on the R0 of Covid var­i­ants?

CraigMichaelJul 26, 2021, 6:53 AM
11 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

When writ­ing trig­gers mem­ory reconsolidation

Adam ZernerJul 25, 2021, 10:10 PM
34 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

Can I teach my­self sci­en­tific cre­ativity?

DirectedEvolutionJul 25, 2021, 8:15 PM
14 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

When Ar­gu­ing Defi­ni­tions is Ar­gu­ing Decisions

HazardJul 25, 2021, 4:45 PM
28 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Come Build Afford­able Hous­ing!

jefftkJul 25, 2021, 2:10 PM
24 points
8 comments4 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Aca­demic Ra­tion­al­ity Research

ChristianKlJul 25, 2021, 1:59 PM
63 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

The biolog­i­cal in­tel­li­gence explosion

Rob LucasJul 25, 2021, 1:08 PM
8 points
5 comments4 min readLW link

My Pro­duc­tivity Tips and Systems

Jack RJul 25, 2021, 12:52 PM
17 points
2 comments10 min readLW link

[Question] What are some trig­gers that prompt you to do a Fermi es­ti­mate, or to pull up a spread­sheet and make a sim­ple/​rough quan­ti­ta­tive model?

Eli TyreJul 25, 2021, 6:47 AM
38 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Failing safely is the anomaly

Andrew VlahosJul 25, 2021, 4:56 AM
12 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

A Con­tam­i­na­tion The­ory of the Obe­sity Epidemic

Bob BakerJul 25, 2021, 2:39 AM
102 points
50 comments5 min readLW link

So­cial me­dia: de­signed to be bad for you & for society

mattoJul 24, 2021, 6:59 PM
29 points
18 comments4 min readLW link

Believ­ing vs understanding

Adam ZernerJul 24, 2021, 3:39 AM
15 points
2 comments6 min readLW link

Hous­ing Without Street Park­ing: Implemented

jefftkJul 24, 2021, 2:40 AM
12 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

AXRP Epi­sode 10 - AI’s Fu­ture and Im­pacts with Katja Grace

DanielFilanJul 23, 2021, 10:10 PM
34 points
2 comments77 min readLW link

Delta var­i­ant: we should prob­a­bly be re-masking

Aaron BergmanJul 23, 2021, 9:13 PM
34 points
34 comments4 min readLW link
(aaronbergman.substack.com)

How is low-la­tency pha­sic dopamine so fast?

Steven ByrnesJul 23, 2021, 5:43 PM
41 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

[AN #157]: Mea­sur­ing mis­al­ign­ment in the tech­nol­ogy un­der­ly­ing Copilot

Rohin ShahJul 23, 2021, 5:20 PM
28 points
18 comments7 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Hyper­games 101

JosephineJul 23, 2021, 1:19 PM
12 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

De­ci­sion Duels

JosephineJul 23, 2021, 9:22 AM
11 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Ex­am­ples of hu­man-level AI run­ning un­al­igned.

df fdJul 23, 2021, 8:49 AM
−3 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(sortale.substack.com)

A Guide for Productivity

Marius HobbhahnJul 23, 2021, 7:03 AM
39 points
8 comments41 min readLW link

[Question] What is the net effect of memes that call out the huge im­pact of big play­ers in cli­mate change?

hookdumpJul 23, 2021, 2:46 AM
7 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Re-Define In­tent Align­ment?

abramdemskiJul 22, 2021, 7:00 PM
32 points
32 comments4 min readLW link

Learn­ing in lay­ers of mus­cle memory

Anshul JainJul 22, 2021, 6:57 PM
5 points
3 comments2 min readLW link
(www.anshuljain.me)

Progress, Stag­na­tion, & Collapse

abramdemskiJul 22, 2021, 4:51 PM
38 points
14 comments4 min readLW link

The Walk­ing Dead

Logan ZoellnerJul 22, 2021, 4:19 PM
22 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 7/​22: Er­ror Correction

ZviJul 22, 2021, 2:20 PM
66 points
45 comments21 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Hob­bies and the curse of Spontaneity

J BostockJul 22, 2021, 1:25 PM
4 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Fire Law Incentives

jefftkJul 22, 2021, 12:30 PM
32 points
23 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Handi­cap­ping com­pet­i­tive games

DanielFilanJul 22, 2021, 3:00 AM
15 points
19 comments4 min readLW link
(danielfilan.com)

[Question] ($1000 bounty) How effec­tive are marginal vac­cine doses against the covid delta var­i­ant?

Bird ConceptJul 22, 2021, 1:26 AM
105 points
73 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Jay­ne­sian in­ter­pre­ta­tion—How does “es­ti­mat­ing prob­a­bil­ities” make sense?

Haziq MuhammadJul 21, 2021, 9:36 PM
4 points
40 comments1 min readLW link

Ask Not “How Are You Do­ing?”

CollisteruJul 21, 2021, 5:53 PM
15 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

Ran­dom­ized Zet­telkas­ten Test

JosephineJul 21, 2021, 5:21 PM
32 points
7 comments7 min readLW link

The shoot-the-moon strategy

jchanJul 21, 2021, 4:19 PM
90 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Re­ward splin­ter­ing for AI design

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 21, 2021, 4:13 PM
30 points
1 comment8 min readLW link

[Question] Why is Kleros val­ued so low?

ChristianKlJul 21, 2021, 1:50 PM
12 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

My Mar­riage Vows

Vanessa KosoyJul 21, 2021, 10:48 AM
85 points
53 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Is there a rea­son­able read­ing ac­cord­ing to which Baric, Shi et al 2015 isn’t gain-of-func­tion re­search?

ChristianKlJul 21, 2021, 8:19 AM
31 points
5 comments1 min readLW link