How much chess en­g­ine progress is about adapt­ing to big­ger com­put­ers?

paulfchristianoJul 7, 2021, 10:35 PM
114 points
23 comments6 min readLW link

Agency and the un­re­li­able au­tonomous car

Alex FlintJul 7, 2021, 2:58 PM
29 points
24 comments10 min readLW link

In­tel­li­gence with­out Consciousness

Andrew VlahosJul 7, 2021, 5:27 AM
13 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

A sec­ond ex­am­ple of con­di­tional or­thog­o­nal­ity in finite fac­tored sets

DanielFilanJul 7, 2021, 1:40 AM
47 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(danielfilan.com)

Chess and cheap ways to check day to day var­i­ance in cognition

KPierJul 7, 2021, 12:08 AM
56 points
27 comments3 min readLW link

Relentlessness

AlicornJul 6, 2021, 8:27 PM
97 points
20 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Con­se­quences of Bayesian Episte­mol­ogy?

Benjamin HendricksJul 6, 2021, 8:05 PM
7 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Po­ten­tial Bot­tle­necks to Tak­ing Over The World

johnswentworthJul 6, 2021, 7:34 PM
154 points
22 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Ra­tion­al­ity Yel­low Belt Test Ques­tions?

moridinamaelJul 6, 2021, 6:15 PM
20 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is keep­ing AI “in the box” dur­ing train­ing enough?

tgbJul 6, 2021, 3:17 PM
7 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Should gov­ern­ment set in­ter­est rates?

yhoisethJul 6, 2021, 1:57 PM
1 point
8 comments1 min readLW link

In-group loy­alty is so­cial cement

David Hugh-JonesJul 6, 2021, 9:57 AM
19 points
10 comments3 min readLW link
(wyclif.substack.com)

Preschooler Turnovers

jefftkJul 6, 2021, 1:20 AM
10 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

A sim­ple ex­am­ple of con­di­tional or­thog­o­nal­ity in finite fac­tored sets

DanielFilanJul 6, 2021, 12:36 AM
53 points
4 comments5 min readLW link
(danielfilan.com)

The topic is not the content

Aaron BergmanJul 6, 2021, 12:14 AM
182 points
25 comments5 min readLW link
(aaronbergman.substack.com)

[cross-post with EA Fo­rum] The EA Fo­rum Pod­cast is up and running

Garrett BakerJul 5, 2021, 9:52 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Mus­ing on the Many Wor­lds Hypothesis

David GrossJul 5, 2021, 7:38 PM
26 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Are co­in­ci­dences clues about missed dis­asters? It de­pends on your an­swer to the Sleep­ing Beauty Prob­lem.

HarlanJul 5, 2021, 7:12 PM
32 points
5 comments8 min readLW link

Spoiler-Free Re­view: Roguebook

ZviJul 5, 2021, 11:30 AM
13 points
0 comments6 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

You are al­lowed to edit Wikipedia

ChristianKlJul 5, 2021, 9:56 AM
38 points
64 comments1 min readLW link

Re­sources On Men­tal Health And Find­ing A Therapist

lynettebyeJul 5, 2021, 7:54 AM
20 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

We Still Don’t Know If Masks Work

Mike HarrisJul 5, 2021, 4:52 AM
21 points
25 comments3 min readLW link

An­thropic Effects in Es­ti­mat­ing Evolu­tion Difficulty

Mark XuJul 5, 2021, 4:02 AM
13 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Can group iden­tity be a force for good?

Eric NeymanJul 4, 2021, 5:16 PM
24 points
13 comments6 min readLW link
(ericneyman.wordpress.com)

An Ap­pren­tice Ex­per­i­ment in Python Programming

Jul 4, 2021, 3:29 AM
67 points
4 comments9 min readLW link

Should VS Would and New­comb’s Paradox

dadadarrenJul 3, 2021, 11:45 PM
5 points
36 comments2 min readLW link

Notes on Kindness

David GrossJul 3, 2021, 9:47 PM
19 points
1 comment18 min readLW link

Mauhn Re­leases AI Safety Documentation

Berg SeverensJul 3, 2021, 9:23 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Open and Wel­come Thread – July 2021

habrykaJul 3, 2021, 7:53 PM
14 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

Bram Co­hen at the As­tralCodexTen On­line Meetup

JoshuaFoxJul 3, 2021, 6:22 PM
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How would you run the statis­tics on whether Iver­mectin helped In­dia re­duce COVID-19 cases?

ChristianKlJul 3, 2021, 4:09 PM
13 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Pos­i­tive Ex­pec­ta­tions; how to build Hopefulness

J BostockJul 3, 2021, 1:41 PM
9 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

New De­men­tia Trial Results

PeterMcCluskeyJul 2, 2021, 11:04 PM
49 points
5 comments3 min readLW link
(www.bayesianinvestor.com)

[Question] What’s the effec­tive R for the Delta var­i­ant of COVID-19?

ChristianKlJul 2, 2021, 12:49 PM
7 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Con­fu­sions re: Higher-Level Game Theory

DiffractorJul 2, 2021, 3:15 AM
38 points
5 comments9 min readLW link

A (some­what beta) site for em­bed­ding bet­ting odds in your writing

Optimization ProcessJul 2, 2021, 1:10 AM
51 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(biatob.com)

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