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Traps of Formalization in Deconfusion
adamShimi
Aug 5, 2021, 10:40 PM
28
points
7
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Covid 8/5: Much Ado About Nothing
Zvi
Aug 5, 2021, 2:00 PM
63
points
34
comments
31
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Two AI-risk-related game design ideas
Daniel Kokotajlo
Aug 5, 2021, 1:36 PM
48
points
9
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Why not more small, intense research teams?
eg
Aug 5, 2021, 11:57 AM
19
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Training Better Rationalists?
Davis_Kingsley
Aug 5, 2021, 11:13 AM
42
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Sunzi’s《Methods of War》- Potential
lsusr
Aug 5, 2021, 5:29 AM
28
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How to get mRNA after J&J
jefftk
Aug 5, 2021, 1:50 AM
19
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What do we know about vaccinating children?
Gunnar_Zarncke
Aug 4, 2021, 11:57 PM
17
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Art Meet
Alicorn
Aug 4, 2021, 11:40 PM
37
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Should doctors be neutral?
Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg)
Aug 4, 2021, 8:37 PM
31
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Value loading in the human brain: a worked example
Steven Byrnes
Aug 4, 2021, 5:20 PM
45
points
2
comments
8
min read
LW
link
[AN #159]: Building agents that know how to experiment, by training on procedurally generated games
Rohin Shah
Aug 4, 2021, 5:10 PM
18
points
4
comments
14
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Contribution-Adjusted Utility Maximization Funds: An Early Proposal
ozziegooen
Aug 4, 2021, 5:09 PM
18
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)
Analysis of World Records in Speedrunning [LINKPOST]
Jsevillamol
Aug 4, 2021, 3:26 PM
65
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Decision-Making Training for Software Engineering
Alex Hollow
Aug 4, 2021, 10:36 AM
12
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(alexhollow.wordpress.com)
Garrabrant and Shah on human modeling in AGI
Rob Bensinger
Aug 4, 2021, 4:35 AM
60
points
10
comments
47
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What psychology studies are most important to the rationalist worldview?
cogitoprime
Aug 4, 2021, 3:53 AM
16
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Curing insanity with malaria
Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg)
Aug 4, 2021, 2:28 AM
159
points
8
comments
4
min read
LW
link
1
review
[Question]
What’s the status of third vaccine doses?
Alex_Altair
Aug 4, 2021, 2:22 AM
30
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Book Review: Scientific Freedom by Don Braben
willbobaggins
Aug 4, 2021, 1:38 AM
12
points
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
LCDT, A Myopic Decision Theory
adamShimi
and
evhub
Aug 3, 2021, 10:41 PM
57
points
50
comments
15
min read
LW
link
What does GPT-3 understand? Symbol grounding and Chinese rooms
Stuart_Armstrong
Aug 3, 2021, 1:14 PM
40
points
15
comments
12
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How should my timelines influence my career choice?
Tom Lieberum
Aug 3, 2021, 10:14 AM
13
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What was my mistake evaluating risk in this situation?
Andrew Vlahos
Aug 3, 2021, 2:54 AM
33
points
32
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is iterated amplification really more powerful than imitation?
Chantiel
Aug 2, 2021, 11:20 PM
5
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Myth of the Myth of the Lone Genius
rogersbacon
Aug 2, 2021, 8:55 PM
53
points
24
comments
9
min read
LW
link
How Many Affordable Units?
jefftk
Aug 2, 2021, 4:20 PM
12
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
[Question]
What made the UK COVID-19 case count drop?
ChristianKl
Aug 2, 2021, 1:01 PM
38
points
39
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Do Bayesians like Bayesian model Averaging?
Haziq Muhammad
Aug 2, 2021, 12:24 PM
4
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Referential Information
Jack R
Aug 1, 2021, 9:07 PM
4
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Who decides what should be worked on?
Aglaya Ivanovna
Aug 1, 2021, 5:26 PM
39
points
8
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Forecasting Newsletter: July 2021
NunoSempere
Aug 1, 2021, 5:00 PM
21
points
6
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Destroying Insecurity and Boosting Confidence Through Your Interests and Values
Olitness
Aug 1, 2021, 2:34 PM
21
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(olitness.wordpress.com)
[Question]
Torture vs Specks: Sadist version
andrew sauer
Jul 31, 2021, 11:33 PM
11
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cognitive Impacts of Cocaine Use
Xodarap
Jul 31, 2021, 9:53 PM
25
points
7
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Very Unnatural Tasks?
Orfeas
Jul 31, 2021, 9:22 PM
4
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cherry Pit Storage
jefftk
Jul 31, 2021, 5:30 PM
11
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
The World is Continuous, Not Discrete
Anshul Jain
Jul 31, 2021, 2:26 AM
5
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.anshuljain.me)
A Framework for Disagreements
Anshul Jain
Jul 31, 2021, 1:51 AM
1
point
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(www.anshuljain.me)
Uncertainty can Defuse Logical Explosions
J Bostock
Jul 30, 2021, 12:36 PM
13
points
7
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Prediction-based-Medicine instead of E̵v̵i̵d̵e̵n̵c̵e̵ ̵b̵a̵s̵e̵d̵ ̵M̵e̵d̵i̵c̵i̵n̵e̵ Authority-based-Medicine
ChristianKl
Jul 30, 2021, 10:42 AM
11
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What weird treatments should people who lost their taste from COVID try?
Maxwell Peterson
Jul 30, 2021, 2:51 AM
11
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What’s your personal TAP setup?
Raj Thimmiah
Jul 29, 2021, 10:38 PM
3
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Brief thoughts on inefficient writing systems
Srdjan Miletic
29 Jul 2021 20:20 UTC
22
points
36
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[AN #158]: Should we be optimistic about generalization?
Rohin Shah
29 Jul 2021 17:20 UTC
20
points
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Covid 7/29: You Play to Win the Game
Zvi
29 Jul 2021 16:10 UTC
97
points
25
comments
23
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Slack Has Positive Externalities For Groups
johnswentworth
29 Jul 2021 15:03 UTC
96
points
11
comments
5
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
Gaming Incentives
Jozdien
29 Jul 2021 13:51 UTC
10
points
4
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Did they or didn’t they learn tool use?
Daniel Kokotajlo
29 Jul 2021 13:26 UTC
16
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How to bayesian update on multiple covid tests?
rchplg
29 Jul 2021 13:15 UTC
13
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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