Co­or­di­na­tion Schemes Are Cap­i­tal Investments

RaemonSep 6, 2021, 11:27 PM
140 points
31 comments7 min readLW link1 review

I read “White Frag­ility” so you don’t have to (but maybe you should)

David GrossSep 6, 2021, 10:31 PM
40 points
103 comments7 min readLW link

How much should we value life?

Adam ZernerSep 6, 2021, 10:30 PM
30 points
25 comments38 min readLW link

Mex­ico City, Mex­ico – ACX Mee­tups Every­where 2021

Econometric StructuralistSep 6, 2021, 9:13 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Three Prin­ci­ples to Writ­ing Origi­nal Nonfiction

lsusrSep 6, 2021, 8:08 PM
32 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

Lots of Hooks

jefftkSep 6, 2021, 6:50 PM
12 points
10 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Con­di­tional on the first AGI be­ing al­igned cor­rectly, is a good out­come even still likely?

iamthouthouartiSep 6, 2021, 5:30 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] What Motte and Baileys are ra­tio­nal­ists most likely to en­gage in?

Chris_LeongSep 6, 2021, 3:58 PM
28 points
27 comments1 min readLW link

A Primer on the Sym­me­try The­ory of Valence

Michael Edward JohnsonSep 6, 2021, 11:39 AM
25 points
14 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] How does your data backup solu­tion setup work?

ChristianKlSep 6, 2021, 9:10 AM
12 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Bay Sols­tice look­ing for volunteers

mingyuanSep 6, 2021, 6:45 AM
31 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Link post] When pool­ing fore­casts, use the ge­o­met­ric mean of odds

JsevillamolSep 6, 2021, 6:45 AM
8 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Madrid, Spain – ACX Mee­tups Every­where 2021

a.olmotitosSep 6, 2021, 6:26 AM
2 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Bikes and Babies

jefftkSep 6, 2021, 1:50 AM
14 points
1 comment2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Kids Learn by Copying

lsusrSep 5, 2021, 11:09 PM
32 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

Ob­sta­cles to gra­di­ent hacking

leogaoSep 5, 2021, 10:42 PM
28 points
11 comments4 min readLW link

Cliffs Notes: How much should fully vac­ci­nated peo­ple care about Long COVID?

SameerishereSep 5, 2021, 10:01 PM
21 points
0 comments11 min readLW link

[Question] Are there any web­sites that col­late use­ful psy­cholog­i­cal study re­sults?

Phoenix EliotSep 5, 2021, 9:45 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

ACX Mee­tups: Mon­treal 09/​18 **see de­scrip­tion**

DSSep 5, 2021, 4:35 PM
10 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why there are no on­line CFAR work­shops?

Valentin2026Sep 5, 2021, 3:02 PM
22 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Rus­sian x-risks newslet­ter sum­mer 2021

avturchinSep 5, 2021, 8:23 AM
15 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Should I treat pain differ­ently if it’s “all in my head?”

jpSep 5, 2021, 8:06 AM
19 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Acausal Trade and the Ul­ti­ma­tum Game

Yair HalberstadtSep 5, 2021, 5:36 AM
17 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

The Co­or­di­na­tion Fron­tier: Se­quence Intro

RaemonSep 4, 2021, 10:11 PM
163 points
22 comments6 min readLW link1 review

Quan­tum par­ti­cles and clas­si­cal filaments

From_Branes_to_BrainsSep 4, 2021, 9:45 PM
11 points
5 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Are there sub­stan­tial re­search efforts to­wards al­ign­ing nar­row AIs?

RossinSep 4, 2021, 6:40 PM
11 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Im­prov­ing ra­tio­nal­ity /​ scout mind­set on a de­bate group

Aryeh EnglanderSep 4, 2021, 5:02 PM
14 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Kids Roaming

jefftkSep 4, 2021, 2:20 PM
33 points
13 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Non­spe­cific discomfort

cousin_itSep 4, 2021, 2:15 PM
37 points
18 comments3 min readLW link

Hope and False Hope

TekhneMakreSep 4, 2021, 9:46 AM
4 points
60 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Is LessWrong dead with­out Cox’s the­o­rem?

Haziq MuhammadSep 4, 2021, 5:45 AM
−2 points
89 comments1 min readLW link

[Re­view] Edge of To­mor­row (2014)

lsusrSep 3, 2021, 10:24 PM
21 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why has the repli­ca­tion crisis af­fected RCT-stud­ies but not ob­ser­va­tional stud­ies?

dynomightSep 3, 2021, 9:43 PM
4 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

The Most Im­por­tant Cen­tury: Se­quence Introduction

HoldenKarnofskySep 3, 2021, 8:19 PM
70 points
5 comments4 min readLW link1 review

All Pos­si­ble Views About Hu­man­ity’s Fu­ture Are Wild

HoldenKarnofskySep 3, 2021, 8:19 PM
147 points
37 comments8 min readLW link1 review

Book re­view: Shut Out

PeterMcCluskeySep 3, 2021, 7:07 PM
35 points
8 comments9 min readLW link
(www.bayesianinvestor.com)

Why the tech­nolog­i­cal sin­gu­lar­ity by AGI may never happen

hippkeSep 3, 2021, 2:19 PM
5 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Thoughts on gra­di­ent hacking

Richard_NgoSep 3, 2021, 1:02 PM
33 points
11 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Is there a name for the the­ory that “There will be fast take­off in real-world ca­pa­bil­ities be­cause al­most ev­ery­thing is AGI-com­plete”?

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Sep 2, 2021, 11:00 PM
31 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Is Ex­per­tise With Reality

Horatio Von BeckerSep 2, 2021, 8:45 PM
−14 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Fram­ing Practicum: Selec­tion Incentive

aysajanSep 2, 2021, 8:26 PM
13 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Pod­cast Club: Martin Gurri on the Re­volt of the Public & Cri­sis of Authority

Aditya KediaSep 2, 2021, 8:09 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Re­view: For­agers, Farm­ers, and Fos­sil Fuels

L Rudolf LSep 2, 2021, 5:59 PM
28 points
7 comments25 min readLW link
(strataoftheworld.blogspot.com)

Ad­den­dum to “Amy­loid Plaques: Med­i­cal Good­hart, Chem­i­cal Streetlight”

J BostockSep 2, 2021, 5:42 PM
10 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Lak­shmi’s Magic Rope: An In­tu­itive Ex­pla­na­tion of Ra­manu­jan Primes

DirectedEvolutionSep 2, 2021, 4:36 PM
16 points
21 comments11 min readLW link

For­mal­iz­ing Ob­jec­tions against Sur­ro­gate Goals

VojtaKovarikSep 2, 2021, 4:24 PM
16 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 9/​2: Long Covid Analysis

ZviSep 2, 2021, 2:50 PM
70 points
15 comments14 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Com­pe­tent Preferences

Charlie SteinerSep 2, 2021, 2:26 PM
30 points
2 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Good soft­ware to draw and ma­nipu­late causal net­works?

J BostockSep 2, 2021, 2:05 PM
6 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Growth of pre­dic­tion mar­kets over time?

Daniel KokotajloSep 2, 2021, 1:43 PM
17 points
5 comments1 min readLW link