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Time until graduation as a proxy for picking between (German) universities

MorpheusJan 24, 2022, 6:27 PM

10 points

6 comments3 min readLW link

Nuanced and Extreme Countersignaling

DirectedEvolutionJan 24, 2022, 6:47 AM

29 points

9 comments6 min readLW link

Words are Imprecise Telepathy

LightStarJan 24, 2022, 1:45 AM

12 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

NFTs, Coin Collecting, and Expensive Paintings

leogaoJan 24, 2022, 1:01 AM

29 points

35 comments5 min readLW link

You have to create your own personal finance system

Nicole DiekerJan 23, 2022, 6:53 PM

3 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

Why rationalists should care (more) about free software

RichardJActonJan 23, 2022, 5:31 PM

66 points

42 comments5 min readLW link

Excessive Nuance and Derailing Conversations

AlexanderJan 23, 2022, 10:42 AM

43 points

13 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Is AI Alignment a pseudoscience?

mocny-chlapikJan 23, 2022, 10:32 AM

21 points

41 comments1 min readLW link

CICO is a weird reference class

Chad NauseamJan 23, 2022, 7:00 AM

42 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

Hyperpalatable Food Hypothesis: A LessWrong Study?

BDayJan 23, 2022, 5:43 AM

23 points

33 comments1 min readLW link

Working through D&D.Sci, problem 3

Pablo RepettoJan 23, 2022, 2:49 AM

12 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(pabloernesto.github.io)

5x5 Go Board

jefftkJan 23, 2022, 2:20 AM

27 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

List of Probability Calibration Exercises

Isaac KingJan 23, 2022, 2:12 AM

75 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

Descriptive vs. prescriptive optimism

jasoncrawfordJan 22, 2022, 7:50 PM

18 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

A one-question Turing test for GPT-3

Paul Crowley and rosiecam

Jan 22, 2022, 6:17 PM

85 points

25 comments5 min readLW link

What’s wrong with Pomodoro

bfinnJan 22, 2022, 4:54 PM

13 points

13 comments3 min readLW link

Postmortem on DIY Recombinant Covid Vaccine

caffemacchiavelliJan 22, 2022, 2:12 PM

179 points

27 comments5 min readLW link 1 review

There is a line in the sand, just not where you think it is

Wuschel SchulzJan 22, 2022, 10:33 AM

46 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

Grandpa Has Different Rules

jefftkJan 22, 2022, 3:30 AM

43 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Instrumental Convergence For Realistic Agent Objectives

TurnTroutJan 22, 2022, 12:41 AM

35 points

9 comments9 min readLW link

Alignment Problems All the Way Down

peterbarnettJan 22, 2022, 12:19 AM

29 points

7 comments11 min readLW link

Consume fiction wisely

RomanSJan 21, 2022, 8:23 PM

−9 points

56 comments5 min readLW link

Meetup in SF, Feb 26: Progress Studies + Effective Altruism

jasoncrawford and Ruth Grace Wong

Jan 21, 2022, 7:46 PM

7 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

The Structure of the Guild of the Rose

moridinamaelJan 21, 2022, 7:40 PM

41 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(guildoftherose.org)

[AN #171]: Disagreements between alignment “optimists” and “pessimists”

Rohin ShahJan 21, 2022, 6:30 PM

32 points

1 comment7 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

How to Become a Magician

Nicole DiekerJan 21, 2022, 6:12 PM

18 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

Sharing Powerful AI Models

apcJan 21, 2022, 11:57 AM

8 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

High-Impact Careers for Mathematicians (Online Workshop by EA Cambridge)

maria_aJan 21, 2022, 11:06 AM

13 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Due to a roommate, can COVID’s viral load stay high enough after day 10 to infect others?

catears123Jan 21, 2022, 7:08 AM

3 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Implications of Civilizational Inadequacy (reviewing mazes/simulacra/etc)

RaemonJan 21, 2022, 1:45 AM

93 points

13 comments10 min readLW link

Book Review: The Righteous Mind

TornusJan 20, 2022, 9:42 PM

7 points

5 comments7 min readLW link

The Liar and the Scold

Tomás B.Jan 20, 2022, 8:31 PM

104 points

13 comments12 min readLW link

What’s Up With Confusingly Pervasive Goal Directedness?

RaemonJan 20, 2022, 7:22 PM

172 points

89 comments4 min readLW link

Emotions = Reward Functions

jpyykkoJan 20, 2022, 6:46 PM

16 points

10 comments5 min readLW link

Risk and Safety in the age of COVID

Mike HarrisJan 20, 2022, 6:40 PM

24 points

14 comments10 min readLW link

Anchor Weights for ML

jsteinhardtJan 20, 2022, 4:20 PM

17 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

(bounded-regret.ghost.io)

Covid 1/20/22: Peak Omicron

ZviJan 20, 2022, 4:20 PM

56 points

21 comments27 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Estimating training compute of Deep Learning models

lennart, Jsevillamol, Marius Hobbhahn, Tamay Besiroglu and anson.ho

Jan 20, 2022, 4:12 PM

37 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Choosing battles (on the Internet)

PatrickDFarleyJan 20, 2022, 3:38 PM

24 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

Land Ho!

ZviJan 20, 2022, 1:30 PM

120 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Too right to write

Solenoid_EntityJan 20, 2022, 1:21 PM

28 points

12 comments3 min readLW link

Harry Potter and the Methods of Psychomagic | Chapter 3: Intelligence Explosions

Henry ProwbellJan 20, 2022, 1:11 PM

27 points

6 comments8 min readLW link

Speed Pasta Bake

jefftkJan 20, 2022, 2:50 AM

11 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Action: Help expand funding for AI Safety by coordinating on NSF response

Evan R. MurphyJan 19, 2022, 10:47 PM

23 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

NFTs Are Probably Not Beanie Babies

parrhesia19 Jan 2022 22:14 UTC

−6 points

9 comments4 min readLW link

Seattle: The physics of dynamism (and AI alignment)

Alex Flint19 Jan 2022 17:10 UTC

9 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Bay Area Rationalist Field Day

SurvivalBias19 Jan 2022 16:40 UTC

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Omicron Post #15

Zvi19 Jan 2022 14:40 UTC

52 points

10 comments5 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

You Can Get Fluvoxamine

AppliedDivinityStudies18 Jan 2022 23:48 UTC

60 points

18 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] How do you reason about how many COVID test kits to keep on hand?

nim18 Jan 2022 18:09 UTC

7 points

0 comments2 min readLW link