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Lateral Thinking (AI safety HPMOR fanfic)
SlytherinsMonster
Jan 2, 2022, 11:50 PM
77
points
9
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Rockville Dinner Meetup
rocurley
Jan 2, 2022, 8:05 PM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Can you learn (music) efficiently by grinding?
Nicole Dieker
Jan 2, 2022, 7:07 PM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Tag for AI alignment?
Alex_Altair
Jan 2, 2022, 6:55 PM
7
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Each reference class has its own end
avturchin
Jan 2, 2022, 3:59 PM
8
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Scott Alexander 2021 Predictions: Market Prices—Resolution
SimonM
Jan 2, 2022, 11:55 AM
56
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What explains the excess mortality?
ChristianKl
Jan 2, 2022, 10:13 AM
16
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Covid risk of staying at a hotel
NormanPerlmutter
Jan 2, 2022, 6:47 AM
4
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Predictions for 2022
ike
Jan 2, 2022, 6:34 AM
13
points
2
comments
LW
link
(misinfounderload.substack.com)
Fun with bitstrings and bijections
Adam Scherlis
Jan 2, 2022, 5:07 AM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(adam.scherlis.com)
What is a Counterfactual: An Elementary Introduction to the Causal Hierarchy
Darmani
Jan 2, 2022, 3:46 AM
11
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Regularization Causes Modularity Causes Generalization
dkirmani
Jan 1, 2022, 11:34 PM
50
points
7
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Self-Organised Neural Networks: A simple, natural and efficient way to intelligence
D𝜋
Jan 1, 2022, 11:24 PM
40
points
51
comments
44
min read
LW
link
2021/2022 Principle-driven Reflection/Planning Workshop
ti_guo
Jan 1, 2022, 11:24 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why don’t we just, like, try and build safe AGI?
Sun
Jan 1, 2022, 11:24 PM
0
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
We Choose To Align AI
johnswentworth
Jan 1, 2022, 8:06 PM
283
points
16
comments
3
min read
LW
link
1
review
New Year’s Prediction Thread (2022)
Daniel Kokotajlo
Jan 1, 2022, 7:49 PM
13
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are sane reasons that Covid data is treated as reliable?
Valentine
Jan 1, 2022, 6:47 PM
41
points
33
comments
2
min read
LW
link
How does one learn (music) more efficiently?
Nicole Dieker
Jan 1, 2022, 5:55 PM
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Working through D&D.Sci, problem 2 (preface)
Pablo Repetto
Jan 1, 2022, 5:40 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(pabloernesto.github.io)
[Question]
Can each event in the world be attributed conditions under which it occurs?
Maciej Jałocha
Jan 1, 2022, 4:02 PM
1
point
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Careful With Trailing Averages
jefftk
Jan 1, 2022, 4:00 PM
31
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Genetics: It sometimes skips a generation is a terrible explanation!
Jan Christian Refsgaard
Jan 1, 2022, 3:12 PM
15
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
$1000 USD prize—Circular Dependency of Counterfactuals
Chris_Leong
Jan 1, 2022, 9:43 AM
37
points
102
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Mailing Binax kits
NormanPerlmutter
Jan 1, 2022, 6:17 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
This Year I Tried To Teach Myself Math. How Did It Go?
Borasko
Dec 31, 2021, 5:55 PM
66
points
10
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Exegesis
rogersbacon
Dec 31, 2021, 5:48 PM
9
points
2
comments
20
min read
LW
link
(rogersbacon.substack.com)
Counterexamples to some ELK proposals
paulfchristiano
Dec 31, 2021, 5:05 PM
53
points
10
comments
7
min read
LW
link
D&D.Sci Holiday Special: How the Grinch Pessimized Christmas
aphyer
Dec 31, 2021, 4:23 PM
37
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Other Earth (Chapter 2)
Justin Bullock
Dec 31, 2021, 4:20 PM
3
points
0
comments
27
min read
LW
link
Omicron Post #11
Zvi
Dec 31, 2021, 3:50 PM
67
points
17
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
[Review] The Matrix Resurrections
lsusr
Dec 31, 2021, 11:10 AM
5
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
From Considerations to Probabilities
jsteinhardt
Dec 31, 2021, 2:10 AM
10
points
1
comment
5
min read
LW
link
(bounded-regret.ghost.io)
[Question]
Is Omicron less severe?
Alex_Altair
Dec 30, 2021, 11:14 PM
11
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Genetics of Space Amazons
Jan Christian Refsgaard
Dec 30, 2021, 10:14 PM
12
points
12
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Personal Response to Omicron
jefftk
Dec 30, 2021, 8:40 PM
60
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Covid 12/30: Infinity War
Zvi
Dec 30, 2021, 5:20 PM
67
points
18
comments
19
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Eliciting Latent Knowledge Via Hypothetical Sensors
John_Maxwell
Dec 30, 2021, 3:53 PM
38
points
1
comment
6
min read
LW
link
The Machine that Broke My Heart
lsusr
Dec 30, 2021, 11:59 AM
46
points
34
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Community Skill Building for Solstice
Raemon
Dec 30, 2021, 8:11 AM
28
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
We need a theory of anthropic measure binding
mako yass
Dec 30, 2021, 7:22 AM
27
points
42
comments
5
min read
LW
link
How to not renege prosocially, prosocially
Michael Cohn
Dec 30, 2021, 12:55 AM
48
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
A Summary Of Anthropic’s First Paper
Sam Ringer
Dec 30, 2021, 12:48 AM
85
points
1
comment
8
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How should we adjust microCOVID estimates for omicron, boosters, testing?
Sameerishere
Dec 30, 2021, 12:15 AM
8
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Reverse-engineering using interpretability
Beth Barnes
Dec 29, 2021, 11:21 PM
21
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Walkthrough: Filing a UK self-assessment tax return
philh
Dec 29, 2021, 11:10 PM
22
points
3
comments
21
min read
LW
link
(reasonableapproximation.net)
[Question]
Questions about Stocker’s DIY vaccine
dawangy
Dec 29, 2021, 10:44 PM
10
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Increased Availability and Willingness for Deployment of Resources for Effective Altruism and Long-Termism
Evan_Gaensbauer
Dec 29, 2021, 8:30 PM
33
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
COVID Skepticism Isn’t About Science
jaspax
Dec 29, 2021, 5:53 PM
127
points
76
comments
7
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are the pros and cons of seeking a formal diagnosis of autism?
Dumbledore's Army
Dec 29, 2021, 4:52 PM
28
points
18
comments
2
min read
LW
link
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