Flinches

ship_shlapJan 3, 2022, 11:51 PM
6 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

An Ob­ser­va­tion of Vav­ilov Day

ElizabethJan 3, 2022, 9:10 PM
236 points
42 comments3 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Ap­ply for re­search in­tern­ships at ARC!

paulfchristianoJan 3, 2022, 8:26 PM
61 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

How to End a Pandemic

MikkWJan 3, 2022, 8:26 PM
2 points
27 comments7 min readLW link

Prizes for ELK proposals

paulfchristianoJan 3, 2022, 8:23 PM
150 points
152 comments7 min readLW link

Causal­ity and de­ter­minism in so­cial sci­ence—An in­ves­ti­ga­tion us­ing Pearl’s causal ladder

tailcalledJan 3, 2022, 5:51 PM
12 points
10 comments9 min readLW link

Shad­ows Of The Com­ing Race (1879)

CapybasiliskJan 3, 2022, 3:55 PM
62 points
5 comments7 min readLW link

The pos­si­bil­ity of no good amaz­ing forecasters

Johannes C. MayerJan 3, 2022, 12:57 PM
3 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

How an alien the­ory of mind might be unlearnable

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 3, 2022, 11:16 AM
29 points
35 comments5 min readLW link

Reader-gen­er­ated Essays

Henrik KarlssonJan 3, 2022, 8:56 AM
25 points
1 comment6 min readLW link
(escapingflatland.substack.com)

Open Thread—Jan 2022 [Vote Ex­per­i­ment!]

jimrandomhJan 3, 2022, 1:07 AM
47 points
88 comments1 min readLW link

Lat­eral Think­ing (AI safety HPMOR fan­fic)

SlytherinsMonsterJan 2, 2022, 11:50 PM
77 points
9 comments5 min readLW link

Rockville Din­ner Meetup

rocurleyJan 2, 2022, 8:05 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Can you learn (mu­sic) effi­ciently by grind­ing?

Nicole DiekerJan 2, 2022, 7:07 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Tag for AI al­ign­ment?

Alex_AltairJan 2, 2022, 6:55 PM
7 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Each refer­ence class has its own end

avturchinJan 2, 2022, 3:59 PM
8 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

Scott Alexan­der 2021 Pre­dic­tions: Mar­ket Prices—Resolution

SimonMJan 2, 2022, 11:55 AM
56 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What ex­plains the ex­cess mor­tal­ity?

ChristianKlJan 2, 2022, 10:13 AM
16 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Covid risk of stay­ing at a hotel

NormanPerlmutterJan 2, 2022, 6:47 AM
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Pre­dic­tions for 2022

ikeJan 2, 2022, 6:34 AM
13 points
2 commentsLW link
(misinfounderload.substack.com)

Fun with bit­strings and bijections

Adam ScherlisJan 2, 2022, 5:07 AM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(adam.scherlis.com)

What is a Coun­ter­fac­tual: An Ele­men­tary In­tro­duc­tion to the Causal Hierarchy

DarmaniJan 2, 2022, 3:46 AM
11 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

Reg­u­lariza­tion Causes Mo­du­lar­ity Causes Generalization

dkirmaniJan 1, 2022, 11:34 PM
50 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

Self-Or­ganised Neu­ral Net­works: A sim­ple, nat­u­ral and effi­cient way to intelligence

D𝜋Jan 1, 2022, 11:24 PM
40 points
51 comments44 min readLW link

2021/​2022 Prin­ci­ple-driven Reflec­tion/​Plan­ning Workshop

ti_guoJan 1, 2022, 11:24 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Why don’t we just, like, try and build safe AGI?

SunJan 1, 2022, 11:24 PM
0 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

We Choose To Align AI

johnswentworthJan 1, 2022, 8:06 PM
283 points
16 comments3 min readLW link1 review

New Year’s Pre­dic­tion Thread (2022)

Daniel KokotajloJan 1, 2022, 7:49 PM
13 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are sane rea­sons that Covid data is treated as re­li­able?

ValentineJan 1, 2022, 6:47 PM
41 points
33 comments2 min readLW link

How does one learn (mu­sic) more effi­ciently?

Nicole DiekerJan 1, 2022, 5:55 PM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Work­ing through D&D.Sci, prob­lem 2 (pref­ace)

Pablo RepettoJan 1, 2022, 5:40 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(pabloernesto.github.io)

[Question] Can each event in the world be at­tributed con­di­tions un­der which it oc­curs?

Maciej JałochaJan 1, 2022, 4:02 PM
1 point
3 comments1 min readLW link

Care­ful With Trailing Averages

jefftkJan 1, 2022, 4:00 PM
31 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Ge­net­ics: It some­times skips a gen­er­a­tion is a ter­rible ex­pla­na­tion!

Jan Christian RefsgaardJan 1, 2022, 3:12 PM
15 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

$1000 USD prize—Cir­cu­lar Depen­dency of Counterfactuals

Chris_LeongJan 1, 2022, 9:43 AM
37 points
102 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Mailing Bi­nax kits

NormanPerlmutterJan 1, 2022, 6:17 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

This Year I Tried To Teach My­self Math. How Did It Go?

BoraskoDec 31, 2021, 5:55 PM
66 points
10 comments10 min readLW link

Exegesis

rogersbaconDec 31, 2021, 5:48 PM
9 points
2 comments20 min readLW link
(rogersbacon.substack.com)

Coun­terex­am­ples to some ELK proposals

paulfchristianoDec 31, 2021, 5:05 PM
53 points
10 comments7 min readLW link

D&D.Sci Holi­day Spe­cial: How the Grinch Pes­simized Christmas

aphyerDec 31, 2021, 4:23 PM
37 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

The Other Earth (Chap­ter 2)

Justin BullockDec 31, 2021, 4:20 PM
3 points
0 comments27 min readLW link

Omicron Post #11

ZviDec 31, 2021, 3:50 PM
67 points
17 comments11 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Re­view] The Ma­trix Resurrections

lsusrDec 31, 2021, 11:10 AM
5 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

From Con­sid­er­a­tions to Probabilities

jsteinhardtDec 31, 2021, 2:10 AM
10 points
1 comment5 min readLW link
(bounded-regret.ghost.io)

[Question] Is Omicron less se­vere?

Alex_AltairDec 30, 2021, 11:14 PM
11 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

The Ge­net­ics of Space Ama­zons

Jan Christian RefsgaardDec 30, 2021, 10:14 PM
12 points
12 comments5 min readLW link

Per­sonal Re­sponse to Omicron

jefftkDec 30, 2021, 8:40 PM
60 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Covid 12/​30: In­finity War

ZviDec 30, 2021, 5:20 PM
67 points
18 comments19 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Elic­it­ing La­tent Knowl­edge Via Hy­po­thet­i­cal Sensors

John_MaxwellDec 30, 2021, 3:53 PM
38 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

The Ma­chine that Broke My Heart

lsusrDec 30, 2021, 11:59 AM
46 points
34 comments2 min readLW link