New­comb’s Prob­lem as an Iter­ated Pri­soner’s Dilemma

JerdleJan 5, 2022, 10:48 PM
13 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

[Book Re­view]: The Bonobo and the Athe­ist by Frans De Waal

J BostockJan 5, 2022, 10:29 PM
17 points
0 comments14 min readLW link

P(C) vs. NP(C)

Nicole DiekerJan 5, 2022, 9:34 PM
3 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] How much, and on what mar­gins, should we be re­think­ing quaran­tine pro­to­cols?

jmhJan 5, 2022, 8:29 PM
8 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

An­i­mal welfare EA and per­sonal dietary options

Rob BensingerJan 5, 2022, 6:53 PM
38 points
32 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Your Preferences

PeterLJan 5, 2022, 6:49 PM
1 point
4 comments1 min readLW link

Selfless Dating

Jacob FalkovichJan 5, 2022, 5:44 PM
24 points
7 comments7 min readLW link

10 Rea­sons You’re Lazy About Dating

Jacob FalkovichJan 5, 2022, 5:43 PM
6 points
5 comments7 min readLW link

Con­sen­sual Hostility

Jacob FalkovichJan 5, 2022, 5:40 PM
10 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Sex Versus

Jacob FalkovichJan 5, 2022, 5:38 PM
14 points
12 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] How would you ex­plain Bayesian think­ing to a ten year old?

lumenwritesJan 5, 2022, 5:25 PM
7 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Thank you, Queensland

mukashiJan 5, 2022, 2:21 PM
22 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] How the re­sponse to a pan­demic af­fect­ing mainly chil­dren would look like?

mukashiJan 5, 2022, 10:15 AM
4 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

A Re­ac­tion to Wolf­gang Sch­warz’s “On Func­tional De­ci­sion The­ory”

HeighnJan 5, 2022, 9:00 AM
7 points
9 comments7 min readLW link

Omicron in Biobot

jefftkJan 5, 2022, 2:50 AM
14 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Movie re­view: Don’t Look Up

Sam MarksJan 4, 2022, 8:16 PM
38 points
6 comments11 min readLW link

More Is Differ­ent for AI

jsteinhardtJan 4, 2022, 7:30 PM
140 points
24 comments3 min readLW link1 review
(bounded-regret.ghost.io)

[Question] How do you turn an idea into a re­al­ity? (warn­ing: in­volves poli­tics)

Nicole DiekerJan 4, 2022, 7:29 PM
8 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

The Speed of Rumor

NancyLebovitzJan 4, 2022, 7:27 PM
5 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Omicron Post #12

ZviJan 4, 2022, 3:50 PM
75 points
21 comments11 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The Map-Ter­ri­tory Distinc­tion Creates Confusion

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJan 4, 2022, 3:49 PM
25 points
50 comments4 min readLW link

Promis­ing posts on AF that have fallen through the cracks

Evan R. MurphyJan 4, 2022, 3:39 PM
34 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

[New Fea­ture] Sup­port for Foot­notes!

RubyJan 4, 2022, 7:35 AM
134 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

Coun­ter­fac­tu­als from en­sem­bles of peers

David JohnstonJan 4, 2022, 7:01 AM
3 points
4 comments7 min readLW link

Some thoughts about an es­ti­ma­tor by Taleb

paladimJan 4, 2022, 5:37 AM
4 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

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