Sig­nal­ing isn’t about sig­nal­ing, it’s about Goodhart

ValentineJan 6, 2022, 6:49 PM
59 points
31 comments9 min readLW link

Covid 1/​6/​22: The Blip

ZviJan 6, 2022, 6:30 PM
68 points
21 comments25 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The Prob­lem of the Cri­te­rion is NOT an Open Problem

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJan 6, 2022, 4:31 PM
9 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Im­por­tance of fore­sight eval­u­a­tions within ELK

Jonathan UesatoJan 6, 2022, 3:34 PM
25 points
1 comment10 min readLW link

[Question] How rea­son­able are con­cerns about ask­ing for patents to be lifted for COVID-19 vac­cines?

ChristianKlJan 6, 2022, 1:09 PM
2 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

A com­mon mis­con­cep­tion about the evolu­tion of viruses

mukashiJan 6, 2022, 10:00 AM
7 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

What I’m about

FlaglandbaseJan 6, 2022, 9:20 AM
3 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

You can’t un­der­stand hu­man agency with­out un­der­stand­ing amoeba agency

ShmiJan 6, 2022, 4:42 AM
25 points
36 comments1 min readLW link

Brain Effi­ciency: Much More than You Wanted to Know

jacob_cannellJan 6, 2022, 3:38 AM
201 points
103 comments29 min readLW link

Satisf-AI: A Route to Re­duc­ing Risks From AI

harsimonyJan 6, 2022, 2:34 AM
6 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

How To Raise Others’ Aspira­tions in 17 Easy Steps

chanamessingerJan 6, 2022, 12:14 AM
100 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

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 Dieker2 Jan 2022 19:07 UTC
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link