AMA: I was un­schooled for most of my child­hood, then vol­un­tar­ily chose to leave to go to a large pub­lic high school.

iceplantJan 7, 2022, 7:48 AM
53 points
37 comments1 min readLW link

Omicron Post #15

ZviJan 19, 2022, 2:40 PM
52 points
10 comments5 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

What hap­pened when I ap­plied met­rics to my pi­ano prac­tice (a five-part es­say about the pro­cess of learn­ing)

Nicole DiekerJan 27, 2022, 8:45 PM
50 points
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School Daze

ZviJan 14, 2022, 1:50 PM
50 points
6 comments17 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Ques­tion Gravity

Isaac KingJan 13, 2022, 6:30 AM
50 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

Reg­u­lariza­tion Causes Mo­du­lar­ity Causes Generalization

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

[Question] Has any­one had weird ex­pe­riences with Al­cor?

JaevkoJan 11, 2022, 9:47 PM
49 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

Covid 1/​27/​22: Let My Peo­ple Go

ZviJan 27, 2022, 5:00 PM
49 points
24 comments16 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Open Thread—Jan 2022 [Vote Ex­per­i­ment!]

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

Thought Ex­per­i­ments Provide a Third Anchor

jsteinhardtJan 18, 2022, 4:00 PM
46 points
20 comments4 min readLW link
(bounded-regret.ghost.io)

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

The IHME Report

ZviJan 10, 2022, 3:50 PM
44 points
2 comments7 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The ig­no­rance of nor­ma­tive re­al­ism bot

Joe CarlsmithJan 18, 2022, 5:26 AM
43 points
6 comments35 min readLW link1 review

Ex­ces­sive Nuance and Derailing Conversations

AlexanderJan 23, 2022, 10:42 AM
43 points
13 comments4 min readLW link

Grandpa Has Differ­ent Rules

jefftkJan 22, 2022, 3:30 AM
43 points
9 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Nudg­ing My Way Out Of The In­tel­lec­tual Mosh Pit

ElizabethJan 15, 2022, 11:40 PM
42 points
20 comments4 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

CICO is a weird refer­ence class

Chad NauseamJan 23, 2022, 7:00 AM
42 points
5 comments2 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)

[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

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

Movie re­view: Don’t Look Up

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

Teach­ing Street Crossing

jefftkJan 16, 2022, 8:20 PM
38 points
10 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Poly­mar­ket Covid-19 1/​17/​2022

ZviJan 17, 2022, 4:10 PM
38 points
10 comments9 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

An­i­mal welfare EA and per­sonal dietary options

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

Per­sonal blog­ging as self-im­posed oppression

xarknJan 15, 2022, 2:51 PM
37 points
12 comments3 min readLW link

Es­ti­mat­ing train­ing com­pute of Deep Learn­ing models

Jan 20, 2022, 4:12 PM
37 points
4 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

[Linkpost] [Fun] CDC To Send Pam­phlet On Prob­a­bil­is­tic Thinking

Gunnar_ZarnckeJan 14, 2022, 9:44 PM
37 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

En­tropy isn’t suffi­cient to mea­sure pass­word strength

benwrJan 17, 2022, 6:41 AM
36 points
30 comments2 min readLW link
(www.benwr.net)

The Greedy Doc­tor Prob­lem… turns out to be rele­vant to the ELK prob­lem?

JanJan 14, 2022, 11:58 AM
36 points
10 comments14 min readLW link
(universalprior.substack.com)

[Question] Poli­ti­cal Office for Begin­ners?

AsgårdJan 12, 2022, 5:27 PM
36 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

In­stru­men­tal Con­ver­gence For Real­is­tic Agent Objectives

TurnTroutJan 22, 2022, 12:41 AM
35 points
9 comments9 min readLW link

Guidelines for cold mes­sag­ing people

Severin T. SeehrichJan 17, 2022, 12:07 PM
35 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Ad­ver­tis­ing as a Par­a­site on the Se­man­tic Commons

ThomasMoreJan 28, 2022, 5:38 PM
34 points
14 comments3 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

Eval­u­at­ing 2021 ACX Predictions

ZviJan 25, 2022, 6:30 PM
34 points
11 comments22 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

2020 Re­view: Fi­nal Voting

RaemonJan 28, 2022, 3:39 AM
34 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

I Am a Di­men­sional Trav­el­ler from a World of Highly Sen­si­tive Rationalists

LightStarJan 30, 2022, 1:00 PM
34 points
20 comments2 min readLW link

Vav­ilov Day Starts Tomorrow

ElizabethJan 25, 2022, 6:00 PM
34 points
7 comments2 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Plan B in AI Safety approach

avturchinJan 13, 2022, 12:03 PM
33 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Search Is All You Need

blake8086Jan 25, 2022, 11:13 PM
33 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Un­con­tro­ver­sially good legislation

bracesJan 10, 2022, 2:26 AM
32 points
57 comments1 min readLW link

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

Rohin ShahJan 21, 2022, 6:30 PM
32 points
1 comment7 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Care­ful With Trailing Averages

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

Positly covid sur­vey: long covid

KatjaGraceJan 18, 2022, 10:40 AM
31 points
2 comments8 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Fore­cast­ing Newslet­ter: De­cem­ber 2021

NunoSempereJan 10, 2022, 7:35 PM
30 points
5 comments9 min readLW link

Book notes: “The Ori­gins of You: How Child­hood Shapes Later Life”

juliawiseJan 28, 2022, 8:00 PM
30 points
8 comments8 min readLW link

New year, new re­search agenda post

Charlie SteinerJan 12, 2022, 5:58 PM
29 points
4 comments16 min readLW link

NFTs, Coin Col­lect­ing, and Ex­pen­sive Paintings

leogaoJan 24, 2022, 1:01 AM
29 points
35 comments5 min readLW link

Vav­ilov Day Dis­cus­sion Post

ElizabethJan 27, 2022, 12:26 AM
29 points
28 comments1 min readLW link