Em­piri­cal Find­ings Gen­er­al­ize Sur­pris­ingly Far

jsteinhardtFeb 1, 2022, 10:30 PM
47 points
1 comment6 min readLW link
(bounded-regret.ghost.io)

Is there a bet­ter choice than “Stop After Win” (or does dou­ble-check­ing lead to failure loops)?

Nicole DiekerFeb 1, 2022, 8:33 PM
11 points
12 comments4 min readLW link

2022 ACX Pre­dic­tions: Buy/​Sell/​Hold

ZviFeb 1, 2022, 8:30 PM
30 points
2 comments18 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Re­vis­it­ing Brave New World Re­vis­ited (Chap­ter 3)

Justin BullockFeb 1, 2022, 5:17 PM
5 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

Be­fore Colour TV, Peo­ple Dreamed in Black and White

Sam EnrightFeb 1, 2022, 12:50 PM
60 points
24 comments2 min readLW link

SIA be­comes SSA in the multiverse

avturchinFeb 1, 2022, 11:31 AM
7 points
35 comments5 min readLW link

Bay Area Ra­tion­al­ists Field Day

SurvivalBiasFeb 1, 2022, 2:45 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

2+2: On­tolog­i­cal Framework

LyrialtusFeb 1, 2022, 1:07 AM
−15 points
2 comments12 min readLW link

Im­mune, In a Nutshell

JsevillamolJan 31, 2022, 11:07 PM
51 points
4 comments17 min readLW link

Mean­ing of Words—An Ex­er­cise for Ac­tive Thinking

aysajanJan 31, 2022, 8:18 PM
13 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

On in­finite ethics

Joe CarlsmithJan 31, 2022, 7:04 AM
128 points
71 comments51 min readLW link1 review

De­sign policy to be testable

Yair HalberstadtJan 31, 2022, 6:04 AM
42 points
17 comments2 min readLW link

Reflec­tions on six months of fatherhood

jasoncrawfordJan 31, 2022, 5:28 AM
387 points
24 comments4 min readLW link1 review
(jasoncrawford.org)

[Question] How do I find Like­li­hoods and Prior prob­a­bil­ities for Com­plete blood count (CBC) val­ues for cats?

ATheCoderJan 31, 2022, 5:11 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

What do we mean when we say the brain com­putes?

Adam ShaiJan 31, 2022, 3:33 AM
3 points
5 comments10 min readLW link

South Bay ACX/​LW Meetup

ISJan 31, 2022, 12:57 AM
11 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Ca­reer Day: A Short Story

vernamcipherJan 30, 2022, 10:22 PM
12 points
0 comments16 min readLW link
(mflood.substack.com)

Can we grow cars in­stead of build­ing them?

pchvykovJan 30, 2022, 9:05 PM
10 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

In­fant Talk boxes?

jefftkJan 30, 2022, 6:20 PM
10 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Ret­ro­spec­tive forecasting

Ege ErdilJan 30, 2022, 4:38 PM
23 points
6 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Where can I read about the Roko’s Basilisk drama?

theflowerpotJan 30, 2022, 4:29 PM
−8 points
19 comments1 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

Knowl­edge Lo­cal­iza­tion: Ten­ta­tively Pos­i­tive Re­sults on OCR

J BostockJan 30, 2022, 11:57 AM
7 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Cheer­ful Har­berger Day

hamnoxJan 30, 2022, 7:17 AM
29 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] How would you learn ab­solute pitch?

Thomas SepulchreJan 29, 2022, 11:26 PM
5 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

De­con­fus­ing Deception

J BostockJan 29, 2022, 4:43 PM
28 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

The Map of the Map

LightStarJan 29, 2022, 10:03 AM
7 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Crypto low risk prof­its

ikeJan 29, 2022, 4:52 AM
−6 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(deepfivalue.substack.com)

Mildly Pho­tochromic Lenses?

jefftkJan 29, 2022, 2:30 AM
10 points
9 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

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

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

Ad­ver­tis­ing as a Par­a­site on the Se­man­tic Commons

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

[Question] New­comb’s Grandfather

Yair HalberstadtJan 28, 2022, 8:56 AM
5 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

2020 Re­view: Fi­nal Voting

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

How A Highly Sen­si­tive Per­son Sees Words

LightStarJan 28, 2022, 3:16 AM
9 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

The Skill of Writ­ing Facetiously

lhcJan 27, 2022, 10:44 PM
4 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

A lit­tle game the­ory on dis­cur­sive conflict

David Hugh-JonesJan 27, 2022, 9:19 PM
9 points
3 comments6 min readLW link
(wyclif.substack.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
12 comments3 min readLW link

Fore­cast­ing Newslet­ter: Look­ing back at 2021

NunoSempereJan 27, 2022, 8:08 PM
57 points
6 comments9 min readLW link
(forecasting.substack.com)

Covid 1/​27/​22: Let My Peo­ple Go

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

New­comb’s Lot­tery Problem

HeighnJan 27, 2022, 4:28 PM
1 point
9 comments1 min readLW link

Causal­ity, Trans­for­ma­tive AI and al­ign­ment—part I

Marius HobbhahnJan 27, 2022, 4:18 PM
14 points
11 comments8 min readLW link

Ar­gu­ments about Highly Reli­able Agent De­signs as a Use­ful Path to Ar­tifi­cial In­tel­li­gence Safety

Jan 27, 2022, 1:13 PM
27 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

Cop­ing with Undecidability

MorpheusJan 27, 2022, 10:31 AM
6 points
13 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Rank­ing Cul­tures by Rationality

GadersdJan 27, 2022, 2:25 AM
1 point
5 comments1 min readLW link

Vav­ilov Day Dis­cus­sion Post

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

Work­ing through D&D.Sci, prob­lem 3 (solu­tion)

Pablo RepettoJan 26, 2022, 10:18 PM
12 points
2 commentsLW link
(pabloernesto.github.io)

Event: Mo­ral Foun­da­tions of Progress Stud­ies, March 4–6 at UT Austin

jasoncrawfordJan 26, 2022, 9:57 PM
15 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Freudi­anism among the 17th cen­tury Wendat

David GrossJan 26, 2022, 6:15 PM
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Disam­biguat­ing the ‘Ob­serv­able Uni­verse’

Sam EnrightJan 26, 2022, 4:50 PM
24 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

[In­tro to brain-like-AGI safety] 1. What’s the prob­lem & Why work on it now?

Steven ByrnesJan 26, 2022, 3:23 PM
159 points
19 comments26 min readLW link