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Even more cu­rated con­ver­sa­tions with brilli­ant rationalists

spencergMar 21, 2022, 11:49 PM
59 points

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Counter-the­ses on Sleep

NatáliaMar 21, 2022, 11:21 PM
453 points

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135 comments15 min readLW link1 review

Jet­lag, Nausea, and Diar­rhea are Largely Optional

Thomas KwaMar 21, 2022, 10:40 PM
94 points

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32 comments2 min readLW link

We can­not di­rectly choose an AGI’s util­ity function

azsantoskMar 21, 2022, 10:08 PM
13 points

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18 comments3 min readLW link

Why will an AGI be ra­tio­nal?

azsantoskMar 21, 2022, 9:54 PM
4 points

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8 comments2 min readLW link

Ukraine Post #5: Bits of Information

ZviMar 21, 2022, 2:00 PM
71 points

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The Dawn of Every­thing: a review

David Hugh-JonesMar 21, 2022, 12:53 PM
32 points

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(wyclif.substack.com)

[CANCELLED] ACX meetup [April]

sallatikMar 21, 2022, 9:49 AM
1 point

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Search­ing for outliers

benkuhnMar 21, 2022, 2:40 AM
169 points

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How to ventilate

jefftkMar 21, 2022, 1:20 AM
16 points

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Civ­i­liza­tion as Self-Restraint

Duncan Sabien (Inactive)Mar 21, 2022, 12:31 AM
60 points

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[Question] Trust­ing groups over individuals

castor07Mar 20, 2022, 6:47 PM
0 points

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[Question] What are the best el­e­men­tary math prob­lems you know?

Ege ErdilMar 20, 2022, 5:18 PM
42 points

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Nat­u­ral Value Learning

Chris van MerwijkMar 20, 2022, 12:44 PM
7 points

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10 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] How to pre­vent au­thor­i­tar­ian re­volts?

lcMar 20, 2022, 10:01 AM
21 points

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How I fixed exercise

GabrielExistsMar 20, 2022, 4:52 AM
43 points

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7 comments7 min readLW link

Know of any ran­domised tri­als teach­ing de­bi­as­ing in schools? Want to help re­view them, or would that re­view help your work?

MNoetelMar 20, 2022, 4:52 AM
29 points

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On Con­text And People

JanMar 19, 2022, 11:38 PM
8 points

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[Question] When will kids stop wear­ing masks at school?

Daniel KokotajloMar 19, 2022, 10:13 PM
15 points

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Ex­plor­ing Finite Fac­tored Sets with some toy examples

Thomas KehrenbergMar 19, 2022, 10:08 PM
56 points

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Ra­tion­al­ists Should Learn Lock Picking

brookMar 19, 2022, 6:00 PM
23 points

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10 comments2 min readLW link

Wargam­ing AGI Development

ryan_bMar 19, 2022, 5:59 PM
37 points

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[Question] Can you be Not Even Wrong in AI Align­ment?

throwaway8238Mar 19, 2022, 5:41 PM
22 points

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7 comments8 min readLW link

Goal-di­rect­ed­ness: im­perfect rea­son­ing, limited knowl­edge and in­ac­cu­rate beliefs

Morgan_RogersMar 19, 2022, 5:28 PM
4 points

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[Question] Thoughts on the SPIES Fore­cast­ing Method?

T431Mar 19, 2022, 3:22 PM
20 points

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Ret­ro­spec­tive: Con­text and Communication

The Guild of the RoseMar 19, 2022, 2:45 PM
19 points

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Notes on So­cial Responsibility

David GrossMar 19, 2022, 2:44 PM
17 points

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[Linkpost] 7 Swedish Words to Import

mike_hawkeMar 19, 2022, 2:36 AM
18 points

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[Question] What to do af­ter in­vent­ing AGI?

elephantcrewMar 18, 2022, 10:30 PM
9 points

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Cold Takes reader sur­vey—let me know what you want more and less of!

HoldenKarnofskyMar 18, 2022, 7:20 PM
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[Question] What Should I Do To­day?

CuiMar 18, 2022, 4:36 PM
10 points

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Only needs a fly­ing saucer

Mary ChernyshenkoMar 18, 2022, 3:11 PM
76 points

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Learned Blank­ness and Ex­pec­ta­tions of Solubility

brookMar 18, 2022, 12:42 PM
8 points

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On ex­pected util­ity, part 2: Why it can be OK to pre­dictably lose

Joe CarlsmithMar 18, 2022, 8:38 AM
13 points

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4 comments16 min readLW link

Nu­clear Deter­rence 101 (and why the US can’t even hint at in­ter­ven­ing in Ukraine)

DarmaniMar 18, 2022, 7:25 AM
36 points

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[Question] Our time in his­tory as ev­i­dence for simu­la­tion the­ory?

Garrett GarzonieMar 18, 2022, 3:35 AM
3 points

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Ve­gas ACX/​SSC/​LW meetup

jwrayMar 18, 2022, 2:33 AM
4 points

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On Defect­ing On Yourself

David UdellMar 18, 2022, 2:21 AM
37 points

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Phase tran­si­tions and AGI

Ege Erdil and Metaculus
Mar 17, 2022, 5:22 PM
45 points

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Covid 3/​17/​22: The Rise of BA.2

ZviMar 17, 2022, 4:20 PM
44 points

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[Question] Is Grabby Aliens built on good an­thropic rea­son­ing?

Steven ByrnesMar 17, 2022, 2:12 PM
42 points

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[Question] Max­i­mize in a limited do­main. Hope for the fu­ture.

DacynMar 17, 2022, 2:05 PM
4 points

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Is there a link be­tween Im­mi­gra­tion Policy and In­fla­tion?

hawkebiaMar 17, 2022, 11:26 AM
9 points

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Us­ing GPT-3 for pre­vent­ing con­flict dur­ing mes­sag­ing — a pitch for an app

Eli_Mar 17, 2022, 11:02 AM
22 points

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[Question] What is the equiv­a­lent of the “do” op­er­a­tor for finite fac­tored sets?

Chris van MerwijkMar 17, 2022, 8:05 AM
8 points

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EA Ca­reer Work­shop (Berkeley, 3/​19)

Raj ThimmiahMar 17, 2022, 6:50 AM
3 points

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The One Who Says, “Enough”

SableMar 17, 2022, 6:17 AM
5 points

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Why a No-Fly-Zone would be the biggest gift to Putin, and why Ze­len­skyy keeps ask­ing for it [Linkpost and com­men­tary]

DojanMar 17, 2022, 3:13 AM
48 points

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[Question] For­mal epistemiol­ogy for ex­tract­ing truth from news sources

EnigmaMar 17, 2022, 2:06 AM
18 points

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On ex­pected util­ity, part 1: Skyscrap­ers and madmen

Joe CarlsmithMar 16, 2022, 9:58 PM
24 points

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16 comments12 min readLW link