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Very Dark Mouth-Shaped Non-fancy Chocolate?

jefftkApr 3, 2022, 10:10 PM

9 points

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Giving calibrated time estimates can have social costs

Alex_AltairApr 3, 2022, 9:23 PM

99 points

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16 comments5 min readLW link

The Case for Frequentism: Why Bayesian Probability is Fundamentally Unsound and What Science Does Instead

lsusrApr 3, 2022, 8:52 PM

22 points

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29 comments6 min readLW link

The fingerprints of ideology in science

MalmesburyApr 3, 2022, 8:40 PM

22 points

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2 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] How to write a LW sequence to learn a topic?

PabloAMCApr 3, 2022, 8:09 PM

3 points

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2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Should we push for banning making hiring decisions based on AI?

ChristianKlApr 3, 2022, 7:46 PM

10 points

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6 comments1 min readLW link

Working Out in VR Really Works

Yonatan CaleApr 3, 2022, 6:42 PM

94 points

50 votes

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28 comments3 min readLW link

On Agent Incentives to Manipulate Human Feedback in Multi-Agent Reward Learning Scenarios

Francis Rhys WardApr 3, 2022, 6:20 PM

27 points

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10 comments8 min readLW link

Science is Mining, not Foraging

Seb FarquharApr 3, 2022, 6:19 PM

33 points

10 votes

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0 comments15 min readLW link

A simple guide to life

jasoncrawfordApr 3, 2022, 6:09 PM

27 points

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3 comments1 min readLW link

(jasoncrawford.org)

How Real Moral Mazes (in Bay Area startups)?

Gordon Seidoh WorleyApr 3, 2022, 6:08 PM

48 points

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[Book Review] Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective

Bart BussmannApr 3, 2022, 5:45 PM

12 points

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2 comments2 min readLW link

“Don’t Get Mad, Get Curious”

RubixApr 3, 2022, 3:30 PM

23 points

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The doomsday argument is normal

avturchinApr 3, 2022, 3:17 PM

6 points

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44 comments2 min readLW link

[Invisible Networks] Goblin Marketplace

Kaj_SotalaApr 3, 2022, 11:40 AM

12 points

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0 comments3 min readLW link

(kajsotala.fi)

Avoiding Moral Fads?

Davis_KingsleyApr 3, 2022, 9:15 AM

7 points

23 votes

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17 comments2 min readLW link

AI Governance across Slow/Fast Takeoff and Easy/Hard Alignment spectra

DavidmanheimApr 3, 2022, 7:45 AM

27 points

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6 comments3 min readLW link

Practical use of the Beta distribution for data analysis

Maxwell PetersonApr 3, 2022, 7:34 AM

9 points

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2 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What are some ways in which we can die with more dignity?

Chris_LeongApr 3, 2022, 5:32 AM

15 points

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18 comments1 min readLW link

General Thoughts on Less Wrong

Chris_LeongApr 3, 2022, 4:09 AM

44 points

22 votes

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14 comments2 min readLW link

Becoming a Staff Engineer

Gordon Seidoh WorleyApr 3, 2022, 2:30 AM

64 points

34 votes

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33 comments6 min readLW link

Problem of Induction: What if Instants Were Independent

EpiritoApr 3, 2022, 12:54 AM

1 point

5 votes

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7 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] How to openly maintain a single identity while keeping it private?

identity.keyApr 3, 2022, 12:53 AM

8 points

6 votes

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9 comments3 min readLW link

High schoolers can apply to the Atlas Fellowship: $50k scholarship + summer program

sydneyApr 3, 2022, 12:53 AM

124 points

54 votes

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18 comments2 min readLW link

Entering At the 11th Hour (Babble & Anaylsis)

EdricBroadhurstApr 3, 2022, 12:52 AM

45 points

21 votes

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6 comments5 min readLW link

Monthly Linkspost 3/2022

KellerApr 2, 2022, 11:57 PM

8 points

4 votes

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3 comments6 min readLW link

Hallelujah

Pablo RepettoApr 2, 2022, 11:34 PM

9 points

5 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(pabloernesto.github.io)

20 Modern Heresies

rogersbaconApr 2, 2022, 10:46 PM

48 points

34 votes

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40 comments16 min readLW link

(rogersbacon.substack.com)

Approach to Screen Time

jefftkApr 2, 2022, 10:20 PM

27 points

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8 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Uncontrollable Super-Powerful Explosives

Sammy MartinApr 2, 2022, 8:13 PM

55 points

24 votes

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17 comments5 min readLW link

Variadic functions in Hindley Milner

philhApr 2, 2022, 8:00 PM

10 points

3 votes

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5 comments23 min readLW link

(reasonableapproximation.net)

Book review: Very Important People

Richard_NgoApr 2, 2022, 7:00 PM

112 points

54 votes

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19 comments3 min readLW link

(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

Real biosafety is socially inconvenient

ChristianKlApr 2, 2022, 6:50 PM

33 points

16 votes

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15 comments2 min readLW link

How I repeatedly failed to use Tobit modelling on censored data

abstractapplicApr 2, 2022, 6:10 PM

51 points

26 votes

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8 comments10 min readLW link

Noobs Need Rules

Jacob FalkovichApr 2, 2022, 5:56 PM

50 points

25 votes

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3 comments6 min readLW link

Unfinished Projects Thread

Gunnar_ZarnckeApr 2, 2022, 5:12 PM

22 points

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15 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What words should be shorter in the rational dictionary?

brookApr 2, 2022, 4:46 PM

10 points

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5 comments1 min readLW link

[Invisible Networks] Psyche-Sort

Kaj_SotalaApr 2, 2022, 3:40 PM

24 points

10 votes

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4 comments2 min readLW link

(kajsotala.fi)

Moloch and the sandpile catastrophe

Eric RaymondApr 2, 2022, 3:35 PM

120 points

77 votes

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25 comments3 min readLW link

Moral Anti-Realism: Introduction & Summary

Lukas_GloorApr 2, 2022, 2:29 PM

15 points

6 votes

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0 comments7 min readLW link

Retrospective: Practical Social Networking

EvenflairApr 2, 2022, 2:01 PM

20 points

7 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(guildoftherose.org)

Optional stopping

Ege ErdilApr 2, 2022, 1:58 PM

14 points

7 votes

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6 comments7 min readLW link

How Money Fails to Track Value

JustinShovelainApr 2, 2022, 12:32 PM

17 points

9 votes

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0 comments5 min readLW link

I’m writing a novel to promote Effective Altruism

Timothy UnderwoodApr 2, 2022, 8:50 AM

21 points

8 votes

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0 comments6 min readLW link

Good Heart Week: Extending the Experiment

Ben PaceApr 2, 2022, 7:13 AM

97 points

58 votes

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92 comments3 min readLW link

Sydney AI Safety Fellowship Review

Chris_LeongApr 2, 2022, 7:11 AM

19 points

6 votes

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0 comments9 min readLW link

Community Building: Micro vs. Macro

Chris_LeongApr 2, 2022, 7:10 AM

10 points

3 votes

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0 comments4 min readLW link

Inflection AI: New startup related to language models

NisanApr 2, 2022, 5:35 AM

21 points

5 votes

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[Question] How can a layman contribute to AI Alignment efforts, given shorter timeline/doomier scenarios?

AprilSRApr 2, 2022, 4:34 AM

11 points

7 votes

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April 2022 Welcome & Open Thread

Ben PaceApr 2, 2022, 3:46 AM

15 points

5 votes

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34 comments1 min readLW link

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