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Very Dark Mouth-Shaped Non-fancy Chocolate?
jefftk
Apr 3, 2022, 10:10 PM
9
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Giving calibrated time estimates can have social costs
Alex_Altair
Apr 3, 2022, 9:23 PM
99
points
16
comments
5
min read
LW
link
The Case for Frequentism: Why Bayesian Probability is Fundamentally Unsound and What Science Does Instead
lsusr
Apr 3, 2022, 8:52 PM
22
points
29
comments
6
min read
LW
link
The fingerprints of ideology in science
Malmesbury
Apr 3, 2022, 8:40 PM
22
points
2
comments
9
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How to write a LW sequence to learn a topic?
PabloAMC
Apr 3, 2022, 8:09 PM
3
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Should we push for banning making hiring decisions based on AI?
ChristianKl
Apr 3, 2022, 7:46 PM
10
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Working Out in VR Really Works
Yonatan Cale
Apr 3, 2022, 6:42 PM
92
points
28
comments
3
min read
LW
link
On Agent Incentives to Manipulate Human Feedback in Multi-Agent Reward Learning Scenarios
Francis Rhys Ward
Apr 3, 2022, 6:20 PM
27
points
10
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Science is Mining, not Foraging
Seb Farquhar
Apr 3, 2022, 6:19 PM
33
points
0
comments
15
min read
LW
link
A simple guide to life
jasoncrawford
Apr 3, 2022, 6:09 PM
25
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(jasoncrawford.org)
How Real Moral Mazes (in Bay Area startups)?
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Apr 3, 2022, 6:08 PM
48
points
9
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Book Review] Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective
Bart Bussmann
Apr 3, 2022, 5:45 PM
12
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
“Don’t Get Mad, Get Curious”
Rubix
Apr 3, 2022, 3:30 PM
23
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The doomsday argument is normal
avturchin
Apr 3, 2022, 3:17 PM
6
points
44
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Invisible Networks] Goblin Marketplace
Kaj_Sotala
Apr 3, 2022, 11:40 AM
12
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(kajsotala.fi)
Avoiding Moral Fads?
Davis_Kingsley
Apr 3, 2022, 9:15 AM
7
points
17
comments
2
min read
LW
link
AI Governance across Slow/Fast Takeoff and Easy/Hard Alignment spectra
Davidmanheim
Apr 3, 2022, 7:45 AM
27
points
6
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Practical use of the Beta distribution for data analysis
Maxwell Peterson
Apr 3, 2022, 7:34 AM
9
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are some ways in which we can die with more dignity?
Chris_Leong
Apr 3, 2022, 5:32 AM
14
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
General Thoughts on Less Wrong
Chris_Leong
Apr 3, 2022, 4:09 AM
44
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Becoming a Staff Engineer
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Apr 3, 2022, 2:30 AM
64
points
33
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Problem of Induction: What if Instants Were Independent
Epirito
Apr 3, 2022, 12:54 AM
1
point
7
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How to openly maintain a single identity while keeping it private?
identity.key
Apr 3, 2022, 12:53 AM
8
points
9
comments
3
min read
LW
link
High schoolers can apply to the Atlas Fellowship: $50k scholarship + summer program
sydney
Apr 3, 2022, 12:53 AM
124
points
18
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Entering At the 11th Hour (Babble & Anaylsis)
EdricBroadhurst
Apr 3, 2022, 12:52 AM
45
points
6
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Monthly Linkspost 3/2022
Keller
Apr 2, 2022, 11:57 PM
8
points
3
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Hallelujah
Pablo Repetto
Apr 2, 2022, 11:34 PM
9
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(pabloernesto.github.io)
20 Modern Heresies
rogersbacon
Apr 2, 2022, 10:46 PM
47
points
40
comments
16
min read
LW
link
(rogersbacon.substack.com)
Approach to Screen Time
jefftk
Apr 2, 2022, 10:20 PM
27
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Uncontrollable Super-Powerful Explosives
Sammy Martin
Apr 2, 2022, 8:13 PM
55
points
17
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Variadic functions in Hindley Milner
philh
Apr 2, 2022, 8:00 PM
10
points
5
comments
23
min read
LW
link
(reasonableapproximation.net)
Book review: Very Important People
Richard_Ngo
Apr 2, 2022, 7:00 PM
109
points
19
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)
Real biosafety is socially inconvenient
ChristianKl
Apr 2, 2022, 6:50 PM
33
points
15
comments
2
min read
LW
link
How I repeatedly failed to use Tobit modelling on censored data
abstractapplic
Apr 2, 2022, 6:10 PM
51
points
8
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Noobs Need Rules
Jacob Falkovich
Apr 2, 2022, 5:56 PM
50
points
3
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Unfinished Projects Thread
Gunnar_Zarncke
Apr 2, 2022, 5:12 PM
22
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What words should be shorter in the rational dictionary?
brook
Apr 2, 2022, 4:46 PM
10
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Invisible Networks] Psyche-Sort
Kaj_Sotala
Apr 2, 2022, 3:40 PM
24
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(kajsotala.fi)
Moloch and the sandpile catastrophe
Eric Raymond
Apr 2, 2022, 3:35 PM
120
points
25
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Moral Anti-Realism: Introduction & Summary
Lukas_Gloor
Apr 2, 2022, 2:29 PM
15
points
0
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Retrospective: Practical Social Networking
Evenflair
Apr 2, 2022, 2:01 PM
20
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(guildoftherose.org)
Optional stopping
Ege Erdil
Apr 2, 2022, 1:58 PM
14
points
6
comments
7
min read
LW
link
How Money Fails to Track Value
JustinShovelain
Apr 2, 2022, 12:32 PM
17
points
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
I’m writing a novel to promote Effective Altruism
Timothy Underwood
Apr 2, 2022, 8:50 AM
21
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Good Heart Week: Extending the Experiment
Ben Pace
2 Apr 2022 7:13 UTC
97
points
92
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Sydney AI Safety Fellowship Review
Chris_Leong
2 Apr 2022 7:11 UTC
19
points
0
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Community Building: Micro vs. Macro
Chris_Leong
2 Apr 2022 7:10 UTC
10
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Inflection AI: New startup related to language models
Nisan
2 Apr 2022 5:35 UTC
21
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How can a layman contribute to AI Alignment efforts, given shorter timeline/doomier scenarios?
AprilSR
2 Apr 2022 4:34 UTC
11
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
April 2022 Welcome & Open Thread
Ben Pace
2 Apr 2022 3:46 UTC
15
points
34
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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