rational
Issue #174
25 July, 2021 // View full list
Make your own AI-Generated Art: 'Cyberpunk Nightclub'. // twitter.com
# Coronavirus
Covid 7/22: Error Correction // Zvi, 26 min
Delta variant: we should probably be re-masking // aaronb50, 5 min
($1000 bounty) How effective are marginal vaccine doses against the covid delta variant? // jacobjacob, 1 min
Is there a reasonable reading according to which Baric, Shi et al 2015 isn't gain-of-function research? // ChristianKl, 1 min
Things I Learned Writing The Lockdown Post // Scott Alexander, 14 min
# Instrumental
Randomized Zettelkasten Test // Josephine, 8 min
A Guide for Productivity // marius-hobbhahn, 50 min
Ask Not "How Are You Doing?" // Collisteru, 2 min
Preparing for ambition // adamzerner, 8 min
The Utility Function of a Prepper // Alex Hollow, 1 min
# Epistemic
One Study, Many Results (Matt Clancy) // aarongertler, 10 min
The Walking Dead // logan-zoellner, 1 min
Believing vs understanding // adamzerner, 7 min
Jaynesian interpretation - How does “estimating probabilities” make sense? // haziq-muhammad, 1 min
Epistemic Optimism: A Shield Against Error // SocratesDissatisfied, 6 min
# Ai
An examination of Metaculus' resolved AI predictions and their implications for AI timelines // CharlesD, 8 min
Is the argument that AI is an xrisk valid? // MACannon, 1 min
Some thoughts on David Roodman’s GWP model and its relation to AI timelines // tom-davidson-1, 9 min
Re-Define Intent Alignment? // abramdemski, 3 min
A model of decision-making in the brain (the short version) // steve2152, 2 min
# Meta-ethics
Punishing the good // KatjaGrace, 2 min
In search of benevolence (or: what should you get Clippy for Christmas?) // joekc, 40 min
# Anthropic
Progress, Stagnation, & Collapse // abramdemski, 4 min
Fading Past Blocks Simulation Argument // Robin Hanson, 2 min
Why Are We Weird? // Robin Hanson, 2 min
# Decision theory
The shoot-the-moon strategy // jchan, 1 min Favorite
Happy paths and the planning fallacy // adamzerner, 4 min
Fire Law Incentives // jkaufman, 1 min
Handicapping competitive games // DanielFilan, 4 min
Decision Duels // Josephine, 2 min
# Math and cs
Compositionality: SQL and Subways // DanB, 8 min
# Books
Book review: The Explanation of Ideology // PeterMcCluskey, 12 min
Summary and Notes from 'The Signal and the Noise' // sam-enright, 7 min
Highlights From The Comments On "Crazy Like Us" // Scott Alexander, 19 min
# Community
My Marriage Vows // vanessa-kosoy, 3 min
Funds are available to support LessWrong groups, among others // Buck, 1 min
Hobbies and the curse of Spontaneity // Jemist, 2 min
# Culture war
Social media: designed to be bad for you & for society // matto, 4 min
What is the net effect of memes that call out the huge impact of big players in climate change? // hookdump, 2 min
# Misc
How is low-latency phasic dopamine so fast? // steve2152, 3 min
Housing Without Street Parking: Implemented // jkaufman, 1 min
Future Of Work // rishit-vora, 7 min
# Podcasts
AXRP Episode 10 - AI’s Future and Impacts with Katja Grace // DanielFilan, 95 min
The Inside View #4–Sav Sidorov–Learning, Contrarianism and Robotics // mtrazzi, 6 min
10 - AI’s Future and Impacts with Katja Grace // DanielFilan, 95 min
Currents 039: Alexander Beiner on Psychedelic Turf Wars // The Jim Rutt Show, 51 min
# Rational fiction
Working With Monsters // johnswentworth, 6 min
# Videos of the week
NVIDIA’s Face Generator AI: This Is The Next Level! ?? // Two Minute Papers, 6 min