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LessWrong community discusses optimal ways to ask questions

The author of a LessWrong post questions the platform's suitability for direct Q&A, contrasting it with sites like Stack Overflow. They propose alternative post styles, such as an "argument-style" post advocating for question support, a "how-to-style" guide for asking questions, or an "observation-style" post highlighting the lack of a clear Q&A format. The post also includes specific examples of questions the author has, related to epistemic deference and the information efficiency of reinforcement learning versus supervised fine-tuning in AI models. AI

IMPACT Discusses how AI practitioners can best engage with and seek information from online communities.

RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece discussing community norms and posting styles on a specific platform, not a core AI development or release.

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LessWrong community discusses optimal ways to ask questions

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  1. LessWrong (AI tag) TIER_1 English(EN) · yatharth ·

    Are questions allowed on LessWrong?

    <img alt="image.png" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/lesswrong-2-0/image/upload/v1786861213/lexical_client_uploads/dnwjcwwpo8rnncdymlnq.png" /><p><br /></p><p><span>Sometimes I want to post things like:</span></p><ul><li value="1"><i><b><span>[thing i'm wondering about]</span></b…