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More Dakka
Zvi
Dec 2, 2017, 1:10 PM
222
points
30
comments
13
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Goodhart Taxonomy
Scott Garrabrant
Dec 30, 2017, 4:38 PM
214
points
34
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Updates from Boston
evolution-is-just-a-theorem
Dec 5, 2017, 5:22 PM
88
points
26
comments
3
min read
LW
link
In the presence of disinformation, collective epistemology requires local modeling
jessicata
Dec 15, 2017, 9:54 AM
77
points
39
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Melting Gold, and Organizational Capacity
Raemon
Dec 11, 2017, 7:16 PM
73
points
23
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Cash transfers are not necessarily wealth transfers
Benquo
Dec 1, 2017, 10:10 AM
59
points
36
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)
Writing Down Conversations
Raemon
Dec 28, 2017, 10:08 PM
53
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Guarding Slack vs Substance
Raemon
Dec 13, 2017, 8:58 PM
42
points
6
comments
6
min read
LW
link
2017 AI Safety Literature Review and Charity Comparison
Larks
Dec 24, 2017, 6:52 PM
41
points
5
comments
23
min read
LW
link
Against the Linear Utility Hypothesis and the Leverage Penalty
AlexMennen
Dec 14, 2017, 6:38 PM
41
points
47
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Improvement Without Superstition
Zachary Jacobi
Dec 16, 2017, 8:01 PM
40
points
10
comments
6
min read
LW
link
I Vouch For MIRI
Zvi
Dec 17, 2017, 5:50 PM
39
points
9
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Why did everything take so long?
KatjaGrace
Dec 29, 2017, 1:00 AM
34
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(meteuphoric.wordpress.com)
Rules of variety
KatjaGrace
Dec 8, 2017, 5:10 PM
32
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(meteuphoric.wordpress.com)
Strategic High Skill Immigration
Gentzel
Dec 6, 2017, 1:15 AM
32
points
8
comments
21
min read
LW
link
Quick thoughts on empathic metaethics
lukeprog
Dec 12, 2017, 9:46 PM
29
points
0
comments
9
min read
LW
link
MIRI’s 2017 Fundraiser
Malo
Dec 7, 2017, 9:47 PM
27
points
5
comments
13
min read
LW
link
Eternal Winter, Endless Light
Raemon
Dec 10, 2017, 5:51 AM
26
points
5
comments
4
min read
LW
link
CFAR 2017 Retrospective
Valentine
Dec 19, 2017, 7:38 PM
26
points
5
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Pascal’s Muggle Pays
Zvi
Dec 16, 2017, 8:40 PM
25
points
17
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Maps vs Buttons; Nerds vs Normies
Bound_up
Dec 28, 2017, 9:11 PM
24
points
23
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Success and Fail Rates of Monthly Policies
lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)
Dec 9, 2017, 3:24 PM
23
points
6
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Comments on Power Law Distribution of Individual Impact
Ben Pace
Dec 29, 2017, 1:49 AM
22
points
22
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Show LW: Diaspora Project Map and Preregistration Database
namespace
Dec 5, 2017, 6:02 AM
22
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Methods of Phenomenology
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Dec 30, 2017, 6:42 PM
21
points
6
comments
10
min read
LW
link
(mapandterritory.org)
Policy Selection Solves Most Problems
abramdemski
Dec 1, 2017, 12:35 AM
21
points
7
comments
13
min read
LW
link
The Story CFAR
Zvi
Dec 25, 2017, 3:10 PM
20
points
4
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Against Love Languages
Ben Pace
Dec 29, 2017, 9:51 AM
19
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
MIRI’s 2017 Fundraiser
Malo
Dec 1, 2017, 1:45 PM
19
points
4
comments
13
min read
LW
link
The World as Phenomena
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Dec 5, 2017, 11:21 PM
18
points
1
comment
7
min read
LW
link
(mapandterritory.org)
A List Of Questions & Exercises For Reviewing Your Year
Krishaan Khubchand
Dec 29, 2017, 12:59 PM
18
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Mana
Ziz
Dec 20, 2017, 2:24 AM
18
points
18
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Epistemic Spot Check: Full Catastrophe Living (Jon Kabat-Zinn)
Elizabeth
Dec 29, 2017, 6:10 AM
17
points
10
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(acesounderglass.com)
Books I read 2017 - Part 1. Relationships, Learning
Elo
Dec 18, 2017, 9:38 AM
17
points
10
comments
19
min read
LW
link
The essay “Interstellar Communication Using Microbes: Implications for SETI” has implications for The Great Filter.
MakerOfErrors
Dec 22, 2017, 6:05 AM
16
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
12/12/2017 Update: Creating Sequences
Raemon
Dec 12, 2017, 10:34 PM
15
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Book Review: The Captured Economy
Zvi
Dec 11, 2017, 1:10 PM
14
points
6
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Fixing science via a basic income
Kaj_Sotala
Dec 8, 2017, 2:20 PM
14
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(kajsotala.fi)
Happiness Is a Chore
SquirrelInHell
Dec 20, 2017, 11:13 AM
14
points
30
comments
LW
link
(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com.es)
Mastering Chess and Shogi by Self-Play with a General Reinforcement Learning Algorithm
DragonGod
Dec 6, 2017, 6:01 AM
13
points
4
comments
LW
link
(arxiv.org)
Comment on SSC’s Review of Inadequate Equilibria
Ben Pace
Dec 1, 2017, 11:46 AM
13
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Bay Solstice 2017: Thoughts
PDV
Dec 18, 2017, 10:04 AM
12
points
102
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Oracle paper
Stuart_Armstrong
Dec 13, 2017, 2:59 PM
12
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
I Am not a Tax Lawyer
Jacob Falkovich
Dec 24, 2017, 3:20 AM
12
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
A reply to Francois Chollet on intelligence explosion
DragonGod
Dec 9, 2017, 4:42 PM
11
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(intelligence.org)
Philosophy of Numbers (part 1)
Charlie Steiner
2 Dec 2017 18:20 UTC
11
points
14
comments
3
min read
LW
link
TSR #3 Entrainment: Discussion
Hazard
1 Dec 2017 16:46 UTC
11
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Youtube channel devoted to the art of rationality
MrMind
15 Dec 2017 11:42 UTC
11
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The expected value of the long-term future
[deleted]
28 Dec 2017 22:46 UTC
11
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meaning wars
Elo
14 Dec 2017 23:17 UTC
11
points
5
comments
8
min read
LW
link
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