Con­sid­er­a­tions On Cost Disease

Scott AlexanderFeb 10, 2017, 4:33 AM
50 points
7 comments22 min readLW link

Alle­gory On AI Risk, Game The­ory, and Mithril

James_MillerFeb 13, 2017, 8:41 PM
45 points
57 comments3 min readLW link

Why is the sur­pris­ingly pop­u­lar an­swer cor­rect?

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 3, 2017, 4:24 PM
43 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

A Modern Myth

Scott AlexanderFeb 27, 2017, 5:29 PM
40 points
1 comment49 min readLW link

The “I Already Get It” Slide

jsalvatierFeb 1, 2017, 3:11 AM
32 points
23 comments1 min readLW link
(johnsalvatier.org)

The Semiotic Fallacy

StabilizerFeb 21, 2017, 4:50 AM
29 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

Plan­ning 101: De­bi­as­ing and Research

lifelonglearnerFeb 3, 2017, 3:01 PM
25 points
10 comments12 min readLW link

Stu­pidity as a men­tal illness

PhilGoetzFeb 10, 2017, 3:57 AM
25 points
139 comments2 min readLW link

Euro­pean Com­mu­nity Week­end 2017

DreamFlasherFeb 2, 2017, 7:17 PM
24 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Slate Star Codex Notes on the Asilo­mar Con­fer­ence on Benefi­cial AI

Gunnar_ZarnckeFeb 7, 2017, 12:14 PM
24 points
8 comments1 min readLW link
(slatestarcodex.com)

The So­cial Substrate

the gears to ascensionFeb 9, 2017, 7:22 AM
23 points
15 comments15 min readLW link

Near­est un­blocked strat­egy ver­sus learn­ing patches

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 23, 2017, 12:42 PM
21 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

In­creas­ing GDP is not growth

PhilGoetzFeb 16, 2017, 6:04 PM
21 points
24 comments2 min readLW link

True un­der­stand­ing comes from pass­ing exams

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 6, 2017, 11:51 AM
20 points
5 comments4 min readLW link

Con­crete Take­aways Post-CFAR

lifelonglearnerFeb 24, 2017, 6:31 PM
20 points
6 comments11 min readLW link

David Chalmers on LessWrong and the ra­tio­nal­ist com­mu­nity (from his red­dit AMA)

ignorancepriorFeb 22, 2017, 7:07 PM
20 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.reddit.com)

Get Rich Slowly

Jacob FalkovichFeb 10, 2017, 11:02 PM
18 points
1 comment13 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

Albion’s Seed, Genotyped

Scott AlexanderFeb 9, 2017, 2:15 AM
17 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

The Mon­key and the Machine

ProofOfLogicFeb 23, 2017, 9:38 PM
17 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(sideways-view.com)

Pre­dic­tion Based Ro­bust Cooperation

Scott GarrabrantFeb 22, 2017, 1:52 AM
17 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

How to not earn a delta (Change My View)

ViliamFeb 14, 2017, 10:04 AM
17 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(www.reddit.com)

The hu­mil­ity ar­gu­ment for honesty

BenquoFeb 5, 2017, 5:26 PM
17 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Civil re­sis­tance and the 3.5% rule

morganismFeb 2, 2017, 6:53 PM
15 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

A semi-tech­ni­cal ques­tion about pre­dic­tion mar­kets and pri­vate info

CronoDASFeb 20, 2017, 2:20 AM
14 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

“The un­recog­nised sim­plic­i­ties of effec­tive ac­tion #2: ‘Sys­tems en­g­ineer­ing’ and ‘sys­tems man­age­ment’ - ideas from the Apollo pro­gramme for a ‘sys­tems poli­tics’”, Cum­mings 2017

gwernFeb 17, 2017, 12:59 AM
13 points
18 comments1 min readLW link
(dominiccummings.files.wordpress.com)

Max­i­mally effi­cient agents will prob­a­bly have an anti-dae­mon im­mune system

jessicataFeb 23, 2017, 12:40 AM
13 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

De­ci­sion The­ory subreddit

gwernFeb 7, 2017, 6:42 PM
12 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.reddit.com)

High­lights From The Com­ments On Cost Disease

Scott AlexanderFeb 17, 2017, 7:28 AM
10 points
2 comments25 min readLW link

The types of ma­nipu­la­tion on vote-based forums

pepe_primeFeb 11, 2017, 5:09 PM
10 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(www.reddit.com)

CHCAI/​MIRI re­search in­tern­ship in AI safety

Rob BensingerFeb 13, 2017, 6:34 PM
10 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

What are you sur­prised peo­ple don’t just buy?

NoSignalNoNoiseFeb 13, 2017, 1:07 AM
10 points
34 comments1 min readLW link

In­tro­duc­tion to Lo­cal In­ter­pretable Model-Ag­nos­tic Ex­pla­na­tions (LIME)

Gunnar_ZarnckeFeb 9, 2017, 8:29 AM
9 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.oreilly.com)

Lev­ers, Emo­tions, and Lazy Eval­u­a­tors:

lifelonglearnerFeb 20, 2017, 11:00 PM
9 points
11 comments6 min readLW link

Hu­mans as a truth channel

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 1, 2017, 4:53 PM
9 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Open thread, Feb. 06 - Feb. 12, 2017

MrMindFeb 6, 2017, 8:34 AM
9 points
115 comments1 min readLW link

Gates 2017 An­nual letter

ikeFeb 15, 2017, 2:39 AM
8 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(www.gatesnotes.com)

Fe­bru­ary 2017 Me­dia Thread

ArisKatsarisFeb 1, 2017, 8:31 AM
8 points
41 comments1 min readLW link

What are you sur­prised peo­ple pay for in­stead of do­ing them­selves?

NoSignalNoNoiseFeb 13, 2017, 1:07 AM
8 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Kah­ne­man’s check­list to avoid cog­ni­tive bi­ases and make bet­ter decisions

sleepingthinkerFeb 5, 2017, 11:13 AM
7 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(gainweightjournal.com)

Dan Car­lin six hour pod­cast on his­tory of atomic weapons

James_MillerFeb 9, 2017, 4:10 PM
7 points
16 comments1 min readLW link
(www.dancarlin.com)

Hack­ing humans

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 1, 2017, 4:08 PM
7 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

In­differ­ence and com­pen­satory rewards

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 15, 2017, 2:49 PM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Changes in AI Safety Funding

siIverFeb 11, 2017, 8:36 AM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.centreforeffectivealtruism.org)

Stupid Ques­tions Fe­bru­ary 2017

ErfeyahFeb 8, 2017, 7:51 PM
7 points
105 comments1 min readLW link

“Bet­ting on the Past” – a de­ci­sion prob­lem by Arif Ahmed

Johannes TreutleinFeb 7, 2017, 9:14 PM
7 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(casparoesterheld.com)

Mo­ral Philoso­phers as Eth­i­cal Eng­ineers: Limits of Mo­ral Philos­o­phy and a Prag­ma­tist Alternative

Kaj_SotalaFeb 23, 2017, 1:02 PM
7 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(onlinelibrary.wiley.com)

Satis­fac­tion Levers

ig0rFeb 11, 2017, 10:54 PM
7 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

Mo­dal Com­bat for games other than the pris­oner’s dilemma

AlexMennenFeb 26, 2017, 8:10 AM
6 points
1 comment13 min readLW link

At­tack­ing ma­chine learn­ing with ad­ver­sar­ial examples

ikeFeb 17, 2017, 12:28 AM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(openai.com)

On­tolo­gies are Oper­at­ing Systems

lifelonglearnerFeb 18, 2017, 5:00 AM
6 points
36 comments4 min readLW link