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1/16/2018 Update—Parent Comments, and Nearterm Horizon

RaemonJan 16, 2018, 11:59 PM

5 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

Explanations: Ignorance vs. Confusion

Charlie SteinerJan 16, 2018, 10:44 AM

7 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

Research internship position at CHAI

DanielFilanJan 16, 2018, 6:25 AM

10 points

3 comments LW link

(humancompatible.ai)

Plan to Be Lucky

Jacob FalkovichJan 16, 2018, 1:00 AM

11 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(putanumonit.com)

Book Review: Why Buddhism Is True

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJan 15, 2018, 8:54 PM

15 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

Circumambulation

alkjashJan 15, 2018, 7:17 PM

26 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Announcement: AI alignment prize winners and next round

cousin_itJan 15, 2018, 2:33 PM

81 points

68 comments2 min readLW link

What strange and ancient things might we find beneath the ice?

BenquoJan 15, 2018, 10:10 AM

16 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

why do trivial inconveniences matter?

lexJan 15, 2018, 6:32 AM

4 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

introducing: target stress

lexJan 14, 2018, 10:07 PM

12 points

27 comments2 min readLW link

What Is “About” About?

Bound_upJan 14, 2018, 6:54 PM

−2 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

Epistemic self-sufficiency on the edge of knowledge

whpearsonJan 14, 2018, 6:44 PM

5 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

No, Seriously. Just Try It: TAPs

HazardJan 14, 2018, 3:24 PM

16 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

[Paper] Global Catastrophic and Existential Risks Communication Scale, similar to Torino scale

avturchinJan 14, 2018, 10:29 AM

3 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

Syllable

alkjashJan 14, 2018, 12:29 AM

6 points

1 comment4 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Field-Building and Deep Models

Ben PaceJan 13, 2018, 9:16 PM

21 points

12 comments4 min readLW link

RSS Troubles

SquirrelInHellJan 13, 2018, 8:07 AM

4 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Is death bad?

Richard_NgoJan 13, 2018, 4:55 AM

7 points

10 comments2 min readLW link

(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.co.nz)

Weaponized Fluffy Sparkles

Bound_upJan 12, 2018, 11:08 PM

0 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

Prune

alkjashJan 12, 2018, 10:50 PM

75 points

11 comments4 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Boiling the Crab: Slow Changes (beneath Sensory Threshold) add up

RTiberiuJan 12, 2018, 8:44 PM

18 points

9 comments4 min readLW link

What the Universe Wants: Anthropics from the POV of Self-Replication

moridinamaelJan 12, 2018, 7:03 PM

9 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

Neural program synthesis is a dangerous technology

syllogismJan 12, 2018, 4:19 PM

10 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

Collective Aligned Systems

whpearsonJan 12, 2018, 2:15 PM

4 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

[Paper]: The Technological Landscape Affecting Artificial General Intelligence and the Importance of Nanoscale Neural Probes

Daniel EthJan 12, 2018, 5:22 AM

4 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.informatica.si)

More Babble

alkjashJan 12, 2018, 1:41 AM

75 points

24 comments8 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Some Dynamics around Project Organization

RTiberiuJan 11, 2018, 11:23 PM

7 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

Surely, rhetorical question?

GustJan 11, 2018, 8:56 PM

15 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(gusbicalho.com.br)

Something about Status Ladders in Berkeley

RTiberiuJan 11, 2018, 10:34 AM

7 points

27 comments3 min readLW link

An Artificial paradise made by humans. (A bit Sci-fi idea)

HedernJan 10, 2018, 11:02 PM

−4 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Babble

alkjashJan 10, 2018, 9:56 PM

213 points

33 comments5 min readLW link 2 reviews

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Examples of Competent Political Conversation in Contrast to Nerdy Responses

Bound_upJan 10, 2018, 7:00 PM

−6 points

12 comments4 min readLW link

Are these arguments valid?

ErfeyahJan 10, 2018, 2:06 PM

−3 points

20 comments2 min readLW link

1/9/2018 Update—Frontpage Views

RaemonJan 10, 2018, 1:37 AM

10 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

The Cake is a Lie

IncomprehensibleManeJan 9, 2018, 10:40 PM

−39 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

In Defense of Psycho-Conservatism

alkjashJan 9, 2018, 9:49 PM

4 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

TSR #9: Hard Rules

HazardJan 9, 2018, 2:57 PM

12 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

Optimizing a Week of Machine Learning Learning

RaemonJan 9, 2018, 6:55 AM

8 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

Video: The Phenomenology of Intentions

Matt GoldenbergJan 9, 2018, 3:40 AM

21 points

6 comments5 min readLW link

The O’Brien Technique

ZizJan 9, 2018, 1:27 AM

3 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(sinceriously.fyi)

Niceness Stealth-Bombing

things_which_are_not_on_fireJan 8, 2018, 10:16 PM

25 points

4 comments3 min readLW link

Nonlinear perception of happiness

Jan_KulveitJan 8, 2018, 9:04 AM

10 points

14 comments4 min readLW link

In Defence of Meta

Chris_LeongJan 8, 2018, 12:43 AM

13 points

13 comments3 min readLW link

Scientist Fiction

Jacob FalkovichJan 7, 2018, 7:50 PM

15 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(putanumonit.com)

Argument As Mental Arm-Wrestling: Who Has the Best BS?

Bound_upJan 7, 2018, 6:55 PM

5 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

Schelling Orders

ZizJan 7, 2018, 6:19 PM

7 points

6 comments LW link

(sinceriously.fyi)

Schelling Reach

ZizJan 7, 2018, 6:18 PM

10 points

3 comments LW link

(sinceriously.fyi)

Demon Threads

RaemonJan 7, 2018, 3:48 AM

76 points

74 comments9 min readLW link

Roleplaying As Yourself

orthonormalJan 6, 2018, 6:48 AM

70 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

mindlevelup: 2 Years of Blogging

lifelonglearnerJan 6, 2018, 6:10 AM

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(mindlevelup.wordpress.com)

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