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The Tallest Pygmy Effect

ElizabethJan 21, 2018, 11:00 PM

20 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

Bugs?

Vanessa KosoyJan 21, 2018, 9:32 PM

1 point

3 comments1 min readLW link

Jacobcoin

Jacob FalkovichJan 21, 2018, 8:50 PM

−5 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(putanumonit.com)

Book Review: The Secrets of Alchemy

namespaceJan 21, 2018, 7:01 PM

19 points

7 comments14 min readLW link

How the LW2.0 front page could be better at incentivizing good content

cousin_itJan 21, 2018, 4:11 PM

18 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

Actionable Eisenhower

SquirrelInHellJan 21, 2018, 3:26 PM

4 points

0 comments LW link

(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)

Myopia and Comfort Zones

alkjashJan 20, 2018, 11:11 PM

20 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

The Desired Response

squidiousJan 20, 2018, 10:01 PM

17 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

Safe AIs through engineering principles

Gerald MonroeJan 20, 2018, 5:31 PM

1 point

4 comments2 min readLW link

Kenshō

ValentineJan 20, 2018, 12:12 AM

73 points

299 comments6 min readLW link

Low Enough To See Your Shadow

alkjashJan 19, 2018, 11:50 PM

26 points

4 comments3 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Fashionable or Fundamental Thought in Communities

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)Jan 19, 2018, 9:03 AM

17 points

15 comments3 min readLW link

Singularity Mindset

alkjashJan 19, 2018, 12:32 AM

52 points

16 comments4 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

A model I use when making plans to reduce AI x-risk

Ben PaceJan 19, 2018, 12:21 AM

69 points

39 comments6 min readLW link

Dynamic Karma & Static Karma

SquirrelInHellJan 18, 2018, 8:23 PM

6 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

GoodAI announced “AI Race Avoidance” challenge with $15k in prize money

Jan_KulveitJan 18, 2018, 6:05 PM

11 points

1 comment LW link

(www.general-ai-challenge.org)

Book Review: Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

J Thomas MorosJan 18, 2018, 5:18 PM

9 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(ferocioustruth.com)

Beware of black boxes in AI alignment research

cousin_itJan 18, 2018, 3:07 PM

39 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Aliveness

ZizJan 18, 2018, 5:00 AM

20 points

9 comments LW link

(sinceriously.fyi)

Justice

ZizJan 18, 2018, 4:59 AM

−1 points

0 comments LW link

(sinceriously.fyi)

Russian Cynicism

alkjashJan 18, 2018, 2:06 AM

10 points

2 comments6 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Complainy and Explainy voice

EloJan 18, 2018, 1:47 AM

7 points

5 comments5 min readLW link

An Apology is a Surrender

Zachary JacobiJan 18, 2018, 12:06 AM

22 points

17 comments5 min readLW link

Making Exceptions to General Rules

Chris_LeongJan 17, 2018, 11:47 PM

24 points

17 comments2 min readLW link

Conversational Presentation of Why Automation is Different This Time

ryan_bJan 17, 2018, 10:11 PM

33 points

26 comments1 min readLW link

Sufficient

whpearsonJan 17, 2018, 7:16 PM

2 points

4 comments5 min readLW link

Messaging Troubles

SquirrelInHellJan 17, 2018, 11:19 AM

4 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

TSR #10: Creative Processes

HazardJan 17, 2018, 3:05 AM

4 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

The First Fundamental

namespaceJan 17, 2018, 1:31 AM

8 points

20 comments1 min readLW link

The Solitaire Principle: Game Theory for One

alkjashJan 17, 2018, 12:14 AM

25 points

8 comments9 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

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)

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