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Philosophy of Numbers (part 2)
Charlie Steiner
Dec 19, 2017, 1:57 PM
3
points
10
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Thinking as the Crow Flies: Part 3 - Tokens, Syntax, and Expressions
Anthony Hart
Dec 18, 2017, 11:38 PM
3
points
0
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Bay Solstice 2017: Thoughts
PDV
Dec 18, 2017, 10:04 AM
12
points
102
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Books I read 2017 - Part 1. Relationships, Learning
Elo
Dec 18, 2017, 9:38 AM
17
points
10
comments
19
min read
LW
link
Value learning subproblem: learning goals of simple agents
AlexMennen
Dec 18, 2017, 2:05 AM
0
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Longview Anarchism: Transcending the Existential Threat of Freedom
abbeybee
Dec 17, 2017, 10:30 PM
5
points
0
comments
10
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)
Pascal’s Muggle Pays
Zvi
Dec 16, 2017, 8:40 PM
25
points
17
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Improvement Without Superstition
Zachary Jacobi
Dec 16, 2017, 8:01 PM
40
points
10
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Truth is Symmetric
ErnestScribbler
Dec 16, 2017, 2:52 PM
10
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
The Extinction Dilemma
DragonGod
Dec 16, 2017, 1:52 PM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Simler and Hanson on Our Hidden Motivations in Everyday Life
Kieran Mccarthy
Dec 16, 2017, 1:41 PM
1
point
0
comments
LW
link
(joyousandswift.org)
Book Review: The Complacent Class
Zvi
Dec 16, 2017, 1:10 PM
10
points
3
comments
17
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
A New Sequence on Rationality
DragonGod
Dec 16, 2017, 11:08 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
End of the Year Matching Challenge (Altruism)
DragonGod
Dec 16, 2017, 3:23 AM
1
point
0
comments
LW
link
(intelligence.org)
Security services relationship to social movements
whpearson
Dec 15, 2017, 10:56 PM
3
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Why Bayesians should two-box in a one-shot
PhilGoetz
Dec 15, 2017, 5:39 PM
0
points
30
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Youtube channel devoted to the art of rationality
MrMind
Dec 15, 2017, 11:42 AM
11
points
8
comments
1
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
Meaning wars
Elo
Dec 14, 2017, 11:17 PM
11
points
5
comments
8
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
The Perils of the Security Mindset taken too far
whpearson
Dec 13, 2017, 10:34 PM
2
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Guarding Slack vs Substance
Raemon
Dec 13, 2017, 8:58 PM
42
points
6
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Calling Bullshit—Lectures and Readings on Evaluating Scientific Research
Kyle Hipke
Dec 13, 2017, 8:15 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(callingbullshit.org)
Oracle paper
Stuart_Armstrong
Dec 13, 2017, 3:04 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Oracle paper
Stuart_Armstrong
Dec 13, 2017, 2:59 PM
12
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Bayes and Paradigm Shifts—or being wrong af
abbeybee
Dec 13, 2017, 4:48 AM
6
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
TSR #5 The Nature of Operations
Hazard
Dec 12, 2017, 11:37 PM
7
points
3
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
Quick thoughts on empathic metaethics
lukeprog
Dec 12, 2017, 9:46 PM
29
points
0
comments
9
min read
LW
link
The map of “Levels of defence” in AI safety
avturchin
Dec 12, 2017, 10:45 AM
6
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The map of “Levels of defence” in AI safety
turchin
Dec 12, 2017, 10:44 AM
3
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Notifications bubble should look different when there are notifications
Chris_Leong
Dec 12, 2017, 7:35 AM
3
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
LDL 9: When Transfer Learning Fails
magfrump
Dec 12, 2017, 12:22 AM
5
points
0
comments
3
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
Another Case Study of Inadequate Equilibrium in Medicine
AABoyles
Dec 11, 2017, 7:02 PM
9
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Thinking as the Crow Flies: Part 2 - Basic Logic via Precommitments
Anthony Hart
Dec 11, 2017, 6:23 PM
4
points
3
comments
18
min read
LW
link
Some food for thoughts about climate.
mutusfa
Dec 11, 2017, 3:10 PM
−9
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Will IOTA work as promized?
ChristianKl
Dec 11, 2017, 2:55 PM
4
points
3
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)
The list
Zane Scheepers
Dec 11, 2017, 12:13 PM
−11
points
46
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AI: a Reason to Worry, and to Donate
Jacob Falkovich
Dec 10, 2017, 7:00 PM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
Eternal Winter, Endless Light
Raemon
Dec 10, 2017, 5:51 AM
26
points
5
comments
4
min read
LW
link
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)
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
Rules of variety
KatjaGrace
Dec 8, 2017, 5:10 PM
32
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(meteuphoric.wordpress.com)
The Benefits of Taking Cold Showers: A 3 Month Trial
JohnGreer
Dec 8, 2017, 5:01 PM
6
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
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)
MIRI’s 2017 Fundraiser
Malo
7 Dec 2017 21:47 UTC
27
points
5
comments
13
min read
LW
link
Learning AI if you suck at math
Hazard
7 Dec 2017 15:15 UTC
2
points
0
comments
LW
link
(hackernoon.com)
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