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Biological humans and the rising tide of AI

cousin_itJan 29, 2018, 4:04 PM

29 points

23 comments1 min readLW link

“Taking AI Risk Seriously” (thoughts by Critch)

RaemonJan 29, 2018, 9:27 AM

110 points

68 comments13 min readLW link

Write

alkjashJan 29, 2018, 2:11 AM

44 points

7 comments4 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Replace Stereotypes With Experiences

lifelonglearnerJan 29, 2018, 12:07 AM

6 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Open thread, January 29 - ∞

GunslingerJan 28, 2018, 10:44 PM

9 points

39 comments1 min readLW link

All Mathematicians are Trollable: Divergence of Naturalistic Logical Updates

abramdemskiJan 28, 2018, 2:50 PM

14 points

1 comment13 min readLW link

Conflict Theorists pretend to be Mistake Theorists

Chris_LeongJan 28, 2018, 12:06 PM

5 points

23 comments3 min readLW link

The different types (not sizes!) of infinity

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 28, 2018, 11:14 AM

60 points

31 comments1 min readLW link

A LessWrong Crypto Autopsy

Scott AlexanderJan 28, 2018, 9:01 AM

218 points

129 comments4 min readLW link 4 reviews

Pareto improvements are rarer than they seem

philhJan 27, 2018, 10:23 PM

27 points

13 comments3 min readLW link

(reasonableapproximation.net)

Against Instrumental Convergence

zulupineappleJan 27, 2018, 1:17 PM

11 points

31 comments2 min readLW link

Upvote/downvote amounts

gwillenJan 27, 2018, 8:00 AM

14 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Strategy Nonconvexity Induced by a Choice of Potential Oracles

DiffractorJan 27, 2018, 12:41 AM

2 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

What happened with the Slate Star Codex import?

ChristianKlJan 26, 2018, 7:19 PM

5 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Magic Brain Juice

alkjashJan 26, 2018, 5:54 PM

26 points

15 comments3 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

The Dogma of Evidence-based Medicine

ChristianKlJan 25, 2018, 9:15 PM

16 points

37 comments4 min readLW link

On not getting swept away by mental content

Kaj_SotalaJan 25, 2018, 8:30 PM

22 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(kajsotala.fi)

European Community Weekend 2018 Announcement

DreamFlasherJan 25, 2018, 1:49 PM

11 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Shell, Shield, Staff

SquirrelInHellJan 25, 2018, 1:22 PM

11 points

4 comments LW link

(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)

Notification update and PM fixes

habrykaJan 25, 2018, 1:06 AM

8 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

Form and Feedback in Phenomenology

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJan 24, 2018, 7:42 PM

17 points

2 comments12 min readLW link

(mapandterritory.org)

Teaching Ladders

alkjashJan 24, 2018, 7:01 PM

29 points

9 comments4 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

“Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast”

moridinamaelJan 24, 2018, 4:52 PM

54 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

What are the Best Hammers in the Rationalist Community?

Bound_upJan 24, 2018, 2:43 PM

18 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Dispel your justification-monkey with a “HWA!”

MalcolmOceanJan 24, 2018, 4:51 AM

21 points

15 comments5 min readLW link

Therapeutic Conversation

alkjashJan 24, 2018, 3:23 AM

7 points

4 comments3 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

What Is Love?

Bound_upJan 24, 2018, 2:05 AM

4 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Interpersonal Approaches for X-Risk Education

TurnTroutJan 24, 2018, 12:47 AM

10 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Book Review—Probability and Finance: It’s Only a Game!

ryan_bJan 23, 2018, 6:52 PM

12 points

9 comments6 min readLW link

An Untrollable Mathematician

abramdemskiJan 23, 2018, 6:46 PM

23 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

One-Consciousness Universe

adrusiJan 23, 2018, 8:46 AM

0 points

18 comments2 min readLW link

(practicalontology.com)

Hammers and Nails

alkjashJan 23, 2018, 1:19 AM

100 points

35 comments4 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Understanding-1-2-3

ZviJan 23, 2018, 12:10 AM

21 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Adequacy as Levels of Play

Davis_KingsleyJan 22, 2018, 8:57 PM

27 points

10 comments2 min readLW link

A simpler way to think about positive test bias

cousin_itJan 22, 2018, 9:38 AM

16 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Innovanity

alkjashJan 22, 2018, 5:05 AM

8 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Taking it Private: Short Circuiting Demon Threads (working example)

RaemonJan 22, 2018, 12:37 AM

24 points

70 comments5 min readLW link

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)

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