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LessWrong 35c3 meetup
Felix Karg
Dec 21, 2018, 10:18 PM
3
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Anthropic probabilities and cost functions
Stuart_Armstrong
Dec 21, 2018, 5:54 PM
16
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Standing on a pile of corpses
Jsevillamol
Dec 21, 2018, 10:36 AM
35
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Systems Engineering and the META Program
ryan_b
Dec 20, 2018, 8:19 PM
31
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Pavlov Strategy
sarahconstantin
Dec 20, 2018, 4:20 PM
280
points
14
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)
[Question]
What self-help has helped you?
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Dec 20, 2018, 3:31 AM
39
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Defining Freedom
pku
Dec 20, 2018, 2:41 AM
8
points
7
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Reasons compute may not drive AI capabilities growth
Tristan H
Dec 19, 2018, 10:13 PM
42
points
10
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Anthropic paradoxes transposed into Anthropic Decision Theory
Stuart_Armstrong
Dec 19, 2018, 6:07 PM
19
points
23
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Games in Kocherga club: Fallacymania, Tower of Chaos, Scientific Discovery
Alexander230
Dec 18, 2018, 10:12 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Games in Kocherga club: Fallacymania, Tower of Chaos, Scientific Discovery
Alexander230
Dec 18, 2018, 10:10 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Solstice Album Crowdfunding
Raemon
Dec 18, 2018, 8:51 PM
39
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
18-month follow-up on my self-concept work
Kaj_Sotala
Dec 18, 2018, 5:40 PM
62
points
4
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(kajsotala.fi)
Good arguments against “cultural appropriation”
Tyrrell_McAllister
Dec 18, 2018, 5:23 PM
24
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Experiences of Self-deception
Bucky
Dec 18, 2018, 11:10 AM
15
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
2018 AI Alignment Literature Review and Charity Comparison
Larks
Dec 18, 2018, 4:46 AM
190
points
26
comments
62
min read
LW
link
1
review
Equivalence of State Machines and Coroutines
Martin Sustrik
Dec 18, 2018, 4:40 AM
12
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(250bpm.com)
You can be wrong about what you like, and you often are
Adam Zerner
Dec 17, 2018, 11:49 PM
30
points
21
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Alignment Newsletter #37
Rohin Shah
Dec 17, 2018, 7:10 PM
25
points
4
comments
10
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
A simple approach to 5-and-10
Gurkenglas
Dec 17, 2018, 6:33 PM
5
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
In Defense of Finance
Jacob Falkovich
Dec 17, 2018, 4:59 PM
51
points
31
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
Fifteen Things I Learned From Watching a Game of Secret Hitler
Zvi
Dec 17, 2018, 1:40 PM
13
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Two Neglected Problems in Human-AI Safety
Wei Dai
Dec 16, 2018, 10:13 PM
102
points
25
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Babble, Learning, and the Typical Mind Fallacy
NaiveTortoise
Dec 16, 2018, 4:51 PM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(an1lam.github.io)
[Question]
What are some concrete problems about logical counterfactuals?
Chris_Leong
Dec 16, 2018, 10:20 AM
25
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The E-Coli Test for AI Alignment
johnswentworth
Dec 16, 2018, 8:10 AM
70
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
on wellunderstoodness
Quinn
Dec 16, 2018, 7:22 AM
9
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Sabine “Bee” Hossenfelder (and Robin Hanson) on How to fix Academia with Prediction Markets
Shmi
Dec 16, 2018, 6:37 AM
12
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(backreaction.blogspot.com)
New edition of “Rationality: From AI to Zombies”
Rob Bensinger
Dec 15, 2018, 9:33 PM
84
points
27
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Gwern about centaurs: there is no chance that any useful man+machine combination will work together for more than 10 years, as humans soon will be only a liability
avturchin
Dec 15, 2018, 9:32 PM
34
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.reddit.com)
Argue Politics* With Your Best Friends
sarahconstantin
Dec 15, 2018, 7:00 PM
75
points
6
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)
Interpreting genetic testing
jefftk
Dec 15, 2018, 3:56 PM
24
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What is abstraction?
Adam Zerner
Dec 15, 2018, 8:36 AM
25
points
11
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Introducing the Longevity Research Institute
sarahconstantin
Dec 14, 2018, 8:20 PM
79
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)
Player vs. Character: A Two-Level Model of Ethics
sarahconstantin
Dec 14, 2018, 7:40 PM
109
points
32
comments
7
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)
[Question]
How to reset my password?
hirvinen
Dec 14, 2018, 4:18 PM
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What podcasts does the community listen to?
hristovassilev
Dec 14, 2018, 3:40 PM
13
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meditations on Momentum
Richard Meadows
Dec 14, 2018, 10:53 AM
107
points
32
comments
10
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Can I use Less Wrong branding in youtube videos?
Bae's Theorem
Dec 14, 2018, 7:10 AM
3
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Three AI Safety Related Ideas
Wei Dai
Dec 13, 2018, 9:32 PM
69
points
38
comments
2
min read
LW
link
An Extensive Categorisation of Infinite Paradoxes
Chris_Leong
Dec 13, 2018, 6:36 PM
−14
points
48
comments
13
min read
LW
link
The Bat and Ball Problem Revisited
drossbucket
Dec 13, 2018, 7:16 AM
69
points
30
comments
15
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
Multi-agent predictive minds and AI alignment
Jan_Kulveit
Dec 12, 2018, 11:48 PM
63
points
18
comments
10
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What went wrong in this interaction?
t3tsubo
Dec 12, 2018, 7:59 PM
1
point
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Internet Search Tips: how I use Google/Google Scholar/Libgen
gwern
Dec 12, 2018, 2:50 PM
51
points
0
comments
LW
link
(www.gwern.net)
Zagreb Rationality Meetup
Roko Jelavić
Dec 12, 2018, 1:08 PM
1
point
0
comments
LW
link
Should ethicists be inside or outside a profession?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Dec 12, 2018, 1:40 AM
97
points
7
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Alignment Newsletter #36
Rohin Shah
12 Dec 2018 1:10 UTC
21
points
0
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
A hundred Shakespeares
Stuart_Armstrong
11 Dec 2018 23:11 UTC
29
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Norms of Membership for Voluntary Groups
sarahconstantin
11 Dec 2018 22:10 UTC
192
points
10
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)
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