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set of cards

November HMar 5, 2018, 10:37 PM

7 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Ancient Social Patterns: Comitatus

ryan_bMar 5, 2018, 6:28 PM

8 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Takeoff Speed: Simple Asymptotics in a Toy Model.

Aaron RothMar 5, 2018, 5:07 PM

21 points

21 comments9 min readLW link

(aaronsadventures.blogspot.com)

Murphy’s Quest Ch 4: Noticing Confusion

alkjashMar 5, 2018, 7:20 AM

21 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

God Help Us, Let’s Try To Understand Friston On Free Energy

Scott AlexanderMar 5, 2018, 6:00 AM

54 points

43 comments14 min readLW link

(slatestarcodex.com)

Explanation of Paul’s AI-Alignment agenda by Ajeya Cotra

habrykaMar 5, 2018, 3:10 AM

20 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(ai-alignment.com)

Murphy’s Quest Ch 3: Murphyjitsu

alkjashMar 5, 2018, 2:40 AM

18 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Argument, intuition, and recursion

paulfchristianoMar 5, 2018, 1:37 AM

44 points

13 comments9 min readLW link 1 review

On Defense Mechanisms

QuaerendoMar 4, 2018, 6:53 PM

25 points

22 comments3 min readLW link

Correct Models Are Bad

sapphireMar 4, 2018, 4:51 PM

2 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

(brianlui.dog)

[Paper] Surviving global risks through the preservation of humanity’s data on the Moon

avturchinMar 4, 2018, 7:07 AM

4 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Beta-Beta – Recent Discussion

RadminMar 4, 2018, 5:34 AM

12 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Murphy’s Quest Ch 1: Exposure Therapy

alkjashMar 4, 2018, 4:50 AM

26 points

5 comments3 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Murphy’s Quest Ch 2: Empiricism

alkjashMar 4, 2018, 4:50 AM

25 points

4 comments5 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Is there a Connection Between Greatness in Math and Philosophy?

Scott GarrabrantMar 3, 2018, 11:25 PM

13 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Funding for AI alignment research

paulfchristianoMar 3, 2018, 9:52 PM

39 points

24 comments1 min readLW link

(docs.google.com)

Funding for independent AI alignment research

paulfchristianoMar 3, 2018, 9:44 PM

4 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(docs.google.com)

The Jordan Peterson Mask

Jacob FalkovichMar 3, 2018, 7:49 PM

61 points

154 comments12 min readLW link

Sacred Cash

ZviMar 3, 2018, 1:20 PM

29 points

29 comments3 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Interactive Bayes Theorem Visualization

Allen KimMar 3, 2018, 4:00 AM

15 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(allenkim67.github.io)

Monthly Meta: Common Knowledge

Chris_LeongMar 3, 2018, 12:05 AM

17 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

Social Technology

Samo BurjaMar 2, 2018, 7:54 PM

13 points

3 comments11 min readLW link

Improved regret bound for DRL

Vanessa KosoyMar 2, 2018, 12:49 PM

0 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

March 2018 Media Thread

ArisKatsarisMar 2, 2018, 1:06 AM

1 point

15 comments1 min readLW link

Quick Nate/Eliezer comments on discontinuity

Rob BensingerMar 1, 2018, 10:03 PM

44 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Hammertime Intermission #2

alkjashMar 1, 2018, 6:20 PM

23 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Ms. Blue, meet Mr. Green

alexeiMar 1, 2018, 1:43 PM

43 points

30 comments12 min readLW link

Beyond algorithmic equivalence: self-modelling

Stuart_ArmstrongMar 1, 2018, 1:31 PM

0 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.lesserwrong.com)

Beyond algorithmic equivalence: algorithmic noise

Stuart_ArmstrongMar 1, 2018, 1:31 PM

0 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.lesserwrong.com)

Friendship

alkjashMar 1, 2018, 6:00 AM

24 points

16 comments3 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Kidneys, trade, sacredness, and space travel

BenquoMar 1, 2018, 5:20 AM

15 points

34 comments3 min readLW link

(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Ambiguity Detection

TurnTroutMar 1, 2018, 4:23 AM

11 points

8 comments4 min readLW link

Extended Quote on the Institution of Academia

Ben PaceMar 1, 2018, 2:58 AM

54 points

23 comments9 min readLW link

How safe “safe” AI development?

Gordon Seidoh WorleyFeb 28, 2018, 11:21 PM

9 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Beyond algorithmic equivalence: self-modelling

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 28, 2018, 4:55 PM

10 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Beyond algorithmic equivalence: algorithmic noise

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 28, 2018, 4:55 PM

10 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

Using the universal prior for logical uncertainty (retracted)

cousin_itFeb 28, 2018, 1:07 PM

15 points

13 comments2 min readLW link

2/27/08 Update – Frontpage 3.0

RaemonFeb 28, 2018, 6:26 AM

15 points

21 comments1 min readLW link

TDT for Humans

alkjashFeb 28, 2018, 5:40 AM

26 points

7 comments5 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Set Up for Success: Insights from ‘Naïve Set Theory’

TurnTroutFeb 28, 2018, 2:01 AM

31 points

40 comments3 min readLW link

Intuition should be applied at the lowest possible level

Rafael HarthFeb 27, 2018, 10:58 PM

10 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

The sad state of Rationality Zürich—Effective Altruism Zürich included

rolandFeb 27, 2018, 2:51 PM

−8 points

50 comments3 min readLW link

The worst trolley problem in the world

CronoDASFeb 27, 2018, 3:56 AM

1 point

1 comment1 min readLW link

Categories of Sacredness

ZviFeb 27, 2018, 2:00 AM

26 points

35 comments8 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

More on the Linear Utility Hypothesis and the Leverage Prior

AlexMennenFeb 26, 2018, 11:53 PM

16 points

4 comments9 min readLW link

Goal Factoring

alkjashFeb 26, 2018, 11:30 PM

27 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Inconvenience Is Qualitatively Bad

AlicornFeb 26, 2018, 11:27 PM

83 points

52 comments2 min readLW link

The Hamming Problem of Group Rationality

PDVFeb 26, 2018, 6:59 PM

6 points

36 comments1 min readLW link

Focusing

alkjashFeb 26, 2018, 6:10 AM

20 points

22 comments3 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Mapping the Archipelago

alkjashFeb 26, 2018, 5:09 AM

14 points

24 comments1 min readLW link

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