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Saving the world in 80 days: Prologue
Logan Riggs
May 9, 2018, 9:16 PM
12
points
16
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Thoughts on AI Safety via Debate
Vaniver
May 9, 2018, 7:46 PM
35
points
12
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Hypotheticals: The Direct Application Fallacy
Chris_Leong
May 9, 2018, 2:23 PM
21
points
19
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Dojo: Algorithmic Creativity—Chapter 1
Chriswaterguy
May 9, 2018, 8:03 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Washington, D.C.: [Moved Indoors] Outdoor Fun & Games + Picnic
RobinZ
May 9, 2018, 3:32 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Is epistemic logic useful for agent foundations?
Richard_Ngo
May 8, 2018, 11:33 PM
13
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Temporarily Out of Office
Ben Pace
May 8, 2018, 9:59 PM
2
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
On Better Mental Representations Part I: Adopting ‘Thinking Tools’
Will Lorca
May 8, 2018, 12:45 PM
−1
points
6
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Varieties Of Argumentative Experience
Scott Alexander
May 8, 2018, 8:20 AM
101
points
11
comments
18
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
(slatestarcodex.com)
Turning 30
Vaniver
May 8, 2018, 5:37 AM
46
points
4
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Problems integrating decision theory and inverse reinforcement learning
agilecaveman
May 8, 2018, 5:11 AM
7
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Introducing the Longevity Research Institute
sarahconstantin
May 8, 2018, 3:30 AM
54
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)
On Gender and Emotional Support
squidious
May 7, 2018, 10:37 PM
17
points
3
comments
5
min read
LW
link
What are Trigger-Action Plans (TAPs)?
Lulie
May 7, 2018, 6:28 PM
18
points
9
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The Alignment Newsletter #5: 05/07/18
Rohin Shah
May 7, 2018, 4:00 PM
8
points
0
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Philosophy of Mind: Umwelt, Information, Value, and Information-Value
Will Lorca
May 7, 2018, 11:55 AM
10
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Everything I ever needed to know, I learned from World of Warcraft: Incentives and rewards
Said Achmiz
May 7, 2018, 6:44 AM
25
points
6
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(blog.obormot.net)
Fuzzy Boundaries, Real Concepts
orthonormal
May 7, 2018, 3:39 AM
27
points
8
comments
7
min read
LW
link
LW Open Source – Getting Started [warning: not up-to-date]
Raemon
May 6, 2018, 11:28 PM
35
points
32
comments
4
min read
LW
link
LW Update 5/6/2018 – Meta and Moderation
Raemon
May 6, 2018, 8:33 PM
12
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Advocating for factual advocacy
Jsevillamol
May 6, 2018, 8:47 AM
12
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Predicting Future Morality
ESRogs
May 6, 2018, 7:17 AM
13
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Paper]: Classification of global catastrophic risks connected with artificial intelligence
avturchin
May 6, 2018, 6:42 AM
1
point
0
comments
LW
link
(link.springer.com)
Looking for AI Safety Experts to Provide High Level Guidance for RAISE
Ofer
May 6, 2018, 2:06 AM
17
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open question: are minimal circuits daemon-free?
paulfchristiano
May 5, 2018, 10:40 PM
83
points
70
comments
2
min read
LW
link
1
review
5-minute timer tool
Gust
May 5, 2018, 3:58 PM
7
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(gusbicalho.github.io)
A possible solution to the Fermi Paradox
Rafael Harth
May 5, 2018, 2:56 PM
4
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Sheepskin Effect
Zvi
May 5, 2018, 12:10 PM
10
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
AI Safety via Debate
ESRogs
May 5, 2018, 2:11 AM
27
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(blog.openai.com)
Fundamentals of Formalisation level 1: Basic Logic
null
May 4, 2018, 1:01 PM
8
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AGI Safety Literature Review (Everitt, Lea & Hutter 2018)
Kaj_Sotala
May 4, 2018, 8:56 AM
14
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(arxiv.org)
Bayes’ Law is About Multiple Hypothesis Testing
abramdemski
May 4, 2018, 5:31 AM
36
points
5
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[LINK] How to write a dominant assurance contract on the Ethereum blockchain
fortyeridania
May 4, 2018, 3:44 AM
1
point
0
comments
LW
link
(programtheblockchain.com)
Words, Locally Defined
abramdemski
May 3, 2018, 11:26 PM
19
points
27
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Confounded No Longer: Insights from ‘All of Statistics’
TurnTrout
May 3, 2018, 10:56 PM
21
points
7
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Everything I ever needed to know, I learned from World of Warcraft: Goodhart’s law
Said Achmiz
May 3, 2018, 4:33 PM
37
points
21
comments
6
min read
LW
link
1
review
(blog.obormot.net)
Rigging is a form of wireheading
Stuart_Armstrong
May 3, 2018, 12:50 PM
11
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Moral frameworks and the Harris/Klein debate
lincolnquirk
May 3, 2018, 9:49 AM
5
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Duncan Sabien: “In Defense of Punch Bug”
Davis_Kingsley
May 3, 2018, 8:26 AM
30
points
187
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(medium.com)
Doubts about Updatelessness
Diffractor
May 3, 2018, 5:44 AM
9
points
3
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Rational Feed: Last Month’s Best Posts
sapphire
May 2, 2018, 6:19 PM
16
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Please Take the 2018 Effective Altruism Survey!
Peter Wildeford
May 2, 2018, 7:58 AM
14
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Brief comment on frontpage/personal distinction
Ben Pace
May 1, 2018, 6:53 PM
21
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Eight political demands that I hope we can agree on
ChristianKl
May 1, 2018, 4:59 PM
4
points
35
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread May 2018
Elo
May 1, 2018, 6:23 AM
9
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Ikaxas’ Hammertime Final Exam
Vaughn Papenhausen
May 1, 2018, 3:30 AM
10
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Thoughts on the REACH Patreon
Raemon
Apr 30, 2018, 8:51 PM
36
points
21
comments
20
min read
LW
link
Washington, D.C.: To-Do List Hacking
RobinZ
Apr 30, 2018, 7:23 PM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Prediction Contest 2018
jbeshir
30 Apr 2018 18:26 UTC
9
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Internalizing Internal Double Crux
TurnTrout
30 Apr 2018 18:23 UTC
35
points
12
comments
4
min read
LW
link
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