Men­tal Ill­ness Is Not Ev­i­dence Against Abuse Allegations

sarahconstantinMay 13, 2018, 7:50 PM
4 points
43 comments1 min readLW link

A De­tailed Cri­tique of One Sec­tion of Steven Pinker’s Chap­ter “Ex­is­ten­tial Threats” in En­light­en­ment Now (Part 2)

philosophytorresMay 13, 2018, 7:41 PM
8 points
1 comment17 min readLW link

Fun With DAGs

johnswentworthMay 13, 2018, 7:35 PM
15 points
21 comments6 min readLW link

Gain­ing Ap­proval: In­sights From “How To Prove It”

Logan RiggsMay 13, 2018, 6:34 PM
9 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Why Univer­sal Com­pa­ra­bil­ity of Utility?

AKMay 13, 2018, 12:10 AM
8 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Ho­tel Concierge: Shame & So­ciety

norswapMay 12, 2018, 11:36 PM
11 points
2 comments2 min readLW link
(hotelconcierge.tumblr.com)

A De­tailed Cri­tique of One Sec­tion of Steven Pinker’s Chap­ter “Ex­is­ten­tial Threats” in En­light­en­ment Now (Part 1)

philosophytorresMay 12, 2018, 1:34 PM
15 points
1 comment17 min readLW link

Soviet-era Jokes, Com­mon Knowl­edge, Irony

Martin SustrikMay 12, 2018, 10:52 AM
17 points
2 commentsLW link
(250bpm.com)

Ter­ror­ism, Tylenol, and dan­ger­ous information

Davis_KingsleyMay 12, 2018, 10:20 AM
149 points
47 comments3 min readLW link

LW Up­date 2018-05-11 – Suggest Cu­ra­tion

RaemonMay 12, 2018, 3:26 AM
9 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Critch on ca­reer ad­vice for ju­nior AI-x-risk-con­cerned researchers

Rob BensingerMay 12, 2018, 2:13 AM
120 points
25 comments4 min readLW link

A Self-Re­spect Feed­back Loop

ialdabaothMay 11, 2018, 11:09 PM
39 points
20 comments3 min readLW link

Affor­dance Widths

ialdabaothMay 10, 2018, 11:37 PM
67 points
53 comments4 min readLW link6 reviews

Tech eco­nomics pat­tern: “Com­modi­tize Your Com­ple­ment”

gwernMay 10, 2018, 6:54 PM
41 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.gwern.net)

April links

gwernMay 10, 2018, 6:53 PM
7 points
0 commentsLW link
(www.gwern.net)

Some­thing is rot­ten in the chan­nel of Slack

MedarlaMay 10, 2018, 4:19 PM
−13 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Dis­solv­ing Scotsmen

Paperclip MinimizerMay 10, 2018, 4:08 PM
5 points
11 comments4 min readLW link

Upvotes, knowl­edge, stocks, and flows

Jameson QuinnMay 10, 2018, 2:18 PM
21 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Far fu­ture, ex­is­ten­tial risk, and AI alignment

Jan_KulveitMay 10, 2018, 9:51 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Thoughts on “AI safety via de­bate”

Gordon Seidoh WorleyMay 10, 2018, 12:44 AM
12 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

Sav­ing the world in 80 days: Prologue

Logan RiggsMay 9, 2018, 9:16 PM
12 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

Thoughts on AI Safety via Debate

VaniverMay 9, 2018, 7:46 PM
35 points
12 comments6 min readLW link

Hy­po­thet­i­cals: The Direct Ap­pli­ca­tion Fallacy

Chris_LeongMay 9, 2018, 2:23 PM
21 points
19 comments4 min readLW link

Dojo: Al­gorith­mic Creativity—Chap­ter 1

ChriswaterguyMay 9, 2018, 8:03 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: [Moved In­doors] Out­door Fun & Games + Picnic

RobinZMay 9, 2018, 3:32 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Is epistemic logic use­ful for agent foun­da­tions?

Richard_NgoMay 8, 2018, 11:33 PM
13 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Tem­porar­ily Out of Office

Ben PaceMay 8, 2018, 9:59 PM
2 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

On Bet­ter Men­tal Rep­re­sen­ta­tions Part I: Adopt­ing ‘Think­ing Tools’

Will LorcaMay 8, 2018, 12:45 PM
−1 points
6 comments7 min readLW link

Va­ri­eties Of Ar­gu­men­ta­tive Experience

Scott AlexanderMay 8, 2018, 8:20 AM
101 points
11 comments18 min readLW link2 reviews
(slatestarcodex.com)

Turn­ing 30

VaniverMay 8, 2018, 5:37 AM
46 points
4 comments7 min readLW link

Prob­lems in­te­grat­ing de­ci­sion the­ory and in­verse re­in­force­ment learning

agilecavemanMay 8, 2018, 5:11 AM
7 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

In­tro­duc­ing the Longevity Re­search Institute

sarahconstantinMay 8, 2018, 3:30 AM
54 points
20 comments1 min readLW link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

On Gen­der and Emo­tional Support

squidiousMay 7, 2018, 10:37 PM
17 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

What are Trig­ger-Ac­tion Plans (TAPs)?

LulieMay 7, 2018, 6:28 PM
18 points
9 comments4 min readLW link

The Align­ment Newslet­ter #5: 05/​07/​18

Rohin ShahMay 7, 2018, 4:00 PM
8 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

Philos­o­phy of Mind: Umwelt, In­for­ma­tion, Value, and In­for­ma­tion-Value

Will LorcaMay 7, 2018, 11:55 AM
10 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

Every­thing I ever needed to know, I learned from World of War­craft: In­cen­tives and rewards

Said AchmizMay 7, 2018, 6:44 AM
25 points
6 comments9 min readLW link
(blog.obormot.net)

Fuzzy Boundaries, Real Concepts

orthonormalMay 7, 2018, 3:39 AM
27 points
8 comments7 min readLW link

LW Open Source – Get­ting Started [warn­ing: not up-to-date]

RaemonMay 6, 2018, 11:28 PM
35 points
32 comments4 min readLW link

LW Up­date 5/​6/​2018 – Meta and Moderation

RaemonMay 6, 2018, 8:33 PM
12 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Ad­vo­cat­ing for fac­tual ad­vo­cacy

JsevillamolMay 6, 2018, 8:47 AM
12 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Pre­dict­ing Fu­ture Morality

ESRogsMay 6, 2018, 7:17 AM
13 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

[Paper]: Clas­sifi­ca­tion of global catas­trophic risks con­nected with ar­tifi­cial intelligence

avturchinMay 6, 2018, 6:42 AM
1 point
0 commentsLW link
(link.springer.com)

Look­ing for AI Safety Ex­perts to Provide High Level Guidance for RAISE

OferMay 6, 2018, 2:06 AM
17 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Open ques­tion: are min­i­mal cir­cuits dae­mon-free?

paulfchristianoMay 5, 2018, 10:40 PM
83 points
70 comments2 min readLW link1 review

5-minute timer tool

GustMay 5, 2018, 3:58 PM
7 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(gusbicalho.github.io)

A pos­si­ble solu­tion to the Fermi Paradox

Rafael HarthMay 5, 2018, 2:56 PM
4 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

The Sheep­skin Effect

ZviMay 5, 2018, 12:10 PM
10 points
4 comments5 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

AI Safety via Debate

ESRogsMay 5, 2018, 2:11 AM
27 points
14 comments1 min readLW link
(blog.openai.com)

Fun­da­men­tals of For­mal­i­sa­tion level 1: Ba­sic Logic

nullMay 4, 2018, 1:01 PM
8 points
4 comments1 min readLW link