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Decoupling vs Contextualising Norms
Chris_Leong
May 14, 2018, 10:44 PM
170
points
51
comments
2
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
The anti-psychotic Q-learner trick
IAFF-User-299
May 14, 2018, 8:58 PM
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(github.com)
Personal relationships with goodness
KatjaGrace
May 14, 2018, 6:50 PM
40
points
20
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(meteuphoric.com)
Rational spirituality: transcending your metaphysics
monktastic
May 14, 2018, 5:25 PM
3
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(monktastic.github.io)
The Alignment Newsletter #6: 05/14/18
Rohin Shah
May 14, 2018, 4:00 PM
8
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
AskReddit: Hard Pills to Swallow
ESRogs
May 14, 2018, 11:20 AM
9
points
1
comment
LW
link
(www.reddit.com)
Mental Illness Is Not Evidence Against Abuse Allegations
sarahconstantin
May 13, 2018, 7:50 PM
4
points
43
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Detailed Critique of One Section of Steven Pinker’s Chapter “Existential Threats” in Enlightenment Now (Part 2)
philosophytorres
May 13, 2018, 7:41 PM
8
points
1
comment
17
min read
LW
link
Fun With DAGs
johnswentworth
May 13, 2018, 7:35 PM
15
points
21
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Gaining Approval: Insights From “How To Prove It”
Logan Riggs
May 13, 2018, 6:34 PM
9
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Why Universal Comparability of Utility?
AK
May 13, 2018, 12:10 AM
8
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Hotel Concierge: Shame & Society
norswap
May 12, 2018, 11:36 PM
11
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(hotelconcierge.tumblr.com)
A Detailed Critique of One Section of Steven Pinker’s Chapter “Existential Threats” in Enlightenment Now (Part 1)
philosophytorres
May 12, 2018, 1:34 PM
15
points
1
comment
17
min read
LW
link
Soviet-era Jokes, Common Knowledge, Irony
Martin Sustrik
May 12, 2018, 10:52 AM
17
points
2
comments
LW
link
(250bpm.com)
Terrorism, Tylenol, and dangerous information
Davis_Kingsley
May 12, 2018, 10:20 AM
149
points
47
comments
3
min read
LW
link
LW Update 2018-05-11 – Suggest Curation
Raemon
May 12, 2018, 3:26 AM
9
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Critch on career advice for junior AI-x-risk-concerned researchers
Rob Bensinger
May 12, 2018, 2:13 AM
120
points
25
comments
4
min read
LW
link
A Self-Respect Feedback Loop
ialdabaoth
May 11, 2018, 11:09 PM
39
points
20
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Affordance Widths
ialdabaoth
May 10, 2018, 11:37 PM
67
points
53
comments
4
min read
LW
link
6
reviews
Tech economics pattern: “Commoditize Your Complement”
gwern
May 10, 2018, 6:54 PM
41
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.gwern.net)
April links
gwern
May 10, 2018, 6:53 PM
7
points
0
comments
LW
link
(www.gwern.net)
Something is rotten in the channel of Slack
Medarla
May 10, 2018, 4:19 PM
−13
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Dissolving Scotsmen
Paperclip Minimizer
May 10, 2018, 4:08 PM
5
points
11
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Upvotes, knowledge, stocks, and flows
Jameson Quinn
May 10, 2018, 2:18 PM
21
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Far future, existential risk, and AI alignment
Jan_Kulveit
May 10, 2018, 9:51 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Thoughts on “AI safety via debate”
Gordon Seidoh Worley
May 10, 2018, 12:44 AM
12
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
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
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