Words, Lo­cally Defined

abramdemskiMay 3, 2018, 11:26 PM
19 points
27 comments3 min readLW link

Con­founded No Longer: In­sights from ‘All of Statis­tics’

TurnTroutMay 3, 2018, 10:56 PM
21 points
7 comments10 min readLW link

Every­thing I ever needed to know, I learned from World of War­craft: Good­hart’s law

Said AchmizMay 3, 2018, 4:33 PM
37 points
21 comments6 min readLW link1 review
(blog.obormot.net)

Rig­ging is a form of wireheading

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 3, 2018, 12:50 PM
11 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Mo­ral frame­works and the Har­ris/​Klein debate

lincolnquirkMay 3, 2018, 9:49 AM
5 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Dun­can Sa­bien: “In Defense of Punch Bug”

Davis_KingsleyMay 3, 2018, 8:26 AM
30 points
187 comments1 min readLW link
(medium.com)

Doubts about Updatelessness

DiffractorMay 3, 2018, 5:44 AM
9 points
3 comments8 min readLW link

Ra­tional Feed: Last Month’s Best Posts

sapphireMay 2, 2018, 6:19 PM
16 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Please Take the 2018 Effec­tive Altru­ism Sur­vey!

Peter WildefordMay 2, 2018, 7:58 AM
14 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Brief com­ment on front­page/​per­sonal distinction

Ben PaceMay 1, 2018, 6:53 PM
21 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Eight poli­ti­cal de­mands that I hope we can agree on

ChristianKlMay 1, 2018, 4:59 PM
4 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread May 2018

EloMay 1, 2018, 6:23 AM
9 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Ikaxas’ Ham­mer­time Fi­nal Exam

Vaughn PapenhausenMay 1, 2018, 3:30 AM
10 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Thoughts on the REACH Patreon

RaemonApr 30, 2018, 8:51 PM
36 points
21 comments20 min readLW link

Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: To-Do List Hacking

RobinZApr 30, 2018, 7:23 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Pre­dic­tion Con­test 2018

jbeshirApr 30, 2018, 6:26 PM
9 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

In­ter­nal­iz­ing In­ter­nal Dou­ble Crux

TurnTroutApr 30, 2018, 6:23 PM
36 points
12 comments4 min readLW link

A Few Tips on How to Gen­er­ally Feel Bet­ter (and Avoid Headaches)

moridinamaelApr 30, 2018, 4:02 PM
28 points
12 comments4 min readLW link

The Align­ment Newslet­ter #4: 04/​30/​18

Rohin ShahApr 30, 2018, 4:00 PM
8 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Begin­ning Ma­chine Learning

crybxApr 30, 2018, 3:54 PM
12 points
4 comments6 min readLW link

Are long-term in­vest­ments a good way to help the fu­ture?

DacynApr 30, 2018, 2:41 PM
10 points
50 comments3 min readLW link

Soon: a weekly AI Safety pre­req­ui­sites mod­ule on LessWrong

nullApr 30, 2018, 1:23 PM
35 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Re­search: Res­cuers dur­ing the Holocaust

Martin SustrikApr 30, 2018, 6:15 AM
97 points
14 comments9 min readLW link1 review

Give praise

nullApr 29, 2018, 9:00 PM
77 points
87 comments1 min readLW link1 review

Does Think­ing Hard Hurt Your Brain?

RaemonApr 29, 2018, 6:56 PM
19 points
38 comments1 min readLW link

The Case Against Ed­u­ca­tion: Split­ting the Ed­u­ca­tion Premium Pie and Con­sid­er­ing IQ

ZviApr 29, 2018, 12:40 PM
7 points
5 comments9 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Levels of AI Self-Im­prove­ment

avturchinApr 29, 2018, 11:45 AM
11 points
1 comment39 min readLW link

Ineffi­cient Doesn’t Mean Indifferent

ZviApr 29, 2018, 11:30 AM
39 points
17 comments3 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

SSC South Bay Meetup

DavidFriedmanApr 29, 2018, 7:22 AM
6 points
2 commentsLW link

Pro­gram Search and In­com­plete Understanding

DiffractorApr 29, 2018, 4:32 AM
33 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

Med­i­ta­tions on the Medium

lifelonglearnerApr 29, 2018, 2:21 AM
14 points
7 comments8 min readLW link

Form Your Own Opinions

Ben PaceApr 28, 2018, 7:50 PM
34 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

Mere Ad­di­tion Para­dox Resolved

David CooperApr 27, 2018, 9:13 PM
−3 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Notic­ing the Taste of Lotus

ValentineApr 27, 2018, 8:05 PM
220 points
81 comments3 min readLW link3 reviews

Moscow LW meetup in “Nauchka” library

Alexander230Apr 27, 2018, 12:30 PM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Dou­ble Crux­ing the AI Foom debate

agilecavemanApr 27, 2018, 6:46 AM
17 points
3 comments11 min readLW link

LW Up­date 4/​26/​2018 – Images, Events and Re­cent Discussion

RaemonApr 27, 2018, 4:55 AM
7 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

The 3% In­cline (thefer­rett.com)

RaemonApr 27, 2018, 12:56 AM
31 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(www.theferrett.com)

Com­pu­ta­tional Mo­ral­ity (Part 4) - Consequentialism

David Cooper26 Apr 2018 23:58 UTC
−1 points
3 comments13 min readLW link

The Lead­ing and Trailing Edges of Development

Gordon Seidoh Worley26 Apr 2018 18:02 UTC
8 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Science

RobinZ26 Apr 2018 2:27 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The One-Chan­nel Paradigm

Noah Walton25 Apr 2018 21:49 UTC
3 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Effec­tive Altru­ism’s Ul­ti­mate Goal: Erad­i­cate Hu­man Suffer­ing.

willfranks25 Apr 2018 12:12 UTC
−1 points
11 comments7 min readLW link

Ten Com­mand­ments for Aspiring Superforecasters

Evan_Gaensbauer25 Apr 2018 4:55 UTC
29 points
6 comments8 min readLW link

Don’t Believe Wrong Things

Jacob Falkovich25 Apr 2018 3:36 UTC
22 points
36 comments13 min readLW link

Fol­low Stan­dard Incentives

query25 Apr 2018 1:09 UTC
5 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Wron­gol­ogy 101

sarahconstantin25 Apr 2018 0:00 UTC
32 points
5 comments7 min readLW link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Com­pu­ta­tional Mo­ral­ity (Part 3) - Similar­ity of Proposals

David Cooper24 Apr 2018 22:12 UTC
−2 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

[Alert] Run­ning Fi­nal Mi­gra­tion (pos­si­ble down­time)

Raemon24 Apr 2018 20:23 UTC
11 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Re­ward func­tion learn­ing: the value function

Stuart_Armstrong24 Apr 2018 16:29 UTC
10 points
0 comments11 min readLW link