Open ques­tion: are min­i­mal cir­cuits dae­mon-free?

paulfchristiano5 May 2018 22:40 UTC
83 points
70 comments2 min readLW link1 review

5-minute timer tool

Gust5 May 2018 15:58 UTC
7 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(gusbicalho.github.io)

A pos­si­ble solu­tion to the Fermi Paradox

Rafael Harth5 May 2018 14:56 UTC
4 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

The Sheep­skin Effect

Zvi5 May 2018 12:10 UTC
10 points
4 comments5 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

AI Safety via Debate

ESRogs5 May 2018 2:11 UTC
27 points
14 comments1 min readLW link
(blog.openai.com)

Fun­da­men­tals of For­mal­i­sa­tion level 1: Ba­sic Logic

null4 May 2018 13:01 UTC
8 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

AGI Safety Liter­a­ture Re­view (Ever­itt, Lea & Hut­ter 2018)

Kaj_Sotala4 May 2018 8:56 UTC
14 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

Bayes’ Law is About Mul­ti­ple Hy­poth­e­sis Testing

abramdemski4 May 2018 5:31 UTC
36 points
5 comments5 min readLW link

[LINK] How to write a dom­i­nant as­surance con­tract on the Ethereum blockchain

fortyeridania4 May 2018 3:44 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link
(programtheblockchain.com)

Words, Lo­cally Defined

abramdemski3 May 2018 23:26 UTC
19 points
27 comments3 min readLW link

Con­founded No Longer: In­sights from ‘All of Statis­tics’

TurnTrout3 May 2018 22:56 UTC
21 points
7 comments10 min readLW link

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

Said Achmiz3 May 2018 16:33 UTC
37 points
21 comments6 min readLW link1 review
(blog.obormot.net)

Rig­ging is a form of wireheading

Stuart_Armstrong3 May 2018 12:50 UTC
11 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Mo­ral frame­works and the Har­ris/​Klein debate

lincolnquirk3 May 2018 9:49 UTC
5 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Dun­can Sa­bien: “In Defense of Punch Bug”

Davis_Kingsley3 May 2018 8:26 UTC
30 points
187 comments1 min readLW link
(medium.com)

Doubts about Updatelessness

Diffractor3 May 2018 5:44 UTC
9 points
3 comments8 min readLW link

Ra­tional Feed: Last Month’s Best Posts

sapphire2 May 2018 18:19 UTC
16 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Please Take the 2018 Effec­tive Altru­ism Sur­vey!

Peter Wildeford2 May 2018 7:58 UTC
14 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Brief com­ment on front­page/​per­sonal distinction

Ben Pace1 May 2018 18:53 UTC
21 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Eight poli­ti­cal de­mands that I hope we can agree on

ChristianKl1 May 2018 16:59 UTC
4 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread May 2018

Elo1 May 2018 6:23 UTC
9 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Ikaxas’ Ham­mer­time Fi­nal Exam

Vaughn Papenhausen1 May 2018 3:30 UTC
10 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Thoughts on the REACH Patreon

Raemon30 Apr 2018 20:51 UTC
36 points
21 comments20 min readLW link

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

RobinZ30 Apr 2018 19:23 UTC
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Pre­dic­tion Con­test 2018

jbeshir30 Apr 2018 18:26 UTC
9 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

In­ter­nal­iz­ing In­ter­nal Dou­ble Crux

TurnTrout30 Apr 2018 18:23 UTC
35 points
12 comments4 min readLW link

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

moridinamael30 Apr 2018 16:02 UTC
27 points
12 comments4 min readLW link

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

Rohin Shah30 Apr 2018 16:00 UTC
8 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Begin­ning Ma­chine Learning

crybx30 Apr 2018 15:54 UTC
12 points
4 comments6 min readLW link

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

Dacyn30 Apr 2018 14:41 UTC
10 points
50 comments3 min readLW link

Soon: a weekly AI Safety pre­req­ui­sites mod­ule on LessWrong

null30 Apr 2018 13:23 UTC
35 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Re­search: Res­cuers dur­ing the Holocaust

Martin Sustrik30 Apr 2018 6:15 UTC
97 points
14 comments9 min readLW link1 review

Give praise

null29 Apr 2018 21:00 UTC
77 points
87 comments1 min readLW link1 review

Does Think­ing Hard Hurt Your Brain?

Raemon29 Apr 2018 18:56 UTC
19 points
38 comments1 min readLW link

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

Zvi29 Apr 2018 12:40 UTC
7 points
5 comments9 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Levels of AI Self-Im­prove­ment

avturchin29 Apr 2018 11:45 UTC
11 points
1 comment39 min readLW link

Ineffi­cient Doesn’t Mean Indifferent

Zvi29 Apr 2018 11:30 UTC
39 points
17 comments3 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

SSC South Bay Meetup

DavidFriedman29 Apr 2018 7:22 UTC
6 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Pro­gram Search and In­com­plete Understanding

Diffractor29 Apr 2018 4:32 UTC
21 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

Med­i­ta­tions on the Medium

lifelonglearner29 Apr 2018 2:21 UTC
14 points
7 comments8 min readLW link

Form Your Own Opinions

Ben Pace28 Apr 2018 19:50 UTC
34 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

Mere Ad­di­tion Para­dox Resolved

David Cooper27 Apr 2018 21:13 UTC
−3 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Notic­ing the Taste of Lotus

Valentine27 Apr 2018 20:05 UTC
211 points
81 comments3 min readLW link3 reviews

Moscow LW meetup in “Nauchka” library

Alexander23027 Apr 2018 12:30 UTC
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Dou­ble Crux­ing the AI Foom debate

agilecaveman27 Apr 2018 6:46 UTC
17 points
3 comments11 min readLW link

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

Raemon27 Apr 2018 4:55 UTC
7 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

The 3% In­cline (thefer­rett.com)

Raemon27 Apr 2018 0:56 UTC
24 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