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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
Apr 30, 2018, 6:26 PM
9
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Internalizing Internal Double Crux
TurnTrout
Apr 30, 2018, 6:23 PM
35
points
12
comments
4
min read
LW
link
A Few Tips on How to Generally Feel Better (and Avoid Headaches)
moridinamael
Apr 30, 2018, 4:02 PM
28
points
12
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The Alignment Newsletter #4: 04/30/18
Rohin Shah
Apr 30, 2018, 4:00 PM
8
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Beginning Machine Learning
crybx
Apr 30, 2018, 3:54 PM
12
points
4
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Are long-term investments a good way to help the future?
Dacyn
Apr 30, 2018, 2:41 PM
10
points
50
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Soon: a weekly AI Safety prerequisites module on LessWrong
null
Apr 30, 2018, 1:23 PM
35
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Research: Rescuers during the Holocaust
Martin Sustrik
Apr 30, 2018, 6:15 AM
97
points
14
comments
9
min read
LW
link
1
review
Give praise
null
Apr 29, 2018, 9:00 PM
77
points
87
comments
1
min read
LW
link
1
review
Does Thinking Hard Hurt Your Brain?
Raemon
Apr 29, 2018, 6:56 PM
19
points
38
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Case Against Education: Splitting the Education Premium Pie and Considering IQ
Zvi
Apr 29, 2018, 12:40 PM
7
points
5
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Levels of AI Self-Improvement
avturchin
Apr 29, 2018, 11:45 AM
11
points
1
comment
39
min read
LW
link
Inefficient Doesn’t Mean Indifferent
Zvi
Apr 29, 2018, 11:30 AM
39
points
17
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
SSC South Bay Meetup
DavidFriedman
Apr 29, 2018, 7:22 AM
6
points
2
comments
LW
link
Program Search and Incomplete Understanding
Diffractor
Apr 29, 2018, 4:32 AM
33
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
Meditations on the Medium
lifelonglearner
Apr 29, 2018, 2:21 AM
14
points
7
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Form Your Own Opinions
Ben Pace
Apr 28, 2018, 7:50 PM
34
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
Mere Addition Paradox Resolved
David Cooper
Apr 27, 2018, 9:13 PM
−3
points
6
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Noticing the Taste of Lotus
Valentine
Apr 27, 2018, 8:05 PM
220
points
81
comments
3
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
Moscow LW meetup in “Nauchka” library
Alexander230
Apr 27, 2018, 12:30 PM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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