Open Thread June 2018

EloMay 31, 2018, 10:34 PM
12 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

Toolbox-think­ing and Law-thinking

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 31, 2018, 9:28 PM
176 points
49 comments12 min readLW link

Effec­tive Th­e­sis meetup

Jan_KulveitMay 31, 2018, 7:49 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Monopoly: A Man­i­festo and Fact Post

sarahconstantinMay 31, 2018, 6:40 PM
33 points
65 comments5 min readLW link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Paper: “A sim­ple func­tion of one pa­ram­e­ter (θ) can fit any col­lec­tion of or­dered pairs {Xi,Yi} to ar­bi­trary pre­ci­sion”—im­pli­ca­tions for Oc­cam?

fortyeridaniaMay 31, 2018, 3:23 AM
4 points
9 commentsLW link
(colala.bcs.rochester.edu)

An­nounce­ment: Le­gacy karma imported

habrykaMay 31, 2018, 2:53 AM
14 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Defi­ni­tions/​Labels

RobinZMay 31, 2018, 12:56 AM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Episte­molog­i­cal Weight Class

musicmage4114May 30, 2018, 11:43 PM
0 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

Log­i­cal In­duc­tors Con­verge to Cor­re­lated Equil­ibria (Kinda)

DiffractorMay 30, 2018, 8:23 PM
11 points
1 comment7 min readLW link

Safety in Ma­chine Learning

Gordon Seidoh WorleyMay 29, 2018, 6:54 PM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Prin­ci­pled vs. Prag­matic Morality

Chris_LeongMay 29, 2018, 4:31 AM
6 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

Bounded Ra­tion­al­ity: Two Cultures

Ben PaceMay 29, 2018, 3:41 AM
12 points
1 comment2 min readLW link
(www.tandfonline.com)

Meta-Hon­esty: Firm­ing Up Hon­esty Around Its Edge-Cases

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 29, 2018, 12:59 AM
142 points
155 comments27 min readLW link4 reviews

*Another* Dou­ble Crux Framework

RaemonMay 28, 2018, 11:30 PM
15 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Us­ing the LessWrong API to query for events

habrykaMay 28, 2018, 10:41 PM
5 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Shared in­ter­ests vs. col­lec­tive interests

Said AchmizMay 28, 2018, 10:06 PM
5 points
10 comments3 min readLW link
(blog.obormot.net)

The Align­ment Newslet­ter #8: 05/​28/​18

Rohin ShahMay 28, 2018, 4:00 PM
8 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

Un­der­stand­ing is translation

cousin_itMay 28, 2018, 1:56 PM
92 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

GreaterWrong—even more new fea­tures & enhancements

Said AchmizMay 28, 2018, 5:08 AM
21 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Kansas City/​Parkville meetup

SlightlyLessWrongMay 28, 2018, 2:11 AM
8 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Ineffec­tive en­trepreneur­ship: post-mortem of Hippo, the hap­piness app that never quite was

ElizabethMay 27, 2018, 11:03 PM
11 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(effective-altruism.com)

The sim­ple pic­ture on AI safety

Alex FlintMay 27, 2018, 7:43 PM
31 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

Sig­nal­ing-based ob­ser­va­tions of (other) students

Rafael HarthMay 27, 2018, 6:12 PM
13 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Bio­di­ver­sity for heretics

eukaryoteMay 27, 2018, 1:37 PM
14 points
4 comments7 min readLW link

Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—June

luminosityMay 27, 2018, 12:05 PM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

Ques­tions about the Use­ful­ness of Self-Importance

LeoHolmanMay 27, 2018, 9:20 AM
8 points
10 comments3 min readLW link

Ob­server-Based Values

Kenn BrodyMay 27, 2018, 12:25 AM
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link

Con­tain­ment Inversion

travisrm89May 26, 2018, 9:35 PM
8 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Log­i­cal In­duc­tor Lemmas

DiffractorMay 26, 2018, 5:43 PM
0 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

Two No­tions of Best Response

DiffractorMay 26, 2018, 5:14 PM
0 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

Moder­at­ing LessWrong: A Differ­ent Take

UnrealMay 26, 2018, 5:51 AM
13 points
25 comments1 min readLW link
(www.objectivelee.com)

So­cietal Growth Re­quires Rehabilitation

squidiousMay 26, 2018, 3:00 AM
5 points
12 comments2 min readLW link
(opalsandbonobos.blogspot.com)

Quillette: Out­groups, Bias, and the Dark Web

Jacob FalkovichMay 25, 2018, 8:31 PM
5 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(quillette.com)

So­phie Grouchy on A Build-Break Model of Cooperation

weftMay 25, 2018, 2:55 PM
25 points
6 comments8 min readLW link
(sophiegrouchy.wordpress.com)

Inad­e­quate Equil­ibria vs. Gover­nance of the Commons

Martin SustrikMay 25, 2018, 1:17 PM
184 points
17 comments14 min readLW link2 reviews

When is un­al­igned AI morally valuable?

paulfchristianoMay 25, 2018, 1:57 AM
81 points
53 comments10 min readLW link

Dun­can Sa­bien on Moder­at­ing LessWrong

Davis_KingsleyMay 24, 2018, 10:12 AM
11 points
110 comments1 min readLW link
(medium.com)

De­ci­sion the­ory and zero-sum game the­ory, NP and PSPACE

jessicataMay 24, 2018, 8:03 AM
56 points
21 comments4 min readLW link

Ex­pres­sive Vocabulary

AlicornMay 24, 2018, 6:59 AM
147 points
71 comments5 min readLW link1 review

There is a war.

BenquoMay 24, 2018, 6:44 AM
39 points
31 comments14 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Do Con­ver­sa­tions Often Cir­cle Back To The Same Topic?

lifelonglearnerMay 24, 2018, 3:07 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(mindlevelup.wordpress.com)

Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Shar­ing Pretty Things

RobinZMay 24, 2018, 2:50 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Striv­ing vs Cruising

norswapMay 23, 2018, 11:42 PM
2 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(norswap.com)

Epistemic Circularity

Gordon Seidoh WorleyMay 23, 2018, 9:00 PM
8 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Games in Kocherga club: Fal­la­cy­ma­nia, Tower of Chaos, Scien­tific Discovery

Alexander230May 23, 2018, 7:33 PM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Si­mu­la­tion hy­poth­e­sis and sub­strate-in­de­pen­dence of men­tal states

Tiago de VassalMay 23, 2018, 7:07 PM
6 points
6 comments5 min readLW link

Glide #1: Learn­ing Ra­tion­al­ity from Absurdity

musicmage4114May 23, 2018, 6:18 PM
9 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Flag­ging/​re­port­ing spam *posts*?

KennyMay 23, 2018, 4:14 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Melbourne Dojo: Difficult Conversations

ChriswaterguyMay 23, 2018, 5:10 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

A Short Cel­e­bra­tory /​ Ap­pre­ci­a­tion Post

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)May 23, 2018, 12:02 AM
57 points
9 comments2 min readLW link