A line of defense against un­friendly out­comes: Grover’s Algorithm

GurkenglasJun 5, 2018, 12:59 AM
2 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

The Align­ment Newslet­ter #9: 06/​04/​18

Rohin ShahJun 4, 2018, 4:00 PM
8 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Sim­plified Poker

ZviJun 4, 2018, 3:50 PM
36 points
17 comments1 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Teach­ing Method­olo­gies & Techniques

ChaosHufflepuffJun 4, 2018, 11:33 AM
9 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

The less­wrong slack—an in­tro­duc­tion to our regulars

EloJun 4, 2018, 6:29 AM
29 points
2 comments6 min readLW link

Against ac­cus­ing peo­ple of motte and bailey

Kaj_SotalaJun 3, 2018, 9:31 PM
43 points
14 comments4 min readLW link

Ex­ces­sive EDA Effortposting

abstractapplicJun 3, 2018, 7:17 PM
44 points
2 comments10 min readLW link

Us­ing In­tel­lec­tual Pro­cesses to Com­bat Bias

JustinCEOJun 3, 2018, 2:42 PM
−25 points
11 commentsLW link
(rationalessays.com)

Swim­ming Up­stream: A Case Study in In­stru­men­tal Rationality

TurnTroutJun 3, 2018, 3:16 AM
76 points
7 comments8 min readLW link

Trajectory

Logan RiggsJun 2, 2018, 6:29 PM
6 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Why kids stop ask­ing why

ExpipiplusoneJun 2, 2018, 5:03 PM
3 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Sleep­ing Beauty Re­solved (?) Pt. 2: Iden­tity and Betting

ksvanhornJun 2, 2018, 2:43 AM
9 points
50 comments6 min readLW link

Three types of “should”

SniffnoyJun 2, 2018, 12:54 AM
9 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

How Pet Own­ers Can Help Wild An­i­mals and The Environment

ozymandiasJun 1, 2018, 9:57 PM
7 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

Strong Votes [Up­date: De­ployed]

RaemonJun 1, 2018, 9:03 PM
94 points
93 comments2 min readLW link

Am­plifi­ca­tion Dis­cus­sion Notes

William_SJun 1, 2018, 7:03 PM
17 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Into the Kiln: In­sights from Tao’s ‘Anal­y­sis I’

TurnTroutJun 1, 2018, 6:16 PM
28 points
8 comments9 min readLW link

May gw­ern.net newsletter

gwernJun 1, 2018, 2:47 PM
24 points
3 commentsLW link
(www.gwern.net)

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)

Diffractor30 May 2018 20:23 UTC
11 points
1 comment7 min readLW link

Safety in Ma­chine Learning

Gordon Seidoh Worley29 May 2018 18:54 UTC
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Prin­ci­pled vs. Prag­matic Morality

Chris_Leong29 May 2018 4:31 UTC
6 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

Bounded Ra­tion­al­ity: Two Cultures

Ben Pace29 May 2018 3:41 UTC
12 points
1 comment2 min readLW link
(www.tandfonline.com)

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

Eliezer Yudkowsky29 May 2018 0:59 UTC
142 points
155 comments27 min readLW link4 reviews

*Another* Dou­ble Crux Framework

Raemon28 May 2018 23:30 UTC
15 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Us­ing the LessWrong API to query for events

habryka28 May 2018 22:41 UTC
5 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Shared in­ter­ests vs. col­lec­tive interests

Said Achmiz28 May 2018 22:06 UTC
5 points
10 comments3 min readLW link
(blog.obormot.net)

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

Rohin Shah28 May 2018 16:00 UTC
8 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

Un­der­stand­ing is translation

cousin_it28 May 2018 13:56 UTC
92 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

GreaterWrong—even more new fea­tures & enhancements

Said Achmiz28 May 2018 5:08 UTC
21 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Kansas City/​Parkville meetup

SlightlyLessWrong28 May 2018 2:11 UTC
8 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

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

Elizabeth27 May 2018 23:03 UTC
11 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(effective-altruism.com)

The sim­ple pic­ture on AI safety

Alex Flint27 May 2018 19:43 UTC
31 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

Sig­nal­ing-based ob­ser­va­tions of (other) students

Rafael Harth27 May 2018 18:12 UTC
13 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Bio­di­ver­sity for heretics

eukaryote27 May 2018 13:37 UTC
14 points
4 comments7 min readLW link

Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—June

luminosity27 May 2018 12:05 UTC
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

Ques­tions about the Use­ful­ness of Self-Importance

LeoHolman27 May 2018 9:20 UTC
8 points
10 comments3 min readLW link

Ob­server-Based Values

Kenn Brody27 May 2018 0:25 UTC
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link

Con­tain­ment Inversion

travisrm8926 May 2018 21:35 UTC
8 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Log­i­cal In­duc­tor Lemmas

Diffractor26 May 2018 17:43 UTC
0 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

Two No­tions of Best Response

Diffractor26 May 2018 17:14 UTC
0 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

Moder­at­ing LessWrong: A Differ­ent Take

Unreal26 May 2018 5:51 UTC
13 points
25 comments1 min readLW link
(www.objectivelee.com)

So­cietal Growth Re­quires Rehabilitation

squidious26 May 2018 3:00 UTC
5 points
12 comments2 min readLW link
(opalsandbonobos.blogspot.com)