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Simulation hypothesis and substrate-independence of mental states
Tiago de Vassal
May 23, 2018, 7:07 PM
6
points
6
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Glide #1: Learning Rationality from Absurdity
musicmage4114
May 23, 2018, 6:18 PM
9
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Flagging/reporting spam *posts*?
Kenny
May 23, 2018, 4:14 PM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Melbourne Dojo: Difficult Conversations
Chriswaterguy
May 23, 2018, 5:10 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Short Celebratory / Appreciation Post
lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)
May 23, 2018, 12:02 AM
57
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Confusions Concerning Pre-Rationality
abramdemski
May 23, 2018, 12:01 AM
15
points
29
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Sleeping Beauty Resolved?
ksvanhorn
May 22, 2018, 2:13 PM
16
points
77
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Against Not Reading Math Books Problems-First (If You’ve Found It Helpful Before)
Andrew Quinn
May 22, 2018, 12:59 PM
10
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Searching for a Second Brain
larriant
May 22, 2018, 12:32 PM
1
point
0
comments
LW
link
(julyandavey.com)
Glide Meditations: A Statement of Intent
musicmage4114
May 22, 2018, 7:48 AM
7
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Mini-review: The Book of Why
Brian Slesinsky
May 21, 2018, 11:11 PM
21
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Co-Proofs
abramdemski
May 21, 2018, 9:10 PM
40
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Alignment Newsletter #7: 05/21/18
Rohin Shah
May 21, 2018, 4:00 PM
8
points
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Imitative Reinforcement Learning as an AGI Approach
TIMUR ZEKI VURAL
May 21, 2018, 2:47 PM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
The Third Circle
Zvi
May 21, 2018, 12:10 PM
12
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Visions of Summer Solstice
Raemon
May 21, 2018, 5:50 AM
23
points
12
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Bay Summer Solstice
Raemon
May 21, 2018, 4:28 AM
13
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
LINK: Where Humans Meet Machines: Intuition, Expertise and Learning (Brynjolfsson talks to Kahneman)
fortyeridania
May 21, 2018, 2:50 AM
2
points
1
comment
LW
link
(medium.com)
The Second Circle
Zvi
May 20, 2018, 1:40 PM
23
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
The Berkeley Community & The Rest Of Us: A Response to Zvi & Benquo
Evan_Gaensbauer
May 20, 2018, 7:19 AM
57
points
70
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Can our universe contain a perfect simulation of itself?
Hazard
May 20, 2018, 2:08 AM
6
points
6
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Challenges to Christiano’s capability amplification proposal
Eliezer Yudkowsky
May 19, 2018, 6:18 PM
124
points
54
comments
23
min read
LW
link
1
review
Dimensional decoupling
brianlui
May 19, 2018, 3:26 PM
3
points
15
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Last chance to participate in the 2018 EA Survey
Peter Wildeford
May 19, 2018, 12:37 AM
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[CKC] [May 2018] What subjects are most important for an AI safety researcher to know? (Open Call)
Andrew Quinn
May 18, 2018, 9:11 PM
4
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Talents
Benquo
May 18, 2018, 8:30 PM
18
points
15
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)
“Politics is the Mindkiller” is a mindkiller
Odinn
May 18, 2018, 7:07 PM
−13
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The potential exploitability of infinite options
Donald Hobson
May 18, 2018, 6:25 PM
2
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Fundamentals of Formalisation level 2: Basic Set Theory
null
May 18, 2018, 5:21 PM
5
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
The First Circle
Zvi
May 18, 2018, 2:40 PM
23
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Trivial inconveniences as an antidote to akrasia
Adam Zerner
May 18, 2018, 5:34 AM
20
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Context is Conflict
Jacob Falkovich
May 18, 2018, 2:16 AM
29
points
0
comments
9
min read
LW
link
$5m cryptocurrency donation to Alcor by Brad Armstrong in memory of LWer Hal Finney
gwern
May 17, 2018, 8:31 PM
22
points
1
comment
LW
link
(www.alcor.org)
Pattern recognition and processing
IAFF-User-300
May 17, 2018, 5:04 PM
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(alternativeai.blogspot.com)
Of Two Minds
Valentine
May 17, 2018, 4:34 AM
94
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Lotuses and Loot Boxes
Davidmanheim
May 17, 2018, 12:21 AM
14
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
LW Open Source – Overview of the Codebase
Raemon
May 16, 2018, 11:50 PM
20
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Washington, D.C.: Disagreeing Productively (LW/EA joint meetup)
RobinZ
May 16, 2018, 2:57 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Henry Kissinger: AI Could Mean the End of Human History
ESRogs
May 15, 2018, 8:11 PM
17
points
12
comments
LW
link
(www.theatlantic.com)
The Devil’s Advocate: when is it right to be wrong?
Jameson Quinn
May 15, 2018, 5:12 PM
5
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
RFC: Philosophical Conservatism in AI Alignment Research
Gordon Seidoh Worley
May 15, 2018, 3:29 AM
17
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Decoupling vs Contextualising Norms
Chris_Leong
May 14, 2018, 10:44 PM
170
points
51
comments
2
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
The anti-psychotic Q-learner trick
IAFF-User-299
May 14, 2018, 8:58 PM
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(github.com)
Personal relationships with goodness
KatjaGrace
May 14, 2018, 6:50 PM
40
points
20
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(meteuphoric.com)
Rational spirituality: transcending your metaphysics
monktastic
14 May 2018 17:25 UTC
3
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(monktastic.github.io)
The Alignment Newsletter #6: 05/14/18
Rohin Shah
14 May 2018 16:00 UTC
8
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
AskReddit: Hard Pills to Swallow
ESRogs
14 May 2018 11:20 UTC
9
points
1
comment
LW
link
(www.reddit.com)
Mental Illness Is Not Evidence Against Abuse Allegations
sarahconstantin
13 May 2018 19:50 UTC
4
points
43
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Detailed Critique of One Section of Steven Pinker’s Chapter “Existential Threats” in Enlightenment Now (Part 2)
philosophytorres
13 May 2018 19:41 UTC
8
points
1
comment
17
min read
LW
link
Fun With DAGs
johnswentworth
13 May 2018 19:35 UTC
15
points
21
comments
6
min read
LW
link
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