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Beyond Astronomical Waste
Wei Dai
Jun 7, 2018, 9:04 PM
139
points
41
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The first AI Safety Camp & onwards
Remmelt
Jun 7, 2018, 8:13 PM
46
points
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
A Rationalist Argument for Voting
Jameson Quinn
Jun 7, 2018, 5:05 PM
11
points
31
comments
3
min read
LW
link
How to intro Effective Altruism
ChaosHufflepuff
Jun 7, 2018, 10:24 AM
5
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Washington, D.C.: What Have You Read Recently?
RobinZ
Jun 7, 2018, 2:30 AM
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Glide #1.5: New Criticism and Rationality
musicmage4114
Jun 7, 2018, 12:36 AM
6
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Hufflepuff Leadership and Fighting Entropy
Raemon
Jun 7, 2018, 12:28 AM
51
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Bug Report
Evan_Gaensbauer
Jun 6, 2018, 9:41 PM
10
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Monty Hall in the Wild
Jacob Falkovich
Jun 6, 2018, 6:03 PM
24
points
9
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Simplified Poker Strategy
Zvi
Jun 6, 2018, 11:10 AM
40
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Resource-Limited Reflective Oracles
Diffractor
Jun 6, 2018, 2:50 AM
5
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
Disambiguating “alignment” and related notions
David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)
Jun 5, 2018, 3:35 PM
22
points
21
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Arc of Time
notetofutureself
Jun 5, 2018, 6:21 AM
−19
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Prisoners’ Dilemma with Costs to Modeling
Scott Garrabrant
Jun 5, 2018, 4:51 AM
123
points
20
comments
7
min read
LW
link
A line of defense against unfriendly outcomes: Grover’s Algorithm
Gurkenglas
Jun 5, 2018, 12:59 AM
2
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Alignment Newsletter #9: 06/04/18
Rohin Shah
Jun 4, 2018, 4:00 PM
8
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Simplified Poker
Zvi
Jun 4, 2018, 3:50 PM
36
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Teaching Methodologies & Techniques
ChaosHufflepuff
Jun 4, 2018, 11:33 AM
9
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The lesswrong slack—an introduction to our regulars
Elo
Jun 4, 2018, 6:29 AM
29
points
2
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Against accusing people of motte and bailey
Kaj_Sotala
Jun 3, 2018, 9:31 PM
43
points
14
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Excessive EDA Effortposting
abstractapplic
Jun 3, 2018, 7:17 PM
44
points
2
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Using Intellectual Processes to Combat Bias
JustinCEO
Jun 3, 2018, 2:42 PM
−25
points
11
comments
LW
link
(rationalessays.com)
Swimming Upstream: A Case Study in Instrumental Rationality
TurnTrout
Jun 3, 2018, 3:16 AM
76
points
7
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Trajectory
Logan Riggs
Jun 2, 2018, 6:29 PM
6
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Why kids stop asking why
Expipiplusone
Jun 2, 2018, 5:03 PM
3
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Sleeping Beauty Resolved (?) Pt. 2: Identity and Betting
ksvanhorn
Jun 2, 2018, 2:43 AM
9
points
50
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Three types of “should”
Sniffnoy
Jun 2, 2018, 12:54 AM
9
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
How Pet Owners Can Help Wild Animals and The Environment
ozymandias
Jun 1, 2018, 9:57 PM
7
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
Strong Votes [Update: Deployed]
Raemon
Jun 1, 2018, 9:03 PM
94
points
93
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Amplification Discussion Notes
William_S
Jun 1, 2018, 7:03 PM
17
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Into the Kiln: Insights from Tao’s ‘Analysis I’
TurnTrout
Jun 1, 2018, 6:16 PM
28
points
8
comments
9
min read
LW
link
May gwern.net newsletter
gwern
Jun 1, 2018, 2:47 PM
24
points
3
comments
LW
link
(www.gwern.net)
Open Thread June 2018
Elo
May 31, 2018, 10:34 PM
12
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Toolbox-thinking and Law-thinking
Eliezer Yudkowsky
May 31, 2018, 9:28 PM
176
points
49
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Effective Thesis meetup
Jan_Kulveit
May 31, 2018, 7:49 PM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Monopoly: A Manifesto and Fact Post
sarahconstantin
May 31, 2018, 6:40 PM
33
points
65
comments
5
min read
LW
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?
fortyeridania
May 31, 2018, 3:23 AM
4
points
9
comments
LW
link
(colala.bcs.rochester.edu)
Announcement: Legacy karma imported
habryka
May 31, 2018, 2:53 AM
14
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Washington, D.C.: Definitions/Labels
RobinZ
May 31, 2018, 12:56 AM
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Epistemological Weight Class
musicmage4114
May 30, 2018, 11:43 PM
0
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Logical Inductors Converge to Correlated Equilibria (Kinda)
Diffractor
May 30, 2018, 8:23 PM
11
points
1
comment
7
min read
LW
link
Safety in Machine Learning
Gordon Seidoh Worley
May 29, 2018, 6:54 PM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Principled vs. Pragmatic Morality
Chris_Leong
May 29, 2018, 4:31 AM
6
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Bounded Rationality: Two Cultures
Ben Pace
May 29, 2018, 3:41 AM
12
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
(www.tandfonline.com)
Meta-Honesty: Firming Up Honesty Around Its Edge-Cases
Eliezer Yudkowsky
May 29, 2018, 12:59 AM
142
points
155
comments
27
min read
LW
link
4
reviews
*Another* Double Crux Framework
Raemon
May 28, 2018, 11:30 PM
15
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Using the LessWrong API to query for events
habryka
May 28, 2018, 10:41 PM
5
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Shared interests vs. collective interests
Said Achmiz
May 28, 2018, 10:06 PM
5
points
10
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(blog.obormot.net)
The Alignment Newsletter #8: 05/28/18
Rohin Shah
May 28, 2018, 4:00 PM
8
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Understanding is translation
cousin_it
May 28, 2018, 1:56 PM
92
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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