Beyond Astro­nom­i­cal Waste

Wei DaiJun 7, 2018, 9:04 PM
139 points
41 comments3 min readLW link

The first AI Safety Camp & onwards

RemmeltJun 7, 2018, 8:13 PM
46 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

A Ra­tion­al­ist Ar­gu­ment for Voting

Jameson QuinnJun 7, 2018, 5:05 PM
11 points
31 comments3 min readLW link

How to in­tro Effec­tive Altruism

ChaosHufflepuffJun 7, 2018, 10:24 AM
5 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: What Have You Read Re­cently?

RobinZJun 7, 2018, 2:30 AM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Glide #1.5: New Crit­i­cism and Rationality

musicmage4114Jun 7, 2018, 12:36 AM
6 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Hufflepuff Lead­er­ship and Fight­ing Entropy

RaemonJun 7, 2018, 12:28 AM
51 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

Bug Report

Evan_GaensbauerJun 6, 2018, 9:41 PM
10 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Monty Hall in the Wild

Jacob FalkovichJun 6, 2018, 6:03 PM
24 points
9 comments6 min readLW link

Sim­plified Poker Strategy

ZviJun 6, 2018, 11:10 AM
40 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Re­source-Limited Reflec­tive Oracles

DiffractorJun 6, 2018, 2:50 AM
5 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

Disam­biguat­ing “al­ign­ment” and re­lated no­tions

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Jun 5, 2018, 3:35 PM
22 points
21 comments2 min readLW link

The Arc of Time

notetofutureselfJun 5, 2018, 6:21 AM
−19 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Pri­son­ers’ Dilemma with Costs to Modeling

Scott GarrabrantJun 5, 2018, 4:51 AM
123 points
20 comments7 min readLW link

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)

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