Physics has laws, the Uni­verse might not

ShmiJun 9, 2018, 5:33 AM
25 points
23 comments3 min readLW link

May gw­ern.net newsletter

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

Monty Hall in the Wild

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

Para­doxes in all an­thropic probabilities

Stuart_ArmstrongJun 19, 2018, 3:31 PM
22 points
26 comments3 min readLW link

Ad­miring the Guts of Things.

MelkorJun 11, 2018, 11:12 PM
22 points
1 comment3 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 In­co­her­ence of Honesty

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJun 8, 2018, 2:28 AM
20 points
16 comments3 min readLW link

Ge­offrey Miller on Effec­tive Altru­ism and Rationality

Jacob FalkovichJun 15, 2018, 5:05 PM
19 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

Sleep­ing Beauty Not Resolved

Chris_LeongJun 19, 2018, 4:46 AM
18 points
53 comments8 min readLW link

Am­plifi­ca­tion Dis­cus­sion Notes

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

RFC: Meta-eth­i­cal un­cer­tainty in AGI alignment

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJun 8, 2018, 8:56 PM
16 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Poker ex­am­ple: (not) de­duc­ing some­one’s preferences

Stuart_ArmstrongJun 8, 2018, 3:19 AM
16 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

What could be done with RNA and DNA se­quenc­ing that’s 1000x cheaper than it’s now?

ChristianKlJun 26, 2018, 12:24 PM
16 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

De­scribing LessWrong in one paragraph

ChristianKlJun 8, 2018, 8:54 PM
16 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

The Align­ment Newslet­ter #10: 06/​11/​18

Rohin ShahJun 11, 2018, 4:00 PM
16 points
0 comments9 min readLW link

Fun­da­men­tals of For­mal­i­sa­tion Level 3: Set The­o­retic Re­la­tions and Enumerability

philip_bJun 9, 2018, 7:57 PM
16 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Anxiety

RobinZJun 14, 2018, 1:17 AM
15 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Pos­i­tive and Nega­tive Liberty

RobinZJun 28, 2018, 3:15 AM
15 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Im­prov­ing Teach­ing Effec­tive­ness: Fi­nal Report

ChristianKlJun 29, 2018, 11:09 AM
15 points
9 comments1 min readLW link
(www.rand.org)

The Align­ment Newslet­ter #12: 06/​25/​18

Rohin ShahJun 25, 2018, 4:00 PM
15 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

An­throp­ics: Where does Less Wrong lie?

Chris_LeongJun 22, 2018, 10:27 AM
15 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Order from Ran­dom­ness: Order­ing the Uni­verse of Ran­dom Numbers

ShmiJun 19, 2018, 5:37 AM
15 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

Loss aver­sion is not what you think it is

Paperclip MinimizerJun 20, 2018, 3:56 PM
13 points
14 commentsLW link
(www.basilhalperin.com)

Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—July

luminosityJun 26, 2018, 10:36 PM
12 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Fun­da­men­tals of For­mal­i­sa­tion Level 4: For­mal Se­man­tics Basics

philip_bJun 16, 2018, 7:09 PM
12 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Thoughts on the In­ner Bruce

LeoHolmanJun 11, 2018, 8:18 PM
12 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

How to for­mal­ize predictors

cousin_itJun 28, 2018, 1:08 PM
12 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

A Ra­tion­al­ist Ar­gu­ment for Voting

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

Notes on a re­cent wave of spam

rossryJun 14, 2018, 3:39 PM
11 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Re­solv­ing the Dr Evil Problem

Chris_LeongJun 10, 2018, 11:56 AM
10 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

AI and the pa­per­clip prob­lem (or: Economist solves con­trol prob­lem with one weird trick!)

fortyeridaniaJun 11, 2018, 2:19 AM
10 points
4 commentsLW link
(voxeu.org)

Bug Report

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

Dojo: Al­gorith­mic Creativity—Chap­ter 2

ChriswaterguyJun 23, 2018, 5:42 AM
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

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

Alexander230Jun 20, 2018, 10:05 PM
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Teach­ing Method­olo­gies & Techniques

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

Effec­tive Altru­ism as Global Catas­tro­phe Mitigation

Evan_GaensbauerJun 8, 2018, 4:17 AM
9 points
0 comments22 min readLW link

Un­rav­el­ing the Failure’s Try

LeoHolmanJun 9, 2018, 2:34 PM
9 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

Three types of “should”

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

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

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

Aligned AI May Depend on Mo­ral Facts

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJun 15, 2018, 1:33 AM
8 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

The Align­ment Newslet­ter #11: 06/​18/​18

Rohin ShahJun 18, 2018, 4:00 PM
8 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Fun & Games

RobinZJun 21, 2018, 3:21 AM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread

Bound_upJun 23, 2018, 10:49 PM
8 points
17 commentsLW link

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

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

The Beauty and the Prince

Chris_LeongJun 26, 2018, 1:10 PM
8 points
40 comments2 min readLW link

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

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

Ge­offrey Miller on Re­search and Poli­tics in Psychology

Jacob FalkovichJun 19, 2018, 9:03 PM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

spaced rep­e­ti­tion & Dar­win’s golden rule

Paperclip MinimizerJun 28, 2018, 10:54 AM
7 points
3 commentsLW link
(mindhacks.com)

How Pet Own­ers Can Help Wild An­i­mals and The Environment

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

Glide #1.5: New Crit­i­cism and Rationality

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