Why it took so long to do the Fermi calcu­la­tion right?

Jan_KulveitJul 2, 2018, 8:29 PM
76 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

The 10% Im­prove­ment Problem

norswapJul 2, 2018, 4:27 PM
8 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(twitter.com)

Align­ment Newslet­ter #13: 07/​02/​18

Rohin ShahJul 2, 2018, 4:10 PM
70 points
12 comments8 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Are eth­i­cal asym­me­tries from prop­erty rights?

KatjaGraceJul 2, 2018, 3:00 AM
108 points
37 comments3 min readLW link
(meteuphoric.com)

LW Up­date 2018-07-01 – De­fault Weak Upvotes

RaemonJul 1, 2018, 11:47 PM
30 points
44 comments1 min readLW link

Melbourne So­cial Meetup July

ShardPhoenixJul 1, 2018, 6:29 AM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.facebook.com)

Paul’s re­search agenda FAQ

zhukeepaJul 1, 2018, 6:25 AM
128 points
74 comments19 min readLW link1 review

Another take on agent foun­da­tions: for­mal­iz­ing zero-shot reasoning

zhukeepaJul 1, 2018, 6:12 AM
64 points
20 comments12 min readLW link

Good­hart Tax­on­omy: Agreement

Ben PaceJul 1, 2018, 3:50 AM
44 points
4 comments7 min readLW link

Log­i­cal un­cer­tainty and math­e­mat­i­cal uncertainty

AlexMennenJul 1, 2018, 12:33 AM
0 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.lesswrong.com)

What is the thresh­old for “Hide Low Karma”?

Chris_LeongJul 1, 2018, 12:24 AM
7 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Over­com­ing Cling­i­ness in Im­pact Measures

TurnTroutJun 30, 2018, 10:51 PM
30 points
9 comments7 min readLW link

The Values-to-Ac­tions De­ci­sion Chain

RemmeltJun 30, 2018, 9:52 PM
29 points
6 comments10 min readLW link

Meta: IAFF vs LessWrong

Vanessa KosoyJun 30, 2018, 9:15 PM
1 point
9 comments1 min readLW link

Dis­solv­ing the Fermi Para­dox, and what re­flec­tion it provides

Jan_KulveitJun 30, 2018, 4:35 PM
28 points
22 comments1 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

“Cheat­ing Death in Da­m­as­cus” Solu­tion to the Fermi Para­dox

avturchinJun 30, 2018, 12:00 PM
14 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

Effec­tive Altru­ism Sum­mer Read­ing List

krishkhubchandJun 30, 2018, 6:34 AM
1 point
0 commentsLW link
(krishlearns.com)

Ap­plied Ra­tion­al­ity MUD

rlp10Jun 30, 2018, 3:14 AM
37 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Policy Alignment

abramdemskiJun 30, 2018, 12:24 AM
54 points
25 comments8 min readLW link

Shap­ing eco­nomic in­cen­tives for col­lab­o­ra­tive AGI

Kaj_SotalaJun 29, 2018, 4:26 PM
45 points
15 comments4 min readLW link

Im­prov­ing Teach­ing Effec­tive­ness: Fi­nal Report

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

FHI Re­search Schol­ars Programme

habrykaJun 29, 2018, 2:31 AM
28 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.fhi.ox.ac.uk)

The Power of Let­ting Go Part I: Examples

johnswentworthJun 29, 2018, 1:19 AM
34 points
3 comments6 min readLW link

Ma­chine Learn­ing Anal­ogy for Med­i­ta­tion (illus­trated)

abramdemskiJun 28, 2018, 10:51 PM
100 points
48 comments1 min readLW link

How to for­mal­ize predictors

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

spaced rep­e­ti­tion & Dar­win’s golden rule

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

Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Pos­i­tive and Nega­tive Liberty

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

Last Chance to Fund the Berkeley REACH

decodyngJun 27, 2018, 9:38 PM
110 points
52 comments4 min readLW link

Sun Arise, Roll out the Cho­rus of the Dawn

DSCyprusJun 27, 2018, 7:23 PM
4 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Op­ti­miza­tion Amplifies

Scott GarrabrantJun 27, 2018, 1:51 AM
114 points
12 comments4 min readLW link

OpenAI re­leases func­tional Dota 5v5 bot, aims to beat world cham­pi­ons by August

habrykaJun 26, 2018, 10:40 PM
53 points
12 comments1 min readLW link
(blog.openai.com)

Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—July

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

The Beauty and the Prince

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

Log­i­cal un­cer­tainty and Math­e­mat­i­cal uncertainty

AlexMennenJun 26, 2018, 1:08 AM
35 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

Book Re­view: Why Honor Matters

ryan_bJun 25, 2018, 8:53 PM
33 points
9 comments12 min readLW link

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

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

UDT can learn an­thropic probabilities

cousin_itJun 24, 2018, 6:04 PM
54 points
10 comments3 min readLW link

Con­cep­tual is­sues in AI safety: the paradig­matic gap

vedevazzJun 24, 2018, 3:09 PM
33 points
0 commentsLW link
(www.foldl.me)

Open Thread

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

What am I? A bit of po­etic prose.

AureliusGrayJun 23, 2018, 5:19 PM
−10 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

In­for­ma­tional haz­ards and the cost-effec­tive­ness of open dis­cus­sion of catas­trophic risks

avturchinJun 23, 2018, 1:31 PM
−2 points
11 comments4 min readLW link
(effective-altruism.com)

Ex­tend­ing the Pri­vate Lan­guage Argument

Ashwin KumarJun 23, 2018, 9:07 AM
−4 points
10 comments3 min readLW link
(medium.com)

Dojo: Al­gorith­mic Creativity—Chap­ter 2

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

Two pre­scrip­tions for fix­ing a pro­ce­du­ral/​declar­a­tive knowl­edge mis­match.

Andrew QuinnJun 22, 2018, 10:17 PM
31 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

An­throp­ics: Where does Less Wrong lie?

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

CFAR Reunion

CFAR TeamJun 21, 2018, 8:35 PM
42 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Ben Hoff­man’s donor recommendations

Rob BensingerJun 21, 2018, 4:02 PM
41 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Fun & Games

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

Does any­one use ad­vanced me­dia pro­jects?

ryan_bJun 20, 2018, 11:33 PM
33 points
5 comments1 min readLW link