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Book review: Pearl’s Book of Why
PeterMcCluskey
Jul 7, 2018, 5:30 PM
69
points
8
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(www.bayesianinvestor.com)
Overcoming Clinginess in Impact Measures
IAFF-User-309
Jul 7, 2018, 4:26 PM
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.lesswrong.com)
Low Impact via Whitelisting
IAFF-User-309
Jul 7, 2018, 4:25 PM
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.lesswrong.com)
obvious epiphanies
nBrown
Jul 7, 2018, 3:05 AM
11
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Towards dissolving the mystery of consciousness
GeometryOfTheShadows
Jul 6, 2018, 9:36 PM
41
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
RFC: Mental phenomena in AGI alignment
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Jul 5, 2018, 8:52 PM
12
points
16
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Geoffrey Miller on Polyamory and Mating
Jacob Falkovich
Jul 5, 2018, 8:01 PM
9
points
0
comments
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
Debt is an Anti-investment
Jacob Falkovich
Jul 5, 2018, 8:00 PM
48
points
42
comments
6
min read
LW
link
An introduction to worst-case AI safety
Tobias_Baumann
Jul 5, 2018, 4:09 PM
14
points
2
comments
LW
link
(s-risks.org)
An optimization process for democratic organizations
selylindi
Jul 5, 2018, 3:34 PM
9
points
14
comments
LW
link
(adelaybeingreborn.wordpress.com)
Washington, D.C.: Air & Space Museum
RobinZ
Jul 5, 2018, 3:02 AM
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
On Authority
quanticle
Jul 5, 2018, 2:37 AM
13
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(www.interfluidity.com)
Making a Difference Tempore: Insights from ‘Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction’
TurnTrout
Jul 5, 2018, 12:34 AM
33
points
6
comments
8
min read
LW
link
June gwern.net newsletter
gwern
Jul 4, 2018, 10:59 PM
34
points
0
comments
LW
link
(www.gwern.net)
Some Remarks on the Nature of Political Conflict
Paperclip Minimizer
Jul 4, 2018, 12:31 PM
15
points
6
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The Learning-Theoretic AI Alignment Research Agenda
Vanessa Kosoy
Jul 4, 2018, 9:53 AM
93
points
37
comments
32
min read
LW
link
The Prediction Problem: A Variant on Newcomb’s
Chris_Leong
Jul 4, 2018, 7:40 AM
25
points
11
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Intertheoretic utility comparison
Stuart_Armstrong
Jul 3, 2018, 1:44 PM
23
points
11
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Moscow LW meetup in “Nauchka” library
Alexander230
Jul 3, 2018, 11:25 AM
9
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What will we do with the free energy?
ChristianKl
Jul 3, 2018, 10:50 AM
13
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Letting Go II: Understanding is Key
johnswentworth
Jul 3, 2018, 4:08 AM
11
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Why it took so long to do the Fermi calculation right?
Jan_Kulveit
Jul 2, 2018, 8:29 PM
76
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The 10% Improvement Problem
norswap
Jul 2, 2018, 4:27 PM
8
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(twitter.com)
Alignment Newsletter #13: 07/02/18
Rohin Shah
Jul 2, 2018, 4:10 PM
70
points
12
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Are ethical asymmetries from property rights?
KatjaGrace
Jul 2, 2018, 3:00 AM
108
points
37
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(meteuphoric.com)
LW Update 2018-07-01 – Default Weak Upvotes
Raemon
Jul 1, 2018, 11:47 PM
30
points
44
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Melbourne Social Meetup July
ShardPhoenix
Jul 1, 2018, 6:29 AM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.facebook.com)
Paul’s research agenda FAQ
zhukeepa
Jul 1, 2018, 6:25 AM
128
points
74
comments
19
min read
LW
link
1
review
Another take on agent foundations: formalizing zero-shot reasoning
zhukeepa
Jul 1, 2018, 6:12 AM
64
points
20
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Goodhart Taxonomy: Agreement
Ben Pace
Jul 1, 2018, 3:50 AM
44
points
4
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Logical uncertainty and mathematical uncertainty
AlexMennen
Jul 1, 2018, 12:33 AM
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.lesswrong.com)
What is the threshold for “Hide Low Karma”?
Chris_Leong
Jul 1, 2018, 12:24 AM
7
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Overcoming Clinginess in Impact Measures
TurnTrout
Jun 30, 2018, 10:51 PM
30
points
9
comments
7
min read
LW
link
The Values-to-Actions Decision Chain
Remmelt
Jun 30, 2018, 9:52 PM
29
points
6
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Meta: IAFF vs LessWrong
Vanessa Kosoy
Jun 30, 2018, 9:15 PM
1
point
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Dissolving the Fermi Paradox, and what reflection it provides
Jan_Kulveit
Jun 30, 2018, 4:35 PM
28
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(arxiv.org)
“Cheating Death in Damascus” Solution to the Fermi Paradox
avturchin
Jun 30, 2018, 12:00 PM
14
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Effective Altruism Summer Reading List
krishkhubchand
Jun 30, 2018, 6:34 AM
1
point
0
comments
LW
link
(krishlearns.com)
Applied Rationality MUD
rlp10
Jun 30, 2018, 3:14 AM
37
points
6
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Policy Alignment
abramdemski
Jun 30, 2018, 12:24 AM
54
points
25
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Shaping economic incentives for collaborative AGI
Kaj_Sotala
Jun 29, 2018, 4:26 PM
45
points
15
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Improving Teaching Effectiveness: Final Report
ChristianKl
Jun 29, 2018, 11:09 AM
15
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.rand.org)
FHI Research Scholars Programme
habryka
Jun 29, 2018, 2:31 AM
28
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.fhi.ox.ac.uk)
The Power of Letting Go Part I: Examples
johnswentworth
Jun 29, 2018, 1:19 AM
34
points
3
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Machine Learning Analogy for Meditation (illustrated)
abramdemski
Jun 28, 2018, 10:51 PM
100
points
48
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How to formalize predictors
cousin_it
Jun 28, 2018, 1:08 PM
12
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
spaced repetition & Darwin’s golden rule
Paperclip Minimizer
Jun 28, 2018, 10:54 AM
7
points
3
comments
LW
link
(mindhacks.com)
Washington, D.C.: Positive and Negative Liberty
RobinZ
Jun 28, 2018, 3:15 AM
15
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Last Chance to Fund the Berkeley REACH
decodyng
Jun 27, 2018, 9:38 PM
110
points
52
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Sun Arise, Roll out the Chorus of the Dawn
DSCyprus
Jun 27, 2018, 7:23 PM
4
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
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