Pretense

TurnTroutJul 29, 2018, 12:35 AM
30 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

LW Up­date 2018-7-14 – Styling Re­work, Com­mentsItem, Performance

RaemonJul 14, 2018, 1:13 AM
30 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Con­di­tion­ing, Coun­ter­fac­tu­als, Ex­plo­ra­tion, and Gears

DiffractorJul 10, 2018, 10:11 PM
28 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

Agents That Learn From Hu­man Be­hav­ior Can’t Learn Hu­man Values That Hu­mans Haven’t Learned Yet

steven0461Jul 11, 2018, 2:59 AM
28 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

ISO: Name of Problem

johnswentworthJul 24, 2018, 5:15 PM
28 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Depen­dent Type The­ory and Zero-Shot Reasoning

evhubJul 11, 2018, 1:16 AM
27 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

Algo trad­ing is a cen­tral ex­am­ple of AI risk

Vanessa KosoyJul 28, 2018, 8:31 PM
27 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Es­ti­mat­ing the con­se­quences of de­vice de­tec­tion tech

JsevillamolJul 8, 2018, 6:25 PM
27 points
4 comments7 min readLW link

Fad­ing Novelty

lifelonglearnerJul 25, 2018, 9:36 PM
26 points
2 comments6 min readLW link

Prob­a­bil­ity is a model, fre­quency is an ob­ser­va­tion: Why both halfers and thirders are cor­rect in the Sleep­ing Beauty prob­lem.

ShmiJul 12, 2018, 6:52 AM
26 points
34 comments2 min readLW link

The Pre­dic­tion Prob­lem: A Var­i­ant on New­comb’s

Chris_LeongJul 4, 2018, 7:40 AM
25 points
11 comments9 min readLW link

Cul­ture, in­ter­pre­tive la­bor, and tidy­ing one’s room

BenquoJul 26, 2018, 8:59 PM
25 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Re­search Debt

ElizabethJul 15, 2018, 7:36 PM
25 points
2 commentsLW link
(distill.pub)

Solv­ing the AI Race Finalists

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJul 19, 2018, 9:04 PM
24 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(medium.com)

Are pre-speci­fied util­ity func­tions about the real world pos­si­ble in prin­ci­ple?

mloganJul 11, 2018, 6:46 PM
24 points
7 comments4 min readLW link

An Agent is a Wor­ldline in Teg­mark V

komponistoJul 12, 2018, 5:12 AM
24 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

Who Wants The Job?

ZviJul 22, 2018, 2:00 PM
24 points
29 comments2 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

In­terthe­o­retic util­ity comparison

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 3, 2018, 1:44 PM
23 points
11 comments6 min readLW link

RAISE is look­ing for full-time con­tent developers

nullJul 9, 2018, 5:01 PM
22 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Would you benefit from au­dio ver­sions of posts?

RaemonJul 26, 2018, 4:53 AM
22 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Con­cep­tual prob­lems with util­ity functions

DacynJul 11, 2018, 1:29 AM
22 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

Look Un­der the Light Post

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJul 16, 2018, 10:19 PM
22 points
8 comments4 min readLW link

Study on what makes peo­ple ap­prove or con­demn mind up­load tech­nol­ogy; refer­ences LW

Kaj_SotalaJul 10, 2018, 5:14 PM
22 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(www.nature.com)

Let­ting Go III: Unilat­eral or GTFO

johnswentworthJul 10, 2018, 6:26 AM
21 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Model-build­ing and scapegoating

BenquoJul 27, 2018, 4:02 PM
21 points
4 comments2 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Stable Poin­t­ers to Value III: Re­cur­sive Quantilization

abramdemskiJul 21, 2018, 8:06 AM
20 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

Clar­ify­ing Con­se­quen­tial­ists in the Solomonoff Prior

Vlad MikulikJul 11, 2018, 2:35 AM
20 points
16 comments6 min readLW link

Septem­ber CFAR Workshop

CFAR TeamJul 17, 2018, 3:16 AM
20 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Some in­tu­ition on why con­scious­ness seems subjective

SoerenMindJul 27, 2018, 10:37 PM
20 points
10 comments7 min readLW link

The Evil Ge­nie Puzzle

Chris_LeongJul 25, 2018, 6:12 AM
19 points
44 comments1 min readLW link

The Feed­back Problem

EloJul 29, 2018, 11:54 PM
19 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Au­to­matic for the people

technicalitiesJul 8, 2018, 2:23 PM
18 points
23 comments7 min readLW link

An op­ti­mistic ex­pla­na­tion of the out­rage epidemic

chaosmageJul 15, 2018, 2:35 PM
18 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

Figur­ing out what Alice wants, part II

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 17, 2018, 1:59 PM
17 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Top Left Mood

Jacob FalkovichJul 24, 2018, 2:35 PM
17 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

Com­pu­ta­tional effi­ciency rea­sons not to model VNM-ra­tio­nal prefer­ence re­la­tions with util­ity functions

AlexMennenJul 25, 2018, 2:11 AM
16 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

Con­cep­tual prob­lems with util­ity func­tions, sec­ond at­tempt at ex­plain­ing

DacynJul 21, 2018, 2:08 AM
16 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Se­condary Stres­sors and Tac­tile Ambition

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)Jul 13, 2018, 12:26 AM
16 points
16 comments4 min readLW link

Boltz­mann Brains and Within-model vs. Between-mod­els Probability

Charlie SteinerJul 14, 2018, 9:52 AM
15 points
12 comments3 min readLW link

Log­i­cal Uncer­tainty and Func­tional De­ci­sion Theory

swordsintoploughsharesJul 10, 2018, 11:08 PM
15 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

A frame­work for think­ing about wireheading

theotherotheralexJul 10, 2018, 11:14 PM
15 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Some Re­marks on the Na­ture of Poli­ti­cal Conflict

Paperclip MinimizerJul 4, 2018, 12:31 PM
15 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

An en­vi­ron­ment for study­ing counterfactuals

NisanJul 11, 2018, 12:14 AM
15 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Figur­ing out what Alice wants, part I

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 17, 2018, 1:59 PM
15 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Gen­er­at­ing vs Rec­og­niz­ing

lifelonglearnerJul 14, 2018, 5:10 AM
15 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

A uni­ver­sal score for optimizers

levinJul 10, 2018, 11:52 PM
15 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Gen­er­al­ized Kelly betting

Linda LinseforsJul 19, 2018, 1:38 AM
15 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Non-re­solve as Resolve

Linda LinseforsJul 10, 2018, 11:31 PM
15 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

The Dilemma of Worse Than Death Scenarios

arkaeikJul 10, 2018, 9:18 AM
14 points
18 comments4 min readLW link

Three an­chor­ings: num­ber, at­ti­tude, and taste

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 10, 2018, 2:21 PM
14 points
4 comments2 min readLW link