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The Parable of Predict-O-Matic

abramdemski15 Oct 2019 0:49 UTC

353 points

43 comments14 min readLW link 2 reviews

Book summary: Unlocking the Emotional Brain

Kaj_Sotala8 Oct 2019 19:11 UTC

326 points

48 comments21 min readLW link 3 reviews

Debate on Instrumental Convergence between LeCun, Russell, Bengio, Zador, and More

Ben Pace4 Oct 2019 4:08 UTC

221 points

61 comments15 min readLW link 2 reviews

Make more land

jefftk16 Oct 2019 11:20 UTC

167 points

36 comments2 min readLW link 5 reviews

(www.jefftk.com)

What Comes After Epistemic Spot Checks?

Elizabeth22 Oct 2019 17:00 UTC

121 points

9 comments3 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

Introduction to Introduction to Category Theory

countedblessings6 Oct 2019 14:43 UTC

114 points

19 comments2 min readLW link

Gradient hacking

evhub16 Oct 2019 0:53 UTC

106 points

39 comments3 min readLW link 2 reviews

Turning air into bread

jasoncrawford21 Oct 2019 17:50 UTC

103 points

12 comments6 min readLW link 1 review

(rootsofprogress.org)

[Question] How do you assess the quality / reliability of a scientific study?

Eli Tyre29 Oct 2019 14:52 UTC

90 points

41 comments1 min readLW link

[Site Update] Subscriptions, Bookmarks, & Pingbacks

Ruby29 Oct 2019 4:32 UTC

88 points

23 comments1 min readLW link

Two explanations for variation in human abilities

Matthew Barnett25 Oct 2019 22:06 UTC

87 points

28 comments5 min readLW link 1 review

Misconceptions about continuous takeoff

Matthew Barnett8 Oct 2019 21:31 UTC

82 points

38 comments4 min readLW link

Introducing Foretold.io: A New Open-Source Prediction Registry

ozziegooen16 Oct 2019 14:23 UTC

79 points

10 comments3 min readLW link

Prospecting for Conceptual Holes

lsusr30 Oct 2019 8:34 UTC

72 points

20 comments2 min readLW link

Maybe Lying Doesn’t Exist

Zack_M_Davis14 Oct 2019 7:04 UTC

70 points

58 comments8 min readLW link

World State is the Wrong Abstraction for Impact

TurnTrout1 Oct 2019 21:03 UTC

67 points

19 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Why are people so bad at dating?

Xodarap28 Oct 2019 14:32 UTC

65 points

61 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Is it harder to become a MIRI mathematician in 2019 compared to in 2013?

riceissa29 Oct 2019 3:28 UTC

65 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

What is category theory?

countedblessings6 Oct 2019 14:33 UTC

65 points

6 comments3 min readLW link

Thoughts on “Human-Compatible”

TurnTrout10 Oct 2019 5:24 UTC

64 points

34 comments5 min readLW link

A simple sketch of how realism became unpopular

Rob Bensinger11 Oct 2019 22:25 UTC

63 points

55 comments4 min readLW link

Does the US nuclear policy still target cities?

Jeffrey Ladish2 Oct 2019 0:18 UTC

61 points

7 comments10 min readLW link

Human instincts, symbol grounding, and the blank-slate neocortex

Steven Byrnes2 Oct 2019 12:06 UTC

60 points

23 comments11 min readLW link

[AN #69] Stuart Russell’s new book on why we need to replace the standard model of AI

Rohin Shah19 Oct 2019 0:30 UTC

60 points

12 comments15 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Reflections on Premium Poker Tools: Part 1 - My journey

Adam Zerner9 Oct 2019 0:42 UTC

57 points

14 comments38 min readLW link

Invisible Choices, Made by Default

lsusr20 Oct 2019 2:09 UTC

56 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

Healthy Competition

Raemon20 Oct 2019 20:55 UTC

56 points

13 comments2 min readLW link 1 review

The Technique Taboo

lsusr30 Oct 2019 11:22 UTC

55 points

43 comments1 min readLW link

Mediums Overpower Messages

lsusr20 Oct 2019 5:46 UTC

54 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

The Gears of Impact

TurnTrout7 Oct 2019 14:44 UTC

54 points

16 comments1 min readLW link

Categories: models of models

countedblessings9 Oct 2019 2:45 UTC

52 points

18 comments13 min readLW link

How to Improve Your Sleep

lynettebye27 Oct 2019 23:28 UTC

49 points

19 comments18 min readLW link

We tend to forget complicated things

Rafael Harth20 Oct 2019 20:05 UTC

49 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

Effect heterogeneity and external validity in medicine

Anders_H25 Oct 2019 20:53 UTC

49 points

14 comments7 min readLW link

Occam’s Razor May Be Sufficient to Infer the Preferences of Irrational Agents: A reply to Armstrong & Mindermann

Daniel Kokotajlo7 Oct 2019 19:52 UTC

47 points

39 comments7 min readLW link

Prediction markets for internet points?

paulfchristiano27 Oct 2019 19:30 UTC

47 points

9 comments5 min readLW link

(sideways-view.com)

Technical AGI safety research outside AI

Richard_Ngo18 Oct 2019 15:00 UTC

43 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

Archiving Yahoo Groups

jefftk18 Oct 2019 11:20 UTC

43 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Human-AI Collaboration

Rohin Shah22 Oct 2019 6:32 UTC

42 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

(bair.berkeley.edu)

Reflections on Premium Poker Tools: Part 2 - Deciding to call it quits

Adam Zerner9 Oct 2019 4:17 UTC

42 points

6 comments8 min readLW link

On Internal Family Systems and multi-agent minds: a reply to PJ Eby

Kaj_Sotala29 Oct 2019 14:56 UTC

41 points

31 comments25 min readLW link

Implementing an Idea-Management System

MartinB18 Oct 2019 10:48 UTC

41 points

23 comments4 min readLW link

The sentence structure of mathematics

countedblessings7 Oct 2019 18:58 UTC

41 points

15 comments2 min readLW link

AI alignment landscape

paulfchristiano13 Oct 2019 2:10 UTC

40 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(ai-alignment.com)

How feasible is long-range forecasting?

Ben Pace10 Oct 2019 22:11 UTC

40 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

(www.openphilanthropy.org)

Epistemic Spot Checks: The Fall of Rome

Elizabeth16 Oct 2019 18:40 UTC

38 points

2 comments8 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

Climate technology primer (1/3): basics

amarbles25 Oct 2019 23:18 UTC

38 points

5 comments59 min readLW link

TAISU 2019 Field Report

Gordon Seidoh Worley15 Oct 2019 1:09 UTC

36 points

5 comments5 min readLW link

Long-Term Future Fund: August 2019 grant recommendations

habryka3 Oct 2019 20:41 UTC

35 points

0 comments64 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Testing the Efficacy of Disagreement Resolution Techniques (and a Proposal for Testing Double Crux)

Ronny Fernandez21 Oct 2019 22:57 UTC

35 points

2 comments15 min readLW link