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Neural nets as a model for how humans make and understand visual art

Owain_Evans9 Nov 2019 16:53 UTC

28 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

(owainevans.github.io)

Notes on Running Objective

jefftk9 Nov 2019 15:40 UTC

9 points

1 comment5 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Reference Classes for Randomness

Rafael Harth9 Nov 2019 14:41 UTC

7 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Pricing externalities is not necessarily economically efficient

Orborde9 Nov 2019 12:07 UTC

19 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

(www.daviddfriedman.com)

For the metaphors

KatjaGrace8 Nov 2019 23:30 UTC

12 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(meteuphoric.com)

Catalyst: a collaborative biosecurity summit

epiphi8 Nov 2019 21:37 UTC

18 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

A First Sketch of the Nature of Heat (Novum Organum Book 2: 15-25)

Francis Bacon8 Nov 2019 3:42 UTC

12 points

0 comments24 min readLW link

The Credit Assignment Problem

abramdemski8 Nov 2019 2:50 UTC

103 points

40 comments17 min readLW link 1 review

LW Team Updates—November 2019 (Subscriptions & More)

Ruby8 Nov 2019 2:39 UTC

28 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

To Be Decided #2

Ian David Moss8 Nov 2019 2:35 UTC

5 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

[Team Update] Why we spent Q3 optimizing for karma

Ruby7 Nov 2019 23:39 UTC

70 points

27 comments10 min readLW link

SSC Hangout—New Delhi

Volor7 Nov 2019 23:36 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Social Meetup TLV

Daniel Davis7 Nov 2019 23:36 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

New evidence on popular perception of “AI” risk

eg7 Nov 2019 23:36 UTC

12 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Self policing for self doubt

KatjaGrace7 Nov 2019 23:10 UTC

36 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

(meteuphoric.com)

Kansas City Dojo Meetup: 11-5-19

Bae's Theorem7 Nov 2019 21:32 UTC

4 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Literature on memetics?

moridinamael7 Nov 2019 19:18 UTC

17 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Randomness vs. Ignorance

Rafael Harth7 Nov 2019 18:51 UTC

5 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

LessWrong Darmstadt Meetup

MaxRa7 Nov 2019 17:55 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Units of Action

ryan_b7 Nov 2019 17:47 UTC

6 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Uber Self-Driving Crash

jefftk7 Nov 2019 15:00 UTC

109 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Building Intuitions On Non-Empirical Arguments In Science

Scott Alexander7 Nov 2019 6:50 UTC

56 points

27 comments11 min readLW link

(slatestarcodex.com)

Personal quality experimentation

KatjaGrace6 Nov 2019 21:50 UTC

21 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(meteuphoric.com)

A mechanistic model of meditation

Kaj_Sotala6 Nov 2019 21:37 UTC

136 points

11 comments21 min readLW link

AI Alignment Research Overview (by Jacob Steinhardt)

Ben Pace6 Nov 2019 19:24 UTC

44 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

(docs.google.com)

[AN #72]: Alignment, robustness, methodology, and system building as research priorities for AI safety

Rohin Shah6 Nov 2019 18:10 UTC

26 points

4 comments10 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Judgment, Punishment, and the Information-Suppression Field

Benquo6 Nov 2019 17:44 UTC

19 points

12 comments3 min readLW link

(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Lisbon SSC Meetup #3

tamkin&popkin6 Nov 2019 10:07 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is my perception of reality bounded by my intelligence?

bvangils5 Nov 2019 20:40 UTC

1 point

1 comment1 min readLW link

Normative reductionism

KatjaGrace5 Nov 2019 20:20 UTC

13 points

19 comments1 min readLW link

(meteuphoric.com)

Lite Blocking

jefftk5 Nov 2019 13:50 UTC

21 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Book Review: Design Principles of Biological Circuits

johnswentworth5 Nov 2019 6:49 UTC

219 points

24 comments12 min readLW link 1 review

[Question] What would happen if all the water on Earth were accumulated into spheres & drop on the surface?

Long try5 Nov 2019 4:55 UTC

2 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What AI safety problems need solving for safe AI research assistants?

John_Maxwell5 Nov 2019 2:09 UTC

14 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

Total horse takeover

KatjaGrace5 Nov 2019 0:10 UTC

98 points

14 comments6 min readLW link 1 review

(meteuphoric.com)

More variations on pseudo-alignment

evhub4 Nov 2019 23:24 UTC

27 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

Drug Policy

jefftk4 Nov 2019 21:30 UTC

7 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Will transparency help catch deception? Perhaps not

Matthew Barnett4 Nov 2019 20:52 UTC

43 points

5 comments7 min readLW link

Politics is work and work needs breaks

KatjaGrace4 Nov 2019 17:10 UTC

19 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(meteuphoric.com)

Elon Musk is wrong: Robotaxis are stupid. We need standardized rented autonomous tugs to move customized owned unpowered wagons.

chaosmage4 Nov 2019 14:04 UTC

36 points

35 comments2 min readLW link

Book Review: Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankel

Chris_Leong4 Nov 2019 11:21 UTC

17 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Ways that China is surpassing the US

Wei Dai4 Nov 2019 9:45 UTC

59 points

19 comments2 min readLW link

(palladiummag.com)

Meetup Notes: Ole Peters on ergodicity

Orborde3 Nov 2019 23:31 UTC

32 points

13 comments4 min readLW link

Picture Frames, Window Frames and Frameworks

Raemon3 Nov 2019 22:09 UTC

35 points

7 comments7 min readLW link

Skill and leverage

KatjaGrace3 Nov 2019 21:10 UTC

49 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

(meteuphoric.com)

But exactly how complex and fragile?

KatjaGrace3 Nov 2019 18:20 UTC

87 points

32 comments3 min readLW link 1 review

(meteuphoric.com)

[Math] Proofs vs. documentation vs. “it’s trivial”

aaq3 Nov 2019 16:50 UTC

11 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] When Do Unlikely Events Should Be Questioned?

NSegall3 Nov 2019 15:21 UTC

6 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Where should I ask this particular kind of question?

Long try3 Nov 2019 11:27 UTC

3 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

“embedded self-justification,” or something like that

nostalgebraist3 Nov 2019 3:20 UTC

37 points

14 comments5 min readLW link

(nostalgebraist.tumblr.com)