Is Causal­ity in the Map or the Ter­ri­tory?

johnswentworth17 Dec 2019 23:19 UTC
23 points
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[Question] Coun­ter­fac­tual Mug­ging: Why should you pay?

Chris_Leong17 Dec 2019 22:16 UTC
7 points
59 comments3 min readLW link

A dilemma for pro­saic AI alignment

Daniel Kokotajlo17 Dec 2019 22:11 UTC
42 points
31 comments3 min readLW link

Sec­tions 3 & 4: Cred­i­bil­ity, Peace­ful Bar­gain­ing Mechanisms

JesseClifton17 Dec 2019 21:46 UTC
20 points
2 comments12 min readLW link

Sec­tions 1 & 2: In­tro­duc­tion, Strat­egy and Governance

JesseClifton17 Dec 2019 21:27 UTC
35 points
8 comments14 min readLW link

Coun­ter­fac­tual In­duc­tion (Lemma 4)

Diffractor17 Dec 2019 5:05 UTC
4 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

Coun­ter­fac­tual In­duc­tion (Al­gorithm Sketch, Fix­point proof)

Diffractor17 Dec 2019 5:04 UTC
5 points
2 comments7 min readLW link

Coun­ter­fac­tual Induction

Diffractor17 Dec 2019 5:03 UTC
22 points
7 comments6 min readLW link

Voluntourism

jefftk17 Dec 2019 0:40 UTC
17 points
2 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

T-Shaped Organizations

Vaniver16 Dec 2019 23:48 UTC
49 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

How’s that Epistemic Spot Check Pro­ject Com­ing?

Elizabeth16 Dec 2019 22:50 UTC
39 points
16 comments4 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

To Be De­cided #4

Ian David Moss16 Dec 2019 18:41 UTC
8 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

How time track­ing can help you prioritize

lynettebye16 Dec 2019 17:07 UTC
34 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

A parable in the style of In­visi­ble Cities

Daniel Kokotajlo16 Dec 2019 15:55 UTC
45 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Taxi In­dus­try Reg­u­la­tion, Dereg­u­la­tion, and Rereg­u­la­tion: The Para­dox of Mar­ket Failure

Orborde16 Dec 2019 8:05 UTC
12 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(papers.ssrn.com)

Bos­ton Sols­tice 2019 Retrospective

jefftk15 Dec 2019 21:20 UTC
32 points
8 comments4 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Ap­proval Ex­trac­tion Ad­ver­tised as Production

Benquo15 Dec 2019 14:51 UTC
82 points
39 comments19 min readLW link3 reviews
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

[Question] When would an agent do some­thing differ­ent as a re­sult of be­liev­ing the many wor­lds the­ory?

mako yass15 Dec 2019 1:02 UTC
13 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

Is the term mesa op­ti­mizer too nar­row?

Matthew Barnett14 Dec 2019 23:20 UTC
39 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Table­top Role Play­ing Game or in­ter­ac­tive sto­ries for my daughter

kotrfa14 Dec 2019 14:05 UTC
2 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

[Per­sonal Ex­per­i­ment] One Year with­out Junk Media

lsusr14 Dec 2019 8:26 UTC
45 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Ac­knowl­edge­ments & References

JesseClifton14 Dec 2019 7:04 UTC
6 points
0 comments14 min readLW link

Eggy Waffles

jefftk14 Dec 2019 2:40 UTC
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Book Recom­men­da­tions for so­cial skill de­vel­op­ment?

Teach14 Dec 2019 0:36 UTC
11 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] “Do­ing be­ing ra­tio­nal: polymerase chain re­ac­tion” by David Chapman

Kenny13 Dec 2019 23:54 UTC
12 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Pre­face to CLR’s Re­search Agenda on Co­op­er­a­tion, Con­flict, and TAI

JesseClifton13 Dec 2019 21:02 UTC
62 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

LWCM—LessWrong Congress Meetup

Felix Karg13 Dec 2019 18:09 UTC
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Un­der what cir­cum­stances is “don’t look at ex­ist­ing re­search” good ad­vice?

Kaj_Sotala13 Dec 2019 13:59 UTC
74 points
18 comments2 min readLW link

Vantress Gar­goyle Dimir

Zvi13 Dec 2019 12:50 UTC
−1 points
0 comments9 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

CHAI In­tern­ship ap­pli­ca­tions are due by 12/​15

martinfukui13 Dec 2019 9:19 UTC
24 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

iald­abaoth is banned

Vaniver13 Dec 2019 6:34 UTC
30 points
68 comments5 min readLW link

A Re-In­ter­pre­ta­tion of the Nor­ma­tive Foun­da­tions of Ma­jor­ity Rule

June Ku13 Dec 2019 4:09 UTC
11 points
1 comment2 min readLW link
(preprints.apsanet.org)

Frac­tional Sweets

jefftk13 Dec 2019 1:50 UTC
14 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Ex­am­ples of Causal Abstraction

johnswentworth12 Dec 2019 22:54 UTC
24 points
7 comments4 min readLW link

Two-headed Go

jefftk12 Dec 2019 3:30 UTC
8 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

The Cy­ber­se­cu­rity Dilemma in a Nutshell

Gentzel12 Dec 2019 3:20 UTC
35 points
5 comments3 min readLW link
(theconsequentialist.wordpress.com)

Causal Ab­strac­tion Toy Model: Med­i­cal Sensor

johnswentworth11 Dec 2019 21:12 UTC
34 points
6 comments6 min readLW link

[Link] (EA Pod­cast) So­cial Sta­tus: The Key to the Ma­trix Part III

Daniel_Gambacorta11 Dec 2019 20:59 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Gen­er­al­iz­ing Ex­per­i­men­tal Re­sults by Lev­er­ag­ing Knowl­edge of Mechanisms

Carlos_Cinelli11 Dec 2019 20:39 UTC
50 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

ToL: Meth­ods and Success

Hazard10 Dec 2019 21:17 UTC
8 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

ToL: This ONE WEIRD Trick to make you a GENIUS at Topol­ogy!

Hazard10 Dec 2019 21:02 UTC
10 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

[Question] What’s an im­por­tant (new) idea you haven’t had time to ar­gue for yet?

Mati_Roy10 Dec 2019 20:36 UTC
8 points
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ToL: The Topolog­i­cal Connection

Hazard10 Dec 2019 20:29 UTC
11 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

ToL: Introduction

Hazard10 Dec 2019 20:19 UTC
12 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

ToL: Foundations

Hazard10 Dec 2019 20:15 UTC
10 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Ap­pli­ca­tions of Eco­nomic Models to Phys­iol­ogy?

johnswentworth10 Dec 2019 18:09 UTC
38 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Many Tur­ing Machines

Logan Zoellner10 Dec 2019 17:36 UTC
−5 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Pre­dic­tive cod­ing = RL + SL + Bayes + MPC

Steven Byrnes10 Dec 2019 11:45 UTC
56 points
8 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] About BOINC

Teerth Aloke10 Dec 2019 9:22 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Re­view] Meta-Hon­esty (Ben Pace, Dec 2019)

Ben Pace10 Dec 2019 0:37 UTC
29 points
4 comments10 min readLW link