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Abstraction, Causality, and Embedded Maps: Here Be Monsters

johnswentworth18 Dec 2019 20:25 UTC

26 points

1 comment4 min readLW link

Against Premature Abstraction of Political Issues

Wei Dai18 Dec 2019 20:19 UTC

93 points

22 comments2 min readLW link

Inductive biases stick around

evhub18 Dec 2019 19:52 UTC

64 points

15 comments3 min readLW link

[AN #77]: Double descent: a unification of statistical theory and modern ML practice

Rohin Shah18 Dec 2019 18:30 UTC

21 points

4 comments14 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Rationalist Solstice Madison

marywang18 Dec 2019 15:56 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

The Neuroscience of Anxiety

digital_carver18 Dec 2019 14:20 UTC

8 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.scotthyoung.com)

The Vostok Ice Cores Revisited pt. II

Lymphatera18 Dec 2019 11:50 UTC

1 point

2 comments19 min readLW link

The Vostok Ice Cores Revisited pt. I

Lymphatera18 Dec 2019 11:42 UTC

1 point

0 comments11 min readLW link

[Question] How should I dispose of a dangerous idea?

RedMan18 Dec 2019 3:49 UTC

−12 points

23 comments1 min readLW link

Big Community Solstice

jefftk18 Dec 2019 2:30 UTC

17 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] On the role of abstraction in mathematics and the natural sciences

Faustus218 Dec 2019 0:04 UTC

17 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

Is Causality in the Map or the Territory?

johnswentworth17 Dec 2019 23:19 UTC

23 points

36 comments3 min readLW link

[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

35 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 link 3 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