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Call for resources on the link between causation and ontology

aaq2 Dec 2019 22:03 UTC

8 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Nov 2019 gwern.net newsletter

gwern2 Dec 2019 21:16 UTC

15 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.gwern.net)

A list of good heuristics that the case for AI x-risk fails

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)2 Dec 2019 19:26 UTC

43 points

15 comments2 min readLW link

What I talk about when I talk about AI x-risk: 3 core claims I want machine learning researchers to address.

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)2 Dec 2019 18:20 UTC

29 points

13 comments3 min readLW link

Is the rate of scientific progress slowing down? (by Tyler Cowen and Ben Southwood)

Ben Pace2 Dec 2019 3:45 UTC

49 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

(docs.google.com)

The history of smallpox and the origins of vaccines

philh1 Dec 2019 20:51 UTC

14 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

Two Bay Area Winter Solstice Events

Chelsea Voss1 Dec 2019 18:49 UTC

19 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Have you experienced a purity norm around learning “from first principles”?

aaq1 Dec 2019 15:56 UTC

5 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Vocal Range

jefftk1 Dec 2019 15:50 UTC

17 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

{Math} A times tables memory.

aaq1 Dec 2019 15:40 UTC

19 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

Pre-Solstice Unconference 2019

Chelsea Voss1 Dec 2019 5:34 UTC

11 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Bay Area Winter Solstice 2019

Chelsea Voss1 Dec 2019 3:17 UTC

32 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Learning Abstract Math from First Principles?

Teach1 Dec 2019 0:41 UTC

8 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why aren’t assurance contracts widely used?

Daniel Kokotajlo1 Dec 2019 0:20 UTC

34 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

Epistemic Spot Check: Fatigue and the Central Governor Module

Elizabeth1 Dec 2019 0:10 UTC

19 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

CO2 Stripper Postmortem Thoughts

Diffractor30 Nov 2019 21:20 UTC

113 points

37 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] What’s been written about the nature of “son-of-CDT”?

Liam Donovan30 Nov 2019 21:03 UTC

16 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

How To Change a Dance

jefftk30 Nov 2019 13:40 UTC

11 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Counterfactuals as a matter of Social Convention

Chris_Leong30 Nov 2019 10:35 UTC

10 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

Useful Does Not Mean Secure

Ben Pace30 Nov 2019 2:05 UTC

46 points

12 comments11 min readLW link

Neural Annealing: Toward a Neural Theory of Everything (crosspost)

Michael Edward Johnson29 Nov 2019 17:31 UTC

86 points

29 comments40 min readLW link 3 reviews

Preserving Practical Science (Phronesis)

SebastianG 28 Nov 2019 22:37 UTC

8 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

Order and Chaos

ExCeph28 Nov 2019 21:27 UTC

12 points

4 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] What are the requirements for being “citable?”

Raemon28 Nov 2019 21:24 UTC

42 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What sources (i.e., blogs) of nonfiction book reviews do you find most useful?

Rudi C28 Nov 2019 19:43 UTC

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Kansas City Dojo meetup 11-12-19

Bae's Theorem28 Nov 2019 19:11 UTC

4 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

SSC Meetups Everywhere Retrospective

Scott Alexander28 Nov 2019 19:10 UTC

32 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

(slatestarcodex.com)

Transparent Newcomb’s Problem and the limitations of the Erasure framing

Chris_Leong28 Nov 2019 11:32 UTC

6 points

25 comments3 min readLW link

Updating a Complex Mental Model—An Applied Election Odds Example

Davidmanheim28 Nov 2019 9:29 UTC

10 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

How to make TensorFlow run faster

rmoehn28 Nov 2019 0:28 UTC

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Getting Ready for the FB Donation Match

jefftk27 Nov 2019 19:20 UTC

10 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[AN #75]: Solving Atari and Go with learned game models, and thoughts from a MIRI employee

Rohin Shah27 Nov 2019 18:10 UTC

38 points

1 comment10 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Mental Mountains

Scott Alexander27 Nov 2019 5:30 UTC

151 points

14 comments15 min readLW link 1 review

(slatestarcodex.com)

[Question] Building awareness habits (cognitive)

Teach27 Nov 2019 1:36 UTC

5 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Could someone please start a bright home lighting company?

lincolnquirk26 Nov 2019 19:20 UTC

93 points

41 comments6 min readLW link

(www.lincolnquirk.com)

3 Cultural Infrastructure Ideas from MAPLE

Unreal26 Nov 2019 18:56 UTC

53 points

15 comments9 min readLW link

Effect of Advertising

jefftk26 Nov 2019 14:30 UTC

26 points

24 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

A test for symbol grounding methods: true zero-sum games

Stuart_Armstrong26 Nov 2019 14:15 UTC

22 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

Thoughts on implementing corrigible robust alignment

Steven Byrnes26 Nov 2019 14:06 UTC

26 points

2 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Is daily caffeine consumption beneficial to productivity?

ChristianKl26 Nov 2019 13:13 UTC

17 points

19 comments1 min readLW link

Curtis Yarvin on A Theory of Pervasive Error

Zack_M_Davis26 Nov 2019 7:27 UTC

21 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

(americanmind.org)

My Anki patterns

agentydragon26 Nov 2019 6:27 UTC

57 points

17 comments5 min readLW link

Antimemes

lsusr26 Nov 2019 5:58 UTC

54 points

27 comments1 min readLW link

Linkpost: My Fires Part 8 (Deck Guide to Jeskai Cavaliers) posted at CoolStuffInc.com

Zvi25 Nov 2019 16:10 UTC

6 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Breaking Oracles: superrationality and acausal trade

Stuart_Armstrong25 Nov 2019 10:40 UTC

25 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

Can you eliminate memetic scarcity, instead of fighting?

Raemon25 Nov 2019 2:07 UTC

71 points

11 comments4 min readLW link

Explaining why false ideas spread is more fun than why true ones do

Matthew Barnett24 Nov 2019 20:21 UTC

31 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

RAISE post-mortem

null24 Nov 2019 16:19 UTC

161 points

12 comments5 min readLW link

Solution to the free will homework problem

Erik Jenner24 Nov 2019 11:49 UTC

2 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

Hard Problems in Cryptocurrency: Five Years Later—Buterin

philip_b24 Nov 2019 9:38 UTC

17 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(vitalik.ca)