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Epistemic Spot Check: The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance
Elizabeth
25 Jun 2019 23:00 UTC
80
points
9
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(acesounderglass.com)
Writing children’s picture books
jessicata
25 Jun 2019 21:43 UTC
125
points
22
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(unstableontology.com)
[Question]
Only optimize to 95 %
Leo Shine
25 Jun 2019 20:50 UTC
7
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Research Agenda in reverse: what *would* a solution look like?
Stuart_Armstrong
25 Jun 2019 13:52 UTC
35
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Arbital Scrape V2
emmab
25 Jun 2019 10:03 UTC
40
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What’s up with self-esteem?
abramdemski
25 Jun 2019 3:38 UTC
39
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Pittsburgh SSC/RAT-adjacent meetup
fr8train
25 Jun 2019 2:11 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Causal Reality vs Social Reality
Ruby
24 Jun 2019 23:50 UTC
41
points
96
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Machine Learning Projects on IDA
Owain_Evans
,
William_S
and
stuhlmueller
24 Jun 2019 18:38 UTC
49
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Being the (Pareto) Best in the World
johnswentworth
24 Jun 2019 18:36 UTC
462
points
60
comments
3
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
[AN #58] Mesa optimization: what it is, and why we should care
Rohin Shah
24 Jun 2019 16:10 UTC
55
points
10
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Explaining “The Crackpot Bet”
glennonymous
24 Jun 2019 15:17 UTC
−40
points
20
comments
3
min read
LW
link
How does one get invited to the alignment forum?
Chris_Leong
23 Jun 2019 9:39 UTC
15
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Podcast—Putanumonit on The Switch
Jacob Falkovich
23 Jun 2019 4:09 UTC
6
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Foundational Toolbox for Life: Introduction
ExCeph
22 Jun 2019 6:11 UTC
23
points
2
comments
6
min read
LW
link
How hard is it for altruists to discuss going against bad equilibria?
abramdemski
22 Jun 2019 3:42 UTC
46
points
6
comments
11
min read
LW
link
The Hacker Learns to Trust
Ben Pace
22 Jun 2019 0:27 UTC
80
points
18
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(medium.com)
“The Bitter Lesson”, an article about compute vs human knowledge in AI
the gears to ascension
21 Jun 2019 17:24 UTC
52
points
14
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(www.incompleteideas.net)
Decisions are hard, words feel easier
Hazard
21 Jun 2019 16:17 UTC
9
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Splitting Concepts
Hazard
21 Jun 2019 16:03 UTC
8
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Modeling AGI Safety Frameworks with Causal Influence Diagrams
Ramana Kumar
21 Jun 2019 12:50 UTC
43
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(arxiv.org)
Is your uncertainty resolvable?
Raemon
21 Jun 2019 7:32 UTC
30
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Should rationality be a movement?
Chris_Leong
20 Jun 2019 23:09 UTC
48
points
13
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Let Values Drift
Gordon Seidoh Worley
20 Jun 2019 20:45 UTC
4
points
19
comments
8
min read
LW
link
A case for strategy research: what it is and why we need more of it
Siebe
20 Jun 2019 20:22 UTC
24
points
19
comments
20
min read
LW
link
[Question]
LW Dev question: FB-style tagging?
Dr_Manhattan
20 Jun 2019 19:19 UTC
11
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
STRUCTURE: A Hazardous Guide to Words
Hazard
20 Jun 2019 15:27 UTC
8
points
7
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Should there be a header feature?
Chris_Leong
20 Jun 2019 6:45 UTC
2
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Defending points you don’t care about
Hazard
19 Jun 2019 20:40 UTC
41
points
6
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Words Aren’t Type Safe
Hazard
19 Jun 2019 20:34 UTC
22
points
12
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Arguing Definitions
Hazard
19 Jun 2019 20:29 UTC
12
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
LW2.0: Technology Platform for Intellectual Progress
Ruby
19 Jun 2019 20:25 UTC
31
points
5
comments
7
min read
LW
link
LW2.0: Community, Culture, and Intellectual Progress
Ruby
19 Jun 2019 20:25 UTC
27
points
2
comments
6
min read
LW
link
1hr talk: Intro to AGI safety
Steven Byrnes
18 Jun 2019 21:41 UTC
36
points
4
comments
24
min read
LW
link
Reneging prosocially by Duncan Sabien
philip_b
18 Jun 2019 18:52 UTC
70
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(medium.com)
Magic Arena Bot Drafting
Zvi
18 Jun 2019 16:00 UTC
18
points
1
comment
18
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
[Question]
Is the “business cycle” an actual economic principle?
Liron
18 Jun 2019 14:52 UTC
43
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Reason isn’t magic
Benquo
18 Jun 2019 4:04 UTC
160
points
19
comments
2
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)
Discussion Thread: The AI Does Not Hate You by Tom Chivers
Ruby
17 Jun 2019 23:43 UTC
26
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Research Agenda v0.9: Synthesising a human’s preferences into a utility function
Stuart_Armstrong
17 Jun 2019 17:46 UTC
70
points
26
comments
33
min read
LW
link
Preference conditional on circumstances and past preference satisfaction
Stuart_Armstrong
17 Jun 2019 15:30 UTC
11
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
In physical eschatology, is Aestivation a sound strategy?
mako yass
17 Jun 2019 7:27 UTC
17
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is there a guide to ‘Problems that are too fast to Google’?
Vaniver
17 Jun 2019 5:04 UTC
48
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
ISO: Automated P-Hacking Detection
johnswentworth
16 Jun 2019 21:15 UTC
7
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Does scientific productivity correlate with IQ?
Eli Tyre
16 Jun 2019 19:42 UTC
27
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Does the _timing_ of practice, relative to sleep, make a difference for skill consolidation?
Eli Tyre
16 Jun 2019 19:12 UTC
30
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is “physical nondeterminism” a meaningful concept?
Liron
16 Jun 2019 15:55 UTC
23
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
SSC-Madison: Andrew Yang
marywang
16 Jun 2019 14:09 UTC
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Reasonable Explanations
Alicorn
16 Jun 2019 5:29 UTC
78
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Accelerate without humanity: Summary of Nick Land’s philosophy
Yuxi_Liu
16 Jun 2019 3:22 UTC
36
points
24
comments
12
min read
LW
link
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