Pro­ject Pro­posal: Con­sid­er­a­tions for trad­ing off ca­pa­bil­ities and safety im­pacts of AI research

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)6 Aug 2019 22:22 UTC
25 points
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Subagents, neu­ral Tur­ing ma­chines, thought se­lec­tion, and blindspots

Kaj_Sotala6 Aug 2019 21:15 UTC
87 points
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[Question] Per­cent re­duc­tion of gun-re­lated deaths by color of gun.

Gunnar_Zarncke6 Aug 2019 20:28 UTC
8 points
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New pa­per: Cor­rigi­bil­ity with Utility Preservation

Koen.Holtman6 Aug 2019 19:04 UTC
44 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

Weak foun­da­tion of de­ter­minism analysis

aiiixiii6 Aug 2019 19:03 UTC
14 points
54 comments3 min readLW link

Trauma, Med­i­ta­tion, and a Cool Scar

Logan Riggs6 Aug 2019 16:17 UTC
102 points
17 comments5 min readLW link1 review

[Question] Why is the ni­tro­gen cy­cle so un­der-em­pha­sized com­pared to cli­mate change

ChristianKl6 Aug 2019 9:25 UTC
15 points
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[Question] How would a per­son go about start­ing a geo­eng­ineer­ing startup?

Pee Doom6 Aug 2019 7:34 UTC
11 points
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Sta­tus 451 on Di­ag­no­sis: Rus­sell Aphasia

Zack_M_Davis6 Aug 2019 4:43 UTC
48 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(status451.com)

Searle’s Chi­nese Room and the Mean­ing of Meaning

Jimdrix_Hendri6 Aug 2019 4:09 UTC
0 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What are the best re­sources for ex­am­in­ing the ev­i­dence for an­thro­pogenic cli­mate change?

Matthew Barnett6 Aug 2019 2:53 UTC
10 points
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A Sur­vey of Early Im­pact Measures

Matthew Barnett6 Aug 2019 1:22 UTC
29 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

Prefer­ences as an (in­stinc­tive) stance

Stuart_Armstrong6 Aug 2019 0:43 UTC
18 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] How to nav­i­gate through con­tra­dic­tory (health/​fit­ness) ad­vice?

Sherrinford5 Aug 2019 20:58 UTC
14 points
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My recom­men­da­tions for grat­i­tude exercises

MaxCarpendale5 Aug 2019 19:04 UTC
40 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

[AN #61] AI policy and gov­er­nance, from two peo­ple in the field

Rohin Shah5 Aug 2019 17:00 UTC
12 points
2 comments9 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

DC SSC Meetup

Robi Rahman5 Aug 2019 16:19 UTC
2 points
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DC SSC Meetup

Robi Rahman5 Aug 2019 16:16 UTC
2 points
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[Question] Do you do weekly or daily re­views? What are they like?

benwr5 Aug 2019 1:23 UTC
23 points
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[Question] Can we re­ally pre­vent all warm­ing for less than 10B$ with the mostly side-effect free geo­eng­ineer­ing tech­nique of Marine Cloud Bright­en­ing?

mako yass5 Aug 2019 0:12 UTC
94 points
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[Question] [Re­source Re­quest] What’s the se­quence post which ex­plains you should con­tinue to be­lieve things about a par­ti­cle mov­ing that’s mov­ing be­yond your abil­ity to ob­serve it?

Ruby4 Aug 2019 22:31 UTC
6 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

AI Align­ment Open Thread Au­gust 2019

habryka4 Aug 2019 22:09 UTC
35 points
96 comments1 min readLW link

Where do analo­gies break down?

neilkakkar4 Aug 2019 21:23 UTC
2 points
0 comments5 min readLW link
(neilkakkar.com)

In­ver­sion of the­o­rems into defi­ni­tions when generalizing

riceissa4 Aug 2019 17:44 UTC
25 points
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Cephaloponderings

Jacob Falkovich4 Aug 2019 16:45 UTC
39 points
4 comments7 min readLW link

LessWrong Com­mu­nity Week­end 2019 – Last 10 Spots

DreamFlasher4 Aug 2019 9:20 UTC
3 points
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Zeno walks into a bar

lsusr4 Aug 2019 7:00 UTC
43 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Alle­vi­at­ing Bipo­lar with meditation

Elo4 Aug 2019 5:15 UTC
14 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

Pro­posed al­gorithm to fight an­chor­ing bias

John_Maxwell3 Aug 2019 4:07 UTC
10 points
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Open & Wel­come Thread—Au­gust 2019

Ruby2 Aug 2019 23:56 UTC
11 points
44 comments1 min readLW link

‘Longter­mism’ defi­ni­tional dis­cus­sion on EA Forum

ESRogs2 Aug 2019 23:53 UTC
17 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Prac­ti­cal con­se­quences of im­pos­si­bil­ity of value learning

Stuart_Armstrong2 Aug 2019 23:06 UTC
23 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

Power Buys You Dis­tance From The Crime

Elizabeth2 Aug 2019 20:50 UTC
208 points
75 comments7 min readLW link1 review
(acesounderglass.com)

Very differ­ent, very ad­e­quate outcomes

Stuart_Armstrong2 Aug 2019 20:31 UTC
14 points
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Re­think­ing Batch Normalization

Matthew Barnett2 Aug 2019 20:21 UTC
20 points
5 comments8 min readLW link

Per­mis­sions in Governance

sarahconstantin2 Aug 2019 19:50 UTC
53 points
12 comments8 min readLW link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Open prob­lems in hu­man ra­tio­nal­ity: guesses

romeostevensit2 Aug 2019 18:16 UTC
18 points
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How to eval­u­ate ne­glect­ed­ness and tractabil­ity of ag­ing research

emanuele ascani2 Aug 2019 10:33 UTC
4 points
0 comments9 min readLW link

[Site Up­date] Weekly/​Monthly/​Yearly on All Posts

Raemon2 Aug 2019 0:39 UTC
33 points
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Why Subagents?

johnswentworth1 Aug 2019 22:17 UTC
174 points
48 comments7 min readLW link1 review

Sleep­ing Beauty: Is Disagree­ment While Shar­ing All In­for­ma­tion Pos­si­ble in An­thropic Prob­lems?

dadadarren1 Aug 2019 20:10 UTC
7 points
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Un­der­stand­ing Batch Normalization

Matthew Barnett1 Aug 2019 17:56 UTC
19 points
3 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Would re­fin­ing the ques­tion a bit be bet­ter in terms of get­ting to an­swers?

jmh1 Aug 2019 16:25 UTC
4 points
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July 2019 gw­ern.net newsletter

gwern1 Aug 2019 16:19 UTC
23 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.gwern.net)

The In­ter­net: Burn­ing Questions

Hazard1 Aug 2019 14:46 UTC
13 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

Oc­cam’s Ra­zor: In need of sharp­en­ing?

Jimdrix_Hendri1 Aug 2019 13:36 UTC
2 points
45 comments1 min readLW link

Mis­take Ver­sus Con­flict The­ory of Against Billion­aire Philanthropy

Zvi1 Aug 2019 13:10 UTC
36 points
34 comments3 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] How much time do you spend on twit­ter?

Hazard1 Aug 2019 12:41 UTC
7 points
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[Question] What are the best and worst af­for­dances of twit­ter as a tech­nol­ogy and as a so­cial ecosys­tem?

Hazard1 Aug 2019 12:38 UTC
6 points
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[Question] Do you use twit­ter for in­tel­lec­tual en­gage­ment? Do you like it?

Hazard1 Aug 2019 12:35 UTC
16 points
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