8 Aug 2019 16:10 UTC

50 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Why do humans not have built-in neural i/o channels?

Richard_Ngo8 Aug 2019 13:09 UTC

25 points

23 comments1 min readLW link

Which of these five AI alignment research projects ideas are no good?

rmoehn8 Aug 2019 7:17 UTC

25 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

Calibrating With Cards

lifelonglearner8 Aug 2019 6:44 UTC

32 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Is there a source/market for LW-related t-shirts?

jooyous8 Aug 2019 4:30 UTC

8 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Verification and Transparency

DanielFilan8 Aug 2019 1:50 UTC

35 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

(danielfilan.com)

Toy model piece #2: Combining short and long range partial preferences

Stuart_Armstrong8 Aug 2019 0:11 UTC

14 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Four Ways An Impact Measure Could Help Alignment

Matthew Barnett8 Aug 2019 0:10 UTC

21 points

1 comment9 min readLW link

Nashville August SSC Meetup

friedelcraftiness7 Aug 2019 20:11 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

In defense of Oracle (“Tool”) AI research

Steven Byrnes7 Aug 2019 19:14 UTC

22 points

11 comments4 min readLW link

Help forecast study replication in this social science prediction market

rosiecam7 Aug 2019 18:18 UTC

29 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Edit Nickname

Luigi Lotti7 Aug 2019 17:42 UTC

5 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Self-Supervised Learning and AGI Safety

Steven Byrnes7 Aug 2019 14:21 UTC

29 points

9 comments12 min readLW link

Emotions are not beliefs

Chris_Leong7 Aug 2019 6:27 UTC

25 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

Understanding Recent Impact Measures

Matthew Barnett7 Aug 2019 4:57 UTC

16 points

6 comments7 min readLW link

[Site Update] Behind the scenes data-layer and caching improvements

habryka7 Aug 2019 0:49 UTC

23 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

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

11 comments2 min readLW link

Subagents, neural Turing machines, thought selection, and blindspots

Kaj_Sotala6 Aug 2019 21:15 UTC

87 points

3 comments12 min readLW link

[Question] Percent reduction of gun-related deaths by color of gun.

Gunnar_Zarncke6 Aug 2019 20:28 UTC

8 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

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 link 1 review

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

ChristianKl6 Aug 2019 9:25 UTC

15 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How would a person go about starting a geoengineering startup?

Pee Doom6 Aug 2019 7:34 UTC

11 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

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

8 comments1 min readLW link

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

7 comments1 min readLW link

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

0 comments1 min readLW link

DC SSC Meetup

Robi Rahman5 Aug 2019 16:16 UTC

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Do you do weekly or daily reviews? What are they like?

benwr5 Aug 2019 1:23 UTC

23 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

[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

55 comments2 min readLW link

[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

3 comments5 min readLW link

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

0 comments2 min readLW link

Zeno walks into a bar

lsusr4 Aug 2019 7:00 UTC

44 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

2 comments1 min readLW link

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

209 points

75 comments7 min readLW link 1 review

(acesounderglass.com)

Very different, very adequate outcomes

Stuart_Armstrong2 Aug 2019 20:31 UTC

14 points

10 comments1 min readLW link