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Of arguments and wagers
paulfchristiano
Jan 10, 2020, 10:20 PM
52
points
6
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(ai-alignment.com)
Book review: Rethinking Consciousness
Steven Byrnes
Jan 10, 2020, 8:41 PM
90
points
56
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Example: Markov Chain
johnswentworth
Jan 10, 2020, 8:19 PM
15
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Offer of co-authorship
Vanessa Kosoy
Jan 10, 2020, 5:44 PM
25
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
What is Success in an Immoral Maze?
Zvi
Jan 10, 2020, 1:20 PM
48
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
On Being Robust
TurnTrout
Jan 10, 2020, 3:51 AM
45
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Halifax SSC Meetup—Saturday 11/1/20
interstice
Jan 10, 2020, 3:35 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Farewell to the Entertainer
jefftk
Jan 10, 2020, 2:30 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Outer alignment and imitative amplification
evhub
Jan 10, 2020, 12:26 AM
24
points
11
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Criticism as Entertainment
Elizabeth
Jan 9, 2020, 10:20 PM
53
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(acesounderglass.com)
South Bay Meetup, Saturday 1/25
DavidFriedman
Jan 9, 2020, 8:03 PM
3
points
1
comment
LW
link
Post-mortem on the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity forecasts
Ben Goldhaber
Jan 9, 2020, 7:38 PM
9
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(medium.com)
[Question]
Rationalist Scriptures?
John Igo
Jan 9, 2020, 4:59 PM
3
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Preference synthesis illustrated: Star Wars
Stuart_Armstrong
Jan 9, 2020, 4:47 PM
20
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Personal Experiment] Training YouTube’s Algorithm
lsusr
Jan 9, 2020, 9:04 AM
13
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Old Airports
jefftk
Jan 9, 2020, 3:30 AM
13
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Are “superforecasters” a real phenomenon?
reallyeli
Jan 9, 2020, 1:23 AM
36
points
29
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Subscripting Typographic Convention For Citations/Dates/Sources/Evidentials: A Proposal
gwern
Jan 8, 2020, 10:20 PM
59
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[AN #81]: Universality as a potential solution to conceptual difficulties in intent alignment
Rohin Shah
Jan 8, 2020, 6:00 PM
32
points
4
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Stripping Away the Protections
Zvi
Jan 8, 2020, 1:10 PM
49
points
6
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Predictably Predictable Futures Talk: Using Expected Loss & Prediction Innovation for Long Term Benefits
ozziegooen
Jan 8, 2020, 12:51 PM
13
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.youtube.com)
(Double-)Inverse Embedded Agency Problem
Shmi
Jan 8, 2020, 4:30 AM
27
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Voting Phase of 2018 LW Review
Ben Pace
Jan 8, 2020, 3:35 AM
51
points
29
comments
4
min read
LW
link
How to Throw Away Information in Causal DAGs
johnswentworth
Jan 8, 2020, 2:40 AM
20
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Morality vs related concepts
MichaelA
Jan 7, 2020, 10:47 AM
26
points
17
comments
8
min read
LW
link
AIRCS Workshop: How I failed to be recruited at MIRI.
Arthur Milchior
Jan 7, 2020, 1:03 AM
93
points
15
comments
23
min read
LW
link
Definitions of Causal Abstraction: Reviewing Beckers & Halpern
johnswentworth
Jan 7, 2020, 12:03 AM
30
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Exploring safe exploration
evhub
Jan 6, 2020, 9:07 PM
37
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Open & Welcome Thread—January 2020
habryka
Jan 6, 2020, 7:42 PM
10
points
42
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Looking at Mixers
jefftk
Jan 6, 2020, 4:10 PM
5
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
[Question]
What were the biggest discoveries / innovations in AI and ML?
Eli Tyre
Jan 6, 2020, 7:42 AM
9
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Universe Doesn’t Have to Play Nice
Chris_Leong
Jan 6, 2020, 2:08 AM
21
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
What we Know vs. How we Know it?
Elizabeth
Jan 6, 2020, 12:30 AM
46
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(acesounderglass.com)
Clumping Solstice Singalongs in Groups of 2-4
Raemon
Jan 5, 2020, 8:50 PM
13
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
UML V: Convex Learning Problems
Rafael Harth
Jan 5, 2020, 7:47 PM
14
points
0
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Homeostasis and “Root Causes” in Aging
johnswentworth
Jan 5, 2020, 6:43 PM
86
points
25
comments
3
min read
LW
link
What is Life in an Immoral Maze?
Zvi
Jan 5, 2020, 1:40 PM
72
points
56
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Q & A with Stuart Russell in AISafety.com Reading Group
Søren Elverlin
Jan 5, 2020, 11:23 AM
4
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Dissolving Confusion around Functional Decision Theory
scasper
Jan 5, 2020, 6:38 AM
32
points
24
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Credit Cards for Giving
jefftk
Jan 4, 2020, 11:00 PM
13
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Less Wrong Poetry Corner: Walter Raleigh’s “The Lie”
Zack_M_Davis
Jan 4, 2020, 10:22 PM
22
points
17
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Dec 2019 gwern.net newsletter
gwern
Jan 4, 2020, 8:48 PM
17
points
2
comments
LW
link
(www.gwern.net)
Underappreciated points about utility functions (of both sorts)
Sniffnoy
Jan 4, 2020, 7:27 AM
47
points
61
comments
15
min read
LW
link
Running and Optimizing
jefftk
Jan 4, 2020, 2:40 AM
10
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Meta-discussion from “Circling as Cousin to Rationality”
Raemon
Jan 3, 2020, 9:38 PM
11
points
165
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Illness anxiety disorder: how to become more rational?
completely_irrational
Jan 3, 2020, 9:05 PM
10
points
10
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is cardio enough for longevity benefits of exercise?
Rudi C
Jan 3, 2020, 7:57 PM
4
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are the best self-help book summaries you’ve read?
willbradshaw
Jan 3, 2020, 5:45 PM
5
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
CFAR Participant Handbook now available to all
Duncan Sabien (Deactivated)
Jan 3, 2020, 3:43 PM
253
points
40
comments
1
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
What cognitive biases feel like from the inside
chaosmage
Jan 3, 2020, 2:24 PM
256
points
32
comments
4
min read
LW
link
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