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[Question]
Since figuring out human values is hard, what about, say, monkey values?
Shmi
Jan 1, 2020, 9:56 PM
37
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
SSC NYC Meetup: Staying Classy & Yoda Timers
Shrikantr
Jan 1, 2020, 8:44 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What will quantum computers be used for?
maximkazhenkov
Jan 1, 2020, 7:33 PM
11
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Toy Organ
jefftk
Jan 1, 2020, 7:30 PM
5
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Don’t Double-Crux With Suicide Rock
Zack_M_Davis
Jan 1, 2020, 7:02 PM
91
points
30
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[AN #79]: Recursive reward modeling as an alignment technique integrated with deep RL
Rohin Shah
Jan 1, 2020, 6:00 PM
13
points
0
comments
12
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Circling as Cousin to Rationality
Vaniver
Jan 1, 2020, 1:16 AM
73
points
98
comments
6
min read
LW
link
1
review
ESC Process Notes: Detail-Focused Books
Elizabeth
Dec 31, 2019, 10:00 PM
27
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(acesounderglass.com)
Conversational Cultures: Combat vs Nurture (V2)
Ruby
Dec 31, 2019, 8:23 PM
143
points
92
comments
9
min read
LW
link
5
reviews
100 Ways To Live Better
Jacob Falkovich
Dec 31, 2019, 8:23 PM
71
points
8
comments
13
min read
LW
link
BIDA Musician Booking
jefftk
Dec 31, 2019, 8:10 PM
10
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
[Question]
What is a Rationality Meetup?
SebastianG
Dec 31, 2019, 4:15 PM
4
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Lisbon SSC Meetup #4
tamkin&popkin
Dec 31, 2019, 2:33 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
AI Alignment, Constraints, Control, Incentives or Partnership?
jmh
Dec 31, 2019, 1:42 PM
6
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Does Big Business Hate Your Family?
Zvi
Dec 31, 2019, 12:50 PM
60
points
7
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Voting Phase UI: Aggregating common comments?
Raemon
Dec 31, 2019, 3:48 AM
9
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Folding Couch Monitor
jefftk
Dec 31, 2019, 3:40 AM
16
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Slate Star Codex Meetup
Robi Rahman
Dec 31, 2019, 2:51 AM
2
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Slate Star Codex New Year’s Eve Party
Robi Rahman
Dec 31, 2019, 2:14 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
human psycholinguists: a critical appraisal
nostalgebraist
Dec 31, 2019, 12:20 AM
182
points
59
comments
16
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
(nostalgebraist.tumblr.com)
2020′s Prediction Thread
Ben Goldhaber
Dec 30, 2019, 11:18 PM
48
points
77
comments
1
min read
LW
link
2010s Predictions Review
Tofly
Dec 30, 2019, 9:47 PM
47
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Looking for non-AI people to work on AGI risks
otto.barten
Dec 30, 2019, 8:41 PM
10
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A humane solution was never intended.
Kolya
Dec 30, 2019, 8:41 PM
−17
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Austin LW: Survey for far-traveling attendees Jan-Feb 2020
jchan
Dec 30, 2019, 3:40 PM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Imperfect Competition
Zvi
Dec 30, 2019, 12:20 PM
73
points
8
comments
10
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Speaking Truth to Power Is a Schelling Point
Zack_M_Davis
Dec 30, 2019, 6:12 AM
52
points
19
comments
2
min read
LW
link
l
Sunny from QAD
Dec 30, 2019, 5:23 AM
3
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Making decisions under moral uncertainty
MichaelA
Dec 30, 2019, 1:49 AM
21
points
26
comments
17
min read
LW
link
CFAR’s 2019 Fundraiser
Timothy Telleen-Lawton
Dec 30, 2019, 12:03 AM
32
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Reality vanishes in a puff of logic
monktastic
Dec 29, 2019, 9:55 PM
−3
points
8
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Why is the mail so much better than the DMV?
Logan Zoellner
Dec 29, 2019, 6:55 PM
30
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Judgment Day: Insights from ‘Judgment in Managerial Decision Making’
TurnTrout
Dec 29, 2019, 6:03 PM
24
points
6
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Phage therapy in a post-antibiotics world
ChristianKl
Dec 29, 2019, 5:03 PM
22
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Perfect Competition
Zvi
Dec 29, 2019, 1:30 PM
54
points
29
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Self and No-Self
Vaniver
Dec 29, 2019, 6:15 AM
48
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Good goals for leveling up?
wolverdude
Dec 29, 2019, 5:25 AM
11
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Programmers Should Plan For Lower Pay
jefftk
Dec 29, 2019, 3:20 AM
77
points
72
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
[Question]
What are the most exciting developments from non-Europe and/or non-Northern-Hemisphere?
Raemon
Dec 29, 2019, 1:30 AM
13
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Safe exploration and corrigibility
evhub
Dec 28, 2019, 11:12 PM
17
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What is your recommended statistics textbook for a beginner?
Rudi C
Dec 28, 2019, 9:19 PM
5
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Stupidity and Dishonesty Explain Each Other Away
Zack_M_Davis
Dec 28, 2019, 7:21 PM
38
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Measuring Epistemic Rationality
edoarad
Dec 28, 2019, 6:46 PM
6
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
An Emergency Fund for Effective Altruists
bice
Dec 28, 2019, 6:02 PM
9
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How was your decade?
namespace
Dec 28, 2019, 5:14 PM
26
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.youtube.com)
Moloch Hasn’t Won
Zvi
Dec 28, 2019, 4:30 PM
187
points
40
comments
7
min read
LW
link
1
review
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
[Question]
Has there been a “memetic collapse”?
Eli Tyre
Dec 28, 2019, 5:36 AM
32
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Out in the Great Northwest
jefftk
Dec 28, 2019, 3:40 AM
6
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Cambridge LW/SC Meetup
NoSignalNoNoise
Dec 28, 2019, 3:07 AM
6
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Meditation Retreat: Immoral Mazes Sequence Introduction
Zvi
Dec 28, 2019, 12:50 AM
89
points
16
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
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