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Why a New Rationalization Sequence?
dspeyer
Jan 13, 2020, 6:46 AM
30
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Drawing Toward Power
hiblick
Jan 13, 2020, 4:24 AM
14
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How do you do hyperparameter searches in ML?
lsusr
Jan 13, 2020, 3:45 AM
9
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How has the cost of clothing insulation changed since 1970 in the USA?
DanielFilan
Jan 12, 2020, 11:31 PM
14
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
UML VI: Stochastic Gradient Descent
Rafael Harth
Jan 12, 2020, 9:59 PM
13
points
0
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Update on Ought’s experiments on factored evaluation of arguments
Owain_Evans
Jan 12, 2020, 9:20 PM
29
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(ought.org)
[Question]
How would we check if “Mathematicians are generally more Law Abiding?”
Raemon
Jan 12, 2020, 8:23 PM
26
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What long term good futures are possible. (Other than FAI)?
Donald Hobson
Jan 12, 2020, 6:04 PM
8
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Malign generalization without internal search
Matthew Barnett
Jan 12, 2020, 6:03 PM
43
points
12
comments
4
min read
LW
link
How to Identify an Immoral Maze
Zvi
Jan 12, 2020, 12:10 PM
64
points
18
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Key Decision Analysis—a fundamental rationality technique
Eli Tyre
Jan 12, 2020, 5:59 AM
44
points
10
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Using Vickrey auctions as a price discovery mechanism
epiphi
Jan 12, 2020, 1:00 AM
16
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(kevinlynagh.com)
[Question]
Is it worthwhile to save the cord blood and tissue?
Alexei
Jan 11, 2020, 9:52 PM
22
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Please Critique Things for the Review!
Raemon
Jan 11, 2020, 8:59 PM
48
points
30
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Moral uncertainty vs related concepts
MichaelA
Jan 11, 2020, 10:03 AM
26
points
13
comments
16
min read
LW
link
10 posts I like in the 2018 Review
Ben Pace
Jan 11, 2020, 2:23 AM
31
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is there a moral obligation to respect disagreed analysis?
km42
Jan 11, 2020, 1:22 AM
6
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A method for fair bargaining over odds in 2 player bets!
Agrippa Kellum
Jan 11, 2020, 1:18 AM
13
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
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
6 Jan 2020 21:07 UTC
37
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Open & Welcome Thread—January 2020
habryka
6 Jan 2020 19:42 UTC
10
points
42
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Looking at Mixers
jefftk
6 Jan 2020 16:10 UTC
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
6 Jan 2020 7:42 UTC
9
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Universe Doesn’t Have to Play Nice
Chris_Leong
6 Jan 2020 2:08 UTC
21
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
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