In defense of deviousness

Juan Andrés Hurtado BaezaJan 15, 2020, 11:56 AM
12 points
8 comments4 min readLW link
(medium.com)

[Question] What plau­si­ble be­liefs do you think could likely get some­one di­ag­nosed with a men­tal ill­ness by a psy­chi­a­trist?

Mati_RoyJan 15, 2020, 11:13 AM
4 points
6 commentsLW link

Avoid­ing Rationalization

dspeyerJan 15, 2020, 10:55 AM
15 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

SSC Dublin Meetup

Dan ValentineJan 15, 2020, 8:26 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are be­liefs you wouldn’t want (or would feel ap­pre­hen­sive about be­ing) pub­lic if you had (or have) them?

Mati_RoyJan 15, 2020, 5:30 AM
6 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Reno SSC: Visi­tors from Out of Town

RenoSSCJan 15, 2020, 4:35 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ar­tifi­cial In­tel­li­gence and Life Sciences (Why Big Data is not enough to cap­ture biolog­i­cal sys­tems?)

HansNaujJan 15, 2020, 1:59 AM
6 points
3 comments6 min readLW link

SSC HIKE—BLACK MOUNTAIN

crewman 51Jan 15, 2020, 12:18 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Clar­ify­ing The Mal­ig­nity of the Univer­sal Prior: The Lex­i­cal Update

intersticeJan 15, 2020, 12:00 AM
20 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Tips on how to pro­mote effec­tive al­tru­ism effec­tively? Less talk, more ac­tion.

culturechangeJan 14, 2020, 11:17 PM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

A rant against robots

Lê Nguyên HoangJan 14, 2020, 10:03 PM
65 points
7 comments5 min readLW link

Is back­wards cau­sa­tion nec­es­sar­ily ab­surd?

Chris_LeongJan 14, 2020, 7:25 PM
22 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Pre­dic­tors ex­ist: CDT go­ing bonkers… forever

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 14, 2020, 4:19 PM
46 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

Austin LW/​SSC Far-com­ers Meetup: Feb. 8, 1:30pm

jchanJan 14, 2020, 2:46 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Red Flags for Rationalization

dspeyerJan 14, 2020, 7:34 AM
25 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

Ad­vanced Anki (Me­moriza­tion Soft­ware)

Arthur MilchiorJan 14, 2020, 2:25 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Anki (Me­moriza­tion Soft­ware) for Beginners

Arthur MilchiorJan 14, 2020, 1:55 AM
7 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Re­pos­sess­ing Degrees

jefftkJan 13, 2020, 9:40 PM
10 points
14 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] What is the re­la­tion­ship be­tween Prefer­ence Learn­ing and Value Learn­ing?

Riccardo VolpatoJan 13, 2020, 9:08 PM
5 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Mo­ral un­cer­tainty: What kind of ‘should’ is in­volved?

MichaelAJan 13, 2020, 12:13 PM
14 points
11 comments13 min readLW link

Why a New Ra­tion­al­iza­tion Se­quence?

dspeyerJan 13, 2020, 6:46 AM
30 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Draw­ing Toward Power

hiblickJan 13, 2020, 4:24 AM
14 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] How do you do hy­per­pa­ram­e­ter searches in ML?

lsusrJan 13, 2020, 3:45 AM
9 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How has the cost of cloth­ing in­su­la­tion changed since 1970 in the USA?

DanielFilanJan 12, 2020, 11:31 PM
14 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

UML VI: Stochas­tic Gra­di­ent Descent

Rafael HarthJan 12, 2020, 9:59 PM
13 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

Up­date on Ought’s ex­per­i­ments on fac­tored eval­u­a­tion of arguments

Owain_EvansJan 12, 2020, 9:20 PM
29 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(ought.org)

[Question] How would we check if “Math­e­mat­i­ci­ans are gen­er­ally more Law Abid­ing?”

RaemonJan 12, 2020, 8:23 PM
26 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What long term good fu­tures are pos­si­ble. (Other than FAI)?

Donald HobsonJan 12, 2020, 6:04 PM
8 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Mal­ign gen­er­al­iza­tion with­out in­ter­nal search

Matthew BarnettJan 12, 2020, 6:03 PM
43 points
12 comments4 min readLW link

How to Iden­tify an Im­moral Maze

ZviJan 12, 2020, 12:10 PM
64 points
18 comments5 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Key De­ci­sion Anal­y­sis—a fun­da­men­tal ra­tio­nal­ity technique

Eli TyreJan 12, 2020, 5:59 AM
44 points
10 comments3 min readLW link

Us­ing Vick­rey auc­tions as a price dis­cov­ery mechanism

epiphiJan 12, 2020, 1:00 AM
16 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(kevinlynagh.com)

[Question] Is it worth­while to save the cord blood and tis­sue?

AlexeiJan 11, 2020, 9:52 PM
22 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Please Cri­tique Things for the Re­view!

RaemonJan 11, 2020, 8:59 PM
48 points
30 comments1 min readLW link

Mo­ral un­cer­tainty vs re­lated concepts

MichaelAJan 11, 2020, 10:03 AM
26 points
13 comments16 min readLW link

10 posts I like in the 2018 Review

Ben PaceJan 11, 2020, 2:23 AM
31 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Is there a moral obli­ga­tion to re­spect dis­agreed anal­y­sis?

km42Jan 11, 2020, 1:22 AM
6 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

A method for fair bar­gain­ing over odds in 2 player bets!

Agrippa KellumJan 11, 2020, 1:18 AM
13 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Of ar­gu­ments and wagers

paulfchristianoJan 10, 2020, 10:20 PM
52 points
6 comments6 min readLW link
(ai-alignment.com)

Book re­view: Re­think­ing Consciousness

Steven ByrnesJan 10, 2020, 8:41 PM
90 points
56 comments8 min readLW link

Ex­am­ple: Markov Chain

johnswentworthJan 10, 2020, 8:19 PM
15 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

Offer of co-authorship

Vanessa KosoyJan 10, 2020, 5:44 PM
25 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

What is Suc­cess in an Im­moral Maze?

ZviJan 10, 2020, 1:20 PM
48 points
12 comments2 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

On Be­ing Robust

TurnTroutJan 10, 2020, 3:51 AM
45 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

Hal­i­fax SSC Meetup—Satur­day 11/​1/​20

intersticeJan 10, 2020, 3:35 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Farewell to the Entertainer

jefftkJan 10, 2020, 2:30 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Outer al­ign­ment and imi­ta­tive amplification

evhubJan 10, 2020, 12:26 AM
24 points
11 comments9 min readLW link

Crit­i­cism as Entertainment

ElizabethJan 9, 2020, 10:20 PM
53 points
12 comments2 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

South Bay Meetup, Satur­day 1/​25

DavidFriedmanJan 9, 2020, 8:03 PM
3 points
1 commentLW link

Post-mortem on the Cen­ter for Long-Term Cy­ber­se­cu­rity fore­casts

Ben GoldhaberJan 9, 2020, 7:38 PM
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(medium.com)