Sur­vival and Flour­ish­ing grant ap­pli­ca­tions open un­til March 7th ($0.8MM-$1.5MM planned for dis­per­sal)

habrykaJan 28, 2020, 11:36 PM
18 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Po­ten­tial Ways to Fight Mazes

ZviJan 28, 2020, 10:50 PM
53 points
9 comments18 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Drain­ing the swamp

jasoncrawfordJan 28, 2020, 9:37 PM
99 points
1 comment11 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

[Question] Hello, is it you I’m look­ing for?

Knuckels McGintyJan 28, 2020, 8:56 PM
9 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Us­ing vec­tor fields to vi­su­al­ise prefer­ences and make them consistent

Jan 28, 2020, 7:44 PM
42 points
32 comments11 min readLW link

If Van der Waals was a neu­ral network

George3d6Jan 28, 2020, 6:38 PM
18 points
3 comments11 min readLW link
(blog.cerebralab.com)

As­sor­ta­tive Mat­ing And Autism

Scott AlexanderJan 28, 2020, 6:20 PM
50 points
2 comments4 min readLW link
(slatestarcodex.com)

[Question] Al­gorithms vs Compute

johnswentworthJan 28, 2020, 5:34 PM
26 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Ap­pendix: how a sub­agent could get powerful

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 28, 2020, 3:28 PM
53 points
14 comments4 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ist prep­per thread

avturchinJan 28, 2020, 1:42 PM
29 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Cam­bridge LW/​SSC Meetup: Pre­dic­tion Training

NoSignalNoNoiseJan 28, 2020, 5:25 AM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

An Emp­istem­i­cally Ra­tional Superbowl

NoSignalNoNoiseJan 28, 2020, 4:05 AM
8 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

AI Align­ment 2018-19 Review

Rohin ShahJan 28, 2020, 2:19 AM
126 points
6 comments35 min readLW link

Re­view: How to Read a Book (Mor­timer Adler, Charles Van Doren)

ElizabethJan 27, 2020, 9:10 PM
49 points
8 comments3 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

[Question] What re­search has been done on the al­tru­is­tic im­pact of the usual good ac­tions?

AlexeiJan 27, 2020, 7:33 PM
11 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Heal­ing vs. ex­er­cise analo­gies for emo­tional work

Kaj_SotalaJan 27, 2020, 7:10 PM
48 points
8 comments2 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

The Ben­tham Prize at Metaculus

AABoylesJan 27, 2020, 2:27 PM
28 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(www.metaculus.com)

Port­ing My Rhythm Setup

jefftkJan 26, 2020, 9:20 PM
9 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

UML VIII: Lin­ear Pre­dic­tors (2)

Rafael HarthJan 26, 2020, 8:09 PM
9 points
2 comments10 min readLW link

[Question] What hap­pens if we re­verse New­comb’s Para­dox and re­place it with two nega­tive sums? Doesn’t it kinda maybe af­firm Roko’s Basilisk?

HabbyJan 26, 2020, 6:08 PM
1 point
3 comments2 min readLW link

On hid­ing the source of knowledge

jessicataJan 26, 2020, 2:48 AM
120 points
40 comments3 min readLW link
(unstableontology.com)

He­donic asymmetries

paulfchristianoJan 26, 2020, 2:10 AM
98 points
22 comments2 min readLW link
(sideways-view.com)

Mo­ral pub­lic goods

paulfchristianoJan 26, 2020, 12:10 AM
147 points
74 comments4 min readLW link
(sideways-view.com)

Co­or­di­na­tion as a Scarce Resource

johnswentworthJan 25, 2020, 11:32 PM
261 points
22 comments4 min readLW link2 reviews

[Question] Are the bad epistemic con­di­tions global?

jmhJan 25, 2020, 11:31 PM
18 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Ma­te­rial Goods as an Abun­dant Resource

johnswentworthJan 25, 2020, 11:23 PM
81 points
10 comments5 min readLW link

Con­straints & Slack­ness as a Wor­ld­view Generator

johnswentworthJan 25, 2020, 11:18 PM
55 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

Tech­nol­ogy Changes Constraints

johnswentworthJan 25, 2020, 11:13 PM
116 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

SSC Zürich Fe­bru­ary Meetup

VitorJan 25, 2020, 5:21 PM
2 points
0 commentsLW link

Ten Causes of Mazedom

ZviJan 25, 2020, 1:40 PM
59 points
6 comments22 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

On the on­tolog­i­cal de­vel­op­ment of consciousness

jessicataJan 25, 2020, 5:56 AM
51 points
7 comments4 min readLW link
(unstableontology.com)

[Question] Have epistemic con­di­tions always been this bad?

Wei DaiJan 25, 2020, 4:42 AM
210 points
106 comments4 min readLW link1 review

Cam­bridge Pre­dic­tion Game

NoSignalNoNoiseJan 25, 2020, 3:57 AM
13 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

SSC Hal­i­fax Meetup—Jan­uary 25

intersticeJan 25, 2020, 1:15 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Li­tany Against Anger

namespaceJan 25, 2020, 12:56 AM
13 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

AI al­ign­ment con­cepts: philo­soph­i­cal break­ers, stop­pers, and distorters

JustinShovelainJan 24, 2020, 7:23 PM
20 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

The two-layer model of hu­man val­ues, and prob­lems with syn­the­siz­ing preferences

Kaj_SotalaJan 24, 2020, 3:17 PM
70 points
16 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] How much do we know about how brains learn?

KennyJan 24, 2020, 2:46 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Epistea Sum­mer Ex­per­i­ment (ESE)

Jan 24, 2020, 10:49 AM
49 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

2018 Re­view: Vot­ing Re­sults!

Ben PaceJan 24, 2020, 2:00 AM
135 points
59 comments6 min readLW link

Im­prov­ing Group De­ci­sion Making

June KuJan 24, 2020, 1:29 AM
6 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(youtu.be)

Emer­gency Pre­scrip­tion Medication

jefftkJan 24, 2020, 1:20 AM
12 points
2 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

LW/​SSC War­saw Fe­bru­ary Meetup

kaftanowiczJan 23, 2020, 7:49 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] The­ory of Causal Models with Dy­namic Struc­ture?

johnswentworthJan 23, 2020, 7:47 PM
24 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

To­kenis­ing hu­man ver­ifi­ca­tion in or­der to de­rive in­for­ma­tion from the re­sult­ing markets

Will ClarkJan 23, 2020, 7:20 PM
3 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

New pa­per: The In­cen­tives that Shape Behaviour

RyanCareyJan 23, 2020, 7:07 PM
23 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

For­mu­lat­ing Re­duc­tive Agency in Causal Models

johnswentworthJan 23, 2020, 5:03 PM
33 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Cas­sette Tape Thoughts

ElizabethJan 22, 2020, 10:50 PM
48 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Con­cerns Sur­round­ing CEV: A case for hu­man friendli­ness first

ai-crotesJan 22, 2020, 9:03 PM
1 point
19 comments1 min readLW link

(A → B) → A in Causal DAGs

johnswentworthJan 22, 2020, 6:22 PM
48 points
11 comments2 min readLW link