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High-precision claims may be refuted without being replaced with other high-precision claims
jessicata
Jan 30, 2020, 11:08 PM
56
points
31
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(unstableontology.com)
[Question]
how has this forum changed your life?
Jon Ronson
Jan 30, 2020, 9:54 PM
26
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Artificial Intelligence, Values and Alignment
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Jan 30, 2020, 7:48 PM
13
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(deepmind.com)
If brains are computers, what kind of computers are they? (Dennett transcript)
Ben Pace
Jan 30, 2020, 5:07 AM
37
points
9
comments
27
min read
LW
link
Value uncertainty
MichaelA
Jan 29, 2020, 8:16 PM
20
points
3
comments
14
min read
LW
link
Towards deconfusing values
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Jan 29, 2020, 7:28 PM
12
points
4
comments
7
min read
LW
link
[AN #84] Reviewing AI alignment work in 2018-19
Rohin Shah
Jan 29, 2020, 6:30 PM
23
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Slide deck: Introduction to AI Safety
Aryeh Englander
Jan 29, 2020, 3:57 PM
24
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(drive.google.com)
The Skewed and the Screwed: When Mating Meets Politics
Jacob Falkovich
Jan 29, 2020, 3:50 PM
62
points
6
comments
15
min read
LW
link
1
review
Twin Cities Meetup 2/1/20: Estimation, Collective Wisdom, and Survey Data
Drake Thomas
Jan 29, 2020, 2:55 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
TAISU—Technical AI Safety Unconference
Linda Linsefors
Jan 29, 2020, 1:31 PM
10
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Mod Notice about Election Discussion
Vaniver
Jan 29, 2020, 1:35 AM
61
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Survival and Flourishing grant applications open until March 7th ($0.8MM-$1.5MM planned for dispersal)
habryka
Jan 28, 2020, 11:36 PM
18
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Potential Ways to Fight Mazes
Zvi
Jan 28, 2020, 10:50 PM
53
points
9
comments
18
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Draining the swamp
jasoncrawford
Jan 28, 2020, 9:37 PM
99
points
1
comment
11
min read
LW
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
[Question]
Hello, is it you I’m looking for?
Knuckels McGinty
Jan 28, 2020, 8:56 PM
9
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Using vector fields to visualise preferences and make them consistent
MichaelA
and
JustinShovelain
Jan 28, 2020, 7:44 PM
42
points
32
comments
11
min read
LW
link
If Van der Waals was a neural network
George3d6
Jan 28, 2020, 6:38 PM
18
points
3
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(blog.cerebralab.com)
Assortative Mating And Autism
Scott Alexander
Jan 28, 2020, 6:20 PM
50
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(slatestarcodex.com)
[Question]
Algorithms vs Compute
johnswentworth
Jan 28, 2020, 5:34 PM
26
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Appendix: how a subagent could get powerful
Stuart_Armstrong
Jan 28, 2020, 3:28 PM
53
points
14
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Rationalist prepper thread
avturchin
Jan 28, 2020, 1:42 PM
29
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cambridge LW/SSC Meetup: Prediction Training
NoSignalNoNoise
Jan 28, 2020, 5:25 AM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
An Empistemically Rational Superbowl
NoSignalNoNoise
Jan 28, 2020, 4:05 AM
8
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
AI Alignment 2018-19 Review
Rohin Shah
Jan 28, 2020, 2:19 AM
126
points
6
comments
35
min read
LW
link
Review: How to Read a Book (Mortimer Adler, Charles Van Doren)
Elizabeth
Jan 27, 2020, 9:10 PM
49
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(acesounderglass.com)
[Question]
What research has been done on the altruistic impact of the usual good actions?
Alexei
Jan 27, 2020, 7:33 PM
11
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Healing vs. exercise analogies for emotional work
Kaj_Sotala
Jan 27, 2020, 7:10 PM
48
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(kajsotala.fi)
The Bentham Prize at Metaculus
AABoyles
Jan 27, 2020, 2:27 PM
28
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.metaculus.com)
Porting My Rhythm Setup
jefftk
Jan 26, 2020, 9:20 PM
9
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
UML VIII: Linear Predictors (2)
Rafael Harth
Jan 26, 2020, 8:09 PM
9
points
2
comments
10
min read
LW
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?
Habby
Jan 26, 2020, 6:08 PM
1
point
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
On hiding the source of knowledge
jessicata
Jan 26, 2020, 2:48 AM
120
points
40
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(unstableontology.com)
Hedonic asymmetries
paulfchristiano
Jan 26, 2020, 2:10 AM
98
points
22
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(sideways-view.com)
Moral public goods
paulfchristiano
Jan 26, 2020, 12:10 AM
147
points
74
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(sideways-view.com)
Coordination as a Scarce Resource
johnswentworth
Jan 25, 2020, 11:32 PM
261
points
22
comments
4
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
[Question]
Are the bad epistemic conditions global?
jmh
Jan 25, 2020, 11:31 PM
18
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Material Goods as an Abundant Resource
johnswentworth
Jan 25, 2020, 11:23 PM
81
points
10
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Constraints & Slackness as a Worldview Generator
johnswentworth
Jan 25, 2020, 11:18 PM
55
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Technology Changes Constraints
johnswentworth
Jan 25, 2020, 11:13 PM
116
points
6
comments
4
min read
LW
link
SSC Zürich February Meetup
Vitor
Jan 25, 2020, 5:21 PM
2
points
0
comments
LW
link
Ten Causes of Mazedom
Zvi
Jan 25, 2020, 1:40 PM
59
points
6
comments
22
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
On the ontological development of consciousness
jessicata
Jan 25, 2020, 5:56 AM
51
points
7
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(unstableontology.com)
[Question]
Have epistemic conditions always been this bad?
Wei Dai
Jan 25, 2020, 4:42 AM
210
points
106
comments
4
min read
LW
link
1
review
Cambridge Prediction Game
NoSignalNoNoise
Jan 25, 2020, 3:57 AM
13
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
SSC Halifax Meetup—January 25
interstice
Jan 25, 2020, 1:15 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Litany Against Anger
namespace
Jan 25, 2020, 12:56 AM
13
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AI alignment concepts: philosophical breakers, stoppers, and distorters
JustinShovelain
Jan 24, 2020, 7:23 PM
20
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The two-layer model of human values, and problems with synthesizing preferences
Kaj_Sotala
Jan 24, 2020, 3:17 PM
70
points
16
comments
9
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How much do we know about how brains learn?
Kenny
Jan 24, 2020, 2:46 PM
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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