Ex­plor­ing safe exploration

evhubJan 6, 2020, 9:07 PM
37 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Open & Wel­come Thread—Jan­uary 2020

habrykaJan 6, 2020, 7:42 PM
10 points
42 comments1 min readLW link

Look­ing at Mixers

jefftkJan 6, 2020, 4:10 PM
5 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] What were the biggest dis­cov­er­ies /​ in­no­va­tions in AI and ML?

Eli TyreJan 6, 2020, 7:42 AM
9 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

The Uni­verse Doesn’t Have to Play Nice

Chris_LeongJan 6, 2020, 2:08 AM
21 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

What we Know vs. How we Know it?

ElizabethJan 6, 2020, 12:30 AM
46 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Clump­ing Sols­tice Sin­ga­longs in Groups of 2-4

RaemonJan 5, 2020, 8:50 PM
13 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

UML V: Con­vex Learn­ing Problems

Rafael HarthJan 5, 2020, 7:47 PM
14 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

Homeosta­sis and “Root Causes” in Aging

johnswentworthJan 5, 2020, 6:43 PM
86 points
25 comments3 min readLW link

What is Life in an Im­moral Maze?

ZviJan 5, 2020, 1:40 PM
72 points
56 comments5 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Q & A with Stu­art Rus­sell in AISafety.com Read­ing Group

Søren ElverlinJan 5, 2020, 11:23 AM
4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Dis­solv­ing Con­fu­sion around Func­tional De­ci­sion Theory

scasperJan 5, 2020, 6:38 AM
32 points
24 comments9 min readLW link

Credit Cards for Giving

jefftkJan 4, 2020, 11:00 PM
13 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Less Wrong Poetry Corner: Walter Raleigh’s “The Lie”

Zack_M_DavisJan 4, 2020, 10:22 PM
22 points
17 comments3 min readLW link

Dec 2019 gw­ern.net newsletter

gwernJan 4, 2020, 8:48 PM
17 points
2 commentsLW link
(www.gwern.net)

Un­der­ap­pre­ci­ated points about util­ity func­tions (of both sorts)

SniffnoyJan 4, 2020, 7:27 AM
47 points
61 comments15 min readLW link

Run­ning and Optimizing

jefftkJan 4, 2020, 2:40 AM
10 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Meta-dis­cus­sion from “Cir­cling as Cousin to Ra­tion­al­ity”

RaemonJan 3, 2020, 9:38 PM
11 points
165 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Ill­ness anx­iety di­s­or­der: how to be­come more ra­tio­nal?

completely_irrationalJan 3, 2020, 9:05 PM
10 points
10 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Is car­dio enough for longevity benefits of ex­er­cise?

Rudi CJan 3, 2020, 7:57 PM
4 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are the best self-help book sum­maries you’ve read?

willbradshawJan 3, 2020, 5:45 PM
5 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

CFAR Par­ti­ci­pant Hand­book now available to all

Duncan Sabien (Deactivated)Jan 3, 2020, 3:43 PM
253 points
40 comments1 min readLW link2 reviews

What cog­ni­tive bi­ases feel like from the inside

chaosmageJan 3, 2020, 2:24 PM
256 points
32 comments4 min readLW link

Ex­cite­ment vs childishness

Rafael HarthJan 3, 2020, 1:47 PM
17 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

SSCNYC: More Dakka with Zvi Mowshowitz

ShrikantrJan 3, 2020, 7:17 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Pre­dic­tive cod­ing & depression

Steven ByrnesJan 3, 2020, 2:38 AM
27 points
9 comments7 min readLW link

Be­com­ing Unusu­ally Truth-Oriented

abramdemskiJan 3, 2020, 1:27 AM
94 points
20 comments10 min readLW link

Do­minic Cum­mings: “we’re hiring data sci­en­tists, pro­ject man­agers, policy ex­perts, as­sorted weirdos”

ESRogsJan 3, 2020, 12:33 AM
80 points
57 comments4 min readLW link
(dominiccummings.com)

Nor­mal­iza­tion of Deviance

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJan 2, 2020, 10:58 PM
65 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Has any­one used TAPs to com­bat BFRBs?

Fauna M.Jan 2, 2020, 9:28 PM
3 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[AN #80]: Why AI risk might be solved with­out ad­di­tional in­ter­ven­tion from longtermists

Rohin ShahJan 2, 2020, 6:20 PM
36 points
95 comments10 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

A re­duc­tio ad ab­sur­dum for naive Func­tional/​Com­pu­ta­tional The­ory-of-Mind (FCToM).

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Jan 2, 2020, 5:16 PM
3 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Does GPT-2 Un­der­stand Any­thing?

Douglas Summers-StayJan 2, 2020, 5:09 PM
37 points
23 comments5 min readLW link

PlanAlyzer: as­sess­ing threats to the val­idity of on­line experiments

Three-Monkey MindJan 2, 2020, 7:42 AM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(blog.acolyer.org)

Mak­ing de­ci­sions when both morally and em­piri­cally uncertain

MichaelAJan 2, 2020, 7:20 AM
13 points
14 comments20 min readLW link

The­o­ries That Can Ex­plain Everything

Chris_LeongJan 2, 2020, 2:12 AM
15 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Char­ac­ter­is­ing utopia

Richard_NgoJan 2, 2020, 12:00 AM
40 points
5 comments22 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

[Question] Since figur­ing out hu­man val­ues is hard, what about, say, mon­key val­ues?

ShmiJan 1, 2020, 9:56 PM
37 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

SSC NYC Meetup: Stay­ing Classy & Yoda Timers

ShrikantrJan 1, 2020, 8:44 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What will quan­tum com­put­ers be used for?

maximkazhenkovJan 1, 2020, 7:33 PM
11 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Toy Organ

jefftkJan 1, 2020, 7:30 PM
5 points
1 comment2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Don’t Dou­ble-Crux With Suicide Rock

Zack_M_DavisJan 1, 2020, 7:02 PM
91 points
30 comments2 min readLW link

[AN #79]: Re­cur­sive re­ward mod­el­ing as an al­ign­ment tech­nique in­te­grated with deep RL

Rohin ShahJan 1, 2020, 6:00 PM
13 points
0 comments12 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Cir­cling as Cousin to Rationality

VaniverJan 1, 2020, 1:16 AM
73 points
98 comments6 min readLW link1 review

ESC Pro­cess Notes: De­tail-Fo­cused Books

ElizabethDec 31, 2019, 10:00 PM
27 points
5 comments3 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Con­ver­sa­tional Cul­tures: Com­bat vs Nur­ture (V2)

RubyDec 31, 2019, 8:23 PM
143 points
92 comments9 min readLW link5 reviews

100 Ways To Live Better

Jacob FalkovichDec 31, 2019, 8:23 PM
70 points
8 comments13 min readLW link

BIDA Mu­si­cian Booking

jefftkDec 31, 2019, 8:10 PM
10 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] What is a Ra­tion­al­ity Meetup?

SebastianG Dec 31, 2019, 4:15 PM
4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Lis­bon SSC Meetup #4

tamkin&popkinDec 31, 2019, 2:33 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link