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[Question] Instrumental Occam?

abramdemski31 Jan 2020 19:27 UTC

30 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

REVISED: A drowning child is hard to find

Benquo31 Jan 2020 18:07 UTC

22 points

35 comments1 min readLW link

(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

January 2020 gwern.net newsletter

gwern31 Jan 2020 18:04 UTC

19 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.gwern.net)

Create a Full Alternative Stack

Zvi31 Jan 2020 17:10 UTC

84 points

14 comments6 min readLW link 1 review

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Link] Ignorance, a skilled practice

romeostevensit31 Jan 2020 16:21 UTC

16 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

[ELDR Tactics] Consider switching to (mostly) decaf.

aaq31 Jan 2020 15:09 UTC

29 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Existing work on creating terminology & names?

ozziegooen31 Jan 2020 12:16 UTC

10 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Book Review: Human Compatible

Scott Alexander31 Jan 2020 5:20 UTC

78 points

6 comments16 min readLW link

(slatestarcodex.com)

HALIFAX SSC MEETUP—FEB. 1

interstice31 Jan 2020 3:59 UTC

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

High-precision claims may be refuted without being replaced with other high-precision claims

jessicata30 Jan 2020 23:08 UTC

55 points

30 comments3 min readLW link

(unstableontology.com)

[Question] how has this forum changed your life?

Jon Ronson30 Jan 2020 21:54 UTC

26 points

20 comments1 min readLW link

Artificial Intelligence, Values and Alignment

Gordon Seidoh Worley30 Jan 2020 19:48 UTC

13 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(deepmind.com)

If brains are computers, what kind of computers are they? (Dennett transcript)

Ben Pace30 Jan 2020 5:07 UTC

37 points

9 comments27 min readLW link

Value uncertainty

MichaelA29 Jan 2020 20:16 UTC

20 points

3 comments14 min readLW link

Towards deconfusing values

Gordon Seidoh Worley29 Jan 2020 19:28 UTC

12 points

4 comments7 min readLW link

[AN #84] Reviewing AI alignment work in 2018-19

Rohin Shah29 Jan 2020 18:30 UTC

23 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Slide deck: Introduction to AI Safety

Aryeh Englander29 Jan 2020 15:57 UTC

23 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(drive.google.com)

The Skewed and the Screwed: When Mating Meets Politics

Jacob Falkovich29 Jan 2020 15:50 UTC

62 points

6 comments15 min readLW link 1 review

Twin Cities Meetup 2/1/20: Estimation, Collective Wisdom, and Survey Data

Drake Thomas29 Jan 2020 14:55 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

TAISU—Technical AI Safety Unconference

Linda Linsefors29 Jan 2020 13:31 UTC

10 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

Mod Notice about Election Discussion

Vaniver29 Jan 2020 1:35 UTC

61 points

16 comments1 min readLW link

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

habryka28 Jan 2020 23:36 UTC

18 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Potential Ways to Fight Mazes

Zvi28 Jan 2020 22:50 UTC

53 points

9 comments18 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Draining the swamp

jasoncrawford28 Jan 2020 21:37 UTC

99 points

1 comment11 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

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

Knuckels McGinty28 Jan 2020 20:56 UTC

9 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

Using vector fields to visualise preferences and make them consistent

MichaelA and JustinShovelain

28 Jan 2020 19:44 UTC

42 points

32 comments11 min readLW link

If Van der Waals was a neural network

George3d628 Jan 2020 18:38 UTC

18 points

3 comments11 min readLW link

(blog.cerebralab.com)

Assortative Mating And Autism

Scott Alexander28 Jan 2020 18:20 UTC

50 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

(slatestarcodex.com)

[Question] Algorithms vs Compute

johnswentworth28 Jan 2020 17:34 UTC

26 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Appendix: how a subagent could get powerful

Stuart_Armstrong28 Jan 2020 15:28 UTC

53 points

14 comments4 min readLW link

Rationalist prepper thread

avturchin28 Jan 2020 13:42 UTC

29 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

Cambridge LW/SSC Meetup: Prediction Training

NoSignalNoNoise28 Jan 2020 5:25 UTC

6 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

An Empistemically Rational Superbowl

NoSignalNoNoise28 Jan 2020 4:05 UTC

8 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

AI Alignment 2018-19 Review

Rohin Shah28 Jan 2020 2:19 UTC

126 points

6 comments35 min readLW link

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

Elizabeth27 Jan 2020 21:10 UTC

48 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

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

Alexei27 Jan 2020 19:33 UTC

11 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Healing vs. exercise analogies for emotional work

Kaj_Sotala27 Jan 2020 19:10 UTC

48 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

(kajsotala.fi)

The Bentham Prize at Metaculus

AABoyles27 Jan 2020 14:27 UTC

28 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(www.metaculus.com)

Porting My Rhythm Setup

jefftk26 Jan 2020 21:20 UTC

9 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

UML VIII: Linear Predictors (2)

Rafael Harth26 Jan 2020 20:09 UTC

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?

Habby26 Jan 2020 18:08 UTC

1 point

3 comments2 min readLW link

On hiding the source of knowledge

jessicata26 Jan 2020 2:48 UTC

115 points

40 comments3 min readLW link

(unstableontology.com)

Hedonic asymmetries

paulfchristiano26 Jan 2020 2:10 UTC

98 points

22 comments2 min readLW link

(sideways-view.com)

Moral public goods

paulfchristiano26 Jan 2020 0:10 UTC

147 points

74 comments4 min readLW link

(sideways-view.com)

Coordination as a Scarce Resource

johnswentworth25 Jan 2020 23:32 UTC

251 points

22 comments4 min readLW link 2 reviews

[Question] Are the bad epistemic conditions global?

jmh25 Jan 2020 23:31 UTC

18 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Material Goods as an Abundant Resource

johnswentworth25 Jan 2020 23:23 UTC

81 points

10 comments5 min readLW link

Constraints & Slackness as a Worldview Generator

johnswentworth25 Jan 2020 23:18 UTC

55 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

Technology Changes Constraints

johnswentworth25 Jan 2020 23:13 UTC

116 points

6 comments4 min readLW link

SSC Zürich February Meetup

Vitor25 Jan 2020 17:21 UTC

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link