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Absent coordination, future technology will cause human extinction

Jeffrey LadishFeb 3, 2020, 9:52 PM

21 points

12 comments5 min readLW link

Long Now, and Culture vs Artifacts

RaemonFeb 3, 2020, 9:49 PM

26 points

3 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Looking for books about software engineering as a field

mingyuanFeb 3, 2020, 9:49 PM

14 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

Category Theory Without The Baggage

johnswentworthFeb 3, 2020, 8:03 PM

139 points

51 comments13 min readLW link

Protecting Large Projects Against Mazedom

ZviFeb 3, 2020, 5:10 PM

78 points

11 comments4 min readLW link 1 review

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Pessimism About Unknown Unknowns Inspires Conservatism

michaelcohenFeb 3, 2020, 2:48 PM

41 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

Map Of Effective Altruism

Scott AlexanderFeb 3, 2020, 6:20 AM

17 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(slatestarcodex.com)

UML IX: Kernels and Boosting

Rafael HarthFeb 2, 2020, 9:51 PM

13 points

1 comment10 min readLW link

A point of clarification on infohazard terminology

eukaryoteFeb 2, 2020, 5:43 PM

52 points

21 comments2 min readLW link

(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

[Question] Money isn’t real. When you donate money to a charity, how does it actually help?

DagonFeb 2, 2020, 5:03 PM

15 points

28 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Beyond the hill: thoughts on ontologies for thinking, essay-completeness and forecasting

Bird ConceptFeb 2, 2020, 12:39 PM

33 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

The Case for Artificial Expert Intelligence (AXI): What lies between narrow and general AI?

Yuli_BanFeb 2, 2020, 5:55 AM

8 points

2 comments6 min readLW link

“Memento Mori”, Said The Confessor

namespaceFeb 2, 2020, 3:37 AM

34 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(www.thelastrationalist.com)

Bay Winter Solstice seating-scarcity

RaemonFeb 1, 2020, 11:09 PM

2 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

The case for lifelogging as life extension

Matthew BarnettFeb 1, 2020, 9:56 PM

51 points

17 comments3 min readLW link 1 review

What Money Cannot Buy

johnswentworthFeb 1, 2020, 8:11 PM

360 points

53 comments4 min readLW link 1 review

Effective Altruism QALY workshop materials & outline (and Jan 13 ’19 meetup notes)

samstowersFeb 1, 2020, 4:42 AM

10 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

More Rhythm Options

jefftkFeb 1, 2020, 3:10 AM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Instrumental Occam?

abramdemskiJan 31, 2020, 7:27 PM

30 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

REVISED: A drowning child is hard to find

BenquoJan 31, 2020, 6:07 PM

22 points

35 comments1 min readLW link

(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

January 2020 gwern.net newsletter

gwernJan 31, 2020, 6:04 PM

19 points

0 comments LW link

(www.gwern.net)

Create a Full Alternative Stack

ZviJan 31, 2020, 5:10 PM

84 points

14 comments6 min readLW link 1 review

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Link] Ignorance, a skilled practice

romeostevensitJan 31, 2020, 4:21 PM

16 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

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

aaqJan 31, 2020, 3:09 PM

29 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Existing work on creating terminology & names?

ozziegooenJan 31, 2020, 12:16 PM

10 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Book Review: Human Compatible

Scott AlexanderJan 31, 2020, 5:20 AM

78 points

6 comments16 min readLW link

(slatestarcodex.com)

HALIFAX SSC MEETUP—FEB. 1

intersticeJan 31, 2020, 3:59 AM

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

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

jessicataJan 30, 2020, 11:08 PM

56 points

31 comments3 min readLW link

(unstableontology.com)

[Question] how has this forum changed your life?

Jon RonsonJan 30, 2020, 9:54 PM

26 points

20 comments1 min readLW link

Artificial Intelligence, Values and Alignment

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJan 30, 2020, 7:48 PM

13 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(deepmind.com)

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

Ben PaceJan 30, 2020, 5:07 AM

37 points

9 comments27 min readLW link

Value uncertainty

MichaelAJan 29, 2020, 8:16 PM

20 points

3 comments14 min readLW link

Towards deconfusing values

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJan 29, 2020, 7:28 PM

12 points

4 comments7 min readLW link

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

Rohin ShahJan 29, 2020, 6:30 PM

23 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Slide deck: Introduction to AI Safety

Aryeh EnglanderJan 29, 2020, 3:57 PM

23 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(drive.google.com)

The Skewed and the Screwed: When Mating Meets Politics

Jacob FalkovichJan 29, 2020, 3:50 PM

62 points

6 comments15 min readLW link 1 review

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

Drake ThomasJan 29, 2020, 2:55 PM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

TAISU—Technical AI Safety Unconference

Linda LinseforsJan 29, 2020, 1:31 PM

10 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

Mod Notice about Election Discussion

VaniverJan 29, 2020, 1:35 AM

61 points

16 comments1 min readLW link

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

MichaelA and JustinShovelain

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