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Bayesian Evolving-to-Extinction
abramdemski
14 Feb 2020 23:55 UTC
40
points
13
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
A ‘Practice of Rationality’ Sequence?
abramdemski
14 Feb 2020 22:56 UTC
78
points
25
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Catastrophic Convergence Conjecture
TurnTrout
14 Feb 2020 21:16 UTC
45
points
16
comments
8
min read
LW
link
The Reasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics or: AI vs sandwiches
Vanessa Kosoy
14 Feb 2020 18:46 UTC
34
points
8
comments
9
min read
LW
link
1
review
Perceptrons Explained
lifelonglearner
14 Feb 2020 17:34 UTC
13
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(owenshen24.github.io)
Please Help Metaculus Forecast COVID-19
AABoyles
14 Feb 2020 17:31 UTC
34
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.metaculus.com)
Training Regime Day 0: Introduction
Mark Xu
14 Feb 2020 8:22 UTC
40
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Distinguishing definitions of takeoff
Matthew Barnett
14 Feb 2020 0:16 UTC
79
points
6
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Effective Altruism 80,000 hours workshop materials & outline (and Feb 10 ’19 KC meetup notes)
samstowers
13 Feb 2020 21:48 UTC
5
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How do you use face masks?
ChristianKl
13 Feb 2020 14:18 UTC
12
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
In theory: does building the subagent have an “impact”?
Stuart_Armstrong
13 Feb 2020 14:17 UTC
17
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What fraction of work time in the world is done at a computer?
Mati_Roy
13 Feb 2020 9:53 UTC
9
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Variance Indifferent Maximizer Alternative
Nevan Wichers
13 Feb 2020 9:06 UTC
7
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
Confirmation Bias As Misfire Of Normal Bayesian Reasoning
Scott Alexander
13 Feb 2020 7:20 UTC
43
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(slatestarcodex.com)
Building and using the subagent
Stuart_Armstrong
12 Feb 2020 19:28 UTC
17
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[AN #86]: Improving debate and factored cognition through human experiments
Rohin Shah
12 Feb 2020 18:10 UTC
15
points
0
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Suspiciously balanced evidence
gjm
12 Feb 2020 17:04 UTC
50
points
24
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are the risks of having your genome publicly available?
Mati_Roy
11 Feb 2020 21:54 UTC
16
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Demons in Imperfect Search
johnswentworth
11 Feb 2020 20:25 UTC
107
points
21
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Will COVID-19 survivors suffer lasting disability at a high rate?
jimrandomh
11 Feb 2020 20:23 UTC
134
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Relational Stance
Raemon
11 Feb 2020 5:16 UTC
48
points
11
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Intelligence without causality
Donald Hobson
11 Feb 2020 0:34 UTC
9
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
South Bay Meetup
DavidFriedman
10 Feb 2020 22:36 UTC
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Simulation of technological progress (work in progress)
Daniel Kokotajlo
10 Feb 2020 20:39 UTC
21
points
9
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Why do we refuse to take action claiming our impact would be too small?
hookdump
10 Feb 2020 19:33 UTC
5
points
31
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Gricean communication and meta-preferences
Charlie Steiner
10 Feb 2020 5:05 UTC
24
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Attainable Utility Landscape: How The World Is Changed
TurnTrout
10 Feb 2020 0:58 UTC
52
points
7
comments
6
min read
LW
link
A Simple Introduction to Neural Networks
Rafael Harth
9 Feb 2020 22:02 UTC
34
points
13
comments
18
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Did AI pioneers not worry much about AI risks?
lisperati
9 Feb 2020 19:58 UTC
42
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Source of Karma
jmh
9 Feb 2020 14:13 UTC
4
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
State Space of X-Risk Trajectories
David_Kristoffersson
9 Feb 2020 13:56 UTC
11
points
0
comments
9
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Does there exist an AGI-level parameter setting for modern DRL architectures?
TurnTrout
9 Feb 2020 5:09 UTC
15
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Who… (or what) designed this site and where did they come from?
thedayismine
9 Feb 2020 4:04 UTC
12
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How to Frame Negative Feedback as Forward-Facing Guidance
Liron
9 Feb 2020 2:47 UTC
46
points
7
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Relationship Outcomes Are Not Particularly Sensitive to Small Variations in Verbal Ability
Zack_M_Davis
9 Feb 2020 0:34 UTC
14
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(zackmdavis.net)
What can the principal-agent literature tell us about AI risk?
apc
8 Feb 2020 21:28 UTC
104
points
29
comments
16
min read
LW
link
A Cautionary Note on Unlocking the Emotional Brain
eapache
8 Feb 2020 17:21 UTC
54
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What is this review feature?
Long try
8 Feb 2020 15:30 UTC
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Halifax SSC Meetup—FEB 8
interstice
8 Feb 2020 0:45 UTC
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
On the falsifiability of hypercomputation
jessicata
7 Feb 2020 8:16 UTC
24
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(unstableontology.com)
More writeups!
jefftk
7 Feb 2020 3:10 UTC
40
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Book Review: Decisive by Chip and Dan Heath
Ian David Moss
6 Feb 2020 20:15 UTC
4
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(medium.com)
Bayes-Up: An App for Sharing Bayesian-MCQ
Louis Faucon
6 Feb 2020 19:01 UTC
53
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Mazes Sequence Roundup: Final Thoughts and Paths Forward
Zvi
6 Feb 2020 16:10 UTC
88
points
28
comments
14
min read
LW
link
1
review
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Plausibly, almost every powerful algorithm would be manipulative
Stuart_Armstrong
6 Feb 2020 11:50 UTC
38
points
25
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Some quick notes on hand hygiene
willbradshaw
6 Feb 2020 2:47 UTC
68
points
52
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Potential Research Topic: Vingean Reflection, Value Alignment and Aspiration
Vaughn Papenhausen
6 Feb 2020 1:09 UTC
15
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Synthesizing amplification and debate
evhub
5 Feb 2020 22:53 UTC
33
points
10
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Writeup: Progress on AI Safety via Debate
Beth Barnes
and
paulfchristiano
5 Feb 2020 21:04 UTC
102
points
18
comments
33
min read
LW
link
[AN #85]: The normative questions we should be asking for AI alignment, and a surprisingly good chatbot
Rohin Shah
5 Feb 2020 18:20 UTC
14
points
2
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
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