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[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
262
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
119
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
Epistea Summer Experiment (ESE)
Nora_Ammann
,
Jan_Kulveit
,
Anna Gajdova
and
kotrfa
Jan 24, 2020, 10:49 AM
49
points
3
comments
5
min read
LW
link
2018 Review: Voting Results!
Ben Pace
Jan 24, 2020, 2:00 AM
135
points
59
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Improving Group Decision Making
June Ku
Jan 24, 2020, 1:29 AM
6
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(youtu.be)
Emergency Prescription Medication
jefftk
Jan 24, 2020, 1:20 AM
12
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
LW/SSC Warsaw February Meetup
kaftanowicz
Jan 23, 2020, 7:49 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Theory of Causal Models with Dynamic Structure?
johnswentworth
Jan 23, 2020, 7:47 PM
24
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Tokenising human verification in order to derive information from the resulting markets
Will Clark
Jan 23, 2020, 7:20 PM
3
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
New paper: The Incentives that Shape Behaviour
RyanCarey
Jan 23, 2020, 7:07 PM
23
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(arxiv.org)
Formulating Reductive Agency in Causal Models
johnswentworth
Jan 23, 2020, 5:03 PM
33
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Cassette Tape Thoughts
Elizabeth
Jan 22, 2020, 10:50 PM
48
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(acesounderglass.com)
Concerns Surrounding CEV: A case for human friendliness first
ai-crotes
Jan 22, 2020, 9:03 PM
1
point
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(A → B) → A in Causal DAGs
johnswentworth
Jan 22, 2020, 6:22 PM
48
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[AN #83]: Sample-efficient deep learning with ReMixMatch
Rohin Shah
Jan 22, 2020, 6:10 PM
15
points
4
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
[Question]
Terms & literature for purposely lossy communication
ozziegooen
Jan 22, 2020, 10:35 AM
14
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Three signs you may be suffering from imposter syndrome
lc
Jan 21, 2020, 10:17 PM
9
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Logical Representation of Causal Models
johnswentworth
Jan 21, 2020, 8:04 PM
37
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Disasters
jefftk
Jan 21, 2020, 7:20 PM
16
points
13
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Safety regulators: A tool for mitigating technological risk
JustinShovelain
Jan 21, 2020, 1:07 PM
13
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
How Doomed are Large Organizations?
Zvi
Jan 21, 2020, 12:20 PM
81
points
42
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
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