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AvE: Assistance via Empowerment
FactorialCode
Jun 30, 2020, 10:07 PM
12
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(arxiv.org)
I am Bad at Flirting; Realizing that by Noticing Confusion
snog toddgrass
Jun 30, 2020, 8:05 PM
8
points
7
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Comparing AI Alignment Approaches to Minimize False Positive Risk
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Jun 30, 2020, 7:34 PM
5
points
0
comments
9
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How ought I spend time?
Quinn
Jun 30, 2020, 4:53 PM
10
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Sick of struggling
dqups1
Jun 30, 2020, 4:47 PM
2
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Somerville Mask Usage
jefftk
Jun 30, 2020, 2:50 PM
17
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Web AI discussion Groups
Donald Hobson
Jun 30, 2020, 11:22 AM
11
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
How do takeoff speeds affect the probability of bad outcomes from AGI?
KR
Jun 29, 2020, 10:06 PM
15
points
2
comments
8
min read
LW
link
AI Benefits Post 2: How AI Benefits Differs from AI Alignment & AI for Good
Cullen
Jun 29, 2020, 5:00 PM
8
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Thoughts as open tabs
ryan wong
Jun 29, 2020, 12:13 PM
17
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Optimized Propaganda with Bayesian Networks: Comment on “Articulating Lay Theories Through Graphical Models”
Zack_M_Davis
Jun 29, 2020, 2:45 AM
105
points
10
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Abstractions on Inconsistent Data
eapache
Jun 29, 2020, 12:30 AM
7
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Gödel’s Legacy: A game without end
Hazard
Jun 28, 2020, 6:50 PM
45
points
11
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Gary Marcus vs Cortical Uniformity
Steven Byrnes
Jun 28, 2020, 6:18 PM
18
points
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Self-sacrifice is a scarce resource
mingyuan
Jun 28, 2020, 5:08 AM
129
points
18
comments
5
min read
LW
link
A reply to Agnes Callard
Vaniver
Jun 28, 2020, 3:25 AM
91
points
36
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Don’t Make Your Problems Hide
orthonormal
Jun 27, 2020, 8:24 PM
61
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Mediators of History
johnswentworth
Jun 27, 2020, 7:55 PM
25
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
Five Ways To Prioritize Better
lynettebye
Jun 27, 2020, 6:40 PM
136
points
7
comments
20
min read
LW
link
1
review
[Question]
Have general decomposers been formalized?
Quinn
Jun 27, 2020, 6:09 PM
8
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Why are all these domains called from Less Wrong?
Viliam
Jun 27, 2020, 1:46 PM
26
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Life at Three Tails of the Bell Curve
lsusr
Jun 27, 2020, 8:49 AM
65
points
10
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Map Errors: The Good, The Bad, and The Territory
orthonormal
Jun 27, 2020, 5:22 AM
29
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Negotiating With Yourself
orthonormal
Jun 26, 2020, 11:55 PM
28
points
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
AI safety via market making
evhub
Jun 26, 2020, 11:07 PM
72
points
45
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Public Positions and Private Guts
Vaniver
and
Bird Concept
Jun 26, 2020, 11:00 PM
22
points
1
comment
6
min read
LW
link
Radical Probabilism [Transcript]
abramdemski
and
Ben Pace
Jun 26, 2020, 10:14 PM
48
points
12
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Missing dog reasoning
eukaryote
and
Bird Concept
Jun 26, 2020, 9:30 PM
27
points
3
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Atemporal Ethical Obligations
eapache
Jun 26, 2020, 7:52 PM
13
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Sunday June 28 – talks by johnswentworth, Daniel kokotajlo, Charlie Steiner, TurnTrout
Bird Concept
and
Ben Pace
Jun 26, 2020, 7:13 PM
28
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Black Death at the Golden Gate (book review)
PeterMcCluskey
Jun 26, 2020, 4:09 PM
17
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(www.bayesianinvestor.com)
Institutional Senescence
Martin Sustrik
Jun 26, 2020, 4:40 AM
27
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(250bpm.com)
Industry and workers
smaslennikov
Jun 25, 2020, 8:03 PM
−3
points
12
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(smaslennikov.com)
Covid 6/25: The Dam Breaks
Zvi
Jun 25, 2020, 6:30 PM
116
points
21
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
An agile approach to pre-research
DirectedEvolution
Jun 25, 2020, 6:29 PM
15
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
A Personal (Interim) COVID-19 Postmortem
Davidmanheim
Jun 25, 2020, 6:10 PM
163
points
41
comments
9
min read
LW
link
1
review
GPT-3 Fiction Samples
gwern
Jun 25, 2020, 4:12 PM
63
points
15
comments
LW
link
(www.gwern.net)
There’s an Awesome AI Ethics List and it’s a little thin
AABoyles
Jun 25, 2020, 1:43 PM
13
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(github.com)
DontDoxScottAlexander.com—A Petition
Ben Pace
,
Bird Concept
and
Rob Bensinger
Jun 25, 2020, 5:44 AM
120
points
32
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(DontDoxScottAlexander.com)
Preview On Hover
jefftk
Jun 24, 2020, 10:20 PM
20
points
22
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Don’t punish yourself for bad luck
Sherrinford
Jun 24, 2020, 9:52 PM
16
points
9
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Betting with Mandatory Post-Mortem
abramdemski
Jun 24, 2020, 8:04 PM
105
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Quick Look #1 Diophantus of Alexandria
SebastianG
Jun 24, 2020, 7:12 PM
19
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What’s the name for that plausible deniability thing?
eapache
Jun 24, 2020, 6:42 PM
11
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Can I archive content from lesswrong.com on the wayback machine (internet archive, archive.org) ?
nick lacombe
Jun 24, 2020, 6:15 PM
14
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Abstraction, Evolution and Gears
johnswentworth
Jun 24, 2020, 5:39 PM
29
points
11
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[AN #105]: The economic trajectory of humanity, and what we might mean by optimization
Rohin Shah
Jun 24, 2020, 5:30 PM
24
points
3
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Linkpost: M21 Review: We Have Normality
Zvi
Jun 24, 2020, 4:10 PM
10
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Models, myths, dreams, and Cheshire cat grins
Stuart_Armstrong
Jun 24, 2020, 10:50 AM
21
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Does NYT have policies?
Douglas_Knight
Jun 24, 2020, 4:06 AM
19
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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