[LINK] Con­crete prob­lems in AI safety

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 5, 2016, 9:33 PM
26 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Land war in Asia

ApprenticeDec 7, 2016, 7:31 PM
26 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

How I in­fil­trated the Raëli­ans (and was hugged by their leader)

SquirrelInHellMar 16, 2016, 5:45 AM
26 points
32 comments1 min readLW link

Link: Re-read­ing Kah­ne­man’s Think­ing, Fast and Slow

toomanymetasJul 4, 2016, 6:32 AM
26 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Ineffi­cient Games

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Aug 23, 2016, 5:47 PM
26 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

The uni­ver­sal prior is malign

paulfchristianoNov 30, 2016, 10:31 PM
26 points
8 comments1 min readLW link
(ordinaryideas.wordpress.com)

Another view of quan­tiliz­ers: avoid­ing Good­hart’s Law

jessicataJan 9, 2016, 4:02 AM
26 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Fea­ture Wish List for LessWrong

sarahconstantinDec 17, 2016, 9:10 PM
25 points
84 comments1 min readLW link

Be­ware sur­pris­ing and sus­pi­cious convergence

ThrasymachusJan 24, 2016, 7:13 PM
25 points
6 comments15 min readLW link

What’s the most an­noy­ing part of your life/​job?

LironOct 23, 2016, 3:37 AM
25 points
126 comments1 min readLW link

Cel­e­brat­ing All Who Are in Effec­tive Altruism

Gleb_TsipurskyJan 20, 2016, 1:31 AM
25 points
39 comments6 min readLW link

2016 LessWrong Di­as­pora Sur­vey Anal­y­sis: Part Three (Men­tal Health, Basilisk, Blogs and Me­dia)

namespaceJun 25, 2016, 3:40 AM
24 points
13 comments16 min readLW link

[link] “The Hap­piness Code”—New York Times on CFAR

Kaj_SotalaJan 15, 2016, 6:34 AM
24 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Abuse of Pro­duc­tivity Systems

SquirrelInHellMar 27, 2016, 5:32 AM
24 points
53 comments1 min readLW link
(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)

[Link] AlphaGo: Mas­ter­ing the an­cient game of Go with Ma­chine Learning

ESRogsJan 27, 2016, 9:04 PM
24 points
122 comments1 min readLW link

News­jack­ing for Ra­tion­al­ity and Effec­tive Altruism

Gleb_TsipurskyMar 15, 2016, 9:58 PM
23 points
16 comments5 min readLW link

[Link] White House an­nounces a se­ries of work­shops on AI, ex­presses in­ter­est in safety

NoSignalNoNoiseMay 4, 2016, 2:50 AM
23 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­tor­tion and trade negotiations

Stuart_ArmstrongDec 17, 2016, 9:39 PM
23 points
28 comments3 min readLW link

Com­mon Mis­con­cep­tions about Dual Pro­cess The­o­ries of Hu­man Reasoning

Gram_StoneMar 19, 2016, 9:50 PM
23 points
16 comments3 min readLW link

The Fu­ture of Hu­man­ity In­sti­tute is hiring!

crmflynnAug 18, 2016, 1:09 PM
23 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Spread­ing ra­tio­nal­ity through en­gage­ment with sec­u­lar groups

Gleb_TsipurskyJan 19, 2016, 11:19 PM
23 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

On Mak­ing Things

Gram_StoneMar 5, 2016, 3:26 AM
22 points
13 comments6 min readLW link

Crony Beliefs

plexNov 3, 2016, 8:54 PM
22 points
15 comments1 min readLW link
(www.meltingasphalt.com)

[LINK] Why Cry­on­ics Makes Sense—Wait But Why

PaulMar 25, 2016, 11:41 AM
22 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

Con­fi­dence all the way up

So8resJan 17, 2016, 2:00 AM
22 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

Us­ing a Spread­sheet to Make Good De­ci­sions: Five Examples

Peter WildefordNov 28, 2016, 5:10 PM
22 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

Low hang­ing pro­duc­tivity—im­prov­ing your workspace

EloAug 9, 2016, 12:14 PM
22 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Two forms of procrastination

ViliamJul 16, 2016, 8:30 PM
22 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

Hedging

EloAug 26, 2016, 8:34 AM
21 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

*How* peo­ple shut down thought be­cause of high-sta­tus re­spectable halos

NancyLebovitzOct 20, 2016, 2:09 PM
21 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­pected Er­ror, or how wrong you ex­pect to be

ozziegooenDec 24, 2016, 10:49 PM
21 points
8 comments6 min readLW link

Should you change where you live? (also—a worked “how to solve a ques­tion”)

EloJul 22, 2016, 6:06 AM
21 points
9 comments4 min readLW link

Us­ing hu­mil­ity to coun­ter­act shame

VikaApr 15, 2016, 6:32 PM
21 points
17 comments2 min readLW link

Com­bin­ing Pre­dic­tion Tech­nolo­gies to Help Moder­ate Discussions

Wei DaiDec 8, 2016, 12:19 AM
21 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Col­lab­o­ra­tive Truth-Seeking

Gleb_TsipurskyMay 4, 2016, 11:28 PM
21 points
17 comments6 min readLW link

Com­mu­nity needs, in­di­vi­d­ual needs, and a model of adult development

VaniverDec 17, 2016, 12:18 AM
21 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

How we will be measured

So8resFeb 21, 2016, 3:00 AM
21 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

Op­ti­miz­ing the news feed

paulfchristianoDec 1, 2016, 11:23 PM
20 points
13 comments1 min readLW link
(sideways-view.com)

Room For More Fund­ing In AI Safety Is Highly Uncertain

Evan_GaensbauerMay 12, 2016, 1:57 PM
20 points
11 comments7 min readLW link

Be­ware of iden­ti­fy­ing with schools of thought

ChristianKlDec 5, 2016, 12:30 AM
20 points
32 comments4 min readLW link

Euro­pean Soylent alternatives

ChristianKlAug 15, 2016, 8:22 PM
20 points
18 comments4 min readLW link

Fal­la­cy­ma­nia: party game where you no­tice fal­la­cies in arguments

Alexander230Jul 21, 2016, 9:34 AM
20 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

2016 LessWrong Di­as­pora Sur­vey Anal­y­sis: Part Four (Poli­tics, Cal­ibra­tion & Prob­a­bil­ity, Fu­tur­ol­ogy, Char­ity & Effec­tive Altru­ism)

namespaceSep 10, 2016, 3:51 AM
20 points
25 comments8 min readLW link

The Thy­roid Mad­ness : Core Ar­gu­ment, Ev­i­dence, Prob­a­bil­ities and Predictions

johnlawrenceaspdenMar 14, 2016, 1:41 AM
20 points
137 comments20 min readLW link

Per­haps a bet­ter form fac­tor for Mee­tups vs Main board posts?

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)Jan 28, 2016, 11:50 AM
20 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

[link] Disjunc­tive AI Risk Scenarios

Kaj_SotalaApr 5, 2016, 12:51 PM
19 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Neu­tral­iz­ing Phys­i­cal Annoyances

SquirrelInHellSep 12, 2016, 4:36 PM
19 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)

[Stub] The prob­lem with Ch­ester­ton’s Fence

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 5, 2016, 5:10 PM
19 points
51 comments1 min readLW link

Defiance

So8resFeb 13, 2016, 8:00 AM
19 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

The Price Of Glee In China

Scott AlexanderMar 24, 2016, 12:12 AM
19 points
1 comment5 min readLW link