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Cooperative model knob-turning
Gust
Nov 3, 2017, 4:18 PM
2
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Announcing the AI Alignment Prize
cousin_it
Nov 3, 2017, 3:47 PM
95
points
78
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Announcing the AI Alignment Prize
cousin_it
Nov 3, 2017, 3:45 PM
12
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Preferences over non-rewards
Stuart_Armstrong
Nov 3, 2017, 3:28 PM
5
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Normative assumptions: answers, emotions, and narratives
Stuart_Armstrong
Nov 3, 2017, 3:27 PM
7
points
2
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Problems as dragons and papercuts
Elo
Nov 3, 2017, 1:42 AM
4
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Problems as dragons and papercuts
Elo
Nov 3, 2017, 1:41 AM
2
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Expert Iteration From the Inside
tristanm
Nov 2, 2017, 9:11 PM
8
points
0
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Optimising Scientific Research
DragonGod
Nov 2, 2017, 7:52 PM
4
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Being Likened to a Trolley Problem
Portodiovilla
Nov 2, 2017, 5:49 PM
1
point
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Our values are underdefined, changeable, and manipulable
Stuart_Armstrong
Nov 2, 2017, 11:09 AM
26
points
6
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Nightmare of the Perfectly Principled
Benquo
Nov 2, 2017, 9:10 AM
14
points
14
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)
Is FB optimized to kill my time?
MrRobot
Nov 2, 2017, 5:51 AM
−6
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Satoshi Nakamoto?
MrRobot
Nov 2, 2017, 5:24 AM
−8
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Craft & The Community—A Post-Mortem & Resurrection
Bendini
Nov 2, 2017, 3:45 AM
91
points
107
comments
68
min read
LW
link
November 2017 Media Thread
ArisKatsaris
Nov 2, 2017, 12:35 AM
1
point
32
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Yet another failed utopia
Kazi Siddiqui
Nov 2, 2017, 12:04 AM
2
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Research Syndicates
whpearson
Nov 1, 2017, 6:54 PM
7
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Competitive Truth-Seeking
SatvikBeri
Nov 1, 2017, 12:06 PM
62
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Copernican Revolution from the Inside
Bird Concept
Nov 1, 2017, 10:51 AM
156
points
46
comments
19
min read
LW
link
Activation Energies and Uncertainty
whpearson
Nov 1, 2017, 10:23 AM
21
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Anthropic reasoning isn’t magic
Stuart_Armstrong
Nov 1, 2017, 8:57 AM
22
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Simple refutation of the ‘Bayesian’ philosophy of science
curi
Nov 1, 2017, 6:54 AM
2
points
34
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.daviddeutsch.org.uk)
Why Competition in The Politics Industry Is Failing America -pdf
morganism
Oct 31, 2017, 11:26 PM
0
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(r.duckduckgo.com)
Doxa, Episteme, and Gnosis
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Oct 31, 2017, 11:23 PM
29
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
(mapandterritory.org)
An Equilibrium of No Free Energy
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Oct 31, 2017, 9:27 PM
136
points
50
comments
27
min read
LW
link
Questions about AGI’s Importance
curi
Oct 31, 2017, 8:50 PM
−13
points
116
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Normative assumptions: regret
Stuart_Armstrong
Oct 31, 2017, 1:50 PM
12
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
New(ish) AI control ideas
Stuart_Armstrong
Oct 31, 2017, 12:52 PM
0
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
Bias in rationality is much worse than noise
Stuart_Armstrong
Oct 31, 2017, 11:57 AM
11
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Learning values, or defining them?
Stuart_Armstrong
Oct 31, 2017, 11:10 AM
9
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Cutting edge technology
Elo
Oct 31, 2017, 6:00 AM
10
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Cutting edge technology
Elo
Oct 31, 2017, 6:00 AM
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Mixed-Strategy Ratifiability Implies CDT=EDT
abramdemski
Oct 31, 2017, 5:56 AM
12
points
2
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Suggestion: Implement a Change My View Feature
Chris_Leong
Oct 31, 2017, 12:46 AM
7
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open thread, October 30 - November 5, 2017
Elo
Oct 30, 2017, 11:37 PM
2
points
44
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Reason and Morality: Philosophy Outline with Links for Details
curi
Oct 30, 2017, 11:33 PM
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(reasonandmorality.com)
Response to Cyber, Nano and AGI risks
whpearson
Oct 30, 2017, 7:20 PM
3
points
8
comments
LW
link
(improvingautonomy.wordpress.com)
Leave beliefs that don’t constrain experience alone
zlrth
Oct 30, 2017, 4:03 AM
5
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Should we be spending no less on alternate foods than AI now?
denkenberger
Oct 30, 2017, 12:13 AM
4
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(effective-altruism.com)
Frequently Asked Questions for Central Banks Undershooting Their Inflation Target
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Oct 29, 2017, 11:36 PM
56
points
30
comments
35
min read
LW
link
In defence of epistemic modesty
Thrasymachus
Oct 29, 2017, 8:00 PM
31
points
20
comments
36
min read
LW
link
Leaders of Men
Zvi
Oct 29, 2017, 6:10 PM
51
points
16
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Brief comment on featured
Ben Pace
Oct 29, 2017, 5:12 PM
17
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Immodesty, Deceit and Motivated Reasoning
whpearson
Oct 29, 2017, 10:34 AM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
siderea: What New Atheism says
Kaj_Sotala
29 Oct 2017 10:19 UTC
5
points
11
comments
LW
link
Seasonal Celebrations in the Rationalist Community
PDV
29 Oct 2017 1:28 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(thepdv.wordpress.com)
Daemon Speedups
PDV
29 Oct 2017 1:24 UTC
2
points
0
comments
LW
link
(thepdv.wordpress.com)
Inadequacy and Modesty
Eliezer Yudkowsky
28 Oct 2017 21:51 UTC
132
points
80
comments
18
min read
LW
link
Interactive model knob-turning
Gust
28 Oct 2017 19:42 UTC
6
points
3
comments
5
min read
LW
link
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