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Philosophy of Numbers (part 1)
Charlie Steiner
Dec 2, 2017, 6:20 PM
11
points
14
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Taxonomy of technological resurrection—request for comment
Deku-shrub
Dec 2, 2017, 5:06 PM
1
point
1
comment
LW
link
(hpluspedia.org)
The New Riddle of Induction: Neutral and Relative Perspectives on Color
Anders_H
Dec 2, 2017, 4:15 PM
6
points
8
comments
9
min read
LW
link
More Dakka
Zvi
Dec 2, 2017, 1:10 PM
222
points
30
comments
13
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Explicit content
Benquo
Dec 2, 2017, 12:00 AM
7
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)
TSR #3 Entrainment: Discussion
Hazard
Dec 1, 2017, 4:46 PM
11
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
MIRI’s 2017 Fundraiser
Malo
Dec 1, 2017, 1:45 PM
19
points
4
comments
13
min read
LW
link
Comment on SSC’s Review of Inadequate Equilibria
Ben Pace
Dec 1, 2017, 11:46 AM
13
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Cash transfers are not necessarily wealth transfers
Benquo
Dec 1, 2017, 10:10 AM
59
points
36
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)
December 2017 Media Thread
ArisKatsaris
Dec 1, 2017, 9:02 AM
1
point
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Policy Selection Solves Most Problems
abramdemski
Dec 1, 2017, 12:35 AM
21
points
7
comments
13
min read
LW
link
A limit to punishment
RST
Nov 30, 2017, 5:08 PM
4
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Improved formalism for corruption in DIRL
Vanessa Kosoy
Nov 30, 2017, 4:52 PM
0
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
DeepMind article: AI Safety Gridworlds
scarcegreengrass
Nov 30, 2017, 4:13 PM
25
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(deepmind.com)
Why DRL doesn’t work for arbitrary environments
Vanessa Kosoy
Nov 30, 2017, 12:22 PM
0
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Impossibility of the Intelligence Explosion
DragonGod
Nov 30, 2017, 5:47 AM
−4
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Logical Updatelessness as a Robust Delegation Problem
Scott Garrabrant
Nov 30, 2017, 4:23 AM
0
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Examples of Mitigating Assumption Risk
SatvikBeri
Nov 30, 2017, 2:09 AM
26
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
LDL 7: I wish I had a map
magfrump
Nov 30, 2017, 2:03 AM
13
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Mad Scientist Decision Problem
Linda Linsefors
Nov 29, 2017, 11:41 AM
6
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Right to be Wrong
sarahconstantin
Nov 28, 2017, 11:43 PM
48
points
9
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Any Good Criticism of Karl Popper’s Epistemology?
Elliot_Temple
Nov 28, 2017, 10:31 PM
−8
points
33
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Free Speech as Legal Right vs. Ethical Value
ozymandias
Nov 28, 2017, 4:49 PM
14
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Stable agent, subagent-unstable
Stuart_Armstrong
Nov 28, 2017, 4:05 PM
0
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Stable agent, subagent-unstable
Stuart_Armstrong
Nov 28, 2017, 4:04 PM
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Reward learning summary
Stuart_Armstrong
Nov 28, 2017, 3:55 PM
0
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Message to Any Future AI: “There are several instrumental reasons why exterminating humanity is not in your interest”
avturchin
Nov 28, 2017, 3:39 PM
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(docs.google.com)
Big Advance in Infinite Ethics
bwest
Nov 28, 2017, 3:10 PM
32
points
13
comments
5
min read
LW
link
USA v Progressive 1979 excerpt
RyanCarey
Nov 27, 2017, 5:32 PM
22
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
You Have the Right to Think
Zvi
Nov 27, 2017, 2:10 AM
17
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Security Mindset and the Logistic Success Curve
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Nov 26, 2017, 3:58 PM
106
points
49
comments
20
min read
LW
link
An Intuitive Explanation of Inferential Distance
RichardJActon
Nov 26, 2017, 2:13 PM
14
points
6
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Changing habits for open threads
Hazard
Nov 26, 2017, 12:54 PM
3
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Letter from Utopia: Talking to Nick Bostrom
morganism
Nov 25, 2017, 10:19 PM
2
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(blog.lareviewofbooks.org)
Security Mindset and Ordinary Paranoia
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Nov 25, 2017, 5:53 PM
132
points
25
comments
29
min read
LW
link
The Darwin Results
Zvi
Nov 25, 2017, 1:30 PM
53
points
10
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Some mind experiments
RST
Nov 25, 2017, 12:46 PM
5
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Message to Any Future AI: “There are several instrumental reasons why exterminating humanity is not in your interest”
turchin
Nov 25, 2017, 11:44 AM
0
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.lesserwrong.com)
Message to any future AI: “There are several instrumental reasons why exterminating humanity is not in your interest” [AI alignment prize entry]
avturchin
Nov 25, 2017, 11:28 AM
3
points
22
comments
67
min read
LW
link
Communities you might join thread
whpearson
Nov 25, 2017, 9:07 AM
6
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Unjustified ideas comment thread
MrRobot
Nov 24, 2017, 8:15 PM
8
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Timeless Modesty?
abramdemski
Nov 24, 2017, 11:12 AM
17
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Gears Level & Policy Level
abramdemski
Nov 24, 2017, 7:17 AM
63
points
8
comments
7
min read
LW
link
List of civilisational inadequacy
ChristianKl
Nov 23, 2017, 1:56 PM
36
points
52
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Letter to MIRI + Tons of Interesting Discussion
curi
Nov 22, 2017, 9:16 PM
−12
points
162
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(curi.us)
Open thread, November 21 - November 28, 2017
ChristianKl
Nov 22, 2017, 7:32 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Fire drill proposal
MrRobot
Nov 22, 2017, 7:07 PM
−12
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Day in Utopia
ozymandias
Nov 22, 2017, 4:57 PM
26
points
10
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Civility Is Never Neutral
ozymandias
Nov 22, 2017, 4:54 PM
57
points
15
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Next narrow-AI challenge proposal
MrRobot
Nov 22, 2017, 11:32 AM
−7
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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