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Considerations On Cost Disease
Scott Alexander
Feb 10, 2017, 4:33 AM
50
points
7
comments
22
min read
LW
link
Allegory On AI Risk, Game Theory, and Mithril
James_Miller
Feb 13, 2017, 8:41 PM
45
points
57
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Why is the surprisingly popular answer correct?
Stuart_Armstrong
Feb 3, 2017, 4:24 PM
43
points
13
comments
3
min read
LW
link
A Modern Myth
Scott Alexander
Feb 27, 2017, 5:29 PM
40
points
1
comment
49
min read
LW
link
The “I Already Get It” Slide
jsalvatier
Feb 1, 2017, 3:11 AM
33
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(johnsalvatier.org)
The Semiotic Fallacy
Stabilizer
Feb 21, 2017, 4:50 AM
29
points
15
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Stupidity as a mental illness
PhilGoetz
Feb 10, 2017, 3:57 AM
25
points
139
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Planning 101: Debiasing and Research
lifelonglearner
Feb 3, 2017, 3:01 PM
25
points
10
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Slate Star Codex Notes on the Asilomar Conference on Beneficial AI
Gunnar_Zarncke
Feb 7, 2017, 12:14 PM
24
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(slatestarcodex.com)
European Community Weekend 2017
DreamFlasher
Feb 2, 2017, 7:17 PM
24
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Social Substrate
the gears to ascension
Feb 9, 2017, 7:22 AM
23
points
15
comments
15
min read
LW
link
Increasing GDP is not growth
PhilGoetz
Feb 16, 2017, 6:04 PM
21
points
24
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Nearest unblocked strategy versus learning patches
Stuart_Armstrong
Feb 23, 2017, 12:42 PM
21
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
True understanding comes from passing exams
Stuart_Armstrong
Feb 6, 2017, 11:51 AM
20
points
5
comments
4
min read
LW
link
David Chalmers on LessWrong and the rationalist community (from his reddit AMA)
ignoranceprior
Feb 22, 2017, 7:07 PM
20
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.reddit.com)
Concrete Takeaways Post-CFAR
lifelonglearner
Feb 24, 2017, 6:31 PM
20
points
6
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Get Rich Slowly
Jacob Falkovich
Feb 10, 2017, 11:02 PM
18
points
1
comment
13
min read
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
The Monkey and the Machine
ProofOfLogic
Feb 23, 2017, 9:38 PM
17
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(sideways-view.com)
How to not earn a delta (Change My View)
Viliam
Feb 14, 2017, 10:04 AM
17
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.reddit.com)
The humility argument for honesty
Benquo
Feb 5, 2017, 5:26 PM
17
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)
Albion’s Seed, Genotyped
Scott Alexander
Feb 9, 2017, 2:15 AM
17
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Prediction Based Robust Cooperation
Scott Garrabrant
Feb 22, 2017, 1:52 AM
17
points
1
comment
5
min read
LW
link
Civil resistance and the 3.5% rule
morganism
Feb 2, 2017, 6:53 PM
15
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A semi-technical question about prediction markets and private info
CronoDAS
Feb 20, 2017, 2:20 AM
14
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“The unrecognised simplicities of effective action #2: ‘Systems engineering’ and ‘systems management’ - ideas from the Apollo programme for a ‘systems politics’”, Cummings 2017
gwern
Feb 17, 2017, 12:59 AM
13
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(dominiccummings.files.wordpress.com)
Maximally efficient agents will probably have an anti-daemon immune system
jessicata
Feb 23, 2017, 12:40 AM
13
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Decision Theory subreddit
gwern
Feb 7, 2017, 6:42 PM
12
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.reddit.com)
What are you surprised people don’t just buy?
NoSignalNoNoise
Feb 13, 2017, 1:07 AM
10
points
34
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Highlights From The Comments On Cost Disease
Scott Alexander
Feb 17, 2017, 7:28 AM
10
points
2
comments
25
min read
LW
link
The types of manipulation on vote-based forums
pepe_prime
Feb 11, 2017, 5:09 PM
10
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.reddit.com)
CHCAI/MIRI research internship in AI safety
Rob Bensinger
Feb 13, 2017, 6:34 PM
10
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Open thread, Feb. 06 - Feb. 12, 2017
MrMind
Feb 6, 2017, 8:34 AM
9
points
115
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Humans as a truth channel
Stuart_Armstrong
Feb 1, 2017, 4:53 PM
9
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Levers, Emotions, and Lazy Evaluators:
lifelonglearner
Feb 20, 2017, 11:00 PM
9
points
11
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Introduction to Local Interpretable Model-Agnostic Explanations (LIME)
Gunnar_Zarncke
Feb 9, 2017, 8:29 AM
9
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.oreilly.com)
What are you surprised people pay for instead of doing themselves?
NoSignalNoNoise
Feb 13, 2017, 1:07 AM
8
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Gates 2017 Annual letter
ike
Feb 15, 2017, 2:39 AM
8
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.gatesnotes.com)
February 2017 Media Thread
ArisKatsaris
Feb 1, 2017, 8:31 AM
8
points
41
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Indifference and compensatory rewards
Stuart_Armstrong
Feb 15, 2017, 2:49 PM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Dan Carlin six hour podcast on history of atomic weapons
James_Miller
Feb 9, 2017, 4:10 PM
7
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.dancarlin.com)
Satisfaction Levers
ig0r
Feb 11, 2017, 10:54 PM
7
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Changes in AI Safety Funding
siIver
Feb 11, 2017, 8:36 AM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.centreforeffectivealtruism.org)
Moral Philosophers as Ethical Engineers: Limits of Moral Philosophy and a Pragmatist Alternative
Kaj_Sotala
Feb 23, 2017, 1:02 PM
7
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
“Betting on the Past” – a decision problem by Arif Ahmed
Johannes Treutlein
Feb 7, 2017, 9:14 PM
7
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(casparoesterheld.com)
Kahneman’s checklist to avoid cognitive biases and make better decisions
sleepingthinker
Feb 5, 2017, 11:13 AM
7
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(gainweightjournal.com)
Stupid Questions February 2017
Erfeyah
Feb 8, 2017, 7:51 PM
7
points
105
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Hacking humans
Stuart_Armstrong
Feb 1, 2017, 4:08 PM
7
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Request for collaborators—Survey on AI risk priorities
whpearson
Feb 6, 2017, 8:14 PM
6
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
DEAD THREAD
Halfwitz
Feb 24, 2017, 9:41 PM
6
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread, Feb. 20 - Feb 26, 2017
Elo
Feb 20, 2017, 4:51 AM
6
points
163
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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