Why I’m work­ing on satis­fic­ing in­tel­li­gence aug­men­ta­tion (and not blog­ging about it much)

whpearsonFeb 5, 2017, 5:40 PM
6 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

On­tolo­gies are Oper­at­ing Systems

lifelonglearnerFeb 18, 2017, 5:00 AM
6 points
36 comments4 min readLW link

At­tack­ing ma­chine learn­ing with ad­ver­sar­ial examples

ikeFeb 17, 2017, 12:28 AM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(openai.com)

Yes, poli­tics can make us stupid. But there’s an im­por­tant ex­cep­tion to that rule.

Bound_upFeb 2, 2017, 1:34 AM
6 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.vox.com)

Open Thread, Feb. 27 - March 5, 2017

EloFeb 27, 2017, 4:32 AM
6 points
174 comments1 min readLW link

Mo­dal Com­bat for games other than the pris­oner’s dilemma

AlexMennenFeb 26, 2017, 8:10 AM
6 points
1 comment13 min readLW link

Ray­mond Smul­lyan has died

ikeFeb 12, 2017, 2:20 PM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.nytimes.com)

Group Ra­tion­al­ity Diary, Fe­bru­ary 2017

ViliamFeb 1, 2017, 12:11 PM
5 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

Why won’t some peo­ple listen to rea­son?

Bound_upFeb 2, 2017, 2:50 AM
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.bbc.com)

What Should the Aver­age EA Do About AI Align­ment?

RaemonFeb 25, 2017, 8:37 PM
5 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(effective-altruism.com)

GiveWell and the prob­lem of par­tial funding

BenquoFeb 14, 2017, 10:48 AM
5 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Hum­ble Charlie

BenquoFeb 27, 2017, 7:04 PM
5 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Worked ex­am­ple of a mnemonic Me­mory technique

EloFeb 7, 2017, 10:22 AM
5 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

Head­lines, meet sparklines: news in context

Brendan LongFeb 18, 2017, 4:00 PM
5 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(smus.com)

Is Ev­i­den­tial De­ci­sion The­ory pre­sump­tu­ous?

Tobias_BaumannFeb 2, 2017, 1:41 PM
5 points
39 comments1 min readLW link

A ques­tion about the rules

phl43Feb 1, 2017, 10:55 PM
5 points
66 comments1 min readLW link

Against ne­glect­ed­ness considerations

BenquoFeb 24, 2017, 9:41 PM
4 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Trans­la­tion “coun­ter­fac­tual”

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 24, 2017, 6:36 PM
4 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Ver­ifier The­ory and Unverifiability

turchinFeb 8, 2017, 10:40 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

Pre­scien­tific Or­ga­ni­za­tional The­ory (Rib­bon­farm)

DavidmanheimFeb 22, 2017, 11:00 PM
4 points
17 comments1 min readLW link
(www.ribbonfarm.com)

Open thread, Feb. 13 - Feb. 19, 2017

username2Feb 13, 2017, 10:56 AM
4 points
36 comments1 min readLW link

Against willpower as a sci­en­tific or oth­er­wise use­ful con­cept (Nau­tilus Magaz­ine)

Kaj_SotalaFeb 4, 2017, 10:11 PM
3 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(nautil.us)

What a Por­tuguese chron­i­cler may teach us about moral relativism

phl43Feb 1, 2017, 10:49 PM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(necpluribusimpar.net)

Death—an essay

dglukhovFeb 2, 2017, 5:25 PM
3 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Gas hy­drate break­down un­likely to cause clathrate gun—report

morganismFeb 19, 2017, 10:47 PM
3 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(onlinelibrary.wiley.com)

DARPA Per­spec­tive on AI

morganismFeb 23, 2017, 3:27 AM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.darpa.mil)

A Quick Con­fi­dence Heuris­tic; Im­plic­itly Lev­er­ag­ing “The Wis­dom of Crowds”

DavidmanheimFeb 10, 2017, 12:54 AM
3 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Mo­bile users learn­ing faster, in smaller bytes

morganismFeb 14, 2017, 9:03 PM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.cerego.com)

Are dae­mons a prob­lem for ideal agents?

jessicataFeb 11, 2017, 8:29 AM
3 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Cen­sor­ing out-of-do­main representations

orthonormalFeb 1, 2017, 4:09 AM
3 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

In­ter­view with Nas­sim Taleb ‘Trump makes sense to a gro­cery store owner’

Gunnar_ZarnckeFeb 8, 2017, 9:52 PM
3 points
22 comments1 min readLW link
(www.thehindu.com)

Meetup : SF Meetup: Projects

maiaFeb 19, 2017, 5:51 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Book Re­view: How Asia Works by Joe Studwell

ZviFeb 18, 2017, 6:43 PM
2 points
0 comments15 min readLW link

The hu­mil­ity ar­gu­ment for honesty

BenquoFeb 5, 2017, 5:26 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Is Willpower a Finite Re­source, or a Myth?

BitnotriFeb 14, 2017, 2:02 PM
2 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(nautil.us)

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Nonsense

RobinZFeb 13, 2017, 9:53 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Are we run­ning out of new mu­sic/​movies/​art from a meta­phys­i­cal per­spec­tive?

stephen_sFeb 5, 2017, 5:49 PM
2 points
111 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Fun & Games

RobinZFeb 8, 2017, 2:16 AM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

The hu­mil­ity ar­gu­ment for honesty

BenquoFeb 5, 2017, 6:54 AM
2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Create & Complete

RobinZFeb 20, 2017, 6:24 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Syd­ney Pub meetup—Fe­bru­ary

EloFeb 16, 2017, 9:14 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : SF Meetup: Stories

maiaFeb 3, 2017, 1:21 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Se­quences Read­ing Group

DreamFlasherFeb 1, 2017, 10:01 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : SF Meetup: Board Games

maiaFeb 9, 2017, 4:52 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—March 2017

luminosityFeb 6, 2017, 9:51 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Effec­tive diversity

KatjaGraceFeb 3, 2017, 11:10 PM
1 point
0 comments7 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekFeb 10, 2017, 4:51 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Melbourne So­cial Meetup: February

MaelinFeb 20, 2017, 11:27 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

UNU swarm in­tel picks SB ex­act score

morganismFeb 6, 2017, 11:38 PM
1 point
3 comments1 min readLW link
(unu.ai)

Meetup : Chicago Ra­tion­al­ity Read­ing Group—Lu­minos­ity Part 2

mingyuanFeb 22, 2017, 3:05 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link