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Acausal trade: conclusion: theory vs practice
Stuart_Armstrong
May 16, 2017, 7:33 PM
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Reaching out to people with the problems of friendly AI
Val
May 16, 2017, 7:30 PM
8
points
39
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Keeping up with deep reinforcement learning research: /r/reinforcementlearning
gwern
May 16, 2017, 7:12 PM
6
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.reddit.com)
Acausal trade: being unusual
Stuart_Armstrong
May 16, 2017, 6:38 PM
4
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
The robust beauty of improper linear models
Stuart_Armstrong
May 16, 2017, 3:06 PM
7
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A social science without sacred values
ChristianKl
May 16, 2017, 12:26 PM
4
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.researchgate.net)
Are causal decision theorists trying to outsmart conditional probabilities?
Caspar Oesterheld
May 16, 2017, 8:01 AM
7
points
10
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Reality has a surprising amount of detail
Houshalter
May 16, 2017, 7:14 AM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(johnsalvatier.org)
Repersonalizing the High Status
squidious
May 16, 2017, 7:00 AM
5
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.blogger.com)
Meetup : Sydney Rationality Dojo—June 2017
luminosity
May 15, 2017, 10:20 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Value Learning for Irrational Toy Models
orthonormal
May 15, 2017, 8:55 PM
0
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Reciprocity Circle
rocurley
May 15, 2017, 6:12 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Month’s Worth of Rational Posts—Feedback on my Rationality Feed.
sapphire
May 15, 2017, 2:21 PM
21
points
8
comments
13
min read
LW
link
Acausal trade: full decision algorithms
Stuart_Armstrong
May 15, 2017, 10:12 AM
2
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Open thread, May 15 - May 21, 2017
Elo
May 15, 2017, 7:06 AM
3
points
183
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Baltimore / UMBC—Unsong Readalong Edition!
l1n
May 14, 2017, 4:51 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Anthropic uncertainty in the Evidential Blackmail problem
Johannes Treutlein
May 14, 2017, 4:43 PM
10
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(casparoesterheld.com)
Making decisions in a real computer—an argument for meta-decision theory research
whpearson
May 13, 2017, 11:18 PM
6
points
8
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Surfing Uncertainty: Prediction, Action, and the Embodied Mind—The Future of Prediction
morganism
May 13, 2017, 8:59 PM
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(www.oxfordscholarship.com)
Reality has a surprising amount of detail
jsalvatier
May 13, 2017, 8:02 PM
92
points
31
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(johnsalvatier.org)
Why do we think most AIs unintentionally created by humans would create a worse world, when the human mind was designed by random mutations and natural selection, and created a better world?
contravariant
May 13, 2017, 8:23 AM
3
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Decision Theories in Real Life
lifelonglearner
May 13, 2017, 1:47 AM
4
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(mindlevelup.wordpress.com)
SlateStarCodex Meetups Everywhere: Analysis
mingyuan
May 13, 2017, 12:29 AM
21
points
1
comment
5
min read
LW
link
Meetup : [Metro Detroit / Ann Arbor], Michigan: LW and SSC meetup where I bring food
excinera
May 12, 2017, 8:51 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Reasoning upon its own dark fiction
Jacob Falkovich
May 12, 2017, 4:40 AM
1
point
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
Gears in understanding
Valentine
May 12, 2017, 12:36 AM
196
points
38
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Chicago Rationality Reading Group
mingyuan
May 11, 2017, 11:49 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Survivorship Bias
RobinZ
May 11, 2017, 11:46 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Acausal trade: Introduction
Stuart_Armstrong
May 11, 2017, 12:03 PM
4
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
That is not dead which can eternal lie: the aestivation hypothesis for resolving Fermi’s paradox
Stuart_Armstrong
May 11, 2017, 9:16 AM
21
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Hidden universal expansion: stopping runaways
Stuart_Armstrong
May 11, 2017, 9:01 AM
11
points
53
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Sydney Pub meetup—May
Elo
May 11, 2017, 1:35 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
WMDs in Iraq and Syria
ChristianKl
May 10, 2017, 9:03 PM
15
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Superintelligence chapter 6
pepe_prime
May 10, 2017, 12:55 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Modern portfolio theory
pepe_prime
May 10, 2017, 12:42 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Meetup 17 - Comfort Zone Expansion (CoZE)
null
May 10, 2017, 9:59 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Time Well Spent
Jacob Falkovich
May 9, 2017, 2:46 PM
0
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
From data to decisions: Processing information, biases, and beliefs for improved management of natural resources and environments
Gunnar_Zarncke
May 8, 2017, 9:47 PM
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
Open thread, May 8 - May 14, 2017
Thomas
May 8, 2017, 8:10 AM
5
points
82
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Stories
rocurley
May 8, 2017, 6:17 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
On-line google hangout on approaches to the control problem (2017/6/13 7PM UTC)
whpearson
May 7, 2017, 7:13 PM
6
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Algorithmic tacit collusion
Stefan_Schubert
May 7, 2017, 2:57 PM
4
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.economist.com)
A correlated analogue of reflective oracles
jessicata
May 7, 2017, 7:00 AM
4
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Baltimore
l1n
May 6, 2017, 11:51 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Working with multiple problems at once
Elo
May 6, 2017, 10:14 PM
5
points
8
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Change
Zack_M_Davis
May 6, 2017, 9:17 PM
2
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(zackmdavis.net)
Generalizing Foundations of Decision Theory II
abramdemski
6 May 2017 20:40 UTC
15
points
4
comments
19
min read
LW
link
Infinite ethics comparisons
Stuart_Armstrong
6 May 2017 19:24 UTC
1
point
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Soft Skills for Running Meetups for Beginners
Raemon
6 May 2017 16:04 UTC
37
points
8
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Cognitive Core Systems explaining intuitions behind belief in souls, free will, and creation myths
Kaj_Sotala
6 May 2017 12:13 UTC
10
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(kajsotala.fi)
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