Prob­a­bil­is­tic Pro­gram­ming and Bayesian Meth­ods for Hackers

lifelonglearnerMay 22, 2017, 9:15 PM
3 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(nbviewer.jupyter.org)

Over­com­ing Al­gorithm Aver­sion: Peo­ple Will Use Im­perfect Al­gorithms If They Can (Even Slightly) Mod­ify Them

Stefan_SchubertMay 22, 2017, 6:31 PM
7 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(pubsonline.informs.org)

Con­vex­ity and truth-seeking

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 22, 2017, 6:12 PM
0 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Toy model: con­ver­gent in­stru­men­tal goals

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 22, 2017, 6:07 PM
0 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

A toy model of the treach­er­ous turn

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 22, 2017, 6:03 PM
2 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

Open thread, May 22 - May 28, 2017

ThomasMay 22, 2017, 5:44 AM
3 points
58 comments1 min readLW link

Why Most In­ten­tional Com­mu­ni­ties Fail (And Some Suc­ceed)

NoSignalNoNoiseMay 22, 2017, 3:04 AM
11 points
8 comments1 min readLW link
(aeon.co)

An Ap­proach to Log­i­cally Up­date­less Decisions

abramdemskiMay 21, 2017, 11:02 PM
3 points
4 comments6 min readLW link

Learn­ing Deep Learn­ing the EASY way, with Keras

morganismMay 21, 2017, 7:48 PM
4 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(p.migdal.pl)

On-line google hang­out on ap­proaches to com­mu­ni­ca­tion around agi risk (2017/​5/​27 20:00 UTC)

whpearsonMay 21, 2017, 12:32 PM
4 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Meet up: Stock­holm Slate Star Codex

MossPiglet_duplicate0.2150938082486391May 21, 2017, 9:39 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

AGI and Main­stream Culture

madhatterMay 21, 2017, 8:35 AM
6 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Cam­bridge, MA Sun­day meetup: Light­ning Talks

jimrandomhMay 20, 2017, 9:10 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

CFAR work­shop with new in­struc­tors in Seat­tle, 6/​7-6/​11

Qiaochu_YuanMay 20, 2017, 12:18 AM
15 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Board Games and Singing

rocurleyMay 19, 2017, 11:13 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

AI safety: three hu­man prob­lems and one AI issue

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 19, 2017, 10:48 AM
16 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

In­stru­men­tal Ra­tion­al­ity Se­quence Up­date (Drive Link to Drafts)

lifelonglearnerMay 19, 2017, 4:01 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Autism

RobinZMay 18, 2017, 7:14 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Chicago Ra­tion­al­ity Read­ing Group

mingyuanMay 18, 2017, 3:47 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Unrunner

Jacob FalkovichMay 18, 2017, 3:38 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

How To Build A Com­mu­nity Full Of Lonely People

maiaMay 17, 2017, 3:25 PM
12 points
15 comments1 min readLW link
(particularvirtue.blogspot.com)

Meetup : First LessWrong meetup in Leipzig!

chaosmageMay 17, 2017, 9:03 AM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : Believ­ing and De­cid­ing—Melbourne Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo, May 2017

ChriswaterguyMay 17, 2017, 4:49 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Den­ver Area LW June Meetup

PonchoPalMay 17, 2017, 12:14 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Acausal trade: con­clu­sion: the­ory vs practice

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 16, 2017, 7:33 PM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

Reach­ing out to peo­ple with the prob­lems of friendly AI

ValMay 16, 2017, 7:30 PM
8 points
39 comments1 min readLW link

Keep­ing up with deep re­in­force­ment learn­ing re­search: /​r/​reinforcementlearning

gwernMay 16, 2017, 7:12 PM
6 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.reddit.com)

Acausal trade: be­ing unusual

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 16, 2017, 6:38 PM
4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

The ro­bust beauty of im­proper lin­ear models

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 16, 2017, 3:06 PM
7 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

A so­cial sci­ence with­out sa­cred values

ChristianKlMay 16, 2017, 12:26 PM
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.researchgate.net)

Are causal de­ci­sion the­o­rists try­ing to out­smart con­di­tional prob­a­bil­ities?

Caspar OesterheldMay 16, 2017, 8:01 AM
7 points
10 comments3 min readLW link

Real­ity has a sur­pris­ing amount of detail

HoushalterMay 16, 2017, 7:14 AM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(johnsalvatier.org)

Reper­son­al­iz­ing the High Status

squidiousMay 16, 2017, 7:00 AM
5 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(www.blogger.com)

Meetup : Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—June 2017

luminosityMay 15, 2017, 10:20 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Value Learn­ing for Ir­ra­tional Toy Models

orthonormalMay 15, 2017, 8:55 PM
0 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Re­ciproc­ity Circle

rocurleyMay 15, 2017, 6:12 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

A Month’s Worth of Ra­tional Posts—Feed­back on my Ra­tion­al­ity Feed.

sapphireMay 15, 2017, 2:21 PM
21 points
8 comments13 min readLW link

Acausal trade: full de­ci­sion algorithms

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 15, 2017, 10:12 AM
2 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Open thread, May 15 - May 21, 2017

EloMay 15, 2017, 7:06 AM
3 points
183 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Bal­ti­more /​ UMBC—Un­song Readalong Edi­tion!

l1nMay 14, 2017, 4:51 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

An­thropic un­cer­tainty in the Ev­i­den­tial Black­mail problem

Johannes TreutleinMay 14, 2017, 4:43 PM
10 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(casparoesterheld.com)

Mak­ing de­ci­sions in a real com­puter—an ar­gu­ment for meta-de­ci­sion the­ory research

whpearsonMay 13, 2017, 11:18 PM
6 points
8 comments5 min readLW link

Sur­fing Uncer­tainty: Pre­dic­tion, Ac­tion, and the Em­bod­ied Mind—The Fu­ture of Prediction

morganismMay 13, 2017, 8:59 PM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.oxfordscholarship.com)

Real­ity has a sur­pris­ing amount of detail

jsalvatierMay 13, 2017, 8:02 PM
92 points
31 comments1 min readLW 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?

contravariantMay 13, 2017, 8:23 AM
3 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

De­ci­sion The­o­ries in Real Life

lifelonglearnerMay 13, 2017, 1:47 AM
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(mindlevelup.wordpress.com)

SlateS­tarCodex Mee­tups Every­where: Analysis

mingyuanMay 13, 2017, 12:29 AM
21 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

Meetup : [Metro Detroit /​ Ann Ar­bor], Michi­gan: LW and SSC meetup where I bring food

excineraMay 12, 2017, 8:51 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Rea­son­ing upon its own dark fiction

Jacob FalkovichMay 12, 2017, 4:40 AM
1 point
0 comments4 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

Gears in understanding

ValentineMay 12, 2017, 12:36 AM
196 points
38 comments10 min readLW link