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“AIXIjs: A Software Demo for General Reinforcement Learning”, Aslanides 2017
gwern
May 29, 2017, 9:09 PM
7
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(arxiv.org)
Invitation to comment on a draft on multiverse-wide cooperation via alternatives to causal decision theory (FDT/UDT/EDT/...)
Caspar Oesterheld
May 29, 2017, 8:34 AM
6
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Sydney Rationality—Pub meetup June
Elo
May 29, 2017, 6:52 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open thread, May 29 - June 4, 2017
Thomas
May 29, 2017, 6:13 AM
4
points
84
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Interview on IQ, genes, and genetic engineering with expert (Hsu)
James_Miller
May 28, 2017, 10:19 PM
7
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.youtube.com)
Bi-Weekly Rational Feed
sapphire
May 28, 2017, 5:12 PM
21
points
7
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Melbourne Social Meetup: June
Maelin
May 28, 2017, 10:10 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
-
arunbharatula
May 28, 2017, 4:22 AM
12
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Researchers studying century-old drug in potential new approach to autism
morganism
May 27, 2017, 9:16 PM
1
point
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(medicalxpress.com)
Strong men are socialist, reports study that previously reported the opposite
Jacob Falkovich
May 27, 2017, 8:49 PM
2
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
On “Overthinking” Concepts
Bound_up
May 27, 2017, 5:07 PM
9
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[brainstorm] - What should the AGIrisk community look like?
whpearson
May 27, 2017, 1:00 PM
5
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Fiction advice
madhatter
May 26, 2017, 9:31 PM
2
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Develop skills, or “dive in” and start a startup?
Adam Zerner
May 26, 2017, 6:07 PM
4
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Looking for machine learning and computer science collaborators
Stuart_Armstrong
May 26, 2017, 11:53 AM
17
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Atomic Bomb Considered As Hungarian High School Science Fair Project
Scott Alexander
May 26, 2017, 9:45 AM
57
points
10
comments
14
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Superintelligence chapter 7
pepe_prime
May 26, 2017, 8:11 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
As there are a number of podcasts by LWers now, I’ve made a wiki page for them
OpenThreadGuy
May 26, 2017, 7:34 AM
9
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(wiki.lesswrong.com)
Meetup : Rationality Potluck
Mati_Roy
May 25, 2017, 6:28 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Existential risk from AI without an intelligence explosion
AlexMennen
May 25, 2017, 4:44 PM
20
points
23
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Chicago Rationality Reading Group
mingyuan
May 25, 2017, 3:21 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How to Destroy Civilization
Zvi
May 24, 2017, 11:29 PM
1
point
1
comment
6
min read
LW
link
Improbable Oversight, An Attempt at Informed Oversight
William_S
May 24, 2017, 5:43 PM
3
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(william-r-s.github.io)
Informed Oversight through Generalizing Explanations
William_S
May 24, 2017, 5:43 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(william-r-s.github.io)
Proposal for an Implementable Toy Model of Informed Oversight
William_S
May 24, 2017, 5:43 PM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(william-r-s.github.io)
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Fun & Games
RobinZ
May 24, 2017, 2:49 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AI printing the utility value it’s maximising
Stuart_Armstrong
May 24, 2017, 9:08 AM
0
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Example of double indifference
Stuart_Armstrong
May 24, 2017, 8:58 AM
2
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
When the AI closes a door, it opens a window
Stuart_Armstrong
May 24, 2017, 8:49 AM
0
points
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Reflexive Oracles and superrationality: Pareto
Stuart_Armstrong
May 24, 2017, 8:35 AM
16
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Reflexive Oracles and superrationality: prisoner’s dilemma
Stuart_Armstrong
May 24, 2017, 8:34 AM
14
points
5
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Goal completion: noise, errors, bias, prejudice, preference and complexity
Stuart_Armstrong
May 24, 2017, 8:30 AM
0
points
0
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Removing interrupted histories doesn’t debias
Stuart_Armstrong
May 24, 2017, 8:23 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Learning values versus indifference
Stuart_Armstrong
May 24, 2017, 8:20 AM
2
points
6
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The alternate hypothesis for AIs in virtual worlds
Stuart_Armstrong
May 24, 2017, 8:14 AM
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
-
arunbharatula
May 24, 2017, 4:31 AM
1
point
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.google.com)
-
arunbharatula
May 24, 2017, 4:30 AM
1
point
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Effective learning
arunbharatula
May 24, 2017, 4:28 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.google.com)
-
arunbharatula
May 24, 2017, 4:28 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.google.com)
-
arunbharatula
May 24, 2017, 4:27 AM
1
point
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.google.com)
Notes from the Hufflepuff Unconference
Raemon
May 23, 2017, 9:04 PM
30
points
6
comments
23
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Moscow LW meetup in “Nauchka” library
Alexander230
May 23, 2017, 8:29 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Guarded learning
Stuart_Armstrong
May 23, 2017, 4:53 PM
4
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Have We Been Interpreting Quantum Mechanics Wrong This Whole Time?
Brendan Long
23 May 2017 16:38 UTC
3
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.wired.com)
Simplified explanation of stratification
Stuart_Armstrong
23 May 2017 16:37 UTC
2
points
6
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Corrigibility through stratified indifference and learning
Stuart_Armstrong
23 May 2017 16:33 UTC
0
points
10
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Paper on reduced impact ideas
Stuart_Armstrong
23 May 2017 16:29 UTC
0
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Games in Kocherga club: Fallacymania, Tower of Chaos, Scientific Discovery
Alexander230
23 May 2017 16:16 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
-
arunbharatula
23 May 2017 4:33 UTC
11
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Probabilistic Programming and Bayesian Methods for Hackers
lifelonglearner
22 May 2017 21:15 UTC
3
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(nbviewer.jupyter.org)
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