Open thread, May 8 - May 14, 2017

ThomasMay 8, 2017, 8:10 AM
5 points
82 comments1 min readLW link

Develop skills, or “dive in” and start a startup?

Adam ZernerMay 26, 2017, 6:07 PM
4 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

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

A so­cial sci­ence with­out sa­cred values

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

De­ci­sion The­o­ries in Real Life

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

In­stru­men­tal Ra­tion­al­ity Se­quence Up­date (Drive Link to Drafts)

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

De­com­pos­ing the nor­mal com­puter con­trol problem

whpearsonMay 2, 2017, 9:47 PM
4 points
4 comments5 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)

From Jonathan Haidt: A site that lets you “ex­pe­rience differ­ent view­points”

fortyeridaniaMay 3, 2017, 4:01 PM
4 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(heterodoxacademy.org)

Acausal trade: Introduction

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 11, 2017, 12:03 PM
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

A cor­re­lated analogue of re­flec­tive oracles

jessicataMay 7, 2017, 7:00 AM
4 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Acausal trade: be­ing unusual

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

Guarded learning

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 23, 2017, 4:53 PM
4 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Al­gorith­mic tacit collusion

Stefan_SchubertMay 7, 2017, 2:57 PM
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.economist.com)

Open thread, May 29 - June 4, 2017

ThomasMay 29, 2017, 6:13 AM
4 points
84 comments1 min readLW link

May 2017 Me­dia Thread

ArisKatsarisMay 1, 2017, 10:26 AM
3 points
39 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread, May 15 - May 21, 2017

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

Open thread, May. 1 - May. 7, 2017

ThomasMay 1, 2017, 3:55 PM
3 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

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

Open thread, May 22 - May 28, 2017

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

Prob­a­bil­is­tic Pro­gram­ming and Bayesian Meth­ods for Hackers

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

From data to de­ci­sions: Pro­cess­ing in­for­ma­tion, bi­ases, and be­liefs for im­proved man­age­ment of nat­u­ral re­sources and environments

Gunnar_ZarnckeMay 8, 2017, 9:47 PM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(onlinelibrary.wiley.com)

Have We Been In­ter­pret­ing Quan­tum Me­chan­ics Wrong This Whole Time?

Brendan LongMay 23, 2017, 4:38 PM
3 points
14 comments1 min readLW link
(www.wired.com)

An Ap­proach to Log­i­cally Up­date­less Decisions

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

Im­prob­a­ble Over­sight, An At­tempt at In­formed Oversight

William_SMay 24, 2017, 5:43 PM
3 points
9 comments1 min readLW link
(william-r-s.github.io)

Re­mov­ing in­ter­rupted his­to­ries doesn’t debias

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 24, 2017, 8:23 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : First LessWrong meetup in Leipzig!

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

Nui­sance Noise and Com­pet­ing Ac­cess Needs

FluttershyMay 4, 2017, 10:07 PM
2 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity—Pub meetup June

EloMay 29, 2017, 6:52 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Syd­ney Pub meetup—May

EloMay 11, 2017, 1:35 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Cam­bridge, MA Sun­day meetup: Light­ning Talks

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

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Autism

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

Strong men are so­cial­ist, re­ports study that pre­vi­ously re­ported the opposite

Jacob FalkovichMay 27, 2017, 8:49 PM
2 points
0 comments6 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

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

RobinZMay 24, 2017, 2:49 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Re­gres­sion to the Mean

RobinZMay 4, 2017, 2:09 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Sur­vivor­ship Bias

RobinZMay 11, 2017, 11:46 PM
2 points
0 comments1 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)

Change

Zack_M_DavisMay 6, 2017, 9:17 PM
2 points
10 comments1 min readLW link
(zackmdavis.net)

Fic­tion advice

madhatterMay 26, 2017, 9:31 PM
2 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Acausal trade: full de­ci­sion algorithms

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

Pro­posal for an Im­ple­mentable Toy Model of In­formed Oversight

William_SMay 24, 2017, 5:43 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(william-r-s.github.io)

In­formed Over­sight through Gen­er­al­iz­ing Explanations

William_SMay 24, 2017, 5:43 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(william-r-s.github.io)

Sim­plified ex­pla­na­tion of stratification

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 23, 2017, 4:37 PM
2 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

Learn­ing val­ues ver­sus indifference

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 24, 2017, 8:20 AM
2 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Ex­am­ple of dou­ble indifference

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 24, 2017, 8:58 AM
2 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

A toy model of the treach­er­ous turn

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 22, 2017, 6:03 PM
2 points
0 comments6 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)

Unrunner

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

Meetup : Chicago Ap­plied Ra­tion­al­ity Training

mingyuanMay 4, 2017, 1:29 AM
1 point
0 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