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Post Fit Review

Gordon Seidoh WorleySep 28, 2017, 11:52 PM

5 points

3 votes

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9 comments1 min readLW link

For independent researchers?

whpearsonSep 28, 2017, 8:56 PM

2 points

2 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

Uncertainty in Deep Learning

magfrumpSep 28, 2017, 6:53 PM

3 points

0 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

(mlg.eng.cam.ac.uk)

The Virtue of Numbering ALL your Equations

Linda LinseforsSep 28, 2017, 6:41 PM

7 points

14 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

Against Individual IQ Worries

Scott AlexanderSep 28, 2017, 5:12 PM

74 points

56 votes

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8 comments8 min readLW link

My IRB Nightmare

Scott AlexanderSep 28, 2017, 4:47 PM

60 points

50 votes

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1 comment19 min readLW link

Blind Goaltenders: Unproductive Disagreements

PDVSep 28, 2017, 4:19 PM

19 points

17 votes

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8 comments2 min readLW link

For signaling? (Part I)

KatjaGraceSep 28, 2017, 7:00 AM

7 points

9 votes

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5 comments5 min readLW link

(meteuphoric.wordpress.com)

Musings on Double Crux (and “Productive Disagreement”)

RaemonSep 28, 2017, 5:26 AM

21 points

11 votes

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72 comments6 min readLW link

Exposition and guidance by analogy

whalesSep 28, 2017, 3:33 AM

5 points

4 votes

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0 comments4 min readLW link

Speed & Performance is our current top priority

habrykaSep 27, 2017, 11:36 PM

20 points

18 votes

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3 comments3 min readLW link

Personal thoughts on careers in AI policy and strategy [x-post EA Forum]

crmflynnSep 27, 2017, 5:09 PM

7 points

4 votes

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1 comment19 min readLW link

The Great Filter isn’t magic either

Stuart_ArmstrongSep 27, 2017, 5:04 PM

13 points

11 votes

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6 comments3 min readLW link

The Great Filter isn’t magic either

Stuart_ArmstrongSep 27, 2017, 4:56 PM

5 points

3 votes

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6 comments3 min readLW link

The Outside View isn’t magic

Stuart_ArmstrongSep 27, 2017, 2:37 PM

12 points

6 votes

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4 comments6 min readLW link

The Outside View isn’t magic

Stuart_ArmstrongSep 27, 2017, 2:33 PM

21 points

19 votes

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4 comments6 min readLW link

Tests make creating AI hard

whpearsonSep 27, 2017, 12:03 PM

−1 points

2 votes

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14 comments4 min readLW link

Stupid Questions—September 2017

ChristianKlSep 27, 2017, 9:51 AM

9 points

8 votes

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25 comments1 min readLW link

Sabbath hard and go home

BenquoSep 27, 2017, 7:49 AM

101 points

74 votes

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15 comments5 min readLW link

The Iron Law of Evaluation and Other Metallic Rules.

panickedapricottSep 27, 2017, 3:11 AM

7 points

4 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.gwern.net)

Economics of AI conference from NBER

fortyeridaniaSep 27, 2017, 1:45 AM

2 points

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Unfair outcomes from fair tests

whalesSep 26, 2017, 11:48 PM

4 points

3 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(whaaales.com)

Wikipedia pageviews: still in decline

VipulNaikSep 26, 2017, 11:03 PM

25 points

23 votes

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20 comments3 min readLW link

Happy Petrov Day! If Today is Also Your Birthday, Happy Birthday!

WaltusSep 26, 2017, 10:56 PM

0 points

2 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(akataskeuastos.wordpress.com)

The Anthropic Principle: Five Short Examples

Optimization ProcessSep 26, 2017, 10:35 PM

62 points

57 votes

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13 comments5 min readLW link

Cognitive Empathy and Emotional Labor

Gordon Seidoh WorleySep 26, 2017, 8:39 PM

7 points

1 vote

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0 comments4 min readLW link

(mapandterritory.org)

Map of the AI Safety Community

SoerenESep 26, 2017, 8:39 AM

3 points

7 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

(aisafety.com)

Why I am not a Quaker (even though it often seems as though I should be)

BenquoSep 26, 2017, 7:00 AM

49 points

37 votes

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18 comments16 min readLW link

Translating CFAR to Therapy

squidiousSep 26, 2017, 7:00 AM

27 points

24 votes

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1 comment5 min readLW link

(www.blogger.com)

Frontpage Posting and Commenting Guidelines

Ben PaceSep 26, 2017, 6:24 AM

24 points

24 votes

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25 comments4 min readLW link

The Best Self-Help Should Be Self-Defeating

lifelonglearnerSep 26, 2017, 6:16 AM

6 points

6 votes

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1 comment3 min readLW link

Thinking on the page

whalesSep 26, 2017, 2:22 AM

8 points

7 votes

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2 comments4 min readLW link

Why I Quit Social Media

sarahconstantinSep 26, 2017, 12:58 AM

9 points

6 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Travel Journal: Hawaii

Jacob FalkovichSep 25, 2017, 10:00 PM

1 point

0 votes

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0 comments4 min readLW link

(putanumonit.com)

Life Updates Strike Again!

KallistiSep 25, 2017, 9:51 PM

4 points

3 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

The Five Hindrances to Doing the Thing

moridinamaelSep 25, 2017, 5:04 PM

10 points

12 votes

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4 comments8 min readLW link

Rational Feed: Last Week’s Community Articles and Some Recommended Posts

sapphireSep 25, 2017, 1:41 PM

9 points

9 votes

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7 comments8 min readLW link

An incentive structure that might not suck too much.

whpearsonSep 25, 2017, 9:07 AM

5 points

7 votes

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13 comments2 min readLW link

Open thread, September 25 - October 1, 2017

ThomasSep 25, 2017, 7:36 AM

0 points

0 votes

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30 comments1 min readLW link

Test post

the gears to ascensionSep 25, 2017, 5:43 AM

2 points

1 vote

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3 comments1 min readLW link

Impression track records

KatjaGraceSep 24, 2017, 4:40 AM

9 points

7 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

(meteuphoric.wordpress.com)

Deontologist Envy

ozymandiasSep 23, 2017, 8:21 PM

10 points

16 votes

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16 comments6 min readLW link

LW2.0 now in public beta (you’ll need to reset your password to log in)

Kaj_SotalaSep 23, 2017, 12:00 PM

3 points

2 votes

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18 comments1 min readLW link

(lesserwrong.com)

Out to Get You

ZviSep 23, 2017, 10:50 AM

135 points

103 votes

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14 comments6 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Nobody does the thing that they are supposedly doing

Kaj_SotalaSep 23, 2017, 10:40 AM

63 points

42 votes

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6 comments2 min readLW link

(kajsotala.fi)

LW 2.0 Site Update: 09/22/17

habrykaSep 23, 2017, 10:10 AM

11 points

6 votes

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7 comments1 min readLW link

Intuitive explanation of why entropy maximizes in a uniform distribution?

rolandSep 23, 2017, 9:43 AM

0 points

0 votes

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7 comments1 min readLW link

Voting Weight Discussion

RaemonSep 22, 2017, 10:48 PM

20 points

16 votes

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73 comments1 min readLW link

LessWrong-Portable

AABoylesSep 22, 2017, 8:48 PM

8 points

6 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

In Defense of Unreliability

ozymandiasSep 22, 2017, 3:46 PM

9 points

15 votes

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21 comments4 min readLW link

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