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Maps vs Buttons; Nerds vs Normies

Bound_upDec 28, 2017, 9:11 PM

24 points

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23 comments6 min readLW link

Dan Dennett on Stances

Charlie SteinerDec 27, 2017, 8:15 AM

5 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(ase.tufts.edu)

TSR #7: Universal Principles

HazardDec 27, 2017, 1:54 AM

8 points

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0 comments3 min readLW link

AlphaGo variant reaches superhuman play in multiple games

Commander ZanderDec 26, 2017, 4:19 PM

0 points

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2 comments1 min readLW link

(www.theguardian.com)

The Story CFAR

ZviDec 25, 2017, 3:10 PM

20 points

15 votes

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4 comments7 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

2017 AI Safety Literature Review and Charity Comparison

LarksDec 24, 2017, 6:52 PM

41 points

27 votes

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5 comments23 min readLW link

Idea: Monthly Community Thread

Chris_LeongDec 24, 2017, 12:43 PM

3 points

4 votes

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8 comments1 min readLW link

I Am not a Tax Lawyer

Jacob FalkovichDec 24, 2017, 3:20 AM

12 points

10 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(putanumonit.com)

ICO to Build Next Generation AI Raises $36 Million in 60 Seconds

RainDec 23, 2017, 2:53 PM

3 points

4 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(cointelegraph.com)

The Behavioral Economics of Welfare

Vanessa KosoyDec 22, 2017, 11:35 AM

9 points

13 votes

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20 comments2 min readLW link

The essay “Interstellar Communication Using Microbes: Implications for SETI” has implications for The Great Filter.

MakerOfErrorsDec 22, 2017, 6:05 AM

16 points

6 votes

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4 comments2 min readLW link

Rationalist Politicians

Bound_upDec 21, 2017, 11:29 PM

9 points

11 votes

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8 comments3 min readLW link

RSS feed crashes my reader app

CronoDASDec 21, 2017, 5:11 PM

2 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

2018 AI Safety Literature Review and Charity Comparison

LarksDec 20, 2017, 10:04 PM

3 points

2 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(effective-altruism.com)

Happiness Is a Chore

SquirrelInHellDec 20, 2017, 11:13 AM

14 points

17 votes

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30 comments1 min readLW link

(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com.es)

Happiness Is a Chore

SquirrelInHellDec 20, 2017, 11:11 AM

0 points

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6 comments1 min readLW link

(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)

Mana

ZizDec 20, 2017, 2:24 AM

18 points

19 votes

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18 comments4 min readLW link

TSR #6: Strength and Weakness

HazardDec 19, 2017, 10:23 PM

1 point

3 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

CFAR 2017 Retrospective

ValentineDec 19, 2017, 7:38 PM

26 points

22 votes

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5 comments5 min readLW link

Philosophy of Numbers (part 2)

Charlie SteinerDec 19, 2017, 1:57 PM

3 points

5 votes

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10 comments5 min readLW link

Thinking as the Crow Flies: Part 3 - Tokens, Syntax, and Expressions

Anthony HartDec 18, 2017, 11:38 PM

3 points

3 votes

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0 comments12 min readLW link

Bay Solstice 2017: Thoughts

PDVDec 18, 2017, 10:04 AM

12 points

13 votes

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102 comments3 min readLW link

Books I read 2017 - Part 1. Relationships, Learning

EloDec 18, 2017, 9:38 AM

17 points

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10 comments19 min readLW link

Value learning subproblem: learning goals of simple agents

AlexMennenDec 18, 2017, 2:05 AM

0 points

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0 comments2 min readLW link

Longview Anarchism: Transcending the Existential Threat of Freedom

abbeybeeDec 17, 2017, 10:30 PM

5 points

4 votes

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0 comments10 min readLW link

I Vouch For MIRI

ZviDec 17, 2017, 5:50 PM

39 points

24 votes

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9 comments5 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Pascal’s Muggle Pays

ZviDec 16, 2017, 8:40 PM

31 points

21 votes

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17 comments4 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Improvement Without Superstition

Zachary JacobiDec 16, 2017, 8:01 PM

40 points

34 votes

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10 comments6 min readLW link

Truth is Symmetric

ErnestScribblerDec 16, 2017, 2:52 PM

10 points

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2 comments5 min readLW link

The Extinction Dilemma

DragonGodDec 16, 2017, 1:52 PM

2 points

4 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

Simler and Hanson on Our Hidden Motivations in Everyday Life

Kieran MccarthyDec 16, 2017, 1:41 PM

1 point

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(joyousandswift.org)

Book Review: The Complacent Class

ZviDec 16, 2017, 1:10 PM

10 points

8 votes

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3 comments17 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

A New Sequence on Rationality

DragonGodDec 16, 2017, 11:08 AM

4 points

6 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

End of the Year Matching Challenge (Altruism)

DragonGodDec 16, 2017, 3:23 AM

1 point

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(intelligence.org)

Security services relationship to social movements

whpearsonDec 15, 2017, 10:56 PM

3 points

2 votes

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1 comment2 min readLW link

Why Bayesians should two-box in a one-shot

PhilGoetzDec 15, 2017, 5:39 PM

0 points

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30 comments4 min readLW link

Youtube channel devoted to the art of rationality

MrMindDec 15, 2017, 11:42 AM

11 points

12 votes

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8 comments1 min readLW link

In the presence of disinformation, collective epistemology requires local modeling

jessicataDec 15, 2017, 9:54 AM

77 points

46 votes

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39 comments5 min readLW link

Meaning wars

EloDec 14, 2017, 11:17 PM

11 points

12 votes

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5 comments8 min readLW link

Against the Linear Utility Hypothesis and the Leverage Penalty

AlexMennenDec 14, 2017, 6:38 PM

41 points

32 votes

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47 comments11 min readLW link

The Perils of the Security Mindset taken too far

whpearsonDec 13, 2017, 10:34 PM

2 points

3 votes

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6 comments1 min readLW link

Guarding Slack vs Substance

RaemonDec 13, 2017, 8:58 PM

42 points

28 votes

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6 comments6 min readLW link

Calling Bullshit—Lectures and Readings on Evaluating Scientific Research

Kyle HipkeDec 13, 2017, 8:15 PM

1 point

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(callingbullshit.org)

Oracle paper

Stuart_ArmstrongDec 13, 2017, 3:04 PM

2 points

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Oracle paper

Stuart_ArmstrongDec 13, 2017, 2:59 PM

12 points

10 votes

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7 comments1 min readLW link

Bayes and Paradigm Shifts—or being wrong af

abbeybeeDec 13, 2017, 4:48 AM

6 points

7 votes

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11 comments1 min readLW link

TSR #5 The Nature of Operations

HazardDec 12, 2017, 11:37 PM

7 points

5 votes

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3 comments2 min readLW link

12/12/2017 Update: Creating Sequences

RaemonDec 12, 2017, 10:34 PM

15 points

12 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Quick thoughts on empathic metaethics

lukeprogDec 12, 2017, 9:46 PM

29 points

18 votes

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0 comments9 min readLW link

The map of “Levels of defence” in AI safety

avturchinDec 12, 2017, 10:45 AM

6 points

6 votes

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11 comments1 min readLW link

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