LW Up­date 2018-10-01 – Pri­vate Mes­sag­ing Works

RaemonOct 1, 2018, 9:28 PM
32 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

What the Haters Hate

Jacob FalkovichOct 1, 2018, 8:29 PM
29 points
36 comments8 min readLW link

The tails com­ing apart as a strat­egy for success

BuckyOct 1, 2018, 3:18 PM
36 points
7 comments4 min readLW link

GreaterWrong—new theme and many enhancements

Said AchmizOct 1, 2018, 7:22 AM
35 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

it’s hard to look at re­al­ity when you’ve already de­cided what re­al­ity looks like

brownOct 1, 2018, 2:53 AM
−7 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Leto among the Machines

Virgil KurkjianSep 30, 2018, 9:17 PM
57 points
20 comments13 min readLW link

The Un­rea­son­able Effec­tive­ness of Deep Learning

Richard_NgoSep 30, 2018, 3:48 PM
86 points
5 comments13 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

An In­vi­ta­tion to Mea­sure Meditation

justinpombrioSep 30, 2018, 3:10 PM
8 points
33 comments2 min readLW link

The differ­ent kinds of confidence

masasinSep 30, 2018, 2:16 PM
6 points
5 comments6 min readLW link

What is be­ing done?

marcus_gablerSep 30, 2018, 1:20 PM
0 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Am I un­der­stand­ing the prob­lem of fully up­dated defer­ence cor­rectly?

Davide_ZagamiSep 30, 2018, 10:55 AM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

EDT solves 5 and 10 with con­di­tional oracles

jessicataSep 30, 2018, 7:57 AM
61 points
8 comments13 min readLW link

bump­ing into fi­nan­cial un­known un­knowns

brownSep 30, 2018, 2:39 AM
9 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Case Study II

abstractapplicSep 30, 2018, 12:37 AM
9 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

Crit­i­cism Schedul­ing and Privacy

LulieSep 29, 2018, 1:50 PM
43 points
10 comments14 min readLW link

Analysing AI Actors

DragonGodSep 29, 2018, 6:48 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(youtu.be)

other peo­ple are oc­ca­sion­ally rather weird

brownSep 29, 2018, 2:25 AM
−5 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Code Switch

EloSep 29, 2018, 12:32 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Three Levels of Motivation

DragonGodSep 28, 2018, 10:48 AM
6 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(docs.google.com)

Law with­out law: from ob­server states to physics via al­gorith­mic in­for­ma­tion theory

avturchinSep 28, 2018, 10:07 AM
17 points
6 comments2 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

give the ev­i­dence not the theory

brownSep 28, 2018, 4:52 AM
2 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

At­tack­ing enlightenment

EloSep 28, 2018, 1:18 AM
35 points
49 comments3 min readLW link

New Deep­Mind AI Safety Re­search Blog

VikaSep 27, 2018, 4:28 PM
43 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(medium.com)

Prevent­ing s-risks via in­dex­i­cal un­cer­tainty, acausal trade and dom­i­na­tion in the multiverse

avturchinSep 27, 2018, 10:09 AM
12 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

Anti-so­cial Punishment

Martin SustrikSep 27, 2018, 7:08 AM
322 points
66 comments6 min readLW link3 reviews

Asymp­totic De­ci­sion The­ory (Im­proved Wri­teup)

DiffractorSep 27, 2018, 5:17 AM
39 points
14 comments13 min readLW link

Thoughts on tack­ling blindspots

HazardSep 27, 2018, 1:06 AM
41 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Mo­ral differ­ences in mediocristan

BenquoSep 26, 2018, 8:39 PM
24 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Obli­ga­tory Altruism

manoj-nathwaniSep 25, 2018, 9:13 PM
7 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(manoj.ninja)

The Tails Com­ing Apart As Me­taphor For Life

Scott AlexanderSep 25, 2018, 7:10 PM
161 points
39 comments7 min readLW link4 reviews
(slatestarcodex.com)

Direct Pri­mary Care

sarahconstantinSep 25, 2018, 6:00 PM
42 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Au­gust gw­ern.net links

gwernSep 25, 2018, 3:57 PM
17 points
0 commentsLW link
(www.gwern.net)

Wire­head­ing as a po­ten­tial prob­lem with the new im­pact measure

Stuart_ArmstrongSep 25, 2018, 2:15 PM
25 points
20 comments4 min readLW link

A prob­a­bil­is­tic off-switch that the agent is in­differ­ent to

OferSep 25, 2018, 1:13 PM
11 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

AI Read­ing Group Thoughts (2/​?): Re­con­struc­tive Psychosurgery

AlicornSep 25, 2018, 4:25 AM
27 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Deep learn­ing—deeper flaws?

Richard_NgoSep 24, 2018, 6:40 PM
39 points
17 comments4 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

Align­ment Newslet­ter #25

Rohin ShahSep 24, 2018, 4:10 PM
18 points
3 comments9 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Bridg­ing syn­tax and se­man­tics with Quine’s Gavagai

Stuart_ArmstrongSep 24, 2018, 2:39 PM
19 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Reflec­tive AIXI and Anthropics

DiffractorSep 24, 2018, 2:15 AM
18 points
14 comments8 min readLW link

Colum­bus SSC Oct. Meetup

Jim HaysSep 24, 2018, 1:39 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Book re­view: Hap­piness by Design

Richard_NgoSep 23, 2018, 4:30 AM
12 points
1 comment4 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

Rat­pack: Book Club

two-ox-headsSep 22, 2018, 10:02 PM
1 point
0 commentsLW link

(Some?) Pos­si­ble Multi-Agent Good­hart Interactions

DavidmanheimSep 22, 2018, 5:48 PM
20 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

Ad­vice Wanted; Rec­on­cile with re­li­gious parent

ChaosHufflepuffSep 22, 2018, 9:54 AM
14 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

An­nihilat­ing aliens & Rare Earth sug­gest early filter

rkSep 21, 2018, 3:33 PM
9 points
10 comments4 min readLW link

South Bay Meetup

DavidFriedmanSep 21, 2018, 7:05 AM
2 points
0 commentsLW link

Quan­tum the­ory can­not con­sis­tently de­scribe the use of itself

avturchinSep 20, 2018, 10:04 PM
7 points
16 comments1 min readLW link
(foundations.ethz.ch)

Memetic Tribes and Cul­ture War 2.0

Eneasz BrodskiSep 20, 2018, 5:58 PM
21 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(medium.com)

Against the bar­bell strategy

BenquoSep 20, 2018, 3:19 PM
21 points
16 comments3 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

In Log­i­cal Time, All Games are Iter­ated Games

abramdemskiSep 20, 2018, 2:01 AM
94 points
10 comments5 min readLW link