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Benign model-free RL
paulfchristiano
Dec 2, 2018, 4:10 AM
15
points
1
comment
7
min read
LW
link
Anyone use the “read time” on Post Items?
Raemon
Dec 1, 2018, 11:16 PM
19
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
November 2018 gwern.net newsletter
gwern
Dec 1, 2018, 1:57 PM
35
points
0
comments
LW
link
(www.gwern.net)
Intuitions about goal-directed behavior
Rohin Shah
Dec 1, 2018, 4:25 AM
54
points
15
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Taking vitamin D3 with K2 in the morning
ChristianKl
Nov 30, 2018, 7:00 PM
54
points
47
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Overconfident talking down, humble or hostile talking up
ozziegooen
Nov 30, 2018, 12:41 PM
49
points
19
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Tentatively considering emotional stories (IFS and “getting into Self”)
Kaj_Sotala
Nov 30, 2018, 7:40 AM
40
points
31
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(kajsotala.fi)
Iterated Distillation and Amplification
Ajeya Cotra
Nov 30, 2018, 4:47 AM
47
points
14
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Moving Factward
Tyrrell_McAllister
Nov 29, 2018, 5:54 AM
14
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Formal Open Problem in Decision Theory
Scott Garrabrant
Nov 29, 2018, 3:25 AM
37
points
28
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Reflective oracles as a solution to the converse Lawvere problem
SamEisenstat
Nov 29, 2018, 3:23 AM
35
points
2
comments
7
min read
LW
link
The Ubiquitous Converse Lawvere Problem
Scott Garrabrant
Nov 29, 2018, 3:16 AM
23
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Hyperreal Brouwer
Scott Garrabrant
Nov 29, 2018, 3:15 AM
31
points
2
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Madison Solstice Gathering
mingyuan
Nov 28, 2018, 9:36 PM
16
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Counterintuitive Comparative Advantage
Wei Dai
Nov 28, 2018, 8:33 PM
85
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Stabilize-Reflect-Execute
ozziegooen
Nov 28, 2018, 5:26 PM
30
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Genetically Modified Humans Born (Allegedly)
ryan_b
Nov 28, 2018, 4:14 PM
29
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Oracle Induction Proofs
Diffractor
Nov 28, 2018, 8:12 AM
5
points
0
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Bounded Oracle Induction
Diffractor
Nov 28, 2018, 8:11 AM
25
points
0
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Double-Dipping in Dunning—Kruger
isovector
Nov 28, 2018, 3:40 AM
88
points
32
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Winter Solstice 2018 Roundup
Raemon
Nov 28, 2018, 3:09 AM
50
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Corrigibility
paulfchristiano
Nov 27, 2018, 9:50 PM
57
points
8
comments
6
min read
LW
link
SSC Meetup Moscow #2
nikkou
Nov 27, 2018, 6:21 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Summary: Surreal Decisions
Chris_Leong
Nov 27, 2018, 2:15 PM
29
points
20
comments
3
min read
LW
link
CFAR reunion Europe
Jan_Kulveit
Nov 27, 2018, 12:02 PM
10
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
How democracy ends: a review and reevaluation
Richard_Ngo
Nov 27, 2018, 10:50 AM
15
points
7
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)
MIRI’s 2018 Fundraiser
Malo
Nov 27, 2018, 5:30 AM
60
points
1
comment
7
min read
LW
link
Is Science Slowing Down?
Scott Alexander
Nov 27, 2018, 3:30 AM
131
points
77
comments
9
min read
LW
link
1
review
(slatestarcodex.com)
Bodega Bay: workshop
KatjaGrace
Nov 27, 2018, 3:20 AM
38
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
(worldlypositions.tumblr.com)
Alignment Newsletter #34
Rohin Shah
Nov 26, 2018, 11:10 PM
24
points
0
comments
10
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Boltzmann Brains, Simulations and self refuting hypothesis
Donald Hobson
Nov 26, 2018, 7:09 PM
1
point
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Quantum Mechanics, Nothing to do with Consciousness
Donald Hobson
Nov 26, 2018, 6:59 PM
5
points
27
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Status model
Bucky
Nov 26, 2018, 3:05 PM
26
points
7
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Humans Consulting HCH
paulfchristiano
Nov 25, 2018, 11:18 PM
39
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Approval-directed bootstrapping
paulfchristiano
Nov 25, 2018, 11:18 PM
24
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How rapidly are GPUs improving in price performance?
gallabytes
Nov 25, 2018, 7:54 PM
31
points
9
comments
LW
link
(mediangroup.org)
Values Weren’t Complex, Once.
Davidmanheim
Nov 25, 2018, 9:17 AM
36
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A culture of exploitation?
Bae's Theorem
Nov 24, 2018, 10:00 PM
1
point
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Fixed Point Discussion
Scott Garrabrant
Nov 24, 2018, 8:53 PM
45
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Four factors that moderate the intensity of emotions
Ruby
Nov 24, 2018, 8:40 PM
63
points
11
comments
8
min read
LW
link
deluks917 on Online Weirdos
Jacob Falkovich
Nov 24, 2018, 5:03 PM
24
points
3
comments
10
min read
LW
link
[Montreal] Towards High-Assurance Advanced AI Systems by Richard Mallah
Mati_Roy
Nov 24, 2018, 6:24 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Upcoming: Open Questions
Raemon
Nov 24, 2018, 1:39 AM
41
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A Dragon Confronts the Terasem Movement
Alephywr
Nov 24, 2018, 1:31 AM
−4
points
10
comments
25
min read
LW
link
(dancefighterredux.wordpress.com)
What if people simply forecasted your future choices?
ozziegooen
Nov 23, 2018, 10:52 AM
16
points
6
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Oversight of Unsafe Systems via Dynamic Safety Envelopes
Davidmanheim
Nov 23, 2018, 8:37 AM
10
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
On MIRI’s new research directions
Rob Bensinger
Nov 22, 2018, 11:42 PM
53
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(intelligence.org)
LW Update 2018-11-22 – Abridged Comments
Raemon
Nov 22, 2018, 10:11 PM
11
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Approval-directed agents
paulfchristiano
Nov 22, 2018, 9:15 PM
31
points
10
comments
15
min read
LW
link
Believing others’ priors
rk
Nov 22, 2018, 8:44 PM
8
points
19
comments
7
min read
LW
link
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