Les­sons from the Cold War on In­for­ma­tion Hazards: Why In­ter­nal Com­mu­ni­ca­tion is Critical

GentzelFeb 24, 2018, 11:34 PM
47 points
10 comments4 min readLW link

What we talk about when we talk about max­imis­ing utility

Richard_NgoFeb 24, 2018, 10:33 PM
14 points
18 comments4 min readLW link

Links with underscores

ShardPhoenixFeb 24, 2018, 11:32 AM
2 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

A use­ful level distinction

Charlie SteinerFeb 24, 2018, 6:39 AM
8 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

CoZE 2

alkjashFeb 24, 2018, 5:40 AM
16 points
7 comments2 min readLW link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

On Build­ing The­o­ries of History

Samo BurjaFeb 23, 2018, 11:40 PM
30 points
20 comments5 min readLW link

Mythic Mode

ValentineFeb 23, 2018, 10:45 PM
68 points
82 comments9 min readLW link

The Mal­i­cious Use of Ar­tifi­cial In­tel­li­gence: Fore­cast­ing, Preven­tion, and Mitigation

Gordon Seidoh WorleyFeb 23, 2018, 9:42 PM
5 points
8 commentsLW link
(arxiv.org)

Two types of mathematician

drossbucketFeb 23, 2018, 7:26 PM
64 points
41 comments4 min readLW link

June 2012: 0/​33 Tur­ing Award win­ners pre­dict com­put­ers beat­ing hu­mans at go within next 10 years.

betterthanwellFeb 23, 2018, 11:25 AM
18 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

De­sign 2

alkjashFeb 23, 2018, 6:20 AM
19 points
17 comments3 min readLW link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

AI Align­ment and Phenom­e­nal Consciousness

Gordon Seidoh WorleyFeb 23, 2018, 1:21 AM
9 points
0 comments6 min readLW link
(mapandterritory.org)

Ex­pla­na­tion vs Rationalization

abramdemskiFeb 22, 2018, 11:46 PM
16 points
11 comments4 min readLW link

The map has gears. They don’t always turn.

abramdemskiFeb 22, 2018, 8:16 PM
24 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The In­tel­li­gent So­cial Web

ValentineFeb 22, 2018, 6:55 PM
231 points
112 comments12 min readLW link2 reviews

The Three Stages Of Model Development

katerinjoFeb 22, 2018, 2:33 PM
17 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

Pain, fear, sex, and higher or­der preferences

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 22, 2018, 11:30 AM
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

TAPs 2

alkjashFeb 22, 2018, 5:10 AM
25 points
6 comments3 min readLW link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Ro­bust­ness to Scale

Scott GarrabrantFeb 21, 2018, 10:55 PM
130 points
23 comments2 min readLW link1 review

Don’t Con­di­tion on no Catastrophes

Scott GarrabrantFeb 21, 2018, 9:50 PM
37 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

The Logic of Science: 2.2

mprFeb 21, 2018, 5:28 PM
9 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(pulsarcoffee.com)

Yoda Timers 2

alkjashFeb 21, 2018, 7:40 AM
28 points
27 comments3 min readLW link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Are you the rider or the elephant?

Qiaochu_YuanFeb 21, 2018, 7:25 AM
38 points
68 comments1 min readLW link

How to not talk about prob­a­bil­ity estimates

bogglerFeb 21, 2018, 3:19 AM
7 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Shit ra­tio­nal­ists say − 2018

ChristianKlFeb 20, 2018, 9:26 PM
16 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

Sex, Lies, and Dexamethasone

Jacob FalkovichFeb 20, 2018, 7:56 PM
15 points
1 comment9 min readLW link

Why we want un­bi­ased learn­ing processes

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 20, 2018, 3:10 PM
0 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Why we want un­bi­ased learn­ing processes

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 20, 2018, 2:48 PM
13 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Bug Hunt 2

alkjashFeb 20, 2018, 5:00 AM
37 points
17 comments3 min readLW link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

For­mally Stat­ing the AI Align­ment Problem

Gordon Seidoh WorleyFeb 19, 2018, 7:06 PM
14 points
0 comments13 min readLW link
(mapandterritory.org)

User­names in RSS feeds

benwrFeb 19, 2018, 2:22 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

An al­ter­na­tive way to browse LessWrong 2.0

saturnFeb 19, 2018, 2:10 AM
17 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

An al­ter­na­tive way to browse LessWrong 2.0

clone of saturnFeb 19, 2018, 1:52 AM
48 points
58 comments1 min readLW link

Whose rea­son­ing can you rely on when your own is faulty?

weftFeb 18, 2018, 10:41 PM
29 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

A Sim­ple Motto

katerinjoFeb 18, 2018, 6:12 PM
11 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

[Meta] New mod­er­a­tion tools and mod­er­a­tion guidelines

habrykaFeb 18, 2018, 3:22 AM
42 points
74 comments2 min readLW link

Is skil­led hunt­ing un­eth­i­cal?

JamesFavilleFeb 17, 2018, 6:48 PM
6 points
18 comments12 min readLW link

Mis­sives from China

alkjashFeb 17, 2018, 12:30 PM
12 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

In Defence of Con­flict Theory

Richard_NgoFeb 17, 2018, 3:33 AM
34 points
10 comments7 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.co.uk)

Re­plac­ing ex­pen­sive costly signals

KatjaGraceFeb 17, 2018, 12:50 AM
30 points
13 comments1 min readLW link
(meteuphoric.wordpress.com)

Circling

UnrealFeb 16, 2018, 11:26 PM
75 points
275 comments9 min readLW link3 reviews

Bayes Rule Applied

Gordon Seidoh WorleyFeb 16, 2018, 6:30 PM
4 points
0 commentsLW link
(towardsdatascience.com)

Clar­ify­ing the Post­mod­ernism De­bate With Skep­ti­cal Modernism

Chris_LeongFeb 16, 2018, 9:40 AM
17 points
12 comments3 min readLW link

Con­fi­dence Confusion

alkjashFeb 16, 2018, 2:00 AM
6 points
15 comments2 min readLW link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Toward a New Tech­ni­cal Ex­pla­na­tion of Tech­ni­cal Explanation

abramdemskiFeb 16, 2018, 12:44 AM
92 points
36 comments18 min readLW link1 review

Two Types of Updatelessness

abramdemskiFeb 15, 2018, 8:19 PM
23 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Tune Your Cog­ni­tive Strategies

SquirrelInHellFeb 15, 2018, 5:54 PM
47 points
6 commentsLW link
(bewelltuned.com)

The law of effect, ran­dom­iza­tion and New­comb’s problem

Caspar OesterheldFeb 15, 2018, 3:31 PM
7 points
1 commentLW link
(casparoesterheld.com)

Sub­du­ing Moloch

Teja PrabhuFeb 14, 2018, 11:34 PM
6 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

Ac­tive vs Pas­sive Distraction

squidiousFeb 14, 2018, 10:14 PM
26 points
2 comments3 min readLW link