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Introduction to Noematology

Gordon Seidoh WorleyFeb 5, 2018, 11:28 PM

12 points

0 comments11 min readLW link

(mapandterritory.org)

“Cheat to Win”: Engineering Positive Social Feedback

sarahconstantinFeb 5, 2018, 11:16 PM

190 points

36 comments2 min readLW link

Fun Theory in EverQuest

moridinamaelFeb 5, 2018, 8:26 PM

34 points

2 comments9 min readLW link

European Community Weekend 2018 Announcement

DreamFlasherFeb 5, 2018, 3:43 PM

19 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Beware Social Coping Strategies

LulieFeb 5, 2018, 4:48 AM

57 points

24 comments7 min readLW link

Hammertime Day 8: Sunk Cost Faith

alkjashFeb 5, 2018, 1:00 AM

29 points

20 comments3 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Hammertime Day 7: Aversion Factoring

alkjashFeb 4, 2018, 4:10 PM

28 points

17 comments3 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Explicit Expectations when Teaching

HazardFeb 4, 2018, 2:12 PM

22 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Read Backwards

Allen KimFeb 4, 2018, 8:13 AM

2 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Factorio, Accelerando, Empathizing with Empires and Moderate Takeoffs

RaemonFeb 4, 2018, 2:33 AM

51 points

19 comments4 min readLW link

Logical counterfactuals and differential privacy

NisanFeb 4, 2018, 12:17 AM

1 point

1 comment5 min readLW link

Hammertime Day 6: Mantras

alkjashFeb 3, 2018, 10:00 PM

24 points

30 comments3 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

The Super Bowl Prop Gambling Game 2018

Jacob FalkovichFeb 3, 2018, 6:10 PM

1 point

5 comments1 min readLW link

(putanumonit.com)

How I see knowledge aggregation

zulupineappleFeb 3, 2018, 10:31 AM

24 points

17 comments2 min readLW link

Beware arguments from possibility

cousin_itFeb 3, 2018, 10:21 AM

6 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

Canberra Rationality Exercises

nBrownFeb 3, 2018, 2:55 AM

9 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Update from Vancouver

Evan_GaensbauerFeb 3, 2018, 12:35 AM

10 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Models of moderation

habrykaFeb 2, 2018, 11:29 PM

30 points

33 comments7 min readLW link

Questions for an AGI project

whpearsonFeb 2, 2018, 7:45 PM

2 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Hammertime Day 5: Comfort Zone Expansion

alkjashFeb 2, 2018, 6:00 PM

23 points

42 comments6 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

The Monthly Newsletter as Thinking Tool

moridinamaelFeb 2, 2018, 4:42 PM

39 points

15 comments3 min readLW link

The Utility of Human Atoms for the Paperclip Maximizer

avturchinFeb 2, 2018, 10:06 AM

2 points

21 comments3 min readLW link

AI Safety Research Camp—Project Proposal

David_KristofferssonFeb 2, 2018, 4:25 AM

29 points

11 comments8 min readLW link

News: AGI on the rise at MIT

whpearsonFeb 1, 2018, 11:31 PM

1 point

2 comments1 min readLW link

Further Progress on a Bayesian Version of Logical Uncertainty

DiffractorFeb 1, 2018, 9:36 PM

3 points

1 comment8 min readLW link

The Self: Momentary vs Lifetime

squidiousFeb 1, 2018, 9:30 PM

1 point

0 comments2 min readLW link

Beta-Beta Testing: Frontpage Rework [Update—further tweak]

RaemonFeb 1, 2018, 8:12 PM

7 points

32 comments1 min readLW link

Why I think Archipelago is the worst post on Slate Star Codex

SomeObjectionsFeb 1, 2018, 7:39 PM

−12 points

8 comments5 min readLW link

Hammertime Day 4: Design

alkjashFeb 1, 2018, 7:00 PM

32 points

13 comments4 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Teaching rationality

SønderjyeFeb 1, 2018, 4:07 PM

2 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

February 2018 Media Thread

ArisKatsarisFeb 1, 2018, 1:26 PM

1 point

13 comments1 min readLW link

Immunity to perverse manipulation, self-scepticism, bounded impact

IAFF-User-256Feb 1, 2018, 9:59 AM

0 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(docs.google.com)

Parable of the Faraway Manager

nonwaspFeb 1, 2018, 8:38 AM

1 point

3 comments1 min readLW link

Hammertime Day 3: TAPs

alkjashFeb 1, 2018, 4:10 AM

22 points

27 comments3 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Sources of intuitions and data on AGI

Scott GarrabrantJan 31, 2018, 11:30 PM

86 points

27 comments3 min readLW link

Paper Trauma

Qiaochu_YuanJan 31, 2018, 10:05 PM

76 points

63 comments1 min readLW link

Epiphenomenal Oracles Ignore Holes in the Box

SilentCalJan 31, 2018, 8:08 PM

17 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

An experiment

cousin_itJan 31, 2018, 12:20 PM

12 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

OpenPhil’s “Update on Cause Prioritization / Worldview Diversification”

RaemonJan 31, 2018, 5:39 AM

13 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.openphilanthropy.org)

Hammertime Day 2: Yoda Timers

alkjashJan 31, 2018, 5:10 AM

60 points

29 comments3 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Seeking an Outside View on Israeli Military Service

UnderConstructionJan 30, 2018, 11:40 PM

5 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Arbital postmortem

alexeiJan 30, 2018, 1:48 PM

230 points

110 comments19 min readLW link

Hammertime Day 1: Bug Hunt

alkjashJan 30, 2018, 6:40 AM

119 points

28 comments5 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

RSS Feeds are fixed and should be properly functional this time

habrykaJan 30, 2018, 12:47 AM

12 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Biological humans and the rising tide of AI

cousin_itJan 29, 2018, 4:04 PM

29 points

23 comments1 min readLW link

“Taking AI Risk Seriously” (thoughts by Critch)

RaemonJan 29, 2018, 9:27 AM

110 points

68 comments13 min readLW link

Write

alkjashJan 29, 2018, 2:11 AM

44 points

7 comments4 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Replace Stereotypes With Experiences

lifelonglearnerJan 29, 2018, 12:07 AM

6 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Open thread, January 29 - ∞

GunslingerJan 28, 2018, 10:44 PM

9 points

39 comments1 min readLW link

All Mathematicians are Trollable: Divergence of Naturalistic Logical Updates

abramdemskiJan 28, 2018, 2:50 PM

14 points

1 comment13 min readLW link

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