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Social Technology
Samo Burja
Mar 2, 2018, 7:54 PM
13
points
3
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Improved regret bound for DRL
Vanessa Kosoy
Mar 2, 2018, 12:49 PM
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
March 2018 Media Thread
ArisKatsaris
Mar 2, 2018, 1:06 AM
1
point
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Quick Nate/Eliezer comments on discontinuity
Rob Bensinger
Mar 1, 2018, 10:03 PM
44
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Hammertime Intermission #2
alkjash
Mar 1, 2018, 6:20 PM
23
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
Ms. Blue, meet Mr. Green
alexei
Mar 1, 2018, 1:43 PM
43
points
30
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Beyond algorithmic equivalence: self-modelling
Stuart_Armstrong
Mar 1, 2018, 1:31 PM
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.lesserwrong.com)
Beyond algorithmic equivalence: algorithmic noise
Stuart_Armstrong
Mar 1, 2018, 1:31 PM
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.lesserwrong.com)
Friendship
alkjash
Mar 1, 2018, 6:00 AM
24
points
16
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
Kidneys, trade, sacredness, and space travel
Benquo
Mar 1, 2018, 5:20 AM
15
points
34
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)
Ambiguity Detection
TurnTrout
Mar 1, 2018, 4:23 AM
11
points
8
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Extended Quote on the Institution of Academia
Ben Pace
Mar 1, 2018, 2:58 AM
54
points
23
comments
9
min read
LW
link
How safe “safe” AI development?
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Feb 28, 2018, 11:21 PM
9
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Beyond algorithmic equivalence: self-modelling
Stuart_Armstrong
Feb 28, 2018, 4:55 PM
10
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Beyond algorithmic equivalence: algorithmic noise
Stuart_Armstrong
Feb 28, 2018, 4:55 PM
10
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Using the universal prior for logical uncertainty (retracted)
cousin_it
Feb 28, 2018, 1:07 PM
15
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
2/27/08 Update – Frontpage 3.0
Raemon
Feb 28, 2018, 6:26 AM
15
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
TDT for Humans
alkjash
Feb 28, 2018, 5:40 AM
26
points
7
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
Set Up for Success: Insights from ‘Naïve Set Theory’
TurnTrout
Feb 28, 2018, 2:01 AM
31
points
40
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Intuition should be applied at the lowest possible level
Rafael Harth
Feb 27, 2018, 10:58 PM
10
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The sad state of Rationality Zürich—Effective Altruism Zürich included
roland
Feb 27, 2018, 2:51 PM
−8
points
50
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The worst trolley problem in the world
CronoDAS
Feb 27, 2018, 3:56 AM
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Categories of Sacredness
Zvi
Feb 27, 2018, 2:00 AM
26
points
35
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
More on the Linear Utility Hypothesis and the Leverage Prior
AlexMennen
Feb 26, 2018, 11:53 PM
16
points
4
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Goal Factoring
alkjash
Feb 26, 2018, 11:30 PM
27
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
Inconvenience Is Qualitatively Bad
Alicorn
Feb 26, 2018, 11:27 PM
83
points
52
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Hamming Problem of Group Rationality
PDV
Feb 26, 2018, 6:59 PM
6
points
36
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Focusing
alkjash
Feb 26, 2018, 6:10 AM
20
points
22
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
Mapping the Archipelago
alkjash
Feb 26, 2018, 5:09 AM
14
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Experimental Open Threads
Chris_Leong
Feb 26, 2018, 3:13 AM
22
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Walkthrough of ‘Formalizing Convergent Instrumental Goals’
TurnTrout
Feb 26, 2018, 2:20 AM
13
points
2
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Will AI See Sudden Progress?
KatjaGrace
Feb 26, 2018, 12:41 AM
27
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
1
review
Self-regulation of safety in AI research
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Feb 25, 2018, 11:17 PM
12
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The abruptness of nuclear weapons
paulfchristiano
Feb 25, 2018, 5:40 PM
47
points
35
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Likelihood of discontinuous progress around the development of AGI
vedevazz
Feb 25, 2018, 3:13 PM
4
points
2
comments
LW
link
(aiimpacts.org)
Open-Source Monasticism
Nathan Rosquist
Feb 25, 2018, 1:52 PM
26
points
7
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Passing Troll Bridge
Diffractor
Feb 25, 2018, 8:21 AM
11
points
2
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Three Miniatures
alkjash
Feb 25, 2018, 5:40 AM
22
points
13
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
Arguments about fast takeoff
paulfchristiano
Feb 25, 2018, 4:53 AM
97
points
68
comments
2
min read
LW
link
1
review
(sideways-view.com)
Meta-tations on Moderation: Towards Public Archipelago
Raemon
Feb 25, 2018, 3:59 AM
81
points
176
comments
23
min read
LW
link
Lessons from the Cold War on Information Hazards: Why Internal Communication is Critical
Gentzel
Feb 24, 2018, 11:34 PM
47
points
10
comments
4
min read
LW
link
What we talk about when we talk about maximising utility
Richard_Ngo
Feb 24, 2018, 10:33 PM
14
points
18
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Links with underscores
ShardPhoenix
Feb 24, 2018, 11:32 AM
2
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A useful level distinction
Charlie Steiner
Feb 24, 2018, 6:39 AM
8
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
CoZE 2
alkjash
Feb 24, 2018, 5:40 AM
16
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
On Building Theories of History
Samo Burja
Feb 23, 2018, 11:40 PM
30
points
20
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Mythic Mode
Valentine
Feb 23, 2018, 10:45 PM
68
points
82
comments
9
min read
LW
link
The Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence: Forecasting, Prevention, and Mitigation
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Feb 23, 2018, 9:42 PM
5
points
8
comments
LW
link
(arxiv.org)
Two types of mathematician
drossbucket
Feb 23, 2018, 7:26 PM
64
points
41
comments
4
min read
LW
link
June 2012: 0/33 Turing Award winners predict computers beating humans at go within next 10 years.
betterthanwell
Feb 23, 2018, 11:25 AM
18
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
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