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Fundamentals of Formalisation Level 4: Formal Semantics Basics

philip_bJun 16, 2018, 7:09 PM

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Using the universal prior for logical uncertainty

cousin_itJun 16, 2018, 2:11 PM

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How many philosophers accept the orthogonality thesis ? Evidence from the PhilPapers survey

Paperclip MinimizerJun 16, 2018, 12:11 PM

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Worrying about the Vase: Whitelisting

TurnTroutJun 16, 2018, 2:17 AM

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Merging accounts

Chris_LeongJun 16, 2018, 12:45 AM

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The Curious Prisoner Puzzle

Chris_LeongJun 16, 2018, 12:40 AM

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Geoffrey Miller on Effective Altruism and Rationality

Jacob FalkovichJun 15, 2018, 5:05 PM

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Aligned AI May Depend on Moral Facts

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJun 15, 2018, 1:33 AM

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SIAM Lecture: How Paradoxes Shape Mathematics and Give Us Self-Verifying Computer Programs

ldsrrsJun 14, 2018, 8:58 PM

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We Agree: Speeches All Around!

SebastianG Jun 14, 2018, 5:53 PM

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Weak arguments against the universal prior being malign

X4vierJun 14, 2018, 5:11 PM

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Notes on a recent wave of spam

rossryJun 14, 2018, 3:39 PM

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Logical Inductor Tiling and Why it’s Hard

DiffractorJun 14, 2018, 6:34 AM

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Washington, D.C.: Anxiety

RobinZJun 14, 2018, 1:17 AM

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Anthropics made easy?

Stuart_ArmstrongJun 14, 2018, 12:56 AM

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Counterfactual Mugging Poker Game

Scott GarrabrantJun 13, 2018, 11:34 PM

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On the Chatham House Rule

Scott GarrabrantJun 13, 2018, 9:41 PM

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[Math] Towards Proof Writing as a Skill In Itself

Andrew QuinnJun 13, 2018, 4:39 AM

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Today a Tragedy

Logan RiggsJun 13, 2018, 1:58 AM

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Epistemological Braces

musicmage4114Jun 12, 2018, 10:01 PM

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LW Update 2018-06-11 – Vulcan Refactor, Karma Overhaul, Colored Links, Moderation Log

RaemonJun 12, 2018, 12:49 AM

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Admiring the Guts of Things.

MelkorJun 11, 2018, 11:12 PM

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A general model of safety-oriented AI development

Wei DaiJun 11, 2018, 9:00 PM

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Thoughts on the Inner Bruce

LeoHolmanJun 11, 2018, 8:18 PM

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Announcing the second AI Safety Camp

LachouetteJun 11, 2018, 6:59 PM

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The Alignment Newsletter #10: 06/11/18

Rohin ShahJun 11, 2018, 4:00 PM

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Front Row Center

ZviJun 11, 2018, 1:50 PM

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(thezvi.wordpress.com)

A Loophole for Self-Applicative Soundness

DiffractorJun 11, 2018, 7:57 AM

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AI and the paperclip problem (or: Economist solves control problem with one weird trick!)

fortyeridaniaJun 11, 2018, 2:19 AM

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Oops on Commodity Prices

sarahconstantinJun 10, 2018, 3:40 PM

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(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Resolving the Dr Evil Problem

Chris_LeongJun 10, 2018, 11:56 AM

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Simplified Poker Conclusions

ZviJun 9, 2018, 9:50 PM

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Fundamentals of Formalisation Level 3: Set Theoretic Relations and Enumerability

philip_bJun 9, 2018, 7:57 PM

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Unraveling the Failure’s Try

LeoHolmanJun 9, 2018, 2:34 PM

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Physics has laws, the Universe might not

ShmiJun 9, 2018, 5:33 AM

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Could we send a message to the distant future?

paulfchristianoJun 9, 2018, 4:27 AM

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RFC: Meta-ethical uncertainty in AGI alignment

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJun 8, 2018, 8:56 PM

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Describing LessWrong in one paragraph

ChristianKlJun 8, 2018, 8:54 PM

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Quantum AI Goal

GurkenglasJun 8, 2018, 4:55 PM

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Quantum AI Box

GurkenglasJun 8, 2018, 4:20 PM

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Effective Altruism as Global Catastrophe Mitigation

Evan_GaensbauerJun 8, 2018, 4:17 AM

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Poker example: (not) deducing someone’s preferences

Stuart_ArmstrongJun 8, 2018, 3:19 AM

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The Incoherence of Honesty

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJun 8, 2018, 2:28 AM

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Reflections on Berkeley REACH

stardustJun 8, 2018, 12:02 AM

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Beyond Astronomical Waste

Wei DaiJun 7, 2018, 9:04 PM

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The first AI Safety Camp & onwards

RemmeltJun 7, 2018, 8:13 PM

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A Rationalist Argument for Voting

Jameson QuinnJun 7, 2018, 5:05 PM

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How to intro Effective Altruism

ChaosHufflepuffJun 7, 2018, 10:24 AM

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Washington, D.C.: What Have You Read Recently?

RobinZJun 7, 2018, 2:30 AM

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Glide #1.5: New Criticism and Rationality

musicmage4114Jun 7, 2018, 12:36 AM

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