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Prediction Markets: When Do They Work?
Zvi
Jul 26, 2018, 12:30 PM
169
points
19
comments
10
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Strategies for Personal Growth
Raemon
Jul 28, 2018, 6:27 PM
149
points
27
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Paul’s research agenda FAQ
zhukeepa
Jul 1, 2018, 6:25 AM
128
points
74
comments
19
min read
LW
link
1
review
Melatonin: Much More Than You Wanted To Know
Scott Alexander
Jul 11, 2018, 5:40 PM
122
points
16
comments
15
min read
LW
link
(slatestarcodex.com)
Are ethical asymmetries from property rights?
KatjaGrace
Jul 2, 2018, 3:00 AM
108
points
37
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(meteuphoric.com)
The Learning-Theoretic AI Alignment Research Agenda
Vanessa Kosoy
Jul 4, 2018, 9:53 AM
94
points
37
comments
32
min read
LW
link
Don’t Get Distracted by the Boilerplate
johnswentworth
Jul 26, 2018, 2:15 AM
93
points
19
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Announcement: AI alignment prize round 3 winners and next round
cousin_it
Jul 15, 2018, 7:40 AM
93
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Expected Pain Parameters
Alicorn
Jul 14, 2018, 7:30 PM
87
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Bayesian Probability is for things that are Space-like Separated from You
Scott Garrabrant
Jul 10, 2018, 11:47 PM
86
points
22
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Probability is Real, and Value is Complex
abramdemski
Jul 20, 2018, 5:24 AM
80
points
21
comments
6
min read
LW
link
How to parent more predictably
jefftk
Jul 10, 2018, 3:18 PM
78
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
Why it took so long to do the Fermi calculation right?
Jan_Kulveit
Jul 2, 2018, 8:29 PM
76
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup Cookbook
maia
Jul 14, 2018, 10:26 PM
74
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(tigrennatenn.neocities.org)
A Gym Gridworld Environment for the Treacherous Turn
Michaël Trazzi
Jul 28, 2018, 9:27 PM
74
points
9
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(github.com)
Alignment Newsletter #13: 07/02/18
Rohin Shah
Jul 2, 2018, 4:10 PM
70
points
12
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Book review: Pearl’s Book of Why
PeterMcCluskey
Jul 7, 2018, 5:30 PM
69
points
8
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(www.bayesianinvestor.com)
Announcing AlignmentForum.org Beta
Raemon
Jul 10, 2018, 8:19 PM
68
points
35
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Replace yourself before you stop organizing your community.
Raemon
Jul 22, 2018, 8:57 PM
65
points
16
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Another take on agent foundations: formalizing zero-shot reasoning
zhukeepa
Jul 1, 2018, 6:12 AM
64
points
20
comments
12
min read
LW
link
How To Use Bureaucracies
Samo Burja
Jul 17, 2018, 8:10 AM
64
points
37
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(medium.com)
12 Virtues of Rationality posters/icons
habryka
Jul 22, 2018, 5:19 AM
59
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Complete Class: Consequentialist Foundations
abramdemski
Jul 11, 2018, 1:57 AM
58
points
37
comments
13
min read
LW
link
Mechanistic Transparency for Machine Learning
DanielFilan
Jul 11, 2018, 12:34 AM
55
points
9
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Mathematical Mindset
komponisto
Jul 11, 2018, 3:03 AM
54
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Stories of Summer Solstice
Raemon
Jul 8, 2018, 7:16 AM
53
points
12
comments
6
min read
LW
link
A Sarno-Hanson Synthesis
moridinamael
Jul 12, 2018, 4:13 PM
52
points
15
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Buridan’s ass in coordination games
jessicata
Jul 16, 2018, 2:51 AM
52
points
26
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Saving the world in 80 days: Epilogue
Logan Riggs
Jul 28, 2018, 5:04 PM
51
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Debt is an Anti-investment
Jacob Falkovich
Jul 5, 2018, 8:00 PM
48
points
42
comments
6
min read
LW
link
The Fermi Paradox: What did Sandberg, Drexler and Ord Really Dissolve?
Shmi
Jul 8, 2018, 9:18 PM
47
points
28
comments
5
min read
LW
link
A Step-by-step Guide to Finding a (Good!) Therapist
squidious
Jul 18, 2018, 1:50 AM
46
points
5
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(opalsandbonobos.blogspot.com)
Goodhart Taxonomy: Agreement
Ben Pace
Jul 1, 2018, 3:50 AM
44
points
4
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Bounding Goodhart’s Law
eric_langlois
Jul 11, 2018, 12:46 AM
43
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Simplicio and Sophisticus
Zvi
Jul 22, 2018, 1:30 PM
42
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Alignment Newsletter #15: 07/16/18
Rohin Shah
Jul 16, 2018, 4:10 PM
42
points
0
comments
15
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Alignment Newsletter #16: 07/23/18
Rohin Shah
Jul 23, 2018, 4:20 PM
42
points
0
comments
12
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Towards dissolving the mystery of consciousness
GeometryOfTheShadows
Jul 6, 2018, 9:36 PM
41
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A comment on the IDA-AlphaGoZero metaphor; capabilities versus alignment
AlexMennen
Jul 11, 2018, 1:03 AM
40
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Decisions are not about changing the world, they are about learning what world you live in
Shmi
Jul 28, 2018, 8:41 AM
39
points
71
comments
11
min read
LW
link
The risk of an American Civil War is remote
Samo Burja
Jul 23, 2018, 6:00 PM
39
points
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(medium.com)
Counterfactual outcome state transition parameters
Anders_H
Jul 27, 2018, 9:13 PM
37
points
1
comment
6
min read
LW
link
Decision-theoretic problems and Theories; An (Incomplete) comparative list
somervta
Jul 11, 2018, 2:59 AM
36
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(docs.google.com)
June gwern.net newsletter
gwern
Jul 4, 2018, 10:59 PM
34
points
0
comments
LW
link
(www.gwern.net)
Making a Difference Tempore: Insights from ‘Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction’
TurnTrout
Jul 5, 2018, 12:34 AM
33
points
6
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Alignment Newsletter #17
Rohin Shah
Jul 30, 2018, 4:10 PM
32
points
0
comments
13
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Let’s Discuss Functional Decision Theory
Chris_Leong
Jul 23, 2018, 7:24 AM
32
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Compact vs. Wide Models
Vaniver
Jul 16, 2018, 4:09 AM
31
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
LW Update 2018-07-27 – Sharing Drafts
Raemon
Jul 28, 2018, 2:54 AM
31
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
LW Update 2018-07-01 – Default Weak Upvotes
Raemon
Jul 1, 2018, 11:47 PM
30
points
44
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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