A uni­ver­sal score for optimizers

levin10 Jul 2018 23:52 UTC
15 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Bayesian Prob­a­bil­ity is for things that are Space-like Separated from You

Scott Garrabrant10 Jul 2018 23:47 UTC
80 points
22 comments2 min readLW link

Align­ment prob­lems for economists

Chris van Merwijk10 Jul 2018 23:43 UTC
5 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Non-re­solve as Resolve

Linda Linsefors10 Jul 2018 23:31 UTC
15 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

A frame­work for think­ing about wireheading

theotherotheralex10 Jul 2018 23:14 UTC
15 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Log­i­cal Uncer­tainty and Func­tional De­ci­sion Theory

swordsintoploughshares10 Jul 2018 23:08 UTC
15 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Re­peated (and im­proved) Sleep­ing Beauty problem

Linda Linsefors10 Jul 2018 22:32 UTC
12 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Prob­a­bil­ity is fake, fre­quency is real

Linda Linsefors10 Jul 2018 22:32 UTC
12 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Con­di­tion­ing, Coun­ter­fac­tu­als, Ex­plo­ra­tion, and Gears

Diffractor10 Jul 2018 22:11 UTC
28 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

Two agents can have the same source code and op­ti­mise differ­ent util­ity functions

Joar Skalse10 Jul 2018 21:51 UTC
11 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

The In­ten­tional Agency Experiment

Alexander Gietelink Oldenziel10 Jul 2018 20:32 UTC
13 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing Align­men­tFo­rum.org Beta

Raemon10 Jul 2018 20:19 UTC
67 points
35 comments2 min readLW link

Choos­ing to Choose?

Whispermute10 Jul 2018 20:15 UTC
10 points
7 comments5 min readLW link

Study on what makes peo­ple ap­prove or con­demn mind up­load tech­nol­ogy; refer­ences LW

Kaj_Sotala10 Jul 2018 17:14 UTC
22 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(www.nature.com)

How to par­ent more predictably

jefftk10 Jul 2018 15:18 UTC
78 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

Open Thread July 2018

null10 Jul 2018 14:51 UTC
10 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Three an­chor­ings: num­ber, at­ti­tude, and taste

Stuart_Armstrong10 Jul 2018 14:21 UTC
14 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

The Dilemma of Worse Than Death Scenarios

arkaeik10 Jul 2018 9:18 UTC
13 points
18 comments4 min readLW link

New­comb’s Prob­lem In One Paragraph

Chris_Leong10 Jul 2018 7:10 UTC
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Let­ting Go III: Unilat­eral or GTFO

johnswentworth10 Jul 2018 6:26 UTC
21 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—December

Next10 Jul 2018 4:22 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—November

Next10 Jul 2018 4:20 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—October

Next10 Jul 2018 4:19 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—September

Next10 Jul 2018 4:12 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—August

Next10 Jul 2018 4:04 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Con­text Win­dows: A Model of Un­pro­duc­tive Disagreement

Zachary Jacobi10 Jul 2018 1:40 UTC
4 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

Fun­da­men­tals of For­mal­i­sa­tion Level 5: For­mal Proof

philip_b9 Jul 2018 20:55 UTC
13 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

RAISE is look­ing for full-time con­tent developers

null9 Jul 2018 17:01 UTC
22 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Align­ment Newslet­ter #14

Rohin Shah9 Jul 2018 16:20 UTC
14 points
0 comments9 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Math: Text­books and the DTP pipeline

Andrew Quinn9 Jul 2018 15:09 UTC
12 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

The Craft And The Codex

Paperclip Minimizer9 Jul 2018 10:50 UTC
12 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(slatestarcodex.com)

The Fermi Para­dox: What did Sand­berg, Drexler and Ord Really Dis­solve?

shminux8 Jul 2018 21:18 UTC
46 points
28 comments5 min readLW link

An Ex­er­cise in Ap­plied Ra­tion­al­ity: A New Apartment

Sable8 Jul 2018 21:18 UTC
8 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Es­ti­mat­ing the con­se­quences of de­vice de­tec­tion tech

Jsevillamol8 Jul 2018 18:25 UTC
27 points
4 comments7 min readLW link

Put­ting Log­a­r­ith­mic-Qual­ity Scales On Time

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)8 Jul 2018 15:00 UTC
12 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

Au­to­matic for the people

technicalities8 Jul 2018 14:23 UTC
18 points
23 comments7 min readLW link

Sto­ries of Sum­mer Sols­tice

Raemon8 Jul 2018 7:16 UTC
53 points
12 comments6 min readLW link

How to aban­don reductionism

ExpoundingDhamma8 Jul 2018 6:10 UTC
−17 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Book re­view: Pearl’s Book of Why

PeterMcCluskey7 Jul 2018 17:30 UTC
69 points
8 comments6 min readLW link
(www.bayesianinvestor.com)

Over­com­ing Cling­i­ness in Im­pact Measures

IAFF-User-3097 Jul 2018 16:26 UTC
0 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.lesswrong.com)

Low Im­pact via Whitelisting

IAFF-User-3097 Jul 2018 16:25 UTC
0 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.lesswrong.com)

ob­vi­ous epipha­nies

nBrown7 Jul 2018 3:05 UTC
11 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Towards dis­solv­ing the mys­tery of consciousness

GeometryOfTheShadows6 Jul 2018 21:36 UTC
41 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

RFC: Men­tal phe­nom­ena in AGI alignment

Gordon Seidoh Worley5 Jul 2018 20:52 UTC
12 points
16 comments5 min readLW link

Ge­offrey Miller on Polyamory and Mating

Jacob Falkovich5 Jul 2018 20:01 UTC
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

Debt is an Anti-investment

Jacob Falkovich5 Jul 2018 20:00 UTC
46 points
42 comments6 min readLW link

An in­tro­duc­tion to worst-case AI safety

Tobias_Baumann5 Jul 2018 16:09 UTC
14 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(s-risks.org)

An op­ti­miza­tion pro­cess for demo­cratic organizations

selylindi5 Jul 2018 15:34 UTC
9 points
14 comments1 min readLW link
(adelaybeingreborn.wordpress.com)

Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Air & Space Museum

RobinZ5 Jul 2018 3:02 UTC
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

On Authority

quanticle5 Jul 2018 2:37 UTC
13 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.interfluidity.com)