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Can few-shot learning teach AI right from wrong?

Charlie SteinerJul 20, 2018, 7:45 AM

13 points

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3 comments6 min readLW link

The Psychology Of Resolute Agents

Chris_LeongJul 20, 2018, 5:42 AM

10 points

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20 comments5 min readLW link

Probability is Real, and Value is Complex

abramdemskiJul 20, 2018, 5:24 AM

81 points

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21 comments6 min readLW link

Solving the AI Race Finalists

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJul 19, 2018, 9:04 PM

24 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(medium.com)

“Artificial Intelligence” (new entry at Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

fortyeridaniaJul 19, 2018, 9:48 AM

5 points

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8 comments1 min readLW link

(plato.stanford.edu)

Discussion: Raising the Sanity Waterline

ChriswaterguyJul 19, 2018, 2:12 AM

2 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

LW Update 2018-07-18 – AlignmentForum Bug Fixes

RaemonJul 19, 2018, 2:10 AM

13 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Generalized Kelly betting

Linda LinseforsJul 19, 2018, 1:38 AM

15 points

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5 comments2 min readLW link

Mechanism Design for AI

Tobias_BaumannJul 18, 2018, 4:47 PM

5 points

3 votes

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3 comments1 min readLW link

(s-risks.org)

A Step-by-step Guide to Finding a (Good!) Therapist

squidiousJul 18, 2018, 1:50 AM

46 points

19 votes

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5 comments9 min readLW link

(opalsandbonobos.blogspot.com)

Simple Metaphor About Compressed Sensing

ryan_bJul 17, 2018, 3:47 PM

6 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Figuring out what Alice wants, part II

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 17, 2018, 1:59 PM

17 points

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0 comments5 min readLW link

Figuring out what Alice wants, part I

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 17, 2018, 1:59 PM

15 points

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8 comments3 min readLW link

How To Use Bureaucracies

Samo BurjaJul 17, 2018, 8:10 AM

64 points

53 votes

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37 comments9 min readLW link

(medium.com)

September CFAR Workshop

CFAR TeamJul 17, 2018, 3:16 AM

20 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(AI alignment) Now is special

Andrew QuinnJul 17, 2018, 1:50 AM

2 points

4 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Look Under the Light Post

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJul 16, 2018, 10:19 PM

22 points

11 votes

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8 comments4 min readLW link

Alignment Newsletter #15: 07/16/18

Rohin ShahJul 16, 2018, 4:10 PM

42 points

13 votes

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0 comments15 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Compact vs. Wide Models

VaniverJul 16, 2018, 4:09 AM

31 points

14 votes

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5 comments3 min readLW link

Probabilistic decision-making as an anxiety-reduction technique

RationallyDenseJul 16, 2018, 3:51 AM

8 points

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4 comments1 min readLW link

Buridan’s ass in coordination games

jessicataJul 16, 2018, 2:51 AM

53 points

20 votes

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26 comments10 min readLW link

Research Debt

ElizabethJul 15, 2018, 7:36 PM

25 points

11 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

(distill.pub)

An optimistic explanation of the outrage epidemic

chaosmageJul 15, 2018, 2:35 PM

18 points

12 votes

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5 comments3 min readLW link

Announcement: AI alignment prize round 3 winners and next round

cousin_itJul 15, 2018, 7:40 AM

93 points

29 votes

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7 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup Cookbook

maiaJul 14, 2018, 10:26 PM

75 points

30 votes

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7 comments1 min readLW link

(tigrennatenn.neocities.org)

Expected Pain Parameters

AlicornJul 14, 2018, 7:30 PM

87 points

41 votes

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12 comments2 min readLW link

Boltzmann Brains and Within-model vs. Between-models Probability

Charlie SteinerJul 14, 2018, 9:52 AM

15 points

7 votes

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12 comments3 min readLW link

[1607.08289] “Mammalian Value Systems” (as a starting point for human value system model created by IRL agent)

avturchinJul 14, 2018, 9:46 AM

9 points

4 votes

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9 comments1 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

Generating vs Recognizing

lifelonglearnerJul 14, 2018, 5:10 AM

15 points

6 votes

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3 comments4 min readLW link

LW Update 2018-7-14 – Styling Rework, CommentsItem, Performance

RaemonJul 14, 2018, 1:13 AM

30 points

9 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Secondary Stressors and Tactile Ambition

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)Jul 13, 2018, 12:26 AM

16 points

11 votes

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16 comments4 min readLW link

A Sarno-Hanson Synthesis

moridinamaelJul 12, 2018, 4:13 PM

52 points

25 votes

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15 comments4 min readLW link

Probability is a model, frequency is an observation: Why both halfers and thirders are correct in the Sleeping Beauty problem.

ShmiJul 12, 2018, 6:52 AM

26 points

13 votes

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34 comments2 min readLW link

What does the stock market tell us about AI timelines?

Tobias_BaumannJul 12, 2018, 6:05 AM

6 points

3 votes

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5 comments1 min readLW link

(s-risks.org)

An Agent is a Worldline in Tegmark V

komponistoJul 12, 2018, 5:12 AM

24 points

13 votes

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12 comments2 min readLW link

Washington, D.C.: What If

RobinZJul 12, 2018, 4:30 AM

9 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Are pre-specified utility functions about the real world possible in principle?

mloganJul 11, 2018, 6:46 PM

24 points

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7 comments4 min readLW link

Melatonin: Much More Than You Wanted To Know

Scott AlexanderJul 11, 2018, 5:40 PM

123 points

58 votes

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17 comments15 min readLW link

(slatestarcodex.com)

Monk Treehouse: some problems defining simulation

dranorterJul 11, 2018, 7:35 AM

6 points

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1 comment5 min readLW link

Mathematical Mindset

komponistoJul 11, 2018, 3:03 AM

55 points

23 votes

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5 comments2 min readLW link

Decision-theoretic problems and Theories; An (Incomplete) comparative list

somervtaJul 11, 2018, 2:59 AM

36 points

10 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(docs.google.com)

Agents That Learn From Human Behavior Can’t Learn Human Values That Humans Haven’t Learned Yet

steven0461Jul 11, 2018, 2:59 AM

29 points

18 votes

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11 comments1 min readLW link

On the Role of Counterfactuals in Learning

Max KanwalJul 11, 2018, 2:45 AM

11 points

8 votes

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2 comments3 min readLW link

Clarifying Consequentialists in the Solomonoff Prior

Vlad MikulikJul 11, 2018, 2:35 AM

20 points

14 votes

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16 comments6 min readLW link

Complete Class: Consequentialist Foundations

abramdemskiJul 11, 2018, 1:57 AM

58 points

29 votes

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37 comments13 min readLW link

Conditions under which misaligned subagents can (not) arise in classifiers

anon1Jul 11, 2018, 1:52 AM

12 points

4 votes

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2 comments2 min readLW link

No, I won’t go there, it feels like you’re trying to Pascal-mug me

RupertJul 11, 2018, 1:37 AM

9 points

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0 comments2 min readLW link

Conceptual problems with utility functions

DacynJul 11, 2018, 1:29 AM

22 points

12 votes

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12 comments2 min readLW link

Dependent Type Theory and Zero-Shot Reasoning

evhubJul 11, 2018, 1:16 AM

27 points

13 votes

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3 comments5 min readLW link

A comment on the IDA-AlphaGoZero metaphor; capabilities versus alignment

AlexMennenJul 11, 2018, 1:03 AM

40 points

21 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

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