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To cut your loses or push forward in court?

CommuterQueryJul 24, 2018, 6:26 PM

−8 points

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1 comment1 min readLW link

ISO: Name of Problem

johnswentworthJul 24, 2018, 5:15 PM

31 points

14 votes

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18 comments1 min readLW link

Berlin LessWrong Meetup

ChristianKlJul 24, 2018, 4:49 PM

12 points

2 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

LessWrong Meetup for Hamming Circle’s

ChristianKlJul 24, 2018, 4:48 PM

10 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Top Left Mood

Jacob FalkovichJul 24, 2018, 2:35 PM

17 points

9 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

(putanumonit.com)

The problem of other minds

EloJul 24, 2018, 1:04 AM

5 points

7 votes

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9 comments1 min readLW link

The risk of an American Civil War is remote

Samo BurjaJul 23, 2018, 6:00 PM

39 points

22 votes

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0 comments8 min readLW link

(medium.com)

Alignment Newsletter #16: 07/23/18

Rohin ShahJul 23, 2018, 4:20 PM

42 points

11 votes

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0 comments12 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Games in Kocherga club: Fallacymania, Tower of Chaos, Scientific Discovery

Alexander230Jul 23, 2018, 12:06 PM

4 points

2 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Fundamentals of Formalisation Level 6: Turing Machines and the Halting Problem

philip_bJul 23, 2018, 9:46 AM

9 points

4 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Let’s Discuss Functional Decision Theory

Chris_LeongJul 23, 2018, 7:24 AM

32 points

15 votes

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18 comments1 min readLW link

Replace yourself before you stop organizing your community.

RaemonJul 22, 2018, 8:57 PM

66 points

42 votes

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16 comments4 min readLW link

Who Wants The Job?

ZviJul 22, 2018, 2:00 PM

24 points

19 votes

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29 comments2 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Simplicio and Sophisticus

ZviJul 22, 2018, 1:30 PM

42 points

19 votes

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1 comment4 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Exorcizing the Speed Prior?

abramdemskiJul 22, 2018, 6:45 AM

14 points

7 votes

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6 comments3 min readLW link

12 Virtues of Rationality posters/icons

habrykaJul 22, 2018, 5:19 AM

59 points

30 votes

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8 comments1 min readLW link

Bayesian Reasoning with Unsong Theodicy means we shouldn’t destroy the universe

pkuJul 22, 2018, 1:25 AM

7 points

10 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

Stable Pointers to Value III: Recursive Quantilization

abramdemskiJul 21, 2018, 8:06 AM

20 points

11 votes

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4 comments4 min readLW link

Conceptual problems with utility functions, second attempt at explaining

DacynJul 21, 2018, 2:08 AM

16 points

5 votes

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5 comments2 min readLW link

Can few-shot learning teach AI right from wrong?

Charlie SteinerJul 20, 2018, 7:45 AM

13 points

5 votes

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3 comments6 min readLW link

The Psychology Of Resolute Agents

Chris_LeongJul 20, 2018, 5:42 AM

10 points

4 votes

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20 comments5 min readLW link

Probability is Real, and Value is Complex

abramdemskiJul 20, 2018, 5:24 AM

81 points

37 votes

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21 comments6 min readLW link

Solving the AI Race Finalists

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJul 19, 2018, 9:04 PM

24 points

10 votes

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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

3 votes

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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

1 vote

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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

3 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Generalized Kelly betting

Linda LinseforsJul 19, 2018, 1:38 AM

15 points

8 votes

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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

7 votes

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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

6 votes

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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

5 votes

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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

5 votes

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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

9 votes

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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

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