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[Question]
For what do we need Superintelligent AI?
avturchin
Jan 25, 2019, 3:01 PM
14
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“AlphaStar: Mastering the Real-Time Strategy Game StarCraft II”, DeepMind [won 10 of 11 games against human pros]
gwern
Jan 24, 2019, 8:49 PM
62
points
52
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(deepmind.com)
Thoughts on reward engineering
paulfchristiano
Jan 24, 2019, 8:15 PM
30
points
30
comments
11
min read
LW
link
From Personal to Prison Gangs: Enforcing Prosocial Behavior
johnswentworth
Jan 24, 2019, 6:07 PM
153
points
26
comments
5
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
[Question]
Is Agent Simulates Predictor a “fair” problem?
Chris_Leong
Jan 24, 2019, 1:18 PM
22
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
In what way has the generation after us “gone too far”?
Elo
Jan 24, 2019, 10:22 AM
8
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The human side of interaction
Rohin Shah
Jan 24, 2019, 10:14 AM
19
points
5
comments
4
min read
LW
link
South Bay Meetup
David Friedman
Jan 24, 2019, 5:29 AM
1
point
0
comments
LW
link
Allowing a formal proof system to self improve while avoiding Lobian obstacles.
Donald Hobson
Jan 23, 2019, 11:04 PM
6
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Rationality Café No. 9 - The Sequences, Part 1; Section C b
thegreatnick
Jan 23, 2019, 10:41 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Edinburgh SSC meetup ϛ
Hamish Peter Todd
Jan 23, 2019, 6:36 PM
1
point
0
comments
LW
link
S-Curves for Trend Forecasting
Matt Goldenberg
Jan 23, 2019, 6:17 PM
113
points
23
comments
7
min read
LW
link
4
reviews
One-step hypothetical preferences
Stuart_Armstrong
Jan 23, 2019, 3:14 PM
10
points
6
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Shanghai LessWrong Meetup
Mindey
Jan 23, 2019, 12:59 PM
11
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Games in Kocherga club: Fallacymania, Tower of Chaos, Scientific Discovery
Alexander230
Jan 23, 2019, 11:57 AM
10
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Could declining interest to the Doomsday Argument explain the Doomsday Argument?
avturchin
Jan 23, 2019, 11:51 AM
8
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Link: That Time a Guy Tried to Build a Utopia for Mice and it all Went to Hell
Alexei
Jan 23, 2019, 6:27 AM
15
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Learning with catastrophes
paulfchristiano
Jan 23, 2019, 3:01 AM
27
points
9
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The Relationship Between Hierarchy and Wealth
sarahconstantin
Jan 23, 2019, 2:00 AM
59
points
8
comments
12
min read
LW
link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)
Too Smart for My Own Good
isovector
Jan 22, 2019, 5:51 PM
38
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Vote counting bug?
Richard_Ngo
Jan 22, 2019, 3:44 PM
6
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Stale air / high CO2 may decrease your cognitive function
Yoav Ravid
Jan 22, 2019, 12:52 PM
16
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why don’t people use formal methods?
John_Maxwell
Jan 22, 2019, 9:39 AM
20
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.hillelwayne.com)
[Question]
Should questions be called “questions” or “confusions” (or “other”)?
Raemon
Jan 22, 2019, 2:45 AM
16
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Alignment Newsletter #42
Rohin Shah
Jan 22, 2019, 2:00 AM
20
points
1
comment
10
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Pittsburgh SSC Meetup
fr8train
Jan 22, 2019, 12:04 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
January 2019 Nashville SSC Meetup
Dude McDude
Jan 21, 2019, 9:51 PM
3
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Game Analysis Index
Zvi
Jan 21, 2019, 3:30 PM
12
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Disentangling arguments for the importance of AI safety
Richard_Ngo
Jan 21, 2019, 12:41 PM
133
points
23
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Do the best ideas float to the top?
Quinn
Jan 21, 2019, 5:22 AM
22
points
11
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Following human norms
Rohin Shah
Jan 20, 2019, 11:59 PM
30
points
10
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Announcement: AI alignment prize round 4 winners
cousin_it
Jan 20, 2019, 2:46 PM
74
points
41
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Capability amplification
paulfchristiano
Jan 20, 2019, 7:03 AM
24
points
8
comments
13
min read
LW
link
Less Competition, More Meritocracy?
Zvi
Jan 20, 2019, 2:00 AM
85
points
19
comments
20
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
[Question]
Why not tool AI?
smithee
Jan 19, 2019, 10:18 PM
20
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What math do i need for data analysis?
Yoav Ravid
Jan 19, 2019, 10:08 AM
13
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Reward uncertainty
Rohin Shah
Jan 19, 2019, 2:16 AM
26
points
3
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Doing Despite Disliking: Self‐regulatory Strategies in Everyday Aversive Activities
lifelonglearner
Jan 19, 2019, 12:27 AM
14
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
Bundle your Experiments
PeterMcCluskey
Jan 18, 2019, 11:22 PM
19
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.bayesianinvestor.com)
Curing the World of Men
Jacob Falkovich
Jan 18, 2019, 8:23 PM
−7
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
How could shares in a megaproject return value to shareholders?
ryan_b
Jan 18, 2019, 6:36 PM
17
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Synthesising divergent preferences: an example in population ethics
Stuart_Armstrong
Jan 18, 2019, 2:29 PM
12
points
8
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The Very Repugnant Conclusion
Stuart_Armstrong
Jan 18, 2019, 2:26 PM
26
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
EA Funds: Long-Term Future fund is open to applications until Feb. 7th
habryka
Jan 17, 2019, 8:27 PM
24
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Finance Followups
Jacob Falkovich
Jan 17, 2019, 5:54 PM
26
points
8
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Debate AI and the Decision to Release an AI
Chris_Leong
Jan 17, 2019, 2:36 PM
9
points
18
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Anthropics is pretty normal
Stuart_Armstrong
Jan 17, 2019, 1:26 PM
39
points
9
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Solving the Doomsday argument
Stuart_Armstrong
Jan 17, 2019, 12:32 PM
14
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The questions and classes of SSA
Stuart_Armstrong
Jan 17, 2019, 11:50 AM
12
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
In SIA, reference classes (almost) don’t matter
Stuart_Armstrong
17 Jan 2019 11:29 UTC
19
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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