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Building up to an Internal Family Systems model

Kaj_SotalaJan 26, 2019, 12:25 PM

295 points

161 votes

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86 comments28 min readLW link 2 reviews

Future directions for narrow value learning

Rohin ShahJan 26, 2019, 2:36 AM

12 points

6 votes

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4 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] For what do we need Superintelligent AI?

avturchinJan 25, 2019, 3:01 PM

14 points

8 votes

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18 comments1 min readLW link

“AlphaStar: Mastering the Real-Time Strategy Game StarCraft II”, DeepMind [won 10 of 11 games against human pros]

gwernJan 24, 2019, 8:49 PM

62 points

23 votes

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52 comments1 min readLW link

(deepmind.com)

Thoughts on reward engineering

paulfchristianoJan 24, 2019, 8:15 PM

30 points

6 votes

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30 comments11 min readLW link

From Personal to Prison Gangs: Enforcing Prosocial Behavior

johnswentworthJan 24, 2019, 6:07 PM

153 points

67 votes

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26 comments5 min readLW link 2 reviews

[Question] Is Agent Simulates Predictor a “fair” problem?

Chris_LeongJan 24, 2019, 1:18 PM

22 points

7 votes

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19 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] In what way has the generation after us “gone too far”?

EloJan 24, 2019, 10:22 AM

8 points

4 votes

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3 comments1 min readLW link

The human side of interaction

Rohin ShahJan 24, 2019, 10:14 AM

19 points

6 votes

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5 comments4 min readLW link

South Bay Meetup

David FriedmanJan 24, 2019, 5:29 AM

1 point

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Allowing a formal proof system to self improve while avoiding Lobian obstacles.

Donald HobsonJan 23, 2019, 11:04 PM

6 points

3 votes

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4 comments2 min readLW link

Rationality Café No. 9 - The Sequences, Part 1; Section C b

thegreatnickJan 23, 2019, 10:41 PM

1 point

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Edinburgh SSC meetup ϛ

Hamish Peter ToddJan 23, 2019, 6:36 PM

1 point

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

S-Curves for Trend Forecasting

Matt GoldenbergJan 23, 2019, 6:17 PM

113 points

47 votes

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23 comments7 min readLW link 4 reviews

One-step hypothetical preferences

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 23, 2019, 3:14 PM

10 points

6 votes

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6 comments4 min readLW link

Shanghai LessWrong Meetup

MindeyJan 23, 2019, 12:59 PM

11 points

7 votes

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10 comments1 min readLW link

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

Alexander230Jan 23, 2019, 11:57 AM

10 points

4 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Could declining interest to the Doomsday Argument explain the Doomsday Argument?

avturchinJan 23, 2019, 11:51 AM

8 points

9 votes

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3 comments2 min readLW link

Link: That Time a Guy Tried to Build a Utopia for Mice and it all Went to Hell

AlexeiJan 23, 2019, 6:27 AM

15 points

6 votes

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6 comments1 min readLW link

Learning with catastrophes

paulfchristianoJan 23, 2019, 3:01 AM

27 points

9 votes

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9 comments4 min readLW link

The Relationship Between Hierarchy and Wealth

sarahconstantinJan 23, 2019, 2:00 AM

59 points

30 votes

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8 comments12 min readLW link

(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Too Smart for My Own Good

isovectorJan 22, 2019, 5:51 PM

38 points

23 votes

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4 comments3 min readLW link

Vote counting bug?

Richard_NgoJan 22, 2019, 3:44 PM

6 points

2 votes

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8 comments1 min readLW link

Stale air / high CO2 may decrease your cognitive function

Yoav RavidJan 22, 2019, 12:52 PM

16 points

14 votes

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6 comments1 min readLW link

Why don’t people use formal methods?

John_MaxwellJan 22, 2019, 9:39 AM

20 points

8 votes

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5 comments1 min readLW link

(www.hillelwayne.com)

[Question] Should questions be called “questions” or “confusions” (or “other”)?

RaemonJan 22, 2019, 2:45 AM

16 points

6 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

Alignment Newsletter #42

Rohin ShahJan 22, 2019, 2:00 AM

20 points

7 votes

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1 comment10 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Pittsburgh SSC Meetup

fr8trainJan 22, 2019, 12:04 AM

1 point

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

January 2019 Nashville SSC Meetup

Dude McDudeJan 21, 2019, 9:51 PM

3 points

2 votes

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3 comments1 min readLW link

Game Analysis Index

ZviJan 21, 2019, 3:30 PM

12 points

4 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Disentangling arguments for the importance of AI safety

Richard_NgoJan 21, 2019, 12:41 PM

133 points

53 votes

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23 comments8 min readLW link

Do the best ideas float to the top?

QuinnJan 21, 2019, 5:22 AM

22 points

6 votes

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11 comments6 min readLW link

Following human norms

Rohin ShahJan 20, 2019, 11:59 PM

31 points

14 votes

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10 comments5 min readLW link

Announcement: AI alignment prize round 4 winners

cousin_itJan 20, 2019, 2:46 PM

74 points

19 votes

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41 comments1 min readLW link

Capability amplification

paulfchristianoJan 20, 2019, 7:03 AM

24 points

7 votes

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8 comments13 min readLW link

Less Competition, More Meritocracy?

ZviJan 20, 2019, 2:00 AM

85 points

30 votes

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19 comments20 min readLW link 3 reviews

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Why not tool AI?

smitheeJan 19, 2019, 10:18 PM

20 points

9 votes

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11 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What math do i need for data analysis?

Yoav RavidJan 19, 2019, 10:08 AM

13 points

4 votes

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13 comments1 min readLW link

Reward uncertainty

Rohin ShahJan 19, 2019, 2:16 AM

26 points

11 votes

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3 comments5 min readLW link

Doing Despite Disliking: Self‐regulatory Strategies in Everyday Aversive Activities

lifelonglearnerJan 19, 2019, 12:27 AM

14 points

3 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

(onlinelibrary.wiley.com)

Bundle your Experiments

PeterMcCluskeyJan 18, 2019, 11:22 PM

19 points

8 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

(www.bayesianinvestor.com)

Curing the World of Men

Jacob FalkovichJan 18, 2019, 8:23 PM

−7 points

16 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

(putanumonit.com)

How could shares in a megaproject return value to shareholders?

ryan_bJan 18, 2019, 6:36 PM

17 points

4 votes

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12 comments1 min readLW link

Synthesising divergent preferences: an example in population ethics

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 18, 2019, 2:29 PM

12 points

3 votes

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8 comments4 min readLW link

The Very Repugnant Conclusion

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 18, 2019, 2:26 PM

26 points

26 votes

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19 comments1 min readLW link

EA Funds: Long-Term Future fund is open to applications until Feb. 7th

habrykaJan 17, 2019, 8:27 PM

24 points

11 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

Finance Followups

Jacob FalkovichJan 17, 2019, 5:54 PM

26 points

11 votes

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8 comments4 min readLW link

Debate AI and the Decision to Release an AI

Chris_LeongJan 17, 2019, 2:36 PM

9 points

4 votes

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18 comments3 min readLW link

Anthropics is pretty normal

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 17, 2019, 1:26 PM

39 points

16 votes

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9 comments8 min readLW link

Solving the Doomsday argument

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 17, 2019, 12:32 PM

14 points

7 votes

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16 comments1 min readLW link

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