The Parable of Pre­dict-O-Matic

abramdemskiOct 15, 2019, 12:49 AM
359 points
43 comments14 min readLW link2 reviews

Book sum­mary: Un­lock­ing the Emo­tional Brain

Kaj_SotalaOct 8, 2019, 7:11 PM
332 points
48 comments21 min readLW link3 reviews

De­bate on In­stru­men­tal Con­ver­gence be­tween LeCun, Rus­sell, Ben­gio, Zador, and More

Ben PaceOct 4, 2019, 4:08 AM
221 points
61 comments15 min readLW link2 reviews

Make more land

jefftkOct 16, 2019, 11:20 AM
167 points
36 comments2 min readLW link5 reviews
(www.jefftk.com)

What Comes After Epistemic Spot Checks?

ElizabethOct 22, 2019, 5:00 PM
122 points
9 comments3 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

In­tro­duc­tion to In­tro­duc­tion to Cat­e­gory Theory

countedblessingsOct 6, 2019, 2:43 PM
114 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

Gra­di­ent hacking

evhubOct 16, 2019, 12:53 AM
107 points
39 comments3 min readLW link2 reviews

Turn­ing air into bread

jasoncrawfordOct 21, 2019, 5:50 PM
103 points
12 comments6 min readLW link1 review
(rootsofprogress.org)

[Question] How do you as­sess the qual­ity /​ re­li­a­bil­ity of a sci­en­tific study?

Eli TyreOct 29, 2019, 2:52 PM
90 points
41 comments1 min readLW link

[Site Up­date] Sub­scrip­tions, Book­marks, & Pingbacks

RubyOct 29, 2019, 4:32 AM
88 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Two ex­pla­na­tions for vari­a­tion in hu­man abilities

Matthew BarnettOct 25, 2019, 10:06 PM
87 points
28 comments5 min readLW link1 review

Mis­con­cep­tions about con­tin­u­ous takeoff

Matthew BarnettOct 8, 2019, 9:31 PM
82 points
38 comments4 min readLW link

In­tro­duc­ing Fore­told.io: A New Open-Source Pre­dic­tion Registry

ozziegooenOct 16, 2019, 2:23 PM
79 points
10 comments3 min readLW link

Prospect­ing for Con­cep­tual Holes

lsusrOct 30, 2019, 8:34 AM
72 points
20 comments2 min readLW link

Maybe Ly­ing Doesn’t Exist

Zack_M_DavisOct 14, 2019, 7:04 AM
71 points
59 comments8 min readLW link

World State is the Wrong Ab­strac­tion for Impact

TurnTroutOct 1, 2019, 9:03 PM
67 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Why are peo­ple so bad at dat­ing?

XodarapOct 28, 2019, 2:32 PM
66 points
61 comments2 min readLW link

What is cat­e­gory the­ory?

countedblessingsOct 6, 2019, 2:33 PM
65 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Is it harder to be­come a MIRI math­e­mat­i­cian in 2019 com­pared to in 2013?

riceissaOct 29, 2019, 3:28 AM
65 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Thoughts on “Hu­man-Com­pat­i­ble”

TurnTroutOct 10, 2019, 5:24 AM
64 points
34 comments5 min readLW link

A sim­ple sketch of how re­al­ism be­came unpopular

Rob BensingerOct 11, 2019, 10:25 PM
63 points
55 comments4 min readLW link

Hu­man in­stincts, sym­bol ground­ing, and the blank-slate neocortex

Steven ByrnesOct 2, 2019, 12:06 PM
62 points
23 comments11 min readLW link

Does the US nu­clear policy still tar­get cities?

Jeffrey LadishOct 2, 2019, 12:18 AM
61 points
7 comments10 min readLW link

[AN #69] Stu­art Rus­sell’s new book on why we need to re­place the stan­dard model of AI

Rohin ShahOct 19, 2019, 12:30 AM
60 points
12 comments15 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

In­visi­ble Choices, Made by Default

lsusrOct 20, 2019, 2:09 AM
59 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Reflec­tions on Premium Poker Tools: Part 1 - My journey

Adam ZernerOct 9, 2019, 12:42 AM
57 points
14 comments38 min readLW link

Healthy Competition

RaemonOct 20, 2019, 8:55 PM
56 points
13 comments2 min readLW link1 review

The Tech­nique Taboo

lsusrOct 30, 2019, 11:22 AM
55 points
43 comments1 min readLW link

Mediums Over­power Messages

lsusrOct 20, 2019, 5:46 AM
54 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

The Gears of Impact

TurnTroutOct 7, 2019, 2:44 PM
54 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Cat­e­gories: mod­els of models

countedblessingsOct 9, 2019, 2:45 AM
52 points
18 comments13 min readLW link

How to Im­prove Your Sleep

lynettebyeOct 27, 2019, 11:28 PM
50 points
19 comments18 min readLW link

We tend to for­get com­pli­cated things

Rafael HarthOct 20, 2019, 8:05 PM
49 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Effect het­ero­gene­ity and ex­ter­nal val­idity in medicine

Anders_HOct 25, 2019, 8:53 PM
49 points
14 comments7 min readLW link

Oc­cam’s Ra­zor May Be Suffi­cient to In­fer the Prefer­ences of Ir­ra­tional Agents: A re­ply to Arm­strong & Mindermann

Daniel KokotajloOct 7, 2019, 7:52 PM
47 points
39 comments7 min readLW link

Pre­dic­tion mar­kets for in­ter­net points?

paulfchristianoOct 27, 2019, 7:30 PM
47 points
9 comments5 min readLW link
(sideways-view.com)

Archiv­ing Ya­hoo Groups

jefftkOct 18, 2019, 11:20 AM
43 points
9 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Tech­ni­cal AGI safety re­search out­side AI

Richard_NgoOct 18, 2019, 3:00 PM
43 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Reflec­tions on Premium Poker Tools: Part 2 - De­cid­ing to call it quits

Adam ZernerOct 9, 2019, 4:17 AM
42 points
6 comments8 min readLW link

Hu­man-AI Collaboration

Rohin ShahOct 22, 2019, 6:32 AM
42 points
7 comments2 min readLW link
(bair.berkeley.edu)

The sen­tence struc­ture of mathematics

countedblessingsOct 7, 2019, 6:58 PM
41 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

Im­ple­ment­ing an Idea-Man­age­ment System

MartinBOct 18, 2019, 10:48 AM
41 points
23 comments4 min readLW link

On In­ter­nal Fam­ily Sys­tems and multi-agent minds: a re­ply to PJ Eby

Kaj_SotalaOct 29, 2019, 2:56 PM
41 points
31 comments25 min readLW link

AI al­ign­ment landscape

paulfchristianoOct 13, 2019, 2:10 AM
40 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(ai-alignment.com)

How fea­si­ble is long-range fore­cast­ing?

Ben PaceOct 10, 2019, 10:11 PM
40 points
7 comments2 min readLW link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

Ran­dom Thoughts on Pre­dict-O-Matic

abramdemskiOct 17, 2019, 11:39 PM
40 points
3 comments9 min readLW link

Cli­mate tech­nol­ogy primer (1/​3): basics

amarblesOct 25, 2019, 11:18 PM
38 points
5 comments59 min readLW link

Epistemic Spot Checks: The Fall of Rome

ElizabethOct 16, 2019, 6:40 PM
38 points
2 comments8 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

TAISU 2019 Field Report

Gordon Seidoh WorleyOct 15, 2019, 1:09 AM
36 points
5 comments5 min readLW link

Long-Term Fu­ture Fund: Au­gust 2019 grant recommendations

habrykaOct 3, 2019, 8:41 PM
35 points
0 comments64 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)