How fea­si­ble is long-range fore­cast­ing?

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

[Question] I would like to try dou­ble crux.

valentinslepukhinOct 10, 2019, 9:34 PM
11 points
158 comments1 min readLW link

The Ba­co­nian Method (Novum Or­ganum Book 1: 93-107)

Francis BaconOct 10, 2019, 6:54 PM
28 points
1 comment11 min readLW link

“Mild Hal­lu­ci­na­tion” Test

Logan RiggsOct 10, 2019, 5:57 PM
9 points
55 comments2 min readLW link

What is the real “dan­ger zone” for food?

jefftkOct 10, 2019, 11:00 AM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

CPH meetup 10/​20/​19

SønderjyeOct 10, 2019, 10:08 AM
10 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Thoughts on “Hu­man-Com­pat­i­ble”

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

Western Mas­sachusetts SSC meetup #17

a_liebOct 10, 2019, 2:44 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­am­ples of Categories

countedblessingsOct 10, 2019, 1:25 AM
27 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

Long Term Fu­ture Fund ap­pli­ca­tion is clos­ing this Fri­day (Oc­to­ber 11th)

habrykaOct 10, 2019, 12:44 AM
26 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(docs.google.com)

Min­i­miza­tion of pre­dic­tion er­ror as a foun­da­tion for hu­man val­ues in AI alignment

Gordon Seidoh WorleyOct 9, 2019, 6:23 PM
15 points
42 comments5 min readLW link

Ex­pected Value- Million­aires Math

Matt GoldenbergOct 9, 2019, 2:50 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(foreverjobless.com)

On Col­lu­sion—Vi­talik Buterin

Matt GoldenbergOct 9, 2019, 2:45 PM
24 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(hackernoon.com)

Reg­u­larly Sched­uled: Day-of Reminders

jefftkOct 9, 2019, 11:00 AM
10 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

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

Cat­e­gories: mod­els of models

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

Mis­con­cep­tions about con­tin­u­ous takeoff

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

Book sum­mary: Un­lock­ing the Emo­tional Brain

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

Char­ac­ter­iz­ing Real-World Agents as a Re­search Meta-Strategy

johnswentworthOct 8, 2019, 3:32 PM
29 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

What’s the dream for giv­ing nat­u­ral lan­guage com­mands to AI?

Charlie SteinerOct 8, 2019, 1:42 PM
14 points
8 comments7 min readLW link

Ar­ti­fact: What Went Wrong?

ZviOct 8, 2019, 12:10 PM
34 points
2 comments20 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] When is pair-pro­gram­ming su­pe­rior to reg­u­lar pro­gram­ming?

ChristianKlOct 8, 2019, 11:48 AM
31 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Real­ign­ing Hous­ing Coalitions

jefftkOct 8, 2019, 11:10 AM
10 points
1 comment2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

For­mal Me­taethics and Me­tase­man­tics for AI Alignment

June KuOct 8, 2019, 5:37 AM
22 points
6 comments5 min readLW link

South Bay Meetup

DavidFriedmanOct 8, 2019, 2:17 AM
2 points
0 commentsLW link

AI Align­ment Writ­ing Day Roundup #2

Ben PaceOct 7, 2019, 11:36 PM
33 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Bets and updating

Eigil RischelOct 7, 2019, 11:06 PM
32 points
5 comments2 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

The sen­tence struc­ture of mathematics

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

[Link] Book Re­view: ‘The AI Does Not Hate You’ by Tom Chivers (Scott Aaron­son)

eigenOct 7, 2019, 6:16 PM
19 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[AN #67]: Creat­ing en­vi­ron­ments in which to study in­ner al­ign­ment failures

Rohin ShahOct 7, 2019, 5:10 PM
17 points
0 comments8 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

The Gears of Impact

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

Hy­brid Lot­tery Admission

jefftkOct 7, 2019, 1:20 PM
10 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Re­place judges with Key­ne­sian beauty con­tests?

John_MaxwellOct 7, 2019, 4:00 AM
30 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What do the baby eaters tell us about ethics?

spookyuserOct 6, 2019, 10:27 PM
7 points
36 comments1 min readLW link

In­tro­duc­tion to In­tro­duc­tion to Cat­e­gory Theory

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

What is cat­e­gory the­ory?

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

Ad­vanced Dances

jefftkOct 6, 2019, 11:10 AM
10 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Mako’s Notes from Skep­toid’s 13 Hour 13th Birth­day Stream

mako yassOct 6, 2019, 9:43 AM
6 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

[Event] Meet­ing in Myrhorod, Novem­ber 16

Mary ChernyshenkoOct 6, 2019, 8:45 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Who lacks the qualia of con­scious­ness?

Richard_KennawayOct 5, 2019, 7:49 PM
29 points
55 comments1 min readLW link

Eight O’Clock is Relative

jefftkOct 5, 2019, 4:20 PM
13 points
1 comment2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] How do I view my replies?

DocumentOct 5, 2019, 4:05 PM
7 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What em­piri­cal work has been done that bears on the ‘freebit pic­ture’ of free will?

DanielFilanOct 4, 2019, 11:11 PM
9 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Ideal Num­ber of Parents

jefftkOct 4, 2019, 8:00 PM
20 points
4 comments3 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

13 Causes of Bad Science (Novum Or­ganum Book 1: 69-92)

Francis BaconOct 4, 2019, 7:52 PM
33 points
1 comment30 min readLW link

[Question] What are your strate­gies for avoid­ing micro-mis­takes?

NaiveTortoiseOct 4, 2019, 6:42 PM
17 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Septem­ber 2019 gw­ern.net newsletter

gwernOct 4, 2019, 4:44 PM
21 points
0 commentsLW link
(www.gwern.net)

The AI is the model

Charlie SteinerOct 4, 2019, 8:11 AM
14 points
1 comment3 min readLW link