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Open & Welcome Thread—November 2019

habrykaNov 2, 2019, 8:06 PM

12 points

76 comments1 min readLW link

Economics and Evolutionary Psychology

Chris_LeongNov 2, 2019, 4:36 PM

12 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(www.daviddfriedman.com)

Speaking up publicly is heroic

jefftkNov 2, 2019, 12:00 PM

44 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

What are human values? - Thoughts and challenges

Chris_LeongNov 2, 2019, 10:52 AM

11 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

AlphaStar: Impressive for RL progress, not for AGI progress

orthonormalNov 2, 2019, 1:50 AM

113 points

58 comments2 min readLW link 1 review

Chris Olah’s views on AGI safety

evhubNov 1, 2019, 8:13 PM

208 points

38 comments12 min readLW link 2 reviews

[Question] Explaining Visual Thinking

TeachNov 1, 2019, 8:00 PM

7 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

The Curse Of The Counterfactual

pjebyNov 1, 2019, 6:34 PM

140 points

35 comments19 min readLW link 1 review

Shared Cache is Going Away

jefftkNov 1, 2019, 3:10 PM

17 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Breaking Group Rock Paper Scissors

jefftkOct 31, 2019, 11:50 PM

7 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Doing things in a populated world

KatjaGraceOct 31, 2019, 10:40 PM

14 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(meteuphoric.com)

[Question] The Simulation Epiphany Problem

Koen.HoltmanOct 31, 2019, 10:12 PM

15 points

13 comments4 min readLW link

Tables of Presence, Nearby Absence, & Degrees of Intensity (Novum Organum Book 2: 10-14)

Francis BaconOct 31, 2019, 9:56 PM

16 points

0 comments25 min readLW link

Aella on Rationality and the Void

Jacob FalkovichOct 31, 2019, 9:40 PM

27 points

8 comments15 min readLW link

[Question] Is there a definitive intro to punishing non-punishers?

pjebyOct 31, 2019, 8:20 PM

25 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Rohin Shah on reasons for AI optimism

abergalOct 31, 2019, 12:10 PM

40 points

58 comments1 min readLW link

(aiimpacts.org)

Halloween

KatjaGraceOct 31, 2019, 12:20 AM

28 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

(meteuphoric.com)

[AN #71]: Avoiding reward tampering through current-RF optimization

Rohin ShahOct 30, 2019, 5:10 PM

12 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Rugby & Regression Towards the Mean

BuckyOct 30, 2019, 4:36 PM

15 points

1 comment4 min readLW link

Cambridge LW/SSC Meetup

NoSignalNoNoiseOct 30, 2019, 1:35 PM

7 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

A new kind of Hermeneutics

aiiixiiiOct 30, 2019, 12:42 PM

16 points

4 comments6 min readLW link

The Technique Taboo

lsusrOct 30, 2019, 11:22 AM

55 points

43 comments1 min readLW link

Theater Tickets, Sleeping Pills, and the Idiosyncrasies of Delegated Risk Management

DavidmanheimOct 30, 2019, 10:33 AM

27 points

7 comments3 min readLW link

Prospecting for Conceptual Holes

lsusrOct 30, 2019, 8:34 AM

72 points

20 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Learning from other people’s experiences/mistakes

alkayOct 30, 2019, 12:43 AM

9 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

When do you start looking for a Boston apartment?

jefftkOct 29, 2019, 4:30 PM

9 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Fibromyalgia, Pain & Depression. How much is due to physical misalignment?

leggiOct 29, 2019, 2:58 PM

7 points

4 comments18 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

[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

[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

LW/SSC Dublin: The Great Filter, Cities and Ambition, Lifehacks—Saturday November 2nd

Dan ValentineOct 28, 2019, 10:13 PM

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Nashville SSC November 2019 Meetup

friedelcraftinessOct 28, 2019, 9:27 PM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Book Review: The AI Does Not Hate You

PeterMcCluskeyOct 28, 2019, 5:45 PM

27 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

(www.bayesianinvestor.com)

[Question] Why are people so bad at dating?

XodarapOct 28, 2019, 2:32 PM

66 points

61 comments2 min readLW link

Internet Distance

jefftkOct 28, 2019, 1:10 PM

9 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Is requires ought

jessicataOct 28, 2019, 2:36 AM

35 points

61 comments7 min readLW link

(unstableontology.com)

[Question] What if AI is “IT”, and we don’t know about this?

kocmocaOct 27, 2019, 11:32 PM

1 point

1 comment1 min readLW link

How to Improve Your Sleep

lynettebyeOct 27, 2019, 11:28 PM

50 points

19 comments18 min readLW link

Slatestarcodex Meetup Hamburg 2019-11-17

Gunnar_ZarnckeOct 27, 2019, 10:29 PM

8 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Prediction markets for internet points?

paulfchristianoOct 27, 2019, 7:30 PM

47 points

10 comments5 min readLW link

(sideways-view.com)

[Question] What is the connection between these two definitions of ascription universality?

Liam DonovanOct 27, 2019, 6:03 PM

12 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

The Missing Piece

Martin SustrikOct 27, 2019, 5:50 AM

19 points

6 comments3 min readLW link

(250bpm.com)

Jacy Reese (born Jacy Anthis)?

jefftkOct 26, 2019, 9:00 PM

20 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Fetch The Coffee!

matthewpOct 26, 2019, 8:41 PM

7 points

15 comments5 min readLW link

The Pit

alkjashOct 26, 2019, 5:28 AM

30 points

7 comments8 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Climate technology primer (1/3): basics

amarblesOct 25, 2019, 11:18 PM

38 points

5 comments59 min readLW link

Two explanations for variation in human abilities

Matthew BarnettOct 25, 2019, 10:06 PM

87 points

28 comments5 min readLW link 1 review

Effect heterogeneity and external validity in medicine

Anders_HOct 25, 2019, 8:53 PM

49 points

14 comments7 min readLW link

Door Ideas

jefftkOct 25, 2019, 12:40 PM

8 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)