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[Question] Is my perception of reality bounded by my intelligence?

bvangilsNov 5, 2019, 8:40 PM

1 point

1 comment1 min readLW link

Normative reductionism

KatjaGraceNov 5, 2019, 8:20 PM

13 points

19 comments1 min readLW link

(meteuphoric.com)

Lite Blocking

jefftkNov 5, 2019, 1:50 PM

21 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Book Review: Design Principles of Biological Circuits

johnswentworthNov 5, 2019, 6:49 AM

234 points

24 comments12 min readLW link 1 review

[Question] What would happen if all the water on Earth were accumulated into spheres & drop on the surface?

Long tryNov 5, 2019, 4:55 AM

2 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What AI safety problems need solving for safe AI research assistants?

John_MaxwellNov 5, 2019, 2:09 AM

14 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

Total horse takeover

KatjaGraceNov 5, 2019, 12:10 AM

103 points

14 comments6 min readLW link 1 review

(meteuphoric.com)

More variations on pseudo-alignment

evhubNov 4, 2019, 11:24 PM

27 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

Drug Policy

jefftkNov 4, 2019, 9:30 PM

7 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Will transparency help catch deception? Perhaps not

Matthew BarnettNov 4, 2019, 8:52 PM

43 points

5 comments7 min readLW link

Politics is work and work needs breaks

KatjaGraceNov 4, 2019, 5:10 PM

19 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(meteuphoric.com)

Elon Musk is wrong: Robotaxis are stupid. We need standardized rented autonomous tugs to move customized owned unpowered wagons.

chaosmageNov 4, 2019, 2:04 PM

36 points

35 comments2 min readLW link

Book Review: Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankel

Chris_LeongNov 4, 2019, 11:21 AM

17 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Ways that China is surpassing the US

Wei DaiNov 4, 2019, 9:45 AM

59 points

19 comments2 min readLW link

(palladiummag.com)

Meetup Notes: Ole Peters on ergodicity

OrbordeNov 3, 2019, 11:31 PM

32 points

13 comments4 min readLW link

Picture Frames, Window Frames and Frameworks

RaemonNov 3, 2019, 10:09 PM

35 points

7 comments7 min readLW link

Skill and leverage

KatjaGraceNov 3, 2019, 9:10 PM

49 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

(meteuphoric.com)

But exactly how complex and fragile?

KatjaGraceNov 3, 2019, 6:20 PM

87 points

32 comments3 min readLW link 1 review

(meteuphoric.com)

[Math] Proofs vs. documentation vs. “it’s trivial”

aaqNov 3, 2019, 4:50 PM

13 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] When Do Unlikely Events Should Be Questioned?

NSegallNov 3, 2019, 3:21 PM

6 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Where should I ask this particular kind of question?

Long tryNov 3, 2019, 11:27 AM

3 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

“embedded self-justification,” or something like that

nostalgebraistNov 3, 2019, 3:20 AM

40 points

14 comments5 min readLW link

(nostalgebraist.tumblr.com)

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