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[Team Update] Why we spent Q3 optimizing for karma
Ruby
Nov 7, 2019, 11:39 PM
70
points
27
comments
10
min read
LW
link
SSC Hangout—New Delhi
Volor
Nov 7, 2019, 11:36 PM
1
point
0
comments
LW
link
Social Meetup TLV
Daniel Davis
Nov 7, 2019, 11:36 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
New evidence on popular perception of “AI” risk
eg
Nov 7, 2019, 11:36 PM
12
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Self policing for self doubt
KatjaGrace
Nov 7, 2019, 11:10 PM
36
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(meteuphoric.com)
Kansas City Dojo Meetup: 11-5-19
Bae's Theorem
Nov 7, 2019, 9:32 PM
4
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Literature on memetics?
moridinamael
Nov 7, 2019, 7:18 PM
17
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Randomness vs. Ignorance
Rafael Harth
Nov 7, 2019, 6:51 PM
5
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
LessWrong Darmstadt Meetup
MaxRa
Nov 7, 2019, 5:55 PM
1
point
0
comments
LW
link
Units of Action
ryan_b
Nov 7, 2019, 5:47 PM
6
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Uber Self-Driving Crash
jefftk
Nov 7, 2019, 3:00 PM
109
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Building Intuitions On Non-Empirical Arguments In Science
Scott Alexander
Nov 7, 2019, 6:50 AM
56
points
27
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(slatestarcodex.com)
Personal quality experimentation
KatjaGrace
Nov 6, 2019, 9:50 PM
21
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(meteuphoric.com)
A mechanistic model of meditation
Kaj_Sotala
Nov 6, 2019, 9:37 PM
136
points
12
comments
21
min read
LW
link
AI Alignment Research Overview (by Jacob Steinhardt)
Ben Pace
Nov 6, 2019, 7:24 PM
44
points
0
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(docs.google.com)
[AN #72]: Alignment, robustness, methodology, and system building as research priorities for AI safety
Rohin Shah
Nov 6, 2019, 6:10 PM
26
points
4
comments
10
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Judgment, Punishment, and the Information-Suppression Field
Benquo
Nov 6, 2019, 5:44 PM
19
points
12
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)
Lisbon SSC Meetup #3
tamkin&popkin
Nov 6, 2019, 10:07 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is my perception of reality bounded by my intelligence?
bvangils
Nov 5, 2019, 8:40 PM
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Normative reductionism
KatjaGrace
Nov 5, 2019, 8:20 PM
13
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(meteuphoric.com)
Lite Blocking
jefftk
Nov 5, 2019, 1:50 PM
21
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Book Review: Design Principles of Biological Circuits
johnswentworth
Nov 5, 2019, 6:49 AM
234
points
24
comments
12
min read
LW
link
1
review
[Question]
What would happen if all the water on Earth were accumulated into spheres & drop on the surface?
Long try
Nov 5, 2019, 4:55 AM
2
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What AI safety problems need solving for safe AI research assistants?
John_Maxwell
Nov 5, 2019, 2:09 AM
14
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Total horse takeover
KatjaGrace
Nov 5, 2019, 12:10 AM
103
points
14
comments
6
min read
LW
link
1
review
(meteuphoric.com)
More variations on pseudo-alignment
evhub
Nov 4, 2019, 11:24 PM
27
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Drug Policy
jefftk
Nov 4, 2019, 9:30 PM
7
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Will transparency help catch deception? Perhaps not
Matthew Barnett
Nov 4, 2019, 8:52 PM
43
points
5
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Politics is work and work needs breaks
KatjaGrace
Nov 4, 2019, 5:10 PM
19
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(meteuphoric.com)
Elon Musk is wrong: Robotaxis are stupid. We need standardized rented autonomous tugs to move customized owned unpowered wagons.
chaosmage
Nov 4, 2019, 2:04 PM
36
points
35
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Book Review: Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankel
Chris_Leong
Nov 4, 2019, 11:21 AM
17
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Ways that China is surpassing the US
Wei Dai
Nov 4, 2019, 9:45 AM
59
points
19
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(palladiummag.com)
Meetup Notes: Ole Peters on ergodicity
Orborde
Nov 3, 2019, 11:31 PM
32
points
13
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Picture Frames, Window Frames and Frameworks
Raemon
Nov 3, 2019, 10:09 PM
35
points
7
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Skill and leverage
KatjaGrace
Nov 3, 2019, 9:10 PM
49
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(meteuphoric.com)
But exactly how complex and fragile?
KatjaGrace
Nov 3, 2019, 6:20 PM
87
points
32
comments
3
min read
LW
link
1
review
(meteuphoric.com)
[Math] Proofs vs. documentation vs. “it’s trivial”
aaq
Nov 3, 2019, 4:50 PM
13
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question] When Do Unlikely Events Should Be Questioned?
NSegall
Nov 3, 2019, 3:21 PM
6
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Where should I ask this particular kind of question?
Long try
Nov 3, 2019, 11:27 AM
3
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
“embedded self-justification,” or something like that
nostalgebraist
Nov 3, 2019, 3:20 AM
40
points
14
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(nostalgebraist.tumblr.com)
Open & Welcome Thread—November 2019
habryka
Nov 2, 2019, 8:06 PM
12
points
76
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Economics and Evolutionary Psychology
Chris_Leong
Nov 2, 2019, 4:36 PM
12
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.daviddfriedman.com)
Speaking up publicly is heroic
jefftk
Nov 2, 2019, 12:00 PM
44
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
What are human values? - Thoughts and challenges
Chris_Leong
Nov 2, 2019, 10:52 AM
11
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
AlphaStar: Impressive for RL progress, not for AGI progress
orthonormal
Nov 2, 2019, 1:50 AM
113
points
58
comments
2
min read
LW
link
1
review
Chris Olah’s views on AGI safety
evhub
Nov 1, 2019, 8:13 PM
208
points
38
comments
12
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
[Question]
Explaining Visual Thinking
Teach
Nov 1, 2019, 8:00 PM
7
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Curse Of The Counterfactual
pjeby
Nov 1, 2019, 6:34 PM
140
points
35
comments
19
min read
LW
link
1
review
Shared Cache is Going Away
jefftk
Nov 1, 2019, 3:10 PM
17
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Breaking Group Rock Paper Scissors
jefftk
Oct 31, 2019, 11:50 PM
7
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
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