[Question] What sub­fields of math­e­mat­ics are most use­ful for what sub­fields of AI?

Rudi CDec 6, 2019, 8:45 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

What is Ab­strac­tion?

johnswentworthDec 6, 2019, 8:30 PM
37 points
8 comments5 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ist sols­tice Lund

LauralDec 6, 2019, 11:40 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Com­ment on Co­her­ence ar­gu­ments do not im­ply goal di­rected behavior

Ronny FernandezDec 6, 2019, 9:30 AM
30 points
8 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Is there a web­site for track­ing fads?

romeostevensitDec 6, 2019, 4:48 AM
8 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

The Ac­tion­able Ver­sion of “Keep Your Iden­tity Small”

HazardDec 6, 2019, 1:34 AM
81 points
14 comments4 min readLW link

Un­der­stand­ing “Deep Dou­ble Des­cent”

evhubDec 6, 2019, 12:00 AM
151 points
51 comments5 min readLW link4 reviews

Tap­ping Out In Two

philhDec 5, 2019, 11:10 PM
16 points
6 comments6 min readLW link
(reasonableapproximation.net)

Values, Valence, and Alignment

Gordon Seidoh WorleyDec 5, 2019, 9:06 PM
12 points
4 comments13 min readLW link

Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—De­cem­ber 2020

NextDec 5, 2019, 8:51 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—Novem­ber 2020

NextDec 5, 2019, 8:50 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

LW Team Up­dates—De­cem­ber 2019

RubyDec 5, 2019, 8:40 PM
40 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

On Sto­ries vs. Data

Ian David MossDec 5, 2019, 8:07 PM
2 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(medium.com)

To Be De­cided #3

Ian David MossDec 5, 2019, 7:06 PM
4 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

LW For Ex­ter­nal Com­ments?

jefftkDec 5, 2019, 6:30 PM
52 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Read­ing list: Start­ing links and books on study­ing on­tol­ogy and causality

aaqDec 5, 2019, 5:19 PM
13 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Is there a sci­en­tific method? Physics, Biol­ogy and Beyond

Jimdrix_HendriDec 5, 2019, 4:50 PM
9 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

The Devil Made Me Write This Post Ex­plain­ing Why He Prob­a­bly Didn’t Hide Dinosaur Bones

Virgil KurkjianDec 5, 2019, 3:53 PM
−1 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

Linkpost: Search­ing Along the Trail of Crumbs

ZviDec 5, 2019, 2:20 PM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Or­a­cles: re­ject all deals—break su­per­ra­tional­ity, with superrationality

Stuart_ArmstrongDec 5, 2019, 1:51 PM
20 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] What is an Ev­i­den­tial De­ci­sion The­ory agent?

Chris_LeongDec 5, 2019, 1:48 PM
9 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Mul­ti­ple con­di­tions must be met to gain causal effect

MoritzGDec 5, 2019, 10:15 AM
9 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Seek­ing Power is Often Con­ver­gently In­stru­men­tal in MDPs

Dec 5, 2019, 2:33 AM
162 points
39 comments17 min readLW link2 reviews
(arxiv.org)

Ele­men­tary Statistics

jefftkDec 5, 2019, 2:00 AM
12 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Kansas City Dojo meetup 11-19-19

Bae's TheoremDec 5, 2019, 12:13 AM
3 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] What are some non-purely-sam­pling ways to do deep RL?

evhubDec 5, 2019, 12:09 AM
15 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Karate Kid and Real­is­tic Ex­pec­ta­tions for Disagree­ment Resolution

RaemonDec 4, 2019, 11:25 PM
103 points
23 comments4 min readLW link

Re­cent Progress in the The­ory of Neu­ral Networks

intersticeDec 4, 2019, 11:11 PM
83 points
9 comments9 min readLW link

Paper-Read­ing for Gears

johnswentworthDec 4, 2019, 9:02 PM
165 points
6 comments4 min readLW link1 review

On de­ci­sion-pre­dic­tion fixed points

jollybardDec 4, 2019, 8:49 PM
5 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—Oc­to­ber 2020

NoctDec 4, 2019, 8:17 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—Au­gust 2020

NoctDec 4, 2019, 8:16 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—Septem­ber 2020

NoctDec 4, 2019, 8:14 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—July 2020

NoctDec 4, 2019, 8:13 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—June 2020

NoctDec 4, 2019, 8:12 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What ad­di­tional fea­tures would you like on LessWrong?

Mati_RoyDec 4, 2019, 7:41 PM
6 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

[AN #76]: How dataset size af­fects ro­bust­ness, and bench­mark­ing safe ex­plo­ra­tion by mea­sur­ing con­straint violations

Rohin ShahDec 4, 2019, 6:10 PM
14 points
6 comments9 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

2019 Win­ter Sols­tice Collection

dspeyerDec 4, 2019, 5:25 PM
31 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

“Fully” acausal trade

Stuart_ArmstrongDec 4, 2019, 4:39 PM
16 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] If giv­ing un­so­lic­ited feed­back was a so­cial norm, what feed­back would you of­ten give?

Mati_RoyDec 4, 2019, 1:11 PM
10 points
15 commentsLW link

[Question] In which ways have you self-im­proved that made you feel bad for not hav­ing done it ear­lier?

Mati_RoyDec 4, 2019, 12:33 PM
13 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

A let­ter on op­ti­mism about hu­man progress

jasoncrawfordDec 4, 2019, 4:21 AM
34 points
3 comments3 min readLW link
(letter.wiki)

Sym­biotic Conflicts

lsusrDec 4, 2019, 12:06 AM
29 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Long-last­ing Effects of Sus­pen­sions?

jefftkDec 3, 2019, 8:40 PM
20 points
1 comment3 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

(Rein­vent­ing wheels) Maybe our world has be­come more peo­ple-shaped.

aaqDec 3, 2019, 8:23 PM
5 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Rus­sian x-risks newslet­ter #2, fall 2019

avturchinDec 3, 2019, 4:54 PM
22 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Search­ing Along the Trail of Crumbs

ZviDec 3, 2019, 1:10 PM
8 points
0 comments31 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The De­cem­ber SSC AtlantaMeetup

Steve FrenchDec 3, 2019, 12:14 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—May 2020

NoctDec 3, 2019, 4:00 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—April 2020

NoctDec 3, 2019, 3:59 AM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link