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Anthropics: Full Non-indexical Conditioning (FNC) is inconsistent
Stuart_Armstrong
Jan 14, 2019, 3:03 PM
30
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Time Biases
PeterMcCluskey
Jan 12, 2019, 9:35 PM
30
points
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(www.bayesianinvestor.com)
Following human norms
Rohin Shah
Jan 20, 2019, 11:59 PM
30
points
10
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Towards no-math, graphical instructions for prediction markets
ryan_b
Jan 4, 2019, 4:39 PM
30
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
One Website To Rule Them All?
anna_macdonald
Jan 11, 2019, 7:14 PM
30
points
23
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Supervising strong learners by amplifying weak experts
paulfchristiano
Jan 6, 2019, 7:00 AM
29
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(arxiv.org)
LW Update 2019-1-09 – Question Updates, UserProfile Sorting
Raemon
Jan 9, 2019, 10:34 PM
29
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Prediction Contest 2018: Scores and Retrospective
jbeshir
Jan 27, 2019, 5:20 PM
28
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Bay Area SSC Meetup (special guest Steve Hsu)
Scott Alexander
Jan 3, 2019, 3:02 AM
27
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Learning with catastrophes
paulfchristiano
Jan 23, 2019, 3:01 AM
27
points
9
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Towards formalizing universality
paulfchristiano
Jan 13, 2019, 8:39 PM
27
points
19
comments
18
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Which textbook would you recommend to learn decision theory?
supermartingale
Jan 29, 2019, 8:48 PM
27
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Deconfusing Logical Counterfactuals
Chris_Leong
Jan 30, 2019, 3:13 PM
27
points
16
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Visualizing the power of multiple step selection processes in JS: Galton’s bean machine
gwern
Jan 12, 2019, 5:58 PM
27
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.gwern.net)
Reward uncertainty
Rohin Shah
Jan 19, 2019, 2:16 AM
26
points
3
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Dutch-Booking CDT
abramdemski
Jan 13, 2019, 12:10 AM
26
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Finance Followups
Jacob Falkovich
Jan 17, 2019, 5:54 PM
26
points
8
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Wireheading is in the eye of the beholder
Stuart_Armstrong
Jan 30, 2019, 6:23 PM
26
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Very Repugnant Conclusion
Stuart_Armstrong
Jan 18, 2019, 2:26 PM
26
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The reward engineering problem
paulfchristiano
Jan 16, 2019, 6:47 PM
26
points
3
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Río Grande: judgment calls
KatjaGrace
Jan 27, 2019, 3:50 AM
25
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(worldlypositions.tumblr.com)
Capability amplification
paulfchristiano
Jan 20, 2019, 7:03 AM
24
points
8
comments
13
min read
LW
link
EA Funds: Long-Term Future fund is open to applications until Feb. 7th
habryka
Jan 17, 2019, 8:27 PM
24
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What is narrow value learning?
Rohin Shah
Jan 10, 2019, 7:05 AM
23
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
When is CDT Dutch-Bookable?
abramdemski
Jan 13, 2019, 6:54 PM
23
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Speech] Worlds That Never Were
mingyuan
Jan 12, 2019, 7:53 PM
23
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Techniques for optimizing worst-case performance
paulfchristiano
Jan 28, 2019, 9:29 PM
23
points
12
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Open Thread January 2019
Raemon
Jan 9, 2019, 8:25 PM
23
points
54
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Alignment Newsletter #41
Rohin Shah
Jan 17, 2019, 8:10 AM
22
points
6
comments
10
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
[Question]
Is there a.. more exact.. way of scoring a predictor’s calibration?
mako yass
Jan 16, 2019, 8:19 AM
22
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How much can value learning be disentangled?
Stuart_Armstrong
Jan 29, 2019, 2:17 PM
22
points
30
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is Agent Simulates Predictor a “fair” problem?
Chris_Leong
Jan 24, 2019, 1:18 PM
22
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Do the best ideas float to the top?
Quinn
Jan 21, 2019, 5:22 AM
22
points
11
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Towards equilibria-breaking methods
ryan_b
Jan 29, 2019, 4:19 PM
22
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Anthropic probabilities: answering different questions
Stuart_Armstrong
Jan 14, 2019, 6:50 PM
21
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Alignment Newsletter #40
Rohin Shah
Jan 8, 2019, 8:10 PM
21
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Hierarchical system preferences and subagent preferences
Stuart_Armstrong
Jan 11, 2019, 6:47 PM
21
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
No surjection onto function space for manifold X
Stuart_Armstrong
9 Jan 2019 18:07 UTC
21
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Imitation learning considered unsafe?
David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)
6 Jan 2019 15:48 UTC
20
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
December gwern.net newsletter
gwern
2 Jan 2019 15:13 UTC
20
points
0
comments
LW
link
(www.gwern.net)
Why don’t people use formal methods?
John_Maxwell
22 Jan 2019 9:39 UTC
20
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.hillelwayne.com)
Freely Complying With the Ideal: A Theory of Happiness
Solnassant
27 Jan 2019 12:28 UTC
20
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Why not tool AI?
smithee
19 Jan 2019 22:18 UTC
20
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Alignment Newsletter #42
Rohin Shah
22 Jan 2019 2:00 UTC
20
points
1
comment
10
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
[Question]
What are good ML/AI related prediction / calibration questions for 2019?
james_t
4 Jan 2019 2:40 UTC
19
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
In SIA, reference classes (almost) don’t matter
Stuart_Armstrong
17 Jan 2019 11:29 UTC
19
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The human side of interaction
Rohin Shah
24 Jan 2019 10:14 UTC
19
points
5
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Evolution as Backstop for Reinforcement Learning: multi-level paradigms
gwern
12 Jan 2019 17:45 UTC
19
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.gwern.net)
Bundle your Experiments
PeterMcCluskey
18 Jan 2019 23:22 UTC
19
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.bayesianinvestor.com)
Applied Rationality Workshop Cologne, Germany
mschons
3 Jan 2019 9:16 UTC
18
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
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