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De-Bugged brains wanted
marcus_gabler
Feb 19, 2019, 6:30 PM
−16
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] OpenAI on why we need social scientists
ioannes
Feb 19, 2019, 4:59 PM
14
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Kocherga’s leaflet
Slava Matyukhin
Feb 19, 2019, 12:06 PM
26
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Blackmail
Zvi
Feb 19, 2019, 3:50 AM
133
points
55
comments
16
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Decelerating: laser vs gun vs rocket
Stuart_Armstrong
Feb 18, 2019, 11:21 PM
31
points
16
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Epistemic Tenure
Scott Garrabrant
Feb 18, 2019, 10:56 PM
89
points
27
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
A Strange Situation
Flange Finnegan
Feb 18, 2019, 8:38 PM
12
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Implications of GPT-2
Gurkenglas
Feb 18, 2019, 10:57 AM
38
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Is voting theory important? An attempt to check my bias.
Jameson Quinn
Feb 17, 2019, 11:45 PM
42
points
14
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Avoiding Jargon Confusion
Raemon
Feb 17, 2019, 11:37 PM
46
points
35
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Robin Hanson on Lumpiness of AI Services
DanielFilan
Feb 17, 2019, 11:08 PM
15
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.overcomingbias.com)
The Clockmaker’s Argument (But not Really)
GregorDeVillain
Feb 17, 2019, 9:20 PM
1
point
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Can We Place Trust in Post-AGI Forecasting Evaluations?
ozziegooen
Feb 17, 2019, 7:20 PM
22
points
16
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Cambridge SSC Meetup
NoSignalNoNoise
Feb 17, 2019, 6:28 PM
6
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cambridge SSC Meetup
NoSignalNoNoise
Feb 17, 2019, 6:27 PM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Extraordinary ethics require extraordinary arguments
aaq
Feb 17, 2019, 2:59 PM
26
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Limiting an AGI’s Context Temporally
EulersApprentice
Feb 17, 2019, 3:29 AM
5
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Major Donation: Long Term Future Fund Application Extended 1 Week
habryka
Feb 16, 2019, 11:30 PM
42
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Games in Kocherga club: Fallacymania, Tower of Chaos, Scientific Discovery
Alexander230
Feb 16, 2019, 10:29 PM
3
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is there a way to hire academics hourly?
Ixiel
Feb 16, 2019, 2:21 PM
6
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Graceful Shutdown
Martin Sustrik
Feb 16, 2019, 11:30 AM
10
points
4
comments
13
min read
LW
link
(250bpm.com)
[Question]
Why didn’t Agoric Computing become popular?
Wei Dai
Feb 16, 2019, 6:19 AM
52
points
22
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Pedagogy as Struggle
lifelonglearner
Feb 16, 2019, 2:12 AM
13
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
How the MtG Color Wheel Explains AI Safety
Scott Garrabrant
Feb 15, 2019, 11:42 PM
65
points
4
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Some disjunctive reasons for urgency on AI risk
Wei Dai
Feb 15, 2019, 8:43 PM
36
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
So you want to be a wizard
NaiveTortoise
Feb 15, 2019, 3:43 PM
16
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(jvns.ca)
Cooperation is for Winners
Jacob Falkovich
Feb 15, 2019, 2:58 PM
21
points
6
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Quantifying anthropic effects on the Fermi paradox
Lukas Finnveden
Feb 15, 2019, 10:51 AM
29
points
5
comments
27
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How does OpenAI’s language model affect our AI timeline estimates?
jimrandomh
Feb 15, 2019, 3:11 AM
50
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Has The Function To Sort Posts By Votes Stopped Working?
Capybasilisk
Feb 14, 2019, 7:14 PM
1
point
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Who owns OpenAI’s new language model?
ioannes
Feb 14, 2019, 5:51 PM
16
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Prediction Pyramid: Why Fundamental Work is Needed for Prediction Work
ozziegooen
Feb 14, 2019, 4:21 PM
43
points
15
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Short story: An AGI’s Repugnant Physics Experiment
ozziegooen
Feb 14, 2019, 2:46 PM
9
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
New York Restaurants I Love: Breakfast
Zvi
Feb 14, 2019, 1:10 PM
10
points
3
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
[Question]
Are there documentaries on rationality?
Yoav Ravid
Feb 14, 2019, 11:34 AM
12
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Alignment Newsletter #45
Rohin Shah
Feb 14, 2019, 2:10 AM
25
points
2
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Three Kinds of Research Documents: Exploration, Explanation, Academic
ozziegooen
Feb 13, 2019, 9:25 PM
22
points
18
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Humans interpreting humans
Stuart_Armstrong
13 Feb 2019 19:03 UTC
12
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Anchoring vs Taste: a model
Stuart_Armstrong
13 Feb 2019 19:03 UTC
10
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Individual profit-sharing?
ioannes
13 Feb 2019 17:58 UTC
10
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The RAIN Framework for Informational Effectiveness
ozziegooen
13 Feb 2019 12:54 UTC
37
points
16
comments
6
min read
LW
link
On Long and Insightful Posts
Qria
13 Feb 2019 3:52 UTC
19
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Layers of Expertise and the Curse of Curiosity
Gyrodiot
12 Feb 2019 23:41 UTC
19
points
1
comment
6
min read
LW
link
Nuances with ascription universality
evhub
12 Feb 2019 23:38 UTC
20
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Learning preferences by looking at the world
Rohin Shah
12 Feb 2019 22:25 UTC
43
points
10
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(bair.berkeley.edu)
Functional silence: communication that minimizes change of receiver’s beliefs
chaosmage
12 Feb 2019 21:32 UTC
27
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Arguments for moral indefinability
Richard_Ngo
12 Feb 2019 10:40 UTC
51
points
10
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)
Art: A Rationalist’s Take?
schrodingart
12 Feb 2019 5:07 UTC
2
points
4
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Language, the Key to Everything
chris82179
12 Feb 2019 5:06 UTC
−2
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Triangle SSC Meetup-February
willbobaggins
12 Feb 2019 3:07 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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