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A defense on QI
Billy23
Mar 8, 2019, 3:47 AM
−2
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Want to Know What Time Is?
Alexander Weinmann
Mar 7, 2019, 7:49 PM
0
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Open Thread March 2019
ryan_b
Mar 7, 2019, 6:26 PM
10
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
IDA 1-4/14: Problem Statement
RAISE
Mar 7, 2019, 2:02 PM
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(app.grasple.com)
In My Culture
Duncan Sabien (Inactive)
Mar 7, 2019, 7:22 AM
77
points
59
comments
24
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
(medium.com)
[Question]
Asking for help teaching a critical thinking class.
Ronny Fernandez
Mar 7, 2019, 2:15 AM
22
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Do we need a high-level programming language for AI and what it could be?
avturchin
Mar 6, 2019, 3:39 PM
6
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Preferences in subpieces of hierarchical systems
Stuart_Armstrong
Mar 6, 2019, 3:18 PM
11
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Leaky Concepts
Elo
Mar 5, 2019, 10:01 PM
20
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Three ways that “Sufficiently optimized agents appear coherent” can be false
Wei Dai
Mar 5, 2019, 9:52 PM
65
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
On The London Mulligan
Zvi
Mar 5, 2019, 9:30 PM
5
points
5
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
A counter to Roko’s basilisk
Loch
Mar 5, 2019, 8:42 PM
−22
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
mAIry’s room: AI reasoning to solve philosophical problems
Stuart_Armstrong
Mar 5, 2019, 8:24 PM
87
points
41
comments
6
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
Simplified preferences needed; simplified preferences sufficient
Stuart_Armstrong
Mar 5, 2019, 7:39 PM
33
points
6
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Personalized Medicine For Real
sarahconstantin
Mar 4, 2019, 10:40 PM
214
points
16
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)
Rationality Retreat in Cologne Area, Germany, Spring 2019
ZeitPolizei
Mar 4, 2019, 9:36 PM
22
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Exponential Secretary
Jacob Falkovich
Mar 4, 2019, 7:47 PM
17
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
Book Review: The Eureka Factor
drossbucket
Mar 4, 2019, 7:47 PM
19
points
2
comments
13
min read
LW
link
Finding the variables
Stuart_Armstrong
Mar 4, 2019, 7:37 PM
30
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
IRL 1/8: Inverse Reinforcement Learning and the problem of degeneracy
RAISE
Mar 4, 2019, 1:11 PM
20
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(app.grasple.com)
Syntax vs semantics: alarm better example than thermostat
Stuart_Armstrong
Mar 4, 2019, 12:43 PM
14
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
Book review: My Hidden Chimp
Bucky
Mar 4, 2019, 9:55 AM
28
points
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Alignment Newsletter #47
Rohin Shah
Mar 4, 2019, 4:30 AM
18
points
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Pittsburgh SSC Meetup
fr8train
Mar 3, 2019, 9:51 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How much funding and researchers were in AI, and AI Safety, in 2018?
Raemon
Mar 3, 2019, 9:46 PM
41
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Ask LW: What happened to Yudkowsky?
ArthurLidia
Mar 3, 2019, 5:13 PM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Programmatic Code Generation: Composability
Martin Sustrik
Mar 2, 2019, 10:50 PM
6
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(250bpm.com)
February gwern.net newsletter
gwern
Mar 2, 2019, 10:42 PM
13
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.gwern.net)
To understand, study edge cases
Shmi
Mar 2, 2019, 9:18 PM
25
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Subagents, introspective awareness, and blending
Kaj_Sotala
Mar 2, 2019, 12:53 PM
110
points
19
comments
9
min read
LW
link
LW Update 2019-01-03 – New All-Posts Page, Author hover-previews and new post-item
habryka
Mar 2, 2019, 4:09 AM
26
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Karma-Change Notifications
jimrandomh
Mar 2, 2019, 2:52 AM
92
points
44
comments
1
min read
LW
link
We’ve Been Thinking About Measurement All Wrong
Ian David Moss
Mar 1, 2019, 3:59 PM
4
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
(medium.com)
‘This Waifu Does Not Exist’: 100,000 StyleGAN & GPT-2 samples
gwern
Mar 1, 2019, 4:29 AM
39
points
6
comments
LW
link
(www.thiswaifudoesnotexist.net)
Sages in singularity
ArthurLidia
Mar 1, 2019, 1:47 AM
−14
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Human condition sunk fallacy
ArthurLidia
Mar 1, 2019, 1:43 AM
−14
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A rational view on spiritual enlightenment
ArthurLidia
Mar 1, 2019, 1:40 AM
−17
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Motivation: You Have to Win in the Moment
Ruby
Mar 1, 2019, 12:26 AM
50
points
20
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What would a zetetic explanation be for the rationality community?
hamnox
Feb 28, 2019, 8:05 PM
13
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Have a camel!
Mary Chernyshenko
Feb 28, 2019, 7:25 PM
12
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Policy-Based vs Willpower-Based Intentions
Unreal
Feb 28, 2019, 5:17 AM
56
points
14
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The Tale of Alice Almost: Strategies for Dealing With Pretty Good People
sarahconstantin
Feb 27, 2019, 7:34 PM
117
points
6
comments
6
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)
How To Change One’s Mind
pabloernesto
Feb 27, 2019, 5:37 PM
9
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(m.youtube.com)
Unconscious Economics
Bird Concept
Feb 27, 2019, 12:58 PM
141
points
30
comments
4
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
So You Want to Colonize The Universe Part 5: The Actual Design
Diffractor
Feb 27, 2019, 10:23 AM
20
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
So You Want to Colonize The Universe Part 4: Velocity Changes and Energy
Diffractor
Feb 27, 2019, 10:22 AM
14
points
9
comments
10
min read
LW
link
So You Want To Colonize The Universe Part 3: Dust
Diffractor
Feb 27, 2019, 10:20 AM
20
points
9
comments
7
min read
LW
link
So You Want to Colonize the Universe Part 2: Deep Time Engineering
Diffractor
Feb 27, 2019, 10:18 AM
17
points
6
comments
4
min read
LW
link
So You Want to Colonize The Universe
Diffractor
Feb 27, 2019, 10:17 AM
21
points
18
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Rule Thinkers In, Not Out
Scott Alexander
Feb 27, 2019, 2:40 AM
237
points
67
comments
4
min read
LW
link
4
reviews
(slatestarcodex.com)
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