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Excerpts from a larger discussion about simulacra
Benquo
Apr 10, 2019, 9:27 PM
53
points
40
comments
6
min read
LW
link
5
reviews
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)
[Question]
Best reasons for pessimism about impact of impact measures?
TurnTrout
Apr 10, 2019, 5:22 PM
60
points
55
comments
3
min read
LW
link
“Intelligence is impossible without emotion” — Yann LeCun
vedevazz
Apr 10, 2019, 5:17 PM
−1
points
3
comments
LW
link
(www.youtube.com)
Alignment Newsletter One Year Retrospective
Rohin Shah
Apr 10, 2019, 6:58 AM
94
points
31
comments
21
min read
LW
link
Friendly SSC and LW meetup
Sean Aubin
Apr 9, 2019, 3:02 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Friendly SSC and LW meetup
Sean Aubin
Apr 9, 2019, 3:00 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Agent Meta-Foundations and the Rocket Alignment Problem
Chris_Leong
Apr 9, 2019, 11:33 AM
12
points
9
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Simple Solow Model of Software Engineering
johnswentworth
Apr 8, 2019, 11:06 PM
25
points
15
comments
3
min read
LW
link
IRL 6/8: Querying the human: Active Reward Learning
RAISE
Apr 8, 2019, 1:49 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(app.grasple.com)
[Question]
[Spoilers] How did Voldemort learn the horcrux spell?
Motasaurus
Apr 8, 2019, 5:03 AM
2
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Long Term Future Fund: April 2019 grant decisions
habryka
Apr 8, 2019, 2:05 AM
53
points
0
comments
46
min read
LW
link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)
The Hard Work of Translation (Buddhism)
romeostevensit
Apr 7, 2019, 9:04 PM
118
points
139
comments
5
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
Towards a Quieter Life
Logan Riggs
Apr 7, 2019, 6:28 PM
18
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Reinforcement learning with imperceptible rewards
Vanessa Kosoy
Apr 7, 2019, 10:27 AM
26
points
1
comment
32
min read
LW
link
Factored Cognition with Reflection
rmoehn
Apr 6, 2019, 10:00 AM
14
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Alignment Newsletter #52
Rohin Shah
Apr 6, 2019, 1:20 AM
19
points
1
comment
8
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
SSC Sacramento Meetup
jooyous
Apr 5, 2019, 1:41 PM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Would solving logical counterfactuals solve anthropics?
Chris_Leong
Apr 5, 2019, 11:08 AM
20
points
52
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rules and Skills
Andrew Bindon
Apr 5, 2019, 10:50 AM
−4
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How would a better replacement for tissues look like?
ChristianKl
Apr 5, 2019, 9:13 AM
11
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Aumann Agreement by Combat
roryokane
Apr 5, 2019, 5:15 AM
14
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(sigbovik.org)
Cambridge SSC Meetup
NoSignalNoNoise
Apr 5, 2019, 2:12 AM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How do people become ambitious?
Raemon
Apr 4, 2019, 7:12 PM
59
points
39
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Modelling Model Comparisons
Logan Riggs
Apr 4, 2019, 5:26 PM
11
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
IRL 5/8: Maximum Causal Entropy IRL
RAISE
Apr 4, 2019, 10:53 AM
7
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(app.grasple.com)
Ideas ahead of their time
Theist
Apr 3, 2019, 10:15 PM
9
points
26
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Dojo
Bae's Theorem
Apr 3, 2019, 9:43 PM
2
points
2
comments
LW
link
On AI and Compute
johncrox
Apr 3, 2019, 7:00 PM
36
points
10
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are the advantages and disadvantages of knowing your own IQ?
Mati_Roy
Apr 3, 2019, 6:31 PM
16
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Machine Pastoralism
ryan_b
Apr 3, 2019, 4:04 PM
12
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Could waste heat become an environment problem in the future (centuries)?
RocksBasil
Apr 3, 2019, 2:48 PM
7
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Defeating Goodhart and the “closest unblocked strategy” problem
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 3, 2019, 2:46 PM
45
points
15
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[Question]
[HPMOR] “the Headmaster set fire to a chicken!”
bipolo
Apr 3, 2019, 9:12 AM
2
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Alignment Newsletter #51
Rohin Shah
Apr 3, 2019, 4:10 AM
25
points
2
comments
15
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
LW Update 2019-04-02 – Frontpage Rework
Raemon
Apr 2, 2019, 11:48 PM
47
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Degrees of Freedom
sarahconstantin
Apr 2, 2019, 9:10 PM
103
points
31
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)
Triangle SSC Meetup-April
willbobaggins
Apr 2, 2019, 6:42 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
March 2019 gwern.net newsletter
gwern
Apr 2, 2019, 2:17 PM
19
points
9
comments
LW
link
(www.gwern.net)
Internet v. Culture (2019) - Los Angeles LW/SSC Meetup #103 (Wednesday, April 3rd)
RobertM
Apr 2, 2019, 6:00 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[April Fools] User GPT2 is Banned
jimrandomh
Apr 2, 2019, 6:00 AM
65
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
post-rational distractions
nBrown
Apr 2, 2019, 2:26 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Announcing the Center for Applied Postrationality
Pee Doom
Apr 2, 2019, 1:17 AM
110
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
User GPT2 Has a Warning for Violating Frontpage Commenting Guidelines
jimrandomh
Apr 1, 2019, 8:23 PM
40
points
37
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Prompts for eliciting blind spots/bucket errors/bugs
ZeitPolizei
Apr 1, 2019, 7:41 PM
12
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Learning “known” information when the information is not actually known
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 1, 2019, 5:56 PM
16
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
I found a wild explanation for two big anomalies in metaphysics then became very doubtful of it
mako yass
1 Apr 2019 3:19 UTC
26
points
3
comments
11
min read
LW
link
On the Nature of Agency
Ruby
1 Apr 2019 1:32 UTC
31
points
24
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Experimental Open Thread April 2019: Socratic method
null
1 Apr 2019 1:29 UTC
23
points
165
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread April 2019
null
1 Apr 2019 1:14 UTC
19
points
45
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are effective strategies for mitigating the impact of acute sleep deprivation on cognition?
NaiveTortoise
31 Mar 2019 18:31 UTC
25
points
38
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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