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Corrigibility as Constrained Optimisation

Henrik ÅslundApr 11, 2019, 8:09 PM

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3 comments5 min readLW link

What is Driving the Continental Drift?

LymphateraApr 11, 2019, 10:01 AM

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10 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] Artificial neural network training

bipoloApr 11, 2019, 8:26 AM

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Is reality warping theoretically possible ?

Orange Apple JuiceApr 11, 2019, 1:40 AM

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4 comments1 min readLW link

Excerpts from a larger discussion about simulacra

BenquoApr 10, 2019, 9:27 PM

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40 comments6 min readLW link 5 reviews

(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

[Question] Best reasons for pessimism about impact of impact measures?

TurnTroutApr 10, 2019, 5:22 PM

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55 comments3 min readLW link

“Intelligence is impossible without emotion” — Yann LeCun

vedevazzApr 10, 2019, 5:17 PM

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3 comments1 min readLW link

(www.youtube.com)

Alignment Newsletter One Year Retrospective

Rohin ShahApr 10, 2019, 6:58 AM

94 points

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31 comments21 min readLW link

Friendly SSC and LW meetup

Sean AubinApr 9, 2019, 3:02 PM

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Friendly SSC and LW meetup

Sean AubinApr 9, 2019, 3:00 PM

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Agent Meta-Foundations and the Rocket Alignment Problem

Chris_LeongApr 9, 2019, 11:33 AM

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9 comments3 min readLW link

The Simple Solow Model of Software Engineering

johnswentworthApr 8, 2019, 11:06 PM

25 points

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15 comments3 min readLW link

IRL 6/8: Querying the human: Active Reward Learning

RAISEApr 8, 2019, 1:49 PM

4 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(app.grasple.com)

[Question] [Spoilers] How did Voldemort learn the horcrux spell?

MotasaurusApr 8, 2019, 5:03 AM

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7 comments1 min readLW link

Long Term Future Fund: April 2019 grant decisions

habrykaApr 8, 2019, 2:05 AM

53 points

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0 comments46 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

The Hard Work of Translation (Buddhism)

romeostevensitApr 7, 2019, 9:04 PM

119 points

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139 comments5 min readLW link 3 reviews

Towards a Quieter Life

Logan RiggsApr 7, 2019, 6:28 PM

18 points

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4 comments1 min readLW link

Reinforcement learning with imperceptible rewards

Vanessa KosoyApr 7, 2019, 10:27 AM

26 points

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1 comment32 min readLW link

Factored Cognition with Reflection

rmoehnApr 6, 2019, 10:00 AM

14 points

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1 comment1 min readLW link

Alignment Newsletter #52

Rohin ShahApr 6, 2019, 1:20 AM

19 points

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1 comment8 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

SSC Sacramento Meetup

jooyousApr 5, 2019, 1:41 PM

7 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Would solving logical counterfactuals solve anthropics?

Chris_LeongApr 5, 2019, 11:08 AM

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52 comments1 min readLW link

Rules and Skills

Andrew BindonApr 5, 2019, 10:50 AM

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2 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] How would a better replacement for tissues look like?

ChristianKlApr 5, 2019, 9:13 AM

11 points

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8 comments1 min readLW link

Aumann Agreement by Combat

roryokaneApr 5, 2019, 5:15 AM

14 points

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2 comments1 min readLW link

(sigbovik.org)

Cambridge SSC Meetup

NoSignalNoNoiseApr 5, 2019, 2:12 AM

6 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How do people become ambitious?

RaemonApr 4, 2019, 7:12 PM

59 points

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39 comments1 min readLW link

Modelling Model Comparisons

Logan RiggsApr 4, 2019, 5:26 PM

11 points

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2 comments2 min readLW link

IRL 5/8: Maximum Causal Entropy IRL

RAISEApr 4, 2019, 10:53 AM

7 points

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2 comments1 min readLW link

(app.grasple.com)

Ideas ahead of their time

TheistApr 3, 2019, 10:15 PM

9 points

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26 comments1 min readLW link

Rationality Dojo

Bae's TheoremApr 3, 2019, 9:43 PM

2 points

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2 comments1 min readLW link

On AI and Compute

johncroxApr 3, 2019, 7:00 PM

36 points

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10 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] What are the advantages and disadvantages of knowing your own IQ?

Mati_RoyApr 3, 2019, 6:31 PM

16 points

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16 comments1 min readLW link

Machine Pastoralism

ryan_bApr 3, 2019, 4:04 PM

12 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Could waste heat become an environment problem in the future (centuries)?

RocksBasilApr 3, 2019, 2:48 PM

7 points

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14 comments2 min readLW link

Defeating Goodhart and the “closest unblocked strategy” problem

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 3, 2019, 2:46 PM

45 points

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15 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] [HPMOR] “the Headmaster set fire to a chicken!”

bipoloApr 3, 2019, 9:12 AM

2 points

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9 comments1 min readLW link

Alignment Newsletter #51

Rohin ShahApr 3, 2019, 4:10 AM

25 points

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2 comments15 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

LW Update 2019-04-02 – Frontpage Rework

RaemonApr 2, 2019, 11:48 PM

47 points

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8 comments1 min readLW link

Degrees of Freedom

sarahconstantinApr 2, 2019, 9:10 PM

103 points

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31 comments11 min readLW link

(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Triangle SSC Meetup-April

willbobagginsApr 2, 2019, 6:42 PM

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0 comments1 min readLW link

March 2019 gwern.net newsletter

gwernApr 2, 2019, 2:17 PM

19 points

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9 comments1 min readLW link

(www.gwern.net)

Internet v. Culture (2019) - Los Angeles LW/SSC Meetup #103 (Wednesday, April 3rd)

RobertMApr 2, 2019, 6:00 AM

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[April Fools] User GPT2 is Banned

jimrandomhApr 2, 2019, 6:00 AM

65 points

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20 comments1 min readLW link

post-rational distractions

nBrownApr 2, 2019, 2:26 AM

3 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Announcing the Center for Applied Postrationality

Pee DoomApr 2, 2019, 1:17 AM

110 points

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14 comments1 min readLW link

User GPT2 Has a Warning for Violating Frontpage Commenting Guidelines

jimrandomhApr 1, 2019, 8:23 PM

40 points

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37 comments1 min readLW link

Prompts for eliciting blind spots/bucket errors/bugs

ZeitPolizeiApr 1, 2019, 7:41 PM

12 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Learning “known” information when the information is not actually known

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 1, 2019, 5:56 PM

16 points

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I found a wild explanation for two big anomalies in metaphysics then became very doubtful of it

mako yassApr 1, 2019, 3:19 AM

26 points

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3 comments11 min readLW link

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