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Why books don’t work

lifelonglearnerMay 11, 2019, 8:40 PM

17 points

19 comments1 min readLW link

(andymatuschak.org)

Probability interpretations: Examples

So8resMay 11, 2019, 8:32 PM

39 points

23 comments5 min readLW link

Programming Languages For AI

Donald HobsonMay 11, 2019, 5:50 PM

3 points

5 comments5 min readLW link

SSC Atlanta

Steve FrenchMay 11, 2019, 5:38 PM

1 point

1 comment LW link

[Question] alternative history: what if Bayes rule had never been discovered?

Yoav RavidMay 11, 2019, 7:29 AM

7 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How do the different star-types in the universe (red dwarf, etc.) related to habitability for human-like life?

RubyMay 11, 2019, 1:01 AM

6 points

0 comments LW link

The Athena Rationality Workshop—June 7th-10th at EA Hotel

Linda LinseforsMay 11, 2019, 1:01 AM

26 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How many “human” habitable planets/stars are in the universe?

RubyMay 11, 2019, 12:59 AM

6 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Rob B’s Shortform Feed

Rob BensingerMay 10, 2019, 11:10 PM

21 points

79 comments1 min readLW link

The Athena Rationality Workshop—June 7th-10th at EA Hotel

Linda LinseforsMay 10, 2019, 10:08 PM

5 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Complex Behavior from Simple (Sub)Agents

moridinamaelMay 10, 2019, 9:44 PM

113 points

14 comments9 min readLW link 1 review

Disincentives for participating on LW/AF

Wei DaiMay 10, 2019, 7:46 PM

86 points

45 comments2 min readLW link

Financial engineering for funding drug research

ryan_bMay 10, 2019, 6:46 PM

11 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

Where are the Benefits from Conversation?

Davis_KingsleyMay 10, 2019, 5:49 PM

16 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

Correspondence visualizations for different interpretations of “probability”

So8resMay 10, 2019, 5:10 PM

43 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

Fear as fossil fuel

aaqMay 10, 2019, 3:29 PM

17 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

AI Forecasting online workshop

Bird ConceptMay 10, 2019, 2:54 PM

30 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Training human models is an unsolved problem

Charlie SteinerMay 10, 2019, 7:17 AM

13 points

3 comments4 min readLW link

Twin Cities SSC Meetup

Drake ThomasMay 10, 2019, 5:10 AM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Episode 4 of Tsuyoku Naritai! (the ‘becoming stronger’ podcast): TAPs

Bae's TheoremMay 10, 2019, 2:16 AM

5 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Tales From the American Medical System

ZviMay 10, 2019, 12:40 AM

64 points

48 comments4 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Interpretations of “probability”

So8resMay 9, 2019, 7:16 PM

69 points

22 comments5 min readLW link

What Botswana Can Teach Us About Political Stability

Samo BurjaMay 9, 2019, 6:30 PM

40 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(medium.com)

Kissing Scars

Logan RiggsMay 9, 2019, 4:00 PM

39 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] How many galaxies could we reach traveling at 0.5c, 0.8c, and 0.99c?

RubyMay 8, 2019, 11:39 PM

6 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How many humans could potentially live on Earth over its entire future?

RubyMay 8, 2019, 11:33 PM

9 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Claims & Assumptions made in Eternity in Six Hours

RubyMay 8, 2019, 11:11 PM

50 points

7 comments3 min readLW link

Dallas SSC Meetup #2

tayfieMay 8, 2019, 5:31 PM

3 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Raleigh SSC/LW/EA Meetup—Meet MealSquares People

John_MaxwellMay 8, 2019, 12:01 AM

12 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What speeds do you need to achieve to colonize the Milky Way?

RubyMay 7, 2019, 11:46 PM

6 points

1 comment LW link

[Question] Could a superintelligent AI colonize the galaxy/universe? If not, why not?

RubyMay 7, 2019, 9:33 PM

7 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is it definitely the case that we can colonize Mars if we really wanted to? Is it reasonable to believe that this is technically feasible for a reasonably advanced civilization?

RubyMay 7, 2019, 8:08 PM

9 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why is it valuable to know whether space colonization is feasible?

RubyMay 7, 2019, 7:58 PM

6 points

4 comments LW link

[Question] What are the claims/arguments made in Eternity in Six Hours?

RubyMay 7, 2019, 7:54 PM

6 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Crypto quant trading: Naive Bayes

AlexeiMay 7, 2019, 7:29 PM

33 points

13 comments4 min readLW link

Coordination Surveys: why we should survey to organize responsibilities, not just predictions

AcademianMay 7, 2019, 5:43 PM

68 points

12 comments3 min readLW link 3 reviews

Models of Memory and Understanding

HazardMay 7, 2019, 5:39 PM

19 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

Towards optimal play as Villager in a mixed game

BenquoMay 7, 2019, 5:29 AM

51 points

40 comments3 min readLW link

(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

[Question] Which parts of the paper Eternity in Six Hours are iffy?

RubyMay 6, 2019, 11:59 PM

21 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

South Bay Meetup

DavidFriedmanMay 6, 2019, 11:59 PM

2 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Space colonization: what can we definitely do and how do we know that?

RubyMay 6, 2019, 11:05 PM

32 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How long can people be productive in [time period]?

ElizabethMay 6, 2019, 10:35 PM

48 points

17 comments1 min readLW link

Hierarchy and wings

BenquoMay 6, 2019, 6:39 PM

25 points

22 comments2 min readLW link

(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Value learning for moral essentialists

Charlie SteinerMay 6, 2019, 9:05 AM

11 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

Blame games

BenquoMay 6, 2019, 2:38 AM

46 points

13 comments8 min readLW link

(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Building trusted third parties

anithiteMay 5, 2019, 11:18 PM

12 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] How much do major foundations grant per hour of staff time?

RaemonMay 5, 2019, 7:57 PM

22 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

The why and how of daily updates

VipulNaikMay 5, 2019, 3:21 PM

33 points

3 comments4 min readLW link

A reckless introduction to Hindley-Milner type inference

philhMay 5, 2019, 2:00 PM

17 points

4 comments20 min readLW link

(reasonableapproximation.net)

Gwern’s “Why Tool AIs Want to Be Agent AIs: The Power of Agency”

habrykaMay 5, 2019, 5:11 AM

27 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(www.gwern.net)