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[Question] What are some “Com­mu­ni­ties and Cul­tures Differ­ent From Our Own?”

RaemonMay 12, 2019, 10:03 PM
29 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Co­her­ent de­ci­sions im­ply con­sis­tent utilities

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 12, 2019, 9:33 PM
149 points
83 comments26 min readLW link3 reviews

The Re­la­tion­ship Between the Village and the Mission

RaemonMay 12, 2019, 9:09 PM
137 points
70 comments18 min readLW link

Tales from the Highway

ZviMay 12, 2019, 7:40 PM
16 points
0 comments5 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The Geog­ra­phy of the Room — im­pact of po­si­tion, ori­en­ta­tion, and visi­bil­ity on how of­ten ex­traverts start conversations

less_penguinyMay 12, 2019, 5:21 PM
11 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.lesspenguiny.com)

Type-safe­ness in Shell

Martin SustrikMay 12, 2019, 11:30 AM
7 points
3 comments2 min readLW link
(250bpm.com)

“UDT2” and “against UD+ASSA”

Wei DaiMay 12, 2019, 4:18 AM
50 points
7 comments7 min readLW link

Nar­cis­sism vs. so­cial signalling

Chris_LeongMay 12, 2019, 3:26 AM
13 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

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 commentLW 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 commentsLW 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 link1 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 commentLW 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 commentsLW 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 link3 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