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[Question] What should rationalists think about the recent claims that air force pilots observed UFOs?

avturchinMay 27, 2019, 10:02 PM

12 points

28 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Was CFAR always intended to be a distinct organization from MIRI?

Evan_GaensbauerMay 27, 2019, 4:58 PM

7 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Von Neumann’s critique of automata theory and logic in computer science

Ben PaceMay 26, 2019, 4:14 AM

29 points

4 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Is AI safety doomed in the long term?

JakeHMay 26, 2019, 2:30 AM

−1 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Micro feedback loops and learning

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) May 26, 2019, 12:50 AM

53 points

13 comments6 min readLW link

God is an AGI we make in the future.

AkkaMay 25, 2019, 3:10 AM

−14 points

4 comments5 min readLW link

Say Wrong Things

Gordon Seidoh WorleyMay 24, 2019, 10:11 PM

116 points

13 comments4 min readLW link

Laws of John Wick

ZviMay 24, 2019, 3:20 PM

30 points

1 comment6 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Learning-by-doing AI Safety Research workshop

Linda LinseforsMay 24, 2019, 9:42 AM

11 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Separation of Concerns

abramdemskiMay 23, 2019, 9:47 PM

67 points

30 comments6 min readLW link

Moscow LW meetup in “Nauchka” library

Alexander230May 23, 2019, 8:39 PM

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Why the empirical results of the Traveller’s Dilemma deviate strongly away from the Nash Equilibrium and seems to be close to the social optimum?

RocksBasilMay 23, 2019, 12:36 PM

7 points

15 comments3 min readLW link

Episode 5 of Tsuyoku Naritai (the ‘becoming stronger’ podcast): The Stance

Bae's TheoremMay 23, 2019, 4:15 AM

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Does the Higgs-boson exist?

ShmiMay 23, 2019, 1:53 AM

7 points

48 comments1 min readLW link

(backreaction.blogspot.com)

Free will as an appearance to others

Yuxi_LiuMay 22, 2019, 11:57 PM

12 points

21 comments2 min readLW link

And the AI would have got away with it too, if...

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 22, 2019, 9:35 PM

75 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Cognition and Intractability by Rooij, Blokpoel, Kwisthout, Wareham

bhishmaMay 22, 2019, 6:55 PM

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.cambridge.org)

[Question] What is your personal experience with “having a meaningful life”?

HazardMay 22, 2019, 2:03 PM

22 points

26 comments2 min readLW link

SSC Paris Meetup

fbretonMay 22, 2019, 1:48 PM

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Schelling Fences versus Marginal Thinking

DavidmanheimMay 22, 2019, 10:22 AM

23 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Where are people thinking and talking about global coordination for AI safety?

Wei DaiMay 22, 2019, 6:24 AM

112 points

22 comments1 min readLW link

A War of Ants and Grasshoppers

BenquoMay 22, 2019, 5:57 AM

17 points

21 comments1 min readLW link

(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Discourse Norms: Justify or Retract Accusations

Davis_KingsleyMay 22, 2019, 1:49 AM

8 points

24 comments1 min readLW link

Constraints & Slackness Reasoning Exercises

johnswentworthMay 21, 2019, 10:53 PM

42 points

3 comments6 min readLW link

A Quick Taxonomy of Arguments for Theoretical Engineering Capabilities

RubyMay 21, 2019, 10:38 PM

30 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

[Question] Could humanity accomplish everything which nature has? Why might this not be the case?

RubyMay 21, 2019, 9:03 PM

8 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Could humanity ever achieve atomically precise manufacturing (APM)? What about a much-smarter-than-human-level intelligence?

RubyMay 21, 2019, 9:00 PM

8 points

0 comments LW link

TAISU—Technical AI Safety Unconference

Linda LinseforsMay 21, 2019, 6:34 PM

15 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

Go Do Something

Davis_KingsleyMay 21, 2019, 3:42 PM

38 points

25 comments1 min readLW link

More Notes on Simple Rules

ZviMay 21, 2019, 2:50 PM

34 points

1 comment6 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

By default, avoid ambiguous distant situations

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 21, 2019, 2:48 PM

33 points

17 comments3 min readLW link

Huntington’s Disease; power and duty of parents over offsprings

Yuxi_LiuMay 21, 2019, 9:42 AM

6 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

[AN #56] Should ML researchers stop running experiments before making hypotheses?

Rohin ShahMay 21, 2019, 2:20 AM

21 points

8 comments9 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Why long-term AI safety is not an issue (IMHO)

bommiMay 21, 2019, 1:48 AM

−10 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

The concept of evidence as humanity currently uses it is a bit of a crutch.

TheSkewardMay 20, 2019, 11:09 PM

8 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Ethics as Warfare: Metaphysics and Morality of the Era of Transhumanism

DubioustunicMay 20, 2019, 8:28 PM

5 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Would an option to publish to AF users only be a useful feature?

Richard_NgoMay 20, 2019, 11:04 AM

13 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Minimax Search and the Structure of Cognition!

Zack_M_DavisMay 20, 2019, 5:25 AM

15 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(zackmdavis.net)

Comment section from 05/19/2019

habrykaMay 20, 2019, 12:51 AM

23 points

139 comments1 min readLW link

Getting Out of the Filter Bubble Outside Your Filter Bubble

Evan_GaensbauerMay 20, 2019, 12:15 AM

21 points

29 comments6 min readLW link

Naked mole-rats: A case study in biological weirdness

eukaryoteMay 19, 2019, 6:40 PM

95 points

14 comments3 min readLW link

(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

Simple Rules of Law

ZviMay 19, 2019, 12:10 AM

57 points

24 comments28 min readLW link 1 review

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] What are good practices for using Google Scholar to research answers to LessWrong Questions?

Pee DoomMay 18, 2019, 9:44 PM

28 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Simulation Typology and Termination Risks

avturchinMay 18, 2019, 12:42 PM

12 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

Yes Requires the Possibility of No

Scott GarrabrantMay 17, 2019, 10:39 PM

287 points

55 comments2 min readLW link 2 reviews

“One Man’s Modus Ponens Is Another Man’s Modus Tollens”

gwernMay 17, 2019, 10:03 PM

33 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

(www.gwern.net)

Announcing my YouTube channel

Samo Burja17 May 2019 17:50 UTC

40 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

(medium.com)

[Question] What makes a scientific fact ‘ripe for discovery’?

Matt Goldenberg17 May 2019 9:01 UTC

8 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why exactly is the song ‘Baby Shark’ so catchy?

Pee Doom17 May 2019 6:26 UTC

6 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What is good literature on learned helplessness?

Pee Doom17 May 2019 3:15 UTC

8 points

0 comments1 min readLW link