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[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)

345M version GPT-2 released

lifelonglearnerMay 5, 2019, 2:49 AM

37 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(openai.com)

[Question] Is value drift net-positive, net-negative, or neither?

MarisaJurczykMay 5, 2019, 2:37 AM

5 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

[AN #55] Regulatory markets and international standards as a means of ensuring beneficial AI

Rohin ShahMay 5, 2019, 2:20 AM

17 points

2 comments8 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Should Effective Altruism be at war with North Korea?

BenquoMay 5, 2019, 1:50 AM

14 points

48 comments6 min readLW link

(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Dishonest Update Reporting

ZviMay 4, 2019, 2:10 PM

61 points

27 comments6 min readLW link 2 reviews

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

A Map of the Lesswrong-O-Sphere of Interest

EloMay 4, 2019, 4:19 AM

35 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

[Meta] Hiding negative karma notifications by default

habrykaMay 4, 2019, 2:36 AM

26 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

Zurich SSC

ssczurichMay 3, 2019, 8:11 PM

1 point

0 comments LW link

Totalitarian ethical systems

BenquoMay 3, 2019, 7:35 PM

33 points

12 comments3 min readLW link

(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Authoritarian Empiricism

BenquoMay 3, 2019, 7:34 PM

38 points

10 comments10 min readLW link

(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

The State of Affairs

Jacob FalkovichMay 3, 2019, 4:18 PM

33 points

0 comments14 min readLW link

Oracles, sequence predictors, and self-confirming predictions

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 3, 2019, 2:09 PM

22 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

Self-confirming predictions can be arbitrarily bad

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 3, 2019, 11:34 AM

49 points

11 comments5 min readLW link

Bay Summer Solstice 2019

RaemonMay 3, 2019, 4:49 AM

26 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Episode 3 of Tsuyoku Naritai! (the ’becoming stronger podcast): Nike Timers

Bae's TheoremMay 3, 2019, 2:53 AM

5 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Functional Decision Theory vs Causal Decision Theory: Expanding on Newcomb’s Problem

GeropyMay 2, 2019, 10:15 PM

2 points

7 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What is corrigibility? / What are the right background readings on it?

RubyMay 2, 2019, 8:43 PM

6 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

South Bay SSC Meetup May 11th

DavidFriedmanMay 2, 2019, 6:09 PM

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Neural networks for games

bipoloMay 2, 2019, 4:28 AM

0 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Swarm AI (tool)

AlexeiMay 1, 2019, 11:39 PM

17 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread May 2019

ryan_bMay 1, 2019, 3:43 PM

10 points

66 comments1 min readLW link

Nash equilibriums can be arbitrarily bad

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 1, 2019, 2:58 PM

35 points

24 comments2 min readLW link

April 2019 gwern.net newsletter

gwern1 May 2019 14:43 UTC

11 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(www.gwern.net)

[Question] Has government or industry had greater past success in maintaining really powerful technological secrets?

habryka1 May 2019 2:24 UTC

27 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Does the patent system prevent industry from keeping secrets?

habryka1 May 2019 2:24 UTC

8 points

0 comments LW link

[Question] What are concrete historical examples of powerful technological secrets?

habryka1 May 2019 2:22 UTC

9 points

7 comments LW link

A quick map of consciousness

Elo1 May 2019 2:17 UTC

11 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Why is it important whether governments or industry projects are better at keeping secrets?

habryka1 May 2019 2:10 UTC

8 points

5 comments LW link

Natural Structures and Conditional Definitions

Chris_Leong1 May 2019 0:05 UTC

20 points

14 comments1 min readLW link