Long Term Fu­ture Fund ap­pli­ca­tions open un­til June 28th

habrykaJun 10, 2019, 8:39 PM
30 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Get Rich Real Slowly

Jacob FalkovichJun 10, 2019, 5:51 PM
35 points
13 comments6 min readLW link

Honors Fuel Achievement

Samo BurjaJun 10, 2019, 4:10 PM
38 points
2 comments8 min readLW link
(medium.com)

On pointless waiting

Kaj_SotalaJun 10, 2019, 8:58 AM
43 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Dis­solv­ing the zom­bie argument

Chris_LeongJun 10, 2019, 4:54 AM
−1 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

Knights and Knaves

filiusJun 10, 2019, 1:51 AM
4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Ram­ifi­ca­tions of limited pos­i­tive value, un­limited nega­tive value?

RaemonJun 9, 2019, 11:17 PM
10 points
18 comments3 min readLW link

On why math­e­mat­ics ap­pear to be non-cosmic

KyriakosCHJun 9, 2019, 8:42 PM
4 points
20 comments4 min readLW link

An at­tempt to list out my core val­ues and virtues

RubyJun 9, 2019, 8:02 PM
26 points
1 comment7 min readLW link

The ex­pected value of ex­tinc­tion risk re­duc­tion is positive

JanBJun 9, 2019, 3:49 PM
23 points
0 comments35 min readLW link

In Defense of Those Reclu­sive Authors

KyriakosCHJun 9, 2019, 2:14 PM
11 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Learn­ing magic

Smaug123Jun 9, 2019, 12:29 PM
12 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Pa­ter­nal Formats

abramdemskiJun 9, 2019, 1:26 AM
52 points
35 comments2 min readLW link

Word-Idols (or an ex­am­i­na­tion of ties be­tween philos­o­phy and hor­ror liter­a­ture)

KyriakosCHJun 9, 2019, 12:31 AM
9 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

Mis­takes with Con­ser­va­tion of Ex­pected Evidence

abramdemskiJun 8, 2019, 11:07 PM
232 points
29 comments12 min readLW link1 review

Two labyrinths—where would you rather be?

KyriakosCHJun 8, 2019, 5:48 PM
15 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

Asym­met­ric Weapons Aren’t Always on Your Side

Davis_KingsleyJun 8, 2019, 8:47 AM
37 points
20 comments2 min readLW link

The Schel­ling Choice is “Rab­bit”, not “Stag”

RaemonJun 8, 2019, 12:24 AM
165 points
52 comments12 min readLW link3 reviews

AGI will dras­ti­cally in­crease economies of scale

Wei DaiJun 7, 2019, 11:17 PM
65 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

Risks from Learned Op­ti­miza­tion: Con­clu­sion and Re­lated Work

Jun 7, 2019, 7:53 PM
82 points
5 comments6 min readLW link

Per­sonal mus­ings on In­di­vi­d­u­al­ism and Empathy

dragoholeJun 7, 2019, 5:07 PM
13 points
6 comments5 min readLW link

For the past, in some ways only, we are moral degenerates

Stuart_ArmstrongJun 7, 2019, 3:57 PM
32 points
17 comments2 min readLW link

Map of (old) MIRI’s Re­search Agendas

JsevillamolJun 7, 2019, 7:22 AM
9 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Frac­tional Re­serve Charity

AlicornJun 7, 2019, 5:14 AM
34 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

Visit­ing the Bay Area from 17-30 June

Chris_LeongJun 7, 2019, 2:40 AM
16 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Ar­bital scrape

emmabJun 6, 2019, 11:11 PM
89 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Cir­cle Games

sarahconstantinJun 6, 2019, 4:40 PM
85 points
15 comments4 min readLW link1 review
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Im­pact of ag­ing re­search be­sides LEV

emanuele ascaniJun 6, 2019, 10:42 AM
15 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

[AN #57] Why we should fo­cus on ro­bust­ness in AI safety, and the analo­gous prob­lems in programming

Rohin ShahJun 5, 2019, 11:20 PM
26 points
15 comments7 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

Steel­man­ning Divination

VaniverJun 5, 2019, 10:53 PM
206 points
49 comments6 min readLW link2 reviews

De­cep­tive Alignment

Jun 5, 2019, 8:16 PM
118 points
20 comments17 min readLW link

An In­tro­duc­tion to De­ci­sion Modeling

Ian David MossJun 5, 2019, 8:13 PM
7 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(medium.com)

Ma­jor Up­date on Cost Disease

Max foobarJun 5, 2019, 7:10 PM
42 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Book Re­view: The Se­cret Of Our Success

Scott AlexanderJun 5, 2019, 6:50 AM
164 points
20 comments25 min readLW link2 reviews
(slatestarcodex.com)

All knowl­edge is cir­cu­larly justified

Chris_LeongJun 4, 2019, 10:39 PM
10 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

See­ing the Ma­trix, Switch­ing Ab­strac­tions, and Miss­ing Moods

RaemonJun 4, 2019, 9:08 PM
36 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] How is Solomonoff in­duc­tion calcu­lated in prac­tice?

BuckyJun 4, 2019, 10:11 AM
33 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Agents dis­solved in coffee

rmoehnJun 4, 2019, 8:22 AM
4 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

The In­ner Align­ment Problem

Jun 4, 2019, 1:20 AM
105 points
17 comments13 min readLW link

Wash­ing­ton SSC Meetup

Robi RahmanJun 3, 2019, 7:30 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Can move­ment from Con­flict to Mis­take the­o­rist be fa­cil­i­tated effec­tively?

SamLibDemJun 3, 2019, 5:02 PM
5 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Our plan for 2019-2020: con­sult­ing for AI Safety education

RAISEJun 3, 2019, 4:51 PM
18 points
15 comments3 min readLW link

To first or­der, moral re­al­ism and moral anti-re­al­ism are the same thing

Stuart_ArmstrongJun 3, 2019, 3:04 PM
27 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Con­di­tional meta-preferences

Stuart_Armstrong3 Jun 2019 14:09 UTC
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Does Bayes Beat Good­hart?

abramdemski3 Jun 2019 2:31 UTC
48 points
26 comments7 min readLW link

Cam­bridge LW/​SSC Meetup

NoSignalNoNoise3 Jun 2019 1:55 UTC
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What is the ev­i­dence for pro­duc­tivity benefits of weightlift­ing?

jp2 Jun 2019 19:17 UTC
59 points
27 comments1 min readLW link

On alien science

Richard_Ngo2 Jun 2019 14:50 UTC
44 points
8 comments5 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

Mo­ral Mazes and Short Termism

Zvi2 Jun 2019 11:30 UTC
74 points
21 comments4 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Selec­tion vs Control

abramdemski2 Jun 2019 7:01 UTC
175 points
26 comments11 min readLW link2 reviews