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Discussion Thread: The AI Does Not Hate You by Tom Chivers
Ruby
Jun 17, 2019, 11:43 PM
26
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Research Agenda v0.9: Synthesising a human’s preferences into a utility function
Stuart_Armstrong
Jun 17, 2019, 5:46 PM
70
points
26
comments
33
min read
LW
link
Preference conditional on circumstances and past preference satisfaction
Stuart_Armstrong
Jun 17, 2019, 3:30 PM
11
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
In physical eschatology, is Aestivation a sound strategy?
mako yass
Jun 17, 2019, 7:27 AM
17
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is there a guide to ‘Problems that are too fast to Google’?
Vaniver
Jun 17, 2019, 5:04 AM
48
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
ISO: Automated P-Hacking Detection
johnswentworth
Jun 16, 2019, 9:15 PM
7
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Does scientific productivity correlate with IQ?
Eli Tyre
Jun 16, 2019, 7:42 PM
27
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Does the _timing_ of practice, relative to sleep, make a difference for skill consolidation?
Eli Tyre
Jun 16, 2019, 7:12 PM
30
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is “physical nondeterminism” a meaningful concept?
Liron
Jun 16, 2019, 3:55 PM
23
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
SSC-Madison: Andrew Yang
marywang
Jun 16, 2019, 2:09 PM
3
points
1
comment
LW
link
Reasonable Explanations
Alicorn
Jun 16, 2019, 5:29 AM
78
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Accelerate without humanity: Summary of Nick Land’s philosophy
Yuxi_Liu
Jun 16, 2019, 3:22 AM
37
points
24
comments
12
min read
LW
link
28 social psychology studies from *Experiments With People* (Frey & Gregg, 2017)
Yuxi_Liu
Jun 16, 2019, 2:23 AM
12
points
1
comment
26
min read
LW
link
The Univariate Fallacy
Zack_M_Davis
Jun 15, 2019, 9:43 PM
34
points
15
comments
3
min read
LW
link
On Seeing Through ‘On Seeing Through: A Unified Theory’: A Unified Theory
gwern
Jun 15, 2019, 6:57 PM
26
points
0
comments
LW
link
(www.gwern.net)
[Question]
Do policy makers frequently underestimate non-human threats (ie: epidemic, natural disasters, climate change) when compared to threats that are human in nature (ie: military conflict, economic competition, Cold War)?
RocksBasil
Jun 15, 2019, 4:29 PM
5
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Press Your Luck
Zvi
Jun 15, 2019, 3:30 PM
14
points
0
comments
14
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
[Question]
Paper on qualitative types or degrees of knowledge, with examples from medicine?
Kenny
Jun 15, 2019, 12:31 AM
5
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Recommendation Features on LessWrong
habryka
and
jimrandomh
Jun 15, 2019, 12:23 AM
62
points
36
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Discourse Norms: Moderators Must Not Bully
Davis_Kingsley
Jun 14, 2019, 11:22 PM
7
points
51
comments
2
min read
LW
link
SSC Sacramento Meetup
jooyous
Jun 14, 2019, 11:08 PM
8
points
3
comments
LW
link
Welcome to LessWrong!
Ruby
,
Raemon
,
RobertM
and
habryka
Jun 14, 2019, 7:42 PM
466
points
71
comments
2
min read
LW
link
LessWrong FAQ
Ruby
Jun 14, 2019, 7:03 PM
90
points
55
comments
25
min read
LW
link
On Freud’s examination of the Uncanny in Literature
KyriakosCH
Jun 14, 2019, 5:40 PM
2
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Unknown Unknowns in AI Alignment
sayan
Jun 14, 2019, 5:07 AM
6
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
SlateStarCodex Madison Meetup: Mental Health and Moloch
marywang
Jun 14, 2019, 2:59 AM
2
points
1
comment
LW
link
Storytelling and the evolution of human intelligence
Richard_Kennaway
Jun 13, 2019, 8:13 PM
14
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Real-World Coordination Problems are Usually Information Problems
johnswentworth
Jun 13, 2019, 6:21 PM
35
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
On Having Enough Socks
gwern
Jun 13, 2019, 3:15 PM
21
points
9
comments
LW
link
(www.gwern.net)
[Question]
Learning Over Time for AI and Humans and Rationality
jmh
Jun 13, 2019, 1:23 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Some Ways Coordination is Hard
Zvi
Jun 13, 2019, 1:00 PM
55
points
11
comments
10
min read
LW
link
1
review
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
[Question]
Can we use ideas from ecosystem management to cultivate a healthy rationality memespace?
Bird Concept
and
Nora_Ammann
Jun 13, 2019, 12:38 PM
36
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Episode 6 of Tsuyoku Naritai (the ‘becoming stronger’ podcast)
Bae's Theorem
Jun 12, 2019, 11:31 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What kind of thing is logic in an ontological sense?
Chris_Leong
Jun 12, 2019, 10:28 PM
12
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Let’s talk about “Convergent Rationality”
David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)
Jun 12, 2019, 9:53 PM
44
points
33
comments
6
min read
LW
link
The Ninth Atlanta SSC Meetup
Steve French
Jun 12, 2019, 9:02 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
MLU: New Blog!
lifelonglearner
Jun 12, 2019, 4:20 AM
16
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Outsider and the Onlooker (on esoteric meaning in fiction)
KyriakosCH
Jun 11, 2019, 8:02 PM
4
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How much does neatly eating matter? What about other food manners?
sapphire
Jun 11, 2019, 7:40 PM
8
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Tal Yarkoni: No, it’s not The Incentives—it’s you
Zack_M_Davis
Jun 11, 2019, 7:09 AM
89
points
119
comments
1
min read
LW
link
4
reviews
(www.talyarkoni.org)
Long Term Future Fund applications open until June 28th
habryka
Jun 10, 2019, 8:39 PM
30
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Get Rich Real Slowly
Jacob Falkovich
Jun 10, 2019, 5:51 PM
35
points
13
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Honors Fuel Achievement
Samo Burja
Jun 10, 2019, 4:10 PM
38
points
2
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(medium.com)
On pointless waiting
Kaj_Sotala
Jun 10, 2019, 8:58 AM
43
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Dissolving the zombie argument
Chris_Leong
Jun 10, 2019, 4:54 AM
−1
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Knights and Knaves
filius
Jun 10, 2019, 1:51 AM
4
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Ramifications of limited positive value, unlimited negative value?
Raemon
Jun 9, 2019, 11:17 PM
10
points
18
comments
3
min read
LW
link
On why mathematics appear to be non-cosmic
KyriakosCH
9 Jun 2019 20:42 UTC
4
points
20
comments
4
min read
LW
link
An attempt to list out my core values and virtues
Ruby
9 Jun 2019 20:02 UTC
26
points
1
comment
7
min read
LW
link
The expected value of extinction risk reduction is positive
JanB
9 Jun 2019 15:49 UTC
23
points
0
comments
35
min read
LW
link
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