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How does one get invited to the alignment forum?
Chris_Leong
Jun 23, 2019, 9:39 AM
15
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Podcast—Putanumonit on The Switch
Jacob Falkovich
Jun 23, 2019, 4:09 AM
6
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Foundational Toolbox for Life: Introduction
ExCeph
Jun 22, 2019, 6:11 AM
23
points
2
comments
6
min read
LW
link
How hard is it for altruists to discuss going against bad equilibria?
abramdemski
Jun 22, 2019, 3:42 AM
46
points
6
comments
11
min read
LW
link
The Hacker Learns to Trust
Ben Pace
Jun 22, 2019, 12:27 AM
80
points
18
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(medium.com)
“The Bitter Lesson”, an article about compute vs human knowledge in AI
the gears to ascension
Jun 21, 2019, 5:24 PM
52
points
14
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(www.incompleteideas.net)
Decisions are hard, words feel easier
Hazard
Jun 21, 2019, 4:17 PM
9
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Splitting Concepts
Hazard
Jun 21, 2019, 4:03 PM
8
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Modeling AGI Safety Frameworks with Causal Influence Diagrams
Ramana Kumar
Jun 21, 2019, 12:50 PM
43
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(arxiv.org)
Is your uncertainty resolvable?
Raemon
Jun 21, 2019, 7:32 AM
30
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Should rationality be a movement?
Chris_Leong
Jun 20, 2019, 11:09 PM
48
points
13
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Let Values Drift
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Jun 20, 2019, 8:45 PM
4
points
19
comments
8
min read
LW
link
A case for strategy research: what it is and why we need more of it
Siebe
Jun 20, 2019, 8:22 PM
24
points
19
comments
20
min read
LW
link
[Question]
LW Dev question: FB-style tagging?
Dr_Manhattan
Jun 20, 2019, 7:19 PM
11
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
STRUCTURE: A Hazardous Guide to Words
Hazard
Jun 20, 2019, 3:27 PM
8
points
7
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Should there be a header feature?
Chris_Leong
Jun 20, 2019, 6:45 AM
2
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Defending points you don’t care about
Hazard
Jun 19, 2019, 8:40 PM
41
points
6
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Words Aren’t Type Safe
Hazard
Jun 19, 2019, 8:34 PM
22
points
12
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Arguing Definitions
Hazard
Jun 19, 2019, 8:29 PM
12
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
LW2.0: Technology Platform for Intellectual Progress
Ruby
Jun 19, 2019, 8:25 PM
31
points
5
comments
7
min read
LW
link
LW2.0: Community, Culture, and Intellectual Progress
Ruby
Jun 19, 2019, 8:25 PM
27
points
2
comments
6
min read
LW
link
1hr talk: Intro to AGI safety
Steven Byrnes
Jun 18, 2019, 9:41 PM
36
points
4
comments
24
min read
LW
link
Reneging prosocially by Duncan Sabien
philip_b
Jun 18, 2019, 6:52 PM
70
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(medium.com)
Magic Arena Bot Drafting
Zvi
Jun 18, 2019, 4:00 PM
18
points
1
comment
18
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
[Question]
Is the “business cycle” an actual economic principle?
Liron
Jun 18, 2019, 2:52 PM
43
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Reason isn’t magic
Benquo
Jun 18, 2019, 4:04 AM
161
points
19
comments
2
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)
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
15 Jun 2019 0:23 UTC
62
points
36
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Discourse Norms: Moderators Must Not Bully
Davis_Kingsley
14 Jun 2019 23:22 UTC
7
points
51
comments
2
min read
LW
link
SSC Sacramento Meetup
jooyous
14 Jun 2019 23:08 UTC
8
points
3
comments
LW
link
Welcome to LessWrong!
Ruby
,
Raemon
,
RobertM
and
habryka
14 Jun 2019 19:42 UTC
467
points
74
comments
2
min read
LW
link
LessWrong FAQ
Ruby
14 Jun 2019 19:03 UTC
90
points
55
comments
25
min read
LW
link
On Freud’s examination of the Uncanny in Literature
KyriakosCH
14 Jun 2019 17:40 UTC
2
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
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