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_ArmstrongJun 3, 2019, 2:09 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Does Bayes Beat Good­hart?

abramdemskiJun 3, 2019, 2:31 AM
48 points
26 comments7 min readLW link

Cam­bridge LW/​SSC Meetup

NoSignalNoNoiseJun 3, 2019, 1:55 AM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

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

jpJun 2, 2019, 7:17 PM
59 points
27 comments1 min readLW link

On alien science

Richard_NgoJun 2, 2019, 2:50 PM
44 points
8 comments5 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

Mo­ral Mazes and Short Termism

ZviJun 2, 2019, 11:30 AM
74 points
21 comments4 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Selec­tion vs Control

abramdemskiJun 2, 2019, 7:01 AM
175 points
26 comments11 min readLW link2 reviews

FB/​Dis­cord Style Reacts

RaemonJun 1, 2019, 9:34 PM
77 points
95 comments5 min readLW link

Con­di­tions for Mesa-Optimization

Jun 1, 2019, 8:52 PM
84 points
48 comments12 min readLW link

The Fun­da­men­tal The­o­rem of As­set Pric­ing: Miss­ing Link of the Dutch Book Arguments

johnswentworthJun 1, 2019, 8:34 PM
42 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

I trans­lated ‘Twelve Virtues of Ra­tion­al­ity’ into He­brew.

Yoav RavidJun 1, 2019, 6:52 PM
26 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

May gw­ern.net newsletter

gwernJun 1, 2019, 5:25 PM
17 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.gwern.net)

Wel­come and Open Thread June 2019

rolandJun 1, 2019, 1:44 PM
12 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

“But It Doesn’t Mat­ter”

Zack_M_DavisJun 1, 2019, 2:06 AM
55 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Feed­back Re­quested! Draft of a New About/​Wel­come Page for LessWrong

RubyJun 1, 2019, 12:44 AM
29 points
26 comments6 min readLW link

A Brief His­tory of LessWrong

RubyJun 1, 2019, 12:43 AM
40 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

The LessWrong Team

RubyJun 1, 2019, 12:43 AM
61 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Risks from Learned Op­ti­miza­tion: Introduction

May 31, 2019, 11:44 PM
187 points
42 comments12 min readLW link3 reviews

Site Guide: Per­sonal Blog­posts vs Front­page Posts

RubyMay 31, 2019, 11:08 PM
73 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

When Ob­ser­va­tion Beats Experiment

johnswentworthMay 31, 2019, 10:58 PM
19 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How to de­ter­mine if my sym­pa­thetic or my parasym­pa­thetic ner­vous sys­tem is cur­rently dom­i­nant?

philip_bMay 31, 2019, 8:40 PM
20 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What is the best on­line com­mu­nity for ques­tions about AI ca­pa­bil­ities?

Ben GoldhaberMay 31, 2019, 3:38 PM
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Ego­ism In Disguise

Wes FMay 31, 2019, 2:40 PM
1 point
12 comments4 min readLW link

Lonelinesses

Jacob FalkovichMay 31, 2019, 1:55 PM
53 points
5 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] How would you ad­vise a peer-sup­ported virtues-ori­ented self-help group?

David GrossMay 31, 2019, 12:20 AM
15 points
0 comments1 min readLW link