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Integrity and accountability are core parts of rationality
habryka
Jul 15, 2019, 8:22 PM
171
points
68
comments
6
min read
LW
link
1
review
Jeff Hawkins on neuromorphic AGI within 20 years
Steven Byrnes
Jul 15, 2019, 7:16 PM
170
points
24
comments
12
min read
LW
link
The Costs of Reliability
sarahconstantin
Jul 20, 2019, 1:20 AM
154
points
13
comments
3
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)
Forum participation as a research strategy
Wei Dai
Jul 30, 2019, 6:09 PM
153
points
45
comments
3
min read
LW
link
1
review
A Key Power of the President is to Coordinate the Execution of Existing Concrete Plans
Ben Pace
Jul 16, 2019, 5:06 AM
152
points
13
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Everybody Knows
Zvi
Jul 2, 2019, 12:20 PM
137
points
21
comments
4
min read
LW
link
1
review
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
The Real Rules Have No Exceptions
Said Achmiz
Jul 23, 2019, 3:38 AM
136
points
57
comments
1
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
The AI Timelines Scam
jessicata
Jul 11, 2019, 2:52 AM
116
points
108
comments
7
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
(unstableontology.com)
No nonsense version of the “racial algorithm bias”
Yuxi_Liu
Jul 13, 2019, 3:39 PM
115
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Ought: why it matters and ways to help
paulfchristiano
Jul 25, 2019, 6:00 PM
89
points
7
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Does it become easier, or harder, for the world to coordinate around not building AGI as time goes on?
Eli Tyre
Jul 29, 2019, 10:59 PM
86
points
31
comments
3
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
Do you fear the rock or the hard place?
Ruby
Jul 20, 2019, 10:01 PM
77
points
10
comments
5
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
Diversify Your Friendship Portfolio
Davis_Kingsley
Jul 9, 2019, 11:06 PM
74
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
How to take smart notes (Ahrens, 2017)
Yuxi_Liu
Jul 23, 2019, 3:34 PM
71
points
12
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Reclaiming Eddie Willers
Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg)
Jul 13, 2019, 3:32 PM
71
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Shortform Beta Launch
Raemon
Jul 27, 2019, 8:09 PM
67
points
18
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Why artificial optimism?
jessicata
Jul 15, 2019, 9:41 PM
67
points
29
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(unstableontology.com)
Robust Agency for People and Organizations
Raemon
Jul 19, 2019, 1:18 AM
65
points
10
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Commentary On “The Abolition of Man”
Vaniver
Jul 15, 2019, 6:56 PM
64
points
13
comments
5
min read
LW
link
On the purposes of decision theory research
Wei Dai
Jul 25, 2019, 7:18 AM
64
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
An Increasingly Manipulative Newsfeed
Michaël Trazzi
Jul 1, 2019, 3:26 PM
63
points
16
comments
5
min read
LW
link
What product are you building?
Raemon
Jul 4, 2019, 7:08 PM
57
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Let’s Read: Superhuman AI for multiplayer poker
Yuxi_Liu
Jul 14, 2019, 6:22 AM
56
points
6
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Keep Your Beliefs Cruxy
Raemon
Jul 28, 2019, 1:18 AM
54
points
34
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Insights from Linear Algebra Done Right
Rafael Harth
Jul 13, 2019, 6:24 PM
54
points
18
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Why did we wait so long for the bicycle?
Ruby
Jul 17, 2019, 6:45 PM
47
points
10
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
How Should We Critique Research? A Decision Perspective
gwern
Jul 14, 2019, 10:51 PM
46
points
4
comments
LW
link
(www.gwern.net)
“Rationalizing” and “Sitting Bolt Upright in Alarm.”
Raemon
Jul 8, 2019, 8:34 PM
45
points
56
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Appeal to Consequence, Value Tensions, And Robust Organizations
Matt Goldenberg
Jul 19, 2019, 10:09 PM
45
points
90
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Please give your links speaking names!
rmoehn
Jul 11, 2019, 7:47 AM
44
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Self-consciousness wants to make everything about itself
jessicata
Jul 3, 2019, 1:44 AM
44
points
70
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(unstableontology.com)
Intellectual Dark Matter
Samo Burja
Jul 16, 2019, 3:20 PM
44
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(medium.com)
[AN #59] How arguments for AI risk have changed over time
Rohin Shah
Jul 8, 2019, 5:20 PM
43
points
4
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Prediction as coordination
Bird Concept
Jul 23, 2019, 6:19 AM
42
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Learning biases and rewards simultaneously
Rohin Shah
Jul 6, 2019, 1:45 AM
41
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Results of LW Technical Background Survey
johnswentworth
Jul 26, 2019, 5:33 PM
41
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Conversation on forecasting with Vaniver and Ozzie Gooen
Bird Concept
,
Vaniver
and
ozziegooen
Jul 30, 2019, 11:16 AM
41
points
18
comments
32
min read
LW
link
Magic is Dead, Give me Attention
Hazard
Jul 10, 2019, 8:15 PM
40
points
13
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Wolf’s Dice
johnswentworth
Jul 16, 2019, 7:50 PM
38
points
8
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Metaphorical extensions and conceptual figure-ground inversions
jessicata
Jul 24, 2019, 6:21 AM
38
points
7
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(unstableontology.com)
[Question]
Is this info on zinc lozenges accurate?
philh
Jul 27, 2019, 10:05 PM
38
points
24
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are some of Robin Hanson’s best posts?
Richard_Ngo
Jul 2, 2019, 8:58 PM
38
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
LW authors: How many clusters of norms do you (personally) want?
Raemon
Jul 7, 2019, 8:27 PM
38
points
40
comments
2
min read
LW
link
AI Safety Debate and Its Applications
VojtaKovarik
Jul 23, 2019, 10:31 PM
38
points
5
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Wolf’s Dice II: What Asymmetry?
johnswentworth
Jul 17, 2019, 3:22 PM
37
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Does improved introspection cause rationalisation to become less noticeable?
Bird Concept
Jul 30, 2019, 10:03 AM
37
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Largest open collection quotes about AI
teradimich
Jul 12, 2019, 5:18 PM
36
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(docs.google.com)
Walkthrough: The Transformer Architecture [Part 1/2]
Matthew Barnett
30 Jul 2019 13:54 UTC
35
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Why it feels like everything is a trade-off
Sunny from QAD
18 Jul 2019 1:33 UTC
35
points
15
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Doublecrux is for Building Products
Raemon
17 Jul 2019 6:50 UTC
34
points
14
comments
9
min read
LW
link
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