Re­sults of LW Tech­ni­cal Back­ground Survey

johnswentworthJul 26, 2019, 5:33 PM
41 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How many re­searchers does a new pa­per reach?

SliderJul 26, 2019, 4:14 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Old Man Jevons Can’t Save You Now (Part 2/​2)

Closed Limelike CurvesJul 26, 2019, 3:51 AM
12 points
2 comments3 min readLW link
(thelimelike.wordpress.com)

[Question] Can you sum­ma­rize high­lights from Ver­non’s Creativity?

RaemonJul 26, 2019, 1:12 AM
14 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How of­ten are new ideas dis­cov­ered in old pa­pers?

TurnTroutJul 26, 2019, 1:00 AM
23 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Ought: why it mat­ters and ways to help

paulfchristianoJul 25, 2019, 6:00 PM
89 points
7 comments5 min readLW link

On the pur­poses of de­ci­sion the­ory research

Wei DaiJul 25, 2019, 7:18 AM
64 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

Me­taphor­i­cal ex­ten­sions and con­cep­tual figure-ground inversions

jessicataJul 24, 2019, 6:21 AM
38 points
7 comments3 min readLW link
(unstableontology.com)

AI Safety De­bate and Its Applications

VojtaKovarikJul 23, 2019, 10:31 PM
38 points
5 comments11 min readLW link

How to take smart notes (Ahrens, 2017)

Yuxi_LiuJul 23, 2019, 3:34 PM
72 points
12 comments6 min readLW link

Pre­dic­tion as coordination

Bird ConceptJul 23, 2019, 6:19 AM
42 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

The Real Rules Have No Exceptions

Said AchmizJul 23, 2019, 3:38 AM
136 points
57 comments1 min readLW link2 reviews

“Short­form” vs “Scratch­pad” or other names

RaemonJul 23, 2019, 1:21 AM
14 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Cam­bridge LW/​SSC Meetup

NoSignalNoNoiseJul 23, 2019, 12:47 AM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Where is the Mean­ing?

HazardJul 22, 2019, 8:18 PM
21 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

The Self-Unaware AI Oracle

Steven ByrnesJul 22, 2019, 7:04 PM
21 points
38 comments8 min readLW link

APL AI Safety Conference

Aryeh EnglanderJul 22, 2019, 6:18 PM
12 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[AN #60] A new AI challenge: Minecraft agents that as­sist hu­man play­ers in cre­ative mode

Rohin ShahJul 22, 2019, 5:00 PM
23 points
6 comments9 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

[Question] Solv­ing for X in­stead of 3 in love tri­an­gles?

EruvnalJul 22, 2019, 4:35 PM
2 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Self-ex­per­i­ment Pro­to­col: Effect of Cho­co­late on Sleep

NoSignalNoNoiseJul 22, 2019, 3:32 AM
30 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] How Much Do Differ­ent Users Really Care About Upvotes?

Evan_GaensbauerJul 22, 2019, 2:31 AM
14 points
12 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Should I wear wrist-weights while play­ing Beat Saber?

RaemonJul 21, 2019, 7:56 PM
8 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Cross-Val­i­da­tion vs Bayesian Model Comparison

johnswentworthJul 21, 2019, 6:14 PM
28 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

Learn­ing to Learn and Nav­i­gat­ing Moods

caleboJul 21, 2019, 3:53 PM
22 points
13 comments11 min readLW link

Bayes’ The­o­rem in three pictures

Sunny from QADJul 21, 2019, 7:01 AM
30 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] What ques­tions about the fu­ture would in­fluence peo­ple’s ac­tions to­day if they were in­formed by a pre­dic­tion mar­ket?

Mati_RoyJul 21, 2019, 5:26 AM
20 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Do you fear the rock or the hard place?

RubyJul 20, 2019, 10:01 PM
77 points
10 comments5 min readLW link3 reviews

Bayesian Model Test­ing Comparisons

johnswentworthJul 20, 2019, 4:40 PM
15 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Book re­view: The Tech­nol­ogy Trap

Richard_NgoJul 20, 2019, 12:40 PM
28 points
1 comment5 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

The Costs of Reliability

sarahconstantinJul 20, 2019, 1:20 AM
154 points
13 comments3 min readLW link2 reviews
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Ap­peal to Con­se­quence, Value Ten­sions, And Ro­bust Organizations

Matt GoldenbergJul 19, 2019, 10:09 PM
45 points
90 comments5 min readLW link

Watch Elon Musk’s Neu­ral­ink presentation

AlexeiJul 19, 2019, 9:48 PM
9 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(www.youtube.com)

[Question] When does adding food make an or­ganism re­li­ably bet­ter?

SliderJul 19, 2019, 9:22 PM
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Scope Insen­si­tivity Judo

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJul 19, 2019, 5:33 PM
22 points
3 comments6 min readLW link

From Laplace to BIC

johnswentworthJul 19, 2019, 4:52 PM
21 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Against Ex­ces­sive Apologising

Chris_LeongJul 19, 2019, 3:00 PM
7 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] In­tro to causal in­fer­ence by Michael Niel­sen (2012)

yagudinJul 19, 2019, 12:19 PM
29 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] When does adding more peo­ple re­li­ably make a sys­tem bet­ter?

Bird ConceptJul 19, 2019, 4:21 AM
30 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Ro­bust Agency for Peo­ple and Organizations

RaemonJul 19, 2019, 1:18 AM
65 points
10 comments12 min readLW link

[Question] What do you think of cog­ni­tive types and MBTI? What type are you? What do you think is the per­centage of the 16 differ­ent per­son­al­ity types on LessWrong?

NikoTMJul 18, 2019, 8:20 PM
1 point
6 commentsLW link

Thoughts on the 5-10 Problem

ToflyJul 18, 2019, 6:56 PM
18 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Pr­ereq: Ques­tion Substitution

HazardJul 18, 2019, 5:35 PM
28 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

The Na­tional Se­cu­rity Com­mis­sion on Ar­tifi­cial In­tel­li­gence Wants You (to sub­mit es­says and ar­ti­cles on the fu­ture of gov­ern­ment AI policy)

quanticleJul 18, 2019, 5:21 PM
31 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(warontherocks.com)

Laplace Approximation

johnswentworthJul 18, 2019, 3:23 PM
30 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Nor­mal­is­ing util­ity as will­ing­ness to pay

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 18, 2019, 11:44 AM
17 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Dialogue on Ap­peals to Consequences

jessicataJul 18, 2019, 2:34 AM
33 points
87 comments7 min readLW link
(unstableontology.com)

Why it feels like ev­ery­thing is a trade-off

Sunny from QADJul 18, 2019, 1:33 AM
35 points
15 comments4 min readLW link

Pr­ereq: Cog­ni­tive Fusion

HazardJul 17, 2019, 7:04 PM
18 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Why did we wait so long for the bi­cy­cle?

RubyJul 17, 2019, 6:45 PM
47 points
10 comments3 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

1st Athena Ra­tion­al­ity Work­shop—Retrospective

Linda LinseforsJul 17, 2019, 4:51 PM
26 points
8 comments3 min readLW link