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Here Be Epistemic Dragons

DirectedEvolutionJul 4, 2019, 10:31 PM

8 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

What product are you building?

RaemonJul 4, 2019, 7:08 PM

57 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

How to handle large numbers of questions?

RaemonJul 4, 2019, 6:22 PM

12 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Let’s Read: an essay on AI Theology

Yuxi_LiuJul 4, 2019, 7:50 AM

23 points

9 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] What are good resources for learning functional programming?

Matt GoldenbergJul 4, 2019, 1:22 AM

22 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What’s state-of-the-art in AI understanding of theory of mind?

ioannesJul 3, 2019, 11:11 PM

14 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

Blatant lies are the best kind!

BenquoJul 3, 2019, 8:45 PM

26 points

17 comments5 min readLW link

(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

[Question] What was the official story for many top physicists congregating in Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project?

mosesJul 3, 2019, 6:05 PM

13 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread July 2019

ryan_bJul 3, 2019, 3:07 PM

15 points

91 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What would be the signs of AI manhattan projects starting? Should a website be made watching for these signs?

OzyrusJul 3, 2019, 12:22 PM

12 points

10 comments LW link

Self-consciousness wants to make everything about itself

jessicataJul 3, 2019, 1:44 AM

44 points

70 comments6 min readLW link

(unstableontology.com)

Opting into Experimental LW Features

RaemonJul 3, 2019, 12:51 AM

20 points

26 comments1 min readLW link

Episode 7 of ‘Tsuyoku Narita’: CoZE

Bae's TheoremJul 2, 2019, 10:38 PM

6 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are some of Robin Hanson’s best posts?

Richard_NgoJul 2, 2019, 8:58 PM

38 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How/would you want to consume shortform posts?

RaemonJul 2, 2019, 7:55 PM

18 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Re-introducing Selection vs Control for Optimization (Optimizing and Goodhart Effects—Clarifying Thoughts, Part 1)

DavidmanheimJul 2, 2019, 3:36 PM

31 points

5 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] The Right Way of Formulating a Problem?

Virgil KurkjianJul 2, 2019, 2:40 PM

15 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Everybody Knows

ZviJul 2, 2019, 12:20 PM

137 points

21 comments4 min readLW link 1 review

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Collaborative VS adversarial truth seeking

EloJul 1, 2019, 11:48 PM

2 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

PlayStation Odysseys

Jacob FalkovichJul 1, 2019, 5:41 PM

22 points

0 comments10 min readLW link

An Increasingly Manipulative Newsfeed

Michaël TrazziJul 1, 2019, 3:26 PM

63 points

16 comments5 min readLW link

June 2019 gwern.net newsletter

gwernJul 1, 2019, 2:35 PM

29 points

0 comments LW link

(www.gwern.net)

[Question] What’s the most “stuck” you’ve been with an argument, that eventually got resolved?

RaemonJul 1, 2019, 5:13 AM

14 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

The Competence Myth

Davis_KingsleyJun 30, 2019, 6:55 PM

48 points

31 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Is AlphaZero any good without the tree search?

Steven ByrnesJun 30, 2019, 4:41 PM

31 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] I’m looking for alternative funding strategies for cryonics.

Walker VargasJun 30, 2019, 3:22 AM

4 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Being Wrong Doesn’t Mean You’re Stupid and Bad (Probably)

Zack_M_DavisJun 29, 2019, 11:58 PM

20 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Do children lose ‘childlike curiosity?’ Why?

RaemonJun 29, 2019, 10:42 PM

44 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How can we measure creativity?

ElizabethJun 29, 2019, 10:30 PM

32 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

An unconfortable epistemic position regarding “Verb Magic”.

HijolJun 29, 2019, 3:38 AM

3 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

Conceptual Problems with UDT and Policy Selection

abramdemskiJun 28, 2019, 11:50 PM

66 points

16 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] Whence decision exhaustion?

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJun 28, 2019, 8:41 PM

15 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Aligning a toy model of optimization

paulfchristianoJun 28, 2019, 8:23 PM

53 points

25 comments3 min readLW link

Book Review: Why Are The Prices So Damn High?

sarahconstantinJun 28, 2019, 7:40 PM

61 points

7 comments8 min readLW link

(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

[Question] What’s the best explanation of intellectual generativity?

RaemonJun 28, 2019, 6:33 PM

28 points

23 comments1 min readLW link

Systems Engineering Advancement Research Initiative

ryan_bJun 28, 2019, 5:57 PM

22 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(seari.mit.edu)

Self-confirming prophecies, and simplified Oracle designs

Stuart_ArmstrongJun 28, 2019, 9:57 AM

10 points

1 comment5 min readLW link

GreaterWrong Arbital Viewer

clone of saturnJun 28, 2019, 6:32 AM

55 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

(arbital.greaterwrong.com)

Instead of “I’m anxious,” try “I feel threatened”

Holly_ElmoreJun 28, 2019, 5:24 AM

58 points

19 comments2 min readLW link

(mhollyelmoreblog.wordpress.com)

False assumptions and leaky abstractions in machine learning and AI safety

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Jun 28, 2019, 4:54 AM

21 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why would “necro-ing” be a bad idea?

NebuJun 28, 2019, 2:21 AM

5 points

0 comments LW link

[Question] How to deal with a misleading conference talk about AI risk?

rmoehnJun 27, 2019, 9:04 PM

21 points

12 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Is it good practice to write questions/comments on old posts you’re trying to understand?

Liam DonovanJun 27, 2019, 9:23 AM

22 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are principled ways for penalising complexity in practice?

BuckyJun 27, 2019, 7:28 AM

36 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

Embedded Agency: Not Just an AI Problem

johnswentworthJun 27, 2019, 12:35 AM

15 points

10 comments2 min readLW link

Jordan Peterson on AI-FOOM

Bound_upJun 26, 2019, 5:05 PM

3 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Apocalypse, corrupted

Stuart_ArmstrongJun 26, 2019, 1:46 PM

20 points

13 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What does the word “collaborative” mean in the phrase “collaborative truthseeking”?

Zack_M_Davis26 Jun 2019 5:26 UTC

26 points

23 comments1 min readLW link

Epistemic Spot Check: The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance

Elizabeth25 Jun 2019 23:00 UTC

81 points

9 comments4 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

Writing children’s picture books

jessicata25 Jun 2019 21:43 UTC

125 points

22 comments5 min readLW link

(unstableontology.com)