Thoughts on The Re­plac­ing Guilt Series⁠ — pt 1

dragoholeJul 5, 2019, 7:35 PM
9 points
9 comments7 min readLW link

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 commentsLW 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 link1 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 commentsLW 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 commentsLW 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_DavisJun 26, 2019, 5:26 AM
26 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

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

ElizabethJun 25, 2019, 11:00 PM
81 points
9 comments4 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)