Dialogue on Ap­peals to Consequences

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

[Question] What are we pre­dict­ing for Neu­ral­ink event?

Dr_ManhattanJul 12, 2019, 7:33 PM
32 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Very Short In­tro­duc­tion to Bayesian Model Com­par­i­son

johnswentworthJul 16, 2019, 7:48 PM
32 points
5 comments1 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)

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

Bird ConceptJul 19, 2019, 4:21 AM
30 points
21 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 back­ground tech­ni­cal knowl­edge do LW read­ers have?

johnswentworthJul 11, 2019, 5:38 PM
30 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

Laplace Approximation

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

Bayes’ The­o­rem in three pictures

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

June 2019 gw­ern.net newsletter

gwernJul 1, 2019, 2:35 PM
29 points
0 commentsLW link
(www.gwern.net)

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

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

How to make a gi­ant white­board for $14 (plus nails)

eukaryoteJul 7, 2019, 7:23 PM
29 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

Cross-Val­i­da­tion vs Bayesian Model Comparison

johnswentworthJul 21, 2019, 6:14 PM
28 points
2 comments4 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)

Pr­ereq: Ques­tion Substitution

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

1st Athena Ra­tion­al­ity Work­shop—Retrospective

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

Blatant lies are the best kind!

BenquoJul 3, 2019, 8:45 PM
26 points
17 comments5 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

What does Op­ti­miza­tion Mean, Again? (Op­ti­miz­ing and Good­hart Effects—Clar­ify­ing Thoughts, Part 2)

DavidmanheimJul 28, 2019, 9:30 AM
26 points
7 comments4 min readLW link

Black hole narratives

AlexeiJul 7, 2019, 4:07 AM
25 points
11 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] How can guessti­mates work?

Bird ConceptJul 10, 2019, 7:33 PM
24 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Schism Begets Schism

Davis_KingsleyJul 10, 2019, 3:09 AM
24 points
25 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] How Can Ra­tion­al­ists Join Other Com­mu­ni­ties In­ter­ested in Truth-Seek­ing?

Evan_GaensbauerJul 16, 2019, 3:29 AM
23 points
9 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

Eco­nomic Thinking

limerottJul 16, 2019, 5:33 PM
23 points
12 comments6 min readLW link
(limerott.com)

Let’s Read: an es­say on AI Theology

Yuxi_LiuJul 4, 2019, 7:50 AM
23 points
9 comments7 min readLW link

Raw Post: Talk­ing With My Brother

DirectedEvolutionJul 13, 2019, 2:57 AM
23 points
6 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] What is your Per­sonal Knowl­edge Man­age­ment sys­tem?

sayanJul 16, 2019, 8:20 PM
23 points
24 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)

PlayS­ta­tion Odysseys

Jacob FalkovichJul 1, 2019, 5:41 PM
22 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

Learn­ing to Learn and Nav­i­gat­ing Moods

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

Scope Insen­si­tivity Judo

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

[Question] How can I help re­search Friendly AI?

avichapmanJul 9, 2019, 12:15 AM
22 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

The Self-Unaware AI Oracle

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

Out­line of NIST draft plan for AI standards

ryan_bJul 9, 2019, 5:30 PM
21 points
1 comment7 min readLW link

Some Com­ments on Stu­art Arm­strong’s “Re­search Agenda v0.9”

Charlie SteinerJul 8, 2019, 7:03 PM
21 points
12 comments4 min readLW link

Where is the Mean­ing?

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

The Re­sults of My First LessWrong-in­spired I Ching Divination

DirectedEvolutionJul 8, 2019, 9:26 PM
21 points
3 comments6 min readLW link

From Laplace to BIC

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

Reli­gion as Goodhart

ShmiJul 8, 2019, 12:38 AM
21 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Do bond yield curve in­ver­sions re­ally in­di­cate there is likely to be a re­ces­sion?

Ben GoldhaberJul 10, 2019, 1:23 AM
20 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

87,000 Hours or: Thoughts on Home Ownership

romeostevensitJul 6, 2019, 8:01 AM
20 points
50 comments8 min readLW link

First ap­pli­ca­tion round of the EAF Fund

JesseCliftonJul 8, 2019, 12:20 AM
20 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Opt­ing into Ex­per­i­men­tal LW Features

RaemonJul 3, 2019, 12:51 AM
20 points
26 comments1 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

[Question] Are there easy, low cost, ways to freeze per­sonal cell sam­ples for fu­ture ther­a­pies? And is this a good idea?

Eli TyreJul 9, 2019, 9:57 PM
20 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Mus­ings on Cu­mu­la­tive Cul­tural Evolu­tion and AI

caleboJul 7, 2019, 4:46 PM
19 points
5 comments7 min readLW link

When Hav­ing Friends is More Allur­ing than Be­ing Right (by Fer­rett Stein­metz)

CronoDASJul 30, 2019, 9:58 AM
19 points
8 commentsLW link
(www.theferrett.com)

Offer­ing pub­lic com­ment in the Fed­eral rule­mak­ing process

ryan_bJul 15, 2019, 8:31 PM
18 points
0 comments1 min readLW link