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Open & Welcome Thread—August 2019

RubyAug 2, 2019, 11:56 PM

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‘Longtermism’ definitional discussion on EA Forum

ESRogsAug 2, 2019, 11:53 PM

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(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Practical consequences of impossibility of value learning

Stuart_ArmstrongAug 2, 2019, 11:06 PM

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Power Buys You Distance From The Crime

ElizabethAug 2, 2019, 8:50 PM

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(acesounderglass.com)

Very different, very adequate outcomes

Stuart_ArmstrongAug 2, 2019, 8:31 PM

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Rethinking Batch Normalization

Matthew BarnettAug 2, 2019, 8:21 PM

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Permissions in Governance

sarahconstantinAug 2, 2019, 7:50 PM

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(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Open problems in human rationality: guesses

romeostevensitAug 2, 2019, 6:16 PM

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How to evaluate neglectedness and tractability of aging research

emanuele ascaniAug 2, 2019, 10:33 AM

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[Site Update] Weekly/Monthly/Yearly on All Posts

RaemonAug 2, 2019, 12:39 AM

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Why Subagents?

johnswentworthAug 1, 2019, 10:17 PM

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48 comments7 min readLW link 1 review

Sleeping Beauty: Is Disagreement While Sharing All Information Possible in Anthropic Problems?

dadadarrenAug 1, 2019, 8:10 PM

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Understanding Batch Normalization

Matthew BarnettAug 1, 2019, 5:56 PM

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[Question] Would refining the question a bit be better in terms of getting to answers?

jmhAug 1, 2019, 4:25 PM

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July 2019 gwern.net newsletter

gwernAug 1, 2019, 4:19 PM

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(www.gwern.net)

The Internet: Burning Questions

HazardAug 1, 2019, 2:46 PM

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Occam’s Razor: In need of sharpening?

Jimdrix_HendriAug 1, 2019, 1:36 PM

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Mistake Versus Conflict Theory of Against Billionaire Philanthropy

ZviAug 1, 2019, 1:10 PM

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(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] How much time do you spend on twitter?

HazardAug 1, 2019, 12:41 PM

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[Question] What are the best and worst affordances of twitter as a technology and as a social ecosystem?

HazardAug 1, 2019, 12:38 PM

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[Question] Do you use twitter for intellectual engagement? Do you like it?

HazardAug 1, 2019, 12:35 PM

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The Importance of Those Who Aren’t Here

Davis_KingsleyJul 31, 2019, 11:33 PM

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Gathering thoughts on Distillation

RaemonJul 31, 2019, 7:48 PM

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Contest: $1,000 for good questions to ask to an Oracle AI

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 31, 2019, 6:48 PM

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[Question] Another case of “common sense” not being common?

jmhJul 31, 2019, 5:15 PM

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Walkthrough: The Transformer Architecture [Part 2/2]

Matthew BarnettJul 31, 2019, 1:54 PM

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5 comments12 min readLW link

How to Ignore Your Emotions (while also thinking you’re awesome at emotions)

HazardJul 31, 2019, 1:34 PM

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79 comments4 min readLW link 4 reviews

Drive-By Low-Effort Criticism

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)Jul 31, 2019, 11:51 AM

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61 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Will autonomous cars be more economical/efficient as shared urban transit than busses or trains, and by how much? What’s some good research on this?

mako yassJul 31, 2019, 12:16 AM

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Western Massachusetts SSC meetup

a_liebJul 30, 2019, 6:43 PM

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Forum participation as a research strategy

Wei DaiJul 30, 2019, 6:09 PM

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45 comments3 min readLW link 1 review

Walkthrough: The Transformer Architecture [Part 1/2]

Matthew BarnettJul 30, 2019, 1:54 PM

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Conversation on forecasting with Vaniver and Ozzie Gooen

Bird Concept, Vaniver and ozziegooen

Jul 30, 2019, 11:16 AM

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[Question] Does improved introspection cause rationalisation to become less noticeable?

Bird ConceptJul 30, 2019, 10:03 AM

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

CronoDASJul 30, 2019, 9:58 AM

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(www.theferrett.com)

On Framing Political Opinions to Quickly Assess the Crux of Disagreement

TukJul 30, 2019, 3:07 AM

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Information empathy

Sunny from QADJul 30, 2019, 1:32 AM

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[Question] Does it become easier, or harder, for the world to coordinate around not building AGI as time goes on?

Eli TyreJul 29, 2019, 10:59 PM

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Toy model piece #1: Partial preferences revisited

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 29, 2019, 4:35 PM

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Mapping of enneagram to MTG personality types

AlexeiJul 29, 2019, 3:20 PM

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[Question] What woo to read?

caleboJul 29, 2019, 3:19 PM

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[Question] Is there neuroscience research on cognitive biases?

Yoav RavidJul 29, 2019, 7:45 AM

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[Question] Compilers/PLs book recommendation?

johnswentworthJul 28, 2019, 3:49 PM

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Arguments for the existence of qualia

Chris_LeongJul 28, 2019, 10:52 AM

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Applying Overoptimization to Selection vs. Control (Optimizing and Goodhart Effects—Clarifying Thoughts, Part 3)

DavidmanheimJul 28, 2019, 9:32 AM

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

DavidmanheimJul 28, 2019, 9:30 AM

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Keep Your Beliefs Cruxy

RaemonJul 28, 2019, 1:18 AM

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The wisdom of the Crowd

Jason GeringerJul 27, 2019, 11:14 PM

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[Question] Is this info on zinc lozenges accurate?

philhJul 27, 2019, 10:05 PM

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Shortform Beta Launch

RaemonJul 27, 2019, 8:09 PM

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