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Pro­ject Pro­posal: Con­sid­er­a­tions for trad­ing off ca­pa­bil­ities and safety im­pacts of AI research

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Aug 6, 2019, 10:22 PM
25 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

Subagents, neu­ral Tur­ing ma­chines, thought se­lec­tion, and blindspots

Kaj_SotalaAug 6, 2019, 9:15 PM
87 points
3 comments12 min readLW link

[Question] Per­cent re­duc­tion of gun-re­lated deaths by color of gun.

Gunnar_ZarnckeAug 6, 2019, 8:28 PM
8 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

New pa­per: Cor­rigi­bil­ity with Utility Preservation

Koen.HoltmanAug 6, 2019, 7:04 PM
44 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

Weak foun­da­tion of de­ter­minism analysis

aiiixiiiAug 6, 2019, 7:03 PM
14 points
54 comments3 min readLW link

Trauma, Med­i­ta­tion, and a Cool Scar

Logan RiggsAug 6, 2019, 4:17 PM
102 points
17 comments5 min readLW link1 review

[Question] Why is the ni­tro­gen cy­cle so un­der-em­pha­sized com­pared to cli­mate change

ChristianKlAug 6, 2019, 9:25 AM
15 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How would a per­son go about start­ing a geo­eng­ineer­ing startup?

Pee DoomAug 6, 2019, 7:34 AM
11 points
5 commentsLW link

Sta­tus 451 on Di­ag­no­sis: Rus­sell Aphasia

Zack_M_DavisAug 6, 2019, 4:43 AM
48 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(status451.com)

Searle’s Chi­nese Room and the Mean­ing of Meaning

Jimdrix_HendriAug 6, 2019, 4:09 AM
0 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What are the best re­sources for ex­am­in­ing the ev­i­dence for an­thro­pogenic cli­mate change?

Matthew BarnettAug 6, 2019, 2:53 AM
10 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

A Sur­vey of Early Im­pact Measures

Matthew BarnettAug 6, 2019, 1:22 AM
29 points
0 comments8 min readLW link

Prefer­ences as an (in­stinc­tive) stance

Stuart_ArmstrongAug 6, 2019, 12:43 AM
18 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] How to nav­i­gate through con­tra­dic­tory (health/​fit­ness) ad­vice?

SherrinfordAug 5, 2019, 8:58 PM
14 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

My recom­men­da­tions for grat­i­tude exercises

MaxCarpendaleAug 5, 2019, 7:04 PM
40 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

[AN #61] AI policy and gov­er­nance, from two peo­ple in the field

Rohin ShahAug 5, 2019, 5:00 PM
12 points
2 comments9 min readLW link
(mailchi.mp)

DC SSC Meetup

Robi RahmanAug 5, 2019, 4:19 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

DC SSC Meetup

Robi RahmanAug 5, 2019, 4:16 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Do you do weekly or daily re­views? What are they like?

benwrAug 5, 2019, 1:23 AM
23 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Can we re­ally pre­vent all warm­ing for less than 10B$ with the mostly side-effect free geo­eng­ineer­ing tech­nique of Marine Cloud Bright­en­ing?

mako yassAug 5, 2019, 12:12 AM
94 points
55 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] [Re­source Re­quest] What’s the se­quence post which ex­plains you should con­tinue to be­lieve things about a par­ti­cle mov­ing that’s mov­ing be­yond your abil­ity to ob­serve it?

RubyAug 4, 2019, 10:31 PM
6 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

AI Align­ment Open Thread Au­gust 2019

habrykaAug 4, 2019, 10:09 PM
35 points
96 comments1 min readLW link

Where do analo­gies break down?

neilkakkarAug 4, 2019, 9:23 PM
2 points
0 comments5 min readLW link
(neilkakkar.com)

In­ver­sion of the­o­rems into defi­ni­tions when generalizing

riceissaAug 4, 2019, 5:44 PM
25 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

Cephaloponderings

Jacob FalkovichAug 4, 2019, 4:45 PM
39 points
4 comments7 min readLW link

LessWrong Com­mu­nity Week­end 2019 – Last 10 Spots

DreamFlasherAug 4, 2019, 9:20 AM
3 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Zeno walks into a bar

lsusrAug 4, 2019, 7:00 AM
53 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Alle­vi­at­ing Bipo­lar with meditation

EloAug 4, 2019, 5:15 AM
14 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

Pro­posed al­gorithm to fight an­chor­ing bias

John_MaxwellAug 3, 2019, 4:07 AM
10 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Open & Wel­come Thread—Au­gust 2019

RubyAug 2, 2019, 11:56 PM
11 points
44 comments1 min readLW link

‘Longter­mism’ defi­ni­tional dis­cus­sion on EA Forum

ESRogsAug 2, 2019, 11:53 PM
17 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Prac­ti­cal con­se­quences of im­pos­si­bil­ity of value learning

Stuart_ArmstrongAug 2, 2019, 11:06 PM
23 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

Power Buys You Dis­tance From The Crime

ElizabethAug 2, 2019, 8:50 PM
213 points
75 comments7 min readLW link1 review
(acesounderglass.com)

Very differ­ent, very ad­e­quate outcomes

Stuart_ArmstrongAug 2, 2019, 8:31 PM
14 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Re­think­ing Batch Normalization

Matthew BarnettAug 2, 2019, 8:21 PM
20 points
5 comments8 min readLW link

Per­mis­sions in Governance

sarahconstantinAug 2, 2019, 7:50 PM
53 points
12 comments8 min readLW link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Open prob­lems in hu­man ra­tio­nal­ity: guesses

romeostevensitAug 2, 2019, 6:16 PM
18 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

How to eval­u­ate ne­glect­ed­ness and tractabil­ity of ag­ing research

emanuele ascaniAug 2, 2019, 10:33 AM
4 points
0 comments9 min readLW link

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

RaemonAug 2, 2019, 12:39 AM
33 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Why Subagents?

johnswentworthAug 1, 2019, 10:17 PM
175 points
48 comments7 min readLW link1 review

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

dadadarrenAug 1, 2019, 8:10 PM
7 points
32 comments10 min readLW link

Un­der­stand­ing Batch Normalization

Matthew BarnettAug 1, 2019, 5:56 PM
19 points
3 comments6 min readLW link

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

jmhAug 1, 2019, 4:25 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

July 2019 gw­ern.net newsletter

gwern1 Aug 2019 16:19 UTC
23 points
0 commentsLW link
(www.gwern.net)

The In­ter­net: Burn­ing Questions

Hazard1 Aug 2019 14:46 UTC
13 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

Oc­cam’s Ra­zor: In need of sharp­en­ing?

Jimdrix_Hendri1 Aug 2019 13:36 UTC
0 points
45 comments1 min readLW link

Mis­take Ver­sus Con­flict The­ory of Against Billion­aire Philanthropy

Zvi1 Aug 2019 13:10 UTC
37 points
34 comments3 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

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

Hazard1 Aug 2019 12:41 UTC
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

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

Hazard1 Aug 2019 12:38 UTC
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

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

Hazard1 Aug 2019 12:35 UTC
16 points
5 comments1 min readLW link