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Do Sufficiently Advanced Agents Use Logic?

abramdemskiSep 13, 2019, 7:53 PM

48 points

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10 comments9 min readLW link

A Critique of Functional Decision Theory

wdmacaskillSep 13, 2019, 7:23 PM

94 points

67 votes

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57 comments21 min readLW link

Theory of Ideal Agents, or of Existing Agents?

johnswentworthSep 13, 2019, 5:38 PM

20 points

11 votes

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1 comment3 min readLW link

Reversal Tests in Argument and Debate

Davis_KingsleySep 13, 2019, 9:18 AM

32 points

11 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

Update: Predicted AI alignment event/meeting calendar

rmoehnSep 13, 2019, 9:05 AM

5 points

2 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Request for stories of when quantitative reasoning was practically useful for you.

Eli TyreSep 13, 2019, 7:21 AM

9 points

4 votes

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6 comments1 min readLW link

What You See Isn’t Always What You Want

TurnTroutSep 13, 2019, 4:17 AM

30 points

10 votes

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12 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Who’s an unusual thinker that you recommend following?

Pee DoomSep 13, 2019, 4:11 AM

28 points

15 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

London Rationalish meetup (part of SSC meetups everywhere)

philhSep 12, 2019, 8:32 PM

7 points

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

The Power to Understand “God”

LironSep 12, 2019, 6:38 PM

17 points

19 votes

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46 comments5 min readLW link

The Power to Solve Climate Change

LironSep 12, 2019, 6:37 PM

41 points

24 votes

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32 comments14 min readLW link

Answering some questions about EA

jefftkSep 12, 2019, 5:50 PM

15 points

6 votes

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0 comments4 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Predictable Identities—Midpoint Review

Jacob FalkovichSep 12, 2019, 2:39 PM

18 points

5 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

SSC Meetups Everywhere: CPH 21/09/19 first meetup

SønderjyeSep 12, 2019, 10:27 AM

2 points

2 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Austin LW/SSC/EA “Meetups Everywhere” Meetup: 9/30 6pm

jchanSep 12, 2019, 5:40 AM

1 point

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Toy model piece #5: combining partial preferences

Stuart_ArmstrongSep 12, 2019, 3:31 AM

14 points

4 votes

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2 comments3 min readLW link

Toy model piece #4: partial preferences, re-re-visited

Stuart_ArmstrongSep 12, 2019, 3:31 AM

13 points

3 votes

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5 comments3 min readLW link

Conversation with Paul Christiano

abergalSep 11, 2019, 11:20 PM

44 points

18 votes

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6 comments30 min readLW link

(aiimpacts.org)

Scott Alexander visits DC

Robi RahmanSep 11, 2019, 10:31 PM

4 points

2 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are the merits of signing up for cryonics with Alcor vs. with the Cryonics Institute?

Eli TyreSep 11, 2019, 7:06 PM

21 points

8 votes

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9 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Truth-telling is aggression in zero-sum frames (Jessica Taylor)

ioannesSep 11, 2019, 5:53 AM

9 points

6 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

Western Massachusetts SSC meetup #16: Meetups Everywhere 2019 Edition

a_liebSep 11, 2019, 3:18 AM

1 point

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Rationality Exercises Prize of September 2019 ($1,000)

Ben PaceSep 11, 2019, 12:19 AM

89 points

27 votes

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18 comments5 min readLW link

Relaxed adversarial training for inner alignment

evhubSep 10, 2019, 11:03 PM

69 points

24 votes

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27 comments27 min readLW link

“AI-GAs: AI-generating algorithms, an alternate paradigm for producing general artificial intelligence”, Clune 2019

gwernSep 10, 2019, 9:33 PM

13 points

4 votes

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5 comments1 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

SSC Meetups Everywhere: Toulouse

GyrodiotSep 10, 2019, 7:17 PM

3 points

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

[AN #63] How architecture search, meta learning, and environment design could lead to general intelligence

Rohin ShahSep 10, 2019, 7:10 PM

21 points

8 votes

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12 comments8 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Free-to-Play Games: Three Key Trade-Offs

ZviSep 10, 2019, 12:10 PM

47 points

17 votes

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4 comments5 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Hackable Rewards as a Safety Valve?

DavidmanheimSep 10, 2019, 10:33 AM

18 points

7 votes

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17 comments1 min readLW link

Counterfactual Oracles = online supervised learning with random selection of training episodes

Wei DaiSep 10, 2019, 8:29 AM

52 points

18 votes

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26 comments3 min readLW link

Is my result wrong? Maths vs intuition vs evolution in learning human preferences

Stuart_ArmstrongSep 10, 2019, 12:46 AM

17 points

6 votes

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11 comments3 min readLW link

Shallow Review of Consistency in Statement Evaluation

ElizabethSep 9, 2019, 11:21 PM

65 points

19 votes

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6 comments9 min readLW link

Simple and composite partial preferences

Stuart_ArmstrongSep 9, 2019, 11:07 PM

11 points

2 votes

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0 comments2 min readLW link

Slatestarcodex Meetup in Hamburg, Germany

Gunnar_ZarnckeSep 9, 2019, 9:42 PM

8 points

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What tools exist to compute all possible programs?

AlexeiSep 9, 2019, 4:50 PM

19 points

5 votes

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3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Alternative name for a Bug List

Bae's TheoremSep 9, 2019, 3:14 PM

8 points

4 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are some podcasts that just read aloud worthwhile content?

Rudi CSep 9, 2019, 8:41 AM

6 points

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3 comments1 min readLW link

Survival and Flourishing Fund grant applications open until October 4th ($1MM-$2MM planned for dispersal)

habrykaSep 9, 2019, 4:12 AM

27 points

7 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Looking for answers about quantum immortality.

FivehundredSep 9, 2019, 2:16 AM

15 points

9 votes

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57 comments3 min readLW link

Stories About Progress

Ben PaceSep 8, 2019, 11:07 PM

28 points

10 votes

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1 comment19 min readLW link

The Power to Make Scientific Breakthroughs

LironSep 8, 2019, 4:14 AM

22 points

8 votes

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2 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Do you have algorithms for passing time productively with only your own mind?

Rudi CSep 7, 2019, 8:48 PM

8 points

6 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

Age gaps and Birth order: Reanalysis

BuckySep 7, 2019, 7:33 PM

48 points

11 votes

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4 comments9 min readLW link

Age gaps and Birth order: Failed reproduction of results

BuckySep 7, 2019, 7:22 PM

59 points

17 votes

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1 comment5 min readLW link

Are minimal circuits deceptive?

evhubSep 7, 2019, 6:11 PM

78 points

25 votes

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11 comments8 min readLW link

Are we living at the most influential time in history?

jpSep 7, 2019, 6:09 PM

14 points

4 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Integrating the Lindy Effect

lsusrSep 7, 2019, 5:38 PM

55 points

25 votes

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11 comments2 min readLW link 1 review

Lisbon SSC Meetup #2

tamkin&popkinSep 7, 2019, 1:17 PM

1 point

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Russian x-risks newsletter, summer 2019

avturchinSep 7, 2019, 9:50 AM

39 points

21 votes

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5 comments4 min readLW link

AI Safety “Success Stories”

Wei DaiSep 7, 2019, 2:54 AM

128 points

50 votes

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27 comments4 min readLW link 1 review

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