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SSC Madison Meetup: Values & Perceptions
Mary Wang
Sep 24, 2019, 10:44 PM
1
point
0
comments
LW
link
[Question]
How can I reframe my study motivation?
DivineMango
Sep 24, 2019, 9:30 PM
9
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Deducing Impact
TurnTrout
Sep 24, 2019, 9:14 PM
72
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Idols of the Mind Pt. 1 (Novum Organum Book 1: 38–52)
Francis Bacon
Sep 24, 2019, 7:53 PM
26
points
1
comment
9
min read
LW
link
The MA Estate Tax is Broken
jefftk
Sep 24, 2019, 10:40 AM
11
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
On Becoming Clueless
Martin Sustrik
Sep 24, 2019, 4:20 AM
34
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(250bpm.com)
Heads I Win, Tails?—Never Heard of Her; Or, Selective Reporting and the Tragedy of the Green Rationalists
Zack_M_Davis
Sep 24, 2019, 4:12 AM
309
points
40
comments
9
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
Towards an empirical investigation of inner alignment
evhub
Sep 23, 2019, 8:43 PM
44
points
9
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Therapy vs emotional support
squidious
Sep 23, 2019, 7:00 PM
16
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(opalsandbonobos.blogspot.com)
[AN #65]: Learning useful skills by watching humans “play”
Rohin Shah
Sep 23, 2019, 5:30 PM
11
points
0
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
Don’t clean your glasses
jefftk
Sep 23, 2019, 3:20 PM
−2
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
The Inadequacy of Current Science (Novum Organum Book 1: 1-37)
Francis Bacon
Sep 23, 2019, 2:53 AM
38
points
3
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Value Impact
TurnTrout
Sep 23, 2019, 12:47 AM
70
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Power to Teach Concepts Better
Liron
Sep 23, 2019, 12:21 AM
91
points
23
comments
8
min read
LW
link
1
review
SSC meetup 10/12: Lighting talks and board games
Drake Thomas
Sep 22, 2019, 3:23 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Five Minute Beans
jefftk
Sep 22, 2019, 1:10 PM
7
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Timer Toxicities
Zvi
Sep 22, 2019, 12:10 PM
39
points
4
comments
15
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Taxing investment income is complicated
paulfchristiano
Sep 22, 2019, 1:30 AM
32
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(sideways-view.com)
Princeton EA/SSC Meeting
AbigailNovickHoskin
Sep 21, 2019, 11:25 PM
9
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Meetups: Climbing uphill, flowing downhill, and the Uncanny Summit
Raemon
Sep 21, 2019, 10:48 PM
23
points
5
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are the differences between all the iterative/recursive approaches to AI alignment?
riceissa
Sep 21, 2019, 2:09 AM
33
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Finding Cruxes
Logan Riggs
Sep 20, 2019, 11:54 PM
18
points
25
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Reframing Impact
TurnTrout
Sep 20, 2019, 7:03 PM
98
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
1
review
Synthesis of subagents: exercise
Julija Kobrinovich
Sep 20, 2019, 5:24 PM
10
points
2
comments
14
min read
LW
link
Everyday belief in diminishing returns is resistant to diminishing returns
aaq
Sep 20, 2019, 1:44 PM
10
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Zettelkasten Method
abramdemski
Sep 20, 2019, 1:15 PM
221
points
90
comments
42
min read
LW
link
3
reviews
Relabelings vs. External References
Chris_Leong
Sep 20, 2019, 2:20 AM
12
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Novum Organum: Preface
Francis Bacon
Sep 19, 2019, 10:51 PM
54
points
5
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Novum Organum: Introduction
Ruby
Sep 19, 2019, 10:34 PM
86
points
5
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Interview with Aella, Part I
Jacob Falkovich
Sep 19, 2019, 2:05 PM
13
points
2
comments
16
min read
LW
link
Gears vs Behavior
johnswentworth
Sep 19, 2019, 6:50 AM
120
points
14
comments
7
min read
LW
link
1
review
SSC Meetups Everywhere: Darmstadt, Germany
mingyuan
Sep 19, 2019, 12:53 AM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Don’t depend on others to ask for explanations
Wei Dai
Sep 18, 2019, 7:12 PM
77
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What technical prereqs would I need in order to understand Stuart Armstrong’s research agenda?
Vaughn Papenhausen
Sep 18, 2019, 5:17 PM
11
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What are the studies and literature on the traditional medicine theory of humorism?
Rudi C
Sep 18, 2019, 4:06 PM
4
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
The unexpected difficulty of comparing AlphaStar to humans
Richard Korzekwa
Sep 18, 2019, 2:20 AM
145
points
36
comments
26
min read
LW
link
(aiimpacts.org)
Three Stories for How AGI Comes Before FAI
John_Maxwell
Sep 17, 2019, 11:26 PM
27
points
5
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[Site Feature] Link Previews
Raemon
Sep 17, 2019, 11:03 PM
33
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
False Dilemmas w/ exercises
Logan Riggs
Sep 17, 2019, 10:35 PM
15
points
9
comments
5
min read
LW
link
PRINCIPLES OF PERCEPTION
Jason Ken
Sep 17, 2019, 8:20 PM
4
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The YouTube Revolution in Knowledge Transfer
Samo Burja
Sep 17, 2019, 8:10 PM
68
points
7
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(medium.com)
Jane Street Inteview Guide (Notes on Probability, Markets, etc.)
lifelonglearner
Sep 17, 2019, 5:28 AM
23
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.janestreet.com)
Meetups as Institutions for Intellectual Progress
mingyuan
Sep 17, 2019, 5:23 AM
91
points
26
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Modes of Petrov Day
Raemon
Sep 17, 2019, 2:47 AM
69
points
30
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Bioinfohazards
Spiracular
Sep 17, 2019, 2:41 AM
87
points
14
comments
18
min read
LW
link
2
reviews
The Quantity/Quality of Researchers Has Drastically Increased Over the Centuries
Grue_Slinky
Sep 17, 2019, 12:28 AM
5
points
1
comment
7
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is there an existing label for the category of fallacies exemplified by “paradox of tolerance”?
slikts
Sep 16, 2019, 8:33 PM
8
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Effective Altruism and Everyday Decisions
jefftk
Sep 16, 2019, 7:00 PM
24
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
A framework for speed reading
limerott
16 Sep 2019 18:52 UTC
27
points
6
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(limerott.com)
[AN #64]: Using Deep RL and Reward Uncertainty to Incentivize Preference Learning
Rohin Shah
16 Sep 2019 17:10 UTC
11
points
8
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
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