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Counterfactuals are an Answer, Not a Question

Chris_LeongSep 3, 2019, 3:36 PM

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6 comments4 min readLW link

How to write good AI forecasting questions + Question Database (Forecasting infrastructure, part 3)

Bird Concept and Ben Goldhaber

Sep 3, 2019, 2:50 PM

29 points

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0 comments4 min readLW link

How Specificity Works

LironSep 3, 2019, 12:11 PM

90 points

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47 comments7 min readLW link

[Hammertime Final Exam] Quantum Walk, Oracles and Sunk Meaning

silentbobSep 3, 2019, 11:59 AM

22 points

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4 comments5 min readLW link

AIXSU—AI and X-risk Strategy Unconference

David_KristofferssonSep 3, 2019, 11:35 AM

24 points

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3 comments2 min readLW link

Book Review: Ages Of Discord

Scott AlexanderSep 3, 2019, 6:30 AM

36 points

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1 comment21 min readLW link

(slatestarcodex.com)

Open & Welcome Thread—September 2019

RubySep 3, 2019, 2:53 AM

9 points

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37 comments1 min readLW link

The Transparent Society: A radical transformation that we should probably undergo

mako yassSep 3, 2019, 2:27 AM

12 points

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27 comments8 min readLW link

One Way to Think About ML Transparency

Matthew BarnettSep 2, 2019, 11:27 PM

26 points

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28 comments5 min readLW link

Joy in Discovery: Galois theory

Eigil RischelSep 2, 2019, 7:16 PM

30 points

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2 comments3 min readLW link

Stories About Academia

Ben PaceSep 2, 2019, 6:40 PM

34 points

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1 comment19 min readLW link

Best utility normalisation method to date?

Stuart_ArmstrongSep 2, 2019, 6:24 PM

19 points

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7 comments3 min readLW link

South Bay Meetup, San Jose, CA

DavidFriedmanSep 2, 2019, 6:23 PM

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0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What happened to Leverage Research?

ChristianKlSep 2, 2019, 5:45 PM

19 points

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6 comments1 min readLW link

The Power to Demolish Bad Arguments

LironSep 2, 2019, 12:57 PM

100 points

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84 comments11 min readLW link 6 reviews

Specificity: Your Brain’s Superpower

LironSep 2, 2019, 12:53 PM

86 points

53 votes

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8 comments1 min readLW link

How Much is Your Time Worth?

lynettebyeSep 2, 2019, 6:19 AM

79 points

39 votes

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22 comments6 min readLW link 1 review

Kate Stillwell Talk—Berkeley Effective Altruism Meetup at REACH

hamnoxSep 1, 2019, 8:12 PM

0 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Rationality Meetup at REACH (Gratitudes)

hamnoxSep 1, 2019, 8:07 PM

1 point

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0 comments1 min readLW link

REACH Reading Group: Soviet Bioweapons Program

hamnoxSep 1, 2019, 7:54 PM

2 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are the biggest “moonshots” currently in progress?

LironSep 1, 2019, 7:41 PM

14 points

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14 comments1 min readLW link

Effective Altruist Group Debugging at REACH

hamnoxSep 1, 2019, 7:33 PM

1 point

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Probability as Minimal Map

johnswentworthSep 1, 2019, 7:19 PM

52 points

25 votes

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10 comments6 min readLW link

Tiddlywiki for organizing notes and research

eukaryoteSep 1, 2019, 6:44 PM

42 points

17 votes

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8 comments4 min readLW link

(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

August 2019 gwern.net newsletter (popups.js demo)

gwernSep 1, 2019, 5:52 PM

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6 comments1 min readLW link

(www.gwern.net)

[Question] Question about a past donor to MIRI.

Teerth AlokeSep 1, 2019, 3:39 PM

2 points

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4 comments1 min readLW link

The Five Main Muscles for a Full Range of Natural Movement, Dynamic Alignment & Balance.

leggiSep 1, 2019, 3:22 AM

15 points

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10 comments10 min readLW link

Arguing Absolute Velocities

Closed Limelike CurvesSep 1, 2019, 2:11 AM

13 points

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2 comments4 min readLW link

Bay Area Winter Solstice Volunteering

Chelsea VossSep 1, 2019, 2:05 AM

28 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Logical Counterfactuals and Proposition graphs, Part 2

Donald HobsonAug 31, 2019, 8:58 PM

13 points

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0 comments3 min readLW link

Cambridge LW/SSC Meetup

NoSignalNoNoiseAug 31, 2019, 5:10 PM

6 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Peter Thiel/Eric Weinstein Transcript on Growth, Violence, and Stories

Ben PaceAug 31, 2019, 2:44 AM

70 points

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20 comments15 min readLW link

[Question] What does social psychology tell us about getting consistent evaluations out of groups?

ElizabethAug 31, 2019, 1:11 AM

22 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How good a proxy for accuracy is precision?

ElizabethAug 31, 2019, 1:01 AM

16 points

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5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Can this model grade a test without knowing the answers?

ElizabethAug 31, 2019, 12:53 AM

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3 comments1 min readLW link

Look at the Shape of Your Utility Distribution

zulupineappleAug 30, 2019, 11:27 PM

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1 comment3 min readLW link

[Question] Does anyone know of a good overview of what humans know about depression?

Eli TyreAug 30, 2019, 11:22 PM

13 points

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2 comments1 min readLW link

September Bragging Thread

RaemonAug 30, 2019, 9:58 PM

47 points

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12 comments1 min readLW link

2-D Robustness

Vlad MikulikAug 30, 2019, 8:27 PM

85 points

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8 comments2 min readLW link

How to Make Billions of Dollars Reducing Loneliness

John_MaxwellAug 30, 2019, 5:30 PM

60 points

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32 comments7 min readLW link

A Game of Giants [Wait But Why]

kilotarasAug 30, 2019, 5:48 AM

5 points

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4 comments1 min readLW link

(waitbutwhy.com)

The Crisis of Evidence Use

Ian David MossAug 30, 2019, 4:50 AM

2 points

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0 comments4 min readLW link

(medium.com)

AI Alignment Writing Day Roundup #1

Ben PaceAug 30, 2019, 1:26 AM

32 points

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12 comments1 min readLW link

Minneapolis SSC meetup September 2019

Drake ThomasAug 29, 2019, 11:01 PM

1 point

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LW Team Updates—September 2019

RubyAug 29, 2019, 10:12 PM

39 points

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13 comments2 min readLW link

Why study perturbative adversarial attacks ?

Yuxi_LiuAug 29, 2019, 8:15 PM

19 points

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AI Forecasting Resolution Council (Forecasting infrastructure, part 2)

Bird Concept and Ben Goldhaber

Aug 29, 2019, 5:35 PM

35 points

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2 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Why are the people who could be doing safety research, but aren’t, doing something else?

Adam SchollAug 29, 2019, 8:51 AM

27 points

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19 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Book Review: Reframing Superintelligence (SSC)

ioannesAug 28, 2019, 10:57 PM

46 points

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9 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] I think I came up with a good utility function for AI that seems too obvious. Can you people poke holes in it?

litten8Aug 28, 2019, 10:33 PM

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7 comments1 min readLW link

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