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Survival and Flourishing grant applications open until March 7th ($0.8MM-$1.5MM planned for dispersal)

habrykaJan 28, 2020, 11:36 PM

18 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Potential Ways to Fight Mazes

ZviJan 28, 2020, 10:50 PM

53 points

9 comments18 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Draining the swamp

jasoncrawfordJan 28, 2020, 9:37 PM

99 points

1 comment11 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

[Question] Hello, is it you I’m looking for?

Knuckels McGintyJan 28, 2020, 8:56 PM

9 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

Using vector fields to visualise preferences and make them consistent

MichaelA and JustinShovelain

Jan 28, 2020, 7:44 PM

42 points

32 comments11 min readLW link

If Van der Waals was a neural network

George3d6Jan 28, 2020, 6:38 PM

18 points

3 comments11 min readLW link

(blog.cerebralab.com)

Assortative Mating And Autism

Scott AlexanderJan 28, 2020, 6:20 PM

50 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

(slatestarcodex.com)

[Question] Algorithms vs Compute

johnswentworthJan 28, 2020, 5:34 PM

26 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Appendix: how a subagent could get powerful

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 28, 2020, 3:28 PM

53 points

14 comments4 min readLW link

Rationalist prepper thread

avturchinJan 28, 2020, 1:42 PM

29 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

Cambridge LW/SSC Meetup: Prediction Training

NoSignalNoNoiseJan 28, 2020, 5:25 AM

6 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

An Empistemically Rational Superbowl

NoSignalNoNoiseJan 28, 2020, 4:05 AM

8 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

AI Alignment 2018-19 Review

Rohin ShahJan 28, 2020, 2:19 AM

126 points

6 comments35 min readLW link

Review: How to Read a Book (Mortimer Adler, Charles Van Doren)

ElizabethJan 27, 2020, 9:10 PM

49 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

[Question] What research has been done on the altruistic impact of the usual good actions?

AlexeiJan 27, 2020, 7:33 PM

11 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Healing vs. exercise analogies for emotional work

Kaj_SotalaJan 27, 2020, 7:10 PM

48 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

(kajsotala.fi)

The Bentham Prize at Metaculus

AABoylesJan 27, 2020, 2:27 PM

28 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(www.metaculus.com)

Porting My Rhythm Setup

jefftkJan 26, 2020, 9:20 PM

9 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

UML VIII: Linear Predictors (2)

Rafael HarthJan 26, 2020, 8:09 PM

9 points

2 comments10 min readLW link

[Question] What happens if we reverse Newcomb’s Paradox and replace it with two negative sums? Doesn’t it kinda maybe affirm Roko’s Basilisk?

HabbyJan 26, 2020, 6:08 PM

1 point

3 comments2 min readLW link

On hiding the source of knowledge

jessicataJan 26, 2020, 2:48 AM

120 points

40 comments3 min readLW link

(unstableontology.com)

Hedonic asymmetries

paulfchristianoJan 26, 2020, 2:10 AM

98 points

22 comments2 min readLW link

(sideways-view.com)

Moral public goods

paulfchristianoJan 26, 2020, 12:10 AM

147 points

74 comments4 min readLW link

(sideways-view.com)

Coordination as a Scarce Resource

johnswentworthJan 25, 2020, 11:32 PM

262 points

22 comments4 min readLW link 2 reviews

[Question] Are the bad epistemic conditions global?

jmhJan 25, 2020, 11:31 PM

18 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Material Goods as an Abundant Resource

johnswentworthJan 25, 2020, 11:23 PM

81 points

10 comments5 min readLW link

Constraints & Slackness as a Worldview Generator

johnswentworthJan 25, 2020, 11:18 PM

55 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

Technology Changes Constraints

johnswentworthJan 25, 2020, 11:13 PM

119 points

6 comments4 min readLW link

SSC Zürich February Meetup

VitorJan 25, 2020, 5:21 PM

2 points

0 comments LW link

Ten Causes of Mazedom

ZviJan 25, 2020, 1:40 PM

59 points

6 comments22 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

On the ontological development of consciousness

jessicataJan 25, 2020, 5:56 AM

51 points

7 comments4 min readLW link

(unstableontology.com)

[Question] Have epistemic conditions always been this bad?

Wei DaiJan 25, 2020, 4:42 AM

210 points

106 comments4 min readLW link 1 review

Cambridge Prediction Game

NoSignalNoNoiseJan 25, 2020, 3:57 AM

13 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

SSC Halifax Meetup—January 25

intersticeJan 25, 2020, 1:15 AM

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Litany Against Anger

namespaceJan 25, 2020, 12:56 AM

13 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

AI alignment concepts: philosophical breakers, stoppers, and distorters

JustinShovelainJan 24, 2020, 7:23 PM

20 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

The two-layer model of human values, and problems with synthesizing preferences

Kaj_SotalaJan 24, 2020, 3:17 PM

70 points

16 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] How much do we know about how brains learn?

KennyJan 24, 2020, 2:46 PM

8 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Epistea Summer Experiment (ESE)

Nora_Ammann, Jan_Kulveit, Anna Gajdova and kotrfa

Jan 24, 2020, 10:49 AM

49 points

3 comments5 min readLW link

2018 Review: Voting Results!

Ben PaceJan 24, 2020, 2:00 AM

135 points

59 comments6 min readLW link

Improving Group Decision Making

June KuJan 24, 2020, 1:29 AM

6 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(youtu.be)

Emergency Prescription Medication

jefftkJan 24, 2020, 1:20 AM

12 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

LW/SSC Warsaw February Meetup

kaftanowiczJan 23, 2020, 7:49 PM

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Theory of Causal Models with Dynamic Structure?

johnswentworthJan 23, 2020, 7:47 PM

24 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Tokenising human verification in order to derive information from the resulting markets

Will ClarkJan 23, 2020, 7:20 PM

3 points

4 comments3 min readLW link

New paper: The Incentives that Shape Behaviour

RyanCareyJan 23, 2020, 7:07 PM

23 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

Formulating Reductive Agency in Causal Models

johnswentworthJan 23, 2020, 5:03 PM

33 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Cassette Tape Thoughts

ElizabethJan 22, 2020, 10:50 PM

48 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

Concerns Surrounding CEV: A case for human friendliness first

ai-crotesJan 22, 2020, 9:03 PM

1 point

19 comments1 min readLW link

(A → B) → A in Causal DAGs

johnswentworthJan 22, 2020, 6:22 PM

48 points

11 comments2 min readLW link