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What can the principal-agent literature tell us about AI risk?
apc
Feb 8, 2020, 9:28 PM
104
points
29
comments
16
min read
LW
link
A Cautionary Note on Unlocking the Emotional Brain
eapache
Feb 8, 2020, 5:21 PM
55
points
20
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
What is this review feature?
Long try
Feb 8, 2020, 3:30 PM
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Halifax SSC Meetup—FEB 8
interstice
Feb 8, 2020, 12:45 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
On the falsifiability of hypercomputation
jessicata
Feb 7, 2020, 8:16 AM
24
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(unstableontology.com)
More writeups!
jefftk
Feb 7, 2020, 3:10 AM
40
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
Book Review: Decisive by Chip and Dan Heath
Ian David Moss
Feb 6, 2020, 8:15 PM
4
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(medium.com)
Bayes-Up: An App for Sharing Bayesian-MCQ
Louis Faucon
Feb 6, 2020, 7:01 PM
53
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Mazes Sequence Roundup: Final Thoughts and Paths Forward
Zvi
Feb 6, 2020, 4:10 PM
88
points
28
comments
14
min read
LW
link
1
review
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Plausibly, almost every powerful algorithm would be manipulative
Stuart_Armstrong
Feb 6, 2020, 11:50 AM
38
points
25
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Some quick notes on hand hygiene
willbradshaw
Feb 6, 2020, 2:47 AM
68
points
52
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Potential Research Topic: Vingean Reflection, Value Alignment and Aspiration
Vaughn Papenhausen
Feb 6, 2020, 1:09 AM
15
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Synthesizing amplification and debate
evhub
Feb 5, 2020, 10:53 PM
33
points
10
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Writeup: Progress on AI Safety via Debate
Beth Barnes
and
paulfchristiano
Feb 5, 2020, 9:04 PM
103
points
18
comments
33
min read
LW
link
[AN #85]: The normative questions we should be asking for AI alignment, and a surprisingly good chatbot
Rohin Shah
Feb 5, 2020, 6:20 PM
14
points
2
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(mailchi.mp)
The Adventure: a new Utopia story
Stuart_Armstrong
Feb 5, 2020, 4:50 PM
101
points
37
comments
51
min read
LW
link
“But that’s your job”: why organisations can work
Stuart_Armstrong
Feb 5, 2020, 12:25 PM
77
points
12
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Training a tiny SupAmp model on easy tasks. The influence of failure rate on learning curves
rmoehn
Feb 5, 2020, 7:22 AM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Physical alignment—do you have it? Take a minute & check.
leggi
Feb 5, 2020, 4:02 AM
4
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open & Welcome Thread—February 2020
ryan_b
Feb 4, 2020, 8:49 PM
17
points
114
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meta-Preference Utilitarianism
B Jacobs
Feb 4, 2020, 8:24 PM
10
points
30
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Philosophical self-ratification
jessicata
Feb 3, 2020, 10:48 PM
23
points
13
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(unstableontology.com)
Twenty-three AI alignment research project definitions
rmoehn
Feb 3, 2020, 10:21 PM
23
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Absent coordination, future technology will cause human extinction
Jeffrey Ladish
Feb 3, 2020, 9:52 PM
21
points
12
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Long Now, and Culture vs Artifacts
Raemon
Feb 3, 2020, 9:49 PM
26
points
3
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Looking for books about software engineering as a field
mingyuan
Feb 3, 2020, 9:49 PM
14
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Category Theory Without The Baggage
johnswentworth
Feb 3, 2020, 8:03 PM
139
points
51
comments
13
min read
LW
link
Protecting Large Projects Against Mazedom
Zvi
Feb 3, 2020, 5:10 PM
78
points
11
comments
4
min read
LW
link
1
review
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Pessimism About Unknown Unknowns Inspires Conservatism
michaelcohen
Feb 3, 2020, 2:48 PM
41
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Map Of Effective Altruism
Scott Alexander
Feb 3, 2020, 6:20 AM
17
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(slatestarcodex.com)
UML IX: Kernels and Boosting
Rafael Harth
Feb 2, 2020, 9:51 PM
13
points
1
comment
10
min read
LW
link
A point of clarification on infohazard terminology
eukaryote
Feb 2, 2020, 5:43 PM
52
points
21
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(eukaryotewritesblog.com)
[Question]
Money isn’t real. When you donate money to a charity, how does it actually help?
Dagon
Feb 2, 2020, 5:03 PM
15
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Beyond the hill: thoughts on ontologies for thinking, essay-completeness and forecasting
Bird Concept
Feb 2, 2020, 12:39 PM
33
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Case for Artificial Expert Intelligence (AXI): What lies between narrow and general AI?
Yuli_Ban
Feb 2, 2020, 5:55 AM
8
points
2
comments
6
min read
LW
link
“Memento Mori”, Said The Confessor
namespace
Feb 2, 2020, 3:37 AM
34
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.thelastrationalist.com)
Bay Winter Solstice seating-scarcity
Raemon
Feb 1, 2020, 11:09 PM
2
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The case for lifelogging as life extension
Matthew Barnett
Feb 1, 2020, 9:56 PM
51
points
17
comments
3
min read
LW
link
1
review
What Money Cannot Buy
johnswentworth
Feb 1, 2020, 8:11 PM
350
points
53
comments
4
min read
LW
link
1
review
Effective Altruism QALY workshop materials & outline (and Jan 13 ’19 meetup notes)
samstowers
Feb 1, 2020, 4:42 AM
10
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
More Rhythm Options
jefftk
Feb 1, 2020, 3:10 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jefftk.com)
[Question]
Instrumental Occam?
abramdemski
Jan 31, 2020, 7:27 PM
30
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
REVISED: A drowning child is hard to find
Benquo
Jan 31, 2020, 6:07 PM
22
points
35
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)
January 2020 gwern.net newsletter
gwern
31 Jan 2020 18:04 UTC
19
points
0
comments
LW
link
(www.gwern.net)
Create a Full Alternative Stack
Zvi
31 Jan 2020 17:10 UTC
84
points
14
comments
6
min read
LW
link
1
review
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
[Link] Ignorance, a skilled practice
romeostevensit
31 Jan 2020 16:21 UTC
16
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[ELDR Tactics] Consider switching to (mostly) decaf.
aaq
31 Jan 2020 15:09 UTC
29
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Existing work on creating terminology & names?
ozziegooen
31 Jan 2020 12:16 UTC
10
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Book Review: Human Compatible
Scott Alexander
31 Jan 2020 5:20 UTC
78
points
6
comments
16
min read
LW
link
(slatestarcodex.com)
HALIFAX SSC MEETUP—FEB. 1
interstice
31 Jan 2020 3:59 UTC
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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