Charlie Steiner

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LW1.0 username Manfred. PhD in condensed matter physics. I am independently thinking and writing about value learning.

Modeling humans: what’s the point?

Charlie SteinerNov 10, 2020, 1:30 AM

10 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

[Question] What to do with imitation humans, other than asking them what the right thing to do is?

Charlie SteinerSep 27, 2020, 9:51 PM

10 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Charlie Steiner’s Shortform

Charlie SteinerAug 4, 2020, 6:28 AM

6 points

54 comments LW link

Constraints from naturalized ethics.

Charlie SteinerJul 25, 2020, 2:54 PM

21 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

Meta-preferences are weird

Bird Concept and Charlie Steiner

Jul 16, 2020, 11:03 PM

13 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

Down with Solomonoff Induction, up with the Presumptuous Philosopher

Charlie SteinerJun 12, 2020, 9:44 AM

13 points

10 comments2 min readLW link

The Presumptuous Philosopher, self-locating information, and Solomonoff induction

Charlie SteinerMay 31, 2020, 4:35 PM

58 points

28 comments3 min readLW link

Life as metaphor for everything else.

Charlie SteinerApr 5, 2020, 7:21 AM

29 points

11 comments4 min readLW link

Meta-preferences two ways: generator vs. patch

Charlie SteinerApr 1, 2020, 12:51 AM

18 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Gricean communication and meta-preferences

Charlie SteinerFeb 10, 2020, 5:05 AM

24 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

Impossible moral problems and moral authority

Charlie SteinerNov 18, 2019, 9:28 AM

22 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

What’s the dream for giving natural language commands to AI?

Charlie SteinerOct 8, 2019, 1:42 PM

14 points

8 comments7 min readLW link

The AI is the model

Charlie SteinerOct 4, 2019, 8:11 AM

14 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

Can we make peace with moral indeterminacy?

Charlie SteinerOct 3, 2019, 12:56 PM

16 points

8 comments4 min readLW link

The Artificial Intentional Stance

Charlie SteinerJul 27, 2019, 7:00 AM

12 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Some Comments on Stuart Armstrong’s “Research Agenda v0.9”

Charlie SteinerJul 8, 2019, 7:03 PM

21 points

12 comments4 min readLW link

Training human models is an unsolved problem

Charlie SteinerMay 10, 2019, 7:17 AM

13 points

3 comments4 min readLW link

Value learning for moral essentialists

Charlie SteinerMay 6, 2019, 9:05 AM

11 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

Humans aren’t agents—what then for value learning?

Charlie SteinerMar 15, 2019, 10:01 PM

28 points

16 comments3 min readLW link

How to get value learning and reference wrong

Charlie SteinerFeb 26, 2019, 8:22 PM

40 points

2 comments6 min readLW link