rational
Issue #237
6 November, 2022 // View full list
# Epistemic
K-types vs T-types — what priors do you have? // strawberry calm, 8 min
"Normal" is the equilibrium state of past optimization processes // Alex_Altair, 5 min
Gandalf or Saruman? A Soldier in Scout's Clothing // AllAmericanBreakfast, 5 min
Remember to translate your thoughts back again // brook, 3 min
Sequence Reread: Fake Beliefs [plus sequence spotlight meta] // Raemon, 1 min
# Ai
Instead of technical research, more people should focus on buying time // akash-wasil, 17 min
Takeaways from a survey on AI alignment resources // DanielFilan, 6 min
Superintelligent AI is necessary for an amazing future, but far from sufficient // So8res, 49 min
Caution when interpreting Deepmind's In-context RL paper // samuel-marks, 5 min
Clarifying AI X-risk // zkenton, 5 min
# Meta-ethics
Average utilitarianism is non-local // yair-halberstadt, 1 min
How much should we care about non-human animals? // bokov-1, 2 min
# Longevity
Follow up to medical miracle // pktechgirl, 6 min
Why is fiber good for you? // braces, 1 min
# Decision theory
Humans do acausal coordination all the time // adam-jermyn, 3 min
Information Markets // eva_, 15 min
Unpricable Information and Certificate Hell // eva_, 7 min
Is there a good way to award a fixed prize in a prediction contest? // jchan, 1 min
Information Markets 2: Optimally Shaped Reward Bets // eva_, 3 min
# Books
[Book] Interpretable Machine Learning: A Guide for Making Black Box Models Explainable // esben-kran, 1 min
# Ea
Mildly Against Donor Lotteries // jkaufman, 3 min
# Community
The Rational Utilitarian Love Movement (A Historical Retrospective) // caleb-biddulph
The circular problem of epistemic irresponsibility // Roman Leventov, 10 min
A new place to discuss cognitive science, ethics and human alignment // Hominid Dan
# Culture war
Open Letter Against Reckless Nuclear Escalation and Use // MaxTegmark, 1 min
Housing and Transit Thoughts #1 // Zvi, 19 min
Quickly refactoring the U.S. Constitution // lc, 8 min
My California Ballot 2022 // Scott Alexander, 17 min
Moderation Is Different From Censorship // Scott Alexander, 3 min
# Misc
Why Aren't There More Schelling Holidays? // johnswentworth, 1 min
Far-UVC Light Update: No, LEDs are not around the corner (tweetstorm) // Davidmanheim, 4 min
Should we “go against nature”? // jasoncrawford, 2 min
Conversations on Alcohol Consumption // jorge-velez, 10 min
Sacred Pains // Robin Hanson, 1 min
# Podcasts
Me (Steve Byrnes) on the “Brain Inspired” podcast // steve2152, 1 min
EP 168 Nate Hagens on Collective Futures // The Jim Rutt Show, 86 min
# Videos of the week
[Video] How having Fast Fourier Transforms sooner could have helped with Nuclear Disarmament - Veritaserum // MakoYass