rational
Issue #42: Full List
13 January, 2019 // View curated list
# Instrumental
Combat vs Nurture & Meta-Contrarianism // abramdemski, 5 min Favorite
Optimizing for Stories (vs Optimizing Reality) // Ruby, 7 min
The 3 Books Technique for Learning a New Skilll // mr-hire, 2 min
Does freeze-dried mussel powder have good stuff that vegan diets don't? // DanielFilan, 1 min
# Epistemic
Paradigms All The Way Down // Scott Alexander, 1 min Favorite
Sequence introduction: non-agent and multiagent models of mind // Kaj_Sotala, 7 min
What are questions? // DonyChristie, 2 min
Hierarchical system preferences and subagent preferences // Stuart_Armstrong, 4 min
# Ai
Reframing Superintelligence: Comprehensive AI Services as General Intelligence // rohinmshah, 6 min
AI safety without goal-directed behavior // rohinmshah, 4 min
Supervising strong learners by amplifying weak experts // paulfchristiano, 1 min
AlphaGo Zero and capability amplification // paulfchristiano, 2 min
Alignment Newsletter #40 // rohinmshah, 6 min
What emotions would AIs need to feel? // Stuart_Armstrong, 2 min
Predictors as Agents // interstice, 3 min
Imitation learning considered unsafe? // capybaralet, 1 min
Which approach is most promising for aligned AGI? // Chris_Leong, 1 min
Ambitious vs. narrow value learning // paulfchristiano, 4 min
Comments on CAIS // ricraz, 8 min
Non-Consequentialist Cooperation? // abramdemski, 7 min
What is narrow value learning? // rohinmshah, 2 min
# Anthropic
Umpires Shouldn’t Be On Teams // Robin Hanson, 2 min
Most Progress Not In Morals // Robin Hanson, 3 min
# Decision theory
Failures of UDT-AIXI, Part 1: Improper Randomizing // Diffractor, 5 min
# Math and cs
No surjection onto function space for manifold X // Stuart_Armstrong, 8 min
# Books
Book Review: The Structure Of Scientific Revolutions // Scott Alexander, 22 min Favorite
A rationalist view on productivity book genre // ArthurLidia, 2 min
Book Recommendations: An Everyone Culture and Moral Mazes // sarahconstantin, 4 min
# Ea
A general framework for evaluating aging research. Part 1: reasoning with Longevity Escape Velocity. // emanuele ascani, 26 min
# Relationships
Remembering Pierre Kabamba // Venkatesh Rao, 1 min Favorite
# Community
mindlevelup 3 Year Review // lifelonglearner, 13 min
Why is so much discussion happening in private Google Docs? // Wei_Dai, 1 min
LW/SSC Mixer // Senarin, 1 min
# Culture war
Gender Is Big // Robin Hanson, 3 min Favorite
# Misc
Megaproject management // ryan_b, 6 min Favorite
Disadvantages of Card Rebalancing // Zvi, 22 min
On Abstract Systems // Chris_Leong, 1 min
One Website To Rule Them All? // anna_macdonald, 12 min
Have A Thing // Robin Hanson, 2 min
What shape has mindspace? // Gurkenglas, 1 min
Replication Markets Team Seeks Journal Partners for Replication Trial // Robin Hanson, 1 min
# Podcasts
#9 Classic episode - Christine Peterson on the '80s futurist movement & its lessons for today // The 80000 Hours team, 79 min
Rationally Speaking #224 - Rick Nevin on "The long-term effects of lead on crime" // NYC Skeptics, 60 min
# Rational fiction
The Mirror Chamber: A short story about the matter of anthropic measure // MakoYass, 11 min
# Videos of the week
How to find the person who can help you get ahead at work | Carla Harris // TED, 13 min