rationalnewsletter

Issue #55

Changes in gut microbiota to individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders show significant improvements in GI and autism-related symptoms even two years after treatment. // www.nature.com

# Instrumental

Excerpts from a larger discussion about simulacra // Benquo, 7 min

Towards a Quieter Life // elriggs, 1 min

Pain As Active Ingredient In Dating // Scott Alexander, 2 min

# Epistemic

The Hard Work of Translation (Buddhism) // romeostevensit, 6 min Favorite

# Ai

Alignment Newsletter One Year Retrospective // rohinmshah, 26 min

Best reasons for pessimism about impact of impact measures? // TurnTrout, 4 min

Reinforcement learning with imperceptible rewards // Vanessa Kosoy, 57 min

The AI alignment problem as a consequence of the recursive nature of plans // Natália Mendonça, 3 min

On Media Synthesis: An Essay on The Next 15 Years of Creative Automation // Yuli_Ban, 12 min

# Anthropic

Why is multi worlds not a good explanation for abiogenesis // solomon alon, 1 min

The Puzzle of Human Sacrifice // Robin Hanson, 2 min

# Books

Short Book Reviews April 2019 // Scott Alexander, 10 min

# Ea

Long Term Future Fund: April 2019 grant decisions // habryka, 1 min

# Culture war

Domestic Cozy: 3 // Venkatesh Rao, 3 min

# Misc

The Simple Solow Model of Software Engineering // johnswentworth, 3 min

Highlights from "Integral Spirituality" // G Gordon Worley III, 29 min

Rebooting Justice // Robin Hanson, 4 min

Space Fund // Robin Hanson, 2 min

Weirding Diary: 7 // Venkatesh Rao, 1 min

# Podcasts

82 – Revenge of the Feedback! // The Bayesian Conspiracy, 135 min

# Rational fiction

[Spoilers] How did Voldemort learn the horcrux spell? // Motasaurus, 1 min

# Videos of the week

How to keep human bias out of AI | Kriti Sharma // TED, 12 min