rational
Issue #89
8 December, 2019 // View full list
Social networks give us access to information and provide us with social collateral for economic transactions – from buying a house to getting a job. // ourworldindata.org
# Instrumental
Tapping Out In Two // philh, 7 min
In which ways have you self-improved that made you feel bad for not having done it earlier? // MathieuRoy, 1 min
If giving unsolicited feedback was a social norm, what feedback would you often give? // MathieuRoy, 1 min
# Epistemic
Paper-Reading for Gears // johnswentworth, 5 min
Epistemic Spot Check: Fatigue and the Central Governor Module // Elizabeth, 6 min
What is Abstraction? // johnswentworth, 5 min
Reading list: Starting links and books on studying ontology and causality // aaq, 2 min
Multiple conditions must be met to gain causal effect // MoritzG, 1 min
# Ai
Understanding “Deep Double Descent” // evhub, 6 min Favorite
What I talk about when I talk about AI x-risk: 3 core claims I want machine learning researchers to address. // capybaralet, 3 min
A list of good heuristics that the case for AI x-risk fails // capybaralet, 2 min
Values, Valence, and Alignment // G Gordon Worley III, 16 min
What subfields of mathematics are most useful for what subfields of AI? // Rudi C, 1 min
# Anthropic
Unending Winter Is Coming // Robin Hanson, 4 min Favorite
A letter on optimism about human progress // jasoncrawford, 4 min
Is the rate of scientific progress slowing down? (by Tyler Cowen and Ben Southwood) // Ben Pace, 1 min
Russian x-risks newsletter #2, fall 2019 // avturchin, 4 min
(Reinventing wheels) Maybe our world has become more people-shaped. // aaq, 3 min
# Decision theory
Why aren't assurance contracts widely used? // Daniel Kokotajlo, 1 min
Comment on Coherence arguments do not imply goal directed behavior // Brangus, 6 min
Oracles: reject all deals - break superrationality, with superrationality // Stuart_Armstrong, 9 min
"Fully" acausal trade // Stuart_Armstrong, 1 min
What is an Evidential Decision Theory agent? // Chris_Leong, 1 min
# Math and cs
{Math} A times tables memory. // aaq, 2 min
Learning Abstract Math from First Principles? // Teach, 1 min
# Ea
MIRI’s 2019 Fundraiser // Malo, 10 min
# Community
Bay Area Winter Solstice 2019 // Chelsea Voss, 1 min
2019 Winter Solstice Collection // dspeyer, 1 min
Two Bay Area Winter Solstice Events // Chelsea Voss, 1 min
New things I understand (or think I do) // Dominik Tujmer, 8 min
Pre-Solstice Unconference 2019 // Chelsea Voss, 1 min
# Culture war
The Actionable Version of "Keep Your Identity Small" // Hazard, 5 min Favorite
Symbiotic Wars // lsusr, 1 min
# Misc
The New Age of Social Engineering // VivaLaPanda, 13 min
Vocal Range // jkaufman, 2 min
Long-lasting Effects of Suspensions? // jkaufman, 3 min
The history of smallpox and the origins of vaccines // philh, 1 min
Ungendered Spanish // jkaufman, 1 min
# Podcasts
#66 - Peter Singer on being provocative, effective altruism, & how his moral views have changed // The 80000 Hours team, 121 min
99 – Whiteshift // The Bayesian Conspiracy, 143 min
#177 — Psychedelic Science // Waking up with Sam Harris, 86 min
# Videos of the week
What obligation do social media platforms have to the greater good? | Eli Pariser // TED, 17 min