rational
Issue #96
26 January, 2020 // View full list
Psychological benefits of religion don't result from belief in God or prayer, but from active participation in religious services. // www.tandfonline.com
# Epistemic
On the ontological development of consciousness // jessicata, 5 min
Is the Reversal Test overrated? // Bob Jacobs, 1 min
# Ai
New paper: The Incentives that Shape Behaviour // RyanCarey, 1 min
AI alignment concepts: philosophical breakers, stoppers, and distorters // JustinShovelain, 3 min
Inner alignment requires making assumptions about human values // Matthew Barnett, 5 min
Formulating Reductive Agency in Causal Models // johnswentworth, 2 min
# Anthropic
Disasters // jkaufman, 3 min
Emergency Prescription Medication // jkaufman, 2 min
Crazy Complaints // Robin Hanson, 2 min
How To Not Die (Soon) // Robin Hanson, 14 min
# Decision theory
How Doomed are Large Organizations? // Zvi, 11 min
Ten Causes of Mazedom // Zvi, 26 min
# Math and cs
Logical Representation of Causal Models // johnswentworth, 3 min
Use-cases for computations, other than running them? // johnswentworth, 1 min
Theory of Causal Models with Dynamic Structure? // johnswentworth, 1 min
(A -> B) -> A in Causal DAGs // johnswentworth, 3 min
UML VII: Meta-Learning // sil ver, 20 min
# Books
Cassette Tape Thoughts // Elizabeth, 2 min Favorite
Book review: Human Compatible // PeterMcCluskey, 7 min
Book Review—The Origins of Unfairness: Social Categories and Cultural Evolution // Zack_M_Davis, 1 min
Book Review Review: Little Soldiers // Scott Alexander, 13 min
# Ea
Safety regulators: A tool for mitigating technological risk // JustinShovelain, 4 min
Improving Group Decision Making // June Ku, 1 min
# Community
2018 Review: Voting Results! // Ben Pace, 6 min
Epistea Summer Experiment (ESE) // Nora_Ammann, Jan_Kulveit, Anna Gajdová, kotrfa, 5 min
Cambridge Prediction Game // AspiringRationalist, 2 min
LW/SSC Warsaw February Meetup // kaftanowicz, 1 min
SSC Survey Results 2020 // Scott Alexander, 1 min
# Culture war
Have epistemic conditions always been this bad? // Wei_Dai, 5 min
Being Your Selves: Identity R&D on alt Twitter // Contributor, 13 min
# Misc
The two-layer model of human values, and problems with synthesizing preferences // Kaj_Sotala, 11 min Favorite
Why Do You Keep Having This Problem? // Davis_Kingsley, 1 min
Litany Against Anger // namespace, 1 min
# Podcasts
#68 - Will MacAskill on the paralysis argument, whether we're at the hinge of history, & his new priorities // The 80000 Hours team, 205 min
#182 — Unlearning Race // Waking up with Sam Harris, 39 min
098: Review of WALKAWAY // Review the Future, 64 min
# Videos of the week
Why winning doesn't always equal success | Valorie Kondos Field // TED, 15 min