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Issue #97: Full List
2 February, 2020 // View curated list
Artificial intelligence could successfully identify gender identity subtypes from brain imaging data. // www.researchgate.net
# Instrumental
[ELDR Tactics] Consider switching to (mostly) decaf. // aaq, 4 min
Instrumental Occam? // abramdemski, 1 min
# Epistemic
What Money Cannot Buy // johnswentworth, 4 min
On hiding the source of knowledge // jessicata, 3 min Favorite
High-precision claims may be refuted without being replaced with other high-precision claims // jessicata, 4 min
[Link] Ignorance, a skilled practice // romeostevensit, 2 min
# Ai
AI Alignment 2018-19 Review // rohinmshah, 43 min
If brains are computers, what kind of computers are they? (Dennett transcript) // Ben Pace, 34 min
Attainable utility has a subagent problem // Stuart_Armstrong, 5 min
Using vector fields to visualise preferences and make them consistent // MichaelA, JustinShovelain, 13 min
[AN #84] Reviewing AI alignment work in 2018-19 // rohinmshah, 7 min
Towards deconfusing values // G Gordon Worley III, 8 min
Artificial Intelligence, Values and Alignment // G Gordon Worley III, 1 min
Slide deck: Introduction to AI Safety // alenglander, 1 min
# Meta-ethics
Moral public goods // paulfchristiano, 5 min Favorite
Value uncertainty // MichaelA, 17 min
# Anthropic
Hedonic asymmetries // paulfchristiano, 2 min
# Decision theory
Create a Full Alternative Stack // Zvi, 7 min
Potential Ways to Fight Mazes // Zvi, 21 min
Socialism Via Futarchy // Robin Hanson, 5 min
Nickname Court // Robin Hanson, 3 min
# Math and cs
Algorithms vs Compute // johnswentworth, 1 min
If Van der Waals was a neural network // George, 13 min
UML VIII: Linear Predictors (2) // sil ver, 14 min
# Books
Book Review: Human Compatible // Scott Alexander, 19 min Favorite
# Ea
REVISED: A drowning child is hard to find // Benquo, 1 min
What research has been done on the altruistic impact of the usual good actions? // Alexei, 1 min
Funding Long Shots // ryan_b, 1 min
# Community
Assortative Mating And Autism // Scott Alexander, 4 min
Effective Altruism QALY workshop materials & outline (and Jan 13 '19 meetup notes) // samstowers, 3 min
TAISU - Technical AI Safety Unconference // Linda Linsefors, 1 min
Cambridge LW/SSC Meetup: Prediction Training // AspiringRationalist, 1 min
# Culture war
The Skewed and the Screwed: When Mating Meets Politics // Jacobian, 18 min
# Misc
Healing vs. exercise analogies for emotional work // Kaj_Sotala, 2 min
Rationalist preper thread // avturchin, 1 min
An Empistemically Rational Superbowl // AspiringRationalist, 1 min
Parasite vs. Joker // Robin Hanson, 6 min
# Podcasts
#183 — January 28, 2020 // Waking up with Sam Harris, 27 min
103 – Radical Honesty // The Bayesian Conspiracy, 104 min
# Videos of the week
StyleGAN2: Near-Perfect Human Face Synthesis...and More // Two Minute Papers, 4 min