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Rationality
Abstraction
Finite Factored Sets
Causality
Open Problems
Consequentialism
Filtered Evidence
Techniques
Consciousness
Intuition
Free Will
Adding Up to Normality
83 posts
Decision Theory
Goal-Directedness
Utility Functions
Literature Reviews
Quantilization
Mild Optimization
Coherence Arguments
Bounded Rationality
Orthogonality Thesis
Law-Thinking
Coherent Extrapolated Volition
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What's Up With Confusingly Pervasive Consequentialism?
Raemon
11mo
88
146
Saving Time
Scott Garrabrant
1y
19
133
Finite Factored Sets
Scott Garrabrant
1y
94
125
Finite Factored Sets in Pictures
Magdalena Wache
9d
29
122
Principles for Alignment/Agency Projects
johnswentworth
5mo
20
106
Thinking About Filtered Evidence Is (Very!) Hard
abramdemski
2y
29
105
Problem relaxation as a tactic
TurnTrout
2y
8
92
Learning Normativity: A Research Agenda
abramdemski
2y
18
91
Public Static: What is Abstraction?
johnswentworth
2y
18
82
Better priors as a safety problem
paulfchristiano
2y
7
80
Testing The Natural Abstraction Hypothesis: Project Update
johnswentworth
1y
17
78
Distributed Decisions
johnswentworth
6mo
4
78
Builder/Breaker for Deconfusion
abramdemski
2mo
9
76
Search-in-Territory vs Search-in-Map
johnswentworth
1y
13
154
Realism about rationality
Richard_Ngo
4y
145
153
2021 AI Alignment Literature Review and Charity Comparison
Larks
12mo
26
137
2020 AI Alignment Literature Review and Charity Comparison
Larks
1y
14
134
Can you control the past?
Joe Carlsmith
1y
93
126
An Orthodox Case Against Utility Functions
abramdemski
2y
53
105
Coherence arguments do not entail goal-directed behavior
Rohin Shah
4y
69
105
Utility ≠ Reward
vlad_m
3y
25
102
Coherence arguments imply a force for goal-directed behavior
KatjaGrace
1y
27
95
Decision Theory
abramdemski
4y
46
93
wrapper-minds are the enemy
nostalgebraist
6mo
36
92
why assume AGIs will optimize for fixed goals?
nostalgebraist
6mo
52
82
The "Measuring Stick of Utility" Problem
johnswentworth
6mo
22
82
On the purposes of decision theory research
Wei_Dai
3y
14
82
Probability is Real, and Value is Complex
abramdemski
4y
20