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Can we, in principle, know the measure of counterfactual quantum branches?
sisyphus
2d
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Finite Factored Sets in Pictures
Magdalena Wache
9d
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Formalization as suspension of intuition
adamShimi
9d
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Meaningful things are those the universe possesses a semantics for
Abhimanyu Pallavi Sudhir
8d
14
11
Slick hyperfinite Ramsey theory proof
Alok Singh
1d
2
8
Using Information Theory to tackle AI Alignment: A Practical Approach
Daniel Salami
3d
4
40
Open technical problem: A Quinean proof of Löb's theorem, for an easier cartoon guide
Andrew_Critch
26d
34
259
Introduction to abstract entropy
Alex_Altair
2mo
70
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[Link] Wavefunctions: from Linear Algebra to Spinors
sen
13d
12
6
Can we see light?
Zane Scheepers
5y
34
51
Why square errors?
Aprillion (Peter Hozák)
24d
10
39
A dynamical systems primer for entropy and optimization
Alex_Altair
10d
3
-9
Can we get around Godel's Incompleteness theorems and Turing undecidable problems via infinite computers?
Noosphere89
1mo
12
6
How does one recognize information and differentiate it from noise?
M. Y. Zuo
4mo
29
24
Proof as mere strong evidence
adamShimi
6d
15
55
AI takeover tabletop RPG: "The Treacherous Turn"
Daniel Kokotajlo
20d
3
17
Writing Russian and Ukrainian words in Latin script
Viliam
1mo
20
12
Playing shell games with definitions
weverka
12d
3
15
Questions about AI that bother me
Eleni Angelou
9d
2
19
Science and Math
lsusr
23d
6
9
Crossword puzzle: LessWrong Halloween 2022
jchan
2mo
11
6
Word-Distance vs Idea-Distance: The Case for Lanoitaring
Sable
1mo
7
57
Marriage, the Giving What We Can Pledge, and the damage caused by vague public commitments
Jeffrey Ladish
5mo
26
0
Cracks in the Wall, Part I: The Conscious
silo
5mo
28
72
Unnatural Categories Are Optimized for Deception
Zack_M_Davis
1y
22
190
The Parable of the Dagger
Eliezer Yudkowsky
14y
105
16
Impossible moral problems and moral authority
Charlie Steiner
3y
8
15
Solving Alignment by "solving" semantics
Q Home
3mo
10