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An Untrollable Mathematician Illustrated
Best of LessWrong 2018

A hand-drawn presentation on the idea of an 'Untrollable Mathematician' - a mathematical agent that can't be manipulated into believing false things. 

by abramdemski
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6y
74
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Eliezer Yudkowsky
3y
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902Where I agree and disagree with Eliezer
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paulfchristiano
3y
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866Eight Short Studies On Excuses
Scott Alexander
15y
253
843Preface
Eliezer Yudkowsky
10y
17
787The Best Textbooks on Every Subject
lukeprog
14y
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680What an actually pessimistic containment strategy looks like
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3y
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677SolidGoldMagikarp (plus, prompt generation)
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Jessica Rumbelow, mwatkins
2y
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662AI 2027: What Superintelligence Looks Like
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Daniel Kokotajlo, Thomas Larsen, elifland, Scott Alexander, Jonas V, romeo
3mo
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646Simulators
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janus
3y
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474
A case for courage, when speaking of AI danger
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1d
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Steven Byrnes
4d
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Proposal for making credible commitments to AIs.
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8d
41
154
X explains Z% of the variance in Y
Leon Lang
11d
31
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Do Not Tile the Lightcone with Your Confused Ontology
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Jan_Kulveit
14d
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27
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Futarchy's fundamental flaw
dynomight
17d
48
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Estrogen: A trip report
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20d
41
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A Straightforward Explanation of the Good Regulator Theorem
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25d
29
142
Broad-Spectrum Cancer Treatments
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1mo
10
150
The Best Reference Works for Every Subject
Parker Conley
1mo
27
262
Truth or Dare
Duncan Sabien (Inactive)
1mo
52
206
Winning the power to lose
KatjaGrace
1mo
86
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