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Meetup : Fort Collins, Colorado Meetup Wednesday 7pm
EvelynM
Dec 12, 2011, 11:45 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Brain region changes shape with learning the layout of London
whpearson
Dec 12, 2011, 5:01 PM
2
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Less Wrong Topic Poll
[deleted]
Dec 12, 2011, 4:35 PM
11
points
29
comments
1
min read
LW
link
two puzzles on rationality of defeat
fsopho
Dec 12, 2011, 2:17 PM
4
points
56
comments
2
min read
LW
link
New ‘landing page’ website: Friendly-AI.com
lukeprog
Dec 12, 2011, 9:45 AM
15
points
40
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Physics question (slightly off-topic)
CronoDAS
Dec 12, 2011, 5:53 AM
1
point
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Cryo Comic
Alex_Altair
Dec 12, 2011, 5:31 AM
0
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Research Opportunity/Scholarship for ALL students (High school through Post-doc)
daenerys
Dec 12, 2011, 5:26 AM
9
points
5
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Any Salt Lake City residents who might be interested in a meetup?
adamisom
Dec 12, 2011, 3:38 AM
2
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Stop Voting For Nincompoops
MinibearRex
Dec 12, 2011, 2:54 AM
7
points
55
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Mitt Romney’s $10,000 bet
MileyCyrus
Dec 12, 2011, 2:14 AM
50
points
26
comments
1
min read
LW
link
khan Academy—Rationality series?
Goobahman
Dec 12, 2011, 1:54 AM
23
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Where do you live? Meetup planners want to know
Metus
Dec 11, 2011, 9:08 PM
18
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Brief Summary of Recent Happenings at the Singularity Institute
MichaelAnissimov
Dec 11, 2011, 8:59 PM
24
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Humans Shouldn’t make Themselves Smarter?
Ronny Fernandez
Dec 11, 2011, 12:00 PM
−5
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[POLL] LessWrong census, mindkilling edition [closed, now with results]
Oligopsony
Dec 11, 2011, 9:23 AM
10
points
43
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] The American System and Misleading Labels
MinibearRex
Dec 11, 2011, 6:48 AM
10
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Are multiple uploads equivilant to extra life?
MileyCyrus
Dec 11, 2011, 6:20 AM
4
points
54
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Bostrom, “Existential Risk Prevention as the Most Important Task for Humanity” (Dec. 2011)
lukeprog
Dec 11, 2011, 5:52 AM
13
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why we need better science, example #6,281
lukeprog
Dec 10, 2011, 11:25 PM
43
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
For those in the Stanford AI-class
Dr_Manhattan
Dec 10, 2011, 10:54 PM
11
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Just the facts, ma’am!
lukeprog
Dec 10, 2011, 10:54 PM
70
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why I write about the basics
lukeprog
Dec 10, 2011, 10:49 PM
26
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Clarification of AI Reflection Problem
paulfchristiano
Dec 10, 2011, 10:30 PM
33
points
9
comments
7
min read
LW
link
An akrasia case study
[deleted]
Dec 10, 2011, 8:46 PM
44
points
29
comments
3
min read
LW
link
People with Experience in Wikipedia Editing?
MichaelAnissimov
Dec 10, 2011, 7:31 PM
10
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Example of poor decision making under pressure (from game show)
Wilka
Dec 10, 2011, 3:39 PM
10
points
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Video Q&A with Singularity Institute Executive Director
lukeprog
Dec 10, 2011, 11:27 AM
56
points
124
comments
15
min read
LW
link
Handling Emotional Appeals
fiddlemath
Dec 10, 2011, 7:30 AM
14
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Issues with the Litany of Gendlin
Raemon
Dec 10, 2011, 5:25 AM
30
points
81
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] The Two-Party Swindle
MinibearRex
Dec 10, 2011, 3:59 AM
9
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Feasibility of Creating Non-Human or Non-Sentient Machine Intelligence
jacob_cannell
Dec 10, 2011, 3:49 AM
−4
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Laughing strategy
KatjaGrace
Dec 10, 2011, 2:03 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups: Waterloo, Atlanta, Melbourne, Austin, London, Seattle
FrankAdamek
Dec 9, 2011, 8:08 PM
1
point
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[POLL] Year survey
thomblake
Dec 9, 2011, 8:00 PM
11
points
53
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Austin, TX
Vaniver
Dec 9, 2011, 5:30 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Brain-Brain communication
Jordan
Dec 9, 2011, 5:05 PM
12
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Would AIXI protect itself?
Stuart_Armstrong
Dec 9, 2011, 12:29 PM
15
points
23
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Link] Tim Crane on Animal Minds
Jayson_Virissimo
Dec 9, 2011, 9:22 AM
−5
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[link] NASA Telescope Confirms Alien Planet in Habitable Zone
Curiouskid
Dec 9, 2011, 3:47 AM
−9
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Cultish Countercultishness
MinibearRex
Dec 9, 2011, 2:08 AM
9
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[German] Wo wohnt ihr?
Metus
Dec 9, 2011, 1:51 AM
18
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Is there anybody from Indianapolis here?
Curiouskid
Dec 9, 2011, 12:56 AM
4
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Value evolution
PhilGoetz
Dec 8, 2011, 11:47 PM
21
points
111
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Pittsburgh Holiday Meetup
thejash
Dec 8, 2011, 10:01 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cryonics is Far, Cord-blood is Near
gwern
Dec 8, 2011, 8:50 PM
9
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
AIXI and Existential Despair
paulfchristiano
Dec 8, 2011, 8:03 PM
24
points
39
comments
6
min read
LW
link
A Film about TransHuman Enterprises
mwengler
Dec 8, 2011, 6:36 PM
13
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What independence between ZFC and P vs NP would imply
Alex Flint
Dec 8, 2011, 2:30 PM
1
point
63
comments
2
min read
LW
link
In the Pareto world, liars prosper
Stuart_Armstrong
Dec 8, 2011, 2:15 PM
28
points
33
comments
2
min read
LW
link
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