Pre­sents for im­pov­ing ra­tio­nal­ity or re­duc­ing su­per­sti­tion?

mtaranDec 19, 2011, 10:19 PM
8 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

SingInst bloomberg cov­er­age [link]

Dr_ManhattanDec 19, 2011, 7:31 PM
8 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

“Tri­als and Er­rors: Why Science Is Failing Us”

gwernDec 19, 2011, 6:48 PM
9 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

Q&A with Michael Littman on risks from AI

XiXiDuDec 19, 2011, 9:51 AM
23 points
88 comments3 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] In­finite Certainty

MinibearRexDec 19, 2011, 5:30 AM
8 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

The Con­trols are Ly­ing: A Note on the Memetic Hazards of Video Games [Link]

Nic_SmithDec 19, 2011, 5:25 AM
32 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

The Gen­er­al­ized Anti-Pas­cal Prin­ci­ple: Utility Con­ver­gence of In­finites­i­mal Probabilities

jacob_cannellDec 18, 2011, 11:47 PM
−6 points
19 comments5 min readLW link

In­verse p-zom­bies: the other di­rec­tion in the Hard Prob­lem of Consciousness

gwernDec 18, 2011, 9:32 PM
45 points
32 comments9 min readLW link

Ra­tional wart removal

TwistingFingersDec 18, 2011, 6:57 PM
−34 points
27 comments1 min readLW link

A model of UDT with a halt­ing oracle

cousin_itDec 18, 2011, 2:18 PM
70 points
102 comments2 min readLW link

Re­quest: In­duc­tion, Proof, Ex­per­i­men­tal mathematics

snarlesDec 18, 2011, 1:29 PM
−7 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Donat­ing to wikipedia

snarlesDec 18, 2011, 1:17 PM
−14 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

List of ma­chine learn­ing researchers

robertzkDec 18, 2011, 9:54 AM
0 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Ab­solute Authority

MinibearRexDec 18, 2011, 3:05 AM
8 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Philos­o­phy and Ma­chine Learn­ing Panel on Ethics

jsteinhardtDec 17, 2011, 11:32 PM
14 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Selfish rea­sons for FAI

snarlesDec 17, 2011, 10:58 PM
0 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Belief in re­li­gion con­sid­ered harm­ful?

[deleted]Dec 17, 2011, 10:38 PM
33 points
54 comments7 min readLW link

[LINK] High school stu­dents co­erced into non-op­ti­mal philan­thropy via psy­cholog­i­cal warfare

DallasDec 17, 2011, 10:24 PM
10 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

MINE: Free tool for de­tect­ing novel as­so­ci­a­tions in large data sets

curiousepicDec 17, 2011, 3:02 PM
7 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Anes­the­sia and Con­scious­ness [link]

NancyLebovitzDec 17, 2011, 11:50 AM
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] The Fal­lacy of Gray

MinibearRexDec 17, 2011, 6:11 AM
7 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

[Tran­script] Tyler Cowen on Stories

GrognorDec 17, 2011, 5:42 AM
96 points
14 comments9 min readLW link

Christo­pher Hitchens 1949-2011

CostanzaDec 16, 2011, 10:05 PM
12 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

No one knows what Peano ar­ith­metic doesn’t know

cousin_itDec 16, 2011, 9:36 PM
28 points
54 comments1 min readLW link

I started a blog: Con­cept Space Cartography

jimrandomhDec 16, 2011, 9:06 PM
9 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[link] Ad­mit­ting er­rors (in me­te­o­rol­ogy)

fortyeridaniaDec 16, 2011, 5:21 PM
16 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

The ra­tio­nal­ist’s checklist

robertzkDec 16, 2011, 4:21 PM
44 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Mee­tups: At­lanta, Austin, Melbourne, Pittsburgh

FrankAdamekDec 16, 2011, 3:08 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ques­tion about time­less physics

XiXiDuDec 16, 2011, 1:09 PM
6 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

Allen & Wal­lach on Friendly AI

lukeprogDec 16, 2011, 9:22 AM
10 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Prob­lems of the Deutsch-Wal­lace ver­sion of Many Worlds

Mitchell_PorterDec 16, 2011, 6:55 AM
5 points
93 comments1 min readLW link

A dis­carded re­view of ‘Godel, Escher Bach: an Eter­nal Golden Braid’

lukeprogDec 16, 2011, 5:51 AM
12 points
30 comments4 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] But There’s Still A Chance, Right?

MinibearRexDec 16, 2011, 3:03 AM
12 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Do men have more part­ners than women?

DuncanSDec 16, 2011, 12:11 AM
12 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Ver­ifi­ca­tion Op­por­tu­nity?

beoShafferDec 15, 2011, 10:11 PM
2 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

How to la­bel thoughts nonverbally

eugmanDec 15, 2011, 6:23 PM
44 points
28 comments5 min readLW link

Check­ing Re­cent Upvotes?

RaemonDec 15, 2011, 4:25 PM
14 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

A case study in fool­ing oneself

Mitchell_PorterDec 15, 2011, 5:25 AM
−15 points
79 comments7 min readLW link

Com­press­ing Real­ity to Math

VaniverDec 15, 2011, 12:07 AM
34 points
7 comments8 min readLW link

[LINK] SMBC dis­cusses the Sin­gu­lar­ity.

radical_negative_oneDec 14, 2011, 7:58 PM
−4 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Build­ing case-stud­ies of akrasia

MercurialDec 14, 2011, 6:42 PM
19 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] A Failed Just-So Story

MinibearRexDec 14, 2011, 6:22 PM
6 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

How Many Wor­lds?

smkDec 14, 2011, 2:51 PM
2 points
64 comments1 min readLW link

Track­ing emo­tions with kines­thetic memory

eugmanDec 14, 2011, 12:49 PM
47 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

You Are Not So Smart—Book on Bias by david mcraney

GoobahmanDec 14, 2011, 6:05 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : West LA Meetup 12-14-2011

[deleted]Dec 14, 2011, 1:46 AM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

The Like­li­hood Ra­tio and the Prob­lem of Evil

JQuintonDec 13, 2011, 4:28 PM
−5 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

What are you work­ing on? De­cem­ber 2011

jsalvatierDec 13, 2011, 3:27 PM
12 points
117 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­am­ples of the Mind Pro­jec­tion Fal­lacy?

fiddlemathDec 13, 2011, 3:27 PM
19 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

Open Prob­lems Re­lated to the Sin­gu­lar­ity (draft 1)

lukeprogDec 13, 2011, 10:57 AM
53 points
42 comments4 min readLW link