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Quixey Challenge—Fix a bug in 1 minute, win $100. Refer a winner, win $50.
Liron
Jan 19, 2012, 7:39 PM
5
points
52
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Zeckhauser’s roulette
cousin_it
Jan 19, 2012, 7:22 PM
19
points
48
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Q&A with experts on risks from AI #4
XiXiDu
Jan 19, 2012, 4:29 PM
21
points
24
comments
29
min read
LW
link
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[deleted]
Jan 19, 2012, 4:11 PM
7
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A call for solutions and a tease of mine
HonoreDB
Jan 19, 2012, 2:40 PM
−6
points
53
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The MIT Mystery Hunt and the Illusion of Transparency
novalis
Jan 19, 2012, 7:34 AM
20
points
17
comments
2
min read
LW
link
POSITION: Design and Write Rationality Curriculum
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Jan 19, 2012, 6:50 AM
76
points
179
comments
5
min read
LW
link
How to un-kill your mind—maybe.
APMason
Jan 19, 2012, 6:36 AM
8
points
55
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Disputing Definitions
MinibearRex
Jan 19, 2012, 4:05 AM
7
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The problem with too many rational memes
Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg)
Jan 19, 2012, 12:56 AM
122
points
342
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Singularity Institute’s Arrogance Problem
lukeprog
Jan 18, 2012, 10:30 PM
84
points
307
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Meta] No LessWrong Blackout?
CaveJohnson
Jan 18, 2012, 7:48 PM
23
points
49
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Austin, TX
Vaniver
Jan 18, 2012, 6:35 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] How An Algorithm Feels From Inside
MinibearRex
Jan 18, 2012, 5:53 AM
8
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Ethics of piracy
PuyaSharif
Jan 18, 2012, 1:55 AM
−18
points
43
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Group Funding
jefftk
Jan 18, 2012, 1:45 AM
4
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Histocracy: Open, Effective Group Decision-Making With Weighted Voting
HonoreDB
Jan 17, 2012, 10:35 PM
19
points
63
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Link] Five ways to classify belief systems
[deleted]
Jan 17, 2012, 9:08 PM
18
points
9
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Gambler’s Reward: Optimal Betting Size
b1shop
Jan 17, 2012, 8:32 PM
12
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Placeholder] Against dystopia, rally before Kant
Multiheaded
Jan 17, 2012, 1:44 PM
−9
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Leveling Up in Rationality: A Personal Journey
lukeprog
Jan 17, 2012, 11:02 AM
51
points
59
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Q&A with Abram Demski on risks from AI
XiXiDu
Jan 17, 2012, 9:43 AM
33
points
71
comments
9
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Neural Categories
MinibearRex
Jan 17, 2012, 5:19 AM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
ICONN 2012 nanotechnology conference in Perth
Solvent
Jan 17, 2012, 2:34 AM
3
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Random thought: What is the optimal PD strategy under imperfect information?
RolfAndreassen
Jan 17, 2012, 1:06 AM
9
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What would you do with a financial safety net?
faul_sname
Jan 16, 2012, 11:38 PM
6
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Being No One (~50 min talk on the self-model in your brain)
machrider
Jan 16, 2012, 6:18 PM
15
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
link to a Feynman video (and a 2nd (distantly related) video)
Craig_Heldreth
Jan 16, 2012, 6:00 PM
5
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
My interview with Nikola Danaylov for ‘Singularity 1 on 1’ [link]
lukeprog
Jan 16, 2012, 5:59 PM
1
point
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Completeness, incompleteness, and what it all means: first versus second order logic
Stuart_Armstrong
Jan 16, 2012, 5:38 PM
79
points
39
comments
11
min read
LW
link
The lessons of a world without Hitler
Stuart_Armstrong
Jan 16, 2012, 4:16 PM
−4
points
39
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[LINK]The Edge’s yearly question
Thomas
Jan 16, 2012, 6:51 AM
4
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Disguised Queries
MinibearRex
Jan 16, 2012, 4:47 AM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread, January 15-31, 2012
OpenThreadGuy
Jan 16, 2012, 12:56 AM
16
points
248
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Who’s in the AI business?
Thomas
Jan 15, 2012, 4:53 PM
16
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Idea: Add books to an SRS without splitting them into facts
D_Malik
Jan 15, 2012, 8:05 AM
9
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Savage theorem and the Ellsberg paradox
fool
Jan 14, 2012, 7:06 PM
20
points
54
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Austin LW Meetup
Vaniver
Jan 13, 2012, 5:32 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups: Melbourne, Austin, Atlanta, Seattle, Philadelphia, Fort Collins
FrankAdamek
Jan 13, 2012, 4:19 PM
4
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Melbourne social meetup
toner
Jan 13, 2012, 7:55 AM
3
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
New SI publications design
lukeprog
Jan 13, 2012, 3:16 AM
9
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Can the Chain Still Hold You?
lukeprog
Jan 13, 2012, 1:28 AM
217
points
361
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Knowledge vs Technology
PuyaSharif
Jan 13, 2012, 12:50 AM
−5
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Noddy problem
Apprentice
Jan 12, 2012, 10:18 PM
45
points
26
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Pittsburgh Meetup: Big Gaming Fun 2!
Kenoubi
Jan 12, 2012, 8:26 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
NonGoogleables
Thomas
Jan 12, 2012, 1:23 PM
−3
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Q&A with experts on risks from AI #3
XiXiDu
Jan 12, 2012, 10:45 AM
19
points
28
comments
16
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] The Cluster Structure of Thingspace
MinibearRex
Jan 12, 2012, 8:37 AM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Procedural knowledge gap: public key encryption
Solvent
Jan 12, 2012, 7:35 AM
4
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AI Challenge: Ants—Post Mortem
D_Alex
Jan 12, 2012, 7:23 AM
14
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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