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Biased Pandemic
freyley
Mar 13, 2012, 11:32 PM
82
points
36
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Decision Theories: A Less Wrong Primer
orthonormal
Mar 13, 2012, 11:31 PM
111
points
174
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Meetup : West LA Meetup—Decision Theory
[deleted]
Mar 13, 2012, 6:23 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Risks from AI and Charitable Giving
XiXiDu
Mar 13, 2012, 1:54 PM
1
point
127
comments
15
min read
LW
link
[Link] Failed replications of the “elderly walking” priming effect
Morendil
Mar 13, 2012, 7:55 AM
31
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What is the best compact formalization of the argument for AI risk from fast takeoff?
utilitymonster
Mar 13, 2012, 1:44 AM
23
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
LINK: Can intelligence explode?
jake987722
Mar 13, 2012, 12:03 AM
−4
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
TED-Ed Launch
Lightwave
Mar 12, 2012, 9:20 PM
12
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Is intelligence explosion necessary for doomsday?
Swimmy
Mar 12, 2012, 9:12 PM
8
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Real-life expected utility maximization [response to XiXiDu]
[deleted]
Mar 12, 2012, 7:03 PM
12
points
11
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Stable State is Broken
Bakkot
Mar 12, 2012, 6:31 PM
80
points
43
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Austin, TX
Vaniver
Mar 12, 2012, 5:03 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Falsification
TheatreAddict
Mar 12, 2012, 3:59 AM
3
points
39
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Melbourne social meetup
shokwave
Mar 11, 2012, 11:02 PM
3
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The appeal of fictional conflict
KatjaGrace
Mar 11, 2012, 8:27 AM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
On the etiology of religious belief
gwern
Mar 11, 2012, 12:03 AM
16
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Anyone have any questions for David Chalmers?
Solvent
Mar 10, 2012, 9:57 PM
18
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Free Applied Instrumental Rationality Webinar
ksvanhorn
Mar 10, 2012, 8:35 PM
8
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
New paper on Bayesian philosophy of statistics from Andrew Gelman
[deleted]
Mar 10, 2012, 4:30 PM
16
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Is causal decision theory plus self-modification enough?
Mitchell_Porter
Mar 10, 2012, 8:04 AM
−6
points
53
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Is Humanism A Religion-Substitute?
MinibearRex
Mar 10, 2012, 6:24 AM
7
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Suspicious arguments regarding cow counting
KatjaGrace
Mar 10, 2012, 4:58 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Slowing Moore’s Law: Why You Might Want To and How You Would Do It
gwern
Mar 10, 2012, 4:22 AM
34
points
89
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Madison Monday Meetup
fiddlemath
Mar 10, 2012, 1:29 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How to use human history as a nutritional prior?
CasioTheSane
Mar 10, 2012, 12:47 AM
8
points
50
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Predictability of Decisions and the Diagonal Method
Vladimir_Nesov
Mar 9, 2012, 11:53 PM
30
points
12
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[Link, 2011] Team may be chosen to receive $1.4 billion to simulate human brain
John_Maxwell
Mar 9, 2012, 9:13 PM
10
points
31
comments
2
min read
LW
link
New cognitive bias articles on wikipedia (update)
nerfhammer
Mar 9, 2012, 8:13 PM
108
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Better results by changing Bayes’ theorem
XiXiDu
Mar 9, 2012, 7:38 PM
4
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups: Atlanta, Cambridge UK, Chicago, Fort Collins, Houston, Melbourne, Twin Cities, Vancouver
FrankAdamek
Mar 9, 2012, 4:32 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Political philosophy and/versus political action, not to mention arguing
NancyLebovitz
Mar 9, 2012, 1:44 PM
10
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How does real world expected utility maximization work?
XiXiDu
Mar 9, 2012, 11:20 AM
17
points
48
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Amazing Breakthrough Day: April 1st
MinibearRex
Mar 9, 2012, 4:58 AM
8
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Fort Collins Meetup Saturday 17th
EvelynM
Mar 9, 2012, 3:46 AM
1
point
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A taxonomy of Oracle AIs
lukeprog
Mar 8, 2012, 11:14 PM
25
points
53
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Atlanta
hankx7787
Mar 8, 2012, 5:35 PM
1
point
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Conjunction fallacy and probabilistic risk assessment.
Dmytry
Mar 8, 2012, 3:07 PM
26
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
James Martin Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: Socio-economic Impacts of Technological Change
Stuart_Armstrong
Mar 8, 2012, 2:54 PM
10
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Nick Bostrom: Moral uncertainty – towards a solution? [link, 2009]
Kevin
Mar 8, 2012, 11:07 AM
−5
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Sudden Future Singularity (SFS) as soon as 8.7 million years in the future?
MichaelAnissimov
Mar 8, 2012, 10:41 AM
2
points
18
comments
1
min read
LW
link
I Was Not Almost Wrong But I Was Almost Right: Close-Call Counterfactuals and Bias
Kaj_Sotala
Mar 8, 2012, 5:39 AM
86
points
40
comments
9
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] The Beauty of Settled Science
MinibearRex
Mar 8, 2012, 4:24 AM
8
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Pittsburgh Meetup: Big Gaming Fun 4!
Kenoubi
Mar 8, 2012, 2:29 AM
2
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Making computer systems with extended Identity
whpearson
Mar 8, 2012, 1:29 AM
−1
points
21
comments
2
min read
LW
link
DAGGRE group forecasting workshop
Jonathan_Graehl
Mar 7, 2012, 11:26 PM
7
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Queueing and More
SarahNibs
Mar 7, 2012, 8:44 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Friendly AI Society
Douglas_Reay
Mar 7, 2012, 7:31 PM
−5
points
13
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Rationally Irrational
HungryTurtle
Mar 7, 2012, 7:21 PM
−21
points
417
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Causal diagrams and software engineering
Morendil
Mar 7, 2012, 6:23 PM
53
points
29
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 10
Oscar_Cunningham
Mar 7, 2012, 4:46 PM
16
points
642
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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