How to avoid dy­ing in a car crash

[deleted]Mar 17, 2012, 7:44 PM
125 points
295 comments7 min readLW link

Sugges­tions for nam­ing a class of de­ci­sion theories

orthonormalMar 17, 2012, 5:22 PM
9 points
58 comments1 min readLW link

Re­ply to Yvain on ‘The Fu­til­ity of In­tel­li­gence’

XiXiDuMar 17, 2012, 1:28 PM
−10 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

A sin­gu­lar­ity scenario

Mitchell_PorterMar 17, 2012, 12:47 PM
3 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

What are YOU do­ing against risks from AI?

XiXiDuMar 17, 2012, 11:56 AM
−13 points
38 comments1 min readLW link

Harry Pot­ter and the Meth­ods of Ra­tion­al­ity dis­cus­sion thread, part 11

Oscar_CunninghamMar 17, 2012, 9:41 AM
9 points
1,182 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] To Spread Science, Keep It Secret

MinibearRexMar 17, 2012, 5:01 AM
8 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

“Nice Guys Finish First”—Youtube Video of se­lected read­ing (by Dawk­ins) from The Selfish Gene

Logos01Mar 17, 2012, 1:33 AM
7 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Schel­ling fences on slip­pery slopes

Scott AlexanderMar 16, 2012, 11:44 PM
620 points
250 comments6 min readLW link

Evolu­tion­ary psy­chol­ogy: evolv­ing three eyed monsters

DmytryMar 16, 2012, 9:28 PM
20 points
65 comments5 min readLW link

[Re­quest] Soft­ware or Ar­ti­cles on fi­nan­cial life planning

whpearsonMar 16, 2012, 7:06 PM
4 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Muehlhauser-Go­ertzel Dialogue, Part 1

lukeprogMar 16, 2012, 5:12 PM
42 points
161 comments33 min readLW link

Global warm­ing is a bet­ter test of ir­ra­tional­ity that theism

Stuart_ArmstrongMar 16, 2012, 5:10 PM
3 points
113 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Mee­tups: Pitts­burgh, Sao Paulo, Seat­tle, Sydney

FrankAdamekMar 16, 2012, 3:36 PM
1 point
3 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Scarcity

MinibearRexMar 16, 2012, 5:34 AM
6 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread, March 16-31, 2012

OpenThreadGuyMar 16, 2012, 4:53 AM
4 points
117 comments1 min readLW link

Please ad­vise the Sin­gu­lar­ity In­sti­tute with your do­main-spe­cific ex­per­tise!

lukeprogMar 15, 2012, 8:13 PM
26 points
33 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK] Judea Pearl wins 2011 Tur­ing Award

[deleted]Mar 15, 2012, 4:32 PM
32 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

The Fu­til­ity of Intelligence

XiXiDuMar 15, 2012, 2:25 PM
−10 points
33 comments3 min readLW link

Meta Addiction

VoltairinaMar 15, 2012, 4:58 AM
23 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Cult im­pres­sions of Less Wrong/​Sin­gu­lar­ity Institute

John_MaxwellMar 15, 2012, 12:41 AM
39 points
247 comments2 min readLW link

Dot­ting i’s and Cross­ing t’s—a Jour­ney to Pub­lish­ing Elegance

wedrifidMar 14, 2012, 9:23 PM
19 points
15 comments5 min readLW link

De­cid­ing what to study at un­der­grad­u­ate level

tommeMar 14, 2012, 8:47 PM
2 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

DIY Tran­scra­nial Direct Cur­rent Stim­u­la­tion. Who wants to go first?

DustinMar 14, 2012, 4:58 PM
24 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

How would you take over Rome?

Scott AlexanderMar 14, 2012, 4:24 PM
52 points
202 comments1 min readLW link

What if the front page…

mattMar 14, 2012, 6:47 AM
53 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

An­thropic Rea­son­ing by CDT in New­comb’s Problem

gRRMar 14, 2012, 12:44 AM
9 points
36 comments1 min readLW link

Bi­ased Pandemic

freyleyMar 13, 2012, 11:32 PM
82 points
36 comments4 min readLW link

De­ci­sion The­o­ries: A Less Wrong Primer

orthonormalMar 13, 2012, 11:31 PM
111 points
174 comments8 min readLW link

Meetup : West LA Meetup—De­ci­sion Theory

[deleted]Mar 13, 2012, 6:23 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Risks from AI and Char­i­ta­ble Giving

XiXiDuMar 13, 2012, 1:54 PM
1 point
127 comments15 min readLW link

[Link] Failed repli­ca­tions of the “el­derly walk­ing” prim­ing effect

MorendilMar 13, 2012, 7:55 AM
31 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

What is the best com­pact for­mal­iza­tion of the ar­gu­ment for AI risk from fast take­off?

utilitymonsterMar 13, 2012, 1:44 AM
23 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

LINK: Can in­tel­li­gence ex­plode?

jake987722Mar 13, 2012, 12:03 AM
−4 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

TED-Ed Launch

LightwaveMar 12, 2012, 9:20 PM
12 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Is in­tel­li­gence ex­plo­sion nec­es­sary for dooms­day?

SwimmyMar 12, 2012, 9:12 PM
8 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Real-life ex­pected util­ity max­i­miza­tion [re­sponse to XiXiDu]

[deleted]Mar 12, 2012, 7:03 PM
12 points
11 comments3 min readLW link

The Stable State is Broken

BakkotMar 12, 2012, 6:31 PM
80 points
43 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : Austin, TX

VaniverMar 12, 2012, 5:03 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Falsification

TheatreAddictMar 12, 2012, 3:59 AM
3 points
39 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Melbourne so­cial meetup

shokwaveMar 11, 2012, 11:02 PM
3 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

The ap­peal of fic­tional conflict

KatjaGraceMar 11, 2012, 8:27 AM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

On the etiol­ogy of re­li­gious belief

gwernMar 11, 2012, 12:03 AM
16 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Any­one have any ques­tions for David Chalmers?

SolventMar 10, 2012, 9:57 PM
18 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Free Ap­plied In­stru­men­tal Ra­tion­al­ity Webinar

ksvanhornMar 10, 2012, 8:35 PM
8 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

New pa­per on Bayesian philos­o­phy of statis­tics from An­drew Gelman

[deleted]Mar 10, 2012, 4:30 PM
16 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Is causal de­ci­sion the­ory plus self-mod­ifi­ca­tion enough?

Mitchell_PorterMar 10, 2012, 8:04 AM
−6 points
53 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Is Hu­man­ism A Reli­gion-Sub­sti­tute?

MinibearRexMar 10, 2012, 6:24 AM
7 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Sus­pi­cious ar­gu­ments re­gard­ing cow counting

KatjaGraceMar 10, 2012, 4:58 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Slow­ing Moore’s Law: Why You Might Want To and How You Would Do It

gwernMar 10, 2012, 4:22 AM
34 points
89 comments1 min readLW link