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Tool/Agent distinction in the light of the AI box experiment
Jost
Jul 15, 2012, 5:29 PM
−7
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Bargaining and Auctions
Scott Alexander
Jul 15, 2012, 5:01 PM
57
points
72
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Magic players: “How do I lose?”
Manfred
Jul 15, 2012, 8:58 AM
53
points
30
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Setting Up Metaethics
MinibearRex
Jul 15, 2012, 5:17 AM
6
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why could you be optimistic that the Singularity is Near?
gwern
Jul 14, 2012, 11:33 PM
34
points
37
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What Longevity Research Most Excites You?
christina
Jul 14, 2012, 9:54 PM
7
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Berkeley visit report
EvelynM
Jul 14, 2012, 7:02 PM
44
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
PZ Myers on the Infeasibility of Whole Brain Emulation
Peter Wildeford
Jul 14, 2012, 6:13 PM
17
points
59
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Changing Your Metaethics
MinibearRex
Jul 14, 2012, 5:40 AM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Where did mathematics begin to disagree between frequentist and Bayesian statistics, and why?
Arkanj3l
Jul 14, 2012, 3:57 AM
0
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Ruthless Extrapolation
quanticle
Jul 13, 2012, 8:51 PM
1
point
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Adding up to normality
[deleted]
Jul 13, 2012, 7:24 PM
−5
points
49
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups: Berkeley, Hyderabad, Madison, New Jersey, Salt Lake City, Tucson, Washington DC
FrankAdamek
Jul 13, 2012, 4:25 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Confused about Solomonoff induction
nebulous
Jul 13, 2012, 11:36 AM
−3
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Two books by Celia Green
Mitchell_Porter
Jul 13, 2012, 8:43 AM
−10
points
21
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Does Your Morality Care What You Think?
MinibearRex
Jul 13, 2012, 5:23 AM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
WorldviewNaturalism.com: A “landing page” for scientific naturalism
lukeprog
Jul 13, 2012, 3:39 AM
12
points
42
comments
1
min read
LW
link
New book on atheism, transhumanism, and x-risk
lukeprog
Jul 12, 2012, 9:17 PM
10
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Valuable Things to Know While Discussing Moral Philosophy
mwengler
Jul 12, 2012, 8:40 PM
−7
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
What Is Signaling, Really?
Scott Alexander
Jul 12, 2012, 5:43 PM
146
points
173
comments
6
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Math is Subjunctively Objective
MinibearRex
Jul 12, 2012, 2:07 AM
6
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What Is Optimal Philanthropy?
alyssavance
Jul 12, 2012, 12:17 AM
39
points
35
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Rational Ethics
OrphanWilde
Jul 11, 2012, 10:26 PM
−5
points
32
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Moderate alcohol consumption inversely correlated with all-cause mortality
[deleted]
Jul 11, 2012, 5:41 PM
4
points
78
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Useful maxims
Paul Crowley
Jul 11, 2012, 11:56 AM
38
points
111
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Kurzweil’s predictions: good accuracy, poor self-calibration
Stuart_Armstrong
Jul 11, 2012, 9:55 AM
50
points
39
comments
9
min read
LW
link
An Intuitive Explanation of Solomonoff Induction
Alex_Altair
Jul 11, 2012, 8:05 AM
167
points
225
comments
24
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Can Counterfactuals Be True?
MinibearRex
Jul 11, 2012, 6:54 AM
7
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality and Cancer
SwingDancerMike
Jul 11, 2012, 6:48 AM
22
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Vancouver Big Monthly
[deleted]
Jul 11, 2012, 2:46 AM
3
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Reply to Holden on The Singularity Institute
lukeprog
Jul 10, 2012, 11:20 PM
69
points
214
comments
26
min read
LW
link
SI visiting fellow Diego Caleiro gives a TED talk on Friendly AI
lukeprog
Jul 10, 2012, 10:57 PM
7
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Group rationality diary, 7/9/12
cata
Jul 10, 2012, 8:35 AM
6
points
66
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cultural norms in choice of mate
TraderJoe
Jul 10, 2012, 8:18 AM
−27
points
78
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] When (Not) To Use Probabilities
MinibearRex
Jul 10, 2012, 5:33 AM
6
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Steam Greenlight
BrandonReinhart
Jul 10, 2012, 5:11 AM
24
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Dual N-Back browser-based “game” in public alpha-testing state.
Logos01
Jul 10, 2012, 3:36 AM
6
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Low hanging fruit: Websites that significantly improve your life?
RomeoStevens
Jul 10, 2012, 2:32 AM
16
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Should LW have a separate AI section?
Alex_Altair
Jul 10, 2012, 1:42 AM
16
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Muehlhauser-Hibbard Dialogue on AGI
lukeprog
Jul 9, 2012, 11:11 PM
14
points
16
comments
20
min read
LW
link
How Bayes’ theorem is consistent with Solomonoff induction
Alex_Altair
Jul 9, 2012, 10:16 PM
21
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Advice On Getting A Software Job
alyssavance
Jul 9, 2012, 6:52 PM
34
points
41
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Value of a Computational Process?
jefftk
Jul 9, 2012, 5:33 PM
4
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[link] Cargo Cult Debugging
MarkL
Jul 9, 2012, 4:05 PM
−9
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Edinburgh summer meetup
scaphandre
Jul 9, 2012, 1:31 PM
4
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington DC Calibration Games meetup
rocurley
Jul 9, 2012, 12:24 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Nick Bostrom’s TED talk and setting priorities
ChrisHallquist
Jul 9, 2012, 5:01 AM
4
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[SEQ RERUN] Fake Norms, or “Truth” vs. Truth
MinibearRex
Jul 9, 2012, 3:37 AM
6
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Games & Apps Brainstorming
lukeprog
Jul 9, 2012, 3:04 AM
42
points
59
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Fort Collins, Colorado Meetup Thursday 7pm
EvelynM
Jul 8, 2012, 4:03 PM
3
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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