What are the op­ti­mal bi­ases to over­come?

aaronsw4 Aug 2012 15:04 UTC
103 points
70 comments2 min readLW link

A cyn­i­cal ex­pla­na­tion for why ra­tio­nal­ists worry about FAI

aaronsw4 Aug 2012 12:27 UTC
28 points
172 comments1 min readLW link

Smart non-re­duc­tion­ists, philo­soph­i­cal vs. en­g­ineer­ing mind­sets, and religion

Kaj_Sotala4 Aug 2012 10:48 UTC
21 points
48 comments4 min readLW link

The sup­pos­edly hard prob­lem of con­scious­ness and the nonex­is­tence of sense data: Is your dog a con­scious be­ing?

[deleted]4 Aug 2012 1:57 UTC
−21 points
19 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : Pitts­burgh: Se­man­tic Stopsigns

KatjaGrace3 Aug 2012 22:14 UTC
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

“Epiphany ad­dic­tion”

cousin_it3 Aug 2012 17:52 UTC
69 points
90 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes Au­gust 2012

Alejandro13 Aug 2012 15:33 UTC
9 points
432 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Mee­tups: Austin, Madi­son, NYC

FrankAdamek3 Aug 2012 15:21 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

What are you work­ing on? Au­gust 2012

RobertLumley3 Aug 2012 15:10 UTC
13 points
95 comments1 min readLW link

Wel­l­come Col­lec­tion in Lon­don has ex­hi­bi­tion on hu­man augmentation

taw3 Aug 2012 8:02 UTC
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Is­sue 301 shipped: Show par­ent com­ments on /​comments

matt3 Aug 2012 6:14 UTC
43 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Holis­tic learn­ing ebook

John_Maxwell3 Aug 2012 0:29 UTC
14 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

AI 5 minute ex­is­ten­tial risk talk

Stuart_Armstrong2 Aug 2012 17:44 UTC
8 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : Melbourne, prac­ti­cal rationality

matt2 Aug 2012 17:15 UTC
7 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Melbourne, prac­ti­cal rationality

matt2 Aug 2012 17:14 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

PM sys­tem is not work­ing

jsteinhardt2 Aug 2012 16:09 UTC
19 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Room­mate in­ter­est and co­or­di­na­tion thread

patrickscottshields2 Aug 2012 9:22 UTC
13 points
47 comments1 min readLW link

Re­in­force­ment Learn­ing: A Non-Stan­dard In­tro­duc­tion (Part 2)

royf2 Aug 2012 8:17 UTC
16 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] When An­thro­po­mor­phism Be­came Stupid

MinibearRex2 Aug 2012 5:07 UTC
6 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Rus­sian plan for im­mor­tal­ity [link]

Dr_Manhattan1 Aug 2012 20:49 UTC
8 points
40 comments1 min readLW link

Ad­mis­sions Es­say Help?

OnTheOtherHandle1 Aug 2012 19:19 UTC
10 points
34 comments3 min readLW link

Look­ing for a room­mate in Moun­tain View

jsteinhardt1 Aug 2012 19:04 UTC
15 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Au­gust 2012 Me­dia Thread

RobertLumley1 Aug 2012 18:29 UTC
7 points
56 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread, Au­gust 1-15, 2012

OpenThreadGuy1 Aug 2012 15:39 UTC
3 points
149 comments1 min readLW link

Poli­tics Dis­cus­sion Thread Au­gust 2012

OrphanWilde1 Aug 2012 15:25 UTC
−4 points
167 comments1 min readLW link

Be­com­ing a gene ma­chine—what should change?

Delta1 Aug 2012 13:06 UTC
0 points
38 comments2 min readLW link

Thoughts on a pos­si­ble solu­tion to Pas­cal’s Mugging

Dolores19841 Aug 2012 12:32 UTC
4 points
40 comments5 min readLW link

Why AGI is ex­tremely likely to come be­fore FAI

skeptical_lurker1 Aug 2012 10:22 UTC
6 points
28 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Berkeley meetup: Board game night

Nisan1 Aug 2012 6:40 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Hot Air Doesn’t Disagree

MinibearRex1 Aug 2012 6:29 UTC
6 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Ad­vice please: Cog­ni­tive dis­tor­tion pre­vent­ing me from ac­com­plish­ing anything

abcd_z31 Jul 2012 23:12 UTC
10 points
30 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Machi­avelli in his­tor­i­cal context

Cyan31 Jul 2012 19:41 UTC
12 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

What is the Mantra of Polya?

Mark_Eichenlaub31 Jul 2012 17:49 UTC
9 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

AGI-12 con­fer­ence in Oxford in December

Stuart_Armstrong31 Jul 2012 10:38 UTC
6 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Always check your as­ser­tions… (Win­ning the Lot­tery)

brilee31 Jul 2012 10:32 UTC
7 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Utili­tar­i­anism Subreddit

Tuxedage31 Jul 2012 6:23 UTC
9 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : West LA Meetup

[deleted]31 Jul 2012 5:58 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : West LA Meetup

[deleted]31 Jul 2012 5:58 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] The Be­drock of Mo­ral­ity: Ar­bi­trary?

MinibearRex31 Jul 2012 3:45 UTC
6 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Cam­bridge (MA) Meetup

chronophasiac31 Jul 2012 1:01 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Cam­bridge (MA) Meetup

chronophasiac31 Jul 2012 0:58 UTC
−8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Cam­bridge (MA) Meetup

chronophasiac31 Jul 2012 0:58 UTC
11 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : Fort Col­lins, Colorado Meetup Thurs­day 7pm *New Place*

EvelynM31 Jul 2012 0:24 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Fort Col­lins, Colorado Meetup Thurs­day 7pm *New Place*

EvelynM31 Jul 2012 0:24 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Fort Col­lins, Colorado Meetup Thurs­day 7pm *New Place*

EvelynM31 Jul 2012 0:24 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Re­tracted] Simp­son’s para­dox strikes again: there is no great stag­na­tion?

CarlShulman30 Jul 2012 17:55 UTC
41 points
51 comments1 min readLW link

AI co­op­er­a­tion is already stud­ied in academia as “pro­gram equil­ibrium”

cousin_it30 Jul 2012 15:22 UTC
60 points
40 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Third Copen­hagen Meet-up.

[deleted]30 Jul 2012 14:40 UTC
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Brain struc­ture—scans re­veal an amaz­ingly reg­u­lar pattern

D_Alex30 Jul 2012 8:20 UTC
13 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Is Fair­ness Ar­bi­trary?

MinibearRex30 Jul 2012 5:47 UTC
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link