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Au­gust 2012 Me­dia Thread

RobertLumleyAug 1, 2012, 6:29 PM
7 points
56 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread, Au­gust 1-15, 2012

OpenThreadGuyAug 1, 2012, 3:39 PM
3 points
149 comments1 min readLW link

Poli­tics Dis­cus­sion Thread Au­gust 2012

OrphanWildeAug 1, 2012, 3:25 PM
−4 points
167 comments1 min readLW link

Be­com­ing a gene ma­chine—what should change?

DeltaAug 1, 2012, 1:06 PM
0 points
38 comments2 min readLW link

Thoughts on a pos­si­ble solu­tion to Pas­cal’s Mugging

Dolores1984Aug 1, 2012, 12:32 PM
4 points
40 comments5 min readLW link

Why AGI is ex­tremely likely to come be­fore FAI

skeptical_lurkerAug 1, 2012, 10:22 AM
6 points
28 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Berkeley meetup: Board game night

NisanAug 1, 2012, 6:40 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Hot Air Doesn’t Disagree

MinibearRexAug 1, 2012, 6:29 AM
6 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Ad­vice please: Cog­ni­tive dis­tor­tion pre­vent­ing me from ac­com­plish­ing anything

abcd_zJul 31, 2012, 11:12 PM
10 points
30 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Machi­avelli in his­tor­i­cal context

CyanJul 31, 2012, 7:41 PM
12 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

What is the Mantra of Polya?

Mark_EichenlaubJul 31, 2012, 5:49 PM
9 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

AGI-12 con­fer­ence in Oxford in December

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 31, 2012, 10:38 AM
6 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Always check your as­ser­tions… (Win­ning the Lot­tery)

brileeJul 31, 2012, 10:32 AM
7 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Utili­tar­i­anism Subreddit

TuxedageJul 31, 2012, 6:23 AM
9 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : West LA Meetup

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

Meetup : West LA Meetup

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

[SEQ RERUN] The Be­drock of Mo­ral­ity: Ar­bi­trary?

MinibearRexJul 31, 2012, 3:45 AM
6 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Cam­bridge (MA) Meetup

chronophasiacJul 31, 2012, 1:01 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Cam­bridge (MA) Meetup

chronophasiacJul 31, 2012, 12:58 AM
−8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Cam­bridge (MA) Meetup

chronophasiacJul 31, 2012, 12:58 AM
11 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

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

EvelynMJul 31, 2012, 12:24 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

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

EvelynMJul 31, 2012, 12:24 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

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

EvelynMJul 31, 2012, 12:24 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

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

CarlShulmanJul 30, 2012, 5:55 PM
41 points
51 comments1 min readLW link

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

cousin_itJul 30, 2012, 3:22 PM
60 points
40 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Third Copen­hagen Meet-up.

[deleted]Jul 30, 2012, 2:40 PM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Brain struc­ture—scans re­veal an amaz­ingly reg­u­lar pattern

D_AlexJul 30, 2012, 8:20 AM
13 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Is Fair­ness Ar­bi­trary?

MinibearRexJul 30, 2012, 5:47 AM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Why prison doesn’t work and what to do about it

mesilliacJul 30, 2012, 5:30 AM
16 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

Re­spon­si­bil­ity and clicking

KatjaGraceJul 29, 2012, 10:15 PM
2 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Frag­mented sta­tus doesn’t help

KatjaGraceJul 29, 2012, 10:13 PM
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link

Why space stopped cap­ti­vat­ing minds ?

kilobugJul 29, 2012, 9:58 AM
15 points
55 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] “Ar­bi­trary”

MinibearRexJul 29, 2012, 6:19 AM
6 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

dis­count­ing on the radio

jdinkumJul 29, 2012, 5:24 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Ap­pli­ca­tions Closed] The Sin­gu­lar­ity In­sti­tute is hiring re­mote LaTeX editors

MaloJul 29, 2012, 12:27 AM
12 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

Re­in­force­ment Learn­ing: A Non-Stan­dard In­tro­duc­tion (Part 1)

royfJul 29, 2012, 12:13 AM
33 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

The Paper­clip [Link]

HumanFleshJul 28, 2012, 9:14 AM
−16 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Ab­stracted Ideal­ized Dynamics

MinibearRexJul 28, 2012, 6:34 AM
7 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Any­one at Otakon?

CruxJul 28, 2012, 12:10 AM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Notes on the Psy­chol­ogy of Power

gwernJul 27, 2012, 7:22 PM
61 points
49 comments40 min readLW link

Is Poli­tics the Mind­kil­ler? An In­con­clu­sive Test

OrphanWildeJul 27, 2012, 5:45 PM
19 points
277 comments2 min readLW link

Weekly LW Mee­tups: Madi­son, NYC, Ohio, Wash­ing­ton DC

FrankAdamekJul 27, 2012, 2:24 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Mo­ral Er­ror and Mo­ral Disagreement

MinibearRexJul 27, 2012, 5:49 AM
6 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

The Crim­i­nal Stu­pidity of In­tel­li­gent Peo­ple

fareJul 27, 2012, 4:08 AM
−23 points
52 comments7 min readLW link

Zero-sum con­ver­sion: a cute trick for de­ci­sion problems

ManfredJul 26, 2012, 9:36 PM
14 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

Many-wor­lds im­plies the fu­ture mat­ters more

jefftkJul 26, 2012, 12:09 PM
−10 points
47 comments1 min readLW link

What are the bound­aries?

StabilizerJul 26, 2012, 8:15 AM
−1 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

The Mere Cable Chan­nel Ad­di­tion Paradox

GhatanathoahJul 26, 2012, 7:20 AM
100 points
147 comments12 min readLW link

[SEQ RERUN] Sort­ing Peb­bles Into Cor­rect Heaps

MinibearRexJul 26, 2012, 5:39 AM
8 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Neu­ro­science ba­sics for LessWrongians

ChrisHallquistJul 26, 2012, 5:10 AM
129 points
102 comments13 min readLW link