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How to make AIXI-tl incapable of learning
itaibn0
Jan 26, 2014, 11:57 PM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Volunteering programmer hours / discussing how to improve LessWrong’s software
ChrisHallquist
Jan 26, 2014, 10:47 PM
25
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Foundations of Probability
Manfred
Jan 26, 2014, 7:29 PM
19
points
19
comments
5
min read
LW
link
How to become a PC?
DataPacRat
Jan 26, 2014, 6:49 PM
22
points
138
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Productivity as a function of ability in theoretical fields
Stefan_Schubert
Jan 26, 2014, 1:16 PM
45
points
34
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Applying reinforcement learning theory to reduce felt temporal distance
Kaj_Sotala
Jan 26, 2014, 9:17 AM
19
points
6
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Open thread, January 25- February 1
NancyLebovitz
Jan 25, 2014, 2:52 PM
12
points
318
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Solomonoff induction without perfect memory
Squark
Jan 25, 2014, 11:55 AM
5
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington DC fun and games meetup
rocurley
Jan 25, 2014, 6:49 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Urbana-Champaign: Probability Discussion
Manfred
Jan 25, 2014, 3:16 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Can We Do Without Bridge Hypotheses?
Rob Bensinger
Jan 25, 2014, 12:50 AM
16
points
9
comments
3
min read
LW
link
How Not to Make Money
diegocaleiro
Jan 24, 2014, 8:36 PM
−7
points
18
comments
4
min read
LW
link
“A Definition of Subjective Probability” by Anscombe and Aumann
JonahS
Jan 24, 2014, 8:30 PM
14
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Gauging Interest: Santa Barbara, CA Meetup
TylerJay
Jan 24, 2014, 8:22 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
European Community Weekend in Berlin
blob
Jan 24, 2014, 5:55 PM
50
points
31
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Jan 24, 2014, 4:45 PM
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Community Weekend in Berlin
blob
Jan 24, 2014, 3:53 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What should superrational players do in asymmetric games?
badger
Jan 24, 2014, 7:42 AM
46
points
18
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Berkeley: Talk on communication
Nisan
Jan 24, 2014, 3:57 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Find a study partner
Mati_Roy
Jan 24, 2014, 2:27 AM
29
points
33
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Sydney Meetup: February
taryneast
Jan 24, 2014, 12:02 AM
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] YCombinator-Backed Non-Profit Startup Attempting HIV/AIDS Vaccine
Gavin
Jan 23, 2014, 6:58 PM
9
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Moscow, Another Meet up
Yuu
Jan 23, 2014, 6:23 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Plan while your ugh field is down
XFrequentist
Jan 23, 2014, 5:42 PM
33
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
An additional problem with Solomonoff induction
gedymin
Jan 22, 2014, 11:34 PM
3
points
51
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Polling Thread
Gunnar_Zarncke
Jan 22, 2014, 9:14 PM
17
points
120
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Frankfurt meetup
Kendra
Jan 22, 2014, 7:05 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Berkeley: Weekly goals
Nisan
Jan 22, 2014, 6:16 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Do we underuse the genetic heuristic?
Stefan_Schubert
Jan 22, 2014, 5:37 PM
9
points
18
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Atlanta Meetup, Topic: How to Become Immortal
Nova_Division
Jan 22, 2014, 5:00 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why are we not starting to map human values?
djm
Jan 22, 2014, 2:03 PM
6
points
29
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Studying and Part-time work/supplementary income
Goobahman
Jan 22, 2014, 2:22 AM
1
point
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Prescriptive vs. descriptive and objective vs. subjective definitions
PhilGoetz
Jan 21, 2014, 11:21 PM
8
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Meetup : First Meetup in Hamburg, Germany
Gunnar_Zarncke
Jan 21, 2014, 11:18 PM
5
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Decision Auctions aka “How to fairly assign chores, or decide who gets the last cookie”
daenerys
Jan 21, 2014, 9:13 PM
60
points
59
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Social meetup in Raleigh
evand
Jan 21, 2014, 2:27 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationalists Are Less Credulous But Better At Taking Ideas Seriously
Scott Alexander
Jan 21, 2014, 2:18 AM
108
points
287
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Propagandizing Meta-Ethics in an Essay Contest
[deleted]
Jan 20, 2014, 11:30 PM
2
points
10
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Someone who knows how, please fix the horribly broken open thread link.
Shmi
Jan 20, 2014, 9:16 PM
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[link] Why Self-Control Seems (but may not be) Limited
Kaj_Sotala
Jan 20, 2014, 4:55 PM
55
points
10
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Why don’t more rationalists start startups?
Adam Zerner
Jan 20, 2014, 7:29 AM
−7
points
99
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Lesswrong Boulder CO
yakurbe0112
Jan 20, 2014, 2:59 AM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Using vs. evaluating (or, Why I don’t come around here no more)
PhilGoetz
Jan 20, 2014, 2:36 AM
25
points
38
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Argue against yourself
Adam Zerner
Jan 20, 2014, 2:03 AM
−2
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Dealing with a Major Personal Crisis
Gunnar_Zarncke
Jan 20, 2014, 1:36 AM
26
points
59
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Book Review: How Learning Works
whales
Jan 19, 2014, 8:45 PM
56
points
16
comments
17
min read
LW
link
2013 Survey Results
Scott Alexander
19 Jan 2014 2:51 UTC
112
points
560
comments
19
min read
LW
link
Dark Arts of Rationality
So8res
19 Jan 2014 2:47 UTC
261
points
193
comments
18
min read
LW
link
Meetup : West LA: Surreal Numbers
Scott Garrabrant
18 Jan 2014 20:56 UTC
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Tell Culture
LoganStrohl
18 Jan 2014 20:13 UTC
274
points
229
comments
3
min read
LW
link
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