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Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Fun & Games
RobinZ
Nov 20, 2014, 11:15 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Irrationalism on Campus?
HalMorris
Nov 20, 2014, 7:17 PM
−1
points
43
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What do you mean by Pascal’s mugging?
XiXiDu
Nov 20, 2014, 4:38 PM
10
points
24
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Link: Simulating C. Elegans
Sniffnoy
Nov 20, 2014, 9:30 AM
22
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : London social meetup in my flat
philh
Nov 19, 2014, 11:55 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Centre for Effective Altruism is hiring to fill five roles in research, operations and outreach
RobertWiblin
Nov 19, 2014, 10:41 PM
15
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Bayes Academy: Development report 1
Kaj_Sotala
Nov 19, 2014, 10:35 PM
68
points
28
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Moscow Meetup: Codename Bilderberg
Alexander230
Nov 19, 2014, 9:34 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
I Want To Believe: Rational Edition
27chaos
Nov 18, 2014, 8:00 PM
4
points
27
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Saint Petersburg, Russia meetup: “Low hanging fruit”
efim
Nov 18, 2014, 6:44 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : MelbLW: November Social Meetup
MelbourneLW
Nov 18, 2014, 12:37 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Chalmers on Computation: A first step From Physics to Metaethics?
john_ku
Nov 18, 2014, 10:39 AM
1
point
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Financial Effectiveness Repository
Gunnar_Zarncke
Nov 18, 2014, 9:57 AM
7
points
62
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Superintelligence 10: Instrumentally convergent goals
KatjaGrace
Nov 18, 2014, 2:00 AM
13
points
33
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Neo-reactionaries, why are you neo-reactionary?
Capla
Nov 17, 2014, 10:31 PM
4
points
621
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Is this dark arts and if it, is it justified?
Gleb_Tsipursky
Nov 17, 2014, 7:00 PM
4
points
41
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Stable self-improvement as a research problem
paulfchristiano
Nov 17, 2014, 5:51 PM
8
points
7
comments
7
min read
LW
link
AI caught by a module that counterfactually doesn’t exist
Stuart_Armstrong
Nov 17, 2014, 5:49 PM
19
points
22
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Can science come to understand consciousness? A problem of philosophical zombies (Yes, I know, P-zombies again.)
Capla
Nov 17, 2014, 5:06 PM
4
points
41
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Systemic risk: a moral tale of ten insurance companies
Stuart_Armstrong
Nov 17, 2014, 4:43 PM
37
points
18
comments
2
min read
LW
link
I just increased my Altruistic Effectiveness and you should too
AABoyles
Nov 17, 2014, 3:45 PM
17
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Lying in negotiations: a maximally bad problem
Stuart_Armstrong
Nov 17, 2014, 3:17 PM
22
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Open thread, Nov. 17 - Nov. 23, 2014
MrMind
Nov 17, 2014, 8:25 AM
6
points
329
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Musk on AGI Timeframes
Artaxerxes
Nov 17, 2014, 1:36 AM
46
points
72
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Approximability
abramdemski
Nov 17, 2014, 12:41 AM
3
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : MIRIxAtlanta—MIRI Research Guide + Corrigibility
Adele_L
Nov 16, 2014, 10:34 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Group Rationality Diary, November 16-30
therufs
Nov 16, 2014, 9:16 PM
5
points
40
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Agency and Life Domains
Gleb_Tsipursky
Nov 16, 2014, 1:38 AM
8
points
68
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Toronto: making hard decisions
Giles
Nov 15, 2014, 11:41 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How to build the skill and the habit of experimentation?
Capla
Nov 15, 2014, 4:08 PM
7
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Belief Chains
ShannonFriedman
Nov 15, 2014, 11:09 AM
13
points
13
comments
11
min read
LW
link
My new paper: Concept learning for safe autonomous AI
Kaj_Sotala
Nov 15, 2014, 7:17 AM
26
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Topological truth predicates: Towards a model of perfect Bayesian agents
Benya_Fallenstein
Nov 15, 2014, 6:39 AM
14
points
8
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Oracle machines instead of topological truth predicates
Benya_Fallenstein
Nov 15, 2014, 6:39 AM
2
points
13
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Simplicity priors with reflective oracles
Benya_Fallenstein
Nov 15, 2014, 6:39 AM
1
point
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
A primer on provability logic
Benya_Fallenstein
Nov 15, 2014, 6:39 AM
8
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Main vs. Discussion
Benya_Fallenstein
Nov 15, 2014, 6:38 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
An optimality result for modal UDT
Benya_Fallenstein
Nov 15, 2014, 6:38 AM
11
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Main vs. Discussion
Benya_Fallenstein
Nov 15, 2014, 6:35 AM
0
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Predictors that don’t try to manipulate you(?)
Benya_Fallenstein
Nov 15, 2014, 5:53 AM
3
points
1
comment
7
min read
LW
link
Dumbing Down Human Values
leplen
Nov 15, 2014, 2:53 AM
5
points
6
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Optimizing ways to convey rational thinking strategies to broad audience
Gleb_Tsipursky
Nov 15, 2014, 1:37 AM
9
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Nov 14, 2014, 4:49 PM
4
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : A Rationalist’s Guide to Strength (Vienna)
AnnaLeptikon
Nov 14, 2014, 10:52 AM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Rationality Weekend Vienna
AnnaLeptikon
Nov 14, 2014, 10:43 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : West LA: Linguistic Relativity
abramdemski
14 Nov 2014 9:46 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: To-Do List Hacking
RobinZ
14 Nov 2014 8:27 UTC
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Physics-based anthropics?
Brian_Tomasik
14 Nov 2014 7:02 UTC
8
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The “best” mathematically-informed topics?
Capla
14 Nov 2014 3:39 UTC
24
points
113
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The best mathematically-informed topics
Capla
14 Nov 2014 3:38 UTC
1
point
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
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