Ap­proval-di­rected agents

paulfchristianoDec 12, 2014, 10:38 PM
15 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

Harper’s Magaz­ine ar­ti­cle on LW/​MIRI/​CFAR and Ethereum

gwernDec 12, 2014, 8:34 PM
76 points
154 comments14 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekDec 12, 2014, 5:06 PM
4 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Be­ware The Man Of One Study

Scott AlexanderDec 12, 2014, 9:04 AM
70 points
2 comments8 min readLW link

Robin Han­son talk­ing about Bias on Stos­sel tonight

buybuydandavisDec 12, 2014, 5:15 AM
7 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Tet­lock’s “Ex­pert Poli­ti­cal Judg­ment”

RobinZDec 12, 2014, 4:25 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

What Peter Thiel thinks about AI risk

Dr_ManhattanDec 11, 2014, 9:22 PM
20 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Saint-Peters­burg Meetup

LizzardWizzardDec 11, 2014, 12:48 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Make your own cost-effec­tive­ness Fermi es­ti­mates for one-off problems

owencbDec 11, 2014, 12:00 PM
14 points
15 comments3 min readLW link

Es­ti­mat­ing the cost-effec­tive­ness of research

owencbDec 11, 2014, 11:55 AM
33 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

[link] Etz­ioni: AI will em­power us, not ex­ter­mi­nate us

SeekingEternityDec 11, 2014, 8:51 AM
7 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Cog­ni­tive dis­tor­tions of founders

Dr_ManhattanDec 11, 2014, 3:19 AM
6 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : At­lanta De­cem­ber Meetup—Game Night!

Adele_LDec 11, 2014, 2:56 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Life­hack Ideas De­cem­ber 2014

GondolinianDec 10, 2014, 12:21 AM
11 points
44 comments1 min readLW link

The Limits of My Rationality

JoshuaMyerDec 9, 2014, 9:08 PM
8 points
54 comments6 min readLW link

Feed­back re­quested by In­ten­tional In­sights on work­book con­vey­ing ra­tio­nal think­ing about mean­ing and pur­pose to a broad audience

Gleb_TsipurskyDec 9, 2014, 7:03 PM
9 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Is­rael Less Wrong Meetup—So­cial and Board Games

Anatoly_VorobeyDec 9, 2014, 1:42 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Does util­i­tar­i­anism “re­quire” ex­treme self sac­ri­fice? If not why do peo­ple com­monly say it does?

Princess_StargirlDec 9, 2014, 8:32 AM
12 points
100 comments1 min readLW link

An in­vest­ment anal­ogy for Pas­cal’s Mugging

[deleted]Dec 9, 2014, 7:50 AM
9 points
36 comments1 min readLW link

Su­per­in­tel­li­gence 13: Ca­pa­bil­ity con­trol methods

KatjaGraceDec 9, 2014, 2:00 AM
14 points
48 comments6 min readLW link

Stupid Ques­tions De­cem­ber 2014

GondolinianDec 8, 2014, 3:39 PM
25 points
342 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] An ex­act map­ping be­tween the Vari­a­tional Renor­mal­iza­tion Group and Deep Learn­ing]

Gunnar_ZarnckeDec 8, 2014, 2:33 PM
11 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread, Dec. 8 - Dec. 15, 2014

GondolinianDec 8, 2014, 12:06 AM
11 points
293 comments1 min readLW link

PSA: Eug­ine_Nier evad­ing ban?

DahlenDec 7, 2014, 11:23 PM
27 points
70 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Moscow so­cial meetup: co­de­name “Order of In­frared Viola”

Alexander230Dec 7, 2014, 10:30 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

A Story With Zombies

Scott AlexanderDec 7, 2014, 8:11 PM
31 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

A bit of word-dis­solv­ing in poli­ti­cal discussion

[deleted]Dec 7, 2014, 5:05 PM
7 points
40 comments8 min readLW link

Meetup : Brus­sels—Hope & Self-improvement

RoxolanDec 7, 2014, 5:04 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Linked de­ci­sions an a “nice” solu­tion for the Fermi paradox

BelugaDec 7, 2014, 2:58 PM
5 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : West LA—DUMP STAT

OpenThreadGuyDec 7, 2014, 5:32 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Mov­ing to­wards the goal

So8resDec 7, 2014, 2:00 AM
16 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

Meetup : Syd­ney Sum­mer Solstice

luminosityDec 6, 2014, 11:37 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Eric S. Ray­mond—Me and Less Wrong

philhDec 5, 2014, 11:44 PM
36 points
39 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekDec 5, 2014, 9:20 PM
3 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

[link] On the abun­dance of ex­trater­res­trial life af­ter the Ke­pler mission

Gunnar_ZarnckeDec 5, 2014, 9:02 PM
11 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Edit­ing meetups

luminosityDec 5, 2014, 9:51 AM
8 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Brains

RobinZDec 5, 2014, 7:56 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Could you be Prof Nick Bostrom’s side­kick?

RobertWiblinDec 5, 2014, 1:09 AM
78 points
47 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Toronto EA meetup

GilesDec 4, 2014, 8:19 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : LW Copen­hagen: De­cem­ber Meetup

RubyDec 4, 2014, 5:25 PM
2 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Po­ten­tial vs already ex­is­tent peo­ple and aggregation

Stuart_ArmstrongDec 4, 2014, 1:38 PM
6 points
21 comments2 min readLW link

Where is the line be­tween be­ing a good child and tak­ing care of one­self?

jkadluboDec 4, 2014, 7:26 AM
21 points
54 comments4 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes De­cem­ber 2014

SalemicusDec 3, 2014, 10:33 PM
10 points
447 comments1 min readLW link

The Bay Area Solstice

Alex_AltairDec 3, 2014, 10:33 PM
29 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Good things to have learned....

NancyLebovitzDec 3, 2014, 7:29 PM
23 points
56 comments1 min readLW link

Au­ton­omy, util­ity, and de­sire; against con­se­quen­tial­ism in AI design

sbenthallDec 3, 2014, 5:34 PM
7 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

Link: LessWrong and AI risk men­tioned in a Busi­ness In­sider Article

James_MillerDec 3, 2014, 5:13 PM
16 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

A hy­po­thet­i­cal ques­tion for in­vestors

bokovDec 3, 2014, 4:39 PM
4 points
34 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : De­cem­ber Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—On­line Com­mu­ni­ca­tion: Con­vey­ing Ideas Effectively

MelbourneLW3 Dec 2014 11:49 UTC
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : Can­berra: End of year party

DanielFilan3 Dec 2014 11:49 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link