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Approval-directed agents
paulfchristiano
Dec 12, 2014, 10:38 PM
15
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Harper’s Magazine article on LW/MIRI/CFAR and Ethereum
gwern
Dec 12, 2014, 8:34 PM
76
points
154
comments
14
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Dec 12, 2014, 5:06 PM
4
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Beware The Man Of One Study
Scott Alexander
Dec 12, 2014, 9:04 AM
70
points
2
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Robin Hanson talking about Bias on Stossel tonight
buybuydandavis
Dec 12, 2014, 5:15 AM
7
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Tetlock’s “Expert Political Judgment”
RobinZ
Dec 12, 2014, 4:25 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What Peter Thiel thinks about AI risk
Dr_Manhattan
Dec 11, 2014, 9:22 PM
20
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Saint-Petersburg Meetup
LizzardWizzard
Dec 11, 2014, 12:48 PM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Make your own cost-effectiveness Fermi estimates for one-off problems
owencb
Dec 11, 2014, 12:00 PM
14
points
15
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Estimating the cost-effectiveness of research
owencb
Dec 11, 2014, 11:55 AM
33
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[link] Etzioni: AI will empower us, not exterminate us
SeekingEternity
Dec 11, 2014, 8:51 AM
7
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Cognitive distortions of founders
Dr_Manhattan
Dec 11, 2014, 3:19 AM
6
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Atlanta December Meetup—Game Night!
Adele_L
Dec 11, 2014, 2:56 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Lifehack Ideas December 2014
Gondolinian
Dec 10, 2014, 12:21 AM
11
points
44
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Limits of My Rationality
JoshuaMyer
Dec 9, 2014, 9:08 PM
8
points
54
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Feedback requested by Intentional Insights on workbook conveying rational thinking about meaning and purpose to a broad audience
Gleb_Tsipursky
Dec 9, 2014, 7:03 PM
9
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Israel Less Wrong Meetup—Social and Board Games
Anatoly_Vorobey
Dec 9, 2014, 1:42 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Does utilitarianism “require” extreme self sacrifice? If not why do people commonly say it does?
Princess_Stargirl
Dec 9, 2014, 8:32 AM
12
points
100
comments
1
min read
LW
link
An investment analogy for Pascal’s Mugging
[deleted]
Dec 9, 2014, 7:50 AM
9
points
36
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Superintelligence 13: Capability control methods
KatjaGrace
Dec 9, 2014, 2:00 AM
14
points
48
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Stupid Questions December 2014
Gondolinian
Dec 8, 2014, 3:39 PM
25
points
342
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] An exact mapping between the Variational Renormalization Group and Deep Learning]
Gunnar_Zarncke
Dec 8, 2014, 2:33 PM
11
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open thread, Dec. 8 - Dec. 15, 2014
Gondolinian
Dec 8, 2014, 12:06 AM
11
points
293
comments
1
min read
LW
link
PSA: Eugine_Nier evading ban?
Dahlen
Dec 7, 2014, 11:23 PM
27
points
70
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Moscow social meetup: codename “Order of Infrared Viola”
Alexander230
Dec 7, 2014, 10:30 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Story With Zombies
Scott Alexander
Dec 7, 2014, 8:11 PM
31
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
A bit of word-dissolving in political discussion
[deleted]
Dec 7, 2014, 5:05 PM
7
points
40
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Brussels—Hope & Self-improvement
Roxolan
Dec 7, 2014, 5:04 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Linked decisions an a “nice” solution for the Fermi paradox
Beluga
Dec 7, 2014, 2:58 PM
5
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : West LA—DUMP STAT
OpenThreadGuy
Dec 7, 2014, 5:32 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Moving towards the goal
So8res
Dec 7, 2014, 2:00 AM
16
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(mindingourway.com)
Meetup : Sydney Summer Solstice
luminosity
Dec 6, 2014, 11:37 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Eric S. Raymond—Me and Less Wrong
philh
Dec 5, 2014, 11:44 PM
36
points
39
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Dec 5, 2014, 9:20 PM
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[link] On the abundance of extraterrestrial life after the Kepler mission
Gunnar_Zarncke
Dec 5, 2014, 9:02 PM
11
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Editing meetups
luminosity
Dec 5, 2014, 9:51 AM
8
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Brains
RobinZ
Dec 5, 2014, 7:56 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Could you be Prof Nick Bostrom’s sidekick?
RobertWiblin
Dec 5, 2014, 1:09 AM
78
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Toronto EA meetup
Giles
Dec 4, 2014, 8:19 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : LW Copenhagen: December Meetup
Ruby
Dec 4, 2014, 5:25 PM
2
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Potential vs already existent people and aggregation
Stuart_Armstrong
Dec 4, 2014, 1:38 PM
6
points
21
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Where is the line between being a good child and taking care of oneself?
jkadlubo
Dec 4, 2014, 7:26 AM
21
points
54
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes December 2014
Salemicus
Dec 3, 2014, 10:33 PM
10
points
447
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Bay Area Solstice
Alex_Altair
Dec 3, 2014, 10:33 PM
29
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Good things to have learned....
NancyLebovitz
Dec 3, 2014, 7:29 PM
23
points
56
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Autonomy, utility, and desire; against consequentialism in AI design
sbenthall
Dec 3, 2014, 5:34 PM
7
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Link: LessWrong and AI risk mentioned in a Business Insider Article
James_Miller
Dec 3, 2014, 5:13 PM
16
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A hypothetical question for investors
bokov
Dec 3, 2014, 4:39 PM
4
points
34
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : December Rationality Dojo—Online Communication: Conveying Ideas Effectively
MelbourneLW
3 Dec 2014 11:49 UTC
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Canberra: End of year party
DanielFilan
3 Dec 2014 11:49 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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