Vingean Reflec­tion: Reli­able Rea­son­ing for Self-Im­prov­ing Agents

So8resJan 15, 2015, 10:47 PM
37 points
5 comments9 min readLW link

Elon Musk donates $10M to the Fu­ture of Life In­sti­tute to keep AI benefi­cial

Paul CrowleyJan 15, 2015, 4:33 PM
78 points
52 comments1 min readLW link

Je suis Charlie

[deleted]Jan 15, 2015, 8:27 AM
−34 points
72 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Unconference

rocurleyJan 15, 2015, 6:31 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Can­berra: the He­donic Treadmill

DanielFilanJan 15, 2015, 4:02 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Lon­don So­cial Meetup, 18/​01/​2015

TenokeJan 14, 2015, 5:49 PM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Selfish prefer­ences and self-modification

ManfredJan 14, 2015, 8:42 AM
12 points
24 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Raleigh, NC (RTLW) Dis­cus­sion Meetup

therufsJan 14, 2015, 3:47 AM
5 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Quan­tum cat-sten­cil in­terfer­ence pro­jec­tion? What is this?

preJan 14, 2015, 12:06 AM
8 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

I’m the new moderator

NancyLebovitzJan 13, 2015, 11:21 PM
134 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

[meta] New LW mod­er­a­tor: NancyLebovitz

Viliam_BurJan 13, 2015, 9:41 PM
43 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Fun & Games

RobinZJan 13, 2015, 9:12 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Why you should con­sider buy­ing Bit­coin right now (Jan 2015) if you have high risk tolerance

AnderJan 13, 2015, 8:02 PM
8 points
139 comments8 min readLW link

Less ex­ploitable value-up­dat­ing agent

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 13, 2015, 5:19 PM
9 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Brus­sels Fe­bru­ary meetup: Words

RoxolanJan 13, 2015, 3:55 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

‘Dumb’ AI ob­serves and ma­nipu­lates controllers

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 13, 2015, 1:35 PM
51 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : MelbLW: Jan­uary So­cial Meetup

MelbourneLWJan 13, 2015, 9:38 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

LW-ish meetup in Boulder, CO

fowlertmJan 13, 2015, 5:23 AM
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Su­per­in­tel­li­gence 18: Life in an al­gorith­mic economy

KatjaGraceJan 13, 2015, 2:00 AM
10 points
52 comments6 min readLW link

How sub­jec­tive is at­trac­tive­ness?

JonahSJan 13, 2015, 12:04 AM
36 points
38 comments4 min readLW link

Eth­i­cal Diets

pcmJan 12, 2015, 11:38 PM
6 points
23 comments3 min readLW link

What top­ics are ap­pro­pri­ate for LessWrong?

togJan 12, 2015, 6:58 PM
12 points
107 comments1 min readLW link

Mis­ap­plied eco­nomics and over­wrought estimates

Timothy Telleen-LawtonJan 12, 2015, 5:10 PM
7 points
31 comments4 min readLW link

Open thread, Jan. 12 - Jan. 18, 2015

GondolinianJan 12, 2015, 12:39 AM
9 points
156 comments1 min readLW link

Re­search Pri­ori­ties for Ar­tifi­cial In­tel­li­gence: An Open Letter

jimrandomhJan 11, 2015, 7:52 PM
39 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

The guardian ar­ti­cle on longevity re­search [link]

ikeJan 11, 2015, 7:02 PM
12 points
27 comments1 min readLW link

Who are your fa­vorite “hid­den ra­tio­nal­ists”?

aarongertlerJan 11, 2015, 6:26 AM
25 points
43 comments2 min readLW link

How Is­lamic ter­ror­ists re­duced ter­ror­ism in the US

PhilGoetzJan 11, 2015, 5:19 AM
23 points
73 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : At­lanta Jan­uary Meetup: Bor­ing Ad­vice & Stupid Questions

alexdeweyJan 10, 2015, 8:04 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­is­ten­tial Risk and Ex­is­ten­tial Hope: Definitions

owencbJan 10, 2015, 7:09 PM
14 points
38 comments1 min readLW link

Pro­duc­tivity poll: how fre­quently do you think you *should* check email?

togJan 10, 2015, 4:36 PM
3 points
32 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Mon­treal Effec­tive Altru­ism: Global Poverty

bartimaeusJan 10, 2015, 3:38 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Less Wrong Is­rael Meetup: So­cial and Board Games

DanArmakJan 10, 2015, 9:48 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

“Evil” de­ci­sion prob­lems in prov­abil­ity logic

Benya_FallensteinJan 10, 2015, 1:04 AM
6 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

New LW Mee­tups: Paris, San Francisco

FrankAdamekJan 10, 2015, 12:01 AM
6 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Ex­plain­ing “map and ter­ri­tory” and “fun­da­men­tal at­tri­bu­tion er­ror” to a broad audience

Gleb_TsipurskyJan 9, 2015, 5:57 PM
10 points
13 comments4 min readLW link

Ques­tions of Rea­son­ing un­der Log­i­cal Uncertainty

So8resJan 9, 2015, 5:37 PM
29 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

Memes and Ra­tional Decisions

inferentialJan 9, 2015, 6:42 AM
35 points
18 comments10 min readLW link

The Im­por­tance of Sidekicks

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) 8 Jan 2015 23:21 UTC
247 points
209 comments5 min readLW link

Meetup : Moscow LW lec­ture cen­tre meetup: The New Foundation

Alexander2308 Jan 2015 20:07 UTC
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

2015 Re­pos­i­tory Reruns—Bor­ing Ad­vice Repository

TrE8 Jan 2015 18:00 UTC
24 points
80 comments1 min readLW link

con­trol­ling AI be­hav­ior through un­usual ax­io­matic probabilities

Florian_Dietz8 Jan 2015 17:00 UTC
5 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Pro­gram­ming-like ac­tivi­ties?

robot-dreams8 Jan 2015 0:37 UTC
11 points
77 comments1 min readLW link

Com­ments on “When Bayesian In­fer­ence Shat­ters”?

Crystalist7 Jan 2015 22:56 UTC
12 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

The de­cline of vi­o­lence as a lens for un­der­stand­ing effec­tive altruism

alwhite7 Jan 2015 17:16 UTC
8 points
33 comments1 min readLW link

Some re­cent ev­i­dence against the Big Bang

JStewart7 Jan 2015 5:06 UTC
10 points
66 comments3 min readLW link

Ex­ams and Overfitting

robot-dreams6 Jan 2015 19:35 UTC
17 points
47 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Brus­sels—Mind­ful­ness and men­tal habits

Roxolan6 Jan 2015 13:39 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Low Hang­ing fruit for buy­ing a bet­ter life

taryneast6 Jan 2015 10:11 UTC
38 points
208 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—How bad statis­tics can ruin your life

luminosity6 Jan 2015 7:49 UTC
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link