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Unbounded linear utility functions?
snarles
Oct 11, 2015, 11:30 PM
0
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Simulations Map: what is the most probable type of the simulation in which we live?
turchin
Oct 11, 2015, 5:10 AM
10
points
47
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Simply locate yourself
So8res
Oct 11, 2015, 3:00 AM
17
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(mindingourway.com)
Conflicting advice on altruism
leplen
Oct 11, 2015, 12:25 AM
7
points
3
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Aumann Agreement Game
abramdemski
Oct 9, 2015, 5:14 PM
32
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
New LW Meetups: Reading, Stockholm, and Suzhou
FrankAdamek
Oct 9, 2015, 4:11 PM
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Chatbots or set answers, not WBEs
Stuart_Armstrong
Oct 9, 2015, 3:48 PM
2
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Toy model for wire-heading [EDIT: removed for improvement]
Stuart_Armstrong
Oct 9, 2015, 3:45 PM
5
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
A toy model of the control problem
Stuart_Armstrong
Oct 9, 2015, 3:31 PM
0
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
How the virtual AI controls itself
Stuart_Armstrong
Oct 9, 2015, 3:05 PM
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Philosophical schools are approaches not positions
casebash
Oct 9, 2015, 9:46 AM
4
points
41
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Emotional tools for the beginner rationalist
Gleb_Tsipursky
Oct 9, 2015, 5:01 AM
6
points
43
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Link] Stephen Hawking AMA answers
NoSignalNoNoise
Oct 8, 2015, 11:13 PM
12
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Fiction Considered Harmful
abramdemski
Oct 8, 2015, 6:34 PM
9
points
82
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Rationality Reading Group: Part K: Letting Go
Gram_Stone
Oct 8, 2015, 2:32 AM
8
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Fun & Games
RobinZ
Oct 7, 2015, 4:49 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Group Rationality Diary, Oct. 6-18, 2015
polymathwannabe
Oct 6, 2015, 11:23 PM
6
points
26
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Crazy Ideas Thread—October 2015
Gunnar_Zarncke
Oct 6, 2015, 10:38 PM
10
points
115
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why the Modified Demski Prior is better than the original
Scott Garrabrant
Oct 6, 2015, 6:50 PM
5
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Optimal predictors for global probability measures
Vanessa Kosoy
Oct 6, 2015, 5:40 PM
0
points
0
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Less Wrong NH Meet-up
Tuk
Oct 6, 2015, 3:39 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : LessWrong Sao Paulo
leohmarruda
Oct 6, 2015, 1:54 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A few misconceptions surrounding Roko’s basilisk
Rob Bensinger
Oct 5, 2015, 9:23 PM
92
points
135
comments
5
min read
LW
link
How could one (and should one) convert someone from pseudoscience?
Vilx-
Oct 5, 2015, 11:53 AM
14
points
54
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open thread, Oct. 5 - Oct. 11, 2015
MrMind
Oct 5, 2015, 6:50 AM
11
points
348
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Bayes Score Meliorizer
Scott Garrabrant
Oct 5, 2015, 5:50 AM
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Logical predictors cannot dominate their own complexity class
Scott Garrabrant
Oct 5, 2015, 4:45 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Detach the grim-o-meter
So8res
Oct 5, 2015, 3:00 AM
30
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(mindingourway.com)
Logical counterfactuals using optimal predictor schemes
Vanessa Kosoy
Oct 4, 2015, 7:48 PM
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Tetlock on the power of precise predictions to counter political polarization
Stefan_Schubert
Oct 4, 2015, 3:19 PM
10
points
7
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Deliberate Grad School
Academian
Oct 4, 2015, 10:11 AM
38
points
155
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Two Questions about Solomonoff Induction
Scott Garrabrant
Oct 4, 2015, 5:15 AM
3
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Projects
rocurley
Oct 4, 2015, 3:27 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Meetup : Turku Meetup—Critique towards Less Wrong and MIRI
[deleted]
Oct 3, 2015, 6:11 PM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Cardinality
jimrandomh
Oct 3, 2015, 3:54 PM
30
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What’s logical coherence for anyway?
PedroCarvalho
Oct 3, 2015, 2:07 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(rationalistramble.wordpress.com)
Monthly Bragging Thread October 2015
elharo
Oct 3, 2015, 1:27 PM
4
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes Thread October 2015
elharo
Oct 3, 2015, 1:23 PM
6
points
272
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Experiment: Changing minds vs. preaching to the choir
cleonid
Oct 3, 2015, 11:27 AM
19
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Digital Immortality Map: How to collect enough information about yourself for future resurrection by AI
turchin
Oct 2, 2015, 10:21 PM
10
points
33
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Oct 2, 2015, 4:22 PM
6
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Donna Capsella and the four applicants, pt.1
[deleted]
Oct 2, 2015, 2:15 PM
2
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Conservative classifiers
jessicata
Oct 2, 2015, 3:56 AM
3
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Two Growth Curves
AnnaSalamon
Oct 2, 2015, 12:59 AM
62
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Antonio Meetup—Discussion
Bryan-san
Oct 1, 2015, 11:55 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
October 2015 Media Thread
ArisKatsaris
Oct 1, 2015, 10:17 PM
7
points
47
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Polling Thread—Tutorial
Gunnar_Zarncke
Oct 1, 2015, 9:47 PM
9
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Tel Aviv: Hardware Verification and FAI
Squark
Oct 1, 2015, 9:00 PM
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Differential Technology Development—Some Early Thinking
[deleted]
Oct 1, 2015, 2:08 AM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Two-Update Problem, Part 3
abramdemski
Sep 30, 2015, 9:52 PM
1
point
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
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