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

MrMindOct 12, 2015, 6:57 AM
8 points
252 comments1 min readLW link

Sub­se­quence In­duc­tion (draft)

Scott GarrabrantOct 12, 2015, 6:19 AM
4 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Gen­eral buy­ing con­sid­er­a­tions?

EloOct 12, 2015, 5:18 AM
10 points
20 comments5 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Fermi Estimates

rocurleyOct 12, 2015, 3:20 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Cloth­ing is Hard (A Brief Ad­ven­ture into my Ineffi­cient Brain)

k_ebelOct 12, 2015, 1:44 AM
−5 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Read­ing Weekly Meetups

ActyOct 12, 2015, 12:11 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Un­bounded lin­ear util­ity func­tions?

snarlesOct 11, 2015, 11:30 PM
0 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Si­mu­la­tions Map: what is the most prob­a­ble type of the simu­la­tion in which we live?

turchinOct 11, 2015, 5:10 AM
10 points
47 comments7 min readLW link

Sim­ply lo­cate yourself

So8resOct 11, 2015, 3:00 AM
17 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

Con­flict­ing ad­vice on altruism

leplenOct 11, 2015, 12:25 AM
7 points
3 comments7 min readLW link

Au­mann Agree­ment Game

abramdemskiOct 9, 2015, 5:14 PM
32 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

New LW Mee­tups: Read­ing, Stock­holm, and Suzhou

FrankAdamekOct 9, 2015, 4:11 PM
3 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Chat­bots or set an­swers, not WBEs

Stuart_ArmstrongOct 9, 2015, 3:48 PM
2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Toy model for wire-head­ing [EDIT: re­moved for im­prove­ment]

Stuart_ArmstrongOct 9, 2015, 3:45 PM
5 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

A toy model of the con­trol problem

Stuart_ArmstrongOct 9, 2015, 3:31 PM
0 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

How the vir­tual AI con­trols itself

Stuart_ArmstrongOct 9, 2015, 3:05 PM
0 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Philo­soph­i­cal schools are ap­proaches not positions

casebashOct 9, 2015, 9:46 AM
4 points
41 comments3 min readLW link

Emo­tional tools for the be­gin­ner rationalist

Gleb_TsipurskyOct 9, 2015, 5:01 AM
6 points
43 comments2 min readLW link

[Link] Stephen Hawk­ing AMA answers

NoSignalNoNoiseOct 8, 2015, 11:13 PM
12 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Fic­tion Con­sid­ered Harmful

abramdemskiOct 8, 2015, 6:34 PM
9 points
82 comments2 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Read­ing Group: Part K: Let­ting Go

Gram_StoneOct 8, 2015, 2:32 AM
8 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

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

RobinZOct 7, 2015, 4:49 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Group Ra­tion­al­ity Diary, Oct. 6-18, 2015

polymathwannabeOct 6, 2015, 11:23 PM
6 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

Crazy Ideas Thread—Oc­to­ber 2015

Gunnar_ZarnckeOct 6, 2015, 10:38 PM
10 points
115 comments1 min readLW link

Why the Mod­ified Dem­ski Prior is bet­ter than the original

Scott GarrabrantOct 6, 2015, 6:50 PM
5 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Op­ti­mal pre­dic­tors for global prob­a­bil­ity measures

Vanessa KosoyOct 6, 2015, 5:40 PM
0 points
0 comments11 min readLW link

Meetup : Less Wrong NH Meet-up

TukOct 6, 2015, 3:39 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : LessWrong Sao Paulo

leohmarrudaOct 6, 2015, 1:54 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

A few mis­con­cep­tions sur­round­ing Roko’s basilisk

Rob BensingerOct 5, 2015, 9:23 PM
92 points
135 comments5 min readLW link

How could one (and should one) con­vert some­one from pseu­do­science?

Vilx-Oct 5, 2015, 11:53 AM
14 points
54 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread, Oct. 5 - Oct. 11, 2015

MrMindOct 5, 2015, 6:50 AM
11 points
348 comments1 min readLW link

The Bayes Score Meliorizer

Scott GarrabrantOct 5, 2015, 5:50 AM
2 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Log­i­cal pre­dic­tors can­not dom­i­nate their own com­plex­ity class

Scott GarrabrantOct 5, 2015, 4:45 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

De­tach the grim-o-meter

So8resOct 5, 2015, 3:00 AM
30 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

Log­i­cal coun­ter­fac­tu­als us­ing op­ti­mal pre­dic­tor schemes

Vanessa KosoyOct 4, 2015, 7:48 PM
0 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Tet­lock on the power of pre­cise pre­dic­tions to counter poli­ti­cal polarization

Stefan_SchubertOct 4, 2015, 3:19 PM
10 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

De­liber­ate Grad School

AcademianOct 4, 2015, 10:11 AM
38 points
155 comments3 min readLW link

Two Ques­tions about Solomonoff Induction

Scott GarrabrantOct 4, 2015, 5:15 AM
3 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Projects

rocurleyOct 4, 2015, 3:27 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Meetup : Turku Meetup—Cri­tique to­wards Less Wrong and MIRI

[deleted]Oct 3, 2015, 6:11 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Cardinality

jimrandomhOct 3, 2015, 3:54 PM
30 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

What’s log­i­cal co­her­ence for any­way?

PedroCarvalhoOct 3, 2015, 2:07 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(rationalistramble.wordpress.com)

Monthly Brag­ging Thread Oc­to­ber 2015

elharoOct 3, 2015, 1:27 PM
4 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes Thread Oc­to­ber 2015

elharoOct 3, 2015, 1:23 PM
6 points
272 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­per­i­ment: Chang­ing minds vs. preach­ing to the choir

cleonidOct 3, 2015, 11:27 AM
19 points
14 comments2 min readLW link

Digi­tal Im­mor­tal­ity Map: How to col­lect enough in­for­ma­tion about your­self for fu­ture re­s­ur­rec­tion by AI

turchinOct 2, 2015, 10:21 PM
10 points
33 comments3 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekOct 2, 2015, 4:22 PM
6 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Donna Capsella and the four ap­pli­cants, pt.1

[deleted]Oct 2, 2015, 2:15 PM
2 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

Con­ser­va­tive classifiers

jessicataOct 2, 2015, 3:56 AM
3 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

Two Growth Curves

AnnaSalamonOct 2, 2015, 12:59 AM
62 points
13 comments1 min readLW link