The Parable Of The Talents

Scott AlexanderJan 31, 2015, 9:44 PM
52 points
9 comments20 min readLW link

My Skepticism

G0W51Jan 31, 2015, 2:00 AM
3 points
100 comments1 min readLW link

Up­date: A failed at­tempt at ra­tio­nal­ity testing

SilentCalJan 30, 2015, 10:43 PM
−12 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

New LW Meetup: Prague

FrankAdamekJan 30, 2015, 5:20 PM
4 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Is there a ra­tio­nal­ist skill tree yet?

fowlertmJan 30, 2015, 4:02 PM
22 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

The Value Learn­ing Problem

So8resJan 29, 2015, 6:23 PM
24 points
37 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Reg­u­lar Moscow meetup: self-es­teem in CBT, psy­chol­in­guis­tics, philos­o­phy of mind

Slava MatyukhinJan 29, 2015, 11:20 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK] The P + ep­silon At­tack (Precom­mit­ment in cryp­toe­co­nomics)

DanielVargaJan 29, 2015, 2:02 AM
32 points
22 comments2 min readLW link

Harry Pot­ter and the Meth­ods of Ra­tion­al­ity dis­cus­sion thread, Jan­uary 2015, chap­ter 103

b_senJan 29, 2015, 1:44 AM
8 points
173 comments1 min readLW link

(mis­lead­ing ti­tle re­moved)

The_Jaded_OneJan 28, 2015, 11:00 PM
−5 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : Meet Up: West LA—BayesCon

AvivaLasVegasJan 28, 2015, 9:07 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Perfor­mance of Masculinity

RobinZJan 28, 2015, 4:39 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] - Policy Challenges of Ac­cel­er­at­ing Tech­nolog­i­cal Change: Se­cu­rity Policy and Strat­egy Im­pli­ca­tions of Par­allel Scien­tific Revolutions

plexJan 28, 2015, 3:29 PM
7 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Ra­tion­al­ity Meetup Vienna

AnnaLeptikonJan 28, 2015, 1:59 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[link] Speed is the New Intelligence

Gunnar_ZarnckeJan 28, 2015, 11:11 AM
21 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Does the Utility Func­tion Halt?

OrphanWildeJan 28, 2015, 4:08 AM
5 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

I tried my hard­est to win in an AI box ex­per­i­ment, and I failed. Here are the logs.

[deleted]Jan 27, 2015, 10:06 PM
7 points
28 comments32 min readLW link

CFAR fundraiser far from filled; 4 days remaining

AnnaSalamonJan 27, 2015, 7:26 AM
69 points
48 comments1 min readLW link

A Ba­sic Prob­lem of Ethics: Panpsy­chism?

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Jan 27, 2015, 6:27 AM
−5 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Tel Aviv Meetup

BenjaminFoxJan 27, 2015, 5:50 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

A Some­what Vague Pro­posal for Ground­ing Ethics in Physics

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)Jan 27, 2015, 5:45 AM
−3 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Donate to Keep Char­ity Science Running

Peter WildefordJan 27, 2015, 2:45 AM
21 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Su­per­in­tel­li­gence 20: The value-load­ing problem

KatjaGraceJan 27, 2015, 2:00 AM
8 points
21 comments6 min readLW link

Pre­dic­tion Mar­kets are Con­founded—Im­pli­ca­tions for the fea­si­bil­ity of Futarchy

Anders_HJan 26, 2015, 10:39 PM
28 points
43 comments5 min readLW link

Im­mor­tal­ity: A Prac­ti­cal Guide

G0W51Jan 26, 2015, 4:17 PM
53 points
62 comments36 min readLW link

Open thread, Jan. 26 - Feb. 1, 2015

GondolinianJan 26, 2015, 12:46 AM
10 points
432 comments1 min readLW link

What are the re­s­olu­tion limits of med­i­cal imag­ing?

ogeJan 25, 2015, 10:57 PM
11 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Lon­don So­cial—Time and Space—Fe­bru­ary 1st

sixes_and_sevensJan 25, 2015, 9:48 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

A Philoso­pher Walks Into A Coffee Shop

Scott AlexanderJan 25, 2015, 8:42 PM
57 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

Meetup : Ban­ga­lore LWers meetup

anandjeyaharJan 25, 2015, 5:25 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Multibit re­flec­tive oracles

Benya_FallensteinJan 25, 2015, 2:23 AM
5 points
1 comment8 min readLW link

Meetup : Fe­bru­ary 2015 Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—In­tro­duc­tion to Ethics

MelbourneLWJan 25, 2015, 12:26 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Fe­bru­ary 2015 Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—In­tro­duc­tion to Ethics

MelbourneLWJan 25, 2015, 12:26 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Pri­soner’s Dilema Tournament

rocurleyJan 24, 2015, 10:23 AM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

LINK: Su­per­ra­tional­ity and DAOs

somniculeJan 24, 2015, 9:47 AM
8 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekJan 23, 2015, 7:20 PM
3 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

New, Brief Pop­u­lar-Level In­tro­duc­tion to AI Risks and Superintelligence

LyleNJan 23, 2015, 3:43 PM
33 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

The Role of At­trac­tive­ness in Mate Selec­tion: In­di­vi­d­ual Variation

JonahSJan 23, 2015, 11:21 AM
27 points
37 comments7 min readLW link

For­mal­iz­ing Two Prob­lems of Real­is­tic World Models

So8resJan 22, 2015, 11:12 PM
32 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

An In­tro­duc­tion to Löb’s The­o­rem in MIRI Research

orthonormalJan 22, 2015, 8:35 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Bill Gates: prob­lem of strong AI with con­flict­ing goals “very wor­thy of study and time”

Paul CrowleyJan 22, 2015, 8:21 PM
73 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Czech’s first Meetup Prague

kotrfaJan 22, 2015, 10:40 AM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Con­trol The­ory Commentary

VaniverJan 22, 2015, 5:31 AM
27 points
15 comments12 min readLW link

Pur­chas­ing re­search effec­tively open thread

John_MaxwellJan 21, 2015, 12:24 PM
19 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Dal­las, TX

DubiousTwizzlerJan 21, 2015, 2:59 AM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Be­hav­ior: The Con­trol of Perception

VaniverJan 21, 2015, 1:21 AM
55 points
26 comments9 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Fermi Estimates

RobinZJan 20, 2015, 11:32 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Unique Games Con­jec­ture and FAI: A Trou­bling Obstacle

27chaosJan 20, 2015, 9:46 PM
−2 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

Su­per­in­tel­li­gence 19: Post-tran­si­tion for­ma­tion of a singleton

KatjaGraceJan 20, 2015, 2:00 AM
12 points
35 comments7 min readLW link

An In­tro­duc­tion to Con­trol Theory

VaniverJan 19, 2015, 8:50 PM
56 points
13 comments7 min readLW link