Men­tal rep­re­sen­ta­tion and the is-ought distinction

ErrorApr 20, 2015, 6:37 PM
26 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Lon­don: Pre­sen­ta­tion and Perfor­mance Games

sixes_and_sevensApr 20, 2015, 4:23 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Pub­lish­ing my ini­tial model for hypercapitalism

skilesareApr 20, 2015, 1:38 PM
4 points
79 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread, Apr. 20 - Apr. 26, 2015

GondolinianApr 20, 2015, 12:02 AM
7 points
355 comments1 min readLW link

Self-ver­ifi­ca­tion

NanashiApr 19, 2015, 11:36 PM
9 points
43 comments1 min readLW link

A quick sketch on how the Curry-Howard Iso­mor­phism kinda ap­pears to con­nect Al­gorith­mic In­for­ma­tion The­ory with or­di­nal logics

[deleted]Apr 19, 2015, 7:35 PM
26 points
27 comments3 min readLW link

Astron­omy, space ex­plo­ra­tion and the Great Filter

JoshuaZApr 19, 2015, 7:26 PM
37 points
68 comments20 min readLW link

What are con­cepts for, and how to deal with alien concepts

Kaj_SotalaApr 19, 2015, 1:50 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(lesswrong.com)

Con­cept Safety: What are con­cepts for, and how to deal with alien concepts

Kaj_SotalaApr 19, 2015, 1:44 PM
29 points
18 comments10 min readLW link

Meetup : Can­berra: In­tro to Solomonoff induction

DanielFilanApr 19, 2015, 10:58 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Re­plac­ing guilt

So8resApr 19, 2015, 3:00 AM
29 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Board Games

rocurleyApr 19, 2015, 2:41 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

A sim­ple ex­er­cise in ra­tio­nal­ity: rephrase an ob­jec­tive state­ment as sub­jec­tive and ex­plore the caveats

ShmiApr 18, 2015, 11:46 PM
32 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

[link] The sur­pris­ing down­sides of be­ing clever

Gunnar_ZarnckeApr 18, 2015, 8:33 PM
3 points
34 comments1 min readLW link

How long can you watch this video?

kingmakerApr 18, 2015, 3:09 PM
−8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekApr 18, 2015, 6:47 AM
5 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Re­solv­ing the Fermi Para­dox: New Directions

jacob_cannellApr 18, 2015, 6:00 AM
22 points
59 comments9 min readLW link

High im­pact from low impact

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 17, 2015, 4:01 PM
1 point
3 comments1 min readLW link

High im­pact from low impact

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 17, 2015, 4:01 PM
11 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

The Prob­lem of Alien Concepts

Kaj_SotalaApr 17, 2015, 2:13 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(lesswrong.com)

Con­cept Safety: The prob­lem of alien concepts

Kaj_SotalaApr 17, 2015, 2:09 PM
28 points
7 comments6 min readLW link

Effec­tive effec­tive al­tru­ism: Get $400 off your next char­ity donation

BaisiusApr 17, 2015, 5:45 AM
12 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Read­ing Group: In­tro­duc­tion and A: Pre­dictably Wrong

Mark_FriedenbachApr 17, 2015, 1:40 AM
16 points
25 comments5 min readLW link

LessWrong ex­pe­rience on Alcohol

EloApr 17, 2015, 1:19 AM
4 points
133 comments2 min readLW link

One week left for CSER re­searcher applications

RyanCareyApr 17, 2015, 12:40 AM
16 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Mo­dal Bar­gain­ing Agents

orthonormalApr 16, 2015, 10:19 PM
14 points
20 comments5 min readLW link

Meetup : Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo—Plan­ning and Debugging

luminosityApr 16, 2015, 9:57 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Can an AI suffer?

kingmakerApr 16, 2015, 3:44 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Can an AI suffer?

kingmakerApr 16, 2015, 3:27 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : West LA: Im­prov & Rationality

abramdemskiApr 16, 2015, 8:47 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : West LA: Im­prov & Rationality

abramdemskiApr 16, 2015, 8:46 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Why isn’t the fol­low­ing de­ci­sion the­ory op­ti­mal?

Elliot_OldsApr 16, 2015, 1:38 AM
10 points
30 comments2 min readLW link

Co­op­er­a­tive con­ver­sa­tional threading

philhApr 15, 2015, 6:40 PM
38 points
25 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Sword of Good

RobinZApr 15, 2015, 5:18 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Pro­duc­ing similar AI-hu­man con­cept spaces

Kaj_SotalaApr 14, 2015, 8:42 PM
3 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(lesswrong.com)

Con­cept Safety: Pro­duc­ing similar AI-hu­man con­cept spaces

Kaj_SotalaApr 14, 2015, 8:39 PM
51 points
45 comments8 min readLW link

Anti-Pas­cal­ine satisficer

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 14, 2015, 7:13 PM
0 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Anti-Pas­cal­ine satisficer

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 14, 2015, 6:49 PM
6 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Un-op­ti­mised vs anti-optimised

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 14, 2015, 6:30 PM
12 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Could you tell me what’s wrong with this?

AlgonApr 14, 2015, 10:43 AM
2 points
64 comments3 min readLW link

Trans­lat­ing bad advice

SophroniusApr 14, 2015, 9:20 AM
24 points
17 comments2 min readLW link

Maybe we can perform the “Mary’s Room” thought experiment

DavidPlumptonApr 14, 2015, 9:19 AM
10 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Book Re­view: Discrete Math­e­mat­ics and Its Ap­pli­ca­tions (MIRI Course List)

LawrenceCApr 14, 2015, 9:08 AM
21 points
12 comments8 min readLW link

How I changed my ex­er­cise habits

Normal_AnomalyApr 13, 2015, 10:19 PM
28 points
26 comments3 min readLW link

Are there re­ally no ghosts in the ma­chine?

kingmakerApr 13, 2015, 7:54 PM
−1 points
20 comments2 min readLW link

Are there re­ally no ghosts in the ma­chine?

kingmakerApr 13, 2015, 7:43 PM
1 point
1 comment2 min readLW link

Les­son learned from HPMOR, only months af­ter… (spoilers from be­gin­ning to end)

Bound_upApr 13, 2015, 6:30 PM
6 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

Snape’s knowl­edge of valence shells

Bound_upApr 13, 2015, 5:58 PM
3 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Austin, TX—Schel­ling Day

VaniverApr 13, 2015, 2:19 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: The Long Arc of Mo­ral Progress (NOT NORMAL PLACE/​TIME)

rocurleyApr 13, 2015, 2:50 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link