Septem­ber 2015 Me­dia Thread

ArisKatsarisSep 1, 2015, 10:42 PM
6 points
54 comments1 min readLW link

Yud­kowsky, Thiel, de Grey, Vas­sar panel on chang­ing the world

NancyLebovitzSep 1, 2015, 3:57 PM
20 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Typ­i­cal Sneer Fallacy

calefSep 1, 2015, 3:13 AM
16 points
44 comments4 min readLW link

Meta post: Did some­thing go wrong?

EloAug 31, 2015, 10:58 PM
7 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

An ac­ci­den­tal ex­per­i­ment in lo­ca­tion memory

PhilGoetzAug 31, 2015, 4:50 PM
16 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Proper pos­ture for men­tal arts

ValentineAug 31, 2015, 2:29 AM
62 points
42 comments8 min readLW link

My fu­ture posts; a table of con­tents.

EloAug 30, 2015, 10:27 PM
31 points
11 comments5 min readLW link

Open Thread Au­gust 31 - Septem­ber 6

EloAug 30, 2015, 9:26 PM
9 points
326 comments1 min readLW link

Op­ti­mal pre­dic­tor schemes pass a Ben­ford test

Vanessa KosoyAug 30, 2015, 1:25 PM
4 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

on­line AI solv­ing nu­mer­i­cal IQ tests at rate 140IQ

IAFF-User-103Aug 30, 2015, 11:37 AM
0 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(iqsolver.eu)

De­worm­ing a movement

[deleted]Aug 30, 2015, 9:25 AM
−9 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

Group Ra­tion­al­ity Diary, Au­gust 30 - Septem­ber 12

DahlenAug 30, 2015, 6:11 AM
7 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

There are no “bad peo­ple”

So8resAug 30, 2015, 3:00 AM
21 points
0 comments5 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

Prov­abil­ity Coun­ter­fac­tu­als vs Three Ax­ioms of Galles and Pearl

IAFF-User-52Aug 30, 2015, 2:48 AM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(epsilonofdoom.blogspot.com)

Work in the Main­stream CS com­mu­nity: Com­mu­ni­cat­ing Mean­ing Un­der Uncertainty

IAFF-User-90Aug 29, 2015, 11:22 PM
0 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(people.csail.mit.edu)

Ob­sta­cle to modal op­ti­mal­ity when you’re be­ing modalized

orthonormalAug 29, 2015, 8:41 PM
4 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Com­pendium: Prin­ci­ple 2 - You are im­ple­mented on a hu­man brain

ScottLAug 29, 2015, 4:24 PM
11 points
5 comments8 min readLW link

Asymp­totic Log­i­cal Uncer­tainty: Irre­ducible Patterns

Scott GarrabrantAug 28, 2015, 10:00 PM
4 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Cal­ling refer­ences: Ra­tional or ir­ra­tional?

PhilGoetzAug 28, 2015, 9:06 PM
14 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Worst Case Bayes: Open Problems

Scott GarrabrantAug 28, 2015, 8:28 PM
0 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

The Two-Up­date Prob­lem: Monotonicity

Scott GarrabrantAug 28, 2015, 8:28 PM
3 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

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

RobinZAug 28, 2015, 8:12 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Max­i­mize Worst Case Bayes Score

Scott GarrabrantAug 28, 2015, 6:56 PM
0 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

New LW Meetup: Rochester NY

FrankAdamekAug 28, 2015, 4:49 PM
7 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Is my brain a util­ity min­i­mizer? Or, the me­chan­ics of la­bel­ing things as “work” vs. “fun”

contravariantAug 28, 2015, 1:12 AM
14 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Projects

maiaAug 27, 2015, 3:05 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Dis­cus­sions on Deter­min­ing Between Right and Wrong

APXASAug 27, 2015, 8:12 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Words per per­son year and in­tel­lec­tual rigor

PhilGoetzAug 27, 2015, 3:31 AM
19 points
26 comments6 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Read­ing Group: Part H: Against Doublethink

Gram_StoneAug 27, 2015, 1:22 AM
13 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Effi­cient char­ity: you don’t need to be an al­tru­ist to benefit from con­tribut­ing to charity

Ilverin the Stupid and OffensiveAug 26, 2015, 10:27 PM
0 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Reg­u­lar Moscow meetup: copy­right de­bates, cul­ture keynote, work­ing on be­liefs, at­tri­bu­tion error

Slava MatyukhinAug 26, 2015, 7:15 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Per­sonal story about benefits of Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo and shut­ting up and multiplying

Gleb_TsipurskyAug 26, 2015, 4:38 PM
12 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Bi­ases and mak­ing bet­ter decisions

JoshuaFoxAug 26, 2015, 2:58 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Sen­sa­tion & Perception

ScottLAug 26, 2015, 1:13 PM
4 points
14 comments4 min readLW link

Is semiotics bul­lshit?

PhilGoetzAug 25, 2015, 2:09 PM
23 points
46 comments1 min readLW link

Self compassion

So8resAug 25, 2015, 3:00 AM
20 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

Meetup : Schel­ling Cafe

ogeAug 25, 2015, 12:43 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Yud­kowsky’s brain is the pin­na­cle of evolution

Yudkowsky_is_awesomeAug 24, 2015, 8:56 PM
−64 points
37 comments2 min readLW link

Why peo­ple want to die

PhilGoetzAug 24, 2015, 8:13 PM
93 points
174 comments2 min readLW link

Man­hood of Humanity

ViliamAug 24, 2015, 6:31 PM
17 points
5 comments7 min readLW link

The vir­tual AI within its vir­tual world

Stuart_ArmstrongAug 24, 2015, 4:42 PM
10 points
34 comments1 min readLW link

AI, cure this fake per­son’s fake can­cer!

Stuart_ArmstrongAug 24, 2015, 4:42 PM
14 points
17 comments5 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: When to trust experts

rocurleyAug 24, 2015, 3:45 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Ur­bana-Cham­paign: Quo­rum for discourse

ManfredAug 24, 2015, 11:36 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Less Wrong Melbourne Septem­ber Dojo: Vagueness

PatrickAug 24, 2015, 10:45 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread—Aug 24 - Aug 30

EloAug 24, 2015, 8:14 AM
12 points
318 comments1 min readLW link

List of com­mon hu­man goals

EloAug 24, 2015, 7:58 AM
19 points
23 comments7 min readLW link

Asymp­totic Log­i­cal Uncer­tainty: Iter­ated Re­source Bounded Solomonoff Induction

Scott GarrabrantAug 24, 2015, 4:39 AM
3 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Asymp­totic Log­i­cal Uncer­tainty: Introduction

Scott GarrabrantAug 24, 2015, 4:38 AM
3 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Asymp­totic Log­i­cal Uncer­tainty: Self Reference

Scott GarrabrantAug 24, 2015, 3:22 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link