Are we failing the ide­olog­i­cal Tur­ing test in the case of ISIS? (a crazy ideas thread)

ValJan 9, 2016, 4:42 PM
−2 points
86 comments3 min readLW link

[LINK] OpenAI do­ing an AMA today

VikaJan 9, 2016, 2:47 PM
6 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Another view of quan­tiliz­ers: avoid­ing Good­hart’s Law

jessicataJan 9, 2016, 4:02 AM
26 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Con­se­quences of the Non-Ex­is­tence of Perfect The­o­ret­i­cal Rationality

casebashJan 9, 2016, 1:22 AM
0 points
49 comments6 min readLW link

Meetup : Moscow meetup: guest talk on why LW com­mu­nity is lazy and cow­ardly; dou­ble crux game

Slava MatyukhinJan 8, 2016, 10:02 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekJan 8, 2016, 5:02 PM
2 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

A toy model of the treach­er­ous turn

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 8, 2016, 12:58 PM
43 points
13 comments6 min readLW link

Meetup : Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo & Pic­nic in the park

ChriswaterguyJan 7, 2016, 12:32 PM
2 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

Con­scious­ness and Sleep

casebashJan 7, 2016, 12:04 PM
12 points
36 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Port­land meetup—Dojo style.

EloJan 7, 2016, 2:32 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Guns And States

Scott AlexanderJan 7, 2016, 2:29 AM
30 points
1 comment15 min readLW link

Log­i­cal coun­ter­fac­tu­als for ran­dom algorithms

Vanessa KosoyJan 6, 2016, 1:29 PM
5 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

Your tran­shu­man copy is of ques­tion­able value to your meat self.

UsulJan 6, 2016, 9:03 AM
14 points
142 comments6 min readLW link

[Link] Huffing­ton Post ar­ti­cle about dual pro­cess theory

Gleb_TsipurskyJan 6, 2016, 1:44 AM
13 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[Stub] The prob­lem with Ch­ester­ton’s Fence

Stuart_ArmstrongJan 5, 2016, 5:10 PM
19 points
51 comments1 min readLW link

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

RobinZJan 4, 2016, 4:11 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread, Jan­uary 4-10, 2016

polymathwannabeJan 4, 2016, 1:06 PM
9 points
426 comments1 min readLW link

A note about cal­ibra­tion of confidence

jbayJan 4, 2016, 6:57 AM
18 points
35 comments8 min readLW link

Ac­tive learn­ing for opaque predictors

paulfchristianoJan 3, 2016, 9:15 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Pol­ling Thread Jan­uary 2016

Gunnar_ZarnckeJan 3, 2016, 5:43 PM
6 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Palo Alto Meetup: In­tro­duc­tion to Causal Inference

Anders_HJan 3, 2016, 2:22 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Palo Alto Meetup: The Eco­nomics of AI

Anders_HJan 3, 2016, 2:20 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The art of response

So8resJan 3, 2016, 2:00 AM
13 points
0 comments6 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

Why CFAR’s Mis­sion?

AnnaSalamonJan 2, 2016, 11:23 PM
59 points
56 comments9 min readLW link

Meetup : Lon­don di­as­pora meetup, 10/​01/​2016

philhJan 2, 2016, 8:41 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

In­ten­tional In­sights and the Effec­tive Altru­ism Move­ment – Q & A

Gleb_TsipurskyJan 2, 2016, 7:43 PM
14 points
42 comments3 min readLW link

Monthly Brag­ging Thread Jan­uary 2016

elharoJan 1, 2016, 4:14 PM
8 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes Thread Jan­uary 2016

elharoJan 1, 2016, 4:00 PM
9 points
199 comments1 min readLW link

Jan­uary 2016 Me­dia Thread

ArisKatsarisJan 1, 2016, 3:16 PM
9 points
46 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Re­vealed New Years Resolutions

rocurleyJan 1, 2016, 2:26 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton D.C.: Meta Meetup

RobinZJan 1, 2016, 2:06 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Safety en­g­ineer­ing, tar­get se­lec­tion, and al­ign­ment theory

So8resDec 31, 2015, 3:43 PM
26 points
11 comments9 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekDec 31, 2015, 3:27 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

[LINK] 52 Con­cepts To Add To Your Cog­ni­tive Toolkit

iarwain1Dec 31, 2015, 2:35 PM
11 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

MIRIx Is­rael, Meet­ing summary

JoshuaFoxDec 31, 2015, 7:06 AM
0 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(lesswrong.com)

MIRIx Is­rael, Meet­ing summary

JoshuaFoxDec 31, 2015, 7:04 AM
13 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Read­ing Group: Part Q: Joy in the Merely Real

Gram_StoneDec 30, 2015, 11:16 PM
9 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

[LINK] The Top A.I. Break­throughs of 2015

VikaDec 30, 2015, 10:04 PM
16 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Why You Should Be Public About Your Good Deeds

Gleb_TsipurskyDec 30, 2015, 4:06 AM
16 points
32 comments3 min readLW link

What EAO has been do­ing, what it is plan­ning to do, and why donat­ing to EAO is a good idea

TodesBrotDec 29, 2015, 1:46 AM
14 points
17 comments9 min readLW link

has any­one ac­tu­ally got­ten smarter, in the past few years, by study­ing ra­tio­nal­ity?

sbooDec 28, 2015, 6:34 PM
10 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

“The Differ­ence Between Medicine and Poi­son is Dosage” Shirts and Bags

Gleb_TsipurskyDec 27, 2015, 10:11 PM
−6 points
50 comments1 min readLW link

Levels of global catas­tro­phes: from mild to extinction

turchinDec 27, 2015, 5:26 PM
7 points
19 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread, Dec. 28 - Jan. 3, 2016

[deleted]Dec 27, 2015, 2:21 PM
17 points
143 comments1 min readLW link

Sports

Adam ZernerDec 26, 2015, 7:54 PM
20 points
26 comments6 min readLW link

How to be skeptical

[deleted]Dec 26, 2015, 6:33 AM
−4 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekDec 25, 2015, 2:55 PM
2 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Quasi-op­ti­mal predictors

Vanessa KosoyDec 25, 2015, 2:17 PM
4 points
2 comments11 min readLW link

On Cut­ting Wages

ZviDec 24, 2015, 9:11 PM
10 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Ra­tion­al­ity Meetup Vienna

AnnaLeptikonDec 24, 2015, 6:16 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link