Farm in a Box, per­ma­c­ulte package

morganismOct 23, 2016, 10:40 PM
−6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.farmfromabox.com)

Spec­tral sig­nal in halo stars, ETI sus­pected.

morganismOct 23, 2016, 8:21 PM
−5 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

In­ter­nal Race Conditions

SquirrelInHellOct 23, 2016, 1:23 PM
3 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)

A Year of Put­ting a Numonit

Jacob FalkovichOct 23, 2016, 7:03 AM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

What’s the most an­noy­ing part of your life/​job?

LironOct 23, 2016, 3:37 AM
25 points
126 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Bal­ti­more Area /​ UMBC Weekly Meetup

iarwain1Oct 23, 2016, 12:26 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Try­ing to make poli­tics less ir­ra­tional by cog­ni­tive bias-check­ing the US pres­i­den­tial debates

Gleb_TsipurskyOct 22, 2016, 2:32 AM
−2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(theconversation.com)

Con­scious Ex­ot­ica—struc­ture of the space of pos­si­ble minds

morganismOct 21, 2016, 11:45 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(aeon.co)

New LW Meetup: Zurich

FrankAdamekOct 21, 2016, 10:47 AM
3 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

The Lev­er­hulme Cen­tre for the Fu­ture of In­tel­li­gence offi­cially launches.

ignorancepriorOct 21, 2016, 1:22 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(lcfi.ac.uk)

Tran­si­tive ne­go­ti­a­tions with coun­ter­fac­tual agents

Scott GarrabrantOct 20, 2016, 11:27 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Linked List

wmooreOct 20, 2016, 10:56 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link
(linkedlist.org)

At­tack­ing the grain of truth prob­lem us­ing Bayes-Sav­age agents

Vanessa KosoyOct 20, 2016, 2:41 PM
11 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

*How* peo­ple shut down thought be­cause of high-sta­tus re­spectable halos

NancyLebovitzOct 20, 2016, 2:09 PM
21 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Stories

rocurleyOct 20, 2016, 4:17 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Pro­gram good ethics into ar­tifi­cial intelligence

XFrequentistOct 19, 2016, 4:28 PM
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.nature.com)

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Tech­nol­ogy of Communication

RobinZOct 18, 2016, 11:14 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

AI-ON is an open com­mu­nity ded­i­cated to ad­vanc­ing Ar­tifi­cial Intelligence

morganismOct 18, 2016, 10:17 PM
5 points
17 comments1 min readLW link
(ai-on.org)

Meetup : Mu­nich Meetup in October

ValeriyOct 18, 2016, 10:10 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Games in Kocherga club: Fal­la­cyMa­nia, Tower of Chaos, Scien­tific Discovery

Alexander230Oct 18, 2016, 9:00 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Stock­holm: Men­tal contrasting

pepe_primeOct 18, 2016, 8:24 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

The Non-iden­tity Prob­lem—Another ar­gu­ment in favour of clas­si­cal utilitarianism

casebashOct 18, 2016, 1:41 PM
5 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(plato.stanford.edu)

Meetup : NY Sols­tice 2016 - The Story of Smallpox

RaemonOct 18, 2016, 2:50 AM
0 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

The Mo­ral Of The Story

Scott AlexanderOct 18, 2016, 2:22 AM
53 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

Open thread, Oct. 17 - Oct. 23, 2016

MrMindOct 17, 2016, 7:02 AM
7 points
68 comments1 min readLW link

Astro­biol­ogy IV: Pho­to­syn­the­sis and energy

CellBioGuyOct 17, 2016, 12:30 AM
18 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

There are 125 sheep and 5 dogs in a flock. How old is the shep­herd? /​ Math Education

James_MillerOct 17, 2016, 12:12 AM
10 points
13 comments1 min readLW link
(medium.com)

An­i­mated ex­plainer video pro­mot­ing EA-themed effec­tive giv­ing ideas and meta-charities

Gleb_TsipurskyOct 16, 2016, 10:44 PM
−10 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(www.youtube.com)

H+Pe­dia opens pro­jects and ed­i­to­rial portal

Deku-shrubOct 16, 2016, 9:41 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(hpluspedia.org)

Video to in­duce hal­lu­ci­na­tions , meme im­plan­ter?

morganismOct 16, 2016, 8:33 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(sciencebulletin.org)

Meetup : Zürich so­cial Ra­tion­al­ity meetup

MarkoOct 16, 2016, 9:52 AM
1 point
2 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Melbourne So­cial Meetup: October

MaelinOct 16, 2016, 5:53 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Con­trol and security

paulfchristianoOct 15, 2016, 9:11 PM
4 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Map and Ter­ri­tory: a new ra­tio­nal­ist group blog

Gordon Seidoh WorleyOct 15, 2016, 5:55 PM
13 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Asymp­totic De­ci­sion Theory

gallabytesOct 15, 2016, 2:42 AM
7 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(gallabytes.com)

Re­duc­ing Risks of Astro­nom­i­cal Suffer­ing (S-Risks): A Ne­glected Global Priority

ignorancepriorOct 14, 2016, 7:58 PM
13 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(foundational-research.org)

Re­duc­ing Risks of Astro­nom­i­cal Suffer­ing (S-Risks): A Ne­glected Global Priority

ignorancepriorOct 14, 2016, 7:56 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Bal­ti­more Area /​ UMBC Weekly Meetup

iarwain1Oct 14, 2016, 4:39 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekOct 14, 2016, 3:56 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

GiveWell: A case study in effec­tive al­tru­ism, part 1

philhOct 14, 2016, 10:46 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Wikipe­dia book based on bet­ter­hu­mans’ ar­ti­cle on cog­ni­tive biases

Mati_RoyOct 14, 2016, 1:03 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(en.wikipedia.org)

The map of agents which may cre­ate x-risks

turchinOct 13, 2016, 11:17 AM
3 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Ra­tion­al­ity Diary

rocurleyOct 13, 2016, 5:18 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Barack Obama’s opinions on near-fu­ture AI [Fixed]

scarcegreengrassOct 12, 2016, 3:46 PM
7 points
11 comments1 min readLW link
(www.wired.com)

Barack Obama on Ar­tifi­cial In­tel­li­gence, Au­tonomous Cars, and the Fu­ture of Humanity

LightwaveOct 12, 2016, 2:41 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.wired.com)

An at­tempt in lay­man’s lan­guage to ex­plain the metaethics se­quence in a sin­gle post.

Bound_upOct 12, 2016, 1:57 PM
2 points
93 comments1 min readLW link
(atheistkit.wordpress.com)

Barack Obama’s opinions on near-fu­ture AI

scarcegreengrassOct 12, 2016, 1:44 PM
1 point
9 comments1 min readLW link

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

RobinZOct 12, 2016, 12:02 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

MIRI AMA plus updates

Rob BensingerOct 11, 2016, 11:52 PM
18 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Recom­men­da­tion] Steven Uni­verse & cryonics

tadrinthOct 11, 2016, 4:21 PM
13 points
1 comment2 min readLW link