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Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Fermi Estimates
RobinZ
Feb 2, 2016, 9:14 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The AI That Pretends To Be Human
Houshalter
Feb 2, 2016, 7:39 PM
5
points
69
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes Thread February 2016
elharo
Feb 2, 2016, 6:17 PM
10
points
97
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Strange Argument about the potential Importance of Multiverse Theory
mako yass
Feb 2, 2016, 4:22 AM
1
point
36
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Recklessness
So8res
Feb 2, 2016, 2:00 AM
12
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(mindingourway.com)
February 2016 Media Thread
ArisKatsaris
Feb 2, 2016, 12:20 AM
6
points
46
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Valentine’s Day Gift That Saves Lives
Gleb_Tsipursky
Feb 1, 2016, 5:00 PM
−10
points
77
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Open thread, Feb. 01 - Feb. 07, 2016
MrMind
Feb 1, 2016, 8:24 AM
6
points
178
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AI safety in the age of neural networks and Stanislaw Lem 1959 prediction
turchin
Jan 31, 2016, 7:08 PM
11
points
9
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Meetup : LW Melb Rationality Dojo. Including: “Critical Thoughts on Nutritional Recommendations”
Chriswaterguy
Jan 31, 2016, 11:42 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Identifying bias. A Bayesian analysis of suspicious agreement between beliefs and values.
Stefan_Schubert
Jan 31, 2016, 11:29 AM
14
points
26
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[LINK] How A Lamp Took Away My Reading And A Box Brought It Back
CronoDAS
Jan 30, 2016, 4:55 PM
17
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[moderator action] The_Lion and The_Lion2 are banned
Viliam_Bur
Jan 30, 2016, 2:09 AM
90
points
41
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Another toy model of the control problem
paulfchristiano
Jan 30, 2016, 1:50 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(medium.com)
Yoshua Bengio on AI progress, hype and risks
V_V
Jan 30, 2016, 1:45 AM
14
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Positive utility in an infinite universe
casebash
Jan 29, 2016, 11:40 PM
3
points
13
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Antonio Meetup Discussion (Topic: Pre-Hindsight)
Bryan-san
Jan 29, 2016, 10:30 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Clearing An Overgrown Garden
Anders_H
Jan 29, 2016, 10:16 PM
15
points
18
comments
3
min read
LW
link
My current take on logical uncertainty
paulfchristiano
Jan 29, 2016, 9:17 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(medium.com)
Meetup : Role playing game based on HPMOR in Moscow
Alexander230
Jan 29, 2016, 5:45 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Jan 29, 2016, 4:15 PM
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Number Choosing Game: Against the existence of perfect theoretical rationality
casebash
Jan 29, 2016, 1:04 AM
−5
points
151
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Another Concise Open Problem
Scott Garrabrant
Jan 28, 2016, 11:04 PM
4
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Second Failure of Inductive Learning with a Delay in Feedback
Scott Garrabrant
Jan 28, 2016, 9:32 PM
4
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Studying Your Native Language
Crux
Jan 28, 2016, 7:23 PM
7
points
7
comments
3
min read
LW
link
What’s wrong with this picture?
CronoDAS
Jan 28, 2016, 1:30 PM
29
points
81
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Perhaps a better form factor for Meetups vs Main board posts?
lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)
Jan 28, 2016, 11:50 AM
20
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Cooking
rocurley
Jan 28, 2016, 6:18 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Slack Chat
abramdemski
Jan 28, 2016, 4:25 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rationality Reading Group: Part S: Quantum Physics and Many Worlds
Gram_Stone
Jan 28, 2016, 1:18 AM
5
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
[Link] AlphaGo: Mastering the ancient game of Go with Machine Learning
ESRogs
Jan 27, 2016, 9:04 PM
24
points
122
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The case for value learning
leplen
Jan 27, 2016, 8:57 PM
5
points
7
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Fun & Games
RobinZ
Jan 27, 2016, 2:30 AM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
AI Fiction—Crystal Society
Gleb_Tsipursky
Jan 26, 2016, 11:51 PM
7
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Learning Mathematics in Context
Crux
Jan 26, 2016, 10:27 PM
9
points
35
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Sydney Rationality Dojo—February 2016
luminosity
Jan 26, 2016, 9:15 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Goal completion: algorithm ideas
Stuart_Armstrong
Jan 26, 2016, 10:01 AM
2
points
0
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Rationality Meetup Vienna
AnnaLeptikon
Jan 26, 2016, 9:57 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Charity Impact Calculator
Gleb_Tsipursky
Jan 26, 2016, 5:01 AM
8
points
15
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Open thread, Jan. 25 - Jan. 31, 2016
username2
Jan 25, 2016, 9:07 PM
6
points
170
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Goal completion: algorithm ideas
Stuart_Armstrong
Jan 25, 2016, 5:36 PM
8
points
1
comment
10
min read
LW
link
The map of quantum (big world) immortality
turchin
Jan 25, 2016, 10:21 AM
6
points
89
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Study partner matching thread
NoSignalNoNoise
Jan 25, 2016, 4:25 AM
8
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Beware surprising and suspicious convergence
Thrasymachus
Jan 24, 2016, 7:13 PM
25
points
6
comments
15
min read
LW
link
“Why Try Hard” Essay targeted at non rationalists
lifelonglearner
Jan 24, 2016, 4:40 PM
5
points
20
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Desperation
So8res
Jan 24, 2016, 2:00 AM
16
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(mindingourway.com)
[Link] Video Presentation: Rationality 101 for Secular People
Gleb_Tsipursky
Jan 24, 2016, 12:45 AM
8
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : LessWrong Aus Online Hangout
Calien
Jan 23, 2016, 12:55 PM
4
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Group Debugging
rocurley
Jan 23, 2016, 6:17 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Map:Territory::Uncertainty::Randomness – but that doesn’t matter, value of information does.
Davidmanheim
Jan 22, 2016, 7:12 PM
8
points
21
comments
3
min read
LW
link
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