The Fable of the Burn­ing Branch

EphemeralNightFeb 8, 2016, 3:20 PM
−41 points
178 comments5 min readLW link

Re­quire con­tri­bu­tions in advance

ViliamFeb 8, 2016, 12:55 PM
96 points
27 comments7 min readLW link

Altru­is­tic parenting

[deleted]Feb 8, 2016, 11:57 AM
3 points
22 comments3 min readLW link

Less­wrong Sur­vey—in­vi­ta­tion for suggestions

EloFeb 8, 2016, 8:07 AM
17 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread, Feb 8 - Feb 15, 2016

EloFeb 8, 2016, 4:47 AM
9 points
224 comments1 min readLW link

Thoughts on Log­i­cal Dutch Book Arguments

abramdemskiFeb 7, 2016, 11:10 PM
4 points
0 comments9 min readLW link

Con­vey­ing ra­tio­nal think­ing about long-term goals to youth and young adults

Gleb_TsipurskyFeb 7, 2016, 1:54 AM
11 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Less Wrong NH Meetup

TukFeb 6, 2016, 11:16 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

AI safety in the age of neu­ral net­works and Stanis­law Lem 1959 prediction

avturchinFeb 6, 2016, 12:50 PM
0 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(lesswrong.com)

Re­quest for help with eco­nomic anal­y­sis re­lated to AI forecasting

ESRogsFeb 6, 2016, 1:27 AM
9 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekFeb 5, 2016, 4:40 PM
2 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

[Link] How I Es­caped The Dark­ness of Men­tal Illness

Gleb_TsipurskyFeb 4, 2016, 11:08 PM
5 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Lon­don Ra­tion­al­ish meetup, 7/​2/​16

philhFeb 4, 2016, 4:34 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Fun and Games

rocurleyFeb 4, 2016, 6:15 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Anal­y­sis of Al­gorithms and Par­tial Algorithms

IAFF-User-131Feb 4, 2016, 12:15 AM
3 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

Gam­ify your goals: How turn­ing your life into a game can help help you make bet­ter de­ci­sions and be more productive

BayesianMindFeb 3, 2016, 10:48 PM
19 points
12 comments9 min readLW link

A Ra­tion­al­ist Guide to OkCupid

Jacob FalkovichFeb 3, 2016, 8:50 PM
41 points
66 comments1 min readLW link

Value learn­ers & wireheading

ManfredFeb 3, 2016, 9:50 AM
9 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

Up­com­ing LW Changes

VaniverFeb 3, 2016, 5:34 AM
71 points
106 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo: Habits

CalienFeb 3, 2016, 2:11 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Fermi Estimates

RobinZFeb 2, 2016, 9:14 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The AI That Pre­tends To Be Human

HoushalterFeb 2, 2016, 7:39 PM
5 points
69 comments4 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes Thread Fe­bru­ary 2016

elharoFeb 2, 2016, 6:17 PM
10 points
97 comments1 min readLW link

A Strange Ar­gu­ment about the po­ten­tial Im­por­tance of Mul­ti­verse Theory

mako yassFeb 2, 2016, 4:22 AM
1 point
36 comments8 min readLW link

Recklessness

So8resFeb 2, 2016, 2:00 AM
12 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

Fe­bru­ary 2016 Me­dia Thread

ArisKatsarisFeb 2, 2016, 12:20 AM
6 points
46 comments1 min readLW link

The Valen­tine’s Day Gift That Saves Lives

Gleb_TsipurskyFeb 1, 2016, 5:00 PM
−10 points
77 comments3 min readLW link

Open thread, Feb. 01 - Feb. 07, 2016

MrMindFeb 1, 2016, 8:24 AM
6 points
178 comments1 min readLW link

AI safety in the age of neu­ral net­works and Stanis­law Lem 1959 prediction

turchinJan 31, 2016, 7:08 PM
11 points
9 comments12 min readLW link

Meetup : LW Melb Ra­tion­al­ity Dojo. In­clud­ing: “Crit­i­cal Thoughts on Nutri­tional Recom­men­da­tions”

ChriswaterguyJan 31, 2016, 11:42 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Iden­ti­fy­ing bias. A Bayesian anal­y­sis of sus­pi­cious agree­ment be­tween be­liefs and val­ues.

Stefan_SchubertJan 31, 2016, 11:29 AM
14 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK] How A Lamp Took Away My Read­ing And A Box Brought It Back

CronoDASJan 30, 2016, 4:55 PM
17 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

[mod­er­a­tor ac­tion] The_Lion and The_Lion2 are banned

Viliam_BurJan 30, 2016, 2:09 AM
90 points
41 comments1 min readLW link

Another toy model of the con­trol problem

paulfchristianoJan 30, 2016, 1:50 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link
(medium.com)

Yoshua Ben­gio on AI progress, hype and risks

V_VJan 30, 2016, 1:45 AM
14 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Pos­i­tive util­ity in an in­finite universe

casebashJan 29, 2016, 11:40 PM
3 points
13 comments4 min readLW link

Meetup : San An­to­nio Meetup Dis­cus­sion (Topic: Pre-Hind­sight)

Bryan-sanJan 29, 2016, 10:30 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Clear­ing An Over­grown Garden

Anders_HJan 29, 2016, 10:16 PM
15 points
18 comments3 min readLW link

My cur­rent take on log­i­cal uncertainty

paulfchristianoJan 29, 2016, 9:17 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(medium.com)

Meetup : Role play­ing game based on HPMOR in Moscow

Alexander230Jan 29, 2016, 5:45 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekJan 29, 2016, 4:15 PM
2 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

The Num­ber Choos­ing Game: Against the ex­is­tence of perfect the­o­ret­i­cal rationality

casebashJan 29, 2016, 1:04 AM
−5 points
151 comments4 min readLW link

Another Con­cise Open Problem

Scott GarrabrantJan 28, 2016, 11:04 PM
4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Se­cond Failure of In­duc­tive Learn­ing with a De­lay in Feedback

Scott GarrabrantJan 28, 2016, 9:32 PM
4 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Study­ing Your Na­tive Language

CruxJan 28, 2016, 7:23 PM
7 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

What’s wrong with this pic­ture?

CronoDASJan 28, 2016, 1:30 PM
29 points
81 comments1 min readLW link

Per­haps a bet­ter form fac­tor for Mee­tups vs Main board posts?

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)Jan 28, 2016, 11:50 AM
20 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Cooking

rocurleyJan 28, 2016, 6:18 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Slack Chat

abramdemskiJan 28, 2016, 4:25 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Read­ing Group: Part S: Quan­tum Physics and Many Worlds

Gram_StoneJan 28, 2016, 1:18 AM
5 points
1 comment4 min readLW link