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Meetup : LW Sao Paulo—Meetup de maio
leohmarruda
May 8, 2016, 10:07 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
every function can be computable
IAFF-User-Ramana_Kumar
May 8, 2016, 8:14 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(jdh.hamkins.org)
Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Group Debugging
rocurley
May 8, 2016, 3:43 AM
1
point
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
May Outreach Thread
Gleb_Tsipursky
May 6, 2016, 8:02 PM
0
points
28
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Baltimore / UMBC Weekly Meetup: General Discussion
iarwain1
May 6, 2016, 6:34 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
May 6, 2016, 3:55 PM
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes May 2016
Sabiola
May 6, 2016, 3:15 PM
10
points
37
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Call for information, examples, case studies and analysis: votes and shareholder resolutions v.s. divestment for social and environmental outcomes
[deleted]
May 5, 2016, 12:08 AM
1
point
23
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Collaborative Truth-Seeking
Gleb_Tsipursky
May 4, 2016, 11:28 PM
21
points
17
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Anything you can do with n AIs, you can do with two (with directly opposed objectives)
jessicata
May 4, 2016, 11:14 PM
10
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Rationality Reading Group: Part Z: The Craft and the Community
Gram_Stone
May 4, 2016, 11:03 PM
10
points
5
comments
8
min read
LW
link
LINK: New clinical trial will try to restore dead brains
polymathwannabe
May 4, 2016, 8:05 PM
7
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Link: Thoughts on the basic income pilot, with hedgehogs
Jacob Falkovich
May 4, 2016, 5:47 PM
7
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Double indifference is better indifference
Stuart_Armstrong
May 4, 2016, 2:16 PM
2
points
10
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Corrigibility for AIXI via double indifference
Stuart_Armstrong
May 4, 2016, 2:00 PM
0
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Double Corrigibility: better Corrigibility
Stuart_Armstrong
May 4, 2016, 1:59 PM
0
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Lagrangian duality for constraints on expectations
jessicata
May 4, 2016, 4:37 AM
2
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Survivorship Bias
RobinZ
May 4, 2016, 3:28 AM
3
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] White House announces a series of workshops on AI, expresses interest in safety
NoSignalNoNoise
May 4, 2016, 2:50 AM
23
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : May Rationality Dojo, Melbourne: Stimulating Discussions
Chriswaterguy
May 2, 2016, 11:31 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Paid research assistant position focusing on artificial intelligence and existential risk
crmflynn
May 2, 2016, 6:27 PM
12
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
My Kind of Moral Responsibility
Gram_Stone
May 2, 2016, 5:54 AM
12
points
102
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Less Wrong NH Meetup
Tuk
May 2, 2016, 3:58 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Projects
rocurley
May 2, 2016, 2:54 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread May 2 - May 8, 2016
Elo
May 2, 2016, 2:43 AM
12
points
149
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Second Year of Spaced Repetition Software in the Classroom
tanagrabeast
May 1, 2016, 10:14 PM
64
points
30
comments
21
min read
LW
link
May 2016 Media Thread
ArisKatsaris
May 1, 2016, 9:27 PM
4
points
40
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Hedge drift and advanced motte-and-bailey
Stefan_Schubert
May 1, 2016, 2:45 PM
54
points
13
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The ‘why does it even tell me this’ moment
[deleted]
May 1, 2016, 8:15 AM
9
points
3
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Updating Drake’s Equation with values from modern astronomy
DanArmak
Apr 30, 2016, 10:08 PM
13
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Stability of optimal predictor schemes under a broader class of reductions
Vanessa Kosoy
Apr 30, 2016, 2:17 PM
0
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Apr 29, 2016, 3:50 PM
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Projects
rocurley
Apr 29, 2016, 2:34 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Double Corrigibility: better Corrigibility
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 28, 2016, 2:46 PM
9
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Games for factoring out variables
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 28, 2016, 1:38 PM
3
points
9
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Baltimore / UMBC Weekly Meetup: How To Actually Change Your Mind (part 3)
iarwain1
Apr 28, 2016, 12:10 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Utopias
RobinZ
Apr 28, 2016, 1:28 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
JFK was not assassinated: prior probability zero events
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 27, 2016, 12:50 PM
0
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Is the average ethical review board ethical from an utilitarian standpoint?
ChristianKl
Apr 27, 2016, 12:11 PM
8
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
JFK was not assassinated: prior probability zero events
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 27, 2016, 11:47 AM
38
points
38
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Book Review: Albion’s Seed
Scott Alexander
Apr 27, 2016, 8:40 AM
34
points
1
comment
32
min read
LW
link
Suggest best book as an introduction to computational neuroscience
BiasedBayes
Apr 26, 2016, 9:16 PM
5
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Exercise in rationality: popular quotes, revisited
[deleted]
Apr 25, 2016, 11:35 PM
3
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
‘Science of Relationships’ summarized
[deleted]
Apr 25, 2016, 8:25 AM
−16
points
26
comments
38
min read
LW
link
Sphere packing and logical uncertainty
sanxiyn
Apr 25, 2016, 6:02 AM
6
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread April 25 - May 1, 2016
Elo
Apr 25, 2016, 6:02 AM
8
points
130
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Salon piece analyzing Donald Trump’s appeal using rationality
Gleb_Tsipursky
Apr 24, 2016, 4:36 AM
−13
points
48
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Mutual fund fees
James_Miller
Apr 23, 2016, 10:09 PM
7
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
My Custom Spelling Dictionary
Gram_Stone
Apr 23, 2016, 9:56 PM
6
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What is up with carbon dioxide and cognition? An offer
paulfchristiano
Apr 23, 2016, 5:47 PM
84
points
48
comments
2
min read
LW
link
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