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Zombies Redacted
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Jul 2, 2016, 8:16 PM
94
points
173
comments
16
min read
LW
link
How The West Was Won
Scott Alexander
Jul 26, 2016, 3:05 AM
41
points
10
comments
17
min read
LW
link
Notes on the Safety in Artificial Intelligence conference
UmamiSalami
Jul 1, 2016, 12:36 AM
40
points
15
comments
13
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Concrete problems in AI safety
Stuart_Armstrong
Jul 5, 2016, 9:33 PM
26
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Link: Re-reading Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow
toomanymetas
Jul 4, 2016, 6:32 AM
26
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Two forms of procrastination
Viliam
Jul 16, 2016, 8:30 PM
22
points
13
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Should you change where you live? (also—a worked “how to solve a question”)
Elo
Jul 22, 2016, 6:06 AM
21
points
9
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Fallacymania: party game where you notice fallacies in arguments
Alexander230
Jul 21, 2016, 9:34 AM
20
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Problem (TM) - Analyse a conversation
Elo
Jul 26, 2016, 11:03 AM
19
points
30
comments
17
min read
LW
link
Things Probably Matter
Scott Alexander
Jul 21, 2016, 2:03 AM
14
points
3
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Quick puzzle about utility functions under affine transformations
Liron
Jul 16, 2016, 5:11 PM
13
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The map of future models
turchin
Jul 3, 2016, 1:17 PM
13
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
tDCS, Neuroscientists’ Open Letter To DIY Brain Hackers
morganism
Jul 12, 2016, 7:37 PM
12
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Earning money with/for work in AI safety
rmoehn
Jul 18, 2016, 5:37 AM
12
points
31
comments
1
min read
LW
link
In partially observable environments, stochastic policies can be optimal
Stuart_Armstrong
Jul 19, 2016, 10:42 AM
12
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Notes on Imagination and Suffering
SquirrelInHell
Jul 5, 2016, 2:28 PM
11
points
17
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Street Epistemology—letting people name their thinking errors
Bound_up
Jul 24, 2016, 7:43 PM
11
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open thread, Jul. 04 - Jul. 10, 2016
MrMind
Jul 4, 2016, 7:02 AM
10
points
84
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The map of p-zombies
turchin
Jul 30, 2016, 9:12 AM
10
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Wikipedia usage survey results
riceissa
Jul 15, 2016, 12:49 AM
10
points
6
comments
18
min read
LW
link
The map of cognitive biases, errors and obstacles affecting judgment and management of global catastrophic risks
turchin
Jul 16, 2016, 12:11 PM
8
points
64
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open thread, Jul. 11 - Jul. 17, 2016
MrMind
Jul 11, 2016, 7:09 AM
7
points
127
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open thread, Jul. 25 - Jul. 31, 2016
MrMind
Jul 25, 2016, 7:07 AM
7
points
133
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] NYU conference: Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (October 14-15)
ignoranceprior
Jul 16, 2016, 9:07 PM
7
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Shame as low verbal justification alarm
KatjaGrace
Jul 6, 2016, 6:36 AM
7
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Open thread, Jul. 18 - Jul. 24, 2016
MrMind
Jul 18, 2016, 7:17 AM
7
points
123
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Suggestion: jog instead of walk
[deleted]
Jul 13, 2016, 5:34 PM
7
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
July 2016 Media Thread
ArisKatsaris
Jul 1, 2016, 6:52 AM
6
points
30
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[CORE] Concepts for Understanding the World
SquirrelInHell
Jul 16, 2016, 10:53 AM
4
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Effective Altruism] Promoting Effective Giving at Conferences via Speed Giving Games
Gleb_Tsipursky
Jul 30, 2016, 3:16 PM
4
points
3
comments
8
min read
LW
link
A Very Concrete Model of Learning From Regrets
SquirrelInHell
Jul 9, 2016, 11:30 AM
4
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
New LW Meetup: Boise ID, Bay City MI
FrankAdamek
Jul 8, 2016, 3:25 PM
4
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Rationality Quotes July 2016
Sabiola
Jul 1, 2016, 9:02 AM
4
points
21
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Welcome Scott Aaronson to Texas
Vaniver
Jul 25, 2016, 1:27 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Learning (meta-)preferences
Stuart_Armstrong
Jul 27, 2016, 2:43 PM
4
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
A new proposal for logical counterfactuals
gallabytes
Jul 7, 2016, 10:15 PM
4
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(gallabytes.com)
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Jul 22, 2016, 4:00 PM
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
confirmation bias, thought experiment
Douglas_Reay
Jul 15, 2016, 12:19 PM
3
points
1
comment
4
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Boise, ID Meetup
[deleted]
Jul 5, 2016, 8:41 PM
3
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Jul 29, 2016, 3:45 PM
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
An Alternative Setting for Resource-Bounded Lob’s Theorem
IAFF-User-169
Jul 6, 2016, 8:40 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(pages.iu.edu)
Meetup : San Jose Meetup: Park Day (V)
steven0461
Jul 4, 2016, 6:38 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : SF Meetup: Very Short Talks
maia
Jul 22, 2016, 12:24 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Fun & Games
RobinZ
Jul 20, 2016, 12:10 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A rational unfalsifyable believe
Arielgenesis
Jul 25, 2016, 2:15 AM
2
points
46
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Webcomics
RobinZ
Jul 8, 2016, 3:25 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
New LW Meetup: Dallas
FrankAdamek
1 Jul 2016 15:41 UTC
2
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Giving What We Can at LessWrong Tel Aviv
Squark
1 Jul 2016 14:07 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : SF Meetup: Fun and Games
maia
28 Jul 2016 4:18 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Jose Meetup: Park Day (VI)
steven0461
25 Jul 2016 2:11 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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