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Meetup : SF Meetup: Fun and Games
maia
Aug 20, 2016, 3:13 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Corrigibility through stratified indifference
Stuart_Armstrong
Aug 19, 2016, 4:11 PM
8
points
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Aug 19, 2016, 3:40 PM
3
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Modeling the capabilities of advanced AI systems as episodic reinforcement learning
jessicata
Aug 19, 2016, 2:52 AM
4
points
6
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Deepmind Plans for Rat-Level AI
moridinamael
Aug 18, 2016, 4:26 PM
33
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Future of Humanity Institute is hiring!
crmflynn
Aug 18, 2016, 1:09 PM
23
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The barriers to the task
Elo
Aug 18, 2016, 7:22 AM
19
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Baltimore Area Weekly Meetup
iarwain1
Aug 18, 2016, 12:24 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Games in Kocherga club: FallacyMania, Zendo, Tower of Chaos
Alexander230
Aug 17, 2016, 6:39 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Superintelligence via whole brain emulation
AlexMennen
Aug 17, 2016, 4:11 AM
15
points
33
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Mini Talks
RobinZ
Aug 17, 2016, 3:19 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Time management and Do your tasks in a different order
Elo
Aug 16, 2016, 11:15 PM
15
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Rationality Meetup Vienna
Viliam
Aug 16, 2016, 8:21 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Wicked Problems
Elo
Aug 16, 2016, 8:35 AM
10
points
7
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The ladder of abstraction and giving examples
Elo
Aug 16, 2016, 5:31 AM
26
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Willpower Thermodynamics
Fluttershy
Aug 16, 2016, 3:00 AM
9
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Seeking Optimization of New Website “New Atheist Survival Kit,” a go-to site for newly-made atheists
Bound_up
Aug 16, 2016, 1:03 AM
7
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Addendum to applicable advice
Elo
Aug 16, 2016, 12:59 AM
6
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
European Soylent alternatives
ChristianKl
Aug 15, 2016, 8:22 PM
20
points
18
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Melbourne Social Meetup: August
Maelin
Aug 15, 2016, 2:56 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Identity map
turchin
Aug 15, 2016, 11:29 AM
15
points
41
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Avoiding collapse: Grand challenges for science and society to solve by 2050
morganism
Aug 15, 2016, 5:47 AM
5
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Meetup : San Jose Meetup: Park Day (VII)
steven0461
Aug 15, 2016, 1:05 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open Thread, Aug. 15. - Aug 21. 2016
Elo
Aug 15, 2016, 12:26 AM
11
points
53
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What is it like to understand advanced mathematics?
morganism
Aug 14, 2016, 11:14 PM
−3
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Review of Signal Data Science
The_Jaded_One
Aug 14, 2016, 3:32 PM
18
points
15
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Help with Bayesian priors
WikiLogicOrg
Aug 14, 2016, 10:24 AM
8
points
26
comments
2
min read
LW
link
New LW Meetup: Munich
FrankAdamek
Aug 12, 2016, 3:51 PM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
“Is Science Broken?” is underspecified
NancyLebovitz
Aug 12, 2016, 11:59 AM
16
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Applicable advice
Elo
Aug 12, 2016, 8:16 AM
6
points
5
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Filter on the way in, Filter on the way out...
Elo
Aug 12, 2016, 7:24 AM
12
points
22
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Inverse cryonics: one weird trick to persuade anyone to sign up for cryonics today!
The_Jaded_One
Aug 11, 2016, 5:29 PM
7
points
37
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: TED Talks
RobinZ
Aug 11, 2016, 4:52 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Baltimore Area Weekly Meetup
iarwain1
Aug 11, 2016, 4:47 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Mental models—giving people personhood and taking it away
Elo
Aug 11, 2016, 8:32 AM
7
points
9
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Non-Fiction Book Reviews
SquirrelInHell
Aug 11, 2016, 5:05 AM
15
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)
Meetup : SF Meetup: Group Debugging
maia
Aug 11, 2016, 4:59 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Setting up my work environment—Doing the causation backwards
Elo
Aug 11, 2016, 2:36 AM
11
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Low hanging productivity—improving your workspace
Elo
Aug 9, 2016, 12:14 PM
22
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
People who lie about how much they eat are jerks
Elo
Aug 8, 2016, 3:45 AM
1
point
40
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Open Thread, Aug. 8 - Aug 14. 2016
Elo
Aug 7, 2016, 11:07 PM
9
points
71
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Australian-ish Online Hangout
Calien
Aug 7, 2016, 10:40 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Advice to new Doctors starting practice
anandjeyahar
Aug 7, 2016, 8:27 AM
4
points
7
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Now is the time to eliminate mosquitoes
James_Miller
Aug 6, 2016, 7:10 PM
33
points
89
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Munich Meetup in August
Valeriy
Aug 6, 2016, 10:19 AM
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Darknet Mining for Proactive Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence
morganism
Aug 6, 2016, 1:19 AM
5
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Moscow: Non-Omniscience, On rationalist communication, ACH training, games
Slava Matyukhin
Aug 6, 2016, 12:34 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Baltimore Area Weekly Meetup
iarwain1
Aug 5, 2016, 4:06 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Aug 5, 2016, 3:42 PM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
New Pascal’s Mugging idea for potential solution
kokotajlod
Aug 4, 2016, 8:38 PM
5
points
19
comments
2
min read
LW
link
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