Triple or noth­ing paradox

StabilizerJan 5, 2017, 9:10 PM
3 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Moscow: TDT, para­noid cal­ibra­tion, pre­dic­tion party

Slava MatyukhinJan 5, 2017, 7:22 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ac­tu­ally Prac­tic­ing and the 5 Se­cond Level

lifelonglearnerJan 5, 2017, 7:02 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link
(mindlevelup.wordpress.com)

Ac­tu­ally Prac­tic­ing and the 5-Se­cond Level

lifelonglearnerJan 5, 2017, 5:53 PM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : Bal­ti­more Area /​ UMBC Weekly Meetup

iarwain1Jan 5, 2017, 1:23 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Why read old philos­o­phy?

KatjaGraceJan 5, 2017, 7:59 AM
3 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

The time you have

EloJan 5, 2017, 2:13 AM
10 points
7 comments4 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: In­tro to Effec­tive Altruism

RobinZJan 5, 2017, 2:03 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : SF Meetup: Re­vealed New Year’s Resolutions

maiaJan 4, 2017, 9:46 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­ploita­tion as a Tur­ing test

BenquoJan 4, 2017, 8:55 PM
8 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

An­nounce­ment: In­tel­li­gence in Liter­a­ture Prize

VaniverJan 4, 2017, 8:07 PM
15 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.reddit.com)

How do I choose the best met­ric to mea­sure my cal­ibra­tion?

ChristianKlJan 4, 2017, 7:06 PM
3 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(stats.stackexchange.com)

Mys­te­ri­ous Go Master Blitzes Com­pe­ti­tion, Rat­tles Game Community

scarcegreengrassJan 4, 2017, 5:18 PM
9 points
8 comments1 min readLW link
(www.sixthtone.com)

Lost pur­poses—Do­ing what’s easy or what’s important

EloJan 4, 2017, 1:26 AM
5 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Buck­ets and memetic im­mune disorders

Tyrrell_McAllisterJan 3, 2017, 11:51 PM
23 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Why I Am Chang­ing My Mind About AI Risk

itaibn0Jan 3, 2017, 10:57 PM
7 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(itaibn.wordpress.com)

Dares are so­cial sig­nal­ing at its purest

morganismJan 3, 2017, 10:48 PM
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.ribbonfarm.com)

Progress and Prizes in AI Alignment

Jacob FalkovichJan 3, 2017, 10:15 PM
10 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Ra­tion­al­ity Vienna Meetup

AnnaLeptikonJan 3, 2017, 8:25 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Conned

Jacob FalkovichJan 2, 2017, 8:09 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes Jan­uary—March 2017

SabiolaJan 2, 2017, 10:48 AM
7 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread, Jan. 02 - Jan. 08, 2017

MrMindJan 2, 2017, 7:50 AM
4 points
37 comments1 min readLW link

Dou­ble Crux — A Strat­egy for Mu­tual Understanding

Duncan Sabien (Inactive)Jan 2, 2017, 4:37 AM
193 points
108 comments12 min readLW link

De­con­struct­ing over­pop­u­la­tion for life extensionists

Deku-shrubJan 2, 2017, 1:17 AM
5 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Me­ta­knowl­edge—Im­prov­ing on the Wis­dom of Crowds

HoushalterJan 1, 2017, 9:25 PM
10 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(aeon.co)

From free-en­ergy to em­bod­ied valu­ing: weighted ac­tive in­fer­ence in ev­ery­day life

IAFF-User-177Jan 1, 2017, 7:20 PM
0 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(medium.com)

Meetup : Meetup #9 − 2017 is prime

nullJan 1, 2017, 4:06 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Jan­uary 2017 Me­dia Thread

ArisKatsarisJan 1, 2017, 3:06 PM
7 points
27 comments1 min readLW link

Act into Fear and Aban­don all Hope

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJan 1, 2017, 1:39 AM
18 points
5 comments8 min readLW link
(mapandterritory.org)

Throw a pre­dic­tion party with your EA/​ra­tio­nal­ity group

eukaryoteDec 31, 2016, 11:02 PM
14 points
14 comments3 min readLW link

Act into Fear and Aban­don all Hope

Gordon Seidoh WorleyDec 31, 2016, 9:05 PM
1 point
3 comments1 min readLW link

A re­view of cry­on­ics/​brain preser­va­tion in 2016

Andy_McKenzieDec 31, 2016, 6:19 PM
36 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Claim ex­plainer: donor lot­ter­ies and re­turns to scale

BenquoDec 30, 2016, 7:46 PM
9 points
20 comments10 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekDec 30, 2016, 3:44 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Pur­su­ing con­ver­gent in­stru­men­tal sub­goals on the user’s be­half doesn’t always re­quire good priors

jessicataDec 30, 2016, 2:36 AM
15 points
9 comments3 min readLW link

Pre­dic­tion-based medicine (PBM)

ChristianKlDec 29, 2016, 10:49 PM
46 points
14 comments4 min readLW link

Meetup : Cam­bridge/​Bos­ton Less Wrong: Plan­ning 2017

jimrandomhDec 29, 2016, 10:43 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Off-switch for CRISPR-Cas9 gene edit­ing sys­tem discovered

morganismDec 29, 2016, 10:08 PM
5 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(phys.org)

How do you iden­tify com­plex sys­tems?

NatashaRostovaDec 29, 2016, 4:39 AM
6 points
9 comments3 min readLW link

Bar­gain­ing trade-offs in your brain

EloDec 29, 2016, 12:18 AM
3 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

I’m Not An Effec­tive Altru­ist Be­cause I Pre­fer...

ozymandiasDec 28, 2016, 10:39 PM
12 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(thingofthings.wordpress.com)

A differ­ent ar­gu­ment against Univer­sal Ba­sic Income

chaosmageDec 28, 2016, 10:35 PM
27 points
7 comments2 min readLW link

Tran­scra­nial Direct Cur­rent Stimulation

sarahconstantinDec 28, 2016, 6:26 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Fun & Games

RobinZDec 28, 2016, 2:42 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread, Dec. 26, 2016 - Jan. 1, 2017

username2Dec 28, 2016, 12:23 PM
4 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

John Ioan­ni­dis: Why Most Clini­cal Re­search Is Not Use­ful (2016)

username2Dec 28, 2016, 3:42 AM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(journals.plos.org)

Ex­plo­ra­tion-Ex­ploita­tion problems

EloDec 28, 2016, 1:33 AM
18 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

di­a­betes med­i­ca­tion Met­formin and hy­per­ten­sion drug sy­ros­in­gopine treat can­cers.

morganismDec 27, 2016, 11:39 PM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.eurekalert.org)

The en­g­ineer and the diplomat

BenquoDec 27, 2016, 8:49 PM
35 points
11 comments1 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Make Pu­tanu­monit Great (for the first time)

Jacob FalkovichDec 27, 2016, 4:50 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)