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Why hive minds might work
whpearson
Oct 4, 2017, 11:51 PM
3
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Infant Mortality and the Argument from Life History
ozymandias
Oct 4, 2017, 11:10 PM
13
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Avoiding Selection Bias
the gears to ascension
Oct 4, 2017, 7:10 PM
20
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Resolving human inconsistency in a simple model
Stuart_Armstrong
Oct 4, 2017, 3:25 PM
5
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Should I post technical ideas here or on LessWrong 2.0?
Stuart_Armstrong
Oct 4, 2017, 3:07 PM
1
point
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Resolving human inconsistency in a simple model
Stuart_Armstrong
Oct 4, 2017, 3:02 PM
1
point
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
2017-10-08 - London Rationalish meetup
philh
Oct 4, 2017, 2:46 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Reality of Emergence
DragonGod
Oct 4, 2017, 8:11 AM
0
points
11
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Writing That Provokes Comments
Raemon
Oct 4, 2017, 2:48 AM
96
points
39
comments
4
min read
LW
link
You Too Can See Suffering
SquirrelInHell
Oct 3, 2017, 7:49 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com.es)
You Too Can See Suffering
SquirrelInHell
Oct 3, 2017, 7:46 PM
6
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com.es)
Placing Yourself as an Instance of a Class
abramdemski
Oct 3, 2017, 7:10 PM
36
points
5
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Social Choice Ethics in Artificial Intelligence (paper challenging CEV-like approaches to choosing an AI’s values)
Kaj_Sotala
Oct 3, 2017, 5:39 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(papers.ssrn.com)
Open thread, October 2 - October 8, 2017
root
Oct 3, 2017, 10:46 AM
1
point
52
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Slashdot] We’re Not Living in a Computer Simulation, New Research Shows
Gunnar_Zarncke
Oct 3, 2017, 10:10 AM
2
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(science.slashdot.org)
Different Worlds
Scott Alexander
Oct 3, 2017, 4:10 AM
73
points
16
comments
14
min read
LW
link
(slatestarcodex.com)
Smoking Lesion Steelman II
abramdemski
Oct 2, 2017, 10:11 PM
2
points
1
comment
6
min read
LW
link
Physicists say simulation hypothesis is impossible in principle
polymathwannabe
Oct 2, 2017, 8:36 PM
−4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(cosmosmagazine.com)
Catalonia and the Overton Window
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Oct 2, 2017, 8:23 PM
30
points
20
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Productive Disagreement Practice Thread: Double Crux
SilentCal
Oct 2, 2017, 6:25 PM
7
points
37
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Rational Feed: Last Week’s Community Articles and Some Recommended Posts
sapphire
Oct 2, 2017, 1:49 PM
4
points
13
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Windows Resource Repository
ChristianKl
Oct 2, 2017, 1:25 PM
−2
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
dojo—Bad day contingency plan
Elo
Oct 2, 2017, 7:46 AM
6
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(bearlamp.com.au)
Bad day contingency Dojo
Elo
Oct 2, 2017, 7:43 AM
2
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
What are some Meta-Umeshsims?
Chris_Leong
Oct 2, 2017, 6:57 AM
2
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Tensions in Truthseeking
Raemon
Oct 2, 2017, 12:54 AM
38
points
42
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Discussion: Linkposts vs Content Mirroring
the gears to ascension
Oct 1, 2017, 5:18 PM
10
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Feedback on LW 2.0
Viliam
Oct 1, 2017, 3:18 PM
17
points
92
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Metarationality: a messy introduction
drossbucket
Oct 1, 2017, 8:09 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(drossbucket.wordpress.com)
Things you should never do
Khoth
Oct 1, 2017, 7:59 AM
0
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Prosocial manipulation
KatjaGrace
Oct 1, 2017, 5:30 AM
7
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(meteuphoric.wordpress.com)
October 2017 Media Thread
ArisKatsaris
Oct 1, 2017, 2:08 AM
2
points
36
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Work and income in the next era
morganism
Sep 30, 2017, 10:02 PM
0
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(www.sitra.fi)
logic puzzles and loophole abuse
Florian_Dietz
Sep 30, 2017, 3:45 PM
3
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Slack
Zvi
Sep 30, 2017, 11:10 AM
289
points
74
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
Event: Effective Altruism Global X Berlin 2017
Lachouette
Sep 30, 2017, 7:33 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Positive Focusing
Rossin
Sep 30, 2017, 3:00 AM
30
points
3
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Extensive and Reflexive Personhood Definition
Linda Linsefors
Sep 29, 2017, 9:50 PM
3
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
Call for cognitive science in AI safety
Linda Linsefors
Sep 29, 2017, 8:35 PM
6
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Productive Disagreement Practice Thread: Meta and Planning
SilentCal
Sep 29, 2017, 4:55 PM
7
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Happiness Is Not A Coherent Concept
spiralingintocontrol
Sep 29, 2017, 3:48 PM
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(particularvirtue.blogspot.com)
Moderator’s Dilemma: The Risks of Partial Intervention
Chris_Leong
Sep 29, 2017, 1:47 AM
33
points
17
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Post Fit Review
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Sep 28, 2017, 11:52 PM
5
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
For independent researchers?
whpearson
Sep 28, 2017, 8:56 PM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Uncertainty in Deep Learning
magfrump
Sep 28, 2017, 6:53 PM
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(mlg.eng.cam.ac.uk)
The Virtue of Numbering ALL your Equations
Linda Linsefors
Sep 28, 2017, 6:41 PM
7
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Against Individual IQ Worries
Scott Alexander
Sep 28, 2017, 5:12 PM
73
points
8
comments
8
min read
LW
link
My IRB Nightmare
Scott Alexander
Sep 28, 2017, 4:47 PM
59
points
1
comment
19
min read
LW
link
Blind Goaltenders: Unproductive Disagreements
PDV
Sep 28, 2017, 4:19 PM
19
points
8
comments
2
min read
LW
link
For signaling? (Part I)
KatjaGrace
Sep 28, 2017, 7:00 AM
7
points
5
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(meteuphoric.wordpress.com)
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