“Field Pat­terns” as a new math­mat­i­cal con­struct.

morganismFeb 24, 2017, 11:56 PM
1 point
2 comments1 min readLW link
(unews.utah.edu)

The AI Paper with The Best Ti­tle Ever

ZviFeb 24, 2017, 10:38 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

First prin­ci­ples think­ing and bet­ter, more cre­ative solu­tions to problems

sleepingthinkerFeb 24, 2017, 9:51 PM
1 point
3 comments1 min readLW link
(gainweightjournal.com)

First prin­ci­ples think­ing and bet­ter, more cre­ative solu­tions to problems

sleepingthinkerFeb 24, 2017, 9:49 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

DEAD THREAD

HalfwitzFeb 24, 2017, 9:41 PM
6 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Against ne­glect­ed­ness considerations

BenquoFeb 24, 2017, 9:41 PM
4 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Select­ing Lead­ers with Ran­dom Sam­pling and Stan­dard­ized Testing

HalfwitzFeb 24, 2017, 9:34 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Select­ing Lead­ers with Ran­dom Sam­pling and Stan­dard­ized Test­ing:https://​medium.com/​@LyleCan­tor/​an-al­ter­na­tive-to-democ­racy-e4ba2af07a85#.wt­dza9jy2

HalfwitzFeb 24, 2017, 9:31 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Trans­la­tion “coun­ter­fac­tual”

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 24, 2017, 6:36 PM
4 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Con­crete Take­aways Post-CFAR

lifelonglearnerFeb 24, 2017, 6:31 PM
20 points
6 comments11 min readLW link

Meetup : Bal­ti­more /​ UMBC Meetup—gen­eral discussion

iarwain1Feb 24, 2017, 5:08 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekFeb 24, 2017, 4:49 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Group Debugging

rocurleyFeb 24, 2017, 4:29 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

The price you pay for ar­riv­ing to class on time

alex_zag_alFeb 24, 2017, 2:11 PM
1 point
4 comments1 min readLW link
(raginrayguns.tumblr.com)

The Mon­key and the Machine

ProofOfLogicFeb 23, 2017, 9:38 PM
17 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(sideways-view.com)

Mo­ral Philoso­phers as Eth­i­cal Eng­ineers: Limits of Mo­ral Philos­o­phy and a Prag­ma­tist Alternative

Kaj_SotalaFeb 23, 2017, 1:02 PM
7 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(onlinelibrary.wiley.com)

Near­est un­blocked strat­egy ver­sus learn­ing patches

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 23, 2017, 12:42 PM
21 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

Near­est un­blocked strat­egy ver­sus learn­ing patches

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 23, 2017, 12:33 PM
1 point
9 comments2 min readLW link

On the statis­ti­cal prop­er­ties and tail risk of vi­o­lent conflicts

morganismFeb 23, 2017, 3:46 AM
1 point
5 comments1 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

DARPA Per­spec­tive on AI

morganismFeb 23, 2017, 3:27 AM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.darpa.mil)

Max­i­mally effi­cient agents will prob­a­bly have an anti-dae­mon im­mune system

jessicataFeb 23, 2017, 12:40 AM
13 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : Den­ver Area LW March Meetup (CHANGED TO MONDAY 3/​6!)

PonchoPalFeb 22, 2017, 11:42 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Pre­scien­tific Or­ga­ni­za­tional The­ory (Rib­bon­farm)

DavidmanheimFeb 22, 2017, 11:00 PM
4 points
17 comments1 min readLW link
(www.ribbonfarm.com)

David Chalmers on LessWrong and the ra­tio­nal­ist com­mu­nity (from his red­dit AMA)

ignorancepriorFeb 22, 2017, 7:07 PM
20 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.reddit.com)

Meetup : Chicago Ra­tion­al­ity Read­ing Group—Lu­minos­ity Part 2

mingyuanFeb 22, 2017, 3:05 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Pre­dic­tion Based Ro­bust Cooperation

Scott GarrabrantFeb 22, 2017, 1:52 AM
17 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

The Semiotic Fallacy

StabilizerFeb 21, 2017, 4:50 AM
29 points
15 comments2 min readLW link

Lev­ers, Emo­tions, and Lazy Eval­u­a­tors:

lifelonglearnerFeb 20, 2017, 11:00 PM
9 points
11 comments6 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Create & Complete

RobinZFeb 20, 2017, 6:24 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Melbourne So­cial Meetup: February

MaelinFeb 20, 2017, 11:27 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread, Feb. 20 - Feb 26, 2017

EloFeb 20, 2017, 4:51 AM
6 points
163 comments1 min readLW link

A semi-tech­ni­cal ques­tion about pre­dic­tion mar­kets and pri­vate info

CronoDASFeb 20, 2017, 2:20 AM
14 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Gas hy­drate break­down un­likely to cause clathrate gun—report

morganismFeb 19, 2017, 10:47 PM
3 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(onlinelibrary.wiley.com)

Meetup : SF Meetup: Projects

maiaFeb 19, 2017, 5:51 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Book Re­view: How Asia Works by Joe Studwell

ZviFeb 18, 2017, 6:43 PM
2 points
0 comments15 min readLW link

Head­lines, meet sparklines: news in context

Brendan LongFeb 18, 2017, 4:00 PM
5 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(smus.com)

On­tolo­gies are Oper­at­ing Systems

lifelonglearnerFeb 18, 2017, 5:00 AM
6 points
36 comments4 min readLW link

Meetup : Bal­ti­more /​ UMBC Meetup—gen­eral discussion

iarwain1Feb 17, 2017, 5:13 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekFeb 17, 2017, 4:51 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

High­lights From The Com­ments On Cost Disease

Scott AlexanderFeb 17, 2017, 7:28 AM
10 points
2 comments25 min readLW link

“The un­recog­nised sim­plic­i­ties of effec­tive ac­tion #2: ‘Sys­tems en­g­ineer­ing’ and ‘sys­tems man­age­ment’ - ideas from the Apollo pro­gramme for a ‘sys­tems poli­tics’”, Cum­mings 2017

gwernFeb 17, 2017, 12:59 AM
13 points
18 comments1 min readLW link
(dominiccummings.files.wordpress.com)

At­tack­ing ma­chine learn­ing with ad­ver­sar­ial examples

ikeFeb 17, 2017, 12:28 AM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(openai.com)

In­creas­ing GDP is not growth

PhilGoetzFeb 16, 2017, 6:04 PM
21 points
24 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Syd­ney Pub meetup—Fe­bru­ary

EloFeb 16, 2017, 9:14 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Chicago Ra­tion­al­ity Read­ing Group—Lu­minos­ity Part 1

mingyuanFeb 16, 2017, 3:09 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Judge­ment Extrapolations

Gordon Seidoh WorleyFeb 15, 2017, 6:51 PM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link
(mapandterritory.org)

Meetup : Moscow: unconference

Slava MatyukhinFeb 15, 2017, 6:02 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Am­s­ter­dam—Meetup #12 - Friendly AI

nullFeb 15, 2017, 3:08 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

In­differ­ence and com­pen­satory rewards

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 15, 2017, 2:49 PM
7 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Gates 2017 An­nual letter

ikeFeb 15, 2017, 2:39 AM
8 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(www.gatesnotes.com)