Are we run­ning out of new mu­sic/​movies/​art from a meta­phys­i­cal per­spec­tive?

stephen_sFeb 5, 2017, 5:49 PM
2 points
111 comments1 min readLW link

Why I’m work­ing on satis­fic­ing in­tel­li­gence aug­men­ta­tion (and not blog­ging about it much)

whpearsonFeb 5, 2017, 5:40 PM
6 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

The hu­mil­ity ar­gu­ment for honesty

BenquoFeb 5, 2017, 5:26 PM
17 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

The hu­mil­ity ar­gu­ment for honesty

BenquoFeb 5, 2017, 5:26 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Kah­ne­man’s check­list to avoid cog­ni­tive bi­ases and make bet­ter decisions

sleepingthinkerFeb 5, 2017, 11:13 AM
7 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(gainweightjournal.com)

The hu­mil­ity ar­gu­ment for honesty

BenquoFeb 5, 2017, 6:54 AM
2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Against willpower as a sci­en­tific or oth­er­wise use­ful con­cept (Nau­tilus Magaz­ine)

Kaj_SotalaFeb 4, 2017, 10:11 PM
3 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(nautil.us)

Does UDT *re­ally* get counter-fac­tu­ally mugged?

IAFF-User-111Feb 4, 2017, 9:46 PM
0 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Learn­ing Im­pact in RL

IAFF-User-111Feb 4, 2017, 9:42 PM
1 point
6 comments1 min readLW link

An idea for cre­at­ing safe AI

IAFF-User-211Feb 4, 2017, 11:16 AM
1 point
3 comments1 min readLW link
(medium.com)

Effec­tive diversity

KatjaGraceFeb 3, 2017, 11:10 PM
1 point
0 comments7 min readLW link

Weekly LW Meetups

FrankAdamekFeb 3, 2017, 4:53 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Why is the sur­pris­ingly pop­u­lar an­swer cor­rect?

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 3, 2017, 4:24 PM
43 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

Plan­ning 101: De­bi­as­ing and Research

lifelonglearnerFeb 3, 2017, 3:01 PM
25 points
10 comments12 min readLW link

Meetup : Chicago Ra­tion­al­ity Read­ing Group

mingyuanFeb 3, 2017, 2:56 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : SF Meetup: Stories

maiaFeb 3, 2017, 1:21 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Bal­ti­more /​ UMBC Meetup—try­ing some­thing new!

iarwain1Feb 3, 2017, 12:09 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Euro­pean Com­mu­nity Week­end 2017

DreamFlasherFeb 2, 2017, 7:17 PM
24 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Civil re­sis­tance and the 3.5% rule

morganismFeb 2, 2017, 6:53 PM
15 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Death—an essay

dglukhovFeb 2, 2017, 5:25 PM
3 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Death—an essay

dglukhovFeb 2, 2017, 5:01 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Is Ev­i­den­tial De­ci­sion The­ory pre­sump­tu­ous?

Tobias_BaumannFeb 2, 2017, 1:41 PM
5 points
39 comments1 min readLW link

Why won’t some peo­ple listen to rea­son?

Bound_upFeb 2, 2017, 2:50 AM
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.bbc.com)

Yes, poli­tics can make us stupid. But there’s an im­por­tant ex­cep­tion to that rule.

Bound_upFeb 2, 2017, 1:34 AM
6 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.vox.com)

A ques­tion about the rules

phl43Feb 1, 2017, 10:55 PM
5 points
66 comments1 min readLW link

What a Por­tuguese chron­i­cler may teach us about moral relativism

phl43Feb 1, 2017, 10:49 PM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(necpluribusimpar.net)

Hu­mans as a truth channel

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 1, 2017, 4:53 PM
9 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Hack­ing humans

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 1, 2017, 4:08 PM
7 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Hack­ing humans

Stuart_ArmstrongFeb 1, 2017, 4:06 PM
0 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Group Ra­tion­al­ity Diary, Fe­bru­ary 2017

ViliamFeb 1, 2017, 12:11 PM
5 points
28 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Se­quences Read­ing Group

DreamFlasherFeb 1, 2017, 10:01 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Fe­bru­ary 2017 Me­dia Thread

ArisKatsarisFeb 1, 2017, 8:31 AM
8 points
41 comments1 min readLW link

Cen­sor­ing out-of-do­main representations

orthonormalFeb 1, 2017, 4:09 AM
3 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

The “I Already Get It” Slide

jsalvatierFeb 1, 2017, 3:11 AM
33 points
23 comments1 min readLW link
(johnsalvatier.org)

A great ar­tic­u­la­tion of why peo­ple find it hard to adopt a nat­u­ral­is­tic worldview

StabilizerJan 31, 2017, 9:08 PM
4 points
34 comments1 min readLW link
(www.youtube.com)

Pu­tanu­monit—A “statis­ti­cal sig­nifi­cance” story in finance

Jacob FalkovichJan 31, 2017, 5:54 PM
2 points
21 comments1 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

“What Hap­pens When Doc­tors Only Take Cash”? Every­body, Espe­cially Pa­tients, Wins

morganismJan 30, 2017, 11:57 PM
8 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(reason.com)

A cen­tury of re­search fol­low­ing gifted kids.

morganismJan 30, 2017, 11:44 PM
6 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.psychologytoday.com)

How of­ten do you check this fo­rum?

JenniferRMJan 30, 2017, 4:56 PM
21 points
64 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Typ­i­cal Mind Fallacy

RobinZJan 30, 2017, 4:21 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Pre­dic­tion Cal­ibra­tion—Do­ing It Right

SquirrelInHellJan 30, 2017, 10:05 AM
14 points
36 comments1 min readLW link
(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)

Open thread, Jan. 30 - Feb. 05, 2017

MrMindJan 30, 2017, 8:31 AM
6 points
50 comments1 min readLW link

Er­ror and Ter­ror: Are We Wor­ry­ing about the Wrong Risks?

philosophytorresJan 30, 2017, 1:07 AM
10 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

My cur­rent take on the Paul-MIRI dis­agree­ment on al­ignabil­ity of messy AI

jessicata29 Jan 2017 20:52 UTC
24 points
43 comments10 min readLW link

On mo­ti­va­tions for MIRI’s highly re­li­able agent de­sign research

jessicata29 Jan 2017 19:34 UTC
35 points
11 comments5 min readLW link

Sig­nifi­cantly Invested

Jacob Falkovich29 Jan 2017 5:40 UTC
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

Why elec­tion mod­els didn’t pre­dict Trump’s vic­tory — A primer on how polls and elec­tion mod­els work

phl4328 Jan 2017 19:51 UTC
1 point
16 comments1 min readLW link
(necpluribusimpar.net)

AI Safety read­ing group

SoerenE28 Jan 2017 12:07 UTC
15 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Facets of Prob­lems v0.1

whpearson28 Jan 2017 12:00 UTC
5 points
18 comments6 min readLW link

De­ci­sion The­ory and the Ir­rele­vance of Im­pos­si­ble Outcomes

David Althaus28 Jan 2017 10:16 UTC
5 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(casparoesterheld.com)