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If only we had taller been
jsalvatier
Mar 4, 2017, 11:15 PM
9
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(johnsalvatier.org)
Meetup : Superintellignce chapter 2
pepe_prime
Mar 4, 2017, 8:29 PM
1
point
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
The Practical Argument for Free Will
entirelyuseless
Mar 4, 2017, 4:58 PM
3
points
65
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(entirelyuseless.wordpress.com)
Generalizing Foundations of Decision Theory
abramdemski
Mar 4, 2017, 4:46 PM
19
points
11
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Short Termism
Zvi
Mar 4, 2017, 12:18 PM
1
point
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
5 Project Hufflepuff Suggestions for the Rationality Community
lifelonglearner
Mar 4, 2017, 2:23 AM
18
points
35
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Mar 3, 2017, 4:10 PM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Baltimore / UMBC Meetup—general discussion
iarwain1
Mar 3, 2017, 3:35 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Alien Implant: Newcomb’s Smoking Lesion
entirelyuseless
Mar 3, 2017, 4:51 AM
6
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(entirelyuseless.wordpress.com)
Ferocious Truth (New Blog, Map/Territory Error Categories)
J Thomas Moros
Mar 2, 2017, 8:39 PM
3
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(ferocioustruth.com)
Ferocious Truth (New Blog, Map/Territory Error Categories)
J Thomas Moros
Mar 2, 2017, 8:38 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Phenomenological Complexity Classes
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Mar 2, 2017, 7:47 PM
18
points
11
comments
18
min read
LW
link
(mapandterritory.org)
AI Research Discussed by Mainstream Media
TimS
Mar 2, 2017, 4:22 PM
9
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.slate.com)
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Fun & Games
RobinZ
Mar 2, 2017, 1:57 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : SF Meetup: Cooking
maia
Mar 2, 2017, 2:26 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Chicago Rationality Reading Group—Luminosity Part 3
mingyuan
Mar 2, 2017, 1:16 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
March 2017 Media Thread
ArisKatsaris
Mar 1, 2017, 10:54 PM
4
points
43
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : March Rationality meetup
Marko
Mar 1, 2017, 4:59 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Don’t Fear the Reaper: Refuting Bostrom’s Superintelligence Argument
sbenthall
Mar 1, 2017, 2:28 PM
9
points
20
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Stub] The wrong philosophical question
Stuart_Armstrong
Mar 1, 2017, 12:31 PM
7
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Psychology of Human Misjudgment by Charles T. Munger
James_Miller
Mar 1, 2017, 1:34 AM
4
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(www.hb.org)
ribbonfarm: A Brief History of Existential Terror
9eB1
Mar 1, 2017, 1:18 AM
4
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.ribbonfarm.com)
Meetup : #13 - Focusing
null
Feb 28, 2017, 8:52 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The value alignment problem as an interactive game
IAFF-User-211
Feb 28, 2017, 7:40 PM
0
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(medium.com)
CFAR Workshop Review: February 2017
lifelonglearner
Feb 28, 2017, 3:15 AM
12
points
16
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Familiar Finance
Jacob Falkovich
Feb 27, 2017, 9:12 PM
1
point
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
Humble Charlie
Benquo
Feb 27, 2017, 7:04 PM
5
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)
A Modern Myth
Scott Alexander
Feb 27, 2017, 5:29 PM
40
points
1
comment
49
min read
LW
link
Open Thread, Feb. 27 - March 5, 2017
Elo
Feb 27, 2017, 4:32 AM
6
points
174
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Metrics in Everything: “Human Lives”
Zvi
Feb 26, 2017, 4:18 PM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Modal Combat for games other than the prisoner’s dilemma
AlexMennen
Feb 26, 2017, 8:10 AM
6
points
1
comment
13
min read
LW
link
What Should the Average EA Do About AI Alignment?
Raemon
Feb 25, 2017, 8:37 PM
5
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(effective-altruism.com)
“Field Patterns” as a new mathmatical construct.
morganism
Feb 24, 2017, 11:56 PM
1
point
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(unews.utah.edu)
The AI Paper with The Best Title Ever
Zvi
Feb 24, 2017, 10:38 PM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
First principles thinking and better, more creative solutions to problems
sleepingthinker
Feb 24, 2017, 9:51 PM
1
point
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(gainweightjournal.com)
First principles thinking and better, more creative solutions to problems
sleepingthinker
Feb 24, 2017, 9:49 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
DEAD THREAD
Halfwitz
Feb 24, 2017, 9:41 PM
6
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Against neglectedness considerations
Benquo
Feb 24, 2017, 9:41 PM
4
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)
Selecting Leaders with Random Sampling and Standardized Testing
Halfwitz
Feb 24, 2017, 9:34 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Selecting Leaders with Random Sampling and Standardized Testing:https://medium.com/@LyleCantor/an-alternative-to-democracy-e4ba2af07a85#.wtdza9jy2
Halfwitz
Feb 24, 2017, 9:31 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Translation “counterfactual”
Stuart_Armstrong
Feb 24, 2017, 6:36 PM
4
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Concrete Takeaways Post-CFAR
lifelonglearner
Feb 24, 2017, 6:31 PM
20
points
6
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Baltimore / UMBC Meetup—general discussion
iarwain1
Feb 24, 2017, 5:08 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Weekly LW Meetups
FrankAdamek
Feb 24, 2017, 4:49 PM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Group Debugging
rocurley
Feb 24, 2017, 4:29 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The price you pay for arriving to class on time
alex_zag_al
Feb 24, 2017, 2:11 PM
1
point
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(raginrayguns.tumblr.com)
The Monkey and the Machine
ProofOfLogic
Feb 23, 2017, 9:38 PM
17
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(sideways-view.com)
Moral Philosophers as Ethical Engineers: Limits of Moral Philosophy and a Pragmatist Alternative
Kaj_Sotala
Feb 23, 2017, 1:02 PM
7
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
Nearest unblocked strategy versus learning patches
Stuart_Armstrong
Feb 23, 2017, 12:42 PM
21
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Nearest unblocked strategy versus learning patches
Stuart_Armstrong
Feb 23, 2017, 12:33 PM
1
point
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
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