Open thread, Apr. 10 - Apr. 16, 2017

MrMind11 Apr 2017 6:57 UTC
4 points
124 comments1 min readLW link

Akra­sia Tac­tics Re­view 3: The Re­turn of the Akrasia

MalcolmOcean10 Apr 2017 15:05 UTC
20 points
46 comments2 min readLW link

“Fu­ture of Go” sum­mit with AlphaGo

gjm10 Apr 2017 11:10 UTC
8 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(deepmind.com)

A new Mastodon in­stance for peo­ple in­ter­ested in Ra­tion­al­ity, Com­puter Science, Tech­nol­ogy, and Startups

rayalez10 Apr 2017 4:18 UTC
1 point
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Ex­pla­na­tions of de­on­tolog­i­cal re­sponses to moral dilemmas

Jayson_Virissimo10 Apr 2017 3:43 UTC
3 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(judgmentmisguided.blogspot.com)

You’re Good Enough, You’re Smart Enough, and Peo­ple Would Like You

Zvi9 Apr 2017 12:49 UTC
16 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

Net Utility and Plane­tary Biocide

madhatter9 Apr 2017 3:43 UTC
14 points
43 comments2 min readLW link

MIRI: De­ci­sions are for mak­ing bad out­comes inconsistent

Rob Bensinger9 Apr 2017 3:42 UTC
14 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(intelligence.org)

Re­quest­ing Ques­tions For A 2017 LessWrong Survey

namespace9 Apr 2017 0:48 UTC
8 points
30 comments2 min readLW link

What ex­actly is the “Ra­tion­al­ity Com­mu­nity?”

Raemon9 Apr 2017 0:11 UTC
62 points
10 comments5 min readLW link

Why Ra­tion­al­ity?

Zvi8 Apr 2017 12:10 UTC
2 points
0 comments15 min readLW link

What con­ser­va­tives and en­vi­ron­men­tal­ists agree on

PhilGoetz8 Apr 2017 0:57 UTC
15 points
33 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : Bal­ti­more—SSC Edition

l1n7 Apr 2017 13:14 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Agents that don’t be­come maximisers

Stuart_Armstrong7 Apr 2017 12:56 UTC
15 points
15 comments3 min readLW link

Not all non-max­imisers be­come maximisers

Stuart_Armstrong6 Apr 2017 19:27 UTC
0 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Deep Questions

rocurley6 Apr 2017 5:37 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Pu­tanu­monit: Con­tra Noah Smith’s bad ar­gu­ment for a good cause

Jacob Falkovich5 Apr 2017 21:14 UTC
1 point
19 comments1 min readLW link

The An­cient God Who Rules High School

lifelonglearner5 Apr 2017 18:55 UTC
13 points
113 comments1 min readLW link
(medium.com)

Meetup : Chicago SSC Meetup /​ Ra­tion­al­ity Read­ing Group

mingyuan5 Apr 2017 18:10 UTC
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

Brief up­date on the con­se­quences of my “Two ar­gu­ments for not think­ing about ethics” (2014) article

Kaj_Sotala5 Apr 2017 11:25 UTC
30 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Ginialogy

Jacob Falkovich5 Apr 2017 2:58 UTC
1 point
0 comments5 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

Meetup : The fu­ture of ra­tio­nal­ity in Melbourne

Chriswaterguy5 Apr 2017 2:32 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

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

RobinZ5 Apr 2017 2:10 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Re­sponses to Tyler Cowen on Rationality

Zvi4 Apr 2017 23:40 UTC
11 points
0 comments11 min readLW link

Men with­out work,or prospects

morganism3 Apr 2017 20:14 UTC
4 points
18 comments1 min readLW link
(www.mauldineconomics.com)

OpenAI makes hu­man­ity less safe

Benquo3 Apr 2017 19:07 UTC
53 points
109 comments6 min readLW link

Pro­ject Hufflepuff: Plant­ing the Flag

Raemon3 Apr 2017 18:37 UTC
72 points
105 comments4 min readLW link

Open thread, Apr. 03 - Apr. 09, 2017

Elo3 Apr 2017 6:58 UTC
3 points
76 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Read­ing with dis­ci­pline, re­con­struc­tion and mnemonics

pepe_prime2 Apr 2017 20:24 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

A Frame­work For Cog­ni­tive Bi­ases: What Types Of Cog­ni­tive Bi­ases Are Out There?

sleepingthinker2 Apr 2017 19:15 UTC
1 point
3 comments1 min readLW link
(gainweightjournal.com)

Meetup : Den­ver LW April Meetup

PonchoPal2 Apr 2017 3:39 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

G.K. Ch­ester­ton On AI Risk

Scott Alexander1 Apr 2017 19:00 UTC
18 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

April 2017 Me­dia Thread

ArisKatsaris1 Apr 2017 16:39 UTC
4 points
31 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Baltimore

l1n1 Apr 2017 16:25 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity Quotes April—June 2017

Sabiola1 Apr 2017 9:06 UTC
3 points
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“On the Im­pos­si­bil­ity of Su­per­sized Machines”

crmflynn31 Mar 2017 23:32 UTC
24 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(philpapers.org)

Plan-Bot: A Sim­ple Plan­ning Tool

lifelonglearner31 Mar 2017 21:45 UTC
7 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Against responsibility

Benquo31 Mar 2017 21:12 UTC
75 points
21 comments9 min readLW link

The Hid­den Mo­nop­o­lies That Raise Drug Prices

morganism31 Mar 2017 17:43 UTC
2 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(prospect.org)

‘Cru­cial Con­sid­er­a­tions and Wise Philan­thropy’, by Nick Bostrom

casebash31 Mar 2017 12:52 UTC
15 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(www.stafforini.com)

Deriv­ing tech­niques on the fly

Elo31 Mar 2017 10:03 UTC
7 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : [Metro Detroit /​ Ann Ar­bor], Michi­gan: LW and SSC meetup where I bring food

excinera30 Mar 2017 17:42 UTC
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link

Meetup : April Pub meetup + SlateS­tarCodex meetup

Elo30 Mar 2017 7:44 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

My Notes on the book, “Turn the ship around” by L David Marquet

Elo30 Mar 2017 6:32 UTC
6 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(bearlamp.com.au)

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Great Filter

RobinZ30 Mar 2017 4:38 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Book Re­view: Freez­ing Peo­ple is (Not) Easy

J Thomas Moros30 Mar 2017 3:53 UTC
6 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(ferocioustruth.com)

Avoid­ing Emo­tional Dom­i­nance Spirals

Zvi30 Mar 2017 0:43 UTC
17 points
18 comments5 min readLW link

Meetup : Madrid—First meetup

Pablo Villalobos29 Mar 2017 20:35 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Dom­i­nance, care, and so­cial touch

Benquo29 Mar 2017 17:53 UTC
7 points
3 comments1 min readLW link
(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

What’s up with Ar­bital?

Alexei29 Mar 2017 17:22 UTC
40 points
91 comments1 min readLW link