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New meet up in Las Vegas!

Adam ZernerApr 28, 2017, 11:57 PM

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2 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Baltimore / UMBC

l1nApr 28, 2017, 6:50 PM

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Change utility, reduce extortion

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 28, 2017, 2:05 PM

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17 comments1 min readLW link

Change utility, reduce extortion

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 28, 2017, 1:58 PM

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6 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Superintelligence chapter 5

pepe_primeApr 28, 2017, 1:17 PM

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Meetup : Stockholm Slate Star Codex Meetup

pepe_primeApr 28, 2017, 1:15 PM

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Learning incomplete models using dominant markets

Vanessa KosoyApr 28, 2017, 9:57 AM

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0 comments9 min readLW link

Boundedly Rational Patients? Health and Patient Mistakes in a Behavioral Framework

fortyeridaniaApr 28, 2017, 1:01 AM

2 points

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4 comments1 min readLW link

(papers.ssrn.com)

Meetup : Las Vegas Meetup

Adam ZernerApr 28, 2017, 12:52 AM

2 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Scenario analysis: a parody

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 27, 2017, 3:21 PM

9 points

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7 comments1 min readLW link

A permutation argument for comparing utility functions

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 27, 2017, 3:01 PM

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2 comments2 min readLW link

Use and misuse of models: case study

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 27, 2017, 2:36 PM

26 points

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4 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : Slatestar Codex Sao Paulo

leohmarrudaApr 27, 2017, 12:48 PM

3 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Shallow Questions

rocurleyApr 27, 2017, 4:08 AM

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Introducing the Instrumental Rationality Sequence

lifelonglearnerApr 26, 2017, 9:53 PM

45 points

30 votes

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20 comments4 min readLW link

Background Reading: The Real Hufflepuff Sequence Was The Posts We Made Along The Way

RaemonApr 26, 2017, 6:15 PM

38 points

28 votes

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27 comments8 min readLW link

Meetup : Chicago Applied Rationality Training

mingyuanApr 26, 2017, 4:17 PM

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0 comments1 min readLW link

[Stub] Extortion and Pascal’s wager

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 26, 2017, 1:07 PM

6 points

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29 comments1 min readLW link

Actors and scribes, words and deeds

BenquoApr 26, 2017, 5:12 AM

39 points

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5 comments9 min readLW link

In support of yak shaving part 2

EloApr 26, 2017, 1:41 AM

8 points

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4 comments4 min readLW link

Defining the normal computer control problem

whpearsonApr 25, 2017, 11:49 PM

6 points

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14 comments3 min readLW link

Stupid Questions May 2017

gilchApr 25, 2017, 8:28 PM

10 points

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42 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Melbourne Social Meetup: April

MaelinApr 25, 2017, 11:36 AM

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0 comments1 min readLW link

I Updated the List of Rationalist Blogs on the Wiki

sapphireApr 25, 2017, 10:26 AM

40 points

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7 comments1 min readLW link

Stuart Russell’s Center for Human Compatible AI is looking for an Assistant Director

crmflynnApr 25, 2017, 10:21 AM

4 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(humancompatible.ai)

Statcheck: Extract statistics from articles and recompute p values

morganismApr 24, 2017, 11:07 PM

4 points

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1 comment1 min readLW link

(mbnuijten.com)

The 2017 Effective Altruism Survey—Please Take!

Peter WildefordApr 24, 2017, 9:08 PM

9 points

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5 comments1 min readLW link

Chaos and Consequentialism

ProofOfLogicApr 24, 2017, 8:43 PM

3 points

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7 comments1 min readLW link

(weird.solar)

Open thread, Apr. 24 - Apr. 30, 2017

gilchApr 24, 2017, 7:43 PM

5 points

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98 comments1 min readLW link

Unstaging Developmental Psychology

Gordon Seidoh WorleyApr 24, 2017, 3:39 AM

8 points

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2 comments2 min readLW link

(mapandterritory.org)

Help Us Find Your Blog (and others)

ZviApr 23, 2017, 11:53 AM

1 point

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0 comments2 min readLW link

Neuralink and the Brain’s Magical Future

ESRogsApr 23, 2017, 7:27 AM

12 points

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19 comments1 min readLW link

(waitbutwhy.com)

Against Facebook: Comparison to Alternatives and Call to Action

ZviApr 22, 2017, 4:44 PM

1 point

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0 comments6 min readLW link

Against Facebook

ZviApr 22, 2017, 4:43 PM

19 points

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0 comments27 min readLW link

The AI Alignment Problem Has Already Been Solved(?) Once

SquirrelInHellApr 22, 2017, 1:24 PM

57 points

39 votes

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45 comments4 min readLW link

(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)

Book Review – Too Like the Lightning

Jacob FalkovichApr 21, 2017, 6:49 PM

7 points

4 votes

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0 comments7 min readLW link

(putanumonit.com)

Effective altruism is self-recommending

BenquoApr 21, 2017, 6:37 PM

100 points

61 votes

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68 comments27 min readLW link

Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Projects

rocurleyApr 21, 2017, 3:13 AM

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Slate Star Codex

RobinZApr 20, 2017, 2:57 PM

2 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Chicago Applied Rationality Training

mingyuanApr 20, 2017, 1:32 PM

1 point

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Don’t Shoot the Messenger

VaniverApr 19, 2017, 10:14 PM

18 points

11 votes

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13 comments1 min readLW link

(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Holy Ghost in the Cloud (review article about christian transhumanism)

Gordon Seidoh WorleyApr 19, 2017, 6:09 PM

1 point

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23 comments1 min readLW link

(turingchurch.net)

An OpenAI board seat is surprisingly expensive

BenquoApr 19, 2017, 9:05 AM

12 points

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16 comments1 min readLW link

An inquiry into memory of humans

EloApr 19, 2017, 7:02 AM

4 points

3 votes

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1 comment2 min readLW link

Review of “The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds,” Michael Lewis’ book about Kahneman & Tversky

fortyeridaniaApr 19, 2017, 5:13 AM

4 points

2 votes

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(www.nybooks.com)

Meetup : Games in Kocherga club: Fallacymania, Tower of Chaos, Scientific Discovery

Alexander230Apr 18, 2017, 9:46 PM

1 point

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Meetup : Denver Area LW May Meetup

PonchoPalApr 18, 2017, 8:13 PM

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0 comments1 min readLW link

April ’17 I Care About Thread

MaryChApr 18, 2017, 2:08 PM

7 points

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56 comments1 min readLW link

Expected utility of control vs expected utility of actions

whpearsonApr 18, 2017, 8:17 AM

2 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(github.com)

Deleuze contra Error: Other Misadventures of Thought

ig0rApr 18, 2017, 5:45 AM

2 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(larvalsubjects.wordpress.com)

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