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Meetup : Las Vegas Meetup
Adam Zerner
Apr 28, 2017, 12:52 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Scenario analysis: a parody
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 27, 2017, 3:21 PM
9
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A permutation argument for comparing utility functions
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 27, 2017, 3:01 PM
0
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Use and misuse of models: case study
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 27, 2017, 2:36 PM
26
points
4
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Slatestar Codex Sao Paulo
leohmarruda
Apr 27, 2017, 12:48 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Shallow Questions
rocurley
Apr 27, 2017, 4:08 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Introducing the Instrumental Rationality Sequence
lifelonglearner
Apr 26, 2017, 9:53 PM
45
points
20
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Background Reading: The Real Hufflepuff Sequence Was The Posts We Made Along The Way
Raemon
Apr 26, 2017, 6:15 PM
37
points
27
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Chicago Applied Rationality Training
mingyuan
Apr 26, 2017, 4:17 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Stub] Extortion and Pascal’s wager
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 26, 2017, 1:07 PM
6
points
29
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Actors and scribes, words and deeds
Benquo
Apr 26, 2017, 5:12 AM
38
points
5
comments
9
min read
LW
link
In support of yak shaving part 2
Elo
Apr 26, 2017, 1:41 AM
8
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Defining the normal computer control problem
whpearson
Apr 25, 2017, 11:49 PM
6
points
14
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Stupid Questions May 2017
gilch
Apr 25, 2017, 8:28 PM
10
points
42
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Melbourne Social Meetup: April
Maelin
Apr 25, 2017, 11:36 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
I Updated the List of Rationalist Blogs on the Wiki
sapphire
Apr 25, 2017, 10:26 AM
40
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Stuart Russell’s Center for Human Compatible AI is looking for an Assistant Director
crmflynn
Apr 25, 2017, 10:21 AM
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(humancompatible.ai)
Statcheck: Extract statistics from articles and recompute p values
morganism
Apr 24, 2017, 11:07 PM
4
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(mbnuijten.com)
The 2017 Effective Altruism Survey—Please Take!
Peter Wildeford
Apr 24, 2017, 9:08 PM
9
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Chaos and Consequentialism
ProofOfLogic
Apr 24, 2017, 8:43 PM
3
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(weird.solar)
Open thread, Apr. 24 - Apr. 30, 2017
gilch
Apr 24, 2017, 7:43 PM
5
points
98
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Unstaging Developmental Psychology
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Apr 24, 2017, 3:39 AM
8
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(mapandterritory.org)
Help Us Find Your Blog (and others)
Zvi
Apr 23, 2017, 11:53 AM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Neuralink and the Brain’s Magical Future
ESRogs
Apr 23, 2017, 7:27 AM
12
points
19
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(waitbutwhy.com)
Against Facebook: Comparison to Alternatives and Call to Action
Zvi
Apr 22, 2017, 4:44 PM
1
point
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Against Facebook
Zvi
22 Apr 2017 16:43 UTC
19
points
0
comments
27
min read
LW
link
The AI Alignment Problem Has Already Been Solved(?) Once
SquirrelInHell
22 Apr 2017 13:24 UTC
55
points
45
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)
Book Review – Too Like the Lightning
Jacob Falkovich
21 Apr 2017 18:49 UTC
7
points
0
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
Effective altruism is self-recommending
Benquo
21 Apr 2017 18:37 UTC
100
points
68
comments
27
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Projects
rocurley
21 Apr 2017 3:13 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Slate Star Codex
RobinZ
20 Apr 2017 14:57 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Chicago Applied Rationality Training
mingyuan
20 Apr 2017 13:32 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Don’t Shoot the Messenger
Vaniver
19 Apr 2017 22:14 UTC
18
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)
Holy Ghost in the Cloud (review article about christian transhumanism)
Gordon Seidoh Worley
19 Apr 2017 18:09 UTC
1
point
23
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(turingchurch.net)
An OpenAI board seat is surprisingly expensive
Benquo
19 Apr 2017 9:05 UTC
12
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
An inquiry into memory of humans
Elo
19 Apr 2017 7:02 UTC
4
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Review of “The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds,” Michael Lewis’ book about Kahneman & Tversky
fortyeridania
19 Apr 2017 5:13 UTC
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.nybooks.com)
Meetup : Games in Kocherga club: Fallacymania, Tower of Chaos, Scientific Discovery
Alexander230
18 Apr 2017 21:46 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Denver Area LW May Meetup
PonchoPal
18 Apr 2017 20:13 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
April ’17 I Care About Thread
MaryCh
18 Apr 2017 14:08 UTC
7
points
56
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Expected utility of control vs expected utility of actions
whpearson
18 Apr 2017 8:17 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(github.com)
Deleuze contra Error: Other Misadventures of Thought
ig0r
18 Apr 2017 5:45 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(larvalsubjects.wordpress.com)
Open thread, Apr. 17 - Apr. 23, 2017
gilch
18 Apr 2017 2:47 UTC
2
points
145
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : First Medellin, Colombia Meetup
jpulgarin
17 Apr 2017 23:03 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Two Major Obstacles for Logical Inductor Decision Theory
Scott Garrabrant
17 Apr 2017 21:10 UTC
35
points
5
comments
5
min read
LW
link
New discussion platform for Less Wrong community (Mastodon instance)
rayalez
17 Apr 2017 16:00 UTC
7
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Utility and Agoric systems—Looking at an expected utility of control rather than specific action
IAFF-User-228
17 Apr 2017 14:33 UTC
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(github.com)
Meetup : Sydney Rationality Dojo—May 2017
luminosity
17 Apr 2017 1:03 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How French intellectuals ruined the West—Postmodernism and its impact, explained
ig0r
17 Apr 2017 0:42 UTC
3
points
12
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(areomagazine.com)
Straw Hufflepuffs and Lone Heroes
Raemon
16 Apr 2017 23:48 UTC
50
points
63
comments
5
min read
LW
link
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