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Meetup : Chicago Rationality Reading Group
mingyuan
May 11, 2017, 11:49 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Survivorship Bias
RobinZ
May 11, 2017, 11:46 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Acausal trade: Introduction
Stuart_Armstrong
May 11, 2017, 12:03 PM
4
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
That is not dead which can eternal lie: the aestivation hypothesis for resolving Fermi’s paradox
Stuart_Armstrong
May 11, 2017, 9:16 AM
21
points
15
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Hidden universal expansion: stopping runaways
Stuart_Armstrong
May 11, 2017, 9:01 AM
11
points
53
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Sydney Pub meetup—May
Elo
May 11, 2017, 1:35 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
WMDs in Iraq and Syria
ChristianKl
May 10, 2017, 9:03 PM
15
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Superintelligence chapter 6
pepe_prime
May 10, 2017, 12:55 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Modern portfolio theory
pepe_prime
May 10, 2017, 12:42 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Meetup 17 - Comfort Zone Expansion (CoZE)
null
May 10, 2017, 9:59 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Time Well Spent
Jacob Falkovich
May 9, 2017, 2:46 PM
0
points
0
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
From data to decisions: Processing information, biases, and beliefs for improved management of natural resources and environments
Gunnar_Zarncke
May 8, 2017, 9:47 PM
3
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
Open thread, May 8 - May 14, 2017
Thomas
May 8, 2017, 8:10 AM
5
points
82
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Stories
rocurley
May 8, 2017, 6:17 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
On-line google hangout on approaches to the control problem (2017/6/13 7PM UTC)
whpearson
May 7, 2017, 7:13 PM
6
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Algorithmic tacit collusion
Stefan_Schubert
May 7, 2017, 2:57 PM
4
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.economist.com)
A correlated analogue of reflective oracles
jessicata
May 7, 2017, 7:00 AM
4
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Baltimore
l1n
May 6, 2017, 11:51 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Working with multiple problems at once
Elo
May 6, 2017, 10:14 PM
5
points
8
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Change
Zack_M_Davis
May 6, 2017, 9:17 PM
2
points
10
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(zackmdavis.net)
Generalizing Foundations of Decision Theory II
abramdemski
May 6, 2017, 8:40 PM
15
points
4
comments
19
min read
LW
link
Infinite ethics comparisons
Stuart_Armstrong
May 6, 2017, 7:24 PM
1
point
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Soft Skills for Running Meetups for Beginners
Raemon
May 6, 2017, 4:04 PM
37
points
8
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Cognitive Core Systems explaining intuitions behind belief in souls, free will, and creation myths
Kaj_Sotala
May 6, 2017, 12:13 PM
10
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(kajsotala.fi)
Nuisance Noise and Competing Access Needs
Fluttershy
May 4, 2017, 10:07 PM
2
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
AI arms race
Stuart_Armstrong
May 4, 2017, 10:59 AM
10
points
22
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Thoughts on civilization collapse
Stuart_Armstrong
May 4, 2017, 10:41 AM
28
points
79
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Regression to the Mean
RobinZ
May 4, 2017, 2:09 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Chicago Applied Rationality Training
mingyuan
May 4, 2017, 1:29 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
From Jonathan Haidt: A site that lets you “experience different viewpoints”
fortyeridania
May 3, 2017, 4:01 PM
4
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(heterodoxacademy.org)
Intertheoretic utility comparison: outcomes, strategies and utilities
Stuart_Armstrong
May 3, 2017, 8:37 AM
0
points
0
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Intertheoretic utility comparison: simple theory
Stuart_Armstrong
May 3, 2017, 8:36 AM
1
point
8
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Equilibria in adversarial supervised learning
RyanCarey
May 3, 2017, 8:14 AM
5
points
1
comment
3
min read
LW
link
Call for Special Issue on Superintelligence—Informatica
RyanCarey
May 3, 2017, 5:08 AM
5
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.informatica.si)
How I’d Introduce LessWrong to an Outsider
Adam Zerner
May 3, 2017, 4:32 AM
10
points
25
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Acting on your intended preferences—What does that look like in practice? (critical introspective questions)
Elo
May 3, 2017, 12:51 AM
8
points
1
comment
5
min read
LW
link
Decomposing the normal computer control problem
whpearson
May 2, 2017, 9:47 PM
4
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Finding reflective oracle distributions using a Kakutani map
jessicata
May 2, 2017, 2:12 AM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Experiments, iterations and the scientific method
Elo
May 2, 2017, 12:59 AM
15
points
2
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Open thread, May. 1 - May. 7, 2017
Thomas
May 1, 2017, 3:55 PM
3
points
29
comments
1
min read
LW
link
May 2017 Media Thread
ArisKatsaris
May 1, 2017, 10:26 AM
3
points
39
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Bad intent is a disposition, not a feeling
Benquo
May 1, 2017, 1:28 AM
26
points
74
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Nate Soares’ “Assuming Good Intent”
Raemon
Apr 30, 2017, 5:45 PM
19
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(mindingourway.com)
There is No Akrasia
lifelonglearner
Apr 30, 2017, 3:33 PM
31
points
24
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Nate Soares’ Replacing Guilt Series compiled in epub Format
lifelonglearner
30 Apr 2017 6:36 UTC
34
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Moral Robots: Making sense of robot ethics. News aggregator
morganism
29 Apr 2017 21:51 UTC
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(moral-robots.com)
Stationary algorithmic probability
Jacob_Hilton
29 Apr 2017 17:23 UTC
3
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jacobh.co.uk)
Relationship compatibility as patterns of emotional associations
Kaj_Sotala
29 Apr 2017 17:11 UTC
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(kajsotala.fi)
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Fun & Games
RobinZ
29 Apr 2017 13:27 UTC
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
New meet up in Las Vegas!
Adam Zerner
28 Apr 2017 23:57 UTC
5
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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