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Mak­ing de­ci­sions in a real com­puter—an ar­gu­ment for meta-de­ci­sion the­ory research

whpearsonMay 13, 2017, 11:18 PM
6 points
8 comments5 min readLW link

Sur­fing Uncer­tainty: Pre­dic­tion, Ac­tion, and the Em­bod­ied Mind—The Fu­ture of Prediction

morganismMay 13, 2017, 8:59 PM
1 point
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.oxfordscholarship.com)

Real­ity has a sur­pris­ing amount of detail

jsalvatierMay 13, 2017, 8:02 PM
92 points
31 comments1 min readLW link
(johnsalvatier.org)

Why do we think most AIs un­in­ten­tion­ally cre­ated by hu­mans would cre­ate a worse world, when the hu­man mind was de­signed by ran­dom mu­ta­tions and nat­u­ral se­lec­tion, and cre­ated a bet­ter world?

contravariantMay 13, 2017, 8:23 AM
3 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

De­ci­sion The­o­ries in Real Life

lifelonglearnerMay 13, 2017, 1:47 AM
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(mindlevelup.wordpress.com)

SlateS­tarCodex Mee­tups Every­where: Analysis

mingyuanMay 13, 2017, 12:29 AM
21 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

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

excineraMay 12, 2017, 8:51 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Rea­son­ing upon its own dark fiction

Jacob FalkovichMay 12, 2017, 4:40 AM
1 point
0 comments4 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

Gears in understanding

ValentineMay 12, 2017, 12:36 AM
196 points
38 comments10 min readLW link

Meetup : Chicago Ra­tion­al­ity Read­ing Group

mingyuanMay 11, 2017, 11:49 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Sur­vivor­ship Bias

RobinZMay 11, 2017, 11:46 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Acausal trade: Introduction

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 11, 2017, 12:03 PM
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

That is not dead which can eter­nal lie: the aes­ti­va­tion hy­poth­e­sis for re­solv­ing Fermi’s paradox

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 11, 2017, 9:16 AM
21 points
15 comments1 min readLW link

Hid­den uni­ver­sal ex­pan­sion: stop­ping runaways

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 11, 2017, 9:01 AM
11 points
53 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Syd­ney Pub meetup—May

EloMay 11, 2017, 1:35 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

WMDs in Iraq and Syria

ChristianKlMay 10, 2017, 9:03 PM
15 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Su­per­in­tel­li­gence chap­ter 6

pepe_primeMay 10, 2017, 12:55 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Modern port­fo­lio theory

pepe_primeMay 10, 2017, 12:42 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Meetup 17 - Com­fort Zone Ex­pan­sion (CoZE)

nullMay 10, 2017, 9:59 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Time Well Spent

Jacob FalkovichMay 9, 2017, 2:46 PM
0 points
0 comments6 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

From data to de­ci­sions: Pro­cess­ing in­for­ma­tion, bi­ases, and be­liefs for im­proved man­age­ment of nat­u­ral re­sources and environments

Gunnar_ZarnckeMay 8, 2017, 9:47 PM
3 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(onlinelibrary.wiley.com)

Open thread, May 8 - May 14, 2017

ThomasMay 8, 2017, 8:10 AM
5 points
82 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Stories

rocurleyMay 8, 2017, 6:17 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

On-line google hang­out on ap­proaches to the con­trol prob­lem (2017/​6/​13 7PM UTC)

whpearsonMay 7, 2017, 7:13 PM
6 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Al­gorith­mic tacit collusion

Stefan_SchubertMay 7, 2017, 2:57 PM
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.economist.com)

A cor­re­lated analogue of re­flec­tive oracles

jessicataMay 7, 2017, 7:00 AM
4 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Meetup : Baltimore

l1nMay 6, 2017, 11:51 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Work­ing with mul­ti­ple prob­lems at once

EloMay 6, 2017, 10:14 PM
5 points
8 comments5 min readLW link

Change

Zack_M_DavisMay 6, 2017, 9:17 PM
2 points
10 comments1 min readLW link
(zackmdavis.net)

Gen­er­al­iz­ing Foun­da­tions of De­ci­sion The­ory II

abramdemskiMay 6, 2017, 8:40 PM
15 points
4 comments19 min readLW link

In­finite ethics comparisons

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 6, 2017, 7:24 PM
1 point
2 comments3 min readLW link

Soft Skills for Run­ning Mee­tups for Beginners

RaemonMay 6, 2017, 4:04 PM
37 points
8 comments7 min readLW link

Cog­ni­tive Core Sys­tems ex­plain­ing in­tu­itions be­hind be­lief in souls, free will, and cre­ation myths

Kaj_SotalaMay 6, 2017, 12:13 PM
10 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

Nui­sance Noise and Com­pet­ing Ac­cess Needs

FluttershyMay 4, 2017, 10:07 PM
2 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

AI arms race

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 4, 2017, 10:59 AM
10 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

Thoughts on civ­i­liza­tion collapse

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 4, 2017, 10:41 AM
28 points
79 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Wash­ing­ton, D.C.: Re­gres­sion to the Mean

RobinZMay 4, 2017, 2:09 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Chicago Ap­plied Ra­tion­al­ity Training

mingyuanMay 4, 2017, 1:29 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

From Jonathan Haidt: A site that lets you “ex­pe­rience differ­ent view­points”

fortyeridaniaMay 3, 2017, 4:01 PM
4 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(heterodoxacademy.org)

In­terthe­o­retic util­ity com­par­i­son: out­comes, strate­gies and utilities

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 3, 2017, 8:37 AM
0 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

In­terthe­o­retic util­ity com­par­i­son: sim­ple theory

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 3, 2017, 8:36 AM
1 point
8 comments4 min readLW link

Equil­ibria in ad­ver­sar­ial su­per­vised learning

RyanCareyMay 3, 2017, 8:14 AM
5 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

Call for Spe­cial Is­sue on Su­per­in­tel­li­gence—Informatica

RyanCareyMay 3, 2017, 5:08 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.informatica.si)

How I’d In­tro­duce LessWrong to an Outsider

Adam ZernerMay 3, 2017, 4:32 AM
10 points
25 comments7 min readLW link

Act­ing on your in­tended prefer­ences—What does that look like in prac­tice? (crit­i­cal in­tro­spec­tive ques­tions)

EloMay 3, 2017, 12:51 AM
8 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

De­com­pos­ing the nor­mal com­puter con­trol problem

whpearsonMay 2, 2017, 9:47 PM
4 points
4 comments5 min readLW link

Find­ing re­flec­tive or­a­cle dis­tri­bu­tions us­ing a Kaku­tani map

jessicataMay 2, 2017, 2:12 AM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Ex­per­i­ments, iter­a­tions and the sci­en­tific method

EloMay 2, 2017, 12:59 AM
15 points
2 comments7 min readLW link

Open thread, May. 1 - May. 7, 2017

ThomasMay 1, 2017, 3:55 PM
3 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

May 2017 Me­dia Thread

ArisKatsarisMay 1, 2017, 10:26 AM
3 points
39 comments1 min readLW link