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

Bad in­tent is a dis­po­si­tion, not a feeling

BenquoMay 1, 2017, 1:28 AM
26 points
74 comments4 min readLW link

Nate Soares’ “As­sum­ing Good In­tent”

RaemonApr 30, 2017, 5:45 PM
19 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(mindingourway.com)

There is No Akrasia

lifelonglearnerApr 30, 2017, 3:33 PM
31 points
24 comments5 min readLW link

Nate Soares’ Re­plac­ing Guilt Series com­piled in epub Format

lifelonglearnerApr 30, 2017, 6:36 AM
34 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Mo­ral Robots: Mak­ing sense of robot ethics. News aggregator

morganismApr 29, 2017, 9:51 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link
(moral-robots.com)

Sta­tion­ary al­gorith­mic probability

Jacob_HiltonApr 29, 2017, 5:23 PM
3 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jacobh.co.uk)

Re­la­tion­ship com­pat­i­bil­ity as pat­terns of emo­tional associations

Kaj_SotalaApr 29, 2017, 5:11 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(kajsotala.fi)

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

RobinZApr 29, 2017, 1:27 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

New meet up in Las Ve­gas!

Adam ZernerApr 28, 2017, 11:57 PM
5 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Bal­ti­more /​ UMBC

l1nApr 28, 2017, 6:50 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Change util­ity, re­duce extortion

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 28, 2017, 2:05 PM
3 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Change util­ity, re­duce extortion

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 28, 2017, 1:58 PM
1 point
6 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Su­per­in­tel­li­gence chap­ter 5

pepe_primeApr 28, 2017, 1:17 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Stock­holm Slate Star Codex Meetup

pepe_primeApr 28, 2017, 1:15 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Learn­ing in­com­plete mod­els us­ing dom­i­nant markets

Vanessa KosoyApr 28, 2017, 9:57 AM
1 point
0 comments9 min readLW link

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

fortyeridaniaApr 28, 2017, 1:01 AM
2 points
4 comments1 min readLW link
(papers.ssrn.com)

Meetup : Las Ve­gas Meetup

Adam ZernerApr 28, 2017, 12:52 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Sce­nario anal­y­sis: a parody

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 27, 2017, 3:21 PM
9 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

A per­mu­ta­tion ar­gu­ment for com­par­ing util­ity functions

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 27, 2017, 3:01 PM
0 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Use and mi­suse of mod­els: case study

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 27, 2017, 2:36 PM
26 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : Slat­es­tar Codex Sao Paulo

leohmarrudaApr 27, 2017, 12:48 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Shal­low Questions

rocurleyApr 27, 2017, 4:08 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

In­tro­duc­ing the In­stru­men­tal Ra­tion­al­ity Sequence

lifelonglearnerApr 26, 2017, 9:53 PM
45 points
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
37 points
27 comments8 min readLW link

Meetup : Chicago Ap­plied Ra­tion­al­ity Train­ing

mingyuanApr 26, 2017, 4:17 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Stub] Ex­tor­tion and Pas­cal’s wager

Stuart_ArmstrongApr 26, 2017, 1:07 PM
6 points
29 comments1 min readLW link

Ac­tors and scribes, words and deeds

BenquoApr 26, 2017, 5:12 AM
38 points
5 comments9 min readLW link

In sup­port of yak shav­ing part 2

EloApr 26, 2017, 1:41 AM
8 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

Defin­ing the nor­mal com­puter con­trol problem

whpearsonApr 25, 2017, 11:49 PM
6 points
14 comments3 min readLW link

Stupid Ques­tions May 2017

gilchApr 25, 2017, 8:28 PM
10 points
42 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Melbourne So­cial Meetup: April

MaelinApr 25, 2017, 11:36 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

I Up­dated the List of Ra­tion­al­ist Blogs on the Wiki

sapphireApr 25, 2017, 10:26 AM
40 points
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
0 comments1 min readLW link
(humancompatible.ai)

Statcheck: Ex­tract statis­tics from ar­ti­cles and re­com­pute p values

morganismApr 24, 2017, 11:07 PM
4 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(mbnuijten.com)

The 2017 Effec­tive Altru­ism Sur­vey—Please Take!

Peter WildefordApr 24, 2017, 9:08 PM
9 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Chaos and Consequentialism

ProofOfLogicApr 24, 2017, 8:43 PM
3 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
(weird.solar)

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

gilchApr 24, 2017, 7:43 PM
5 points
98 comments1 min readLW link

Un­stag­ing Devel­op­men­tal Psychology

Gordon Seidoh WorleyApr 24, 2017, 3:39 AM
8 points
2 comments2 min readLW link
(mapandterritory.org)

Help Us Find Your Blog (and oth­ers)

ZviApr 23, 2017, 11:53 AM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Neu­ral­ink and the Brain’s Mag­i­cal Future

ESRogsApr 23, 2017, 7:27 AM
12 points
19 comments1 min readLW link
(waitbutwhy.com)

Against Face­book: Com­par­i­son to Alter­na­tives and Call to Action

ZviApr 22, 2017, 4:44 PM
1 point
0 comments6 min readLW link

Against Facebook

ZviApr 22, 2017, 4:43 PM
19 points
0 comments27 min readLW link

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

SquirrelInHellApr 22, 2017, 1:24 PM
55 points
45 comments4 min readLW link
(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)

Book Re­view – Too Like the Lightning

Jacob FalkovichApr 21, 2017, 6:49 PM
7 points
0 comments7 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

Effec­tive al­tru­ism is self-recommending

BenquoApr 21, 2017, 6:37 PM
100 points
68 comments27 min readLW link

Meetup : San Fran­cisco Meetup: Projects

rocurleyApr 21, 2017, 3:13 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

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

RobinZApr 20, 2017, 2:57 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Chicago Ap­plied Ra­tion­al­ity Training

mingyuanApr 20, 2017, 1:32 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link