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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
Apr 30, 2017, 6:36 AM
34
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Moral Robots: Making sense of robot ethics. News aggregator
morganism
Apr 29, 2017, 9:51 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(moral-robots.com)
Stationary algorithmic probability
Jacob_Hilton
Apr 29, 2017, 5:23 PM
3
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.jacobh.co.uk)
Relationship compatibility as patterns of emotional associations
Kaj_Sotala
Apr 29, 2017, 5:11 PM
3
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(kajsotala.fi)
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Fun & Games
RobinZ
Apr 29, 2017, 1:27 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
New meet up in Las Vegas!
Adam Zerner
Apr 28, 2017, 11:57 PM
5
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Baltimore / UMBC
l1n
Apr 28, 2017, 6:50 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Change utility, reduce extortion
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 28, 2017, 2:05 PM
3
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Change utility, reduce extortion
Stuart_Armstrong
Apr 28, 2017, 1:58 PM
1
point
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Superintelligence chapter 5
pepe_prime
Apr 28, 2017, 1:17 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Stockholm Slate Star Codex Meetup
pepe_prime
Apr 28, 2017, 1:15 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Learning incomplete models using dominant markets
Vanessa Kosoy
Apr 28, 2017, 9:57 AM
1
point
0
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Boundedly Rational Patients? Health and Patient Mistakes in a Behavioral Framework
fortyeridania
Apr 28, 2017, 1:01 AM
2
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(papers.ssrn.com)
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
Apr 22, 2017, 4:43 PM
19
points
0
comments
27
min read
LW
link
The AI Alignment Problem Has Already Been Solved(?) Once
SquirrelInHell
Apr 22, 2017, 1:24 PM
55
points
45
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)
Book Review – Too Like the Lightning
Jacob Falkovich
Apr 21, 2017, 6:49 PM
7
points
0
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
Effective altruism is self-recommending
Benquo
Apr 21, 2017, 6:37 PM
100
points
68
comments
27
min read
LW
link
Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Projects
rocurley
Apr 21, 2017, 3:13 AM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Slate Star Codex
RobinZ
Apr 20, 2017, 2:57 PM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Meetup : Chicago Applied Rationality Training
mingyuan
Apr 20, 2017, 1:32 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
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