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

whpearsonMay 13, 2017, 11:18 PM

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8 comments5 min readLW link

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

morganismMay 13, 2017, 8:59 PM

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1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.oxfordscholarship.com)

Reality has a surprising amount of detail

jsalvatierMay 13, 2017, 8:02 PM

110 points

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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

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12 comments1 min readLW link

Decision Theories in Real Life

lifelonglearnerMay 13, 2017, 1:47 AM

4 points

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2 comments1 min readLW link

(mindlevelup.wordpress.com)

SlateStarCodex Meetups Everywhere: Analysis

mingyuanMay 13, 2017, 12:29 AM

21 points

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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

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Reasoning upon its own dark fiction

Jacob FalkovichMay 12, 2017, 4:40 AM

2 points

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0 comments4 min readLW link

(putanumonit.com)

Gears in understanding

ValentineMay 12, 2017, 12:36 AM

198 points

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38 comments10 min readLW link

Meetup : Chicago Rationality Reading Group

mingyuanMay 11, 2017, 11:49 PM

1 point

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Washington, D.C.: Survivorship Bias

RobinZMay 11, 2017, 11:46 PM

2 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Acausal trade: Introduction

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 11, 2017, 12:03 PM

5 points

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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

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15 comments1 min readLW link

Hidden universal expansion: stopping runaways

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 11, 2017, 9:01 AM

11 points

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53 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Sydney Pub meetup—May

EloMay 11, 2017, 1:35 AM

2 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

WMDs in Iraq and Syria

ChristianKlMay 10, 2017, 9:03 PM

15 points

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10 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Superintelligence chapter 6

pepe_primeMay 10, 2017, 12:55 PM

1 point

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Modern portfolio theory

pepe_primeMay 10, 2017, 12:42 PM

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Meetup 17 - Comfort Zone Expansion (CoZE)

nullMay 10, 2017, 9:59 AM

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Time Well Spent

Jacob FalkovichMay 9, 2017, 2:46 PM

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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

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1 comment1 min readLW link

(onlinelibrary.wiley.com)

Open thread, May 8 - May 14, 2017

ThomasMay 8, 2017, 8:10 AM

5 points

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82 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : San Francisco Meetup: Stories

rocurleyMay 8, 2017, 6:17 AM

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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

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2 comments1 min readLW link

Algorithmic tacit collusion

Stefan_SchubertMay 7, 2017, 2:57 PM

4 points

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2 comments1 min readLW link

(www.economist.com)

A correlated analogue of reflective oracles

jessicataMay 7, 2017, 7:00 AM

4 points

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0 comments4 min readLW link

Meetup : Baltimore

l1nMay 6, 2017, 11:51 PM

1 point

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Working with multiple problems at once

EloMay 6, 2017, 10:14 PM

5 points

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8 comments5 min readLW link

Change

Zack_M_DavisMay 6, 2017, 9:17 PM

2 points

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10 comments1 min readLW link

(zackmdavis.net)

Generalizing Foundations of Decision Theory II

abramdemskiMay 6, 2017, 8:40 PM

15 points

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4 comments19 min readLW link

Infinite ethics comparisons

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 6, 2017, 7:24 PM

1 point

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2 comments3 min readLW link

Soft Skills for Running Meetups for Beginners

RaemonMay 6, 2017, 4:04 PM

38 points

22 votes

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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

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(kajsotala.fi)

Nuisance Noise and Competing Access Needs

FluttershyMay 4, 2017, 10:07 PM

2 points

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0 comments3 min readLW link

AI arms race

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 4, 2017, 10:59 AM

10 points

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22 comments1 min readLW link

Thoughts on civilization collapse

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 4, 2017, 10:41 AM

28 points

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79 comments1 min readLW link

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

RobinZMay 4, 2017, 2:09 AM

2 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Chicago Applied Rationality Training

mingyuanMay 4, 2017, 1:29 AM

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0 comments1 min readLW link

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

fortyeridaniaMay 3, 2017, 4:01 PM

4 points

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4 comments1 min readLW link

(heterodoxacademy.org)

Intertheoretic utility comparison: outcomes, strategies and utilities

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 3, 2017, 8:37 AM

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0 comments7 min readLW link

Intertheoretic utility comparison: simple theory

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 3, 2017, 8:36 AM

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8 comments4 min readLW link

Equilibria in adversarial supervised learning

RyanCareyMay 3, 2017, 8:14 AM

5 points

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1 comment3 min readLW link

Call for Special Issue on Superintelligence—Informatica

RyanCareyMay 3, 2017, 5:08 AM

5 points

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(www.informatica.si)

How I’d Introduce LessWrong to an Outsider

Adam ZernerMay 3, 2017, 4:32 AM

10 points

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

EloMay 3, 2017, 12:51 AM

8 points

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1 comment5 min readLW link

Finding reflective oracle distributions using a Kakutani map

jessicataMay 2, 2017, 2:12 AM

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0 comments2 min readLW link

Experiments, iterations and the scientific method

EloMay 2, 2017, 12:59 AM

15 points

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2 comments7 min readLW link

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

ThomasMay 1, 2017, 3:55 PM

3 points

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29 comments1 min readLW link

May 2017 Media Thread

ArisKatsarisMay 1, 2017, 10:26 AM

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39 comments1 min readLW link

Bad intent is a disposition, not a feeling

BenquoMay 1, 2017, 1:28 AM

28 points

18 votes

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74 comments4 min readLW link

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