Book recom­men­da­tion requests

ChristianKlJun 1, 2017, 10:33 PM
16 points
49 comments1 min readLW link

Why I am not cur­rently work­ing on the AAMLS agenda

jessicataJun 1, 2017, 5:57 PM
28 points
3 comments5 min readLW link

June 2017 Me­dia Thread

ArisKatsarisJun 1, 2017, 6:17 AM
2 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

Strong men are so­cial­ist—how to use a study’s own data to dis­prove it

Jacob FalkovichMay 31, 2017, 4:18 AM
9 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

Reg­u­la­tory lags for New Tech­nol­ogy [2013 notes]

gwernMay 31, 2017, 1:27 AM
9 points
5 comments69 min readLW link

Philo­soph­i­cal Parenthood

SquirrelInHellMay 30, 2017, 2:09 PM
1 point
25 comments1 min readLW link
(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)

Diver­gent prefer­ences and meta-preferences

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 30, 2017, 7:33 AM
6 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Futarchy Fix

abramdemskiMay 30, 2017, 5:46 AM
7 points
9 comments9 min readLW link

“AIXIjs: A Soft­ware Demo for Gen­eral Re­in­force­ment Learn­ing”, As­lanides 2017

gwernMay 29, 2017, 9:09 PM
7 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(arxiv.org)

In­vi­ta­tion to com­ment on a draft on mul­ti­verse-wide co­op­er­a­tion via al­ter­na­tives to causal de­ci­sion the­ory (FDT/​UDT/​EDT/​...)

Caspar OesterheldMay 29, 2017, 8:34 AM
6 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Meetup : Syd­ney Ra­tion­al­ity—Pub meetup June

EloMay 29, 2017, 6:52 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread, May 29 - June 4, 2017

ThomasMay 29, 2017, 6:13 AM
4 points
84 comments1 min readLW link

In­ter­view on IQ, genes, and ge­netic en­g­ineer­ing with ex­pert (Hsu)

James_MillerMay 28, 2017, 10:19 PM
7 points
8 comments1 min readLW link
(www.youtube.com)

Bi-Weekly Ra­tional Feed

sapphireMay 28, 2017, 5:12 PM
21 points
7 comments8 min readLW link

Meetup : Melbourne So­cial Meetup: June

MaelinMay 28, 2017, 10:10 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

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arunbharatulaMay 28, 2017, 4:22 AM
12 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Re­searchers study­ing cen­tury-old drug in po­ten­tial new ap­proach to autism

morganismMay 27, 2017, 9:16 PM
1 point
4 comments1 min readLW link
(medicalxpress.com)

Strong men are so­cial­ist, re­ports study that pre­vi­ously re­ported the opposite

Jacob FalkovichMay 27, 2017, 8:49 PM
2 points
0 comments6 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

On “Over­think­ing” Concepts

Bound_upMay 27, 2017, 5:07 PM
9 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

[brain­storm] - What should the AGIrisk com­mu­nity look like?

whpearsonMay 27, 2017, 1:00 PM
5 points
14 comments1 min readLW link

Fic­tion advice

madhatterMay 26, 2017, 9:31 PM
2 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

Develop skills, or “dive in” and start a startup?

Adam ZernerMay 26, 2017, 6:07 PM
4 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Look­ing for ma­chine learn­ing and com­puter sci­ence collaborators

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 26, 2017, 11:53 AM
17 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

The Atomic Bomb Con­sid­ered As Hun­gar­ian High School Science Fair Project

Scott AlexanderMay 26, 2017, 9:45 AM
56 points
10 comments14 min readLW link

Meetup : Su­per­in­tel­li­gence chap­ter 7

pepe_primeMay 26, 2017, 8:11 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

As there are a num­ber of pod­casts by LWers now, I’ve made a wiki page for them

OpenThreadGuyMay 26, 2017, 7:34 AM
9 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(wiki.lesswrong.com)

Meetup : Ra­tion­al­ity Potluck

Mati_RoyMay 25, 2017, 6:28 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­is­ten­tial risk from AI with­out an in­tel­li­gence explosion

AlexMennenMay 25, 2017, 4:44 PM
20 points
23 comments3 min readLW link

Meetup : Chicago Ra­tion­al­ity Read­ing Group

mingyuanMay 25, 2017, 3:21 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link

How to De­stroy Civilization

ZviMay 24, 2017, 11:29 PM
1 point
1 comment6 min readLW link

Im­prob­a­ble Over­sight, An At­tempt at In­formed Oversight

William_SMay 24, 2017, 5:43 PM
3 points
9 comments1 min readLW link
(william-r-s.github.io)

In­formed Over­sight through Gen­er­al­iz­ing Explanations

William_SMay 24, 2017, 5:43 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(william-r-s.github.io)

Pro­posal for an Im­ple­mentable Toy Model of In­formed Oversight

William_SMay 24, 2017, 5:43 PM
2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(william-r-s.github.io)

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

RobinZMay 24, 2017, 2:49 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

AI print­ing the util­ity value it’s maximising

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 24, 2017, 9:08 AM
0 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Ex­am­ple of dou­ble indifference

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 24, 2017, 8:58 AM
2 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

When the AI closes a door, it opens a window

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 24, 2017, 8:49 AM
0 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Reflex­ive Or­a­cles and su­per­ra­tional­ity: Pareto

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 24, 2017, 8:35 AM
16 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Reflex­ive Or­a­cles and su­per­ra­tional­ity: pris­oner’s dilemma

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 24, 2017, 8:34 AM
14 points
5 comments4 min readLW link

Goal com­ple­tion: noise, er­rors, bias, prej­u­dice, prefer­ence and complexity

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 24, 2017, 8:30 AM
0 points
0 comments7 min readLW link

Re­mov­ing in­ter­rupted his­to­ries doesn’t debias

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 24, 2017, 8:23 AM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Learn­ing val­ues ver­sus indifference

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 24, 2017, 8:20 AM
2 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

The al­ter­nate hy­poth­e­sis for AIs in vir­tual worlds

Stuart_ArmstrongMay 24, 2017, 8:14 AM
0 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

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arunbharatulaMay 24, 2017, 4:31 AM
1 point
4 comments1 min readLW link
(www.google.com)

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arunbharatulaMay 24, 2017, 4:30 AM
1 point
2 comments1 min readLW link

Effec­tive learning

arunbharatulaMay 24, 2017, 4:28 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.google.com)

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arunbharatulaMay 24, 2017, 4:28 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.google.com)

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arunbharatulaMay 24, 2017, 4:27 AM
1 point
2 comments1 min readLW link
(www.google.com)

Notes from the Hufflepuff Unconference

RaemonMay 23, 2017, 9:04 PM
30 points
6 comments23 min readLW link

Meetup : Moscow LW meetup in “Nauchka” library

Alexander230May 23, 2017, 8:29 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link