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One-Magisterium Bayes

tristanmJun 29, 2017, 11:02 PM

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108 comments14 min readLW link

What is Wisdom?

ig0rJun 29, 2017, 9:44 PM

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10 comments3 min readLW link

Using Machine Learning to Explore Neural Network Architecture (Google Research Blog)

Gunnar_ZarnckeJun 29, 2017, 8:42 PM

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(research.googleblog.com)

Does your machine mind? Ethics and potential bias in the law of algorithms

Gunnar_ZarnckeJun 28, 2017, 10:08 PM

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(digitalbusiness.law)

What useless things did you understand recently?

cousin_itJun 28, 2017, 7:32 PM

11 points

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49 comments1 min readLW link

Why Are Transgender People Immune To Optical Illusions?

Scott AlexanderJun 28, 2017, 7:00 PM

24 points

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4 comments9 min readLW link

Self-conscious ideology

casebashJun 28, 2017, 5:32 AM

9 points

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13 comments1 min readLW link

Just Saying What You Mean is Impossible

ZviJun 28, 2017, 12:12 AM

10 points

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1 comment3 min readLW link

Meditation retreat highlights

alexeiJun 27, 2017, 10:58 PM

0 points

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2 comments1 min readLW link

Humans are not agents: short vs long term

Stuart_ArmstrongJun 27, 2017, 1:04 PM

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5 comments1 min readLW link

a different perspecive on physics

Florian_DietzJun 26, 2017, 10:47 PM

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15 comments3 min readLW link

Self-modification as a game theory problem

cousin_itJun 26, 2017, 8:47 PM

18 points

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50 comments1 min readLW link

Loebian cooperation in the tiling agents problem

cousin_itJun 26, 2017, 2:52 PM

14 points

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5 comments2 min readLW link

Open thread, June 26 - July 2, 2017

ThomasJun 26, 2017, 6:12 AM

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246 comments1 min readLW link

A Call for More Policy Analysis

madhatterJun 25, 2017, 2:24 PM

2 points

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4 comments1 min readLW link

Effective Altruism : An idea repository

OnemorenicknameJun 25, 2017, 12:56 AM

3 points

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19 comments3 min readLW link

The Use and Abuse of Witchdoctors for Life

lifelonglearnerJun 24, 2017, 8:59 PM

7 points

4 votes

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6 comments1 min readLW link

(samzdat.com)

On Dragon Army

ZviJun 24, 2017, 10:44 AM

10 points

6 votes

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0 comments54 min readLW link

Bi-Weekly Rational Feed

sapphireJun 24, 2017, 12:07 AM

35 points

22 votes

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3 comments12 min readLW link

Idea for LessWrong: Video Tutoring

Adam ZernerJun 23, 2017, 9:40 PM

16 points

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29 comments2 min readLW link

Coalition Dynamics as Morality

abramdemskiJun 23, 2017, 6:00 PM

3 points

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5 comments5 min readLW link

The evolution of superstitious and superstition-like behaviour

c0rw1nJun 23, 2017, 4:14 PM

4 points

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3 comments1 min readLW link

(diyhpl.us)

[Classifieds] What are you doing to make the world a better place and how can we help?

namespaceJun 22, 2017, 12:44 AM

5 points

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4 comments1 min readLW link

Pair Debug to Understand, not Fix

VaniverJun 21, 2017, 11:25 PM

17 points

10 votes

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3 comments2 min readLW link

Putanumonit: What statistical power means, and why I’m terrified about psychology

Jacob FalkovichJun 21, 2017, 6:29 PM

14 points

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8 comments1 min readLW link

(putanumonit.com)

Epistemic Spot Check: The Demon Under the Microscope (Thomas Hager)

ElizabethJun 21, 2017, 4:00 PM

6 points

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0 comments4 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

Three Responses to Incorrect Folk Ontologies

J Thomas MorosJun 21, 2017, 2:26 PM

11 points

8 votes

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17 comments1 min readLW link

(ferocioustruth.com)

Priors Are Useless

DragonGodJun 21, 2017, 11:42 AM

2 points

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22 comments1 min readLW link

The Battle for Psychology

Jacob FalkovichJun 21, 2017, 3:51 AM

5 points

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0 comments8 min readLW link

(putanumonit.com)

Distinctions of the Moment

abramdemskiJun 20, 2017, 2:38 PM

10 points

7 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

S-risks: Why they are the worst existential risks, and how to prevent them

Kaj_SotalaJun 20, 2017, 12:34 PM

31 points

29 votes

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106 comments1 min readLW link

(foundational-research.org)

Angst, Ennui, and Guilt in Effective Altruism

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJun 19, 2017, 8:38 PM

10 points

3 votes

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3 comments4 min readLW link

(mapandterritory.org)

Momentum, Reflectiveness, Peace | Otium

sarah.constantinJun 19, 2017, 6:16 PM

4 points

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(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Closed Beta Users: What would make you interested in using LessWrong 2.0?

HabrykaJun 19, 2017, 6:28 AM

8 points

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14 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread, June. 19 - June. 25, 2017

EloJun 18, 2017, 11:10 PM

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200 comments1 min readLW link

Instrumental Rationality 1: Starting Advice

lifelonglearnerJun 18, 2017, 6:43 PM

17 points

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13 comments6 min readLW link

Welcome to Lesswrong 2.0

habrykaJun 18, 2017, 5:23 PM

19 points

17 votes

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27 comments7 min readLW link

LessWrong 2.0 Feature Roadmap & Feature Suggestions

habrykaJun 17, 2017, 10:18 PM

16 points

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115 comments1 min readLW link

Concrete Ways You Can Help Make the Community Better

sapphireJun 17, 2017, 3:03 AM

33 points

22 votes

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37 comments5 min readLW link

Announcing AASAA—Accelerating AI Safety Adoption in Academia (and elsewhere)

nullJun 15, 2017, 6:55 PM

23 points

13 votes

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19 comments2 min readLW link

Announcing AASAA—Accelerating AI Safety Adoption in Academia (and elsewhere)

nullJun 15, 2017, 6:50 PM

0 points

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0 comments2 min readLW link

Announcing AASAA—Accelerating AI Safety Adoption in Academia (and elsewhere)

nullJun 15, 2017, 6:45 PM

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0 comments2 min readLW link

Thought experiment: coarse-grained VR utopia

cousin_itJun 14, 2017, 8:03 AM

27 points

16 votes

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48 comments1 min readLW link

Lloyd’s of London and less-than-catastrophic risk

fortyeridaniaJun 14, 2017, 2:49 AM

2 points

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7 comments2 min readLW link

Persona 5: Spoiler-Free Review

ZviJun 13, 2017, 10:32 PM

1 point

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0 comments9 min readLW link

Learning from Human Preferences—from OpenAI (including Christiano, Amodei & Legg)

Dr_ManhattanJun 13, 2017, 3:52 PM

17 points

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12 comments1 min readLW link

(blog.openai.com)

Mathematical System For Calibration

DragonGodJun 13, 2017, 12:01 PM

0 points

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8 comments1 min readLW link

The Rationalistsphere and the Less Wrong wiki

Deku-shrubJun 12, 2017, 11:29 PM

19 points

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36 comments2 min readLW link

Am I/Was I a Cultist?

DragonGodJun 12, 2017, 11:21 PM

−1 points

2 votes

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12 comments2 min readLW link

Any Christians Here?

DragonGodJun 12, 2017, 11:18 PM

4 points

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77 comments2 min readLW link

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