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Ten small life improvements

paulfchristianoAug 20, 2017, 7:09 PM

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19 comments2 min readLW link

Altruism is Incomplete

ZviAug 20, 2017, 4:29 PM

2 points

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0 comments15 min readLW link

Paths Forward on Berkeley Culture Discussion

ZviAug 20, 2017, 4:27 PM

4 points

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0 comments9 min readLW link

Multiverse-wide Cooperation via Correlated Decision Making

Kaj_SotalaAug 20, 2017, 12:01 PM

5 points

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2 comments1 min readLW link

(foundational-research.org)

Autopoietic systems and difficulty of AGI alignment

jessicataAug 20, 2017, 1:05 AM

19 points

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14 comments5 min readLW link

The Reality of Emergence

DragonGodAug 19, 2017, 9:58 PM

8 points

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47 comments5 min readLW link

Like-Minded Forums

Bound_upAug 19, 2017, 6:26 PM

2 points

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Embracing Metamodernism

Gordon Seidoh WorleyAug 18, 2017, 7:23 PM

13 points

5 votes

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11 comments2 min readLW link

(mapandterritory.org)

Seattle Minimum Wage Study (Part 3): Tell Me Why I’m Wrong, Please!

ZviAug 17, 2017, 11:56 PM

1 point

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Conditioning on Conditionals

Scott GarrabrantAug 17, 2017, 1:15 AM

8 points

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0 comments2 min readLW link

Density Zero Exploration

AlexMennenAug 17, 2017, 12:43 AM

4 points

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0 comments2 min readLW link

Logical Induction with incomputable sequences

AlexMennenAug 17, 2017, 12:39 AM

4 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Stable Pointers to Value: An Agent Embedded in Its Own Utility Function

abramdemskiAug 17, 2017, 12:22 AM

24 points

11 votes

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9 comments5 min readLW link

Tabooing Science + an xkcd comic about the eclipse—“Honestly, it’s not that scientific.”

VoltairinaAug 16, 2017, 3:19 PM

6 points

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3 comments1 min readLW link

Take my Job

Jacob FalkovichAug 16, 2017, 3:00 PM

1 point

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0 comments7 min readLW link

(putanumonit.com)

We need to think more about Terminal Values

[deleted]Aug 16, 2017, 7:50 AM

2 points

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2 comments3 min readLW link

Social Insight: When a Lie Is Not a Lie; When a Truth Is Not a Truth—Pt. 2

Bound_upAug 15, 2017, 12:53 AM

3 points

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29 comments5 min readLW link

[Humor] A Fearsome Rationality Technique

SquirrelInHellAug 14, 2017, 9:05 PM

2 points

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5 comments1 min readLW link

(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)

Open thread, August 14 - August 20, 2017

ThomasAug 14, 2017, 7:48 AM

2 points

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59 comments1 min readLW link

What is Rationalist Berkey’s Community Culture

sapphireAug 13, 2017, 6:36 PM

0 points

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1 comment1 min readLW link

What Is Rationalist Berkley’s Community Culture?

ZviAug 12, 2017, 3:21 PM

8 points

7 votes

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0 comments9 min readLW link

Choices Are Really Bad

ZviAug 12, 2017, 2:19 PM

1 point

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0 comments7 min readLW link

Repairing Anxiety using Internal and External locus of control models

EloAug 12, 2017, 8:05 AM

4 points

3 votes

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3 comments4 min readLW link

Social Insight: When a Lie Is Not a Lie; When a Truth Is Not a Truth

Bound_upAug 11, 2017, 6:28 PM

14 points

8 votes

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58 comments2 min readLW link

Prediction should be a sport

chaosmageAug 10, 2017, 7:55 AM

22 points

14 votes

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21 comments2 min readLW link

China’s Plan to ‘Lead’ in AI: Purpose, Prospects, and Problems

fortyeridaniaAug 10, 2017, 1:54 AM

7 points

4 votes

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5 comments1 min readLW link

(www.newamerica.org)

The Lizard People Of Alpha Draconis 1 Decided To Build An Ansible

Scott AlexanderAug 10, 2017, 12:33 AM

46 points

29 votes

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1 comment5 min readLW link

Bi-weekly Rational Feed

sapphireAug 8, 2017, 1:56 PM

29 points

20 votes

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4 comments13 min readLW link

CIRL Wireheading

tom4everittAug 8, 2017, 6:33 AM

3 points

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4 comments2 min readLW link

Open thread, August 7 - August 13, 2017

ThomasAug 7, 2017, 8:07 AM

1 point

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35 comments1 min readLW link

AI Summer Fellows Program

abramdemskiAug 6, 2017, 7:35 AM

13 points

9 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Something Was Wrong

ZviAug 5, 2017, 2:48 PM

10 points

4 votes

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0 comments5 min readLW link

The Unyoga Manifesto

SquirrelInHellAug 4, 2017, 9:24 PM

9 points

6 votes

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6 comments1 min readLW link

(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)

Inscrutable Ideas

Gordon Seidoh WorleyAug 4, 2017, 8:55 PM

8 points

2 votes

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14 comments3 min readLW link

(mapandterritory.org)

Test EA human swarm [Friday 4 Aug − 11 AM PST]

oldAug 3, 2017, 8:02 PM

2 points

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.facebook.com)

Where The Falling Einstein Meets The Rising Mouse

Scott AlexanderAug 3, 2017, 12:54 AM

21 points

18 votes

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2 comments8 min readLW link

Bridging the Intention-Action Gap (aka Akrasia)

lifelonglearnerAug 1, 2017, 10:31 PM

1 point

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7 comments1 min readLW link

(www.researchgate.net)

Bridging the Intention-Behavior Gap (aka Akrasia)

lifelonglearnerAug 1, 2017, 5:32 PM

3 points

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3 comments1 min readLW link

Map and territory: Natural structures

casebashAug 1, 2017, 1:53 PM

9 points

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9 comments1 min readLW link

August 2017 Media Thread

ArisKatsarisAug 1, 2017, 8:16 AM

2 points

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41 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread, July 31 - August 6, 2017

ThomasJul 31, 2017, 2:41 PM

1 point

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72 comments1 min readLW link

Should I study hypnosis?

Bound_upJul 30, 2017, 5:11 PM

6 points

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13 comments1 min readLW link

Models of human relationships—tools to understand people

EloJul 29, 2017, 3:31 AM

30 points

23 votes

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27 comments22 min readLW link

Game Theory & The Golden Rule (From Reddit)

BrillyantJul 28, 2017, 1:54 PM

22 points

15 votes

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4 comments1 min readLW link

(ncase.me)

Type Theory quick question

Faustus2Jul 26, 2017, 7:57 PM

0 points

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6 comments1 min readLW link

How I [Kaj] found & fixed the root problem behind my depression and anxiety after 20+ years

Kaj_SotalaJul 26, 2017, 12:56 PM

23 points

18 votes

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21 comments1 min readLW link

(kajsotala.fi)

Sleeping Beauty Problem Can Be Explained by Perspective Disagreement (IV)

Xianda_GAO_duplicate0.5321505782395719Jul 26, 2017, 1:01 AM

1 point

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7 comments5 min readLW link

Ignorant, irrelevant, and inscrutable (rationalism critiques)

Gordon Seidoh WorleyJul 25, 2017, 9:57 PM

2 points

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33 comments1 min readLW link

(meaningness.com)

What Are The Chances of Actually Achieving FAI?

Bound_upJul 25, 2017, 8:57 PM

3 points

2 votes

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14 comments1 min readLW link

People don’t have beliefs any more than they have goals: Beliefs As Body Language

Bound_upJul 25, 2017, 5:41 PM

15 points

12 votes

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42 comments3 min readLW link

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