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Request For Collaboration

DragonGodAug 28, 2017, 11:05 PM

1 point

3 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread, August 28 - September 3, 2017

ThomasAug 28, 2017, 6:11 AM

1 point

71 comments1 min readLW link

FACTS ARE FACTS?

arisenAug 28, 2017, 4:13 AM

0 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

P: 0 ⇐ P ⇐ 1

DragonGodAug 27, 2017, 9:57 PM

7 points

61 comments9 min readLW link

The Contrarian Sequences

DragonGodAug 27, 2017, 7:33 PM

9 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Funding opportunity for AI alignment research

paulfchristianoAug 27, 2017, 5:23 AM

1 point

4 comments1 min readLW link

(docs.google.com)

Rational Feed

sapphireAug 27, 2017, 3:49 AM

18 points

1 comment14 min readLW link

Escaping the Premium Mediocre

Jacob FalkovichAug 27, 2017, 12:47 AM

1 point

0 comments10 min readLW link

(putanumonit.com)

Play in Hard Mode

ZviAug 26, 2017, 7:00 PM

45 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

Play in Easy Mode

ZviAug 26, 2017, 6:57 PM

23 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

The Limits of Correctness, by Bryan Cantwell Smith [pdf]

cousin_itAug 25, 2017, 11:36 AM

5 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(www.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca)

Could the Maxipok rule have catastrophic consequences? (I argue yes.)

philosophytorresAug 25, 2017, 10:00 AM

10 points

32 comments1 min readLW link

When “I’m here” means nothing

squidiousAug 25, 2017, 7:00 AM

2 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

(www.blogger.com)

Paranoia testing

EloAug 25, 2017, 4:41 AM

0 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

Social Insight: Status Exchange: When an Insult Is a Compliment, When a Compliment Is an Insult

Bound_upAug 25, 2017, 3:57 AM

9 points

11 comments6 min readLW link

What is Rational?

DragonGodAug 24, 2017, 10:35 PM

3 points

12 comments2 min readLW link

A Decision Problem

DragonGodAug 24, 2017, 9:53 PM

0 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Using modal fixed points to formalize logical causality

cousin_itAug 24, 2017, 2:33 PM

21 points

10 comments4 min readLW link

Nasas ambitious plan to save earth from a supervolcano

ChristianKlAug 24, 2017, 10:01 AM

7 points

25 comments1 min readLW link

(www.bbc.com)

Habits 101: Techniques and Research

lifelonglearnerAug 22, 2017, 10:54 AM

8 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(medium.com)

Emotional labour

EloAug 22, 2017, 12:54 AM

6 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

It is easy to expose users’ secret web habits, say researchers

ChristianKlAug 21, 2017, 7:05 AM

6 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

(www.bbc.com)

Open thread, August 21 - August 27, 2017

ThomasAug 21, 2017, 6:13 AM

1 point

71 comments1 min readLW link

The new spring of artificial intelligence: A few early economics

fortyeridaniaAug 21, 2017, 2:06 AM

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(voxeu.org)

Ten small life improvements

paulfchristianoAug 20, 2017, 7:09 PM

40 points

19 comments2 min readLW link

Altruism is Incomplete

ZviAug 20, 2017, 4:29 PM

2 points

0 comments15 min readLW link

Paths Forward on Berkeley Culture Discussion

ZviAug 20, 2017, 4:27 PM

4 points

0 comments9 min readLW link

Multiverse-wide Cooperation via Correlated Decision Making

Kaj_SotalaAug 20, 2017, 12:01 PM

5 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(foundational-research.org)

Autopoietic systems and difficulty of AGI alignment

jessicataAug 20, 2017, 1:05 AM

19 points

14 comments5 min readLW link

The Reality of Emergence

DragonGodAug 19, 2017, 9:58 PM

8 points

47 comments5 min readLW link

Like-Minded Forums

Bound_upAug 19, 2017, 6:26 PM

2 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Embracing Metamodernism

Gordon Seidoh WorleyAug 18, 2017, 7:23 PM

13 points

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

0 comments1 min readLW link

Conditioning on Conditionals

Scott GarrabrantAug 17, 2017, 1:15 AM

8 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Density Zero Exploration

AlexMennenAug 17, 2017, 12:43 AM

4 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Logical Induction with incomputable sequences

AlexMennenAug 17, 2017, 12:39 AM

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

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

abramdemskiAug 17, 2017, 12:22 AM

15 points

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

3 comments1 min readLW link

Take my Job

Jacob FalkovichAug 16, 2017, 3:00 PM

1 point

0 comments7 min readLW link

(putanumonit.com)

We need to think more about Terminal Values

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

2 points

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

29 comments5 min readLW link

[Humor] A Fearsome Rationality Technique

SquirrelInHellAug 14, 2017, 9:05 PM

2 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)

Open thread, August 14 - August 20, 2017

ThomasAug 14, 2017, 7:48 AM

2 points

59 comments1 min readLW link

What is Rationalist Berkey’s Community Culture

sapphireAug 13, 2017, 6:36 PM

0 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

What Is Rationalist Berkley’s Community Culture?

ZviAug 12, 2017, 3:21 PM

8 points

0 comments9 min readLW link

Choices Are Really Bad

ZviAug 12, 2017, 2:19 PM

1 point

0 comments7 min readLW link

Repairing Anxiety using Internal and External locus of control models

EloAug 12, 2017, 8:05 AM

4 points

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

58 comments2 min readLW link

Prediction should be a sport

chaosmageAug 10, 2017, 7:55 AM

22 points

21 comments2 min readLW link

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

fortyeridaniaAug 10, 2017, 1:54 AM

7 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(www.newamerica.org)