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Intrinsic properties and Eliezer’s metaethics
Tyrrell_McAllister
Aug 29, 2017, 11:26 PM
18
points
27
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Is there a flaw in the simulation argument?
philosophytorres
Aug 29, 2017, 2:34 PM
2
points
14
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Doing a big survey on work, stress, and productivity. Feedback / anything you’re curious about?
lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)
Aug 29, 2017, 2:19 PM
1
point
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Request For Collaboration
DragonGod
Aug 28, 2017, 11:05 PM
1
point
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Open thread, August 28 - September 3, 2017
Thomas
Aug 28, 2017, 6:11 AM
1
point
71
comments
1
min read
LW
link
FACTS ARE FACTS?
arisen
Aug 28, 2017, 4:13 AM
0
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
P: 0 ⇐ P ⇐ 1
DragonGod
Aug 27, 2017, 9:57 PM
7
points
61
comments
9
min read
LW
link
The Contrarian Sequences
DragonGod
Aug 27, 2017, 7:33 PM
9
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Funding opportunity for AI alignment research
paulfchristiano
Aug 27, 2017, 5:23 AM
1
point
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(docs.google.com)
Rational Feed
sapphire
Aug 27, 2017, 3:49 AM
18
points
1
comment
14
min read
LW
link
Escaping the Premium Mediocre
Jacob Falkovich
Aug 27, 2017, 12:47 AM
1
point
0
comments
10
min read
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
Play in Hard Mode
Zvi
Aug 26, 2017, 7:00 PM
45
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Play in Easy Mode
Zvi
Aug 26, 2017, 6:57 PM
23
points
0
comments
5
min read
LW
link
The Limits of Correctness, by Bryan Cantwell Smith [pdf]
cousin_it
Aug 25, 2017, 11:36 AM
5
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca)
Could the Maxipok rule have catastrophic consequences? (I argue yes.)
philosophytorres
Aug 25, 2017, 10:00 AM
10
points
32
comments
1
min read
LW
link
When “I’m here” means nothing
squidious
Aug 25, 2017, 7:00 AM
2
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(www.blogger.com)
Paranoia testing
Elo
Aug 25, 2017, 4:41 AM
0
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Social Insight: Status Exchange: When an Insult Is a Compliment, When a Compliment Is an Insult
Bound_up
Aug 25, 2017, 3:57 AM
9
points
11
comments
6
min read
LW
link
What is Rational?
DragonGod
Aug 24, 2017, 10:35 PM
3
points
12
comments
2
min read
LW
link
A Decision Problem
DragonGod
Aug 24, 2017, 9:53 PM
0
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Using modal fixed points to formalize logical causality
cousin_it
Aug 24, 2017, 2:33 PM
21
points
10
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Nasas ambitious plan to save earth from a supervolcano
ChristianKl
Aug 24, 2017, 10:01 AM
7
points
25
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.bbc.com)
Habits 101: Techniques and Research
lifelonglearner
Aug 22, 2017, 10:54 AM
8
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(medium.com)
Emotional labour
Elo
Aug 22, 2017, 12:54 AM
6
points
11
comments
1
min read
LW
link
It is easy to expose users’ secret web habits, say researchers
ChristianKl
Aug 21, 2017, 7:05 AM
6
points
7
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(www.bbc.com)
Open thread, August 21 - August 27, 2017
Thomas
Aug 21, 2017, 6:13 AM
1
point
71
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The new spring of artificial intelligence: A few early economics
fortyeridania
Aug 21, 2017, 2:06 AM
2
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(voxeu.org)
Ten small life improvements
paulfchristiano
Aug 20, 2017, 7:09 PM
40
points
19
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Altruism is Incomplete
Zvi
Aug 20, 2017, 4:29 PM
2
points
0
comments
15
min read
LW
link
Paths Forward on Berkeley Culture Discussion
Zvi
Aug 20, 2017, 4:27 PM
4
points
0
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Multiverse-wide Cooperation via Correlated Decision Making
Kaj_Sotala
Aug 20, 2017, 12:01 PM
5
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(foundational-research.org)
Autopoietic systems and difficulty of AGI alignment
jessicata
Aug 20, 2017, 1:05 AM
19
points
14
comments
5
min read
LW
link
The Reality of Emergence
DragonGod
Aug 19, 2017, 9:58 PM
8
points
47
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Like-Minded Forums
Bound_up
Aug 19, 2017, 6:26 PM
2
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Embracing Metamodernism
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Aug 18, 2017, 7:23 PM
13
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(mapandterritory.org)
Seattle Minimum Wage Study (Part 3): Tell Me Why I’m Wrong, Please!
Zvi
Aug 17, 2017, 11:56 PM
1
point
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Conditioning on Conditionals
Scott Garrabrant
17 Aug 2017 1:15 UTC
8
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Density Zero Exploration
AlexMennen
17 Aug 2017 0:43 UTC
4
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Logical Induction with incomputable sequences
AlexMennen
17 Aug 2017 0:39 UTC
4
points
0
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Stable Pointers to Value: An Agent Embedded in Its Own Utility Function
abramdemski
17 Aug 2017 0:22 UTC
15
points
9
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Tabooing Science + an xkcd comic about the eclipse—“Honestly, it’s not that scientific.”
Voltairina
16 Aug 2017 15:19 UTC
6
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Take my Job
Jacob Falkovich
16 Aug 2017 15:00 UTC
1
point
0
comments
7
min read
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
We need to think more about Terminal Values
[deleted]
16 Aug 2017 7:50 UTC
2
points
2
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Social Insight: When a Lie Is Not a Lie; When a Truth Is Not a Truth—Pt. 2
Bound_up
15 Aug 2017 0:53 UTC
3
points
29
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[Humor] A Fearsome Rationality Technique
SquirrelInHell
14 Aug 2017 21:05 UTC
2
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)
Open thread, August 14 - August 20, 2017
Thomas
14 Aug 2017 7:48 UTC
2
points
59
comments
1
min read
LW
link
What is Rationalist Berkey’s Community Culture
sapphire
13 Aug 2017 18:36 UTC
0
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
What Is Rationalist Berkley’s Community Culture?
Zvi
12 Aug 2017 15:21 UTC
8
points
0
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Choices Are Really Bad
Zvi
12 Aug 2017 14:19 UTC
1
point
0
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Repairing Anxiety using Internal and External locus of control models
Elo
12 Aug 2017 8:05 UTC
4
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
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