The Dooms­day ar­gu­ment in an­thropic de­ci­sion theory

Stuart_ArmstrongAug 31, 2017, 1:44 PM
11 points
58 comments3 min readLW link

The Dooms­day ar­gu­ment in an­thropic de­ci­sion theory

Stuart_ArmstrongAug 31, 2017, 1:20 PM
1 point
0 comments3 min readLW link

What you can’t say to a sym­pa­thetic ear

KatjaGraceAug 31, 2017, 12:05 AM
9 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

Cri­tiquing other peo­ple’s plans politely

KatjaGraceAug 30, 2017, 11:25 PM
1 point
0 comments5 min readLW link

In­trin­sic prop­er­ties and Eliezer’s metaethics

Tyrrell_McAllisterAug 29, 2017, 11:26 PM
18 points
27 comments6 min readLW link

Is there a flaw in the simu­la­tion ar­gu­ment?

philosophytorresAug 29, 2017, 2:34 PM
2 points
14 comments5 min readLW 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 comments1 min readLW link

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