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Antiantinatalism
Jacob Falkovich
Feb 9, 2018, 4:49 PM
10
points
4
comments
5
min read
LW
link
A Safer Oracle Setup?
Ofer
Feb 9, 2018, 12:16 PM
5
points
4
comments
4
min read
LW
link
“Backchaining” in Strategy
Davis_Kingsley
Feb 9, 2018, 12:01 PM
23
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Fundamental Attribution Error and The Other
Adrian Smith
Feb 9, 2018, 6:48 AM
5
points
5
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Stable Pointers to Value II: Environmental Goals
abramdemski
Feb 9, 2018, 6:03 AM
19
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Knowledge is Freedom
Scott Garrabrant
Feb 9, 2018, 5:24 AM
33
points
16
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Popular religions suggest extrapolated volition is non-existence and wireheading
denisbider
Feb 9, 2018, 12:06 AM
10
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Science like a chef
Adam Zerner
Feb 8, 2018, 9:23 PM
32
points
17
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Write a Thousand Roads to Rome
Screwtape
Feb 8, 2018, 6:09 PM
119
points
17
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Mental TAPs
Logan Riggs
Feb 8, 2018, 5:26 PM
13
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Two kinds of Agency
Elo
Feb 8, 2018, 6:28 AM
10
points
9
comments
3
min read
LW
link
What Are Meetups Actually Trying to Accomplish?
mingyuan
Feb 8, 2018, 5:30 AM
77
points
17
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Experiment: Separate High/Low Productive Hours
Raemon
Feb 8, 2018, 4:10 AM
15
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Monthly Meta: Referring is Underrated
Chris_Leong
Feb 8, 2018, 1:36 AM
13
points
10
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Hammertime Intermission and Open Thread
alkjash
Feb 7, 2018, 10:10 PM
34
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
Hammertime Day 10: Murphyjitsu
alkjash
Feb 7, 2018, 6:40 PM
52
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
Two Coordination Styles
abramdemski
Feb 7, 2018, 9:00 AM
41
points
14
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Hammertime Day 9: Time Calibration
alkjash
Feb 7, 2018, 1:40 AM
16
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
UDT as a Nash Equilibrium
cousin_it
Feb 6, 2018, 2:08 PM
18
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Crypto autopsy reply
alexei
Feb 6, 2018, 10:32 AM
19
points
9
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Pseudo-Rationality
Chris_Leong
Feb 6, 2018, 8:25 AM
21
points
18
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Speed improvements and changes to data querying
habryka
Feb 6, 2018, 4:23 AM
12
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Introduction to Noematology
Gordon Seidoh Worley
Feb 5, 2018, 11:28 PM
12
points
0
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(mapandterritory.org)
“Cheat to Win”: Engineering Positive Social Feedback
sarahconstantin
Feb 5, 2018, 11:16 PM
190
points
36
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Fun Theory in EverQuest
moridinamael
Feb 5, 2018, 8:26 PM
34
points
2
comments
9
min read
LW
link
European Community Weekend 2018 Announcement
DreamFlasher
Feb 5, 2018, 3:43 PM
19
points
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Beware Social Coping Strategies
Lulie
Feb 5, 2018, 4:48 AM
57
points
24
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Hammertime Day 8: Sunk Cost Faith
alkjash
Feb 5, 2018, 1:00 AM
29
points
20
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
Hammertime Day 7: Aversion Factoring
alkjash
Feb 4, 2018, 4:10 PM
28
points
17
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
Explicit Expectations when Teaching
Hazard
Feb 4, 2018, 2:12 PM
22
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Read Backwards
Allen Kim
Feb 4, 2018, 8:13 AM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Factorio, Accelerando, Empathizing with Empires and Moderate Takeoffs
Raemon
Feb 4, 2018, 2:33 AM
51
points
19
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Logical counterfactuals and differential privacy
Nisan
Feb 4, 2018, 12:17 AM
1
point
1
comment
5
min read
LW
link
Hammertime Day 6: Mantras
alkjash
Feb 3, 2018, 10:00 PM
24
points
30
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
The Super Bowl Prop Gambling Game 2018
Jacob Falkovich
Feb 3, 2018, 6:10 PM
1
point
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(putanumonit.com)
How I see knowledge aggregation
zulupineapple
Feb 3, 2018, 10:31 AM
24
points
17
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Beware arguments from possibility
cousin_it
Feb 3, 2018, 10:21 AM
6
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Canberra Rationality Exercises
nBrown
Feb 3, 2018, 2:55 AM
9
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Update from Vancouver
Evan_Gaensbauer
Feb 3, 2018, 12:35 AM
10
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Models of moderation
habryka
Feb 2, 2018, 11:29 PM
30
points
33
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Questions for an AGI project
whpearson
Feb 2, 2018, 7:45 PM
2
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
Hammertime Day 5: Comfort Zone Expansion
alkjash
Feb 2, 2018, 6:00 PM
23
points
42
comments
6
min read
LW
link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)
The Monthly Newsletter as Thinking Tool
moridinamael
Feb 2, 2018, 4:42 PM
39
points
15
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Utility of Human Atoms for the Paperclip Maximizer
avturchin
Feb 2, 2018, 10:06 AM
2
points
21
comments
3
min read
LW
link
AI Safety Research Camp—Project Proposal
David_Kristoffersson
Feb 2, 2018, 4:25 AM
29
points
11
comments
8
min read
LW
link
News: AGI on the rise at MIT
whpearson
Feb 1, 2018, 11:31 PM
1
point
2
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Further Progress on a Bayesian Version of Logical Uncertainty
Diffractor
Feb 1, 2018, 9:36 PM
3
points
1
comment
8
min read
LW
link
The Self: Momentary vs Lifetime
squidious
Feb 1, 2018, 9:30 PM
1
point
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Beta-Beta Testing: Frontpage Rework [Update—further tweak]
Raemon
Feb 1, 2018, 8:12 PM
7
points
32
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why I think Archipelago is the worst post on Slate Star Codex
SomeObjections
Feb 1, 2018, 7:39 PM
−12
points
8
comments
5
min read
LW
link
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