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Epistea Summer Experiment

Jan_KulveitMay 13, 2019, 9:29 PM

25 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Thinking Fast and Hard

Jacob FalkovichMay 13, 2019, 7:58 PM

26 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Physical linguistics

Yuxi_LiuMay 13, 2019, 7:30 PM

16 points

10 comments3 min readLW link

In support of the inside view and a counter to modest epistemology

solomon alonMay 13, 2019, 3:21 PM

−7 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Cambridge LessWrong / SSC Meetup

NoSignalNoNoiseMay 13, 2019, 1:56 AM

7 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Ed Boyden on the State of Science

Ben PaceMay 13, 2019, 1:54 AM

62 points

2 comments10 min readLW link

[Question] What are some “Communities and Cultures Different From Our Own?”

RaemonMay 12, 2019, 10:03 PM

29 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Coherent decisions imply consistent utilities

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 12, 2019, 9:33 PM

149 points

83 comments26 min readLW link 3 reviews

The Relationship Between the Village and the Mission

RaemonMay 12, 2019, 9:09 PM

137 points

70 comments18 min readLW link

Tales from the Highway

ZviMay 12, 2019, 7:40 PM

16 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The Geography of the Room — impact of position, orientation, and visibility on how often extraverts start conversations

less_penguinyMay 12, 2019, 5:21 PM

11 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.lesspenguiny.com)

Type-safeness in Shell

Martin SustrikMay 12, 2019, 11:30 AM

7 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

(250bpm.com)

“UDT2” and “against UD+ASSA”

Wei DaiMay 12, 2019, 4:18 AM

50 points

7 comments7 min readLW link

Narcissism vs. social signalling

Chris_LeongMay 12, 2019, 3:26 AM

13 points

18 comments1 min readLW link

Why books don’t work

lifelonglearnerMay 11, 2019, 8:40 PM

17 points

19 comments1 min readLW link

(andymatuschak.org)

Probability interpretations: Examples

So8resMay 11, 2019, 8:32 PM

39 points

23 comments5 min readLW link

Programming Languages For AI

Donald HobsonMay 11, 2019, 5:50 PM

3 points

5 comments5 min readLW link

SSC Atlanta

Steve FrenchMay 11, 2019, 5:38 PM

1 point

1 comment LW link

[Question] alternative history: what if Bayes rule had never been discovered?

Yoav RavidMay 11, 2019, 7:29 AM

7 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How do the different star-types in the universe (red dwarf, etc.) related to habitability for human-like life?

RubyMay 11, 2019, 1:01 AM

6 points

0 comments LW link

The Athena Rationality Workshop—June 7th-10th at EA Hotel

Linda LinseforsMay 11, 2019, 1:01 AM

26 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How many “human” habitable planets/stars are in the universe?

RubyMay 11, 2019, 12:59 AM

6 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Rob B’s Shortform Feed

Rob BensingerMay 10, 2019, 11:10 PM

21 points

79 comments1 min readLW link

The Athena Rationality Workshop—June 7th-10th at EA Hotel

Linda LinseforsMay 10, 2019, 10:08 PM

5 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Complex Behavior from Simple (Sub)Agents

moridinamaelMay 10, 2019, 9:44 PM

113 points

14 comments9 min readLW link 1 review

Disincentives for participating on LW/AF

Wei DaiMay 10, 2019, 7:46 PM

86 points

45 comments2 min readLW link

Financial engineering for funding drug research

ryan_bMay 10, 2019, 6:46 PM

11 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

Where are the Benefits from Conversation?

Davis_KingsleyMay 10, 2019, 5:49 PM

16 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

Correspondence visualizations for different interpretations of “probability”

So8resMay 10, 2019, 5:10 PM

43 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

Fear as fossil fuel

aaqMay 10, 2019, 3:29 PM

17 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

AI Forecasting online workshop

Bird ConceptMay 10, 2019, 2:54 PM

30 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Training human models is an unsolved problem

Charlie SteinerMay 10, 2019, 7:17 AM

13 points

3 comments4 min readLW link

Twin Cities SSC Meetup

Drake ThomasMay 10, 2019, 5:10 AM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Episode 4 of Tsuyoku Naritai! (the ‘becoming stronger’ podcast): TAPs

Bae's TheoremMay 10, 2019, 2:16 AM

5 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Tales From the American Medical System

ZviMay 10, 2019, 12:40 AM

64 points

48 comments4 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Interpretations of “probability”

So8resMay 9, 2019, 7:16 PM

69 points

22 comments5 min readLW link

What Botswana Can Teach Us About Political Stability

Samo BurjaMay 9, 2019, 6:30 PM

40 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(medium.com)

Kissing Scars

Logan RiggsMay 9, 2019, 4:00 PM

39 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] How many galaxies could we reach traveling at 0.5c, 0.8c, and 0.99c?

RubyMay 8, 2019, 11:39 PM

6 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How many humans could potentially live on Earth over its entire future?

RubyMay 8, 2019, 11:33 PM

9 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Claims & Assumptions made in Eternity in Six Hours

RubyMay 8, 2019, 11:11 PM

50 points

7 comments3 min readLW link

Dallas SSC Meetup #2

tayfieMay 8, 2019, 5:31 PM

3 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Raleigh SSC/LW/EA Meetup—Meet MealSquares People

John_MaxwellMay 8, 2019, 12:01 AM

12 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What speeds do you need to achieve to colonize the Milky Way?

RubyMay 7, 2019, 11:46 PM

6 points

1 comment LW link

[Question] Could a superintelligent AI colonize the galaxy/universe? If not, why not?

RubyMay 7, 2019, 9:33 PM

7 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is it definitely the case that we can colonize Mars if we really wanted to? Is it reasonable to believe that this is technically feasible for a reasonably advanced civilization?

RubyMay 7, 2019, 8:08 PM

9 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why is it valuable to know whether space colonization is feasible?

RubyMay 7, 2019, 7:58 PM

6 points

4 comments LW link

[Question] What are the claims/arguments made in Eternity in Six Hours?

RubyMay 7, 2019, 7:54 PM

6 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Crypto quant trading: Naive Bayes

AlexeiMay 7, 2019, 7:29 PM

33 points

13 comments4 min readLW link

Coordination Surveys: why we should survey to organize responsibilities, not just predictions

AcademianMay 7, 2019, 5:43 PM

68 points

12 comments3 min readLW link 3 reviews